Journal #71 rewrite Recently my favorite comedy drama is “Marvelous Mrs.Maisel”. It is set in New York in the 1950’s. Midge, who is a mother of 2, was so shocked to discover her husband’s cheating. She drunk a lot of alcohol and went a bar. Then she complained comedically on the stage, and the audience roared with laughter. The bar staff discovered her comedic talent, and Midge was determined to become a comedian. Midge is so clever, and started to work at a makeup floor in a department store besides working as a comedian. Midge’s family is so wealthy, so I don’t think she needs to work, but she looks joyful when working. She is sharp, and her talk is a little vulgar but so enjoyable. In addition, the design is so excellent. Midge wears colorful clothes, although they are old-fashioned, I feel hey are fashionable even in these days. The one thing I notice is that Midge’s children almost never appear in the drama. Her daughter is a baby and her son is only 3, so she should spend more time with them. I assume the reason why the drama needs these children is to make Midge have relationship with her ex husband even after their divorce. In general, children are very important to their parents, especially to their mothers, so this situation is strange for me. Now season 2 is finished, I’m waiting and looking forward to watching the new season.

Journal #70 Recently my favorite comedy drama is “Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”. The setting of this story is New York on 1950’s. Midge, who is a mother of 2 children, was so shocked to know her husband’s cheating. She drunk alcohol a lot and went to a bar, then she told about her complain on the stage with comical tempo, and she got a large laugh of audience. A staff of the bar discovered her talent of comedy, and Midge determined to become a comedian. Midge is so clever, and got a job at a makeup floor in a department store beside working as a comedian. Midge family is wealthy, so I don’t think she needs to work, but she is working looks joyful. She has nice wit, her talk is a little vulgar but so enjoyable. In addition, art design is so excellent. Midge wears colorful clothes, although they are old style, I feel they are fashionable even in these days. If I suggest one notice thing, Midge’s children almost don’t appear in the drama. Her daughter is a baby and her son is only 3, so she should spend her attention more for them. I assume that the reason why the drama need these children is to make Midge have relationship with her ex husband. In generally, Children have big meaning to parents, especially to mother, so this situation is strange for me. Now season 2 is finished. I’m waiting and looking forward to watching new season.

Journal#69 Recently I bought an English grammar book and study with it. I learnt about difference between “will” and “be going to” from this book. I had thought they are same meaning, so I was surprised. According to the book, when I say “I will do something” is when I’ve just decided to do something. When I say “I’m going to do something” is when I’ve already decided to do something. For example, if I reserved a restaurant on Saturday night, and my friend ask me “What are you doing next Saturday night?” Then, I should answer “ I’m going to go to a restaurant.” I shouldn't answer "I'll go to a restaurant." (In addition, in this case, my friend shouldn’t ask “ Will you go a restaurant next Saturday?”, because it have been decided thing.) Another example, if my friend ask “We are going to go to a restaurant from now. Shall we come with us?” Then, I can say “ I’ll go there with you.” Because I decide it and announce at the same time. You can also use “will” for in these situations; offering, agreeing, promising and asking. For example “I promise. I won’t tell anyone what happened” I told about these differences to my friend who is native English speaker. Contrary to my expectation, he said “I use them same meaning. I can say “I’ll go to a restaurant next Saturday.” and I can say “I’m not going to tell anyone what happened” Both are OK.” Basically, although “will” and “be going to” are grammatically different, native speakers are using them as same meaning in daily conversation. I’m not able to decide to use these words as same meaning or separately. How about you?

Journal #68 This is a double-decker bus. It is an iconic bus in the UK. The color is usually red. I’ve seen a double-decker bus in Japan, and it was only for tourists. Those are running around famous places in Tokyo. On the other hand, these buses are a common means of public transport in the UK, where people use them to commute. My first trip abroad was to the UK, so of course I rode on a double-decker bus. I remember I was excited to climb the steps in the bus. *** Yesterday I wrote above sentences, and one person taught me that double-decker buses has already been for tourist also in the UK. My trip to the UK was about 15years ago, so situation would have been changed. Although I feel buses in Japan haven’t been changed for 30 years, new technology have made many things change. I want to visit to the UK again.

