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Starting to study for TOEIC S&W test

There is not enough time to prepare,
But once I applied it, I will have to study!

Last Saturday, I bought two books at the big book store.
One is official TOEIC Speaking and Writing Guide book.

At first, I wanted to buy just this one,
But to get free of charge parking fee, I had to buy the amount of over 5000yen books.

So, I bought another TOEIC S&W book!
Can I finish these books until I take test?

Watch out for your belongings!

Last saturday, We went to Marunuma Kogen for skiing.
You might think that skiing in April is a little bit crazy.

I don’t care what you say.This is my life!
My ski season has just entered good period.
Because I can enjoy bumpy slopes!
My ski season last until the end of May.

Anyway,
After we finished skiing,My friend seemed to lost his iPhone5!
He went back the route, but could not find it.
The only thing we could do is to inform it to the staff.

The next day,
There was a phone call that said his iPhone is found!
They would send it to him.

I was relieved to hear that.
It would be never found outside Japan.

But most important thing is that we must be careful not to drop our belongings!

Car battery

It is said that You must change car battery every two year.

From my experience, it is not true.
Car battery will last at least more than two years.
As long as you use your car regularly.

Since my car is manual transmission, I can use push start as last resort.

But my car’s battery is not common in Japan,
It’s time to replace it.

protect your cash card with more secure way.

To beef up the security of my bank account,
I always use biometric if possible.

I went to the Mizuho bank to register my biometric information today.
Today is 26th, During this period, there are many people rushing to ATM!
But the counter is not crowded.

First you have to write a document, and also you have to bring your cash card and stamp and your identification.

I submitted the document and certification, then I was called by another counter.
It seems that there is the only one machine which register biometric information.

I wondered what percentage of the people who are using biometric authentication.

7inch tablet

I bought this tablet 3 years ago.
At first I used it frequently.

But now it has become less important.
(Actually I haven’t used it for the first time 3 months.)

The reason I came up with are:

The screen size of new smartphone is getting bigger and bigger.
A smartphone can cover main role of this tablet(watching movies).
The weight of this tables is a little bit heavy to carry on everyday.
The biggest reason is that android 2.3 become obsolete in 2015.

Of course, it has some advantages compared to smartphones,
It battery lasts longer.
Software keyboard is much easier to type quickly.

It’s not suitable for playing the latest games.
but it is enough to play musics and movies.

Does anybody want to use it?

You don’t have to close taxi door in Japan.

In Japan, a left rear door of taxi is automatic door.
Everybody think it is ordinary thing.

But outside japan, the situation is the opposite.
Since I had used a taxi overseas often (and I rarely use a taxi in Japan) , I got used to manual door taxi.

Today, I took a taxi to move another office.
I closed the left rear door as usual,
I noticed that now I’m in Japan, there is no need to close it manually.
“what’s the hell am I doing?” I thought.

It’s hard to switch my habit which is once acquired.

I sometimes cross a road even if a car is approaching!
As I did it in the Philippines.

But it’s very dangerous in Japan.