Shopping Tour

I'm going to escape from Winnipeg to Grand Forks for fabric shopping!

I also have a very important mission to complete at the US border.
The missions is...

I go in to this mysterious building holding a lot of packages, casually talk to the lady who works there, find the package for me from Kate Spade and pay US$ 5 :) Nobody can know about this.

Grand Forks is a small town in North Dakota, but it seems to have more than I thought.

It's probably like visiting Kobe (...although Grand Forks is much less fancy) in Japan from my town Nara, but it's gonna be FUN!!

Holiday Gift

Who wants this bag?

with home decor fabric

Well, it's sold out!!

Retro Version

Another big bag, with retro fabric.

I found a class for sewing clothing, which is the reason I bought the sewing machine!
 
And also the class is in my driving area!!

And the class is running when I'm actually available!!!

Since I work in the evenings and weekends, and I don't drive very well (especially during the winter when roads are slippery), it is very difficult to find something I can participate in.

So... this is almost a miracle!! But I still can't decide... do I want to commit to the morning activity?

New Style

The newest big bag is slightly different from the usual type.

I think it looks good.

When I have a main fabric that is difficult to coordinate with another fabric, I'm going to use this strategy :)

英語学校

英語学校に行きます！と、宿題とテストが多い！と、卒業しました！の報告のみで、内容は全然書いていなかったことに気づきました。

学校の名前はRed River College 付属のLanguage Training Centre で、私が受けていたコースはAEPUCE ：エーピュース（Academic English Program for University and College Entrance）といって、主にカナダで大学に行きたい人たちが大学の授業で不自由しないレベルの英語力を身に着けるコースで、どの大学もこのコースを卒業することを入学の必須条件としています。

このコースに入学するために必要な英語力は、Canadian Language Benchmarksのレベル７で、IELTSでいうところのスコア６です。

卒業するのに必要な英語力は、Benchmark 8、IELTS 6.5で、３か月間AEPUCEコースで勉強した私の成績は、、、（BenchmarkがあまりポピュラーではないのでIELTSに変換します。）

Listening：　８
Speaking：　６．５
Writing：　　７
Reading：　６．５

でした。

大学入学の必要条件はしっかりクリアできたので、これからMaster's Degreeを目指して、英語力にも更に磨きをかけます。