Satomi Ueno

Mr. Jason Arthur

Basic Writing, Section 16

October 3rd, 2013

My Exciting Summer Vacation

     My summer vacation was great. I experienced part-time job for the first time, met my wonderful high school friends, had a small trip to Nikko with my dad, and went a training camp in Minakami with members of ESS. I went back to my hometown on the day the final exams were finished. I was so happy to complete the exams finally. 

    I and some ESS members went to Tsukuba to do discussion activities with other universities' students for 3 days. We haven't had such an experience, spending time with them for a long time, so it was a great chance to talk with them and  I was glad to hear other people's opinions about something. They have different thoughts, so it was a lot of fun to gain new perspectives. Talking of ESS activities, we also stayed in Minakami for 3 days at the end of August, as I mentioned.  Minakami is a town in Gunma prefecture, and has beautiful nature. Some boys and a few girls swam in a river, but I didn't because I didn't have a swim suit and water in the river was too cold for me to swim. I was just standing and taking some pictures then. 

    Next, I met my close friends from high school when a high school festival was held at the begining of September. They looked fine and happy. Also, I could see my HR teacher. Every single teacher looked good so I was relieved. In September I worked at part-time job as an assistant of naive English teacher. I translated English into Japanese for elementary school children, helped make stuffs which were needed in classes. This English school was where I have been for 13 years. Of course I know the native teacher. I felt strange because he used to be my English teacher, but he was a coworker then. Really strange, however, I wasn't nervous about working with him and was fun. 

    Finally, I enjoyed my summer vacation. I wanted to go somewhere far away from my hometown, but now I think it was enough.