June has gone, & July has come

Hi you guys, I'm Takehiko. Very welcome to my latest article. It's a pleasure to see you again. How are you right now? Anyway I'll start the article immediately.
Yesterday was the last day of June & it's already gone. July has come & started since today, but the rainy season has been continuing in Japan. In fact, the weather forecasts says it's going to be bad weather through this week. If the prediction's going to be true, I don't mind & worry because I love rainy days. For me, the sound of rain makes me relax & keep me calm.
Well, when is the rainy season going to finish & is the summer going to start in Japan? In early July or the middle of July, the rainy season finishes & the summer starts every year in Japan. I love summer as well even though the temperatures rise rapidly & significantly during summer.
By the by, how were you in June? I was good, & I also want to have a nice month during July. I have something I want to tell you; you should be careful of high temperatures during the summer. Every year, many people including Japanese ones die of high temperatures during summer. This is why I tell you so.
Anyway, that's it from me today. How were the article & my English? Did I make sense? Thank you for reading as always. I look forward to seeing you guys here again. Have a nice one, bye. As usual before I wrap up, I'll leave you my English video & photo.

I used to go to theaters & watch movies

Hi there, I'm Takehiko. Welcome, & it's good to see you again. Is everything okay? Anyway, let's get started today's article immediately.
The subjects I'm going to write in this article are theaters & movies. I know the theater & movie industry are huge nowadays & many people are into them & interested in. These two industry are poplar in Japan as well, cause many Japanese people love entertainment.
To be honest, I used to go to theaters & watch movies in the past. The movies I watched in theaters are such as 'Fight Club', 'Taxi', 'Romeo Must Die' & so on. I've watched both overseas & Japanese movies before. I'm sure the fact I watched more movies in theaters in the past, but I can't remember the names of them because of my bad memory.
On the other hand,  I used to watch movies broadcast on TV home as well. The movies I watched on TV are such as 'The Transporter series', 'Speed series', 'The rock', etc.
Japanese TV broadcasters have been broadcasting many movies for a long time. But I don't have a habit to watch TV now, so I don't watch movies on TV now either.
By the bye, I know some foreign actors' names such as 'Brad Pitt', 'Steven Seagal', 'Sean connery' & so on, but I'm not sure actors names who are poplar & famous now at all because it's been a couple of years since I quite watching TV & movies.
Anyway, I'm afraid it's time to finish this article. How were it & my English? Thank you guys for reading. I hope see you guys again real soon. See you next time, bye.

I'm not good at having a chat with people, especially females

Hi folks, I'm Takehiko. Welcome to my latest article, I'm extremely glad to see you again. How are you getting on right now? Anyway without more ado, I'll start right away.
I'm especially not good at having a chat with females. How come? Well, in my opinion, there're two reasons for this.
Firstly, I'm really not sure what & how to have a chat with female. I'm always wondering what kind of subject females are interested in or love. I always hope they don't consider me boring or rude. I also always hope I don't make them anger, frustrated, anxious, bored, disappointed, etc.
Secondly, I don't have a lot of chance to have a chat with females, so I'm not so used to it. If I have a chat with female, my mind sometimes goes blank suddenly & I get speechless. I don't think it's my thing. It's a little hard to me so far.
To be honest, I'm trying to improve chat skills, but I'm not sure how. To improve, what should I do? It looks like speaking English is easier than having a chat with female for me. But I want to continue my effort somehow as long as I can.
By the way, maybe I'm afraid of females because I have no idea what they think, expect from me, & what to say to make them pleased at all.
Anyway, that's it for this article. How have it & my English been so far? Thanks for reading as always. I appreciate your visiting. Until next my latest article, bye for now.
Before I go, I'll leave you my video & photo.

Starbucks is famous & poplar among Japaneses people as well

Hi mates, I'm Takehiko here in Japan. Welcome to my blog, I'm so happy to see you again. How's it going? Anyway as always without further ado, I'm going to start my latest article in English right away.
In this article, I'm going to write about Starbucks coffee. I guess you guys might know the name cause Starbucks is famous & poplar, & according to Wikipedia, Starbucks has more than 21k branches in 65 countries & territories. Wikipedia also says there're 1079 Starbucks stores in Japan, & many Japanese people including me know the name & what they're doing as business. They sell coffee, cakes, sweets, snacks & so on.
By the bye, I've not been to Starbucks stores before although it's really well known & popular in Japan & there is its store near my apartment. There're some reasons for this such as I don't have a chance to go to Starbucks or I don't have a habit to go to restaurants or stores for coffee.
When I walk in front of the store, there're usually many customers inside. What they do within the store are for example having coffee, sweets or something, reading, doing something with their laptop, having a chat, & even taking a nap! Personally speaking, they seem to be comfortable & chill out like they do at home.
I've not been to & tried Starbucks, so I'm not sure its products are good or bad completely. But, apparently its products have good taste. If I have a chance, I want to try Starbucks some day.
Anyway, that's it from me in this article. How have been the article & my English? Thank you so much for reading as usual. Why don't you visit & see me again real soon if you like? Until then, goodbye guys. Before going, I'll leave my video & photo for you guys.

