New Year's Resolution

I have some resolutions for new year. Fist, I'm going to run several days a week because I have gained weight since I came to Calgary. The foods in here is very nice and  my host family's cooking is very delicious, so I always eat up dinner. Moreover, the food in here is higher in calories than my country. I have to lose my weight! But I should buy a good running shoes and wear before I start to run.
Second, I'm going to practice cooking. I rarely cook in Japan, but many nice dishes my host family cooked inspired me. I want to help my mother by doing housekeeping.
Third, I'm going to study English and politics so that I don't forget many things I have studied in here. And I was surprised that many people in here know their country's politics well, on the other hand, I don't know the finance and politics in Japan. I'm 20 years old, so I can join government: I have the right to vote, I had better study it. Finally, I want to get some exams: color coordinator and Microsoft Office Specialist, so I have to study hard after I back to Japan!

Happy New Year!

I introduce my favorite holiday. This is New Year's Day! In Japan, we clean the whole house before new year's day to celebrate new year with fresh feeling. Japanese generally cook "osechi" , it's traditional Japanese foods of new year's; actually I don't like it....
 In my case, I watch some famous TV program with my family while we eat "toshikoshi-soba" , it's Japanese noodle, before greeting new year.
And then we go to shrine or temple to pray to spend well the whole year. This is the time that I can realize I'm Japanese. Almost Japanese is  We also eat "ozouni": it contains rice cake, carrots, radish, yam and so on in white miso soup. We have many traditional new year's foods!