Erika's life

Merry Christmas! Yesterday was Christmas! This year I exchanged peresents in my Englsih class and got a Lilo and Stitch blanket! I was so happy to have a party in my class.
On Friday I had a Christmas party with my family. We didn't match our schedules, so we had a party on Friday. At home, we ate many delicious food like grilled chicken, pizza and Christmas cake. They were really delicous and I had a good time with my family.
On Christmas Eve, I went to Expoland with my high school friends. Maybe you will think it's too cold to go to the theme park in witner. Yeah, as I expected, it was pretty cold! Besides, it was snowing a little that day.... But we rode many scary rides and enjoyed very much. After that, we went to the buffet, Hu-hu- tei, to eat Yakiniku(broiled meat). We ate lots of delicous meat! In this restaurant, there are various meat and the side menu is also abundant. I recommend you to go to this restaurant.
Anyway, I spent a happy time with my friends and family. How was your Christmas? Did you have a good time with anyone?

Last week I hung out to Umeda with my high school friends. I hadn't seen them for a long time, so I was very happy to meet them. Then we decided to go to the buffet, Sweets Paradise. Do you know this restaurant? In the restaurant, there are not only sweets but also dishes like pasta, pizza, salada, cake and ice cream. We were very happy because we could eat as much as we like for 1280 yen at the restaurant. It's very cheap, isn't it? We stuffed ourselves with many sweets and satisfied with various foods. Especially, I like making a crepe and ice cream by myself. We can put favorite toppings on the crepe. I put coloful chocolate, cornflakes and fresh cream on the crep and made my original crepe, which was really delicious! I recommend you to go there. You can eat various sweets.
Though I was satisfied with many dishes, I considerd one thing. I saw one of my friends threw her dishes away and thought what a waste! I said to her that she sould have taken food she could eat, however, she didn't listen to my advice.... In other countires, many people can't eat enough food, on the other hand, we can eat enough food we want. I saw many dishes and thought many cool dishes are trown away as time passes. Buffet is cheaper and delicous, and we can eat many various food. However, there are a lot of food thrown away. What do you think about buffet? I think buffet is good but we should reduce waste food and take dishes we can eat.
Anyway, I want to go there again and eat many sweets! I love sweets☆

Last month I saw this movie, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with my friend. Do you know this movie? The leading character is Johnny Depp and his real face is very handsome. But in this movie, he is completely different from real face. I was so surprised at his face and character in this movie. The story is very funny and thoughtful. I think this movie's theme is "family" because I thought family is really important for us. In this movie, one small man attracted me. Maybe he is not so famous but he was ouststanding in this movie. If you saw this movie, you may know this man. The small man was dancing and singing like musical by himself, and sometimes thousand small men appeared, which attracted me and was very funny! In this movie, many many chocolates also appeared. In the chocolate factory, there is a chocolate river, chocolate waterfall and chocolate plant. I saw the scene, and want to have such a garden and eat them with my friends! Every day is happy for me!
I recommend you to see this movie. You can laugh many times and also feel family's love. I saw this movie and like Jhonny Depp, so I want to buy this DVD and also see his other movies.

Yesterday I went to Kyoto with Risa to see Kinkaku and Ryoanji tempel. It's first time for me to see Kinkaku, so I was looking forward to seeing Kinkaku.
When we arrived at Kawaramati station, there were so many passers. Then we walked along Kamo river. There were some ducks and white birds, and they were so cute! The river and atomosphere relaxed us. After walking along river, we got on the bus to Kinkaku. Unexpectedly, it took about 40 minutes and we were boring... But when we arrived at Kinkaku, I forgot that. As expected, there were many visitors from foreign countries. I thought the temples in Kyoto attract visitors from all over the world. Then we bought the ticket, which is said luckey charm. Finally, I could see Kinkaku!! Kinkaku was more beautiful and brilliant than I expected. I was moved at the beauty of Kinkaku. We took many pictures of Kinkaku and red leaves. The leaves turned various colors, red or yellow or green. They were also so beautiful. I read the pamphlet and knew Kinkaku history. In fact, I wasn't interested in temples or shrines until high school student. But after entering college, I reconsiderd Japan and am intersted in temples and shrines. I visited Kyoto and thought Japan is really good country!! I recommend you to visit Kyoto, if you have a chance to come to Japan. Kyoto is really good place to visit. Next time, I will visit Arashiyama, so I want to see other temples or shirnes and eat delicous foods, especially green tea ice cream!!