rice cakes

My grandparents pounded steamed rice into rice cake. My cousin came to my house to help it. I like rice cakes very much. I ate bean jam rice cake. I like soybean flour rice cake.
Rice cakes is put in Zoni. Zoni is traditional food, and it is special food for New Year. Zoni is a kind of the soup. However, the shape of the rice cake and ingredients of Zoni and seasoning of soup are different in each region. Zoni is made to celebrate New Year. My mother cook Zoni in New Year's Day. I like Zoni which my mother cooked.

I want to eat a lot of rice cakes.

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Book Review 2-3

I read “The Bookstore VALENTINE”.

Mr. Brown sold only ghost books in his bookstore. He had a cat. His cat's name was Cobweb. Cobweb played with mice. They got along well. One day, Mr. Brown held Valentine's Day sale in his bookstore. However, the sale made him busy. He decided to hire someone. A lady came to the bookstore. Her name was Miss Button. He decided to hire her. He thought that she was very perfect because she liked cats and cheese. He and Cobweb liked cheese very much. He took a fancy to her. However, he could not tell his feelings. Miss Button also took a fancy to him. Therefore, Cobweb and mice united their force. Mr. Brown and Miss Button was able to know each other's feelings by the help of Cobweb and mice. They spent Valentine's Day.

I changed confectionery with my friends on Valentine's Day when I was a high school student. I baked cookies, and I gave cookies to my friends. I liked eating the confectionery which I had got from my friends.

This book was very interesting.
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☆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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