My Summer Vacation

I can't believe that a long summer vacation has already ended! I had thought that 2 months was too long for summer vacation. But, now I am surprised that time fly so fast. Could I enjoy my summer vacation? Maybe I enjoyed it and I have learned good things through my vacation. So, for the most part, I enjoyed it and feel happy to have experienced good things, but for some part, I regret not having used my vacation usefully. Anyway, this year's summer vacation was better than last year because we didn't have to study so hard and could do what we want to do.

If I were asked to express my summer vacation in one word, I will say "busy". I am belong to sokyoku club and E.S.S., and do my part time job. It was hard for me to coexistent them well as in spring semester. On August, both club and circle had summer camp and I participated in them. Both summer camp was held in Nagano prefecture and sokyoku summer camp was succeeded by E.S.S. summer camp, so I could go to both camp. Actually, I enjoyed sokyoku summer camp but I couldn't do in E.S.S. summer camp. That' because I couldn't participate that circle many times and preparation for that camp was not enough. So, I want to show you my happy memory at sokyoku summer camp. ※I don't say that I don't like E.S.S.!
That camp was not enjoyment, that was for practice. So we practiced own instruments from morning to night. And we stayed for 8 days there, that was long camp. It was hard for us to keep practicing with no enjoyments. We got up at 6:30 and begin to practice from 8:00, and practice, practice, practice, lunch(only 30 minutes!), practice, practice, practice practice. . . Until 11:30(P.M.) we practiced, and after that time we practice again if we want to. This schedule was hard in both physical and mental health. But we kept practicing hard and doing our best because we like playing instruments and love sokyoku mates. Although I wrote as if I couldn't enjoy this camp, actually I had a good time! Well, it is true that we had hard schedule and got tired, but that camp was so wonderful. We could grow as a human than before and our relationships become much closer through this camp. Now I think that the reason why I am satisfied with this camp is that this camp was for practice not for enjoyment. It may be difficult to pass whole a week without daily surroundings like a school, part time job, cell phones and TV. It was precious to do only one thing enthusiastically not paying attention to other things. I enjoyed this camp and my skill of playing improved much better than before. We have a regular concert in December, so I want to keep practicing hard and be able to enjoy that concert.

In my summer vacation, I enjoyed club activities, part time job, playing with my friends and visiting somewhere. But I couldn't enjoy studying. I regret not studying at all in summer vacation. I paned my studying schedule before my vacation starts. But I couldn't put it into practice and I didn't study at all. My English skills haven't improved at all.
I want to and should study hard in Autumn semester and I hope that I can write this blog easily and smoothly by the end of this semester.