I practiced an English adjective 'be used to'

Hi everybody, I'm Takehiko. Welcome to my latest English article. Is everything going well? Anyway as always without more ado, this article is about to begin right away.
In this article, I'm going to show you guys my YouTube video on which I'm practicing an English adjective 'be used to'. Here you go.

I learned this adjective can be used when something or doing something is familiar to me because I do it often or know it well. Example sentences are such as, 'I'm used to English.' or 'I'm used to speaking English.'
There're some points to be careful to use 'be used to'.
Firstly, the pronunciation is different from 'used', the past form of a verb 'use'. The 'd' of an adjective 'used' is pronounced by 't' sound, but the 'd' of the past form 'used' is pronounced by 'd' sound.
Secondly, an adjective 'be used to' is followed by nouns  or gerunds, but a modal form 'used to' is merely followed by present tenses, a.k.a the presents.
An adjective 'be used to' might common in English, right? This is useful but also sometimes mixed up with a modal verb 'used to' easily & it might be just a little difficult to use.
Anyway, that's it from me today. How've my article & English? Thank you for reading, I really can't thank you enough & don't know what to say to you guys. I really hope you guys read my next English article if you feel like. Until next time, cheers.

I practiced an English adjective 'tricky'

Hi everyone, I'm Takehiko. Welcome to my latest English article. I'm speechless. So, what's up right now? Anyway as always without more ado, I'm about to start immediately.

First of all, I'm going to show you guys my video on which I'm practicing an English adjective 'tricky'. Here you are.

I hear this word so frequently in English conversation as follows: 'That's a tricky question.', 'What a tricky situation this is.', & so on. I learned tricky means 'difficult do or deal with'. I so often hear this word, & I'm really familiar with 'tricky'. In my opinion, 'tricky' is a common English word, but I'm not so sure whether native English speakers consider 'tricky' as a common English word.
By the bye, 'tricky' is also used in Japan. If a Japanese person says 'tricky (sport) play' the person might means 'unusual, strange, unexpected or etc. play'.
Anyway, it's time to wrap up. How have today's my article & English? Have they helped you understand what I've written? Thank you so much for your time & reading. I know all you guys are busy, but I'm really looking forward to seeing all you guys again real soon. See you next my article, take care.

I practiced 'how come' on my YouTube video.

Hi there, I'm Takehiko. Welcome to my blog. I'm so glad to see you again. How's it going? Anyway as always, I'm about to start today's my article & give it a try.
I started recording videos on which I'm practicing English, & also started uploading them on YouTube a little while ago. I'll show you guys one of them today.

On this video, I'm practicing an English idiom 'how come'. I learned this idiom can be used as 'why' or 'I wonder'. Is my understanding of 'how come' correct or not? Besides it, is my English pronunciation acceptable or bad? And, are the examples on the video appropriate or not?
By the way, there's a difference between 'how come' & 'why' when it comes to using them. If I use 'why' I have to use such as 'Why do you...?' or 'Why is it...?' On the other hand, if I use 'how come' I have to use such as 'How come you do...?' or 'How come it is...?'
Well, there're so many idioms in English that it's not easy to learn & memorize all of them. But, it seems to me I frequently hear this idiom, 'how come' in English conversations.
Anyway, that's all this article. How've my article & English today? Thanks a million & I truly appreciate your time for reading. Now, I have to go, bye for now you guys.

Japanese people use loanwords from some languages

Hi everybody, I'm Takehiko. Welcome to today's my article. How are you getting on right now? Anyway without more ado, I'm about to start right now.
In this article, I'm going to talk about loanwords used in Japan. Well, can you guess how many loanwords are used in Japan? The answer is 'many'. Well actually, I'm not sure the exact number, but I can say so. For example, 'croquette' is from French, 'castela' from Portuguese, 'hamburger' from English, etc.
From my perspective, Japanese people seem to having a habit to import & use loanwords & combine them with other languages or even Japanese: for example, 'kamikoppu' is formed from 'kami', which is a Japanese word meaning 'paper' & 'koppu', which is the Japanese spelling of 'cup'. Kamikoppu is called 'paper cup' in English.
Some or many loanwords are used as different meanings from their original ones: for example, 'mansion'. This word is also used in Japan, but the meaning is different from in English. In Japan, 'a mansion' means an apartment building or a block of flats made of concrete'. But I know it means 'a large (& often attractive & impressive) house with a pool, a huge yard, & so on' in English. Plus, this sometimes or frequently leads foreigners to be confused about or misunderstand what Japanese people say to them in English.
Currently, many loanwords from English are used in Japan as well such as, 'drone', 'smartphone', 'celebrity (this is usually used as its short form 'celeb')', etc, but their meanings & pronunciation are sometimes different from English ones.
Anyway, that's it for today's my article. How were it & my English? Have they been clear or confusing? I hope all you guys visit & read my next article real soon. I'm really afraid it's time to say goodbye to you guys, see ya.

