Niagara Falls / / Victoria

Sunday

graffitti
Vancouver
1986

to look forward to

PHRASAL VERB
(A 'phrasal verb' is a verb with 2 or more parts;
for example,
to look up
to look after
to look forward to)

to look forward to + noun
I look forward to the next Star Trek movie. (simple present tense)
I am looking forward to the next Star Trek movie. (present progressive)

to look forward to + pronoun
Hollywood is discussing the next Star Trek movie.
I look forward to it. (simple present)
I am looking forward to it. (present progressive)

to look forward to + gerund
I look forward to seeing the next Star Trek movie. (simple present)
I am looking forward to seeing the next Star Trek movie. (present progressive)

wrong
x I am look forward (wrong tense)
x I look forward to see it. (infinitive wrong, should be gerund)

Insho Domoto Museum, Kyoto

West Edmonton Mall

This area is designed to look like Europe.

These are photos of a full-scale replica of Christopher Columbus' flagship, the "Santa Maria" in the West Edmonton Mall circa 1987.

exotic birds
West Edmonton Mall
~1987

Sorry, I'm sick today.


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dozen

a dozen eggs = 12

dozens of birds = about 50-90

We use 'of' with the plural.

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go see - is an expression for 'go to see' -- meaning : to see someone special or something special

If I were you, I'd go see a doctor / lawyer / policeman.

I want to go see Kiyomizudera.

It's Sunday.

It was warm yesterday (10C), but it's cold now(4C).

These are more pictures of the West Edmonton Mall, in the city of Edmonton, Alberta circa 1987. There is a full-blown amusement park inside the mall.

bell
KANE
かね
鐘

TIME SENTENCES

There are 2 types of time sentences:

1: ON A DAY, e.g., I'm going to study on Monday, on Saturday, on the weekend (some time Saturday or Sunday or both). The road will be closed on the weekend.

2: FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, e.g., I'm going to study for 5 minutes, for 2 hours, for the weekend (all 2 days). The road will be closed for the weekend.

so 'weekend' can be used with both 'on' and 'for'.

I had "dim sum" with a friend and met some interesting people today.

Daylight Savings Times starts today

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/

We are 13 hours behind Japan.

CONDITIONALS

If you carry an umbrella, you won't get wet.
If you don't carry an umbrella, you'll get wet.
Unless you carry an umbrella, you'll get wet.
You'll get wet unless you carry an umbrella.

You should carry an umbrella. Otherwise, you'll get wet.
You should carry an umbrella. On the other hand, you can wear a raincoat.
The other side of the coin is (that) it might not rain.

Friday
It is raining.

graffitti art

I got a terabyte drive today.

Tuesday

Monday

Sunday

Saturday