It is nice to get up early... ... nobody is awake yet... It is nice to eat a good breakfast... ... enjoy the taste... It is nice to play with friends... ... we play video games... It is fun to surprise friends! ... we jump and shout to surprise each other... It is nice to be nice... ... being nice is easy and free... It is something great to be good... ... it is nice to be nice... nobody: 誰も awake: 目覚めている yet: まだ taste: 味 surprise: 驚く shout: 叫ぶ free: 無料 something great: 素晴らしい

I see a lot of articles about hot summers at the moment. Articles such as "5 easy ways to beat the summer heat" and "Tips for keeping cool in hot weather". I am surprised and sad to see this... Why are more articles not connecting human activitiy to this? There should be articles with "5 easy ways to change your carbon footprint" or "Tips to stop the Earth from burning"! We are changing the weather. It is important to understand this. It is getting hotter because of humans.

There are soooo many kanji to learn. I like learning languages but Japanese takes so long because of the kanji. I have around 1000 more kanji to study. Even so, I like kanji but I don't like katakana. Katakana is so difficult. I know katakana, but it is difficult to read katakana. Let me give you a simple example; スナック - snack In Japanese, it is 3 syllables; "ス"　-　"ナッ"　-　"ク" In English, it is 1 syllable; "snack" So, when I hear a word like this, it is difficult to gu

Mobile phones are very useful. We use them to do many things. When I was young, they were just for sending SMS and calling people. Now, we use them for everything! I use my phone to call and to send messages of course. But I also use it to read the news, to check email, to take photos, to check the weather, to listen to music and podcasts, to check Japanese words in the dictionary and to watch TV! Mobile phones are so powerful now, people also use them to play video games.