MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY BY:HANA
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MY NAME My name is Hana and today I am going to talk about 3 important things about my name. First one is about my culture.In my Japanese culture,surname will go in front of the name. Also Japanese people don’t have a middle name. If someone married, the surname will change into man’s surname. Woman often take man’s surname, but if she doesn’t want to use it, she doesn’t have to. If she is still using man’s surname she
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can still use her own surname. My mom’s name is Momoko Yagyu. She is using my dad’s surname, but her real surname is Honda. So her mom’s surname is Honda. Second one is “Is my name common in my country?”. Hana is a really common name in Japan, but we use different characters. All characters have different meanings like beauty and kind. I think Hana is a common name in some countries too, but they have different spellings like Hannah. They also have different pronunciations. Also there is some interesting facts. The people who is like my mom’s age or before my mom’s age’s people’s name often include “Ko” at the last of their name. I noticed that, because my grand aunt’s name is Michiko and also my grandmother’s name include “Ko” at the last of her name. Also my mom’s friends include “Ko” at the last of their name too. I think “Ko” is often used for women. Third one is “why did my parents name me Hana?”.My parents name me Hana, because they already decided to name me Hana. Hana is a common name, but I think my characters are not common. In my name there are 2 characters and one of them wrote like 波 .It means wave. Second character is 菜 .It means flower. My parent use 波 because they like sea. Also my brother has a character that means sea in his name. It wrote like 海. I think name is important to everyone, because if you don’t have a name you don’t know who you are. This is the story about my name. I hope you like this story.
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MY BEST MEMORY Next chapter is my best memory. My best memory is about when I go to Onsen with my family. This summer I went back to Japan to see my family and friends. It took 7 hours to go to Japan by airplane. I sometimes go to place with just my family. This year my family went to the place called Yugawara. In Yugawara, there is inn with hot spring (Onsen). We went by train and bus. It took us long time to go there. When we are in the bus, view from the bus was beautiful. I could see river and lots of natures. I was 3
really excited. When we reached to the inn I was really happy so I run to the inn. The room was big and from the window we can see the gardens. It was beautiful. When we got relaxed, I went to the hot spring with my mom. Hot spring was really hot and my face turned red, but it made me feel really relaxed and comfortable. When we went back to our room the dinner was already on the table. It was Japanese food and it looked delicious. When we are done with eating, we borrowed board game and played with my family. It was fun. Next day we woke up and eat breakfast. We were planning to go to fishing. We went to place where we can do fishing by taxi and the taxi driver gave me key chain. She said she made it by herself. It was so beautiful and cute. When we reached there, it was full of natures. I heard the sound of lake and bird. Lake was so beautiful and the water was transparent. My dad and my brother borrowed fishing rod from uncle and aunt who works there. There was number on each rocks that is good place for fishing fishes and we chose number 4 and 5. Fishing rod was really really long and it was made out of bamboo. My brother and dad started fishing. It was sunny and  hot so my mom and I sit on the rock that is in the shadow. When my mom and I were watching them fishing, my dad said I can do it. So I did it with my dad. I was a bit scared because I thought I am going to drop my fishing rod. A moment later, I felt my fishing rod shaking. I lifted the fishing rod, but there was no fish, but the food that I put was gone. So I tried it again. The fishing rod shook, so I lifted it up again and I saw a fish eating food! I was so happy! My dad and my brother took a lot of fish. When it was done, the uncle cooked the fish with coals. It was really delicious, but there were lots of bones. So it was hard to eat. When we were done with eating, we packed things up. We were planning to go back to inn by bus, but we don’t know where is the bus stop, so we asked aunt. She said it was near here, but you have to walk for about 15 minutes. She told us how to go and we went. When we started walking to the bus stop, my brother saw a big bird on a rock. It had a big yellow beak and white and black feathers. I think it was trying to eat fish, because it was looking at the river. To go to the bus stop we have to follow the road. It was a hot day, so I was really swati When we were walking, we found a jungle gym. My brother and I played there. There were swings, Tarzan rope and a little tree house. I like Tarzan rope the most, because I felt like I was frying. I was tired and sweating, but It was fun. I want to try again. When we reached the bus stop, we were all tired and my legs hurt. We waited for the bus to come and got in. We reached the inn and went to our room. My mother and I had a bath in onsen, but we went to the Rotenburo that day. Rotenburo is the onsen that is in the outside, but it is connected to the inn. When we have a bath at there, it was hot 4
for me and my body turned red. View from Rotenburo was beautiful. We could see the cascade, but there was a net between Rotenburo and cascade. When we were done, we went to the normal hot spring. It was hot too, but it made me feel relaxed. When we went back to our room, we ate our dinner and borrowed Jenga from the office. The man who gave us the Jenga gave my brother and me a firework set. We decided that we are going to do it when we are done playing Jenga. I played Jenga with my brother while my brother and I were waiting for my mom and dad to come and play Jenga with us. It was really exciting, but it was difficult. When my mom and dad came, we played Jenga again. It was fun, but I lose. Next we went to do the firework with my family. I was a bit scared because it happened instantly when we lit the fire to the little firework, but it was beautiful. We tried many kind of fireworks. They all have different colors and it was really fun. My mom and my dad tried too. The last day in inn was busy. We have to pack up our things and need to be ready to go. When my dad,my brother and I were done, my mom said you can go out and go somewhere. So we went out and climb a little hill near the inn. It was beautiful view, but I was scared. I was at the high place and the other side of the path was steep and there were no fence. When we reached the inn I felt relief. We went back to our room and my mom was ready. So we left the inn. We went back to our grandmother’s house by bus and train. I want to go again. I chose this memory, because it was really fun to go there, even it was my second time to go to hot spring.
