About my free time

In my free time, I like doing exercise. I started jogging when I was living in Australia. I've been jogging for about two years. I also recently decided to do workout start working out because I wanted to be more flexible and healthy. My share mate got me into workout working out at the park. So I'm doing workout working out or running once or twice a week at the park near my house. But if I have a chance, I really want to do go swimming at a pool again that I used to go to when I was single.

Just to be clear, being "single" usually means "not in a romantic relationship". If you just meant "before I had a share mate", you should say "when I lived alone".

Day 1

I went out with my mom. Both of us can drive a car, and but I drove today. I hadn't drove don't drive a lot these days. It's hard for me to park my car... I want to improve it get better! We bought our lunch and got went home. We went were out only out for one and a half hour an hour and a half, but I had a good time with her.

In This afternoon, I found this app to for learning languages. I thought it would be a good experince! I don't really understand how to use this app but I'm so excited to make a lot of good language exchange partners!

悪くないですね。

ドライブするは頑張って！

I haven’t practiced writing English for such a long time.

●It’s quite difficult for me to continue writing diaries, because I don’t think I have something to write every day. Writing a "to-do list" is much easier for me.
●I want to find some travel books that contain the articles about the place that I want to visit next week. I also want to make a spray for cleaning the bathroom by myself.
●First, peel shrimps (200g) and cover them with potato starch. Fry them in a pan, and then marinade them with special sauce (a spoon of ketchup, two spoons of mayonnaise, half spoon of sugar, a bit of lemon juice).

Very good! And as long as you're writing something in English, I don't think it matters if it's a diary, a to-do list, or cooking instructions for a microwaveable meal. It all helps!

MacDonald's Price

There are many McDonald's* in my city but I hardly rarely ever eaten them because I always get stomach ache afterwards eating.
What I remember about McDonald's is its price. When they came to Japan, it was ￥360, which was $1. And now, it's ￥100, which is $0.94. I know how remember when Japanese yen became as strong as US dollars. Buying hamburgers is good, but selling  exporting Japanese export products is difficult.
The pronunciation of "McDonald's" is difficult for me, but it's ok because I can't eat them. I wouldn't say, "Let's grab some hamburgers at McDonald's"
It's not a cup of my tea anyway.

*Don't worry too much about the apostrophe (') here, "McDonald's" is just the name of the restraunt.

And it's okay, "マクドナルド" is difficult for us too!

Signature or Seal?

Do your parents seal or sign on legal documents? I suppose they seal them They probably seal them. In Japan, a seal is an official individual sign. The Japanese believe that seals is are a good and safe way of doing it.* My students often tell me that they can't believe the signature is officially approved in western countries. Most of them say, there are some bad people who sign documents, pretending to be someone else. It's easy to do it. You can just write someone's name on it. Indeed, it seems to be easy, but it's actually not.

*Either

"seals are a good and safe way to do it"

or

"the seal is a good and safe way to do it"

would be fine, but the first one sounds more natural.

Holiday

I had a very fulfilling day today.
Spent the morning in the beauty salon, then went fishing with friends in the afternoon.
I did not catch anything. I'm not sure what "www" is, it may be a Japanese equivalent of "LOL"? 
I am happily drinking with friends now!♪
Thinking of the udon I'll be enjoying later. (#^.^#)
I had a lot of fun today, and a good holiday to everyone! (^ ^)♪

Tomorrow is another day
↓
明日は明日の風が吹く
（Ashitaha ashitano kazegafuku）

 

Not bad, but remember that that many line breaks and emoticons looks unnatural in English. A better-looking version would be:

 

I had a very fulfilling day today. Spent the morning in the beauty salon, then went fishing with friends in the afternoon. I did not catch anything. I am happily drinking with friends now! Thinking of the udon I'll be enjoying later.

I had a lot of fun today, and a good holiday to everyone! (^ ^)♪

 

But by all means use emoticons when chatting casually with friends! (^.^)