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Exam

2010-01-15T11:40:00.003+09:00

Hello, everyone. It is fast to pass the time, because it will come the exam soon. I should study many subjects. But I want to get all A, so I should have study hard!!

By the way, I will took the TOEIC on March 13. So I want to take it long time. When I became a university students, my scholarship came to down. I do not study so much. Then I will take the test, so I have to study English. I want to go to America in the future. If I study English now, I am not trouble there. Therefore I will study.

I am not good at listening, so I have to listen to something in English every day. When I go to the university, I would like to listening. It is important to keep it every day. And I think good that listen to Western music.

I want to to go university to study during the spring vacation. I will do my best.

(164 words)

☆Today☆

2010-01-14T19:45:00.003+09:00

Hello. I would like to write about today.

I got up at 8:00 a.m. I have no class today, so I have much time. I watch the TV drama every morning. The drama's title is WERUKAME. The drama is broadcast from 8:15 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. It is very short time, but I like it. Because my favorite actor is performing in the drama. The actor is Shunsuke Daitou. He is very cool, and I want to meet him once!! If I am overlooking the drama, I become very shock. So I have to get up at 8:00 a.m. every morning. After watching the drama I had to go to the university, because I follow a procedure for a scholarship. And I should have returned the book to the library. Then I readied to go to the university. My home is not far from K.G.U. It takes me about 20 minutes to go the university by bicycle. When I was high school student, it took me about 45 minutes, so I don't think it is far.

I have finished preparing, and I left my home at 10:00 a.m. Today was cold, and the out was little snow. But today was littler than yesterday. It had heavy snow yesterday. I have never seen such heavy snow in Kumamoto, so I was moved. I made a snowman with my pet. I was very fun!! But in the outside, it was very cold. I can't stand. So I put on my muffler and gloves today, and I went to the K.G.U. When I arrived at K.G.U., there were few people. Because nowadays is supplementary lecture class. It was fresh for me. First I followed a procedure for a scholarship. After that I returned the book to the library. Then it was about 12:00 a.m. I was hungry, so I came back my house. I wanted to eat hot apple pie. But I decided to endurance to the house, because I have no money.

I came back my house, and I opened a refrigerator. Then there was a pudding. And the taste was a caramel!! I was very happy, and I was good that I did not buy a hot apple pie. And I ate a pudding and lunch.

I have to study, because it will start exams soon. But I always watch the TV. I would like to study tomorrow!! So I bought a fashion magazine. The name was nonno. When I look the fashion magazine, I always think that I have to diet. Because the models are very smart and beautiful. My favorite model is Nozomi Sasaki. She is very cute. If I am able to reborn, I want to be her. So she is my yearning. And I read it about one hour. I felt that it was fast to pass the time, because it was 5:00 a.m.

Today my mother went out with her friends, so I had to cook dinner. I cooked many pumpkin tempuras. It was delicious. I want to cook it again.

When I wrote about today, I found many things. And I thought I wasted the time. Time is money. I do not forget these words.

(530 words)

BR 2-14: Mr. Putter and Walk the Dog

2010-01-13T20:44:00.004+09:00

Hello. I read the book today. The book's title was Mr. Putter and Tabby Walk the Dog. I have read the book's series before. Then I like it, so I want to read this one.

Mr. Putter and his fine cat, Tabby appeared this book. And Mrs. Teaberry and her small dog, Zeke lived next door to them. She sometimes gave him eggplant for his supper. And he sometimes gave her kiwis for her lunch. They were very happy living side by side.

One day Mrs. Teaberry slipped on a kiwi and hurt her foot, so Mr. Putter took her to the doctor. The doctor's diagnostic outcome was a rest of one week. So she could not walk her dog, Zeke. She was very troubled. Then Mr. Potter said that I will walk your little dog. When she heard that, she was very happy. But she was a little worried, because Zeke tugs, and wraps around trees, and chases other dog. But Mr. Putter thought that Zeke was a dream dog.

The first day Mr. Putter and Tabby took him for a walk, he tugged. He tugged and tugged and tugged. He tugged them through yards and creeks and houses they had never been through before. When they got home, they had to have some warm milk and pudding and a nap.

The second day they took him for a walk, he wrapped around trees. He wrapped around a pine tree, a pear tree and an elm tree. Ans he always wrapped them with him. When they got home, they had to have some warm milk and popovers and a nap.

The third day Zeke chased dogs, and he did not chase little ones. He chased big ones. For example, he chased a Russian Wolfhound, a Great Dane and a Saint Bernard. He chased them until they got bored with being chased. Then they turned around and chased Zeke and Mr. Potter and Tabby. The big dogs chased them through yards and creeks and houses they had never been to through before. Mr. Potter said to Tabby when they woke up. "Zeke was not a bream dog. He was a nightmare." And the two of them sat long time wondering what to do. They weren't sure they could live through four more days with Zeke.

