My favorite season

Hi class!

Are you enjoying the Autumn weather up there?
Now is the time when we are getting deeper into Autumn.

I heard that the leaves turn yellow and red around Gilman Blvd. at Issaquah from my friend. So I went there on this weekend with my husband and my pet. It was very beautiful and fantastic!
The scene reminds me of Japan.


We went the Luther Burbank Park in Mercer Island, too.
There was a nip of Autumn in the air. It's very comfortable outside this time of the season.

Enjoy this Autumn!!!

My failure story

Last November I took the test for driving license at Bellevue. I was very nervous. My instructor is a Hispanic-American woman. Fortunately she seemed to be kind-looking.
As soon as the test started, I made a mistake. The instructor said me to turn on the blinker, but I turned on the wipers by mistake. She said "Oh, my goodness!" I felt ashamed. But the test started in a relaxed atmosphere because of my failure.
While taking a test, she said unexpectedly " My brother is studying Japanese, so I know Japanese song "SAKURA" a little".
Then I said her to sing "SAKURA" So she said, "No, you are working on license test now!" I said, " I'm so sorry"
But after a while, she asked me to sing "SAKURA". I said at that time " No, I'm working on license test now!".
Then she said," It's OK! Please sing!". Strangely I took the test singing a song loudly.
Needless to say, I could pass the test. I had a good time.

I love Seattle!

Hello, Class!

My favorite places are ・・・・・

1) Lake Boren Park : There are many beautiful parks in Seattle. Especially I like Lake Boren Park. This park is located at my neighborhood. I enjoy taking a walk with my pet almost every day. The park impressive at any time of the year as each season. The leaves colors become brighter in spring, blackberries grow in summer, the leaves turn red in autumn, the leaves fall in winter.

2) Gas Works Park : I and my husband like going to this park with my pet in clear day. There is a hill with fine view where we can see Seattle downtown over Lake Union. I usually take my friends who visiting to Seattle to this park.

3) Green Lake Park : I think this is best park for walking, joging and cycling ；as well as Hena. I feel as if I were an American when I am walking in this park.

4) Cafe Vivace: The Cafe is near R.E.I. in Seattle downtown. We often enjoy to have many variety of beverages. I'm glad that the customers with dog are allowed at cafe.

5) Banff (I'm sorry it isn't in Washington・・・): Last summer I went to Banff with my family(of course, with Kojiro). I and my husband went to Banff on our honeymoon twenty-seven years ago. We are deeply happy that we traveled a place of memories for us with our children.

There are my favorite places! Thank you so much for reading!

I like action movies!

Until now I had seen many action movies. Especially I like "True Lies"(1994) and "Air Force One"(1997) of them.
In "True Lies", Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a starring role. But I prefer Jamie Lee Curtis who plays his wife rather than Arnold Schwarzenegger. She is pretty funny and interesting!
In "Air Force One", Harrison Ford plays a starring role as President of United States of America. But I prefer Glenn Close who plays Vice-President rather than Harrison Ford. She always calm down and judge a situation. I deeply impressed her signature line "Do it!!!". She is very cool.
Please watch the movies when you have a chance!

American Kitchen

Hello, class
In my free time, I like baking too.

I'm glad that the ingredients of baking are cheaper and my kitchen is wide.
I'm afraid that the kitchen in Japan is not so wide.

I think it is very comfortable to use American style kitchen. So I often make cakes. It's fabulous! I'd like to have a large repertoire of baking from now.

Sounglim's son's Birthday

I went to the party with Waka and my husband this evening.

We have experienced 1 year birthday party of Korean style for the first time.

We were exiting! And Mongolian dinner were very delicious. Thank you very much for inviting.

Congratulations on Jaewon!!!

Firework!!

On July 4th, my falimy went to my friend's house for enjoying the night Firework on Lake Union. They invited us as watching the Firework on the roof of an apartment building.
We watched the Firework in front of us, because their apartment is situated in good location. It was fantastic and gorgeous absolutely.
We enjoyed very much, but there was very crowded.
I hope it will be exicing Firework next year as well!!!

What a beautiful sky!

Hello,everyone!

It will be sunny sky today! What are you going to do today? I'm going to shopping to Bellevue Square with my friends. I will be exiting to have happy time.

I'm living in Seattle from last April,but I don't make progress in speaking English. At this time, it's just as well to set three goals to improve English skills. I'll try to work toward my goals.

My first goal for this summer quater is to improve my English pronounciation skills. It's very difficult for me to pronounce English clearly. Especially I can't pronounce "L" and "R" as well. I'd like to speak accurately with good pronounciation. To do this, I will read handout "Rachel the Lion Meets Rhinos" loudly at least five times in a day,which I was given by Brittani in class before.

My second goal is to speak English with a proper accent. To do this, I will read "MUSICAL CAREER" five times in a day. I will speak each word slowly and loudly. I'd like to acquire an American accent while living in America.

My final goal is to get used to the sound of English. To accomplish this goal, I will watch CNN TV 30 minutes in a day, though I can't understand in detail what is reported on TV. I hope I try to do a little bit of English everyday.

I believe "Keep on Going".