COTS

I learned about homeless people in the last class. I have not thought them well, so the topic was interesting for me. I have three questions about COTS and homeless people.

First, how was your life before you entered the shelter?
I was able to catch COTS' activities roughly in the homepage, but I couldn't know the outside of COTS well. I think there are many homeless people who can't find a shelter all over the world. I want to know their lives and how did their life change due to COTS.

Second, what do you need the most now?
Homeless people in the shelter got their house, then I want to know what they want. It may be some stuff or manpower and so on. There are a lot of possibilities to support them. If we know the answer, we can make COTS's activities better.

Third, this is a question for the staff, how are you going to spread their activities?
I didn't know COTS at all before the last class, but now I think the activities are good. I feel there are many problems around the world, for example, poverty, starvation, and war. Many people are in need, so I think they sould spread their activities in wider region.     

lake champlain chocolates

We went to the lake champlain chocolates factory last Thursday. There were a lot of kinds of chocolates. As soon as we arrived at the factory, the staff gave us a lecture about chocolates. We learned the history of chocolates and how to make it. I found that chocolates was very famous all over the world, but I didn't know about it well. Moreover, we saw and touched a cacao which is used to make chocolates. It was hard and didn't smell sweet. We ate three types of chocolates in the lecture. White chocolate was very sweet and it tasted like milk. Brown one was probably normal taste but it was too sweet for me. Block one was the most bitter. I like it the best of the three. I was able to learn that there were many types of chocolates and various ways of making them. I also saw the chocolate factory. There were a lot of machines so I was surprised. After the lecture, we walked around the shop. I ate a free sample of chocolate. It was bitter, and I thought it was very good. Through the trip, not only I was able to learn chocolates but also I became more interested in Vermont. I am looking forward to next trip too!

self-introduction

Hi, my name is Natsumi Namekawa. I am an International Christian University student. I am from Ibaraki in Japan but now I live in Tokyo apart from my family. I have a brother, he is 18 years old.
I have practiced Japanese calligraphy for eleven years. It is called "Shodo" in Japanese.
I am interested in linguistics so I want to major in it at my university.
This is the first time I come to America. I was looking forward to visiting Vermont so much. I enjoy my life at SMC. This place is blessed with nature and I am having good time here. I have to leave this university in 3 weeks, so I want to improve my English skills more.