Chicago trip

I went to Chicago for trip.The moment I just got off the train, I was so surprised. Unlike Carbondale, there are so many buildings there.I reminded me of my country. First, I went to the art musium. It was so nice. Since I have never been to the musium in my life, I moved them because pictures were so beautiful.Next day, I went to downtown to go to shopping and eat Chicago pizza.Chicago pizza was totally defferent from what I ever eaten. It was so thick.It looks like pie.It made me happy. But I ate too much and after I ate them, I thought I did't eat and see anymore. After that I went to go shopping. It was cheeper than Japanese one. I was excited so much. The third day, I went to the supermarket. There were a lot of Japanese products.I got Japanese snacks and ate Japanese food. I was so happy again. I was supposed to go to the sears tower. Unfortunately, It closed when I arrived. But I satisfied with the views of Chicago. Through this trip, I could see where I am and here is fantastic place.I want to know other wonderful places during my CESL life.

Traveling

I like traveling by train the most. I have some reasons to like it. First, I can see wonderful views through the train, such as views of rivers, mountains and lakes. Second, I can stretch my legs. Also, I can feel relaxed and sleep comfortably, because the trains don't move hard. Third, I can go around anytime I want. For example, when I want to go to the restroom, I can go there anytime, unlike in planes and cars. In one way, I don't have to care about it. Finally, I can get tickets that are cheaper than plane tickets. Although traveling by train takes more time than planes, it has a lot of pleasure for me.

Different school life

After finishing 1 term here, I have had good experiences that I have never experienced at my college. First, they are different in that we study other subjects like economics and politics and so on in Japanese. However, we have studied English mainly. Moreover, in my college, we have classes different time like we started the class from noon or early morning. On the other hand, we had classes same time every day here. I think it is better for me if I have classes same time every day. The reason is that we keep our health. For example, if my class starts at noon only on Thursday, I stay awake at midnight and get up too late. After that I often have headache. I think it's not good for my health. Now, thank to starting class same time, I feel better than before. Second, in my college, we have class for 90 minutes per class. I think it's makes me tired compared to CESL. Unlike my college, I can concentrate on the class more.
When it comes to the number of class,they are different from what kind of subjects we take. In regular class like CESL, there are over 20 students in the class. On the other hand, in other subjects like politics and economics and so on, there are over 50 students in the classroom. If there are many students in the room, some of them are loud. So, I like the small class because we can be friendly more.
In this way, we have some differnces from here. I'm happy to be able to experience here.

Tea is wonderful!

I like tea better than coffee. The reason is that coffee is bitter if a sugar isn’t contained. But I can drink it if it’s a little bit sweet. Also, I have reasons that I like tea more. Almost all tea are healthy. If I drink it, it makes me reflesh. Also, when I eat cake, bread, tea is suitable for it.
In my country, people drink both tea and coffee. Especially, businessmen drink coffee more than tea during the job. However, there are several kinds of tea in Japan. For example, mattya, houzitya, oolong tea, green tea and so on. Of them, I like the oolong tea the best because the taste is good. Also, I heard before that it’s healthy for my body and it’s better after I eat greasy food like Chinese food. I have tried mattya several times, when I was a high school student. At first, I didn’t like it so much but I gradually liked it. Mattya tastes good with Japanese sweets like mannzyuu or sweet rice cake.

I love movie.

In my country, people like movie. I think women likes it more than men. American movies are popular in Japan such as Spider man or the sex and the city and so on.What kind of movies they like depends on people. I like movie too. In my case, I often watch foreign movie more than Japanese one. I don't have a reason why I don't watch Japanese movie so much. On the other hand, I have some reasons why I like foreign movies very well. First, some of them are excited for me. Also, many actress and actors are so awsome. And, It is better for me to be able to watch movie in English because I can learn English more and more.
My favorite movie is "Devil wore PLADA". After I watched this movie, I impressed so much because the actress was so cute and her success story changed my mind. After watching it, I wanted to be more fashionable and get a job like her. I recommend the movie!!!

Music makes me relax

I love listening to music. When I have time, I listen to them. Especially, I like Avril Lavine. I knew her when I was a high school. She is a popular singer in Japan. Recently, I listen to her song "girlfriend'. I like this song because this song makes me cheerful. Moreover, in Japanese music, I often listen to love songs. Almost of them are sad songs, but I often sympathize these songs. I don't have favorite singer in Japan. For me, how the song can make me relax and cheer up are more important than who sings them. So, I want to know fabulous music more.

My favorote food

I want to introduce my favorite food. I like sweets. What I like especially are cakes. When I was in Japan, I have worked at the cake shop for about one year. At that time, I could sample many kind of cakes there. After that, I love cake so much. I like Japanese sweets too. Do you know rice cake?
Rice cake is popular sweets in Japan. We can make rice cake in several ways. For example, if we want to eat a little bit salty food, we bake a rice cake and dip in soy sauce. Also, we want to eat sweet rice cake, we usually dip in sugar or soybean flour or azuki. I like both of them so much. I eat them in winter.