Wednesday 1, October
It was so cold, though it was hot a week ago. I had only one class today. So I practiced archery on the second period. After that, I tool British Culture class.
I'm so sad that the summer vacation ended, but I'll study hard and practice archery hard this semester.
Thursday 2, October
I had three classes today, on the first, third, and fifth period. I got tired after the fifth period and got home at about eight. My family and I ate crab for dinner. It was good and I was so full.
Friday 3, October
I woke up at 5:30 and arrived at school at 7:15 to practice archery before classes. I have a competition on Sunday, so I had to practice hard. Shooting arrows at the target 30 meters away is so difficult. However I like archery so much.
Saturday 4, October
I woke up at five today and practiced archery in the morning. I decided not to practice too much and not to get tired because I have a competition the next day. However I shot about 150 arrows for 3 hours, and I got tired. After practicing, I had lunch with friends of archery club. To go to Koganei directly from my home, I had to take my bow set to home. It's very big and heavy, so I got more tired. At home, I showed my family my bow for the first time. I bought the bow myself. So I have to work hard and treat it very carefully.
Sunday 5, October
I woke up at five thirty. I was nervous but excited to go to the first archery competition. It took about 50 minutes to go to Koganei, and we, 10 members of the archery club, took the bus to Koganei Park. There were many players regardless of age. There were some groups of other university students, too.
The rule of archery is not so difficult. But you have to shoot three arrows in two minutes. The inner yellow circle is ten point, the outer circle is 9 point, the inner red is 8 point... The colors of the target is yellow, red, blue, black and white. There are 0 ~ 10 points. The more inner you shoot, the more high point you get. Competition is divided into ends of 3 or 6 arrows, and there are 6 ends in 1 round. After each end, the competitors walk to the target to score and retrieve their arrows.
This competition consisted of 2 round, so I shoot 72 arrows today. My score was 597 point and I got 3 place in women newcomers! I was so happy!
After the competition we went back to Yotsuya.We had dinner in Jonathan and I ate spaghetti. I got so tired but it was a wonderful day.
Monday 6, October
I have only one class on mondays. On the first period, I did text chat in Speaking class. On the second period, I pracriced archery. After that I had lunch with my boyfriend and went to Tokyo Dome City. I like thrilling roller corsters, but he doesn't. I asked him to ride with me and he did. It was so exciting. I enjoyed a lot, but he looked scared.
Tuesday 7, October
I had three classes today. On the second period, it was Spanish class. Because I had studied Spanish little during summer vacation, I felt it was so difficult. I should have studied more. On the forth period, I need a bible. It was heavy to carry. I had a part-time job after school. I got so tired.
Wednesday 8, October
I have only one class on Wednesdays, so I practiced archery in the morning. It was a very pleasant climate to play sports. Because I practiced too hard in the morning, I was a little bit sleepy in the class. After classes, I went to buy contact lenses. I hope I can see targets 50 meters away well.
Thursday 9, October
I had three classes, on the first, third, and fifth period. I don't like Thursdays because I have only three classes, though, I have to be in university until fifth period. However I like to have lunch on the second period while cafeteria is not crowded.
2008年10月29日水曜日
2008年10月2日木曜日
Summer vacation
Hello!
This is the first blog posting this semester. In the last semester, I didn't post every week. As a result, I had to post 6 times in July. It was so hard, because I had to finish many papers and had exam in July. I really regret that. So I will post more than once every week this semester and finish as soon as possible.
The summer vacation was really fun. I spent most of the time practicing archery. The vacation was 61 days, and I practiced 40 days. It's 2/3 of the vacation! Actually I didn't have to practice that much. Of course I like archery. That's one of the reasons. However the other reason is that I was so free and had nothing to do. If I stayed at home, I might sit in front of the computer or TV all day long. It is not good for health at all and I would get fat! So I woke up at 7, practiced archery for a couple of hours, had lunch with other members, went home and worked part-time.
One of the big events in the vacation was club camp in August. We went to Nagano from August 17 to 24 and practiced archery from 8:30 to 16:30. We all got exhausted but enjoyed it. Every morning freshmen had to prepare tatami that we shoot to and prepare breakfast. So we had to wake up at 6:30. In Nagano it was far colder than I thought and we had a lot of rain. So we wasn't able to practice that much. The food was great! However not only it was delicious but also it was too much. I was sure that I gained weight, but I didn't. I felt sport is important not to get metabolic syndrome.
