Observation From the Heaven
I have a special place in my heart for Sendai city. About two years ago, I lived there for one year because I was a cram school student. Sendai is the biggest city in the Tohoku district, so there are a lot of impressive high shiny buildings and a lot of people in the city. The weather was very calm and there weren’t many rainy days. It was sunny almost every day there. Actually, it was my first time to live far away from my family, so everything was new for me. I often had lots of problems during the year. For example, I always had to care about the result of my tests in cram school, and I had to keep to the strict rules of my dormitory such as these: “You have to come back to the dormitory by 8 o’clock.”, and “You must not enter anyone else’s room anytime.” I had a lot of stress very often.
Whenever I felt stressed, I went to the 29th floor of one of the big tall shiny buildings in front of the Sendai station. Its name was AER. Since the building was very tall, so I could see everything below me. The Sky’s color was cobalt blue and it had white clouds which seemed much closer. Birds looked like dots in the sky that were swimming in the blue air. In the distance, I could see the Pacific Ocean which was sparkling in the sun light and some white shiny ships on. Because there are wide windows on that floor, I could also see mountains to the right of me. The mountains were deep green and light green, and I could see a clear line of the edge of the mountains. Down at street level, I could see colorful cars such as green, black, red, blue, white and so forth. So many people were wandering on the roads. They were so small from there. They looked like ants. Inside the building was so quiet and cool. There was no wind or sound. However, I could easily imagine the heat of the sunlight, soft warm wind, and sounds such as people’s voices, music, and the noise of cars. I felt I was so small in the world whenever I went there, and I thought I should have a wider view. I could be positive even though I was really sad before I went there. The view from there encouraged me a lot. It was my treasured time to stay there and watch things around me. Because I had to care a lot about the small things in daily life, I was so lucky that I could find such a good place to think about the bigger things in the world. I got over many problems that year and I finally passed the entrance exam of AIU. Every time I go to Sendai, I always go there and remember that.
Saturday, June 2, 2007
Describing a person
A Teacher of My Life
My grandma taught me what life is like, and supported me a lot. I lived with my grandparents for 18 years. Because my parents were teachers, my grandparents looked after my brother and me. My grandma, who is my father’s mother, was a small, skinny woman with short black hair and she had a lot of lines on her face. Because of these wrinkles, she always looked like she was smiling. She was tender and kind. Her hands were rough because she loved gardening and worked in the fields harvesting vegetables. I learned how to grow plants from her. Also, she was very good at cooking, so I learned how to cook from her, too.
She was a very thoughtful person and a good listener. She was over 60-years-old but would always try to understand her young grandchildren’s feelings and thoughts. When I was an elementary school student, I had a big argument with my best friend, Sayumi. I don’t remember the reason why we had such a big argument but we both got really angry and I didn’t know how to fix the relationship. I asked my grandma to give me some advice.
She listened to my story carefully without interrupting. Then she said I should be more objective and apologize to my best friend. Even if I wasn’t wrong, I should say “sorry” to her. I, however, said “It is not fair because not only was I wrong but she was also. She has never apologized to me even if she was completely wrong, so far. I have done many things for her. She is ungrateful.” Then, my grandma told me that I should be more thankful to things around me. She said “If you think there was nothing that you can be thankful to Sayumi for, it is your fault. Don’t you remember that she also helped you a lot and you have had a very good time with her? ” She also said that I had taken everything for granted, but I was so lucky that I could have such a good friend in my life. I noticed that my thought was wrong and I took her advice. I said “I am sorry.” to Sayumi the next day.
Thanks to her objective advice, my friend and I have been best friends for 13 years. She was well-experienced and has had a lot of knowledge through her long life. Almost always she accepted reality very calmly. She always gave me a lot of good advice to get along with people around me, I also learned how I should behave in society from her. She is my ideal person in my life.
My grandma taught me what life is like, and supported me a lot. I lived with my grandparents for 18 years. Because my parents were teachers, my grandparents looked after my brother and me. My grandma, who is my father’s mother, was a small, skinny woman with short black hair and she had a lot of lines on her face. Because of these wrinkles, she always looked like she was smiling. She was tender and kind. Her hands were rough because she loved gardening and worked in the fields harvesting vegetables. I learned how to grow plants from her. Also, she was very good at cooking, so I learned how to cook from her, too.
She was a very thoughtful person and a good listener. She was over 60-years-old but would always try to understand her young grandchildren’s feelings and thoughts. When I was an elementary school student, I had a big argument with my best friend, Sayumi. I don’t remember the reason why we had such a big argument but we both got really angry and I didn’t know how to fix the relationship. I asked my grandma to give me some advice.
She listened to my story carefully without interrupting. Then she said I should be more objective and apologize to my best friend. Even if I wasn’t wrong, I should say “sorry” to her. I, however, said “It is not fair because not only was I wrong but she was also. She has never apologized to me even if she was completely wrong, so far. I have done many things for her. She is ungrateful.” Then, my grandma told me that I should be more thankful to things around me. She said “If you think there was nothing that you can be thankful to Sayumi for, it is your fault. Don’t you remember that she also helped you a lot and you have had a very good time with her? ” She also said that I had taken everything for granted, but I was so lucky that I could have such a good friend in my life. I noticed that my thought was wrong and I took her advice. I said “I am sorry.” to Sayumi the next day.
Thanks to her objective advice, my friend and I have been best friends for 13 years. She was well-experienced and has had a lot of knowledge through her long life. Almost always she accepted reality very calmly. She always gave me a lot of good advice to get along with people around me, I also learned how I should behave in society from her. She is my ideal person in my life.
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