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 In May, I began to study intensively for the Level 2 bookkeeping exam. I was in school every Saturday in May from first to fifth period. As I watched everyone happily saying 🎶It's Hanakin(華金) 🎶 on Friday, I was sad to hear that there would be school tomorrow too. In June, I started to study past exam questions in preparation for the exam. I solved about five  exams given in class and solved past papers I bought on my own. I'm going to take the exam this Thursday. Fingers crossed I get in and make one last push😬😬 Now that I've talked about my studies, let's talk about some of the fun things I've been doing lately. June 22 was my boyfriend's birthday and we celebrated it😆🪄 We stayed on the 33rd floor of the Hankyu International Hotel and had a wonderful day. The night view was beautiful and he and I were very excited. In the morning, I ordered breakfast from room service and was happy to eat it.

 1: Put the picture of your poster 2: Put the video of you doing your poster presentation (you can embed the video or just put a URL to the video) https://youtu.be/qQHzqaMkAYU 3: Reflect on your poster presentation    a: Why did you choose the topic?       It all started with a single word from Gento. When I heard that he were interested in my views on marriage, I decided to look into it because I was curious about the matter as well. 　 b: Were the results as you expected, or did something surprise you?     I was very surprised by the results.  I had thought that many people would want their marriage partner to be a full-time housewife, but many number of people who wanted full-time employment. And I had thought that many people would want to get married after 2.3 years of dating, and I was right.    c: What aspect of your poster presentation could have been improved? I was able to present my presentation loud enough to reach everyone. However, I was still not able to perfectly present

 1. What is the title of the TED talk video? What is "normal" and what is "different"? 2. What is the URL? https://www.ted.com/talks/yana_buhrer_tavanier_what_is_normal_and_what_is_different 3. What were the main points of the talk? Diversity is true nomal. 4. What interesting vocabulary or phrases did you learn? WEIRD—  meaning Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic. 5. What did you learn about the topic of the video? The normal used in general is not normal. Nomal is different. 6. What do you think about the topic? Especially in Japan, it is important to be normal, and I think that unusual people tend to be hindered. I was made to think about what is normal. 7. Did the video make you change the way you feel about the topic? Yes. There is no so-called nomal person, everyone is different and everyone is good. 8. What is a discussion question you want to ask your classmates about the topic? Is there anything you think is unusual and different from ot

My winter break was so goood 🥹🫶 I traveled Hokkaido with my boyfriend.   I went to Hokkaido in February. It was snowing in Hokkaido when we went to. My home town doesn't snow, so I'm so excited 😆💦⛄️ In Hokkaido, the ground is frozen and slippery. So my boyfriend and I almost slipped and fell a few times 😅 I ate a lot of delicious food in Hokkaido. For example, a bowl of seafood, scallop, oyster, mackerel, and so on. I also enjoyed various tourist attractions such as Sapporo Clock Tower, Asahiyama Zoo, and  sirahige no Taki. It was a great trip😆❤️‍🔥 By the way, I'm going to talk about my three goals for this semester. First, to get a score of 750 or higher on TOEIC. I'm losing my vocabulary now, so I want to focus on memorizing a lot of words anyway. Second, I want to read long sentences in English. Although it overlaps with my previous goal, I want to be able to read the long sentences that appear in TOEIC smoothly.  I would like to read some long sentences in En

 I'm going to review the presentation I gave the other day. I gave a presentation on the topic of "Face to nuclear legacy." ・𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜？ My friend who was in the same group as me for the presentation happened to have knowledge about this subject, and I was interested in what she had to say. ・𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐠𝐨 ? It was good😃  At first, I didn't have any knowledge about Onkaro or nuclear weapons, so I started by researching them.  I shared what I learned from my research with my peers in the same group, and we made a presentation. We  put a lot of images and tables in the power point to make it easier for everyone to understand.  I'm glad that we were able to work together as a team for this presentation🤝 ・𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬？ Yes😺‼️  The topic we chose was quite difficult, but I think I was able to work with Chie and Momoka

 I'd like to reflect on my previous presentation on Kwansei Gakuin University. 𝐚.𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜? This is because all of the restaurants at KGU are delicious, and I wanted to let everyone know that there are still many restaurants that people don't know about. 𝐛.𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐠𝐨? I think it's fine.  But I think I could have done more.  We made the presentation individually, so I think we should have discussed more and made a draft of the presentation together. 𝐜.𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬? Yes, I did.  The two of us toured around the campus, taking pictures and doing interviews.  We were also struck by the happening that we couldn't share the power point, but we were able to solve that together. 𝐝.𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞? It was my first presentation in English, and I was nervous because I didn't know what to do, but I'm glad I