My Memories of Summer Vacation 2008

I went to a tea party at my teacher’s house of the tea ceremony club. I got up very early in the morning, set my hairstyle with a lot of spray, and went to my friend Ayaka’s house. In her house, Naoko and I wore yukata while Ayaka went to a beauty salon. My yukata is black and an obi is pink! Do you think it is cute? Because Naoko’s obi was very complicated, we took the trouble to finish her wearing yukata. After that, we joined other my friends at the station and went to the teacher’s house. It was a second time for me to visit there. The house was very wonderful! It had a beautiful Japanese yard and a tea-ceremony room. I made powdered green tea for guests. I felt nervous, but it was a valuable experience. After the tea party, we went out to eat eel. Surprisingly, it was a full-course dinner! I can’t guess a price of the dinner, but it must be very expensive. Of course, our kind teacher treated us. We listened to the teacher’s great talk, and I cried. The tears rolled down my face because the story was very moving. She said, “People have to do things for others voluntary.” I think so too. I thought I wanted to be a kind, strong, and clever woman like her in the future. When I back home, I remembered the day and became lonely. The more pleasant time I spent in the daytime, the sadder I feel in my house at night. I will try to practice the tea ceremony very hard and want to be a graceful Japanese woman!

A week later, I went back to my hometown. My hometown is Tahara City in the south of Aichi Prefecture. I stayed there for three weeks. I set off fireworks with my family or friends at the beach five times. I also enjoyed a barbecue. Because Tahara has a beautiful beach and mountains, you can enjoy playing without high-tech things like a game center, karaoke, and so on. If you want to enjoy a country life, please tell me and let’s go to my hometown! Because all members of my family and friends are very kind, they’ll welcome to you. I like my family very much. I also like my friends in Tahara. I spent a lot of time with them. My family and I went to shopping and bought clothes for autumn wear. My friends and I hold a party and talked many things about the old days all through night. In addition to these things, I drove a car many times. I drove my mother’s car to go to a supermarket, bakery shop, bookstore, café, and etc. I like driving while listening to music or talking with someone. Because I live in Nisshin City by myself and I go to a supermarket by bicycle now, it’s hard to carry purchases. So I like going shopping by car since I can buy things as much as I want. I had a very good time in Tahara. I want to go back there soon.

After I came back to Nisshin, I worked very hard at a laundry. Because a laundry didn’t have a lot of work in summer, I went to the laundry and talked with regular customers. I have to save money to go to Australia to study English and experience Australian life during spring vacation! Let’s work and study!!
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