But the fourth day he did not tug, he did not wrap, and he did not chase. He was a dream dog. So he had a hot fudge sundae with extra cherries. The fifth day was same. He was a dream dog again. So they took him to the swimming pool, and he jumped off the diving board fifteen times. On the sixth day Zeke went to a carnival. On the seventh day he went to the zoo. When they took him home for the last time, Mrs. Teaberry came, and asked them. "Was Zeke a good dog?"
They smiled and said "Yes." The day they said good-bye and went home and had a party.

I have a dog, too. And I often walk with him. He also tug, so I was hard. But he is my family, and I love him. This book was able to sympathize, so I want to read it again!!

(540 wards)

BR 2-13: Books Store Ghost

2010-01-09T19:58:00.006+09:00

I read book today. The book's title was "The Books Store Ghost." When I become university student, I often read many English books. So I can read it fast. I want to read in the future.

This book was about book store. The storekeeper was Mr. Brown. He liked three things. It was some ghost books, cheese, and cats. Then he decided to buy a bookstore. The bookstore sold only ghost books. The book store's name was The Black Cat Bookstore. And he also decided to get a cat. He and the cat lived above the bookstore. And mice lived in their house, too.

The cat was strange, because she was not like other cats and fish. But she loved cheese, so they ate cheese for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

One day, a woman came in to buy a book, but she saw a mouse, and screamed. She ran out of the store. A man ran out, too. They said that The Black Cat Bookstore has mice. So nobody wanted to come to the store. Then Mr. Brown told his cat that catches the mice. The cat went to the mouse hole, so the mice were scared. But the cat likes mice. The cat and the mice played together. But Mr. Brown was not happy, because those mice were scaring people away. Mr. Brown told the cat to catch the mice during three days. Then the cat and the mice had a plan.

Day one came. A boy was walking by the store. Then a book fell off a shelf, and another book fell on the floor. The boys who watched it went into the store. In the store, more books fell. The boys said that The Black Cat Bookstore has a real ghost. Then his friends came into the store.

Day two came. The day also did the plan. So everyone watched to see the ghost. On day tree, the store was busier than ever. But Mr. Brow did not know who the ghost was. The cat decided to see it to him. It was the mice. The mice pushed many books on the shelf. He was surprised that.

Now they all live together. The store is always busy. As for Mr. Brown, the favorite things have increased. It was ghost books, cheese, his cat and his ghost.

I thought it was good that Mr. Brown liked the mice. The mice were wise, so the cat had not to catch the mice. If there is Mr. Brown's bookstore, I want to go there. This book was interesting!!

(425words)

BR 2-12: WAKE UP, SUN!

2010-01-07T19:55:00.004+09:00

I read a book. The book's title was WAKE UP, SUN! I have read many books, but this one was legible for me. I was able to read it at once.

The story appeared a dog, a pig, a cow and a chicken. They lived in the farm. One night, in the middle of the night, a dog woke up, because a flea bit the dog on his ear. Then the dog said "It must be time to get up." Just then, a pig woke up too. The pig said "Be quiet." And the dog said the same thing little ago. The pig said "The sun is not up." The dog asked the pig " Where can the sun be?" "Maybe it fell in the well." answered the pig. They ran to the well. And they were shouting toward the well.

Then a cow woke up, and he said "What are you doing?" The pig said that we are looking for the sun. And the cow answered that maybe the sun is hiding behind the barn. The dog, pig and cow looked behind the barn. And they shouted "Come out, sun!"

Then a chicken woke up, and it said "What is wrong?" They explained that the sun was not found. The chicken said maybe the sun sleeping late. They decided that wake up the sun, and they began to yell. The yell was loud sound, so the farmer and wife woke up. Farmer ran to the window, and he fired his gun. Therefore the animals stopped yelling.

Then farmer's baby woke up just as the sun come over the barn. Then all the animals thought farmer's baby woke up the sun! From that day, the dog and the pig always played ball with the baby. The cow gave her lots of sweet milk to drink, and chicken laid eggs for her, every day.
Because?? They knew she was only one who could wake up the sun!!

I think this story was very cute. I felt warm, and I want to read it again. I recommend this book!!

(347 words)

My winter vacation

2010-01-06T22:05:00.003+09:00

Hello. My winter vacation was fast for me, because I worked in post office. I don't have a part-time job now. So I have no money every day. At that time, I was asked by my friend. The friend's name is Ayaka. She said me "Shall we work together in post office?" When I listened to that, I wanted to work there. But I didn't know what I would work. The work was to sort the New Year's card.

