Saturday, 8 August 2009

Summer...?




July 7th
My new term was started and I got new classmates who are from Saudi Arabia, Libya, China and South Korea and Russia. In this term, all my classes are started from afternoon so it may be a little bit difficult to adjust my lifestyle. I must try not to become lazy.

July25th
I went to Sunderland to watch the international air show. It was so cool!
I could watch the performance of Red Arrows which is one of the greatest team in the world , great military helicopters and so on. Actually my host father used to belong to the Royal Air Force so after I went home, he explained to me.

July 28th
One of my Taiwanese friends invited me their softball team. I’ve never dreamed that I would use my baseball glove which I brought from Japan. All my team mates are from Taiwan except me but they welcomed me warmly. What’s more, all of them have stayed here for long time and they can speak English very well so I think to play with them also benefit my studying English.

August 6th
I went to swimming pool near the campus with my friends. It was cold a little to swim even indoor swimming pool. I can’t believe that it has already set in August. The atmosphere of summer in England is totally different to that in Japan. I cannot hear chirp of cicadas here. I miss the summer in Japan….
By the way, August 6th is a special day for Japanese. August 6th about 60 years ago, American army dropped the atomic bomb to Hiroshima in Japan. Every year, on this day, most of Japanese offer a silent prayer for the victim of the war and swear never repeat the same mistake.