Diaries of the 2nd week

△これで「いわて」だってさ。

旅行会社の手違い。
このカード持っている先生は本当最高！

尊敬してます。

March 4,2007

→一人でシティへ。金使いすぎたな。反省。でも自分に投資したって感じ。何よりも危険な目に会わなくてよかった。

March 5, 2007

My Plans and Hopes for My Time in Melbourne

Last weekend, I went to center of the city by myself. I visited to the aquarium, observation deck, carlton gardens royal exvision building, and museum. However, there are so many places which I want to visit in the city. So next weekend, I will go there again. Also, if I can, I want to go on a sightseeing tour of the Philip Island.

And I have many hopes for my time here. First, needless to say, I want to brush up on my English skills! Especially, I want to make myself understand English more fluently. Secoundly, I want to know more about different cultures. To my surprise, there are so many non-Australian people (migrants) in Melbourne than I expected. So it's a good oppotunity for me to learn about it. Finally, I want to enjoy eating Chinese food. Since my hostfamily came from China, sometimes I eat Chinese food. So far, I ate rice noodles, fried rice, and kakuni. However, it seems like there are so many kinds of Chinese food which I have never tried. So, I want to try these foods someday.

Anyway, I really want to enjoy English and life in Melbourne.

→朝はバスが満員で一本遅い便で登校。授業で気づいたことがひとつ！英語をただ言うのではなく、伝えることの大切さ。つまり、早くべらべらしゃべることよりゆっくりでもいいから自分の意見を時にはジェスチャー等を交え伝えることが大切ですね。

March 6, 2007

Chadstone Shopping Center

It was the first time for me to go to Chadstone shopping center. My first impression of the shopping center was very spacious! There are some shopping centers in Japan, however, these shopping centers are not as spacious as those of Chadstone. So I narrowly got lost in the shoppimg center.

To my surprise, some shops sell expensive things. I went to a jewlery shop and asked a clerk what article is the most expensive. Then, she told me it was a ring and cost $ 50, 000! I wondered who will buy such an expensive ring.

And I found that there were some Japanese shops in the shoppimg center. However, in my opinion, these shops are so-called "stereotyped" images of Japanese shops! I felt quite funny that there was a torii in front of the entrance to the shop!

I regret that the only thing I bought was a strawberry ice cream. Though the ice cream was really yummy, I should have bought more things in the shopping center. Anyway, all I can say ia that I'm exhausted from walking around the shopping center. I really enjoyed "windowshopping".

→アイス以外に何か買えばよかったな。でも、＄換金できてよかった。

March 7, 2007

This morning, I went to school earlier than usual, because I wanted to use the PC and know what happens in Japan by the Internet. However, there were a few news on the Internet. So I was a little disappointed.

At lunchtime, I ate a chickenburger. The price of Australian humburgers are more expensive than that of Japan, but the taste was not bad. If anything, the humburger was so yummy! So next time, I want to try other Australian food. Of course, I won't to have a big helping of these foods.

And I learned many things about Australian animals in today's class. There were so many words I haven't hered before the class, especially specific terms. I'm really looking forward to tomorrow's field trip!

After the school, I went to the shopping street near the Mt. Waverley Station. Some shops sold funny Japanese goods. For exapmle, though the shop was a sushi-bar, there were other Asian foods like Mongolian, Malaysian and Chinese in the menu. Since my major is junior high school English teaching, I will buy English textbooks in Australia later.

→こっちからも日本のサイト見れることが判明。文字は少しぎこちないゴシック体だけど。

放課後は駅付近の商店街を散策。なんか高いわー。でも、見てるだけでも楽しいかも。

March, 8 2007

Field Trip

Today, We had a field trip. So I was really excited.

First, we went to Puffing Billy and got on a steame train. I've never seen it before I came here. I was really impressed by the view form the steam train.

After that, we went toHealesville Sanctuary. As I expected, there were many Australian animals in the Sanctuary. Though we had not enough time to go around the Sanctuary, we really enjoyed obeserving these animals. However, since all koalas in the Sanctuarywere sleeping at that time, I was a little disappointed.
Finally, we went to Yarra valley and visited a winery. In fact, I didn't know that I can go there in today's field trip. In the winery, I enjoyed tasting wine. Also, I recognized differences of wine, such as color, smells, and tastes.

I returned my homestay's home later than I expected, for, there was a traffic jam. That's why I was so late (It was about 6:20 pm).

My plan for tomorrow is that I will go to the shopping center near Mt.Waverley Station again. There are some shops I've never visited. So I will enjoy "windowshopping" tomorrow.

→岩手が「IWAIT」と勘違いとは…。でもSLや動物保護区、ワイナリーと充実した一日。バスは今日もメルセデス。男子は一人二席。ワイナリーは少量でも酔いました。もともと酒あまり飲まないけども。
いい一日だったなー！

March 9, 2007

→本当うちのクラスのデービット大先生はすばらしい！授業内容が面白く、また教え方のスキルも勉強になるので実は結構メモしてました（みんな知ってた？）。今日はよいスピーチの仕方について学んだことが一番の成果。どんなことかって？私のところにきたら教えます。

March 10, 2007

Today, I went to the city with my six Japanese friends (so-called BAD BOYS). We visited to China, Greek srteet, Aboriginal art garalley etc. I've already visited to Melbourne museum, so after 12;00, I went around the city by myself. After the lunch, I visited the old Melbourne Gaol, Lygon street (something like Italy town), Flagstaff garden, Telestra dome, and Victoria harbor.

When I was sitting on the bench at the old Melbourne Gaol, I was spoken by an old woman. She said, "You have a colorful and lovely map. I think it"s useful." to my surprise, the old woman and his husband came from France, and will visit to Japan on May. They will visit to Kyoto, Osaka, and Tokyo. So I talked with them about Japan.
By the way, I found that there were so many funny Japanese restaurants in China town. These restaurants are quite strange for me on points of funny kanji, food, and how they look. Of course, I won't eat at there!

→バッドボーイズ（7人）でシティへ。っていっても途中で私は別れました。博物館に前に行ったので。そう、旧メルボルン監獄ではフランス人の老夫婦とお話しました。5月に日本にくるそうな。「英語うまいねー」とほめられました。ありがとね。あとは怪しい日本食レストラン（写真参照）。オーナー・店員は中国人っぽい。店を出すなら純和風にやってほしいかも。