I worked late today. This morning, I joined the daily English Zoom meeting as usual. There, at first, we introduced ourselves to each other. After that, we discussed how each one tried to learn English, and also why we kept learning it. I shared that yesterday I borrowed Ernest Hemingway's "The Old Man and The Sea", and one of my reasons was because I have gotten attracted to these English books to read. Once, when I was a teenager who had just started learning English, I couldn't read this kind of book (even though, as you know, Hemingway's English is so simple and crisp to understand), however, the more I enjoy learning English, the more I get improved enough to enjoy Hemingway.
After that, I went to the main house of my group home. There, the admin and I talked about several things. TBH, it's really embarrassing to say that I tended to use money too much because the lunchboxes I often buy are currently getting more expensive (because of the recent rice shortage or any other reasons?). After that, I showed the daily chart paper I've been writing to record my private life. Then, I started writing my English memo, and after that, I opened my notebook.
Next week's Thursday, I will do a presentation on Zoom to my friends. So, in that notebook, I wrote several ideas as a draft. One plan I've been weaving is about "reporting" my life as a TV documentary program. For example, I usually wake up so early to write this journal, and also (as I've written above) I enjoy the English Zoom meeting. Telling about these daily activities to them, and also putting my comments like a sort of "interview". Sorry, it's too abstract to tell about.
During today's working time, I tried to find out the reason why I have kept learning English. Maybe because (at least, one of the reasons why was) I couldn't have given up the possibility of communication with others. As I've written in this journal, once I had to live a really severe, desperate period. But even at that time, I couldn't throw away this idea: the world is so wide and also diverse enough to accept me who can be a sort of alien or ugly creature. Yes, definitely I must be too romantic. However, that romantic character has let me learn English actively.