I have never done it before, but my friends also were same. The part time job started on December 25. The day was Christmas!! But we started to work on that day. We usually worked from 2:00 a.m. to 6:00 or 7:00 p.m. I had to stand all time, so my foot was tired. My job was to sort many New Year's card. The address is written in the cards. And I got the card which was written the address. I should have arranged the New Year's cards in order of the address that was written on the card. I used my eyes hard, so I worried about whether eyesight had fallen.

There were a lot of people in the post office. It was impressive for me that there were many high school boys. And they, all members, baseball club. The Other people were high school students, university students and housewife. I worked with housewife in her fifties. She was very kind for me. She had worked the job before. When I did not know, I often asked her. And she gave me some chocolates and candies. She told me that "When becoming tired, the sweet one was good." I was very happy then. And I gave it my friends. They also looked to happy.

I thought December 30 and 31 were busy days most. We worked from 2:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. And there were a lot of New Year's cards, so they have not decreased easily. December 31 was snow, so I was very cold. I always went to post office by bicycle, but I was sent by mother in the day.

I worked there in January 4. The salary was cheap, I think. But it was great experiment for me. I want to work new part-time job.

This year's seeing the old year was different for me, because I did not go to Amakusa. My father and my sister went there. My grandmother and grandfather live in Amakusa, so we went there every year. But my mother, my brother and I did not go, because we had part-time job. I was a little lonely, but we watched on TV. When I got up at morning, a new year began. I was very shocked. I forgot to count down!! But I could sleep enough, so I felt comfortable.

(469 words)

Portfolio Writing IV (2009-10 )

2010-01-06T10:55:00.008+09:00

Student ID: 08159

Portfolio for Writing IV, Section 1C

(See: Note 1, below)

0.0. OVERVIEW

Reviews, Posts, Words, and More

(See: Note 2, below.)

1.0. ESSAYS

(See: Note 3, below.)

Please complete this table with data gathered from essays on your blog. See the Key (below) for definitions of the symbols in row one, and complete columns four through nine with numerical values (0, 1, 2, 3, ...).

1.1. Showcase	Short titles with links to blog posts	Dates yyyy.mm.dd	¶	W	C	L	P	M
2-01a (2009.10.07)	My favorite places	2009.10.18	4	413	0	0	2	0
2-01b (2009.10.21)	My favorite places	2009.10.25	5	469	1	0	2	0
(2-01c)
2-02a (2009.11.04)	Coca-Cola and Pepsi	2009.11.01	6	386	4	0	3	0
2-02b (2009.11.18)	Coca-Cola and Pepsi	2009.11.17	6	401	0	0	1	0
(2-02c)
2-03a (2009.12.02)	My language learning story	2009.11.29	5	611	4	0	0	0
2-03b (2009.12.18/22)
(2-03c)
Totals	---	---	26	2280	9	0	8	0

Key:

¶: number of paragraphs five (5) or more sentences in length

W: number of words

C: number of comments

L: number of links

P: number of photos or other graphics

M: number of other media included in post

1.2. Most Improved Essay

(See: Note 4, below.)

Selection and Assessment: Which of the three essays that you've written and revised this semester shows the most improvement? What did you do to improve it? Remember that complete answers are better than short answers, focus on your writing (accuracy, appropriacy, content and organization, rather than graphics or other media), and explain at least two major improvements.

Essay 2-01b: My favorite places

• I divided some long sentences.
• I added my feeling.
• I wrote more in detail.

2.0. COMMENTS

Showcase	Short titles of posts with links	Dates of comments yyyy.mm.dd	Numbers of words in comments	Qualities of comments**
2.1. Your first comment on your instructor's blog*	Social Media and Social Networking Explained	Wed Oct 14, 11:19:00 AM	49	I should have write more, but it was my opinion.
2.2. Your best comment on a classmate's blog*	Essay 2-02a: Gucci and Tiffany&Co. websites	Novemver, 4, 2009 11:12 AM	13	I could understand her essay and adviced.
2.3. Best comment by a classmate on your blog*	Essay 2-02a: Coca-Cola and Pepsi	Norvember, 4, 2009 11: 55 AM	18	She understood what I said most.
2.4. Most comments on:	Short titles of posts with link	Dates of posts yyyy.mm.dd	Total number of words in comments	Qualities of comments**
2.4.1. Any one of your essays*	Essay 2-03a: My language learning story	2009.11.29	81	I was happy that everyone had the same idea with me. It was great that I knew that.
2.4.1.1. When did you respond to those comments?	---		---	---
2.4.1.2. How did you respond to those comments?	---	---
2.4.2. Any of your other posts*	I'm happy	2009.11.09	17	The post was about passing the qualification. When I look this post, I feel happy.
2.4.2.1. When did you respond to those comments?	---		---	---
2.4.2.2. How did you respond to those comments?	---	---

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* Current semester comments on essays and other posts
** Please list the most important qualities of comments on each type of blog post. That is, explain briefly what makes comments good.

