Essay 2-01b: My favorite place

       Do you have your own favorite place? My favorite place is Mall Of America. It’s the biggest shopping mall in the U.S. which is located in Bloomington. Many races are gathered in this place and I surprised this scale. This stay was a first stay for me in the U.S. and it was a home stay program for one month.

       First, I’ll tell you what is Mall Of America. It is a big shopping mall I haven’t ever seen. I　spent there all day in the last day of this program. This facility’s scale is bigger than Disney land! Can you imagine it? I haven’t seen such a big shopping mall, so it made me excited. This mall has some hotels for people who wanted to enjoy shopping all day, so they can stay at these hotels. Actually, we can’t look around all of shops because it has 520 stores, 50 restaurants and many exciting attractions! It’ll be exhausted our foots, so  I think it’s very convenient system for customers.

       Shopping was so fun in this mall. I went around many stores with my friends. We dropped into Forever21, H&M, Victoria’s Secret and Abercrombie&Fitch and so on. We bought a lot of clothes and accessories cheaper prices than Japan. There were many choices to buy, so we couldn’t decide quickly. I remember that we trying on clothes in each store every time. We can’t count how many clothes we say “Nice!” It was so funny. At the same time, we found same stores which are also in Japan. It was interesting to find how difference in the U.S. and Japan. Time was past so past, so we regretted that we couldn’t look other stores.

       Also, foods were delicious. There were many kinds of restaurants, not only hamburger shops! We thought “Little Tokyo” and “Panda express” were unique name. Do you understand what kinds of restaurants? After all, we had lunch at Burger King on North Food Court. We have already eaten in this shop before that in other shopping mall, so it was second time for us to eat. American burgers and potatoes were big even these were small size. We had high calories foods in a day, so terrible.

       Surprisingly, there are not only shopping stores. It has big movie theaters, aquarium and amusement park. When I knew these options, I couldn’t believe why shopping store and amusement park combined together. I thought children won’t be bored all day. I wanted to ride a roller coaster but I couldn’t. Next time I’ll try!

       As you can see, Mall Of America is special place for me and American people. We can do Shopping, playing, eating at one place! This stay was unforgettable for me. If I have a chance to go to the U.S. , I’ll go there absolutely!

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Essays 1-03b: Perfect family

           What is "perfect family"? "Mrs. Doubtfire" is a kind of comedy movie. My interest is that it tells us how a real family should be. It is expressed on some scenes like character's feelings or incidents. At the same time, this movie tells us some important things that is, "Family love" and "Deceit and Trust". These things represent this movie strongly and key words for "perfect family".
         There are two main idea that I expected. First, "Family love". Daniel was romantic and passionate person. Especially, he loved his three children, Lydia, Chris, Natalie. They also had trust for his father. For example, they kept secrets between father, and they think deeply to him. They heard him and his wife, Miranda about their divorce, they were shocked. They missed Daniel so much.
         Also, Miranda loved children. Even Daniel didn't get a job, she worked harder for children. When she had a new boyfriend, "Stuart", she thought about them first. She took an important role in the family then. On the other hand, children loved her too. They were glad to see her smile. Her smile was relieved their anxiety. They could guess her heart first, and followed their parents. However parents decided to break up, children always helped both their parents.
         Second, "Deceit and Trust" caught my eyes. I found that habitual liar hurts person's feeling badly. Daniel worked as a voice actor, so he abused his experience. He began to work as a house keeper for his family. He knew it was bad, but he continued hiding his identify. He often told a lie for children, wife, inspection worker and his boss. He just wanted to see his children. Also, Miranda deceived Daniel too. She was serious person, so she has thought she doesn't go well with his character for a long time. He is optimistic person, so he couldn't think problem seriously. She worried about it and blamed herself every day. She often cried alone at night then. She closed her mind.     
     　　It was also described "Trust" as well as "Deceit". Miranda could open her mind for Mrs. Doubt, but not Daniel. She talked to her about new love, her past life, worry about children. Thanks to her, she could be positive. While children and Mrs. Doubt played a lot, their grades made great progress. They could grow themselves by her strict education. That is why Mrs. Doubt got trust to all members of the family. "Treasure of family", this word meant her essential position.
          I consider this family seems to may be not perfect because the couple divorced and children were confused. However, they have a lot of good points. Actually, they helped each other and made up their weak points. When they are confused deceit or fake trust, with the big family love, they can be perfect. We can accept good points, and bad points. If you watch this movie first, you can laugh all the time because Daniel's strange behavior is so funny. There are many interesting scenes, but sometimes serious scenes in it. You can enjoy both scenes. If you watch it again, you can try to look for the style of couples. You'll be thought about real family form deeply.

                                                   
                               
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Letter to homestay family

              Hello! My name is Yuka. I’m a student of KGU. I have experienced a home stay once so I’m looking forward to staying you.

              There are four members in my family, my father, my mother, my older brother and me. My hobby is listening to music and watching movies. Also, I have a dog, his name is “Jolly”. Does your family have pets? I like dogs very much, so I hope you would have some pets.

              I live in Kumamoto near the city. Some special products in Kumamoto are Karashi Renkon, Basashi and Ikinari dango. Have you ever visited Kumamoto? If you have an opportunity to visit here, you can try to eat them! Please tell me what foods are famous in your town. I want to know about your country more.

              Then, I worry about getting used to a new environment. I’m not a sociable person, so it takes a lot of time to get along with strangers. I want to improve my character through this stay. In addition, I don’t have any allergy about foods but I have a nasal inflammation, so it isn’t so easy to keep my body healthy. I’ll bring some medicine from Japan.

              I’m going to cook some Japanese food when I stay in your house. I can cook miso soup, nikuzyaga, rice balls and so on. If you want me to cook something, please tell me. Will you tell me some Japanese shops? I want to buy foods that I need.

              I’m good at doing calligraphy. It’s part of a Japanese culture. I learn it in elementary school from my 3^rd year to junior high school 3^rd year. It takes a lot of nerves. Japanese sit properly beside the table, and write with a Japanese writing brush. My works were accepted for contests sometimes. I like this work because I can do it without thinking about something. If you haven’t tried it, I’ll teach you!

              I’m not belong to any circles but I enjoy campus life every day. 6 weeks is a very short stay, but I want to make good memories there. I think I give you some trouble, but please forgive me. I want to see you and talk to you.

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