American President Dnald Trump and media are fighting each other now. The president especially pointed out CNN and The New York Times as fake news. The New York Times weekly has just arrived here. I can see lots of headlines about Presiden…

I was trying to read the New York Time editorials. It would be hard for me, but I tried that, at first. I withdraw from that. I was just lazy. Memorizing new words and reading newspapers would be a good pair for building English vocabulary…

I've started vocabulary building in English for my language skills. I want to read English newspapers and articles more easily. Unfamiliar words prevent that. In addition, I've started to read an English reference book for high school stud…

The roads were terribly frozen this morning. The temperature is -2 degrees here. I saw someone slipped and fall on the road.

President Dnald Trump said that he will build a wall between the US and Mexico. He also said that Mexico has to pay the cost or pay 20% custom for its export goods. Some expert said that American people would end up pay the cost of the wal…

I'm working on some vocabulary book and app. I feel disappointed at my poor memory. I memorized some words and after only 10 seconds, I forgot them. But I decided to build my vocabulary. I have to work hard on vocabulary building.

Heavy snow covered with roads here and there. I had to use shovel getting out from deep snow in the morning. I was exhausted.

I checked my Eiken test result. It was so miserable. I should have study more especially vocabulary. From now on, I'll try to study more. I'll get the 1st grade within a year. Seriously.

It's been snowing all day long. A big cold wave has come to Japan. Lots of cars and trucks have stuck on the highway.

It was Eiken day today. I was disappointed. I learned I'm not suitable for the 1st grade yet. First of all, there were many unknown words there. That was the problem. I didn't like learning new word with word book, but I really should use …

Dnald Trump has become the 45th President of the United States. Congratulations, America! There wes a small audience compare to other recent presidents and protests were seen everywhere in the US. This time, unfortunately, no-side-spirit w…

I watched a Makoto Ishiwata's free English lesson video today. It was the first part of three segments. He is a famous English teacher in Japan. I will able to watch two left videos later. He tells the importance of output in the video. Ou…

Haruki Murakami is going to bublish a new novel next month. The title is "Kishidancho Goroshi" I don't know how to translate the title in English. I'm a big fan of him, so I was waiting for his new book for a long time. To tell the truth, …

I bought an English grammar reference and work book. It organizes English grammar into 173 simple rules. And it provides lots of practices for readers. Simply, I have to work for it. I bought the old version before, but I didn't through it…

I helped a seafood izakaya at night several time in a week for a year. It was relatively hard for me because I had to wake up early in the morning. But finally, the assignment was over. I'll be able to spend much time for myself. I have to…

Eiken test day is coming soon. I'm not so busy this week, so I should read lots of English articles until the test day. I often misunderstand the meaning. I should use Japanese translation efficiently.

According to the BBC news report, Russian intelligent agency has grabbed American president-elect Donald Trump's scandals and tries to control him with the secrets. The US authorities would already know the information and would notice it …

It's been snowing all days. The roads were freezing here and there. Take care everyone.

National Center Test for University starts tomorrow. The weather conditions will be hard because a big cold wave covers Japan's main land. The weather forecast said it will snow here. Northern part of Japan will be worse. The conditions ma…

President-elect Donald Trump held his first press conference, finally. It was the first press conference since he won the election. He was just tweeting, only. I don't think it was fare attitude for future president. The press conference w…

The President of the United States Barack Obama made a farewell address in Chicago. Every American president has to say farewell to citizens four or eight years after inauguration address. No exception. Since the nation established, no dic…

The weather will be getting worse this week and will last next Monday. The sea conditions, of course will worsen as well. As I work for fishery industry, I will have problems. There would few fish in tha market and fish prices will soar. I…

I finished Trevor Noah's autobiography with Audible. He discribed his childhood and a little in his twenties. It was really interesting history. I can't tell specific details of it for future readers and listeners, but I have to say the mo…

I took part in a local table tennis team competition today. It was held in city general gymnasium which was just built last year. My team didn't perform well as usual. After the games, we are having a party with our teammate now. I'm a dru…

I've been taking vocabulary test on the web. I tried Eiken 1st-Grade and the results were so poor. I failed them every time. I could get only 20 % of them. I should concentrate on vocabulary "sometime".

Japanese government has recalled the ambassador to South Korea over so called comfort women issue. A Korean local government recently allowed to build a statue commemorating Korean women worked in Japanese military bases during World War 2…

I don't take any online English lessons recently because I don't have enough time to do so. One of my assignments will end in this months and I will have time to take lessons. For preparing that, I bought a new webcam today. The new one di…

I watched a Japanese Self Defense Force training on TV. It was The First Airborne Bridge newcomers' training. They were future elite units members. Their training was so harsh. That was because they have to survive for several weeks withou…

I'm listening to "Born a Crime" by Trevor Noah. The author is a host of an American late show, The Daily Show. He is not American, but South African. His father was swiss and mother was African native. When he was born, that was illegal in…

I bought a new wallet today. It was made of Italian leather, but made in China. I hope the new black wallet will bring me a lot of fortune.