I stayed at home and watched semi-final games of high school baseball.

  In two days, we are foing to leave for to Shanghai to travel, so I didn't go out to avoid getting tired. I watched the high school baseball games on TV. Osaka Toin beat Meitoku Gijuku from Tokushima by the score of 4-0. And Aomori Kosei defeated Tokaidai Kohu from Yamanashi by 9-3. The final game will be played between Aomori Kosei and Osaka Toin for the second time in a row.
  I tried to study about Shanghai on the Net, but the names of places and people were were written in Chinese characters which I didn't know how to pronounce. I tried to study in English, but it was difficult to find which spelling corresponded to which Chinese characters. When we write something about China, we should write the names of places and people in katakana, which can closely be pronounced in China.