Thank you, DR Jane, for sending your warm message, which I received through dear BK.
Thank you, DR Laura, DR MBarnum, DR Cillaliz and other beautiful DRs, for posting about me. I was surprised and happy to know that some of dear readers remembered me still.
My life has completely changed since I came back here in Los Angeles in April this year. I'm not only a student any more. I have had many things to do and many things to think and many things happened to me unexpectedly. Also, I have had a personal problem which is complicated and hard to settle for me. So I have not been able to afford to read the notes or posts or to post on the board, physically and mentally.
I reached my goal on TOEIC test three months ago (quite earlier than I'd expected) and one month later I passed a screening test for a position as a member of a volunteer translation group. I'm having a project (A court precedent in the US, from English to Japanese) with three professional translators. It's a hard work but I enjoy it very much. I believe that working in the group is having good opportunities to study about many various special/technical fields and to gain my experience.
I happened to meet a person who runs a party decor company a few months ago. I like her works very much and am interested in her profession, which in Japan we don't have many yet. I asked her to have me at her office, since I wanted to learn from her how to set up a party. She accepted. So I go to her office in Canoga Park twice a week since the end of October. It takes me to get there from home about two hours by bus and train. It's a loooong journey but I'm okay, I can read many books, like Murder at Hollywood High:), all along the way. And most of the weekend, I am at the site where we set up a party from early in the morning.(I'm actually leaving home in an hour to Hyatt Century Plaza Hotel to set up a wedding reception)
I have to go to school all I can, because of my student visa, which I don't enjoy much.
I sometimes see dear BK, who is always nice to me and cheers me up.
This is my LA life.
Someday in the future, I'd like to be back here in HHW. I have no idea when but I'm sure I will. HHW is my first port in the US I found. Hope all of you will be fine and have a wonderful holiday season!
Hisaka***