30 days of writing in English: Day 8

Reiki for a nervous puppy

My neighbor is really adorable. She´s a very kind woman and is always willing to help her neighbors. She has a dog. My neighbor's dog is very special, becuase it was mistreated by its former owners and then abandoned in a municipal kennel. Fortunately, it was adopted by this family who love it very much.
As a result of having been  repeatedly abused, this puppy is very nervous and aggressive. It spends all day barking and growling at everyone. When I knock on the door to talk my neighbor, it barks constantly [this word reads slightly better than 'steadily'] without stopping or resting.
I´m a Reiki therapist, a method of energy healing that is used in peoples and animals to harmonize and balance the energy in the body, mind, emotions and spiritual connection. Yesterday I spoke [I'm sorry, this is an annoying irregular verb!] with my neighbor about the benefits of Reiki, and how it could help to heal the pain of her puppy. I explained to her the following advantages: relieve depression, calm and reduce its hyperactivity and stress.
I hope my neighbor considers this option to help her pet.

Thank you for your corrections!

Walking Is The Best

Perhaps you have noticed that when you want go to the work or go on holiday people use different types of transportation, such as: a car, a train, a bus. If the destination is far away of course we'll accept it, but often we see the people using transportation in order to travel  short distances, that's a big problem, especially in the city.
Today I went out for a walk,  while doing so I bumped into  my friends. They asked me if I wanted to go to the stadium and I accepted their invitation. One of my friends  said we should hurry up because the bus was due to leave. I pointed out  that the stadium was only 2 km away and that walking would be better. My friend said that 2km is a long way and that walking would take too long. After arguing for a bit we parted. One of my friends and I walked to the stadium, and the rest chose the next bus.
Ironically we got to the stadium before them. :)

What about you, do you prefer walking or taking public transport? 

When we are going to lose something

This is my entry for learning. I want to practice some new phrases I have learnt recently. Please correct the grammar. Thanks for your help.
When you are going to lose something which has been around you for a long time, how do you feel?
It’s time that we appreciated how much we need it.
It’s time we learnt how much it is worth. (Is there any word stronger than “know”?)
(Đó là lúc ta nhận thấy nó giá trị thế nào?)
It’s time we regret that we didn’t try our best.
Is that true?
Or do we just fear breaking a habit, are we afraid of changing or we are selfish?
Sometimes we take things for granted, and once they are gone we find it hard to accept.

Cherry blossom season has just come! [you could also say 'has just arrived']

We have been waiting for the cherry trees to start blossoming for a bit longer time than usual this year. It usually comes around the end of March in Tokyo and the Yokohama area, but it had not bloomed even in the first week of April this year. Now finally the peak of cherry blossom season seems to be coming to my town in a just a few days.

Hanami, the cherry blossom viewing event in Japan, began last night on Friday. Since then, I have noticed that that many of my friends have been continually posting pictures of Sakura, cherry blossom in Japanese, with drinking glasses of beer outside. The cherry blossom viewing at night, which is called Yozakura in Japanese, is a kind of social events where many colleagues get together under cherry trees with blossoms and enjoy dinner boxes and beer. I think it is an excellent occasions for Japanese people to cultivate amicable relationship among co-workers, which enhance their team working power, too.

Personally, I have a lot of good memories of Hanami. My mom often prepared many lunch boxes and took my sister and me out to a park during the high point of the cherry blossom season. It was wonderful to enjoy mom's homemade meals with a warm but somehow crispy spring breeze along with the slightly sweet aroma of the cherry blossoms. All my family members were smiling and chatting to each other. That's why cherry blossom season always makes my heart warm.

I guess there are another reasons why Japanese loves Sakura so much. April is the first month of a new school term and the beginning of the fiscal year in Japan. Everyone is expecting something new for the new school or business year around the peak season of cherry blossoms in full bloom. It is also a farewell season at the end of March. Students graduate from their schools and many colleagues move to their new office for the new fiscal year. So, Sakura has been watching people leaving and welcoming new ones at the same place. I think that it is a kind of symbol of sweet and bitter emotions among Japanese people who are challenging their new life in spring.

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