☆2009☆

The New Year is just around the corner. We greet the New Year. The tolling of temple bells 108 times on New Year's Eve tells the beginning of the New Year. We exchange the New Year's greetings. I eat Zoni and Osechi Ryouri on New Year's Day. My mother cook Zoni and Osechi Ryouri every year. Most Japanese go and worship at a shrine on New Year's Day. I go at shrine on New Year's Day.
I have the aim of New Year.
I seldom cook, so I intend to cook more next year. I am weak in cleaning. I intend to clean my room. I seldom help with housework. I want to help with my family.
I passed a test this year. I want to challenge various tests next year. I like reading very much, so I want to read a lot of books.
I study hard, and I want to get much knowledge.

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Cooking

I seldom cook. However, I made pot stickers and soup with my mother.

I am weak in cooking. However, I want to challenge various cooking. My mother is good at cooking, so I want to be taught cooking by my mother.

I like desserts very much, so I want to make various desserts.

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Shopping

I went shopping with my friends.

I went to meet my friends at a station. We went to a shopping mall. I ate hamburger. It was very delicious. We went to clothes shop. However, I did not buy anything. We bought cakes, and we ate cakes in my house. I like cake very much. It was very delicious.

I saw my friend to her house. I saw the illumination of her house. It was very beautiful.

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Birthday

December 23th is my friend's birthday. I and my friends celebrated my friend's birthday yesterday. After school, we went to restaurant. I ate hamburger and soup. They were very delicious. My friend had booked birthday's cake, so we ate the cake. It was very delicious. I enjoyed very much.

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Shopping

I went shopping on Saturday. I bought a bag and perfume. I enjoyed shopping very much.

I like shopping very much. I want a wallet. I use my wallet for six years, so I want new wallet. I can get money from my parents and grandparents at New year. This is a New Year's gift. I want to buy wallet.

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