2.5. Recent comments display

Does your blog display recent comments from blog visitors in a prominent location, for example, in a sidebar, header, or footer widget? Where, or why not? Please explain.

My blog display recent comments in a sidebar.

2.6. Additional reflections on comments

・　I got the comments, and I could know my bad points.

　　・ After got some comments, I could write my essays better.

3.0. BOOK REVIEWS

3.1. Showcase	Short titles with links	Dates: yyyy.mm.dd	Words	Comments
Example:	Vampire Killer	2007.05.16	39	1
BR 2-01	BR 2-01: SHAWN and KEEPER	2009.10.09	220	0
BR 2-02	BR 2-02: Burglar's Breakfast	2009.10.19	223	0
BR 2-03	BR 2-03: Noises in the Night	2009.10.29	280	0
BR 2-04	BR 2-04: More Macdonalds	2009.10.31	320	0
BR 2-05	BR 2-05: Young Cam Jansen	2009.11.03	424	0
BR 2-06	BR 2-06: ARHUR AND THE SCHOOL PET	2009.11.08	431	0
BR 2-07	BR 2-07: A Night Out	2009.11.10	331	0
BR 2-08	BR 2-08: TALES OF OLIVER PIG	2009.12.06	442	0
BR 2-09	BR 2-09: Young Cam Jansen	2009.12.08	472	0
BR 2-10	BR 2-10: I Am a Star	2009.12.12	273	0
BR 2-11	BR 2-11: The Giant Jelly Bean Jar	2010.01.05	419	0
BR 2-12	BR 2-12: WAKE UP, SUN!	2010.01.07	347	0
BR 2-13	BR 2-13: Books Store Ghost	2010.01.09	425	0
BR 2-14	BR 2-14: Mr. Putter and Walk the Dog	2010.01.13	540	0
BR 2-15
BR 2-16
BR 2-17
BR 2-18


---	---	Totals:	5147	0

Note: Please calculate and list book review Totals for words and comments without including those from the example (above).

3.2. Best Book Review

Selection and Assessment: Which of those book reviews do you feel is the best that you've written this semester, and why? Remember that a complete answer is better than a short answer, focus on your writing, and give at least two reasons to support your assessment.

My favorite book was "I am a star." When I was young, I want to be an astronomer. The book remembered me the dream. And the picture was cute, so I wanted to read it many times.

4.0. BLOG LAYOUT, LABELING, LINKING, and MEDIA

Showcase	Yes	No
4.1. Does your blog display an archive?	v
4.1.1. Does the archive display the titles of posts?	v
4.1.2. Is the archive organized by month?	v
4.1.3. Is the archive at or near the top of the sidebar?	v
4.2. Does your blog display a cloud or list of labels in the sidebar?	v
4.2.1. Do your labels include these required labels (typed accurately):	---	---
"books" (plural) AND "reviews" (plural)	v
"essays" (plural) AND "portfolios" (plural, without "proto-")	v
"quickposts" (plural, with no space between quick and posts)	v
"links" (plural) AND "media" (plural)		v
"movies" (plural) AND "websites" (plural)		v
"brainstorms" (or "brainstorming"), "essay prep.," AND "free-writing" (or "free-writes")	v
4.2.2. Does your sidebar display other labels?	v
How many other labels have you attached to three (3) or more posts? 11 other labels attached to three or more posts	---	---
Which labels, and to how many posts each? Please list those labels instead of www, xxx, yyy..., and list numbers of posts instead of n, m, o... (in parentheses), below. books (26) essay prep. (6) Essays (11) favorites (4) links (3) movies (3) reviews (28) revisions (5) speaking (6) university (3) websites (3)	---	---
4.3. Links and media	---	---
4.3.1. Do your blog posts this semester include photos or other graphics?	v
Does your blog profile include a photo or graphic representation?		v
How many of your blog posts this semester include photos or other graphics? 35 posts including photos or other graphics	---	---
4.3.2. Does your blog include posts with multiple links?	v
How many of your posts this semester include three (3) or more links? posts including three or more links (including this portfolio!)	---	---
4.3.3. Does your blog include other media?		v
How many of your blog posts this semester include other media? 0 posts including other media	---	---
What kind(-s) of media have you included in posts this semester? Please list the kinds here: ... ... ...	---	---
What media content that you originally produced, if any, do your blog posts for this semester contain? Please list and explain each item briefly, and add short links and dates (yyyy.mm.dd) for reference. ... (short link, date) ... (short link, date) ... (short link, date)	---	---

4.4. Overall presentation

What have you done to enhance the overall presentation and readability of your blog? List and explain the three most important content, display, formatting, layout, or other presentation changes that you have made on your blog this semester.

