Hi, I am Akiyo Muranaka and I am 19 years old. I was born in Miyazaki is located in the south of Japan, but I live in Osaka alone to go to university. I have parents and one older brother and one older sister in Japan. I came to New Zealand to study English two weeks ago and now I live with my host family. There are a host father, a host mother, a brother 9 years old, a sister 6 years old, a dog called Diesel and a cat called Poppy.

On weekdays, I usually wake up at 6:30 am. I go to the UOLC by bus. After school, I often talk with my friends, and sometimes we go to some stores to eat like snacks and ice cream.

On weekday evenings, I often play with my brother and sister till having dinner. We often play soccer and some games. We usually have dinner at 5:30 pm. I think it is a little bit early to have dinner because I have had dinner after working a part-time job at 11:30 pm in Japan. After dinner, I usually do my homework. This is my typical life-style in New Zealand.

I cannot write about my weekends because I came here only two weeks ago. But in Japan, I usually do a part-time job on weekends. In my spare time, I like hanging out with my friends and watching YOUTUBE. I eat out with my friends twice or three times a week. Especially I like Korean BBQ and sushi. We sometimes go from a restaurant to another restaurant in a day. I love eating very much. On YOUTUBE, I watch a Japanese animation titled Detective Conan. If you have not watched it yet, you should try. This animation is a mystery story. In addition to them, I like cleaning my room. Particularly, I like cleaning a restroom because I always want to keep cleaning it, so I clean out that once two weeks.

I have a pet in Osaka. Can you imagine what I have as a pet? I have a frog and his name is Alexander, so I call him Alex. I have had him since last year and now my friend in Osaka takes care of him. The size of him is like a crumpled tissue. He is not so big, but not so small. He eats goldfish and raw chicken meat every two weeks. Frogs are easy to have as pets, so I recommend it you.

I can dance the hula and I like it. I am belong to the hula club activity. We have lessons once every two weeks. We perform on some dance stages, one day we danced the hula on the stage of the dolphin show. I think the hula is hard than people imagine it. If you want to try it, I can teach. So let’s dance together!

As for my character, I would say I am a talkative person. I would like to talk about various things with people from all over the world. My weak point though I would say that I have many foods I do not like. For example, there are green soybeans, fresh cream, fried eggs, boiled potatoes, and so on. But I can eat them, I just do not like eating them.

In conclusion, I will improve my English skills. Also I want to go to a lot of places which I have never been to. Anyway I enjoy my life and studying in New Zealand.