It was around 3 p.m. I was lined up at the train ticket counter to reserve a trip to Nagoya to_______ some photos for a magazine called “Today Fashion”. It was then that I felt the ground moving slightly like a subway shooting through a tunnel far beneath my feet. It was so mild that I_______it, as did everyone around me. Seconds later,a(n)   _______shake occurred. Things started falling over to the ground, and signs hanging from the ceiling began swinging violently. An elderly man next to me smiled at me_______and just said one word: “Earthquake.”

I _______ for the door, about 60 feet away. The ground was shaking so violently that it was_______to run in a straight line. My heart was still pounding so wildly_______.I reached the street. I longed to get as far away from these buildings as possible, but in Tokyo, finding any truly open space is actually_______.Ultimately, I stood in a_______for a good two hours as did most everyone else. During this time, the ground of the spacious park continued to________less violently. I would________later that afternoon that the quake was a magnitude 8.9, the strongest earthquake in recorded history. There were a few women________with people pointing up at the buildings as they shook, ________many others appeared calm and relaxed. Even though I have witnessed many big events in the world, I really________Japanese for their calmness and timely________.

I used to be a plain-looking girl in school that nobody noticed. I felt a little _______ about that, but the most important thing was to first get into my dream university, and then worry about my _______. I asked my parents for their permission to get cosmetic surgery (整容) if I was accepted into the university. They _______ and gave me their blessing. So from that moment on, I _______ all my time and energy on studying to pass the entrance exams.

Once I was accepted, my parents were so proud. I had a successful surgery on my face. But even if my _______ is beautiful, if I am still fat, no one will consider me beautiful. You have to be skinny to be _______. Then I watched videos to teach me how to _______. At first I almost gave up because I was tired but I kept myself _______ by constantly looking at beautiful and fit girls on Instagram. After losing _______, I still believed that my body wasn’t perfect.

So I started ________ and watching what I ate, which caused me to lose weight even faster than when I exercised. People started to tell me I was too ________ but I didn’t believe them and continued to ________ my diet more. My mind was so ________ with how I looked. I continued to lose weight. One day, I ________ in the hospital with tubes in my arms and my mother by my side. Now I realised how ________ other people’s opinions matter and how important self-love is. I am me and I am beautiful in my own way and I don’t feel the need to have to follow the society or trends (潮流) about being skinny.

Last year, we took a trip to New York City. When we arrived at our ________, it was around 2 a.m. My son, Joseph, looked out at the lights of Times Square and said he wanted to go ________. I told him it was too ________ to go out, but he kept looking out of the window and said, “Just for two minutes.”

My wife and I just looked at each other, smiled and said, “Two minutes.” We got dressed and walked into the center of Times Square. ________ we got there, my son pointed at the lights and said, “Dad, ________!” And then he started to fall asleep. So we had go back to the hotel.

It took us 20 minutes to ________ for the 20 seconds we spent outside, but it made our son ________ and that meant a lot to us. That night, I learned a lesson about happiness. We sometimes have chances to ________ happy moments in our lives, but we often find ________ to do something else.

Because of my son, I learned that I am the biggest enemy to my own happiness. ________ happiness is a door that is always open, we are the ones who have to decide if we are going to walk through the door.