Sora9 Sora re-took his video for drama class about 20 times. I think it took him more than 3 hours. Sora wrote an email to his teacher apologizing for his poor performance. But the teacher wrote him back immediately and complimented him. I was so glad to hear that.
September 11th attacks あれからもう19年が経った。あの日の夜、僕らは所沢でテレビを見ていた。そして、テレビには僕らが17日の飛行機で行く予定のニューヨークシティの悲惨な状況が映し出されていた。そして、2機目が突っ込んで・・・・まるで映画を観ているようだったが、それは現実だったのだ。17日の飛行機は日本からニューヨークに向けて飛ぶ最初の飛行機だったが、そのNorth Westに乗っていた日本人は僕ら二人だけだった。アッタックから6日後のマンハッタンはワールドトレードセンターが粉々になった粉塵で覆われていた。その匂いは経験したことのない匂いだった。そう、あの危険極まりない有害物質を僕らもすってマンハッタンには非常線が張られていた。警察と軍隊が張る非常線を「嘘八百」並べたてて、何とか突破した僕らはワールドトレードセンターがあった場所の直ぐ傍まで行った。そして、そこで僕らが見たものは・・・1週間近く経ってもまだ燃えている二つのビルだった。マンハッタンは悲しみに暮れていた。しかし、その一方でセントラルパークはいつもと変わらぬ平常があったのだった。
Sora10 Sora has no school today. So he drew pictures for hours. His drawing are really great. I think he has a lot of talent for art. I'm a big fan of his drawings.
Sora11 Sora had an English conversation class today. Mokko came and taught Sora. I don’t know what they talked about. I think they were talking about school life in Canada. Mokko said “We talked about Shakespeare, and how most high schools in the US read it for English class.” I was surprised to hear that!
Sora12 Sora cleaned bathroom and washroom for us yesterday. I was surprised because he's never done anything like that before. And he actually enjoyed it!
Sora13 Today, Sora cleaned shelves here and there. He throw away a lot of things. For example, his books, his notes, my books, including things that I had memories attached to.By the time he was done, the house looked really clean.
Sora14 I came back from the gym just after midnight. Sora asked me some questions about Chemistry. First ,It was about voltaic battery. We learned about oxidation and reduction of the chemical volta. Of course, the content is all in English. It was two in the morning when Sora finally understood the explanation to the answers. That was our end of the midnight chemistry class.