14. Jan(Sunday) Today, I supported my son's practicing bicycle. It was very tough because I had to run to keep up with him. After practice, we had lunch in a ramen restaurant but I could not eat so much because just after that.

Hey guys! Long time no see. I will restart this app to practice English. I am looking for language partners and teachers now. Why don’t you practice language you want to learn with me? And someone who teach me English are there?

I never thought! I never thought a new my research target had appeared just before graduation! The novel virus is called SARS-CoV-2 now and the infection is called COVID-19. In fact, I have been studied coronaviruses in my current graduate school but it was minor research until last Dec. Though SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV have been paid attention so far to some extent, a few laboratories researching coronavirus are in Japan. Even in the annual meeting of Japanese Society of Virology, a session on coronavirus was shrinking. Japan had evaded viral infections invading such as Ebola, MERS. So the measure against various infections had not been taken care of on a large scale and now, the government is upset. I hope a estblishment of large organization like CDC, taking the opportunity.

Photo movie for parents show in my son's nursery school. Thanks for having a look! I appreciate so much if you correct my notebook. In Japanese schools, we have a culture to do some presentations by students in a graduation ceremony. In nursery schools, Parents of students make them if they are too young to make some show. Now my son, 2 years old, is in the oldest class of his nursery school and has the ceremony next month. As our show, we are going to make a photo movie and my wife and I took on the editing mainly. At that time, I thought I have a time to make it and it was not difficult. However, it was exhausting work! We have almost finished inserting pictures and I just have to add some effects on the movie. Now, I have come to see the end of the work, so I will do my best until the end!

I bought a new monitor for editing photos! I bought a second monitor for my PC with my amazon points. That's because I wanted to improve my work efficiency but also I start to edit the pictures I have taken so far. It is an Ultra-wide color monitor and can express more colorful than others. So I hope I use it and print out edited pictures as soon as possible.

3rd Topic: Shrine Hi everyone!

As always, I do 15mins writing challenge! (check notebook "1st Topic: Journaling"! )

Todays topic is Shrine. I uploaded the pictures which I took when I visited Tarumi Shrine in Suita city, Osaka for praying my son's safe birth and getting Shinsui(神水), Water given by gods. If you are interested in Japanese culture, check them!

Shrine is the place where gods are enshrined. In Japan, it is believed that the gods exist in all things in nature. They are called Yaoyorozu no kami(八百万の神). Depending on each shrine, enshrined gods and the number are different but it is possible that same gods are enshrined at different places. What gods are enshrined depends on the culture or history of the region.

Shrine are often surrounded by woods. The forest is called Chinju no mori (鎮守の森). Chinju means the gods protected the region. This forest has been believed to have the spiritual power but also it has the actual power which is supported by scientific evidence. In the fact, there are many examples that the forests save the life or protect the land in the disaster. So I strongly recommend you to feel the forest power when you visit Japan.

It is time to stop writing! I am sorry I was not able to tell more about Shrine.

If you correct this post, I am so happy!

And I am open to connect to language partners. Please take it easy to request!

Thank you

2nd Topic: My hobby Hi everyone! In Japan, typhoon 12th has passed over Osaka and it is getting hot. Today I will try to write about my hobby as Journaling topic* cf. notebook "1st Topic: Journaling" My hobby is photography. I liked to take and watched pictures of portfolio, architecture. nature and casual view. I am using OM-D EM5 made by Olympus. It is not a DSLR but a mirroless Interchangeable lens camera. I guess this type of camera is not popular in other countries. Because it dose not have mirror, it is smller than DSLR but it is sufficient to take higher quality picture than smartphones or compact digital cameras. By using my OM-D, I took poctures of nature or Japanese traditional architecture before. But I take picture casual picture in my life recently. Maybe that is because my children are still too young and I can not go so far. I am dreaming to drive far with my sons to take wonderful picture. Oops! It's over time(15mins). Thank you for your reading! I am glad if you give me comment or correct this sentences!

Student profile I tried to write student profile!

I could not write about me so long.

But someone, please correct sentences.

Hi good teachers!

I’m a PhD student of Ōsaka university and studying dangerous viruses like SARS and MERS viruses. I live in Minoo city, Ōsaka prefecture. I am not single but I am spending very nice days with my wife and two sons.

Now I am learning English for IELTS, job hunting and casual conversation in English. But main reason to learn English is because I wanna enjoy to talk with many people.

Basically I use italki for notebooks but if I find good teachers I wanna take lessons with them. And I am waiting for a good language exchange partner. I hope to talk about not only each tongues but each culture, hobby, jobs and so on!

So please feel free to contact me.

1st Topic: Journaling Hi, everyone This is my first notebook and I will do Journalig by making best use of this notebooks. And my first topic is "Journaling". Journaling is a method to raise up my English skills. I knew it in the movie of Hapa Eikaiwa. Hapa eikaiwa is a podcast in which Jun, an English instructor, teaches English through real English conversation. According to him, journaling is a strong method for English leaners and we can become good English user step by step by keeping on every week. To explain it briefly, I decide one small topic per day or week and write down about it in 15mins. After finishing, it should be posted on some correcting service like italki and I can learn appropriate expression through corrected sentences. So I try to go on Journaling like this. Someone, correct my English post, please.