There's a lot of different culture around the world!

Hi pals, I'm Takehiko here in Japan. Welcome you guys to today's my article. I'm so happy & I'm completely not sure what to say. So how you going right now? Anyway without more ado, I'm going to start today's article immediately.
In this article, I'm going to write about culture. There're many different countries & areas around the world, & each country or area has its own culture. For example, in terms of Japan, Japanese people have habit (or should I use custom instead?) of sitting on the floor,  wearing kimonos (this is one of Japanese traditional clothing.), writing kanji (this is Chinese script, but nowadays used in Japan as well.), & so on.
In my opinion, it's important to learn & understand different culture especially if you have friends, colleagues or other people from abroad. Sometimes of frequently it might be hard though. From my own view, if you ignore different culture the relationship between you & them might be going to be wrong, bad, or even terrible or awful.
By the bye, many foreigners from around the world travel to Japan nowadays, & many of them are usually surprised at or confused about Japanese culture. I'm not surprised at this fact because I think their reaction is normal. Many of them seem to be trying to learn & understand Japanese culture & seem to love it so much even though it's almost different from their culture. I'm really glad about this. To be honest, speaking without hiding what I'm exactly thinking, I love foreigners especially who are interested in Japan & who like or love Japan.
For me, if I travel abroad I'll be surprised at the culture there because I'm not familiar with the culture at all or almost. But at the same time, I'll try to learn & understand the culture & be friendly towards them as well as I can even if it might be hard for me. In fact, I'm interested in culture around the world because it's interesting & exciting for me.
Anyway, that's the end of the article. Thanks all you guys for visiting & reading today. How were today's my article & English? Have I made sense or not? Have you followed the article or not? Even if the answers are 'yes', I'd like to see you all guys again real soon. See you, until then.

Need to speak English like native English speakers?

Hi mates, I'm Takehiko. Welcome to my blog. I'm glad to see you again. How're you doing? Anyway without more ado, I'm about to start today's article right away.
I've been learning & practicing English on my own every day, & I've realized it's extremely hard to speak English like native English speakers. I speak English in Japanese accent, & don't speak as fast as native speakers do. Plus, maybe my method of using English words & expressions are sometimes (or should I say so frequently?) not correct or appropriate.
From my perspective, it's normal that I can't use English naturally because I'm not a native English speaker & I'm still not use to English so much. Until I get used to English well, I should speak English carefully & I don't have to speak naturally & quickly in order to avoid making mistakes & misunderstanding. But I'm so sure after I get used to English once I definitely can speak English more fluently than now I do.
By the way, it seems to me that many Japanese people don't consider Japanese people who don't speak English like native speakers as cool, acceptable or brilliant. Besides this, they seem to consider speaking English in Japanese or other countries or areas accents as embarrassing & even awful or terrible. I'm completely not sure why they think so.
Personally speaking, English & other languages around the world are simply tools. The main purpose of using languages is to convey what you want to convey to someone, right? But not to speak so fluently & with perfect pronunciation, right? But don't get me wrong, I'm always thinking of improving my English skills & pronunciation, & trying to improve them barely as well as I can every day.
Anyway, that's it for this article today. Thank you for reading my article as always even though it might have been slightly (or completely?) confusing or terrible to read. To be honest, I hope for your consideration because I'm not a professional blog author. I'd really love to see you real soon again here. Until next time you guys, see you then.

There're many accents in English

Hi folks, I'm Takehiko. Welcome to my blog. I'm so glad to see you again. How are you today? Now, let's start today's my article without delay.
I'm learning English on my own & listening to English many people around the world speak every day. I've noticed there're many accent in English. I mean people speak English in their own accents. For example, you might know, there're British accent, North American accent, Indian accent, Singaporean accent, etc. I'm Japanese, & maybe I speak English in Japanese accent.
Some might criticize my English because of bad pronunciation & accent. Of course I'm always try hard to improve my English, but I don't mind criticisms so seriously. I think the most important thing in conversation or other communication methods is to convey what I exactly want to tell to other people, but not perfect or good pronunciation & accent. But don't get me wrong, it seems to me imitating perfect or good pronunciation & accent is good if I can completely. To be honest, when I listen to native English speakers I think they're speaking English so fluently & naturally & I hope I speak English like them.
After starting learning & practicing English on my own, I noticed it was so hard to imitate native English speakers completely. But I'm not embarrassed about my Japanese accent. This is because I know many people around the world seem to speak English or other 2nd languages such as Japanese in their accent with confidently & without a sense of embarrassment. I don't want to stop using English because of Japanese accent.
Anyway, that's it for this article. How were it & my English? Were they interesting or annoying? Thank you so much for reading. I really hope to see you again real soon even though it's time to finish. See ya.

