F2F Class Notes 20th December (Celeste)***

1. Finish writing your story about your diary (250 words). Send it as an email service.

2. Write a diary entry 2-3 times while in Japan. Upload it in your next class.

Reading

Diary

I have been writing in a/my diary for sixteen years. In fact, when I was in primary school, I had already written my first diary entry but it was just homework from school. I started my own diary from when I studied abroad in Japan. I went to Japan to study alone when I was 23 years old. I had a lot of firsts (native)/first experiences this year. It was the first time I left my country to go overseas, and it was the first time I was living alone. This meant that nobody could help me and I had to face any problems by myself and I must learn how to solve them. But I lived in a new country and everything was fresh for me. I tried to write down these fresh things and problems to record them in my memory, because I was very forgetful.

primary ( prI – mary )

alone ( uh – loan )

because ( b – cuz )

Diary 2

I don’t remember which day I started my diary in Japan. I need to check my diary from 16 years ago, but I think I started writing in it my first week in Japan. In fact, I didn’t have any friends, my diary was my only friend at that time. I had no money. I didn’t have a TV ,VHS, computer or even a radio, so I was writing in my diary to talk with myself because I had a lot of time and I was very lonely. Later, I found/got a part time job as a mover. I worked in the afternoons after my Japanese language classes. So, I couldn’t write in my diary everyday because I became busy.

myself ( my – ssssselll f )

Diary 3

When I began to become comfortable with living in Japan, I became very busy so I had to stop writing in my diary everyday. I wrote in it once or twice a week. Actually one/a year passed and I was living in Japan peacefully and  quietly and everyday looked like the same day. But I still  tried to remember what happened  during the week so I wrote something down on the weekends even if it was just a word or a sentence. For example, when I went to a new street I would write about what was different or special in that street. When I met a new friend I wrote about what kind of person I thought he or she was/ they were. When I had trouble or made a mistake, I would write the details down to avoid it happening again and when I felt happy or sad or pissed off, I wrote down the reason.

thought ( thot )

bull – trouble, capable, cable

Diary 4

In those days, I wrote anything and everything down in my diary. In the beginning I wrote some new things or what was happening in Japan at that time in my diary. Later I started to try to write down my own feelings or opinions about Japan. I wanted to know if my thinking changed or didn’t/stayed the same. Back then, I believed a person never changed their mind their whole life. Now, I know that people change their minds all the time. Sometimes I reread my thoughts and opinions from one year ago and after one year passed, I saw that I changed my mind. When I reread, it helps me to keep fighting for my dream.

Diary 5

To remember some special things was the one of reasons for writing my diary. I worried about I would lost my memories about my Japan life when I come back to China, because I am very forgetful. There were a lot of special experiences in my life and I should not forget them. I have continued to write the diary for about five years. But suddenly one day

Diary 5

To remember some special things was the one of reasons for writing my diary. I worried about I would lost my memories about my Japan life when I come back to China, because I am very forgetful. There were a lot of special experiences in my life and I should not forget them. I have continued to write the diary for about five years. But suddenly one day I realized my memories will never be disappeared even if I didn’t write them down in my diary. The memories still inside of my head. I just need time to remember them. So, I stopped writing in diary.

Edited

Diary 5

One of reasons for writing in my diary was to remember some special things. I worried that I would lose my memories about my life in Japan when I would go back to China, because I am very forgetful. There were a lot of special experiences in my life and I should not forget them. I have continued to write in my diary for about five years. But suddenly one day I realized my memories will never disappear even if I don’t write them down in my diary. The memories are still inside my head. I just need time to remember them. So, I stopped writing in my diary.