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MY BROTHER’S PET The third chapter is about things that is hard for me to tell. It is about when my brother’s pet died. My brother’s pet was turtle and he was kind of big. My brother bought it for his birthday present. He likes animals and insects. When we bought turtle, it was in a box. We heard lots of scratching noise. My brother and I were really happy to have him. My brother called him Kameto. My brother feed him and cleaned his tank. I was really happy to have a pet even it is brother’s, because it was my first time to have a pet. 6
It past few years when my brother got Kameto. My dad’s job changed to Singapore. My dad went to Singapore first. I was sad but we did Skype with my father. In Japan’s school I got letter from everyone in my class, because I was going to leave that school. I was sad but happy to have letter from everyone. My mom also went to Singapore to know what it was like. So we stayed in our grandparent’s house that time. After a few days she came back with Singapore’s souvenirs. It was a doll and a watch. I was so happy. After few days when my mom came back we packed our things and said good bye to my friends who lived in our condo. I was sad, but I took photos of my friends. We had a car in Japan, so we put our things in and went to grandmother’s house to stay few days. We also brought Kameto. We reached to grandmother’s house. I was happy to meet her. After a few days when I reached to grandmother’s house, my mom said Kameto will never wake up. I couldn’t understand what she said suddenly, but I began to understand. I thought it was lie. So I run to look at kameto. I saw him, but his feet and hands was in his body and he wasn’t moving. I was really sad and shocked. I couldn’t believe my eyes. I cried and cried. My mom and my brother were crying too. I don’t know why he is dead. Maybe he knew we were going to go to Singapore. Next day, we buried him in our grandmother’s garden. I bowed when we were done. When we go back on holiday in Japan, I always clean up turtle’s grave. When it is time to go to Singapore, my aunts and my grandmother’s came to say goodbye. I hugged them and said goodbye. It took about 7 hours to reach Singapore. When we reached Singapore, I saw my dad. He was waiting for us. I was so happy that I run to him. It past few month when we reached Singapore, me and my brother started to go to Japanese school. I was nervous that day, but it was fun. It was almost my brother’s birthday so he bought another two turtles at the pet shop for his birthday present again. I was happy to have another turtles. They were small and green. My brother fed them and washed their tanks again. Turtles are still here and it grew really large. They aren’t green anymore, their color became dark and they once escaped from the tank. I was really surprised about that. Also they eat lots of turtles’ food. They are really greedy. I hope turtles will live for a long time. It was sad when Kameto was gone, but we bought new turtles.
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MY BEST FRIEND The last chapter is about my best friend in Japan. My best friend’s name is Mao and she has a little brother. She is really good at swimming and math. When it became summer in Japan we always swim in swimming pool at school. It was fun, but there is grade. I was at the bottom place and Mao was at the high place. We also use different swimming pools too. When you are in the good place, we use deeper pool that my legs can’t reach when I was young. I once tried in the deeper pool, because I want to be same place as Mao and have fun together. 8
Also Mao said I can try it. I tried it but I was really scared. I tried to swim but it was really hard for me when I was young. Me and Mao always have fun together, but sometimes we got into fight. Once I was playing skipping rope in the playground with Mao and some of my friends, it was nearly time to go back to our classroom so my friend said we should go now. Mao was speaking to some of her friends so we left. When Mao came in to the classroom she was so angry to me, because I leave her alone. She didn’t speak to me that time, but when it was time to go home, we were just talking normally as usual. I don’t know why but I was really happy and surprised. After school we usually play in her condo’s room or we play outside. I like to play in Mao’s room, because we always did some crafts. We made cupcakes out of dough and we also decorated things with beads. I also like to play outside too, because when I was in japan I had my own riding bicycle and it was really fun to ride around the condo. We sometimes brought snacks when we were playing and it was really exciting to share each others snacks. We were always having fun together, but when I have to go to Singapore it was hard to say goodbye to Mao. She said she will write letter to me every day. When I reached Singapore and passed few months She send me a letter with lots of question about Singapore and school. I replied her questions with a letter. It was really exciting to write a letter each other. She wrote me a letter a lots. I hope I can meet her next summer holiday.
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