Many people are visiting & reading my articles!

Hi you guys, I'm Takehiko from Japan. Welcome & it's nice to see you again here. How'er going? Okay, as usual without further ado, I'm going to start today's my article right away.
It's been approximately one month since I started my blog. Many people have visited & read my articles since I started. According to the statistics of the audiences of my blog, people from the US mainly have been reading my blog. Here's the stats.

Well actually, I'm not sure why so many people from the US have been visiting & reading my articles completely. But that's not the point. I'm simply glad that many people have been visiting & reading my article. Maybe my articles & English aren't perfect though.

I'd like to run my blog & write articles in English continuously as long as I can. Perhaps articles I write in English are boring, stressful, annoying, terrible & so on though. I really appreciate your visit.

To be honest, I'd really love to improve my articles & my English somehow. Personally speaking, if I improve my English I can write better articles in English than now I write.

In addition this, I'd really love to write interesting articles in English. In order to achieve this, I have to gain my English vocabulary. There're still great deal of English words, expressions, idioms, phrasal verbs, prepositional verbs, etc I'm not sure at all. Despite this, I don't worry & I'm not nervous at all. This is because I'm learning & practicing English like a toddler, & toddlers learn their first language gradually & day by day. I'm so sure I'll be able to use English more correctly & fluently than now I do.

Anyway, that's it from me today. How have today's my article & English so far? Thank you for reading as always. I can't thank you guys enough. Please join me next article soon if you like. By the by, it's Sunday today so I hope all you guys have a great Sunday. Bye, cheers.

Oh one more thing, I'll leave you my selfie with an ice cream sold in Japan.

I've not had meals at restaurants for a long time

Hi, I'm Takehiko. Welcome & great to see you again. Is everything alright? Okay without more ado, the article's going to start right away.
I've not been to restaurants for a long time even though there're many ones in Japan. But why? Well, I prefer having meals at my apartment to at restaurants. I prefer cooking & having meals on my own. This is because it's without any stress.
Despite this, in the past, I used to going out to have meals at restaurants. There're many various restaurants in Japan such as hamburger restaurants, ra-men (this is a name of kind of noodle food in Japan.) ones, Chinese ones & so on. I usually used to be satisfied their food & service.
But sometimes I saw some unpleasant customers & shopkeepers. For example, noisy ones, rude ones, ones whose attitude & behaviour are awful, terrible, or not acceptable, & so on. When I saw such ones, I usually felt a sense of disappointment & upset. For me, one of the methods to avoid this is not to go out to have meals.
Instead of restaurants, I prefer supermarkets. They usually sell lots of food in good & budget prices. Besides this, I love grocery shopping simply. These are whys I prefer supermarkets.
But to be honest, if I have chance to go to restaurants with somebody in the future, I'll not mind. Actually, there's no one who goes to restaurants with me now.
Anyway, that's it from me today. How were today's my article & English? Have they upset or worried you? If yes, I'll feel a sense of a relief. But if no, I truly apologize you guys & I'll try to improve my articles & English. Thank you for your time & reading. I'd be happy & grateful if you could come & read next my article. See you then, have a nice day, bye.

I'm interested in online shopping from abroad

Hi everyone, I'm Takehiko. Welcome to my blog. Good to see you again. How's business going? Anyway without further ado, I'm about to begin today's article.
I sometimes enjoy online shopping by using the Internet. Thanks to the development of the Internet, I can enjoy shopping in my room. I guess you also might have got something from online shops before. To be honest, I'm a big fan of online shopping.
I've bought from online shops, however I've never bought from abroad. I've been interested in getting something from abroad these days. It seems kind of hard to buy things from abroad for me, but I want to try to purchase things from abroad someday in the future.
There're some advantages of buying things from abroad to me. Firstly, I can purchase many things that aren't sold in Japan. Secondly, I might be able to get things in lower price compared to price for things sold in Japan. Finally, online shopping is exciting & enjoyable for me.
By the bye, you probably know Amazon. Amazon is also familiar to many Japanese people & very famous & poplar amongst them. Many Japanese people including me buy from Amazon Japan. This website is run in Japanese. You can get things from abroad from Amazon Japan, but sometime (or should I say frequently?) item prices are high.
Anyway, that's it for this article. How were it & my English? Thank you for reading although my English might be bad. I want to see you again soon. It's time to wrap up, goodbye you guys.

