Question 1

I had an oppurtunity to work at a famous restaurant in NYC called the "Gramercy Tavern". I was offered the head bartender position. I had to reluctantly turn it down and move bask to Boston from NYC.

Question 2

I have an ex-girlfriend that I haven't talked to for about five years. We were living in NYC together and had at one time been engaged. We broke up because I had to return to Boston and help my ailing father. We communicated a little bit on Facebook, but i quit my Facebook account and I haven't spoken to her since.I don't think that we will get back in touch.

Question 3

I had a ticket for Nirvana's last concert with the lead singer Kurt Cobain. He commited suicide shortly after this concert and I will regret not going forever.

Question 4

I recently bought my son Jun a toy dinosaur from the Jurrasic World serires. It was about 10,000¥ from Amazon. He was excited at first, but now only a month later he has lost interest in the dinosaur. I lost 10,000¥ plus shipping cost. Hopefully he will be interested in dinosaurs again.

Question 5

I recently watched "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Krystal Skull"(2008). It was set in Central America and it was really bad. Harrison Ford is a little too old to potray Indiana Jones. It was on Netflix and I was bored so I watched it.

Question 6

I regret being friends with my college roomate. He used to come to the bar where I was working and ask for free drinks. He never gave me a tip. He didn't have a job and would always eat the housemates food and drink our drinks.

Tough Vocabulary

Question 1

This isn't a job but I wish I had a different university major. My major was in clinical psychology but looking back, I wish I had studied information sciences. There is a huge demand in the world for people with I.T skills.

Question 2

I have not completely lost contact, but I wish I had more time to talk with some good friends in Mexico.

Question 3

I really regret seeing a pop/punk group called The Offspring. At their show they only played their greatest hits and they played them exactly like they were on their album. No guitar solos, no banter with the crowd, and it seemed like they didn't want to be there. I felt ripped off.

Question 4

I regret spending so much money on alcohol during my youth. It was a waste of money eventhough it was fun.

Question 5

I regret watching a TV show called The Mentalist because the ending was a massive disappointment and very weak. It was a total let down.

Question 6

I regret dating a Spanish girl when I was in my early 20s. She was nice to me but horrible to other people - especially some of my friends. When we broke up, she smashed some of my things like plates and the TV. Despite that, I am glad we broke up.

Tough Vocabulary

- English -	- Japanese -
clinical psychology	臨床心理学
banter	揶揄う
ripped off	ぼったくる
let down	おろおろする
smashed	ぺしゃんこ

Question 1

I wish I had applied for a part time job at a ramen resturant! I'm sure that I would be able to learn how to make a delicious pork broth ramen and barbequed pork bowl. Making a burnt miso ramen soup has been something that I have always wanted to learn!

Question 2

I lost contact with my best friend from primary school in Singapore. He joined the army and I moved to another school without asking his contact details. Facebook and Instagram was not prevalent at that time!

Question 3

I watched an Ed Sheeran concert back in 2018. There were too many people and the speakers just didn't sound good. My friends also thought that Ed Sheeran sounds much better in recordings. He is not a great showman. It ruined the whole concert and I felt like I just wasted hundreds of dollars.

Question 4

I regret buying an iPhone X when it first came out. It was Apple's flagship phone at that time, but I realized that the Huawei P series had better specifications and cost much cheaper. I decided to sell the phone at GEO and lost quite a lot of money.

Question 5

There was a movie called "Riddick" that I watched back in 2014. The protagonist of this movie is the very well-known Vin Diesel, however, the storyline and filmmaking were just terrible. I left the movie theatre with a bad taste in my mouth.

Question 6

There was a person who I met at university who couldn't stop arguing. We were talking about the concepts nationality, ethnicity, and race. This person was very narrow-minded and neglected everyone else's opinion!

Tough Vocabulary

- English -	- Japanese -
Broth	出汁
Burnt miso ramen	焦がし味噌ラーメン
Prevalent	はやっている
Showman	しょーマン
Flagship	フラッグシップ
Specification	仕様書