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December will coming! I love December because it has my birthday, Christmas, and year end. I turning 20 in December 17th. I can’t believe it. In my mind, I am 18 years old. Finally I will be able to drink alcohol. But I have to be careful about drinking it. And someday I want to go Christmas market in Germany. I have been studying German in university for a year and a half. I’m learning about Christmas market, so I’d like to go. I will go my hometown at the end of year. I can meet with my family and old friends. And I can eat many delicious foods! I can eat Osechi, crab, and sushi. I will gain weight, but I am extremely happy. I love eating delicious foods with my family. And I can meet old friends at the Coming of Age Ceremony. In Japan, most of the girls wear Long sleeved kimono. I want to see friends’ kimono. Mine is blue one, and my best friend’s is yellow one. Her kimono is beautiful and cute design. I have to take photos with friends! And I want to show my Long sleeved kimono to my grandma. She was playing with me when I was little. I love her. To show her my kimono is my dream.

Today, I learned two things about PC and smartphones. First, I learned the functions of “Microsoft Excel” which is used for writing like “Microsoft Word.” I have already known this filed as role for making figures since when I was junior high school student. After entering high school, I learned that “Excel” is the tool of making sentences in the information class. My father so surprised at the unbelievable fact and I embarrassed myself. Updating my old one of the stereotypes, I am going to try to use “Excel” when I must write reports. Second, I also learned that the plan of smartphones. When I was talking with my family about whether to replace broken smartphones, I knew “the anytime exchanging program.” This is the program that the users can change their mobile phone until they pay the monthly fee. Moreover, they can exchange their smartphones to new type one starting twenty third months later. In other words, you can continue to use the brand-new phones in every releasing time by using this subscription. However, I think that it is better to continue to use the first replacing phones than repeating this system. That’s because it is cheaper than repeating Payments of the fee. How about you? Please give your opinions!

Today, I’d like to talk about something I enjoy. I like taking walks without thinking about anything. Some people say they enjoy walking on unfamiliar roads, but I’m not one of them. I prefer walking along roads I already know, letting my mind wander—or not think at all. I’m not someone who particularly likes exercise, but when I was in high school, I often went on long walks whenever I felt troubled or stressed. Maybe because of that, even now, I clear my head by walking whenever I’m worried about something. On the other hand, something I’m not good at is keeping in touch regularly. Even though smartphones make it easy to communicate, I’m really bad at replying to messages. I tend to let them pile up. And when they pile up too much, they start to feel like homework, which makes me dislike it even more. Some people can exchange messages easily, but I overthink what to say, worry too much about it, and end up getting worse at communicating. Because I have this tendency to overthink, walking helps me refresh my mind. Today, I wrote about both something I like and something I’m not good at. I want to fill my days with as many things I enjoy as possible and spend my time peacefully with a smile. I hope you all do plenty of the things you love, too!

Today, a person who teaches acting to actors as a special instructor for class came to me. He said that unlike the general image of Hori Productions actors, there are many people who are more interested in various things than expected and want to take any drama content for now. I was a little surprised because I thought actors were choosing to play the role carefully. At first, I thought this lecture was about acting like someone, but in fact, it was a class where I learned how to think differently and perceive differently for each member through group work and simple games. In order to understand the other person in the process, I was able to learn that there was no need to over-impress or reversely obscure my values on the premise of the existence of various ways of thinking. I think there will be more opportunities to engage with people from different backgrounds and values in the future, but I wanted to be a person who could accept their ideas without denying what I learned today and to keep broadening my perspective so that I can communicate with others more openly. I realized that this kind of flexible mindset will also help me grow, both in daily interactions and in any creative work I may face.