I'm not bored with my life now

Hi you guys, I'm Takehiko. How you doing? It's lovely to see you again. Anyway, without more ado, today's my article is about to start right now. Are you ready?
I've been living for a couple of decades. To be honest, I used to be bored with my life so often. I might haven't tried hard to enjoy my life when I was more younger. Plus, I used to make complaint about many things so frequently in the past. Then I wasn't happy.
But now, I'm always trying hard to enjoy my life. Thanks to this, I'm happy, I smile, I don't make complaints & I'm not bored every day. This shift of my mind & attitude makes me happy & makes my life better than the past one.
Besides this, there're many interesting things around the world nowadays. Thanks to them as well, I'm not bored.
Plus, I'm thinking about what to do at every moment, so I'm not as bored at all as I used to in the past. But it seems to me I lived without much thinking in the past. I didn't use to be sure what I want to & what I should do. But now, I'm trying to think ever as well as I can.
Anyway, that's it from me today. How were the article & my English? Actually, I'm not so sure I told you what I exactly wanted to tell you in English. So, I'll truly apologize you in advance if you've felt bored, stressful, unpleasant because of the article. Thank you for reading, I'm looking forward to the next time I see you again. I'm so afraid it's time to say bye to you. Have a nice one.

I sometimes ( or should I say so frequently? ) mix up in English!

Hi there, I'm Takehiko. Welcome to my blog, I'm super glad to see you again. So, how's it going?
Okay guys, without further ado, I'm about to start this article.
As you might know, I'm learning & practicing English every day on my own in Japan. I often see some similar English words such as arrange & orange, comb & calm, ear, year & yeah, etc. I sometimes or so often mix up & I'm so confused.
In spite of this, to be honest, I don't worry about it seriously. This is because I'm so sure if I get used to English more than now I am I don't mix up so often. But in other words, until I get used to English better than now I should mix up continuously.
I also mix up the letter 'r' with 'l', & the letter 'b' with 'v' in English. Well, what I'm trying to tell you exactly is for example when I write or type the word 'vocabulary' I sometimes write or input 'vocaburaly', 'bocavulary' or other wrong ways.
When I started learning & practicing English, almost every English word wasn't familiar. But now, many of them are familiar to me. Personally speaking, it proves that if I continue learning & practicing English every day, more English words should be familiar to me & then I don't be confused as now I am.
Including English, learning & practicing languages as a second language probably hard & stressful to you. But I believe if you don't give up & continue learning & practicing even little by little you should get used to & be familiar with the language you learn & practice. I realize (or should I say learned? ) this through my experience.
Anyway, that's it from me today. How were this article & my English? I really hope they were acceptable. Thanks a bunch for reading. I'd love to see you guys again soon. Bye now.

I'm always trying to be sociable!

Hi, I'm Takehiko. Welcome you guys, good to see you again. How's business? Without more ado, today's article is about to start promptly.
What a type of person do you? Well, if I'm asked so I can reply 'I'm a quiet person. Besides it, I'm not good at being with someone even though I try to be good at. Oh, most importantly, I frequently smile & laugh at people deliberately!'.
Um, you know, there're so many people around the world. I'm one of them. Plus, everyone has different character. For instance, someone love to be with someone else so much. But someone might not be good at being with other people like me.
I wrote I'm quiet earlier, but if I have a chance to speak with someone I always try to speak as well as I can. To say without hiding the truth, I usually don't have so many chances to speak other people.
Despite this, I love speaking with people. I know having a good chat should make me happy. When I speak with someone I always try to be sociable & outgoing as well as I can. I try to speak with a good smile during conversations. In addition to it, I also try to be interested in & listen carefully to speakers.
Anyway, that's it for today's my article. I'm afraid it's time to say goodbye. How were it & my English? Was I polite or rude to you? If I was rude, I truly apologize you. I'm always try to fix & improve my bad English. Thank you so much for reading. Why don't you read next my article if you like? See you, bye for now.
As always I'll leave you a picture I took a while ago.

Have you ever been abroad before?

Hi you guys, I'm Takehiko. Welcome to my latest article. How are you & is over there?
Anyway, without more ado today's article is about to begin.
I've never been abroad before. I live in Japan now, so if I go abroad I have to use airplanes, ships or other vehicles. If I have opportunities or chances I'd like to go abroad some day.
Bye the by, there're many foreigners who travels to or move into Japan nowadays. They say many foreigners are interested in Japan & love Japan. I'm glad to hear that. Apparently they love Japanese culture, cuisine, traditionally places or buildings in Japan & so on. I've also seen some foreigners in some streets or other places before, but I didn't talk to them then. If I have opportunities or chances I might talk to them in the future.
Anyway, that's it for this article. How were it & my English? Were they okay or awful? Thanks a lot for reading. I'd extremely love to see you again soon. See you guys, bye for now.

