Category Archives: Daily Sketch

I’m sorry to hear about the death of Fan. I’m sure she was a special dog. Kaika is my first dog and he’s only two years old, but I sometimes find myself thinking about what it would be like if … Continue reading →

My family consists of my husband, Mark, and 2 sons: Malachi & Moses. We love being together, going to the beach, surfing, eating, camping, watching movies, and exploring. We are preparing to move to Okinawa at the end of July. … Continue reading →

Today, I reviewed my entire 4 paragraph story by myself. I felt much better, like my speaking was flowing easier and not so choppy. We reviewed comprehension questions regarding my story and then proceeded onto learning 10 new verbs; past, … Continue reading →

We are pleased to announce the first of our planned seasonal haiku contests. Our goal is to promote appreciation of the haiku craft as well as to encourage the development of the English haiku. Our first step is to choose … Continue reading →

Today’s yojijukugo is aimaimoko. It means simply “vague and dim”, and can be broken down into two words that can be used seperately, aimai (vague) and moko (dim). In both languages, vague is used more to describe concepts, while dim … Continue reading →

Today’s yojijukugo is gaden’insui. It means “pulling water into one’s own rice field. Because water is something that doesn’t really belong to anyone, we should share it equally. A rice farmer who tries to make more water flow into his … Continue reading →

Finally Found Good Eating Yesterday my mother and I went to Shirokiya 3rd floor to eat. There are all kinds of variety of foods to eat there、from Sea Food Boulabaise to Sushi, okonomiyaki, Korean food, Curry, Tempura, Udon, Soba, Chinese … Continue reading →

I must apologize. I wrote in my last blog about the Patriot’s. I failed to mention that the Patriot’s are a professional football team that plays out of New England. Football is my favorite sport and the Patriot’s use to … Continue reading →

Today, I had my first lesson with Michiko. We studied, using Hiragana and Katakana, where I was born and where I lived beforre I came to Hawaii. I was born in North Carolina and spent a good amount of my … Continue reading →