Erika's life

There are four people in my family. My mother is a housewife and works at insurance company. She is very busy everyday, but she cooks dinner for us everyday. I really respect her and thank her. Her cook is very delicious, especially her "Nikujyaga"is very good. I am not good at cooking, so I want to be good at cooking like her. Her favorite drink is beer and she drinks many glasses of beer everyday, so I am worrying about her body now.
My father works at office. He is very activity, so he likes to go camping, go fishing, go skiing and so on. When I was a child, he often took me somewhere. I came to like to go camping, go fishing and go skiing under his influence. Still now we go camping and go skiing every year. His hobby is to play the races. He often goes to the races. I want him to refrain it.
My younger brother is 14 years old and a junior high school student. He has played soccer for 8 years and likes playing it. Maybe he can play soccer very well. Also he likes watching movies. He always tells me his favorite movie's story. I also like watching movie under his influence. He always says that he wants to get a job related to movie. I respect his enthusiasm for movies. I want his dream comes true.
I really like my family and happy to bring up in a good environment.

Since I was early childhood I go skiing with my family every year. I can't ski very well, but I like skiing. My father is good at skiing, so I want to ski like him. He always kindly tells me how to ski very well. It is good opportunity for me to talk about many things with him. I don't have time to talk with him everyday, so I am happy to ski as I talk with him.
Last year we went skiing in Hokkaido. I was looking forward to skiing in Hokkaido, but the first day we couldn't ski because of a heavy snow. I was really discouraged. Next day the lift could barely work, so we could ski. However, I couldn't ski straight because of a heavy sonow also on that day. The ski run in Hokkaido was very big and beautiful, so if it cleared up, I could ski comfortably. That night we ate dinner at the hotel. The menu was grilled meat, Chinese noodles soup, sushi and so on. Those taste was really delicious and especially salmon Tyantyan-yaki(The salmon is burnt with miso) was the most delicious. I had never eaten Tyantyanyaki, so I was impressed by the taste. I thought the most delicious foods were in Hokkaido. I envy people in Hokkaido, because they can eat a lot of delicious foods everyday!
On the third day we skied for a few hours and went back to Osaka. That day's weather was also bad, so we couldn't ski satisfactory. On my way to home, I ate ice-cream cone and its taste was also delisious.
we couldn't ski enough time, but we enjoyed our trip. We could eat delicious foods, take a hot spring bath and so on. Above all, I could spend a good time with my family. This year I want to go skiing somewhere again.

When I was a second-student in high school, I went to Okinawa by school trip. I like nature, so I was looking forward to going to Okinawa. On the first day we went to Kokusaidouri. There were many gift shops and I bought many sourveniers. I bought Tinsukou, Okinawa-backwheat, Sata-andagi and so on. I tasted these food and all of them were really delicious! I like Sata-andagi the best. Sata-andagi is like doughnut and a little oily, but I like eating it with milk. Also I bought Sea-sar for my mother. Before I went to Okinawa, she asked me to buy it. There are three Sea-sar in my house, but one Sea-sar was broken, so I bought new one. Sea-sar is said charm and most houses in Okinawa have their Sea-sar. When I saw a lot of Sea-sar were at the gate of houses, I was surprised. I have heard that, but I didn't think it is true. I was interested in those houses. They were different from ordinary houses and looked very beautiful. The first day's night we stayed at the ship to go to Ishigakijima. The wind was very tight on the day, so we got seasick. One of my friends threw up and that day was very terrible. The next day we separated each programs and I did snorkeling. I wanted to swim in the sea in Okinawa, so my dream has come true! The sea in Okinawa was very beautiful, wonderful, clean and different from sea in Osaka. I watched a lot of fish and also fish were very beautiful. It is an unforgettable scene.
On the third day I went back to Osaka by plane. It was really good school trip! I enjoyed myself and knew many things in Okinawa. I like all of Okinawa and want to live there. My classmate's Megumi is from Okinawa, so I want to know Okinawa more and more. This summer I may travel to Okinawa with my friend again. Okinawa is really good!

When I was a first-year student in high school, I didn't belong to any club. But I became a second-student, I was asked to become a softball club's team secretary by my old friend and we became the team secretaries. There were 20 in all members and seniors and juniors were very friendly. At first I worked as the team secretary, but the manager asked me to become a player. I played softball once and noticed it was very fun. Then I practiced everyday and came to defend third. Third often caught many bunt balls, so I practiced catching them many times, but at first I couldn't catch them well. Finally I could catch well and was glad to do it.
However, the most valuable thing was friends. When I was a junior high school student, I belonged to tennis club and the club's members weren't friendly. There was bully and I couldn't trust them. But since I met my club's members, I could trust them. My club's members are 9 and we are very friendly. I love them and can talk about anything. The day before I took the entrance examination, they gave me a letter and charm. It is still my treasure.
We decided to meet once a month and 20th is the softball club's day every month. We talk about our school, friends, loves, dreams and so on. I learned various things from them and thought that friends were really important. I apppreciate them. Our friendship will continue for a long time!

My grandmother ran her Akashi yaki shop in Umeda until last November. Her shop was very small and dirty, but very homey shop, so various customers came to her shop and talked with her about many things. She worked there for 30 years. Her older sister died, so she took over this shop and it continued for 50 years. She liked working there and when she closed her shop, she was very sad.
Akashiyaki is slightly different from Takoyaki. Takoyaki puts a souece, but Akashiyaki dips in soup. The soup is made of dried bonito and you put honeworts, gingers and red peppers for your preference there. I often went there and ate many Akashiyaki. I think Akashiyaki is more delicious than Takoyaki. It tastes more plain than Takoyaki. If you have never eaten it, please try to eat it. You will like Akashiyaki. Sometimes I brought Akashiyaki's soup to my house and put it to an egg and made "Dashimakitamago". Also this taste was very good. Maybe soup was very delicious, so I could make delicious Dashimakitamago. I often recall her Akashiyaki and want to eat. Her Akashiyaki is one of my favorite foods!

On Frideay I watched "The Trueman Show". I was recommended by my friend and found this movie in the library. I want you to tell this movie's story. Trueman was living peacefully and he had a wife. One day he went to work as usual and when he was listening to the radio in the car, he got a strange message by radio. It told that he would soon arrive at office and he thought it's strange. Then he considered that he had never gone out of his town. In the fact, the people around him was all extra and he lived in the created big town. His private life had been televised since he was born and many people watched his private life, so he was very famous, but he didn't know this. Before long he noticed this and he sailed the sea to go out of his town. Finally, he chose to go out of his town.
I recommend this movie. This movie includes both laugh and impression. I have never watched such an interesting movie includes both things. I learned various things from this movie. I thought that we must not live in the life dicided by others and we should open up fate by ourself. I think it's important thing. If you have not watched this movie yet, please watch it!!