Here is a combined paragraph using the connecting words: I have a best friend, Yuko, and she is a student at Obirin University too. She is 19 years old but she looks younger because she was born in Okinawa and now she lives in Yokohama. She is short and slim and she has a very big smile that I like, because she is kind and funny. We often hang out at weekends and we sometimes go on trips together, but in the future, she wants to be an actress because she loves movies and TV dramas. I hope she will be a big star one day and maybe she will win an Oscar because she is so talented.