I love eating!

Hi, I'm Takehiko from Japan. Welcome you guys, happy to see you again. How's it going?
I love eating. When I'm eating, I'm happy. I can eat a lot of various delicious food or cuisine in Japan for example Japanese cuisine, Chinese cuisine, Italian spaghetti, American hamburgers, British tea, Indian curry, etc.
Luckily, I love almost food or cuisine. Eating is fun for me, & I'm always looking forward to eating. But actually, I frequently have two meals a day. I usually don't have breakfast. I drink a cup of milk & tea & yogurt every morning instead of breakfast.
I used to have breakfast every morning. But since I heard it might be good for humans health not to have breakfast, I've stopped having breakfast. I have a feeling it's good to me & my health so far.
Plus, I have a habit of drinking after taking a shower. I drink happoushu, which is one of Japanese alcohol drinks & slightly similar to beer but not exactly the same one, instead of beer. To be honest, happoushu is more budget than beer & its taste isn't so bad for me. That's why I drink it.
Anyway, that's it for today's article from me. How were it & my English? Were they acceptable or is there something wrong grammatically? Thank you for reading. As usual, I'm looking forward to see all you guys again soon. Have a nice Sunday, see ya.

English pronunciation is still difficult to me!

Hi, I'm Takehiko. Welcome, I'm glad to see you again here. How are you getting on?
In this article, I'm going to talk about English pronunciation. Let's begin if you're ready.
If you're native English speakers or used to English so much, it might be easy to pronounce English word, right? But for me, it's still difficult even though I've been learning & practicing English for a couple of years.
There are some English sounds I'm not good at pronouncing such as 'ð', 'ɜː', 'r', 'ɒ', 'æ' and so on. I'm not sure if I can pronounce these sounds correctly. But I'm trying to improve my English pronunciation every day. What I do is for example imitate native English speakers' ways of pronouncing, watching YouTube videos & learn how to pronounce, recording my English pronunciation and uploaded on YouTube, etc.
I want to tell what I want to tell in English as correct & exactly as I can. To achieve this, I believe  I have to improve my English even though it's hard to me. Plus, I also believe continuing writing this blog in only English should improve my English & gain my English vocabulary gradually.
Anyway, that's it from me today. How were my article & English? I hope this article has made sense to you, I mean you haven't been confused at what I wrote. Thank you so much visiting & reading so far. I'd really love to see you again soon. See you, take care.
As usual, before I go, I leave a picture I took several days ago.

Are you currently learning something?

Hi, this is Takehiko. Lovely to see you again. What are you doing?
Let's start today's article. I want to begin with asking you a question. Are you currently learning something? I asked you because I just wondered.
As you might know, I'm learning English on my own every day. This is because I just want to do. To be honest, I didn't want to learn anything in the past because I thought it was boring, tiring, stressful & so on for me to learn something new.
But sometime, to be more accurate it was a couple years ago, I realized learning something new might make my life more exciting & enjoyable. Plus, I thought learning something new might improve me.
After I realized & thought them, I look for something to learn. As a result, I started learning English because it was interesting & exciting for me.
But don't get me wrong, if you aren't learning something now it's no problem. From my personal view, the most important thing is to live with happiness & enjoyment. If you're satisfied with your lives now, that's great.
Anyway, that's it for today's my article even though I want to write more. I'm afraid I have to go. How were today's article & my English? Were they okay or not? Thanks a bunch for coming & reading. See you next time again, bye for now.
As always, before I go, I leave a picture I took a while ago.

Are you good at something?

Hi, I'm Takehiko. Welcome to my latest article. Great to see you again. How's it going?
I have a question for you. Do you have your things? I mean what you are good at?
I guess someone might say 'I'm good at running', 'I'm good at mathematics', or  'I'm good at relaxing'. All your answers are great. Keep going.
Well, why did I ask? If it comes to the point, it's pretty hard for me to say that 'I'm good at something'. I'm not so sure I have my thing.
But, I have something I love even though I'm not good at them. For instance, reading, eating food, walking, enjoying the Internet, & above all learning & practicing English.
From my perspective, having something to love is great & important for humans. This is because I think if humans don't have something to love, humans probably get bored, stressed, or lose energy to live.
I'm always looking for something makes me happy & fun because I want to make my own life enjoyable & exciting.
Anyway that's it from me. How were this article & my English? Thank you for clicking & reading so much. I'm looking forward to publishing next my article & seeing you again. See you then.
As usual, before I leave, I leave a picture I took in Japan.