On the first day of the camp, we set the field to play archery: set stands, put tatamis on the stands and put targets on tatamis. Tatami is so heavy and we had to carry them again and again. I got so tired. I have never carried tatami alone until this camp, but I'm used to it now. We practiced for a few hours after preparing. I shot a tatami from one meter away with bare-bow. Bare-bow is a simple bow which is almost made of wood
On the second day, I used my own bow for the first time. I chose it myself. It is cool and beautiful. I was soooooo happy to use it. It is beautiful blue. I'll put the picture on this blog.
On the third day, it was rainy. We practiced in the rain and all of us and our bows got wet. It was very cold and hard to pull arrows from tatamis because arrows got wet. We couldn't practice in the afternoon. So we spent the time freely. I played cards with some members.
The forth day was day-off. Some went to lake or hot-spring and some played tennis. Some members and I stayed at the inn and watched movies such as Star Wars and Hannibal Rising. In Hannibal Rising, the description of Japan is too strange. We don't pray in front of an armor for ancestors! We all laughed at it.
On the fifth day, I shot targets 10 meters away for the first time. I was scared to shoot, but it was exciting.
On the sixth day, we had competition. In the morning, first-grade students shot targets 10 meters away. I think I did well. I was fourth place in all, and first place in girls. It was fun. In the afternoon, seniors' competition was held. The targets were 50 meters away. It seemed to be very difficult.
We left Nagano on the seventh day. I enjoyed and practiced really hard in the week. I hope I got better.
Another big event was club camp in September in Hatano, Kanagawa. It was for 5 days. It was hotter than I thought in Kanagawa. We carried many tatamis everyday this time again. During this camp, I shot targets 30 meters away! It was so exciting and fun. I liked archery more and more.
I have the first match on this Sunday. I have only 3 days! So I will practice tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. I will try hard!
This is the first blog posting this semester. In the last semester, I didn't post every week. As a result, I had to post 6 times in July. It was so hard, because I had to finish many papers and had exam in July. I really regret that. So I will post more than once every week this semester and finish as soon as possible.
The summer vacation was really fun. I spent most of the time practicing archery. The vacation was 61 days, and I practiced 40 days. It's 2/3 of the vacation! Actually I didn't have to practice that much. Of course I like archery. That's one of the reasons. However the other reason is that I was so free and had nothing to do. If I stayed at home, I might sit in front of the computer or TV all day long. It is not good for health at all and I would get fat! So I woke up at 7, practiced archery for a couple of hours, had lunch with other members, went home and worked part-time.
One of the big events in the vacation was club camp in August. We went to Nagano from August 17 to 24 and practiced archery from 8:30 to 16:30. We all got exhausted but enjoyed it. Every morning freshmen had to prepare tatami that we shoot to and prepare breakfast. So we had to wake up at 6:30. In Nagano it was far colder than I thought and we had a lot of rain. So we wasn't able to practice that much. The food was great! However not only it was delicious but also it was too much. I was sure that I gained weight, but I didn't. I felt sport is important not to get metabolic syndrome.
On the first day of the camp, we set the field to play archery: set stands, put tatamis on the stands and put targets on tatamis. Tatami is so heavy and we had to carry them again and again. I got so tired. I have never carried tatami alone until this camp, but I'm used to it now. We practiced for a few hours after preparing. I shot a tatami from one meter away with bare-bow. Bare-bow is a simple bow which is almost made of wood
On the second day, I used my own bow for the first time. I chose it myself. It is cool and beautiful. I was soooooo happy to use it. It is beautiful blue. I'll put the picture on this blog.
On the third day, it was rainy. We practiced in the rain and all of us and our bows got wet. It was very cold and hard to pull arrows from tatamis because arrows got wet. We couldn't practice in the afternoon. So we spent the time freely. I played cards with some members.
The forth day was day-off. Some went to lake or hot-spring and some played tennis. Some members and I stayed at the inn and watched movies such as Star Wars and Hannibal Rising. In Hannibal Rising, the description of Japan is too strange. We don't pray in front of an armor for ancestors! We all laughed at it.
On the fifth day, I shot targets 10 meters away for the first time. I was scared to shoot, but it was exciting.
On the sixth day, we had competition. In the morning, first-grade students shot targets 10 meters away. I think I did well. I was fourth place in all, and first place in girls. It was fun. In the afternoon, seniors' competition was held. The targets were 50 meters away. It seemed to be very difficult.
We left Nagano on the seventh day. I enjoyed and practiced really hard in the week. I hope I got better.
Another big event was club camp in September in Hatano, Kanagawa. It was for 5 days. It was hotter than I thought in Kanagawa. We carried many tatamis everyday this time again. During this camp, I shot targets 30 meters away! It was so exciting and fun. I liked archery more and more.
I have the first match on this Sunday. I have only 3 days! So I will practice tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. I will try hard!
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