あの（ano）that (far away from both speaker and listener) いま（ima）now ええ（ee）yes がくせい（gakusei）student ~ご（go）language こうこい（koukou）highschool こうこうせい（koukousei）highschool student ごご（gogo）PM ごぜん（gozen）AM 〜さい（sai）〜years old 〜じん（jin）〜people せんこう（senkou）major そうです（soo desu） that's right だいがく（dagaiku）college でんわ（denwa）telephone ともだち（tomodachi）friend なまえ（namae）name はん（han）half ばんごう（bangou）number りゅうがくせい（ryuugakusei）internacional student

It's already October. I feel like 2018 just started very recently, but we will see the New Year in 3 months! It is getting colder these days, especially in the morning and the evening. This morning, I had a cup of coffee and some toasts with strawberry jam and batter cream. I had prepared my lunch the day before. I took it out from the fridge, but I totally forgot to bring it with me! The fact that I left my lunch box on the table in the kitchen came up my mind when I was getting on the bus to go to work. I asked my landlady to put it back to the fridge, and I got a chicken katsu carry at a Tesco instead. Actually it was nice! I had the lunch as my dinner tonight. I hope I won't forget to bring it tomorrow!

A1 would be said when referring the the past where as A2 may be referring to the present or future. The second one also would more commonly be said if the father had passed away, like you had previously stated. :-)

I would probably say "All things are beds of roses." or "Things are like beds of roses."

When I grew up, back in my younger days, though my father made some food for me and my brother at times. For sure, more than most fathers did. He was anything but a cook. But my mum made almost every meal for us. In recent times, especially in many developed countries, most couples work together. But, in Korea, I’d say that there are still a few guys not helping their wives with house chores. They tend to take that women do house chores for granted, and learn this by growing up watching closely their father do the same.

If you were speaking this would come across very well and understood. However, since it is written English this would be considered as a "run on sentence." Good job!