Journal #67 Double-Deckers Bus In the UK This is a double-deckers bus. It is an iconic bus in the UK. Somehow the color of it must be red. I’ve seen a double-deckers bus also in Japan, and it was only for tourists. Those are running around famous places in Tokyo. On the other hand, these buses are common transportation in the UK. Therefore people use them to commute. My first abroad trip was the UK, so of course I rode a double-decker bus. I remember I was excited to rise steps in a bus.

Journal #66 Malacca (rewrite2) Last month, I went to Malacca, Malaysia. I was looking for my trip because I wasn’t able to visit Malacca during my last visit to Malaysia. Malacca is located the trade rout between China and the Middle East. Malacca had prospered because of foreign trade. Some countries tried to colonize Malacca. Portugal, Holland and England succeeded. When England colonized Malacca, many Chinese men immigrated to work at rubber plantations or tin mins. Some of them married with local Malaccan women, and their descendants became known as the Peranakans. They built a unique culture that is a mix of both Chinese and Malay cultures. The history of Malacca is interesting. However, I felt disappointed in the present state of Malacca. I saw many tricycles with seats in the back for tourists to ride in. These drivers played loud music and decorated their tricycle with stuffed dolls like Doraemon and Hello kitty to attract tourists. I think such tricycles with modern cartoon themes are the diametric opposite of historic image of Malacca. In addition, these themselves are vulgarity and nonsense. I wonder why citizens don’t complain about them? Why doesn’t the government ban them? Malacca was listed as one of the World Heritage Sites in 2008, but I felt that this status does nothing to protect the historic culture.

Journal #65 Malacca (rewrite) Last month, I went to Malacca, of Malaysia. I was looking forward to go it because last time I was in Malaysia I wasn't able to visit Malacca. Malacca is located along the point of China to the Middle East. Malacca had prospered because of foreign trade. Some countries tried to colonize there. Portugal, Holland and England succeeded. When England colonized there, many Chinese immigrant men married with native women, and their progeny became known as Peranakan. They built a unique culture that is a mixed of both Chinese culture and Malay culture. The history of Malacca is interesting. However I felt disappointed in the present state of Malacca. I saw many bicycles with seats in the back for tourists to ride in. These drivers played loud music and decorated their bicycles with stuffed toys like Doraemon and Hello kitty to attract tourists. I think they totally clash with the historical image of Malacca. I wonder why the citizen don't complain for them. Why doesn't the government ban them? Malacca was admitted into the World Heritage in 2008, but I felt that it doesn't work to protect these historic culture.

Journal #64 Malacca Last month, I went to Malacca of Malaysia. I was looking forward to go to there, because I couldn’t go to there when I’ve been to Malaysia last time. Malacca is located halfway point of route from China to Arab and India. It had prospered because of foreign trade. Some countries tried to colonialize Malacca. Portugal, Holland and England did it. When England colonized there, many Chinese immigrants men married with native women, and their progeny became called as Peranakan. They built their original culture which is mixed Chinese culture and Malay culture. History of Malacca is very interesting. However, I felt disappointed for present atmosphere of Malacca. I saw many bicycle which tourists can ride behind seats. These drivers played loudly music and decorated their bicycle by stuffed toys like Doraemon and Hello kitty to attract tourists. I think they totally break up the historical image of Malacca. Why citizens don’t claim for them? Why government doesn’t ban them? Malacca was admitted as world heritage in 2008, but I feel it isn't worked to protect of Malacca culture.

Journal #63 What I've learned from mistakes of my job What I've learned from mistakes of my job was what start time is important. I have to start to do earlier as I can. If start time become later, chances to solve problems become less and less. It's impossible to turn to others when time is over. You shouldn't be too much attached to protect your pride. Don't forget the main purpose of job.