I had an English interview in today's class. The group was divided into three groups, with two interviewers and one interviewer. I was in the role of having an interview. All teams were assigned jobs in advance and interviews were conducted in each group. Each was a pilot chef, teacher, librarian, tour guide and gardener. I'm not very good at English, so I was nervous and couldn't speak well in the first interview (tour guide). Even in my native Japanese, it is difficult to deal with interviews, so I get even more tired. However, through various classes, I was able to express myself and show my strengths. Some of my friends will go to internships from next year. The time for job hunting is gradually approaching. I'm worried right now, and I really don't want to, but I'll have fun. In particular, it is ideal to actively talk about strong content in interviews. From now on, in order to get used to speaking in front of many people, I would like to give these daily classes and presentations politely and challenge them as if they were giving real interviews. And I want to get a job where I can feel truly rewarding and earn the right amount of money for my work. Through today's lecture, I realized that there are many things that I can do for myself in the future！

Today I had a Chinese class in the second period, and we had to sing a song in Chinese in front of everyone. When the teacher first told us about this, I thought there was no way I could sing in Chinese because I even get nervous singing Japanese songs in front of other student.I hadn’t even chosen my song until yesterday, so I couldn’t practice much. I sang “Chiisana Koi no Uta” in Chinese. Other students sang Disney songs or songs from Japan and China. But I was not as nervous as I expected, and I managed to sing the whole song for about five minutes. After studying Chinese for two years, I could sing easily by looking at the lyrics with pronunciation. I feel happy because I could see my progress, and I want to improve my Chinese even more. I listen to many English songs, but I don’t sing them often, and I didin't sung in Chinese before. It's often said that listening to music is a good way to learn language, so I think if I listen to more songs in English and Chinese, I can improve my language skills even more. I will do my best!

Yesterday I found out that I had influenza. It was a little surprising because one week ago I already went to the hospital when I first felt sick. At that time, I had a sore throat and a runny nose. I was worried that it might be COVID-19 or influenza, so I decided to see a doctor. The doctor checked me carefully and told me that it was neither COVID nor influenza. I felt very relieved, and I started to take the medicine that was given to me. Thanks to the medicine, I slowly began to feel better. My throat pain became weaker, and my nose was not so bad anymore. However, a few days later, something strange happened. I started to cough in a way that was different from my usual cough. My body also felt heavy, and I became very tired. I thought maybe it was just a small cold, but the feeling was stronger than before. I could not concentrate on my schoolwork, and even walking around the house made me feel exhausted. Because of this, I decided to go back to the hospital again. This time the doctor told me that I really had influenza. I was a little shocked, but at least I finally knew the truth. The doctor advised me to rest well and drink enough water. Now I am staying at home, trying to recover slowly. I hope that with enough sleep and care, I will feel healthy again soon.

This morning I woke up very late, and it was really a big mistake. Yesterday I stayed up too late at night, and I could not sleep well. Because of that, when I opened my eyes today, it was already 11:30 a.m. I was very shocked, because I had a lecture in the morning, but I missed it completely. I felt that I really made a serious error. I had studied for the test carefully, but since I did not attend the lecture, I could not take the test. That made me feel very disappointed and frustrated. The reason I stayed up late was because I kept playing games for a long time. I did not stop, and I continued until very late. It has been a long time since I did something like that, so I lost control of my schedule. At first, it was fun, but later I realized it was not good for me. My body felt very tired, and my mind also felt heavy. I could not focus, and I regretted my choice. Now I understand that I need to change my habit. I should not play games too long, especially when I have important things the next day. Today I feel very exhausted, so I decided that I must go to bed earlier tonight. If I sleep well, tomorrow will be better, and I can start fresh again!•

This week, I have a two big event for me. First, I exchanged my smartphone. The before one was using about 4.5 years. So battery's condition was very bad. The new one is very nice. Battery is so long, and screen size is wider than before one. I said, "I want to exchange my smartphone!" since this year's spring. At last, I changed it. Recently, smartphone and other machines are too expensive to change easily. So I changed old smartphone's battery at 2 times. But battery was doing worse quickly. Second, this weekend, I will go to my favorite game event in Chiba. My favorite game's name is "THE IDOLM@STER" series. This game's event will be held in weekend. It will be held in Makuhari Messe. Makuhari messe is located in Chiba pref. Near the this facility, you can see a big Tokyo Bay. But there is very windy because near the ocean. So you should wear windbreak outer if you go to there for some events. This week is too busy to me. Additionally, I had part time job for three consecutive days. It was very hard. But I think that this weekend's event is reward for me. I will enjoy that event.