There's a way.

I attended an English workshop today, and I thoroughly enjoyed myself. As usual, I prepared a topic from an English paper; however, I didn't prepare my lesson at all. Actually, I didn't read the article beforehand! The reason was quite simple. I had a lot of other things to do.

I've been taking an English writing class once a week since the end of this September. Our teacher never forgets to give us big homework after each lesson, and what I have now is to write a book review in English. To write a book review in English! This is obviously beyond my English skills.

Other than this English class, I've attended a Chinese class on Wednesdays' afternoon. The teacher is very friendly and she speaks fluent Japanese. I'm quite comfortable with her, but she also gives her students a lot of tests and assignments. What's more, aside from me, everyone in her class has been learning Chinese for more than a few years! I didn't know it until I joined the class.

There is one more thing. I'm going to have an English workshop at my place tomorrow. My friends are visiting me and we are studying English together. I am supposed to memorize some lines from our textbook but I haven't even opened the book yet!

Some people say that we shouldn't say "I'm busy," because it sounds like just an excuse. However, I'd like to say so right now. I'm pretty busy and I'm quite happy with it.