grandma

I visited my grandma today with my parents.
Last year my grandpa has past away so this is the first time to have a new year without him.

My grandma has suffered the consequences of a stroke she had about 10 years ago. My grandpa took care of her but he also suffered from cancer. Now she goes to a day-care and my uncle stays with her at night.

She misses grandpa so much but except it, she is doing fine. That's enough for now. I hope she lives longer than my grand-grandma who lived for 99 years!

A Happy New Year!!!

Another year, 2007, has began! I hope you'll have a good year.

Today I have no plan to go out. Usually I go to my grandparents' place with my family but not this year. I'll go to a store to check a bargain tomorrow!! I want to get a coat...!

Do you like "grab bags"? I don't. It's very attractive that we can get more worth stuff than the price. But I want to know its inside before I get. I know many people like surprise and have fun. That's nice, too. But not for me. I like bargains better!

an one-piece

I went to shop with my sister today. She came home last night from Fukuoka. She won't be able to stay at home on a new year's day because she has to work. I asked her to go shopping.

I'll have a class reunion in a week so I wanted to get clothes for it. I tried some clothes on but couldn't find any I liked.
After we looked at several shops finally I found a black one-piece made from wool. Also it was on sale so I was lucky! I bought it and I was happy. My sister helped me to choose and decide. This shopping was a success.

the end of this year

Finally I'm done all my part-time this year!!!
I worked every day through this week! I got tired but I think it was a good chance for me to know more about the job.

I started this job at the beginning of this December and I wasn't sure about it yet. Especially taking on a phone was very difficult because I had to understand what a person on the phone wanted to know, ask, talk with staff or so on. Even if he/she asked me something about the system of the school I couldn't answer it. I was afraid of taking phone. Through this week, however, gradually I got used to it and got some confidence.

Also I think I made closer to the other staff. One of the staff was not full-time and she did jobs like mine. She was very kind so I could ask her many things. She worked at some different companies before and knew well about computer and worked much faster than me. I liked her very much.

Although today was the last day for her to work there. She quit this job and will get married in spring. I'm very happy I could meet her. I know her only for a month but she taught me a lot. Now I can continue the job because of her.

We don't know when and where you meet an important person for you. I strongly felt that today.

Merry Christmas!

Christmas is over. How was yours?
I worked my part-time all day! After that, I went to my friend's house to have a party.
I work at the office which is very close to a department store. I got some salad, chicken, sushi and a cake from there. It was crazy there! So many people were buying Christmas dinners and it was so crowded. One Sushi store had a line up! I was so surprised at this sight.
Usually I avoid to go out when an event goes on like a festival and of course Chistmas. I don't like crowded places. I get tired by energy of people. But this time I had no idea where I could get any kinds of foods at the same place. Anyway I could get what I wanted so it was good.
At my friend's, we had the dinner and talked a couple hours. She bought some new kinds of drinks so we tried them. That's all about my Christmas but it was good enough.

slideshare is difficult...

These slideshare pictures are from my stay in Canada 2005-2006. Have a look!

a Christmas Party

Tonight we had a Christmas party at a sign language lesson.
I brought a cake and many different Christmas goods from last year. One of them, I brought some hair clasps with horns of reindeer and moose. I just had four of them and we had four members so that was perfect. We all put them and had a big piece of cake, a glass of fake champagne and cups of black currant tea. We took pictures each other and had a very good time.

Almost all this 2006 is over and next 2007 is coming. I had so many new experiences and so much fun this year. I hope next year will also be a good year and I can find a good job.