... I read many English books, and I acquired the reading comprehension.
... I widened my display to see easily.
... I took care about the spell miss.

5.0. ADDITIONAL REFLECTIONS ON YOUR BLOG AND YOUR WRITING FOR IT

Please feel free to include reflections on both class work and homework, as well as on the content of this portfolio (proto-portfolios, showcases, selections, and reflections).

... I was hard to write my essay.
... I came to read many English books.
... I could type earlier than before.

6.0. ADVICE AND SUGGESTIONS FOR YOURSELF, YOUR PEERS, AND YOUR SUCCESSORS

I should have posted more links.
I am glad that many people read my blog.
It was good that I attached many graphics.

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Notes:

This portfolio template derives from Writing Studio Blog templates for Writing IIIc and Writing IVc (2007-08), Writing III, §§1a & 1c, Writing IV: Portfolio, §§1a & 1c (2008-09), and the July 7, 2009, Portfolio for Writing III.
Please use the same code in section 0.0 that you used to embed your proto-portfolios (PPFs) in the footer of your blog, which you should already have revised to display your 2nd (fall) semester PPF first.
The essays section (1.0. Essays, above) derived from Proto-Portfolio 2-02 (2008).
The essay selection and explanation item (§1.2, above) differs from that in the July 7, 2009, Portfolio for Writing III. Please read the new item carefully before making a selection.

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BR 2-11: The Giant Jelly Bean Jar

2010-01-05T19:15:00.005+09:00

A happy new year,everyone. I could spend great days in last year!! And I want to do hard as much as last year.

I read a book yesterday. The book's title was The Giant Jelly Bean Jar. The pictures were very cute, and I wanted to watch it many times. The story was about Ben who loved jelly beans. It were sold in the Jo-Jo's jelly bean shop. Jo-Jo had a contest in every weekend. And he read a riddle. The person with the right answer won a jar full of jelly beans. Every Saturday, Ben went to Jo-Jo's shop with his sister, Jill. Ben always knew the answer to Jo-Jo's riddles. But he never won the jelly beans. Jill said him that you are too shy in every week. And she told him to raise his hand high and speak up.

Jo-Jo's shop has a lot of jars full of jelly beans. There were apple jelly beans, bubble gum jelly beans, and grape jam jelly beans. And there were even popcorn jelly beans! The day, Jo-Jo had a question. He said "I'm a long, yellow fruit with skin you peel back. I'm tasty with breakfast and I make a great snack." Then kids waved their hands in the air. But Ben was very nervous, so he lowered his hand. Jo-Jo looked at the children, and he pointed to Jill. She answered "Banana." He could not answer again. He wanted to answer the jelly bean riddle himself.

The next Saturday, they went to his shop and tried to answer. But another boy won the jelly beans. He knew the answer, so he was shocked.

The next Saturday, they went to his shop again. But this week was different. It was special, because Jo-Jo's Jelly Bean Shop had been open for one year. Jo-Jo was having a big party. The store was more crowded than ever. Jo-Jo raised a very , very big jar of jelly beans over his head. Then everyone cheered. And Ben listened carefully to Jo-Jo's riddle. He knew the answer right away. This time, he lifted his hand high. Jo-Jo looked out at the big crowd. And he pointed to Ben. At last, he could answer. Jill asked him " How does it feel to be the Grand Prize Jelly Bean King?" Ben said her "Great!!"

This book was very interesting. Ben's sister was very kind. If there was not his sister, he was not able to won the prize. I want to read it again!!

(419 words)

BR 2-10: I Am a Star

2009-12-12T11:28:00.004+09:00

I read a book now. The book was kind for me, because the book's level was 1. I often read some more difficult books, so I could read it soon. The book's story was about star. I am interested in star. When I found it, I decided to borrow the book soon.

It was a book that became feeling of the star. The star was Polaris. Polaris is the North Star. All stars move for a few months, but the star alone doesn't move. It stays in the North. So sailors use it find their way.

