Upper Intermediate DW Term 1 2023

  Kia ora Himari in 2033,   I’m Himari in 2023.   I wrote ‘Kia ora’ because now I’m in New Zealand!   I’ve been learning a lot of new things here and really enjoying. How are you, Himari in 2033?   Have you had any serious illnesses or accidents?   I hope you are really doing well, and I have confident in that.   I’m wondering if you had a nice job which suits you.   I’m really worried about job hunting because I’m not sure what I want to do in the future yet.   But I have confident that I’m doing well and have a great life.   Oh, hey!   How many countries you’ve already traveled to.   Now I’m in New Zealand, but I really want to travel to the U.K., Spain, Italy, etc.   I have a big dream that I live in the U.S.   Are you making progress in preparing to live there?   Or do you already live there!?   Anyway, I hope you are still working towards this dream in some way. I don’t know what to write to ME ...

Dear me in 2033, Actually, writing a letter to myself in the future is kind of a new experience, which I’m not sure what to write about as I’m not confident enough. Anyway, let’s try.. :-) How have you been? Life through a decade is a long journey right? And I know it won’t be easy, but I do know it'll be worth it, so chin up and keep going.  I hope when you receive this letter, you'll become a better, stronger and happier me.  A gentle reminder to you that whatever happens, let it happen. One day you will thank for, both bad days and good days, it’ll shape who you become. Me now in 2023, is still out of track and finding myself. But it’s okay I think at least I know myself more, know that my happiness is important and only I can make myself happy. Family is the one who will always be my home, and support me through ups and downs. Sometimes you have to let go what isn’t meant to be, rather know to appreciate and work for your dream again. Please bloom bravely and shine in your...

Dear Hikari in 2033,  Hi Hikari! How’s it going? As I write this, I am 20 years old, and I am in New Zealand; and as you read this, you are 30 years old, and you will be living in Japan. You will have aged 10 years from now! Are you the nicest lady in the world now?xD   How are you doing now? Did you get a job that you wanted? I am still thinking about my future job. Job hunting will be starting soon, but I do not know what kind of careers I should choose! How about marriage? Did you get married to a young, rich, handsome and tall guy? I am crazy about K-POP now, so it must have been tough days to find your lifelong partner, hasn't it? It would be nice to have a child who is a super cute girl with black hair. Ah, if you already have or will have a child, you should let him / her learn English. It will definitely be beneficial to be able to speak English. Anyway, I hope you are happier than now:) No matter what happens, just be like you, keep smiling and have fun! All the ...

Dear 30 years old Christian   How are you doing now? Are you still working at the same restaurant, or you get the other job? I have no idea what kind of job I want to do at now, but it would be nice if you are happy with what you are doing.  However, I cannot imagine having family especially if you devote yourself to your work. I am not sure which family or work you will choose, but that is your choice. If you put more priority into work, do not sacrifice your health for success. Of course, your physical health is really important for you, but also mental health too. Try not to push yourself too hard. If you choose the family, do not make your family lonely. You must work to make a living, but your family is much important than your work. Once you choose family, you should not make them disappointed.  Anyway, the life is constantly changing. I'm sure you had lots of hard decision in this 10 year. Every decision you did are your treasure. You should be proud of yourself. T...

 Kia ora Kiu Yan ZHAO, I am Kiu Yan ZHAO who came from 2023. When you receive the letter, I know that the first significant problem has been resolved. You are still alive! Congratulations!  Is Covid still influencing people? Have you got Covid? If it was not, it would be such a wonderful thing. People finally can back to life before Covid. If it still existed, I am sure that scientists would find out the resolution. Let us talk about your University courses. Have you finished it? Have you learned something that can help you? I hope I can hear the answer but I cannot. However, I know it depends on both of us. So I would try my best in future.  Have you had your income? It is the thing I truly wish I can do since we all know that money is important. Nonetheless, remember that money is not everything. You should also take care of yourself. A healthy lifestyle and body are the most important and easy things you can get. So please be kind to yourself. Have you ever been back t...

  Write a 200-word letter to your 10-year-older self in which you express your hopes and dreams for the You of 2033 and upload a relevant image to illustrate it. Title your post: Your First Name, Your Last Name – Letter to My Future Self.

Recently bought a new perfume. I think it smells amazing. Fragrance notes:  Cedar, sandalwood, cypress, pepper, vetiver, oud, cashmeran, incense, nutmeg, bergamot, patchouli, caraway and guaiac wood.

The Product Review      Recently, I bought a nice down jacket from Kathmandu to make sure that I can survive this winter in Dunedin. It made from proper duck feather and it also has a hood. Therefore, it keeps me nice and worm even in the rainy or snowy day. There is a lot of reasons why I like this outer wear. The color and the outlook strike me. It’s black and looks need and tidy and suits me. That is exactly what I wanted and am happy that I could buy that one. As I wrote, the color is black. Honestly, it’s not only black. Inside of the jacket, you can see the yellow-green. This one small point makes this jacket super cool. In addition, there was an Autumn Sale at the store and they had a special discount to winter clothes. That was the one of the biggest reasons I decide to buy that one rather buying at another store. Anyway, it’s getting cold these days. Take care and keep yourself worm and comfortable.

  I’m a mother of a little boys. I bought it because the shopkeeper told me that it suits for 2-5 years old. But I’m so disappointed. Although at the first time I seeing it, I was really satisfied. But when my son sit on that, it looks like it broke down. They are supposed to be strong enough for 3 years old boy. What a wast of money. Now my son really hate it because he don’t feel relax to use.

