Daily Topic: A time that you had to change your plan/you changed your mind@20190707 I wanted to become a professor when I decided to join the doctorate program. From my childhood, I dreamt of being a scientist. I like teaching knowledge to students and never be afraid of presenting my own idea in front of audience. Also, I like physics very much and was good at it. I felt I could fit in Research circle very well. As soon as I attend the program, I found something changed. My professor was a strict person. Sometimes I felt so hypercritical. Therefore, it is hard to maintain a good relationship between us. You know, if you want to be a professor in future, you should get a recommendation letter from your recent professor at university. Since I found that my dream was broken, I changed the plan for my future’s career. I switched to focus on researcher position in some company. I tried hard to get a researcher offer. At first, I didn’t feel good about my new plan. But I can’t do anything. I never think that I will do the other job. One day, I received an offer from a favorite company. At that moment, I suddenly changed my mind. I totally gave up the dream. Recently, I don’t want to become a professor, but a scientist. As a young girl, I always stick to my plan. I found old people have seldom plan. Maybe they didn’t live in a peaceful era. This causes them to prepare for some uncontrollable situations flexibly instead of making plans. For me, changing plan sometimes means irresponsibility. Especially changing the plan which is needed to work with others. I feel ashamed to tell others that the plan has changed.

Daily Topic: A party that you joined@20190708 On Christmas Day last year, I joined a party which is held by a Protestant church in Osaka. That party was held not only for celebrating Christmas but also for the other two children’s birthday. Actually, my birthday was one day prior to Christmas, but I didn’t tell anyone in advance. I was living in Fukuoka, a city just a little far from Osaka. For being in time for the party, in the early morning of that day, I went there by train. As a result, I arrived there several hours earlier than the beginning of the party. So, I was preparing dishes for the party. In the party, everybody sang and danced for praising God. The atmosphere of the party was happy and warm. We celebrated the birthday of two children and blew out the candles for a big birthday cake together. We pray for the healthy growth of the children. Adults took many photos of children and left a memory in everyone’s life.

Essay#20190510 Week • In a week, which day do you like best? Which day you really dislike? Which day is the busiest day for you in a week? As for me, Friday is my favorite day, because on this day I do not have to worry about how well I report my research progress. In my lab, we have two meetings in a week. One is the meeting on Monday with both groups. In this meeting, we need to report to the professor which stage our research is at and what the plan is next. That means I should spend the entire weekend to arrange a feasible plan for the next week and organize words for Monday's report. My professor is a very hypercritical person. The words we report to him should be easy enough to understand and should not include any extra words. Although I usually prepare only two to three sentences to summarize my work last week, he is still always angry at my confusing words. Another meeting on Wednesday is used to report the detail of our research. This is the busiest day for me in a week, and I really dislike this day. I should do a lot of things to prepare for the meeting, so I always start to feel restless from Tuesday. I am too anxious to prepare for the meeting next day. To calm myself down, I watch TV series one episode after another and then I can't sleep at all. As a result, I become more anxious and busier on Wednesday. • If there is one thing you don't need to do during a week, what would you like it to be? I hope that thing is eating. I am picky with food. I don't eat fruits, vegetables and fish. It is no exaggeration to say that I do not eat most of food in this world. I think the most annoying thing in this world is eating. I need to consider what I should eat from morning to evening. • How can you avoid doing the same thing every day? I consider alternating different tasks throughout my day. For instance, when I am tired of research, I switch to studying English. Through the arrangement like this, I can avoid doing the same thing in a day and do not need to arrange additional time to have a rest. • Is it important to plan your schedule beforehand? It is hard to plan a schedule beforehand for me. As a researcher, I never know if the thing I am doing would be successful. But I like to set a final goal and divide the final goal into several subtasks to ensure my work would not deviate from the final goal.