Matters of the Heart -Supreme-

Atsushi Hida

Practicum in Journalism

January 27, 2016

Matters of the Heart -Supreme-

                I love shoes, clothes, and bags stuff. I like many brands such as Adidas, Nike, Champion, Vans, The North Face, and Supreme. I am going to talk about Supreme that is my favorite brand right now. Supreme is a skateboarding shop/clothing brand established in New York City in April 1994. There are Supreme shops in New York, Los Angeles, London, Harajuku, Shibuya, Daikanyama, Nagoya that is my home city, Osaka, and Fukuoka. There are six shops in Japan, I have seen the supreme shop in Nagoya, but I do not why that I have never been to any shops. Actually I did not know at all about Supreme before I came the United State. About two years ago, one of my Japanese friends told me about Supreme such as it is cool, they make good stuff, and it is skateboarding/clothing brand. After he told me about it, I research about it and I started to like Supreme stuff. After couple month I had opportunity to go to New York City with my girlfriend and couple our friends. I really wanted to go Supreme shop in New York. I went there and got a cool stuff.

“This is the first item from Supreme.”

That was my first item from Supreme. I really research a lot and I found we could buy Supreme stuff online. But there is problem that popular items or famous items are sold out really fast like in 30 seconds. I was so surprised when I tried to get the famous item online. I could not get it. I hate to lose anything so I research about how can get popular or famous item Supreme online shop and I found it. After that I knew that big day is coming. They were going to release the items that Supreme corroborated with The North Face and it was a jacket and it was so cool to me. I used some skills to get the items. They release some items on every Thursday at 11:00am EST. At the day that they were going to release the items that Supreme corroborated with The North Face jacket, I woke up 9:00am and to be ready to win the jacket. I was so nervous but I finally got the jacket.

“This is the first item from Supreme & The North Face.”

That was second items from Supreme. After that I know how to buy them so I shop a lot. So now I have so many cool Supreme items. Now I am a huge fan of Supreme.

“They are some of my collection from Supreme.”

By Atsushi Hida

     https://youtu.be/jW0E-bAbSf0

Matters of the Heart -My Girlfriend-

Atsushi Hida

Practicum in Journalism

January 26, 2016

Matters of the Heart -My Girlfriend-

                I started to study abroad from June in 2013. At the same time, it was first time I met Yuko Topeka in Kansas. We took summer class for get better English and get used to the American life at Washburn University in Topeka about two month. I was 22 years old and she was 26 years old. I know American people do not care about age so much but I do not why the Japanese people really care about it. I think it is Japanese weird culture. So when I met Yuko and I asked her “How old are you?” She said, “I am 26 years old now.” I was surprised because she looked like around 20 years old. So this is the story that when I met Yuko first time. Actually we did not talk so many first three weeks I do not know why I think we just have no chance to talk each other. At begin of July we went to the bar with some our friends and drank together.

“When we went to the bar with our friends.”

After that my girlfriend and I started to talk in person. Yuko and I started to spend time together such as class, lunch, dinner, and free time. I had a girlfriend in Japan. At the moment I had been dating with ex-girlfriend about five years. She was in Japan and I felt that she does not love me anymore. I think because of long distance. So I decided to break up with her. So I felt like if Yuko become my girlfriend, I will be so happy. After a month I was going to Avila University and she is going to Jonson State College in Vermont State. Couple weeks later I decided to ask her to be my girlfriend. I said “I told you I broke up with my ex-girlfriend, I really like you. Would you be my girlfriend?” Yuko said “Yes I would be your girlfriend, I have been waiting that you said that.” We cannot see each other but we did Skype every night so I did not feel lonely.

“When we Skype.”

There are some reasons that she is important of my heart. Of course I love her so much. And she keeps me smile every time. She always supports me when I feel bad. We have same hobbies that watching movies, cooking, and traveling. We have been to so many places such as New York, California, Florida, Colorado, Tokyo etc.

“When we went to New York City.”

Now I have been dating with Yuko about 2 and half years now. I hope I will marry her after I graduate Avila University.

By Atsushi Hida

https://youtu.be/_fNY_y18Upw