Many Japanese people are afraid to make mistakes!

Hi pals, I'm Takehiko. What's up right now? Are you well? Okay, let's get to started.
I'm learning & practicing English & I make many mistakes so often every day. I don't mind that, but there're some or many Japanese people who mind making mistakes.
If they make mistakes, they consider it embarrassing. So they usually or sometimes don't want to try to do what they haven't done well or successfully before.
I'm not sure why they do so. They seem afraid to make mistakes.
Of course I don't want to make mistake deliberately. I love success rather than failure. I'm so quite sure, however, I can't achieve anything if I don't try to do something difficult. I think what I should do after making mistakes is dealing with mistakes & considering what I should do then.
Anyway, that's it from me. This blog is my current challenge. You know, I might so often making mistakes in my articles, but that's no problem for me. I can learn a lot from mistakes I make.
Thank you for reading, how were this article & my English? To be honest, I'd really love to see you guys again soon. Until next my article, see ya.
Before finishing, I leave a pic of Japanese cuisine. How is it?

It's the rainy season in Japan now.

Hi guys, I'm Takehiko. Welcome to today's my article. Is everything going well?
Do you know the rainy season? Japan has it. The rainy season is one of seasons in which a lot of rain falls. Generally it's from June to July in Japan.  Sometimes terrible water disasters or catastrophes are caused in the rainy season.
By the way, do you like rainy days? I love the sound of rain falls. I love reading, enjoying the Internet, & above all learning & practicing English when it's raining. But of course I don't like to get wet outside.
Anyway, that's it from me today. How were today's my article & English? Did I get you confused or annoyed? I really worry about that.
Thanks a million for reading ! See you next my article. Goodbye.
As usual, before I finish I leave a pic of bread I took in Japan.

Have you ever taken your selfies?

Hello everyone, I'm Takehiko. How are you getting on today?
In this article, I'm going to talk about selfies. First of all, have you ever heard selfies? Selfies are photographs you take yourself. I know many people including Japanese ones have taken their selfies.
I've taken my selfies as well. I use my mobile phone or video camera when I take my selfies. Actually, it's slightly difficult to take selfies & I often fail to take.
If you haven't taken your selfies before & you're interested in it, why don't you start enjoying selfies? You might like I guess.
Anyway, that's it for this article. How were it & my English? Thanks so much for reading. If you like, I recommend you to visit & read my next article again. I'd be happy & grateful if you could. See you guys.
As usual, I leave a pic of Japanese bread before I finish.

Wide vocabulary is extremely important!

Hi, I'm Takehiko. How you doing? Welcome to my blog & great to see you again.
In this article, I'm going to talk about how important wide vocabulary is. If you are ready to read, let's start.
I've been learning & practicing English for a couple of years, & now I can express a little what I want to express in English. However, of course there're a lot of English words & ways to express I still don't know.
If I know many English words & expressions, I can speak English more fluently & smoothly & I can choose & use more appropriate ones.
Plus, if I continue using the same words or expressions listeners should be bored, stressed or even go mad.
Many words & expressions are appearing one after another. So, when I see words & expressions I've not seen before, I check them using English dictionaries or Google search.
I live in Japan, so I'm not so sure what words or expressions are correct or appropriate in each case. To solve this, I need to continue learning English every day even though it takes me a lot of time & energy.
Anyway, that's it from me today. How were my article & English? Thank you for visiting & reading. I truly hope all you guys visit & read my next article again. Have a nice one, bye.
As always, before I go I leave a pic of Japanese bread. I'm not sure if you like it.

Do you watch TV regularly?

Hi, it's me, Takehiko. What's going on? It's Sunday in Japan. Do you like Sunday? Anyway, let's start today's article.
First of all, I'd like to ask you a question. Do you have a TV set? If you ask me, I'll answer I don't. I don't watch TV at all now. A decade or more years ago, however, I had a TV set & used to watch.
Why don't I watch TV? This is simply because it became boring for me from a couple of years ago. Plus, I have something I want to do more than watching TV such as going for a walk, running & writing my blog, doing the household chores, & above all learning & practicing English.
According to this, I didn't have PCs when I was younger. But now, I have. PCs have dramatically transformed my life. Thanks to PCs, I can use the Internet, so I also can run & write this blog.
In the past, however, I didn't have PCs, so I used to watch TV instead of using PCs. In those days I firmly believed it was most enjoyable to watch TV. But now, I don't thinks so at all.
Nonetheless, if you like watching TV I think it's a good choice to you if you feel fun or happy emotion.
Anyway, that's it from me today. How were this article & my English? Thank you so much for coming & reading my blog. See you next my article. Bye bye.
Before I go, I leave a pic of Japanese bread you can get in Japan as always.

I love animals so much!

