Back to School Resolutions

日本料理の作り方を学びたいです。料理の先生が要る。　　　　　　　　　　　下を読んでください。

Yesterday was the first day of school.  Monica and Jonah left in a happy mood.  They are both looking forward to a good school year.  They are both good students, except in Japanese.  I vow to spend 10 minutes with each of them separately every day to work with them on their Japanese and it will help us all.

For me, it is similar to New Years Resolution time in that I can reassess how I will spend my time and make the best of what may be our last year in Japan.  Apparently, I've been loafing long enough.  (NOT!) But I need to find a job if we will ever be able to afford a house again someday.  I plan to work at the school part-time as a substitute teacher.  I am also giving considerable thought to teaching English (ESL). 

I am putting even more effort into learning Japanese, so of course I will continue my lessons with Matsui-san.  Also, I want to continue to do yoga, ikebana, and maintaining my pages on the school website.

My special goal, besides getting a job or two, is to learn how to cook Japanese food.  I want to take individual lessons maybe twice a month.  I hope to find a good cook who is also willing to let me practice speaking Japanese during the cooking lesson.  This is difficult because my Japanese is so basic, but I'm optimistic that I can find the right person.

昨日モニカとジョナは学校にまた行き始めました。二人ともよい一年を楽しみにしています。私にとって今回は新年のようです。決意の時です。将来に家を買うために、仕事をしなくちゃ。判断をしました。　子供の学校でパートタイムの代わりの先生になります。　ほかにも英語（ESL)を教えるつもりです。

今年はたぶん日本に住む最後の年です。それで色々な事をしたいです。もちろん、まついさんと日本語レスンを続けます。そして、ヨガとか生花とか学校のウエブサイトの努力を続けます。

日本を出る前に、私の大切な新目的は日本料理の作り方を学びたいです。一か月２回のレスンをしたいと思います。　特別な人を探しています。こちらは料理するほかに日本語を話す練習をしたいです。完璧な人を求めていません。いい人がいたらぜひ紹介してください。私は楽観的です。

By the way, I finally got to meet Indy in person... I mean in dog... umm... I'm not sure of the correct English here.  Indy is my friend's Jack Russel Terrier puppy.  He's very smart and bilingual.  Well, he doesn't speak English but he understands it... "SIT", "STAY" "COME" etc.    We took some pix.  It was really fun.

Here's Indy's blog: 

And, sadly, one of Monica's really good friends is moving away, so the girls planned a big surprise going away party for her.  It was truly a blast... they had a huge water balloon fight on the porch.  The girls gave their good friend a send off she can always cherish. 

Of course we took lots of pix.

Here's the link. It's password protected, so email me for the password if you want. 

Comments

[まっくす]

Hi I'm "MAX".
Nice to meet you!
I often visit on your blog.
I've been studying English for one year seriously.
I'd been study abroad in Vancouver for 9 months.
That's why I'm really into your blog
since it's good for improving my English skills!
Of course these subjects which you chose is interesting for me!
Thanks!

[まっくす]

はじめまして、「まっくす」と申します。
私は良くあなたのBlogを見に来ています。
私は真剣にこの１年間、英語を勉強しています。
今年の７月まで９ヶ月間、バンクーバーで留学をしてきました。
最初は「adverb」と「adjective」の区別もつかないほどでした。
そんな訳で英語と日本語で書かれているあなたのBlogを読んでいるととても勉強になり、そして「自分も頑張ろう！」と思えます。
これからも応援しています！

[Pamela]

Welcome Max,
Thanks a lot for the nice comment. It is inspiring for me. And especially thanks for writing in both English and Japanese. Your English is much better than my Japanese. I will try to keep this blog interesting for you.
By the way, since you are "studying in Canada" do you know about my friend Yuusuke's website?

http://studyincanada.ciao.jp/

すばらしいコメントをありがとうございます。
私にとって鼓舞してくれた。日本語で英語で書きことをありがとう。まっくすさんの英語は私の日本語よりとても上手です。ブログが面白くになる作ってみます。
ところで、カナダに勉強しながら、ゆうすけさんという友達のウエブサイトを知っていますか。

[まっくす]

Unfortunately i didn't know about his website.
I checked it out.
It's really interesting for me
since it's very useful for people who are a student studying abroad.