My Weekend

Could you correct my mistakes please?

This weekend I hope to be productive. On Saturday I'm going to visit an art fair which is only held for two days. It will be enjoyable, I suppose. I think I'll find many interesting new things. Sometimes it's important to go out and see things from one's professional field. Also there is an opening of an exhibition on Saturday. I don't yet know what I'm going to do tomorrow. Maybe I'll continue working on my canvas or I'll prepare for an English lesson.
Have a nice weekend!

I hope you have a great weekend no matter what you choose to do! Also, don't forget to put spaces between your sentences. :) 

Common Story

I read a manga which was written by an amateur writer. It isn't drawn very well and doesn't have an especiallly attractive story like DRAGON BALL or NARUTO. But my mind was grasped with this manga. Because it is very realistic.

It consists of an experience of the writer had. The experience was that her husband had an affair and she divorced her husband. There are a ton of these stories in this world. However, she expressed her lots of feelings like sadness, madness and emptiness in the manga.

She used to talk with her closed friend about the friend's divorce. She felt the same friend's feelings as her friend while talking with her. But she also felt that it was a common story at the time. Then, the hopeless reality hit her all of a sudden.

The detail of the story is too long to write here. So, in short, I will write one thing that she said most. She would like us not to think that any stories are common. She really regretted that she felt that while listening to her friend's story. She definitely understands people can't be other people and think of their stories completely from their perspective. But it is wrong to listen to them, while thinking they are not to me. It must not become a common story.

Thank you for sharing what you read. That sounds like a really good manga and a great reminder from that author! 

After the Passport Theft (If this is a title make sure to capitalize all words unless they are articles, coordinate conjunctions or prepostions)

Yesterday, I wrote an entry about my friend's passport theft. Actually, early this morning, he reported to me that his passport had been returned to him.

He told that he had received an email from a stranger on the next day following the the day after the theft. According to the email, the mail sender found my friend's passport at a station and sent the email to the email address written on his student visa. He became happy when he read this email.

A couple of hours later, however, another person sent him a very similar message through Facebook messenger. This confused him. He was afraid it might be a trick, but he decided to meet the person to receive his passport.

In the end, he could received his passport without any trouble. In fact, the two finders were the same person. The person is a Mexican and he culturally has a super long name. Therefore, he usually only uses a part of his name, and the names he had used when sending the email and the message to my friend were different, so my friend was puzzled.

Anyway, I'm greatly relieved to hear that his passport was returned to him.

I'm happy to hear your friend got his passport back as well! I've been living abroad for 9 years now so I know how complicated and frustrating losing your passport can be. I hope everything goes better in the future for both of you! :) 

Nowadays we have too many choices.

It is really clear that some people in modern society maintain that there are many options we can choose. It is true that as the society has become an information-oriented society. More and more information has been produced and among them we need to make a choices. To some extent I agree with this idea, but for some people there might not be many options.

We can see we have many choices throughout this phenomenon which could be the reason we are suffering from many options. As the world becomes an information-oriented society, we have come to know more plenty of knowledge. The more knowledge and information we have, the more choices we can grab, and the more choices we get, the more concerns there will be around us. For instance, when we go online shopping, these days loads of people tend to search for the information, functions and features of the products they want to buy and spend lots of time on comparing them. It is definitely good that we can gather as much information as possible, but it could make us use too much time in thinking about and considering it too much just because of the battery of knowledge we have.

No matter how often we say we have too many options, some people still have limited choices since they do not have enough skills to collect the information they need to look for through the Internet. Before my mother got used to social medias and phone internet services, she always used to use a certain web page when buying something, which meant she did not have chances to compare which product would be the best choice. It might have been fine since she did not need to waste time in being concerned about many things, but there is a chance she could have missed good opportunities to get something with nice features for a reasonable price.

In conclusion, though nowadays we can say we have many choices that we can to consider, there are still limited options for many people since the limited information that happens because of their poor ability to use modern devices.

 This is a very interesting piece. Did you write this for an assignment or just because you find the topic interesting? It reminds me of a great TED talk! Here is the link in case you want to check it out.  :)

https://www.ted.com/talks/barry_schwartz_on_the_paradox_of_choice?language=en

2nd day in Perth.

2nd day in Perth.

I woke up about 9:30 a.m. I set my alarm for 9:00 but I turned if off and slept more. While it was a bit chilly at night, I slept soundly. I didn't tossed and turned at all. The bedding was so comfortable that it felt like being home. After I got up, I washed my face and had some breakfast. There were many raisins in the muesli that the host offered. So I thought I should get a muesli that doesn't contain raisins.
I went to the Perth city by bus. I paid cash to get on it. The fare was twice as expensive as Korea. It took about 20 minutes to get to the city. First, I visited Swan River. I walked along the river. It was peaceful and beautiful. I took some photos and filmed a few videos. There was a cool breeze as well. It made me feel relaxed. Second, I headed to a big supermarket. I bought some bread that was very cheap and tasted bad. And I also got a coffee at a bakery on my way to take a bus to Queens gardens. I took a Red cat bus which was free and ran through various places in the city. Queens gardens was very good for resting. You can see black swans there. I had the bread and coffee that I brought. I also did a video call with Lumi, my best friend, and showed her the scenery. I spent some time there then I went back to the city. I was going to do grocery shopping or have dinner at a restaurant but most stores had closed. So I brought a sandwich at Subway. It was a bummer because I was going to have a big dinner like steak or something. Tomorrow, I will make sure to do grocery shopping and refill my protein. I'm slightly hungry even as I write this.

This sounds like a beautiful place. I hope you find steak or another wonderful dinner option soon! Have a great vacation!

I was shocked by a picture of a sea turtle dying with a plastic bag in his mouth.

I have been trying to reduce the garbage. It's ordinary things, not special. For example, when I'll go to the store to buy something I bring my own shopping bag.
But that picture was made me think again about human activities. I should find more things I can do for the nature.

It's wonderful that you are trying to take even small steps to fixing this problem! My community just participated in World Clean Up Day and learned a lot about how waste is harming the animals and environment around us. I'm glad you are being so active and responsible. That's very inspiring.

Hello!

Hi! I would be happy if you can give me corrections.:)
I'm a bit worried because I will have a job interview on Monday but I think my speaking is not very good.
This time will be my second opportunity. The first time that I did it, I forgot my passport!
I started off wrong since in that moment... So, I've been too nervous thinking about whether my pronunciation is good or not.
My interview was in English so... I think I need to practice much more.
I probably also have problems with listening. :(

Hi Andrea! Interviews make many people nervous (including me) and it's especially hard to do them in a foreign language so I understand how you feel. But I'm happy to hear you are trying again as when you try again and learn from your mistakes you will definitely see improvement. Best of luck with your interview! :) 

Hi Terry, The first three aren't common phrases or expressions but the last three are. The only change to the second to last should be "Thanks for the history lesson." (Lesson isn't plural in the most commonly used expression.) Don't beat a dead horse! (Meaning: Don't keep talking or thinking about something that is finished or been talked about and agreed on.) Thanks for the history lesson! (Meaning: Usually said sarcastically and is used when someone gives unwanted answers or descriptions/stories about things in the past.) That's old news! (Meaning: I heard or knew about that for a while now.) Hope this helps! :)