The Best Day Of My Life

  I cherish every day that I live now. In these days, the best day in my life is November 3rd,

2012. The day is when I got a thing I had wanted. I will never forget that day.

  I was belonged to a kado club when I entered this university. Kado is flower arrangement

club. We regularly used to practice arranging flowers. Most of freshmen are beginners, but

our veteran teacher and seniors kindly teach them, so they improve gradually. In June every

year, we hold the event that shows our flower arrangements in this school, and sometimes

we participate in lectures.

  The biggest event of the kado club is Takuma festival. We prepare for the days from

summer vacation. We fight with other clubs to get the highest award for the exhibition sector.

When I was a freshman, we got the second highest award. When I was a sophomore, we

got the third highest award. I remember we felt regret.

  After our kind and excellent seniors retired, I became the leader of this club. We invited

people to our club and taught them. I was glad that our members enjoyed arranging flower

and got along with each other.

  I had some mottos as a leader. My final goal was to get the highest award with these

members. Fortunately, the members who started with me also thought so.

However, we heard a shocking news from our treasury. The aid from the school for that

year was cut by 100,000 yen from the amount of the last year. We were troubled by that,

because the cost of flowers are so high. We considered, and decided to bargain with the

president of the flower shop.

  Our club has been helped by him for decades. We went to his shop and told him our

situation. He approved without hesitation. He said that our club had used to get highest

award until a few years, but those years, our seniors hadn't even though they tried, so he

wanted us to get the top prize. He had same feeling as us. We were relieved, and struck by

his kindness. I decided to get the award for him too.

  We started to prepare. First of all, we designed the inside of the room we would use at for the takuma festival days. It was so hard, and we repeatedly discussed about it and changed

our plans. Next, we went to buy materials for making objects. We made them on holidays

and after school. We continued to do these tasks every day until the takuma festival day.

Early morning in the week before the day, we went to the flower market with the president,

and chose flowers. He gave us advice about which flowers to choose. The other clubs also

made objects. When I saw them, I felt that we would lose, because they made such an

impact. We had a handicap, because there were only girls in my clubs. We couldn’t make

things too heavy, because the time for carrying things to the room and setting them up was

limited. I thought we would not get third highest award let alone the highest award if we went

on.

  The early morning on the day before takuma festival, we gathered and carried all of

objects to the room. The night before, we went to the flower shop and arranged flowers with

all of the members. Early that morning, we carried all the flowers to the room.

  Takuma festival started, a lot of people visited our room. The president and our teacher

also visited. They told us it was beautiful and interesting. We were glad to hear that. We

continued to work on the room until the judges came. I frustrated by African daisies,

because they wither quickly. When the judges came, we explained the points of our

exhibition. I mainly talked about the language of the flowers, because I thought it was most

favorable point.

  At last, November 3, the award ceremony started. Before that, we relaxed to forget

stresses of these days. When the announcement of awards for the exhibition sector started,

all of us joined hands with each other. We were very scared. I wished we would get only

third highest award. When the third highest award was announced, for good or bad, the

name of our club were not called. We got more scared, and some of us already were starting

to cry. Next, the announcement of the second highest award came. “Kado” Our name was

called! We ran to the stage. I went up the stage and received the award. All of us cried, and I

made a speech, but I don’t remember what I said. I was happiest in that we have lived up to

now. I thanked the president, our teacher, our seniors, the judges, all people who cheered

for us, and my special and lovely members of kado.

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