http://wave.ap.teacup.com/karin02/ karin's English Writing � ja 2012-02-11T23:34:47+09:00 http://wave.ap.teacup.com/karin02/821.html I’ve been very busy dusting furniture or packing my things. The day of my move to an apartment complex is approaching. Everything is going well, I think. Today I attended a high school class reunion ---celebrating our seventieth year. 6 ladies and 14 gentlemen gathered at Izakaya near Kinshi-cho Station. [画像] I saw half of them for the first time after graduation. It was a warm and happy reunion. After the reunion we, six ladies, went to a coffee shop and had some cake and coffee... 2012-02-11T23:29:00+09:00 http://wave.ap.teacup.com/karin02/820.html I have to leave my apartment by the end of this March, as I wrote on my blog last December. I finally found an apartment. They got the apartment redecorated. I checked it out yesterday. I liked it! The formal contract was made yesterday. I will receive the key of my new apartment on Feb. 7th. Oh, what busy days I'll have! The new apartment is larger than this apartment--- almost three times as large as this one. I think I will start my new life again. (near my new apartment... 2012-02-03T13:42:00+09:00 http://wave.ap.teacup.com/karin02/819.html My granddaughter has been learning the piano at JOY MUSIC. She is now 12 years old. Last evening JOY MUSIC gave a concert-- ‘Jazz & Pop Concert 2012.’ koharu played the piano on the stage with two professional musicians. She played her favorite music ‘ Linus & Lucy’-Peanuts theme song. It is a popular jazz piano tune. You did very well, koharu! After the concert we had a Sushi-party. I stayed the night at her house. What a wonderful night! [画像] [画像] 2012-01-30T11:11:00+09:00 http://wave.ap.teacup.com/karin02/818.html It’s the coldest season of the year. It's a very fine but very cold day. The flowers were frozen in the morning. The snow that fell this Monday still remains on the both sides of the street. One of my friends slipped on the frozen road and had her left wrist broken. I feel so sorry for her. Cheer up, Tomiko-san! I hope you will soon be all right. The entrance to my apartment is still frozen, so I must be careful not to slip on the ice. I’ve just been to a beauty salon. I had... 2012-01-28T16:19:00+09:00 http://wave.ap.teacup.com/karin02/817.html Have you received a postcard in a cellophane envelope? Last Saturday the sleet was falling all day long. The word sleet means ‘snow and rain that fall when it is very cold,’　みぞれ. When I came back to my apartment from Kunitachi, I found a postcard in the mail box. I was surprised the postcard was put in a cellophane envelope---probably, so as not to get wet. How thoughtful of a mailman! Have you ever received any postcards put in cellophane envelopes--- delivered by JP mailmen? ... 2012-01-25T10:09:00+09:00 http://wave.ap.teacup.com/karin02/816.html What an exciting day! Yesterday I went to Kunitachi City and met a Korean family, Kim-san. They used to come to Saturday Japanese Class at Kunitachi Community Center. I was teaching Japanese to Kim-san’s son as one of Japanese volunteer teachers. To be exact, not teaching but to enjoying talking with them in Japanese. He entered an public elementary school in Kunitachi as soon as he came to Japan with their parents. Six years have passed since they came back to Seoul. The boy has g... 2012-01-22T09:01:00+09:00 http://wave.ap.teacup.com/karin02/815.html I went to a nearby public junior high school and observed two English classes in the morning. My granddaughter, koharu, will attend this junior high school this spring. The school is now open to the community until Friday. I've never observed any classes at junior high school. I've been interested to know how English is taught at junior high school. First, I observed one of the third year students' English classes. They seemed to have almost finished their textbooks ex... 2012-01-18T10:52:00+09:00 http://wave.ap.teacup.com/karin02/814.html Yesterday I attended a new year's party at the community center. 56 members who use the community center attended. It was a lunch party. Sekihan, red and white manju, buta-jiru soup, oranges, pickled vegetables and drinks were served. All members present looked happy. What a good start! (ume) [画像] (chestnut) [画像] [画像] [画像] 2012-01-15T12:38:00+09:00 http://wave.ap.teacup.com/karin02/813.html Did you watch the American movie ‘Real Steel’? I went to a movie theatre in Kichijoji and enjoyed the movie Real Steel yesterday evening. I read cocco-san’s blog and wanted to watch it. http://yaplog.jp/mjlove8/ It is a robot-fighting movie—set in the near future 2020. It is a story of Father and 11-year-old Son. The movie ‘Real Steel’ was a touching movie. [画像] 2012-01-12T23:26:00+09:00 http://wave.ap.teacup.com/karin02/812.html Yesterday I joined ‘Green Road Walking Club’ and enjoyed walking in Fukagawa. I like samurai dramas very much. I hear the name of Fukagawa very often in samurai dramas. But I had never been to Fukagawa! So I enjoyed a great deal of Fukagawa atmosphere. I was sorry we did not stay long at each place. So I think I will visit Fukagawa again. We members gathered at Hagiyama Station by half past nine. We went to Morishita Station, changing trains three times. Then we started walking in Fuka... 2012-01-09T15:02:00+09:00