My amazing trip

   I didn't spend on Thanksgiving Day in U.S. because I tripped to South America especially Peru and Bolivia. I used whole holidays. It was first time to go there for me and my friend. The reason of choosing these places is very simple. Going Machu Picchu and Uyuni salt lake is one of my dream, and the cost is cheaper than going from Japan.
 
   First, we went to Peru. we stayed in Lima one night and moved to Cuzco. Cuzco was very beautiful town. I had thought that Cuzco was very countryside, but it was misunderstanding. There were Starbucks, MacDonald, KFC and so on like this. We went many famous places in Cuzco and took a picture with alpaca. After that we moved to Machu Picchu village by train. It took about two hours. The scene from train was beautiful. After we arrived there, we met two men from Puerto Rico and made a toast with them. It was very fun. And, we slept early for next day.
   We woke up at 4 a.m. and went to the remains of Machu Picchu by bus. Unfortunately, it was rainy, but we started climbing Waynapicchu. Waynapicchu is one of mountains in Machu Picchu. It was harder than I expected. However, the scene from the top of the mountain was amazing!! We could see the remains of Machu Picchu entirely. And then, we climbed down the mountain and walked all over Machu Picchu. I couldn't believe that the ancients made such a sophisticated village at high location. I always thought about that while I walked there.

   Second, we moved to La Paz in Bolivia. I had  a headache because of automobile exhaust and high location. We went sightseeing several places in La Paz. We slept early for next day, too. We wake up at 3 a.m. and went to Uyuni by plane. Our purpose was going Uyuni salt lake. We went there in the dry season, so there were a few puddles. However it was wonderful scene!! It was like a mirror. If you go there in the rainy season, you can see more wonderful mirror. We drank wine in the center of lake with the guide watching the sunset. It was very nice time. I cried naturally. lol  And also, we stayed the salt hotel which was made by salt totally. Finally, our nine days trip was over.

   This trip was my most precious trip :)




My essay topic
* The U.S. troop in Okinawa should be banned.
* We should study about history especially own country more.

Person I admire

     My grandmother's younger sister who I really admire. I have two big reasons fot this.

     First, she is very fashionable. Even she will be 70 years old soon, she doesn't look like that. She always wears fashionable clothes and accessories. Also, she has a good figure, so they match with her very much. She cares her style and tries to keep young mind everyday than me. I think that it's very important thing for women to keep femininity even though we get older. I like her fashion, so I often go shopping with her.

     Secound, she cherishes her family very much especially her father and mother who already died. She always told me that family is very important for you forever. I like her way of thinking. As long as I am with her, I want to learn many things from her as much as I can.

Goals and Dresms

   I have many things that I want to accomplish before I die.

   First, I want to go to Poland. Poland has many history and world heritages which is both happy and sad.  My major is world history, so I want to learn history from Poland especially sad history because I think it's very important thing for people who don't know the war. 

   

   Second, I want to watch the Wimbledon and soccer match of Real Madrid vs Barcelona in Europe. I love sports especially tennis and soccer. I know getting these tickets is very difficult and expensive, but I really want to do that!!

   Lastly, I want to come true my dream that I'm to be a flight attendant. For my dream, I have to study English very hard now. And then I'll come back California by own flight!! XD

My unforgettable experience

  When I was five years old, I went to "KOBE Luminarie" with my family. It is very famous annual festival in Japan. If you go there, you can see very beautifil illuminations.

 

 

   As this picture, there are many many people in this festival every year. This festival was hold at night and very crowded, so it was a little scary for me at that time. My parents were always careful not to lose me.

   However, unfortunately, I got separated from my parents and brother in the crowd. I felt so horrible, but I just could be crying. Then, a young people's group around me helped me. They surrounded me not to lose me and looked for my family with me. Fortunately, few minutes later, I could meet my family. I was relieved, and I was deeply grateful to them for their kindness.

   By this day, I think that I must be more careful about that. Also, if I find a lost child anywhere, I decide to try finding his/her parents. This experience is still teaching me the importance of a fear of  crowd.

 





Response #1

Hello!!
I'm Misaki. I'm from Japan. My major is world history so I'm very interested in history.

The reason I came US is that I want to improve my English especially speaking. My pronunciation is not so good, so I'd like to learn collect pronunciation and speak English fluently. In addition, my dream is become to be a flight attendant, so I want to learn how to communicate with other country's people here.

I have many hobbies. I like watching sports especially tennis and soccer. I've played tennis for eight years, so if anyone can play tennis, please play tennis with me!! My other hobbies are watching movies, traveling, playing sports and so on.

I'm very glad to meet you in class.