As I decided a rough schedule of my trip to London, I've begun to search for a hotel. The factors I should consider are prices, breakfast, and an easy access to a subaway station. Let's see the details. First, an accomadation price is cruc…

Over and over mentioned here, I need to prepare for two events which are the speeking test in November and the trip to London next month. As September is in the middle of the month, I made a trip plan yesterday. After considering mant aspe…

As I mentioned before, next week will be busy because I will go to three concerts in five days. The list is here: Sammy Hagar, Iron Maiden, and ASKA. Today, I'd like to talk about Sammy Hagar. Sammy Hagar was the second vocalist of Van Hal…

I have a lot of to-dos. Among them the preparation for the test in November and the trip to London next month are the two biggest prorities. With regard to the test preparation, I began to consider reasons for each topic that is on the tes…

Recently, Motohiko Saito, the governor of Hyogo prefecture, has been reported on many articles as his unnecessary strong attitudes toward his subordinates, some of whom committed suisides because of the governor. Many citizens have been si…

Battery is a song by Metallica and the first track of their third album "Master of Puppets". It is also one of their symbolic songs that almost all audience sing together during the live performance. Today, what I'd like to talk about is n…

Recently Japan has faced shortage of rice due to the last year's bad weather. Some articles point out that the high-record temperature last year has caused rice defciecies these days. Some environmentalists bring the threat of global warmi…

I went to a concert in Osaka last night, and what I saw was Tim Chiristensen, who is a singer and guitarist of Dizzy Mizz Lizzy(DML). This time he performed as a solo artist along with the 20th anniverssary of his 2nd album "Honeyburst". T…

As I mentioned yesterday, I embarked on making as many reasons as posible for each topic, which found that it took more time that I imagined. I don't feel like coming to an end, but this must be necessary to achieve my goal. What I need to…

When you tackle something you feel huge, it's one way to divide it. Suppose you eat an elphant. Probably you can't eat it with only one bite. You need to separate it into the amount you can consume. Like this, diving something into the det…

Because of the stress and pressure for the test, my diet went wrong a few months ago, which contained drinking during the day and having salty snack foods. It was early August that I resumed to go to the gym. Thanks to the effect of going …

Although the Eiken test in November is my biggest event of this year, another event awaits me. That's my visit in London in October. If I had passed the test in July, this trip would be a farbulous reward for me with focusing on what I wan…

As I refered to a to-do list for the test yesterday, I made a draft plan on how I should prepare for the test. I've failed three times so far, so I know what to do for the interview to certain degree. The most important is five Ps, which i…

As I wrote yesterday, I consulted with a tutor in Native Camp about the way I should study English and overcome the fear of the test. She advised me that sometimes you need trick your mind, which is one way to remove your obstacles. I've h…

I have tried some English lessons since I signed up Native Camp. Gradually I've begun to know how to use the website. That said, while taking lessons, I almost always feel that speaking English is quite challenging. I want to cry. I want t…

As the preparation for the test I will take in November, I started an English online lesson yesterday. There are so many online English companies that I had been worried which company I should take, but making a decision is more important …

In this diary, I've written what I like as I hope. In terms of the number of words, I write about or more than 1000 words almost every day though this is not a rigid rule. As it is September, I again checked how many words I should speak i…

Due to the damage the typhoon caused, I was unable to visit Shanghai even though my friends enjoyed their time in Shanghai in 2018. During their stay, we talked through the conference application, suggesting that this gathering in Shanghai…

Today I had annual health check at the ward hall which is located near the city hall. This was my first time since I quit my job. As I mentioned several times that my diet was changed for losing my weight and getting back my health, I know…