#009 Piano

     Playing the piano is one of my hobbies, so I often play the piano in my free time. Actually, I was beginning to be concerned about playing the piano when I was in kindergarten. Then, I started to learn playing the piano and my parents bought an electronic piano for me when I was first grade. At first, I practice it very hard, but I was so tired of practicing the piano as time passed. So, when I was third grade, my piano teacher was very angry, and said to me, “Do it right, or don’t do it at all”. The next day, I apologized her with my mother. After that, I practice it hard, and I provided piano accompaniment in a school play and a chorus festival. After all, I quit the piano lesson when I graduated from the elementary school. But, I continue to play the piano and practice it hard by myself. So, I could play the piano better and better. As you know, almost all of students who can play the piano are women. So, many friends and teachers were surprised that I could play the piano. In the end, I was in charge of an accompanist on the piano at the graduation. Piano enriched my life. So, I’ll keep playing the piano.

That’s all for today. Thank you very much.

[225 words]

#008 The 48th All Hokkaido Open Discussion Contest

Hi,

On Sunday, I took part in the discussion contest. Actually, I am a member of the ESS, which stands for English Speaking Society. Of course, we have to speak English during the discussion, so we had discussed the difficult topic for about 5 hours. By the way, the topic is Labor Problem in Japan. It is a very difficult topic, isn’t it? In my table, we discussed "Suicide caused by loss of job", which was the topic of my resume. In short, I was charged of an opinion maker in my discussion. But, actually there was one problem. The problem is “lack of evidence”. Of course, an opinion maker have to bring all data and information which is related to the topic. For example, opinion makers have to show detail numbers and definition of words. So, opinion makers have to work very hard even before the contest is held. In addition, some of the members in my table are Hokkaido University students. Of course, they are good at logical thinking and English speaking. So, they asked me many barbed questions, and sometimes found conflicting definitions and evidences. Anyway, I enjoyed discussing! I want to participate in the contest again.

That’s all for today.

Thank you very much.

[208 words]