Hi there, I'm Takehiko, author of this blog. How you going?
Today I'm going to talk about how I love animals. Before I start, I have a question for you. Do you like animals? If you ask me, I answer ' Definitely ! '.
Okay let's move on to today's subject. I love animals so much. For instance, I love cats, sheep, cows, birds, & above all dogs ! I love dogs best. I'm not sure the exact reason, but I guess this is because dogs are extremely cute & they seem friendly to humans.
I know many people including Japanese & foreigners have pets. I also want to have pets, but now I can't for some reasons.
Firstly, I live in a flat & I'm not allowed to have any pets there according to the contract of renting the apartment.
Secondly, it costs me so much money to have pets. I hear popular animals are sold for high prices. Besides it, after buying pets from pet shops you have to pay much money to take care of the pets each month.
To be honest, however, I want to have dogs or cats someday. I love them so much & want to be their friend.
Anyway, that's it for this article. How were it & my English? Thank you for visiting & reading. I hope you come here & read my blog again. Until next article, cheers.
As usual, I leave a picture of Japanese bread. Are you interested in it?

I go for a walk almost every day

Hi, I'm Takehiko. Welcome to my blog. What are you up to?
Okay guys, are you ready to read today's article? If yes, as usual let's get to started.
I go for a walk almost every day. I love walking. I walk approximately for from 30 minutes to an hour each day. I've been enjoying going for a walk for a couple of year.
By the way, why I walk? Well, actually I used to enjoyed running almost every day until several years ago. Then I'd be able to run fast a little bit, but I was injured my leg ( to be more accurate, I broke my leg in an car accident. I was crashed into a car when I was walking ! ) one day & since then I became unable to run at all. So after that I started enjoying walking.
They say it's good to humans' health to walk for several minutes every day. I think so as well. Plus, while I'm walking I'm feeling happy & better although I'm a bit tired.
I don't go for a walk rainy days. This is simply because I get wet if I walk outside when it rains.
Anyway, that's it for this article & from me. How were this article & my English? Have I made sense well? Are you confused about my article & English? If yes, I'm truly sorry for my terrible article & English.
Thank you for reading my blog as usual. I'm so glad. I'd be happy & grateful if you could visit & read again. See you soon. One more thing, I leave a pic of Japanese bread for you guys.

It's really fun to learn & practice English every day!

Hi, I'm Takehiko. What are you doing?
In this article, I'm going to tell you it's fun to learn & practice English every day.
To be honest, at first it was slightly boring, tiring, & even stressful to learn & practice English. I wasn't so sure what to do in order to improve my English then.
I think it was naturally because I wasn't used to English then. But now, I'm used to English better than then, & it's not so hard to learn & practice English. I'm enjoying learning & practicing English every day.
By the bye, I mention you what I'm doing every day in order to improve my English. I listen to English podcasts, watch YouTube videos in English, read English articles, write this blog in English, & so on.
I think English language is one of tools, & also think in order to used to using the tool, I need to use it every day.
Anyway, that's it for this article. Thanks a million for coming & reading. How were it & my English? I'd extremely love to see all you guys again here. Have a nice day or enjoy the rest of today, take care.
As usual, before I finish this article, I leave a pic of Japanese bread.

I'm always careful of English phonetic symbols.

Hi you guys, I'm Takehiko. Nice to see you again. Are you going well?
In this article, I'm going to talk about English phonetic symbols. By the by, what are phonetic symbols? They are symbols that show you how to pronounce each English word.
As you might know, I'm learning English now & I'm always careful of English phonetic symbols. Buy why? This is simply because I want to pronounce English words correctly, so I'm learning them as well.
Well, actually, at first it was extremely hard to learn & pronounce English phonetic symbols for me. I think this is because there are some English pronunciations that Japanese language doesn't have. But now, I'm used to them better than then. I show you a YouTube video I use to learn phonetic symbols.

Anyway, that's it from me today. How were today's article & my English? Thanks a bunch for visiting & read this article. Why don't you come & read again if you like? See you next time, bye.
As always, I leave a pic of Japanese bread.

Are the household chores boring?

Hi everybody, I'm Takehiko. How are you today?
In this article, I'm going to talk about the household chores. I live in a flat without anyone, & I have to do the household chores myself. I regularly do them such as doing the dishes, cleaning the room, making cooking, going grocery shopping, etc.
To be honest, at first I was slightly bored & tired when I was doing the household chores in the past. Besides, I didn't like doing them so much then.  Now, however, I'm used to them & I don't hate them so much. I'm enjoying doing the household chores even though there are many things to do in my daily lives.
Anyway that's it for this article. How were it & my English? Thanks for coming & reading. As usual, I'm looking forward to seeing you guys again soon. Goodbye.
As always, before this article finish, I leave a picture of bread sold in Japan.