  An item to fix my dry skin I have an extra dry skin, before I flew to Dunedin I was looking for a skincare for my body. I decides to buy Jergens moisturizer lotion. During living in New Zealand I always use it after taking a shower and apply it on my whole body every day. It was amazing that it was able to help my dry skin to pretty soft and every scar from an extrem dry skin was really better. Althoug its texture is rich, but it replenished my skin fastly. I felt good to use it overnight. Moreover, Its smell was nice and light too. 

 The product I recently bought is the premium version of the Midjourney bot. Midjourney bot is an artificial intelligence program developed by an independent research lab named Midjourney. The bot is based on the text-to-image generation model, which means if you send a text prompt as an input, it will create an image as an output that matches the description you give. I bought it because I'm not a good painter; for example, when a scene comes to my mind, I have no way of drawing it out accurately. However, I still want to record my dream through images, that's why it's useful to me. One of the advantages of this tool is that you can attach any style and filter you want, such as Kodak 4k film, or even include colour tones, like Wes Anderson colour, to the instructions. Images can also be adjusted again based on the image it first provided. Highly Recommend!!

I bought the hot water bottle when I first came to Dunedin. I found that the weather here is too cold for me, as I come from Thailand, which is always hot. So, the hot bottle could save my life from not being frozen at night. So I strongly recommend it to students who come from tropical countries and need time to adapt themselves to New Zealand’s cold weather. It also helps me have better sleep, and be warmer. The one that I bought is covered Bunny, so it is also easy to cuddle. You can just simply pour the boiled water in it, and it could last all night long. 

In my own experience, the egg poacher has three advantages. Easy operation You just need to add water and eggs, then connect the power. Wait 15 minutes and you can get two boiled eggs. High security After the two eggs are boild, the poacher doesn't heat up anymore and it will automatically turn off the power. You don't have to wait there all the time. Small space The egg poacher was small, only the size of a hand. So it's easy to carry.  Also, You can cook eggs with different extent on boiling by controlling the amount of time you cook them. It's very convenient for people who don't have enough time waiting in the kitchen to cook for breakfast. Furthermore, this product is very cheap in China, only 8 dollars for each. I really recommend this egg poacher.

     I'm really obsessed with AirTag by Apple.  It helps me not to lose my important things, such as my passport.  I bought AirTag when I bought my motorcycle in Japan so that I would find it if it was stolen.  I was surprised by its performance because it sends a notification to my iPhone if it was left behind me.  Therefore, I bought another one and brought it to New Zealand.  Now I always have AirTag with my passport and it notifies if I leave my passport at home or elsewhere.  Thanks to AirTag, I have never lost my passport yet even if I often lose things.  I highly recommend this product if you are not well organized.

Recently I bought make-up sponges and it was exactly what I wanted. I have used my foundation sponge, and I thought I have to change it to a new one because mine is too dirty and small to apply foundation. So, I went to Farmers to look for it, and I found a good one which has 5 very colourful types of sponges and also it sold at a cheap price; 9 dollars! Since I got a new and clean sponge, I can make-up my face with a lot of fun and happiness every morning. I really recommend this to you:)

 Product review Product - Apple airpods pro 2 I was looking for a good noise cancellation in ear earbuds for my daily use. These earbuds have got some really cool features and fit perfectly in my ears. They have got sensors on the stems, which can be used to raise and lower the volumes , pick up or cancel incoming calls. Another useful feature which I liked the most is that I can locate the earbuds using my smartphone if I misplace them or rather lose them. Another feature which made me to buy this product is the quick wireless charging , so that I don't have to plug it in and wait for hours the traditional way. I can use this without any worries  while working out at the gym as these are sweat and water resistant. The only downside which I found is that these only comes out in white colour, I wish they came with more colours.

     Recently, I bought the Fujifilm Instax Printer. It was a little bit expensive, but it can print out good pictures. The thing that I think should be improved is the price of the film of this printer. It is because the film is very expensive, like 2 dollars per film. I’ve lived in New Zealand for more than 2 months, and I've taken a lot of pictures. I just want to print them out as pictures, not as data in my iPhone or laptop. It must be a good memory of my studying abroad in New Zealand. Many people do not print pictures out recently. However, in my opinion, it's important to preserve it as an object, a photograph. So it was worth it to pay a high price.

  Laptop I just brought laptop from Apple store in Thailand model that I choose is Mac book Pro. I really delight with the laptop. It has more function than my old laptop it also apple brand but different model. I like the design and now all the system are all upgrade. Also this version of laptop it work faster too. I really appreciate with me new laptop. The invention that I really like is the touch screen pad it really cool and it looks very gorgeous. The another one thing that I really like is the color I brought space grey I love it!  

  My honest product review is about my iphone. I bought the phone one and a half years ago, and its still working. The batteries and everything works perfect. I like the design and the colour, its very durable. The iphone 13 pro have a good format and the size is just perfect. I know lot of the peoples dont like apple because its overpriced. I be honest, yess it is a big amount of money. However, for me, its worth the money. So i give the iphone 13 pro five out of five stars.

Oodie is a famous night-robe around teenagers now. If I have to use one sentence to describe it, I definitely would say  "Oodie is like a jumper crossed with a blanket, crossed with a cloud" which is also a sentence that you can see in the Oodie official website. I am attracted by the description and forced to pay.  When I received the heavy item, I knew that it would be my favourite in winter. The Oodie was thick that I cannot hold it with one hand. The material it used was so fluffy that I cannot put it down and fondle it again and again. And the moment that I wore it, I knew exactly the feeling that the sentence paint. Every winter after that would not be complete without Oodie. It is the best product that I recently bought.   

Write a 100-word review of a product you have recently bought and upload a relevant image to illustrate it. Title your post: Your First Name, Your Last Name – Name of the Product