Ordinary

I feel ordinary day is the happiest because it will be easily lost. Sometimes I forget about it and feeling irritate about something little. It is also included an ordinary day. I hope the ordinary day will last long. That will be a happy memory of my life.

task

I have done my task and I will only check it tomorrow. Now I don't have a paid job, something with expire is like my work. I was glad and I went outside in the evening. It is still hot today, yet almost the end of August. I have an important thing in September, about my mother. I hope I can choose the best solution for her. I should be true to myself and accept her will. I believe my hope will come true.

Ballet

I saw a ballet concert with my uncle this afternoon. It was a classical ballet "Swan Lake." It was really classical, I predicted technique such as a toe dance, a lifting, a high jump, and the like. There was one thing I wouldn't expect, and that was an importance of facial expression. The more true expression to the role, the more attractive. Although the technique of dancer is evaluated high, the facial expression is essential for the performing arts like a ballet. I felt tired after seeing for 3 and a half hours though.

Priority

I tried my best but I couldn't finish translation. I did a lot and I can use time for translation tomorrow morning instead of listening to a radio English program. I have to change my habit sometimes when I have a thing which has a limit to submit. It's OK. I should be flexible to accept a priority.

Priority

I am glad to use my time for translation about an hour in the morning and 4 hours in the afternoon. I followed what I read in the book the other day. It goes "Do first what you want to do." I usually read a newspaper in the morning first then translate in the afternoon. But when I started translating in the morning, I would use more time for translation. I use less time for reading a newspaper though.

Decision

I decided to live here alone because I want my mother cook. While I lived with my parents, I cooked almost every morning and evening. I feel sorry to her because she also wanted to cook. We have different taste even we are a mother and a child. I can cook for myself here and it will be the best choice I can imagine now.

Subtitle

It is still hot even after mid August. I feel my constitution has changed a little. I noticed by having melons. I always had a stomach trouble after having melons, but there were no problem after having a quarter of melon today. I used to have less drinks and hot teas even in summer but I can take cold teas this summer. The climate effected my body.

I practiced translation on subtitle. It was difficult and also interesting because the number of letters are limited each line. I felt it was like Japanese haiku or tanka since they are limited in letters like 5, 7, 5 and 5, 7, 5, 7, 7 respectively. It was more creative than technical translation which must be accurate to original text. It might be more difficult because subtitle needs different way of speaking from original one. It requires understanding the meaning and create different line with same meaning, often in a short line. It took about 5 hours and I just translated one third of whole. It will take more 2 days in my plan.