We can't see stars in the daytime, because there is too much light. And we can't see it on a cloudy night, because it hides behind cloud. We can see stars on a clear night. Long ago, people saw pictures in stars, and they are called it constellations. Some people saw bears, and other people saw dippers. Now there are 12 constellations.

To see stars better, you need a telescope. The study of stars is called astronomer. When I was child, I wanted to be it. I like watching stars, so I wanted to use a big telescope.

There are a lot of stars. We make the star from various materials. Some flags have stars. We sing a song about the star. And we wish upon the star.

When I read this book, I found that there are many stars near our lives. And I learned about Polaris. When I lose my way, I want to watch it. And I can know where the North is. I have become to like star more since I read it.

(273 words)

BR 2-09: Young Cam Jansen

2009-12-08T20:26:00.004+09:00

I read a book today. The book's title was Young Cam Jansen and the Library Mystery. I have read the book's series before. The book was interesting, so I wanted read it again. Cam who has a great memory appeared in the book. And her father and Eric also appeared in it.

One day, they went to the library. Cam borrowed a book which was a dinosaur mystery. And Eric borrowed a book which was about a boy who got into lots of trouble. Her father was reading a book. Cam and Eric readied, so her father put in a bookmark and closed the book. They got to the supermarket after their books were checked out. She took a shopping cart, and she followed them. There were magazines and books for sale just inside the supermarket. As they walked into the store she asked her father, "What are we buying?" Her father reached into his shirt pocket. Then he shook his head and said, "I don't know what we need to buy. I lost the shopping list."

Eric thought maybe Cam remembered what it was on the list. But she never looked at it. Her father remembered that putting it in his shirt pocket and there was a lot more on the list. Her father checked his pockets again. He took out some coins, keys, and his wallet. And he looked in his wallet, but he did not find the list. Her father thought that maybe it fell out of his pocket. Then a worker was sweeping the front of the sore. Eric ran to him, and "Did you find a long piece of paper?" he asked. He answered " I just sweep everything into that corner. You must be over there." And Eric found the shopping list. He took the paper off the floor. But her father realized it was not ours list. It was thrown out by someone.

Her father thought maybe I dropped in the library. And he walked toward the exit, so they followed him. Cam looked at the books. Lots of them were mysteries. Then she found where the list was. "I'm looking at a picture of a small piece of the shopping list. I'm looking at it right now." she said. They left the supermarket, and arrived at their car. She said "The mystery you borrowed is on the front seat. Open it and you'll find the shopping list." And the shopping list was there as her saying. So he must have used it as a bookmark. After that, they walked toward the store again.

I thought this book is such as demystification. I like Cam solves the problem. She has really great memory. I always want to read this book again after this book's series. I want the memory like her, so I can enjoy more.

(472 words)

BR 2-08: TALES OF OLIVER PIG

2009-12-06T13:57:00.004+09:00

I read a book yesterday. The book's title was TALES OF OLIVER PIG. The book has five stories. I want to explain all stories, but I would like to explain my favorite stories. It were two stories. One is a baking day, and the other is a IS IT OLIVER.

First, it is a baking day. The story's characters were Oliver, his mother and his sister. They are pig. His sister's name was Amanda. They are very cute. The story was about rainy day.

The day was not a day for outside, because it was cold and wet. Then his mother told Oliver to come to the kitchen. And she said that today is a baking day. He asked her mother what we would bake. Her mother was going to make cookies with raisins. He was happy, because he liked cookies with a lot of raisins. So he readied its materials. First, he mixed some butter and sugar. And he stirred up an egg and the oats. After that she put a cup of flour and some baking powder. He stirred it again. Finally, Oliver put in a sprinkle of nutmeg and a sprinkle of cloves and two sprinkles of cinnamon. Then he realized that there was not raisin. He asked her about it. She had already prepared it. And she said "these were for the cookies. " Mother put them in the pan. They listened to the rain outside while the cookies bake. After a while, they smelled the smell of baking cookies. They ate it, and they felt happy. I thought the cookies were delicious, because they are it with their family. When I was child, I often cooked sweets with my mother. I want to cook cookies again.

It is about IS IT OLIVER. Oliver and his father appeared in this story. When Oliver was in bed, he asked his father to find him. His father came in his room, and he looked in the toy box, in the closet and under the bed. He said "I can't find Oliver anywhere." Then he looked in the bed. He found only his ears sticking out. But his father did not say that it was Oliver's ears. The father said "it was elephant ears or a caterpillar or a cucumber or a stream shovel. " Oliver answered "No." At last, father said gave up. Then he said "it 's your Oliver!"

The father gave him a hug and tucked him in tight. And they said each other good night. I thought his father was kind and warm. It was great to his father pretended to not know. I thought family was good.

