Training completed, finally up and running

Starting Monday, we will go to each branch office, not the main government office, and deal with the counter for the first time. It is almost impossible to learn job contents and procedures only in 9 days while it takes the staff more than 3 months to learn. And since the information will be opened …

Doing exercises

We were doing exercises for the upcoming work starting next month. I'm a bit anxious that we will have to do our work without the manual. So, I'll do my best to review what I've learned so far.

Role play

We have been in training for the new job since last week. Yesterday we had a quiz. Today we role-played as a customer and an employee, just like in a real job.

Morning activities

My major is English, but I felt recently that my English skills had critically been down. Then I decided to take the TOEIC in December for the first time in several years. Therefore, I woke up early every morning and started studying English two weeks ago.

Celtic music

www.youtube.com I found this YouTube today. I love this kind of music. Celtic music can be fun music that makes you want to dance, but it is also very exotic and fantastical.^^

My WiFi

When I posted on Instagram from my PC yesterday, it seemed to reflect on my PC but not on my phone. Something seemed wrong with my WiFi. Hours later, I couldn't see my friend's new post on my phone, even though the icon showed "1". Restarting my iPhone, I could see my morning's post that had disappe…

Busy

The training for the new job will last until the end of September, so there is a lot to learn. ^^; Then again, I still want to work using English, so I have decided on a routine of things to do and am re-studying English intensively on my own.

Cool temperature

After the typhoon is gone, the temperature must have been almost 10 degrees cooler than yesterday. I came to work wearing a cardigan for the first time. I dither over what to wear this time of year.

Lunch box

Since January, my lunch box has always been a sandwich, but today was the first time I brought an onigiri (rice ball). An onigiri and a banana were my lunch today. From now on, I will switch between onigiri and sandwiches daily.

Queen's Funeral

Today I watched the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II on YouTube Live. Various TV stations were broadcasting it live, but I watched it on BBC with automatic subtitles in English. Because I am not good at listening to British accents.^^;

Bad weather

It's still been hot these days, but fall has come. The Kyushu area seems to have hazardous weather just as a typhoon is approaching. My friend, a pastor in Miyazaki, temporarily closed his church because life is more important than coming to church. I think it is the right decision.

Day one

I forgot to post yesterday's diary.^^; 9/16/2022 The first half of last month I was home sick with corona, worked 3 weeks and was paid until the end of the month. Today I started a new job. 9/17/2022 I thought I would be tired at work because of being after one month's break, but I was so happy to b…

I am good

I am always good in the morning, but this morning I felt somewhat out of sorts. I was a bit worried, so I took my temperature just to be sure, and it was normal. Reorganizing the kitchen drawers for a change, I started to feel better and better.

My English diary

I'll try to write at least 3 lines in my daily English diary starting today. I had my new glasses made for the first time in decades. It is a reading glasses. Recently I've found it a bit difficult to read books for long hours because of my astigmatism and creeping presbyopia.

Happy Easter!(Καλό Πάσχα!)

イエスは彼女に言われた、 「わたしはよみがえりであり、命である。わたしを信じる者は、たとい死んでも生きる。(ヨハネ11:25) Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.(John 11:25 NKJV) ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΟΝ ΚΑΤΑ ΙΩΑΝΝΗΝ 11:25 Gospel according to John Εἶπεν αὐτῇ ὁ Ἰησοῦς· ἐγώ εἰμι ἡ ἀνάστασις said to h…

Making a Christmas wreath for the first time in ages

View this post on Instagram A post shared by ハイジ (@heidichan0330) A friend of mine, whom I hadn't seen in almost two years due to the Coronavirus, invited me a few days ago to make a Christmas wreath last Saturday. She sent me a caring and encouraging e-mail when I was hospitalized last month. She i…

Happy Easter!

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Heidi (@heidichan0330) Today is Easter. We church choir sang with face shields on. Even so, I felt very happy because we sang in front of the audience for the first time in more than a year. Thank you for reading and God bless you.^^ にほんブログ村

Cast your burdens (Psalms 55:22)

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Heidi (@heidichan0330) Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken.(‭NIV) Cast your burden on the LORD, And He shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved.(‭NKJV) Cast your burden o…

God's plan for us(Jeremiah29:11-12)

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Heidi (@heidichan0330) For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.‭(Jeremiah‬ ‭29:11-12‬ ‭N…

Happy New Year!(Psalms 143:8)

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Heidi (@heidichan0330) These are the photo and verse from 12/31 on the Bible app. I linked it to this blog, for this verse has something in common with my current feelings. The Lord is with us whenever we are in good times or not. He is not far away and n…