exams

Finally, I got an A in English writing class.
I am poor at writing English, so I was glad to get <strike>tha evaluatin! </strike>that grade

I have a french exam next week:)
I will study hard to get high score!

Long drive!

I <strike>have been</strike> went to Osaka for a week with my younger brother by car.
when you say "by car" it indicates that you went somewhere, so i replaced "have been" to "went"

I came to Kanagawa after graduating university from Osaka(in Kansai area,in Honshu).
Our parents still live in Osaka, so we visited them.

Osaka is 565km away from Kanagawa, and it took almost 11hours by a car.
when mentioning the speed/time of a vehicle/bus/airplane, the "a" is ommitted.
ex. It takes 13 hours to go to America by plane.

When we left Kanagawa, it was 10:00pm and we had driven throughout the night.
We arrived at <strike>the</strike> our parents' house at 7:00am,without sleeping at all!
because it is your parents house, it sounds more natural for the->our

Because it was night, we couldn't do anything but just t<strike>alking </strike>talk all night.
The day we arrived at Osaka, we jumped into <strike>the</strike> our beds right after entering their house.
At night, my sister living very near to our parents' house came with her little monsters(she has 4boys and it is very rare in Japan).
Next day, it was very fine day, so I went out with my mother and brother.
We went shopping and ate "Negiyaki",very famous food in Kansai area.
The third day, I went to Kyoto, Historically famous place with a lot of temples and beautiful traditional houses.
I met with my friend there, and we walked around some temples.
The next day,<strike> I and my brother  </strike>my brother and I again got <strike>on</strike> in the car and left Osaka back to Kanagawa.
This time, we chose to drive in the daytime.
We left Osaka at 10:00am, and arrived at Otsu service area( it's a stop of the highway, having restaurants and selling souvenirs) about 11:30.
Otsu SA is in Shiga Prefecture which is famous for having "Biwako",<strike>a </strike> the biggest lake in Japan.
because there is only one #1 big lake, then a -> the

We ate lunch, took some pictures in front of the lake,and headed for our home just after an hour.

We continued to drive with a lot of fun...talking, listening to music,and taking pictures!
Then after few hours, we stopped at a S.A though I don't remember the name...and bought coffee at the SA.
I was surprised to see Starbucks Coffee in almost every SA from Osaka to Tokyo!

Then, we went to Hamanako SA in Shizuoka Prefecture.
Shizuoka is very famous for Mt.Fuji and eel of Hamanako.
So, we ate baked eel and took picture in front of the Hamanako lake.

After that, we stopped at Fujikawa S.A.in Shizuoka at 5:30pm.
We wanted to see Mt.Fuji, but there were a lot of clouds, and we couldn't see it...so sad...
However, we ate dinner there, took some pictures again in front of Mt.Fuji( although we couldn't see it...) and continued to our drive.
We left Fujikawa SA at 6:30pm.
Then, my brother fell asleep in the passenger's seat!
So I drove alont to his apartment, kicked him out (kidding!),and arrived at my room at 9:00pm.
It was <strike>11hours</strike> an 11 hour drive including the rest.
We were very tired, but we enjoyed our trip!

If anyone wants to come to Japan, I recommend you to rent a car to go around!

First notebook entry: Introducing myself

As an English major, I received professional and systermatic english <strike>learning</strike> instruction during my 4 year<strike>s' </strike>unversity life. After graduation, I worked as a translator and foreign trade assistant in a factory specialized in power plant <strike>product</strike> (products/production) <strike>till</strike> until now. I usually <strike>echang</strike> exchange mails with my client in english, and sometimes, they may give me a call .<strike>and</strike> I always request them to send me to mail to confirm the same ??(confirm the request?) after we finish<strike>ed</strike> the teleconference, because I am not good at hearing, and I am always afraid that I may <strike>have </strike>make a mistake. I expect to practise english here (expect is usually used when an action is not in your control. In this case, you have a choice of using this website so expect -> want), especially my hearing and oral (spoken sounds better, but oral is not incorrect) english. Kindly pls. give me your idea and help me to <strike>well</strike> communicate well with my clients. Thank you very much!

My sentence( I need some advices)

1.gain: I gained some gifts because today is my bithday.
I can't explain why, because I don't know the reason, but gain sounds unnatural in this sentence

2.gather: I gathered a lot of Adidas clothes.

3.generation: I don't want to have a generation gap with my friends.

4.generous: I am not a generous person.In contrast, I am a singey person.

5.goal: My goal is to be a confident girl.

6.golden:I want to have golden hair like foreigners

7.govern:Taiwan was governed by Japan.

8.grade: I am in second grade in high school in Taiwan.

9.greedy: Being a greedy person is not good.

10.greet: I always greet my teachers.

11. grown-up: I want to be a grown up because I <strike>can</strike> will be able to make all decisions.

12.guard: My dad is a police ofificer so he will guard this area in 24 hours.
(you said in 24 hours so that means it is in  the future, therefore guards -> will guard)

我叫DIDI

i am so excited that i can communicate with lots of people from different parts of the world and improve my spoken English.if anyone <strike>are</strike> is <strike>intertest</strike> interested in studying chinese <strike>,iam gald</strike> I would be happy to give a hand !