(442 words)

Today!!

2009-12-05T18:48:00.004+09:00

Hello. It is early that time passed. Now is December. I cannot believe. This year will ends a little more. And Christmas will come soon. I will spend with my friends, so I'm looking forward to come the day!!

Today, I went to post office, because I will work there from December 25 to January 5. What job I work there? So I will sort the New Year's card there. The salary is cheap, but I want money. Therefore I will work there with my friends. Today was the briefing. I got up at 7:00 a.m., and I left my home at 8:30 a.m. Then it was not rain, so I did not bring my umbrella. I went there by bus. The post office is in sinmachi. I got off at the traffic center, and I walked the post office. When I got off the bus, it was rain out. I regretted, because I did not have an umbrella. So I went to convenience store to buy an umbrella. After that, I went to the post office. When I into the hall, there were many people. And there were a lot of high school students. They were all priest, so I thought that they belong to a baseball club. We received the explanation there for two hours. I watched video and read some prints and heard the explanation. Say to the truth, I was sleepy. But it entered the salary during that time, so I had to be seriousness. After the briefing finished, I came back my home soon. I arrived at my home at 1:00 a.m.

I did not have a plan today, so I watched TV. Then my mother asked me to go shopping. I was happy when I heard that. Of course, I said "Yes." I went to Yumikuro with my mother and brother. There were many clothes, so I hesitated which clothes I should buy. Finally, I bought a muffler, a shirt, a sweater and a heatech. My favorite clothe was a heatech!! I wanted to buy it before. I heard that if I wear the haetech, I am not cold. So I can spend it by warming in the winter of this year. My brother bought a cardigan and my mother bought a swetaer and a sweat shirt. They also looked happy. Today is a good shopping day. Yunikuro is very cheap and casual, so I want to go there again.

After that, I went to supermarket to buy some materials for dinner. Today's dinner was chicken!! It was my request. I wanted to eat that. I helped super making. The chicken was delicious, because I helped it cooking. Today was very interesting for me.

I will go to bath, and I want to sleep.

(460 words)

News Quiz

2009-11-30T20:46:00.001+09:00

1) The government has decided to start discuss on increasing the tax in fiscal 2010. What the tax is it?

2) Three fishermen rescued after nearly four days from a capsized boat off. Where did it happen?

3) Japan, China and South Korean ministers discussed cooperation in disasters. Where did they discuss?

4) Where was the country that a powerful typhoon smashed in October 31?

5) NPO trying to save the trees in Tsurugajo Koen park. What kind of the tree is it?

6) Army psychiatrist set to be shipped overseas opened fire at the Fort Hood army base in U.S. How many people did he kill?

7) There is a man who killed a British woman in 2007. What is his name?

8) Nuclear fuel recycling program took first step. Where was it done?

9) Components of a sedative detected in the bodies of three men who died under suspicious circumstances in Tottori Prefecture. What was it?

10) The airport will suspend eight international routes by January. Where the airport will do it?

1) Tobacco ( The Daily Yomiuri November 1 P1 )

2) Shizuoka ( The Daily Yomiuri November 1 P2 )

3) Kobe ( The Daily Yomiuri November 1 P3 )

4) Philippine ( The Daily Yomiuri November 1 P5 )

5) Cherry tree ( The Daily Yomiuri November 1 P10 )

6) 13 people (The Daily Yomiuri November 7 P1 )

7) Tatsuya Ichihashi ( The Daily Yomiuri November 7 P2 )

8) Saga ( The Daily Yomiuri November 7 P3 )

9) Sleeping pills ( The Daily Yomiuri November 7 P2 )

10) JAL ( The Daily Yomiuri November 7 P8 )

(277 words)

Essay 2-03a: My language learning story

2009-11-29T19:54:00.003+09:00

I study English now, and I want to study English in the future, too. When I became a university student, my subjects are almost about English language. To study English is fresh for me, and I can know much knowledge of foreign countries and foreigner's idea. Therefore I like English and I am interested in English. So I would like to write about my language learning story. I want to write about past, present and future.

First, they are about future. I will take the examination of TOIEC during the university life, so the score will be over 600. The score is as same as the second English certificate class. I have heard that taking the examination of TOIEC is useful for job hunting before. So I want to study hard and get a good score. If I have the good score, I can have a confidence and it helps me to job hunting. When I become a member of society, I want to travel abroad with my friends. I will visit a lot of countries, and I want to touch the culture in various countries. Therefore I should be able to speak English, so I don't have to stop the study of English. When I am in foreign country, I am not trouble and I want to speak in English with a local person.

