My favorite vacation memory

This summer, I went to the U.S. for the homestay program and I had a very good time there. However, that was the 2^nd time to go abroad for a long time. When I was 16 years old, I visited Canada for studying English for a month. This time I make a point of writing this memory, for I’m tired of telling someone or writing about one in Minnesota. I applied for a scholarship to go to Prince Edward Island out of a whim. I had to write an essay about the reason why I’d like to go there in English and I won! All members of my family were glad to hear that, but they worried about my staying there by myself. After I took airplanes three times, I got there and my host mother called for me. She was so beautiful and kind. Though she didn’t have husband and children, she always took me somewhere after school.   [159 words]

My favorite slogan

I like this slogan, "TIME IS MONEY" the best. When I was in junior high school, my cram school teacher told me in his lesson. That means time is important, so you should think a great deal of it as money. In addition, if you manage your time with zero waste, you can save and gain more money. When I read an article on Rakuten and UNIQLO, their CEO also mentioned the similar things to this slogan. Although I’m not good at spending time meaningfully, I always remind myself of the importance of time. We need some recess between the daily hard works, but we have to do what we need, such as studying, doing assignments, and house works. Recently I’m likely to forget short sentence and indulge in using my cell phone and going out with others. However, this typing topic reminded me of what I have to do now. I need to do book reviews, English Central, and hit the books about tour management for my future.  [170 words]

My favorite animal

My favorite kinds of animal are dogs and bears. Though I have never had any dogs at home, I'm always fascinated with them. Particularly, I love toy poodle. It's a really popular kind of dog with soft and curly hair. I'd like to have one at home since I was a child, but I can't because my home is owned by others. My mother also likes this kind too, so she thinks she might have one in secret someday. On the other hand, when I went to Cuddly Dominion in Aso long time ago, I saw some bears waiting their feed from customers. They were holding up their hands at the sky and looking at us with their shoe-button eyes. It seemed they had a big appetite and they were so cute. That’s why I like these animals very much!   [140 words]

My favorite TV show

I don't watch TV so often, but I'll write about my favorite TV show. In the morning, I always watch Zip, a news and entertainment program. In particular, I watch Moco's Kitchen to learn some nice recipes from Mokomichi Hayami. He is a cool actor who is good at cooking. After that, I usually watch Sukkiri, the same type of the program as Zip. I like the main caster, Kozi Katoh. He is an outspoken comedian, so I like him. Also, when I turn on Sky Perfect TV, I love MTV so much. As I'm into foreign music, I sometimes watch US Top 50 or UK one. Those programs show me the latest songs in those countries. When I was a child, I watched some TV dramas, but now I don't have enough time to watch them due to my part-time job, so I lost my interests to them.   [149 words]

My favorite dish

I'd like to tell you about my favorite dish. Since I was a little kid, I really like soba. Do you know what it is? It's a kind of Japanese noodle made from buckwheat. When I was around 8 years old, my grandparents would often take me to Sobakoh. It's a famous soba restaurant located in Yamamuro, Kumamoto City and we used to live near there. Especially I like zaru-soba and tororo-soba, so I was happy to go there. They taste so good and they are healthy. However, after we moved to where we live now, I didn't eat soba so often. Now, in the university, I have some opportunities to eat one at the school cafeteria or Loson. That's why I almost always order hot soba there or buy zaru-soba and tororo-soba at Loson.  [144 words]

My favorite music

Since I was a child, I really love foreign music due to the influence on my mother. When I was 7 years old, I went to Tokyo Dome with her to see Back Street Boys. They were so popular that most people must know them. Their songs made me interested in English too. When in senior grade of elementary school, I was often listening to Mariah Carey, Michael Jackson and so on in my mother's car. After I became a junior high school student, I found a friend of mine who has the same interest with me. We shared our own CDs. We really loved Usher, Ne-yo, Nelly and Leona Lewis. We sang and danced those songs at karaoke. In high school, I started to watch US Top 20 on MTV every time and found cool artists more. Now, I still love foreign music. In particular, I love Maroon 5, P!nk, Wiz Khalifa, Pitbull, David Guetta and Ed Sheeran. Those singers make me feel relaxed.  (165 words)

My favorite high school memory

When I was in high school, I belonged to the Japanese traditional drums club for whole school life. At first, everyday practices were so hard for me because I didn't play any sports in junior high without P.E. In the first grade, we trained our muscles with dumbbells, did more than hundred sit-ups a day and so on. Of course, we formed a lot of blisters on our hands with these apparatus. When our older club mates played the drums, we always had to sit on our legs throughout, on the firm and cold floor. Our coach and those club mates were so strict that it was an opportunity to learn the social manner. After we became the oldest grade, we practiced the drums and had performances here and there many times. It was so exciting and we created a sense of teamwork. However, I developed an ear disease because of hearing the loud sound from the drums. It was awful that I couldn't perform an important concert and I ruined my ears. I had been to the hospital for a couple of months to treat it, but it couldn't cure completely. When we held the last concert at high school, many friends and my family came to watch it and I took a full swing. After that, I missed the club mates, but some of them in KGU says hello to me now.  (234 words)

My favorite dessert

I love desserts so much! I like chocolate, pudding, cakes, candies, ice creams, fruits and so on. Do you know Amamiya? It's a sweets restaurant in Kamitori Street, but it has some normal menu such as Udon, Soba, and curry rice. I think many people who like sweets have already known or been there. It has many kinds of parfait. Last year, I sometimes went there after my part-time job. However, I realized that I spent much money after it and working hard had no meaning! What was worse is that I gained weight. Then, I began to buy ice creams after the job at convenience stores. Recently I haven't eaten food a lot, so I haven't been interested in sweets. It's good to me but I wonder I'll become an excess eater in winter again.  (142 words)

My favorite color

I have a lot of favorite colors. When I was in elementary school, I really liked pink and yellow. I bought many pink stationers, such as pens and a pencil case. In junior high school, what I had were consisted in a variety of colors. In high school, when I wore a coat in vivid red, many friends liked it, so I became fond of the color. When I wore red clothes, I was happy. However, after I entered in the university, that coat started to look too young to me, so I hadn't worn red clothes so often for a while. Then I started to wear bright blue or black clothes more often than before. Now, I have a pink iPhone covered with red and yellow iPhone case, a navy pencil case, a black sweater, an orange wallet and... What on earth is my favorite color?  (148 words)

My favorite elementary school memory

When I was in the 5^th grade in elementary school, I went camping at Mt. Kinpo. There is a big campsite for most elementary school students in Kumamoto City. It was the first time for me to stay with my friends, so I was excited. We made a group of three boys and three girls. We cooked curry rice and prepared for staying there by ourselves. We made a campfire and did a play of “Gokusen”, a famous TV drama at that time. At night, we entered the bosket at a time on a dare. It was rocket science for me because our teachers impersonated ghosts and they were funny. The next day, we walked for a while to go to the hot spring. Although I don’t remember how long we stayed there, I think we did for two and a half days. Now, I don’t see my group members and I don’t even know what they do, but I’d like to see and talk with them again.  (168 words)