Second, I will tell about my past. When I was in kindergarten, I often watch an education television. There was an English program in that. It was the first time for me to speak English. When I was in junior high school, I didn't like English, because I didn't study English. So my English test was very bad. I became to like English, because of entrance exam for high school. If I did not study hard, I fail into the high school which I wanted to go. Then I studied English hard, so I could understand English little by little. When I was in high school, I also studied English hard. So I like English better than other subjects. In especially, I like reading English, so I often read an English book. When I was third grade of high-school, I decided to a college which is able to learn English soon. Because I wanted to study English more.

Finally, there are about present. When I enter the K.G.U., the almost subjects related to English, so I was surprised. I really thought I was able to study English. There are some foreign teachers in K.G.U. They teach us English, and there is little Japanese in the classes. So we need some listening and speaking ability. I have never spoken foreigner before, so I am sometimes puzzled and I think that I have to study English more. But I think it is a good chance to study English. When I entered K.G.U., I learned the second foreign language. It was French. It was interesting for me. I learned the grammar, the figures, and words and so on. And I realized that there are a lot of French in my surroundings. If I did not study French, I have never realized that. So learning the language expands our outlook on the world.

I want to polish my English skill. In the future, I will be able to speak in English with foreigner. And I want to go travel abroad. In the past, I did not like English. But I studied English hard, so I knew the English interest. In the present, I learned French and I realized that language make me expand outlook on the world. I want to study more, and I want to enhance my university life.

(611 words)

Proto- Portfolios

2009-11-25T11:38:00.005+09:00

Intro
・past
・present
・future

Past
・I watched TV about English when I was in preschool.
・I learned Roman language when I was in elementary school.
・I studied English when I was in junior high school and high school.

Present
・I often talk with foreigner in K.G.U.
・I learned about French in K.G.U.

Future
・When I go to abroad in future, I can talk with local foreigner.
・I will be able to call in English.

(84 words)

BR 2-08: Hansel and Gretel

2009-11-23T21:42:00.006+09:00

I read a book. The book's title is Hansel and Gretel. The story is famous, but I don't know much. So I want to read it.

Hansel and Gretel were very poor, and their stepmother was very scared. So their dinner was only a slice of bread. They were always starving. They finished eating dinner, so they went to their room to sleep. When they were into their bed, they heard nagging downstairs. The stepmother said "Tomorrow, we'll take Hansel and Gretel deep into the forest, and leave them there!" When they heard that, they were scared, but Hansel had an idea. At the night, he tiptoed outside. There were a lot of white pebbles that gleamed in the moonlight. He collected as many as he could and stuffed them into his pocket.

The next day, the stepmother asked them to walk in forest. Hansel squeezed Gretel's hand as they left the house, pretending they knew nothing. Finally, the stepmother said "The children should rest." And the father and mother walked away. But Hansel did not in a hurry, because he put the stone on the passed road. So they could come back their home. But the mother was not happy. She decided to leave them in more deep forest tomorrow. So Hansel crumbled the bread along the way to leave the trail. Soon, the trees were so thick, so they blocked out the sky. And the mother and woodcutter also left them.

When they also went back home, the bread disappeared, because many birds ate that. They were very trouble. They couldn't come back their home. By morning, Hansel still didn't have a plan. So he decided to walk until they find the edge of the forest. They walked all the day, and there were a little house. The house was made by sweets, so the wall and the roof and the windows were able to eat. They were very happy, and they ate that. But there was an old woman in the house. The woman was a nasty witch, so Gretel confined her in the oven.

Safe at last, Hansel and Gretel searched the witch's house for goodies. They took some jewels and a basket of snacks, and then set off the trees. The birds showed them they way home. The woodcutter was overjoyed to see them. As for their stepmother ? She wasn't there. They lived happily.

When I finished reading this book, I was able to understand all the story. I didn't know why they made the tail of bread, but I know now. The stepmother was bad woman, but Hansel and Gretel were very strong and kind. I thought good to this story finished by happy end. I gave spirits from the story. I want to read it again.

(463 words)

Speaking question answer

2009-11-22T12:45:00.001+09:00

Hello.　Our group’s survey is about a new food place, so we searched 120 people. And the result of survey is this one.

1. 18 years old (2), 19 years old (55), 20 years old (48), 21 years old (13), 22 years old (2)

2. Kumamoto (96), Fukuoka (10), Miyazaki (3), Saga( 3), Oita(2), Nagasaki (4), Kagoshima (2)

3. Yes (79) No (41)

4. Yes (77) No (43)

5. Yes (64) No (56)

6. Yes (112) No (8)

7. Yes (72) No (48)

8. Yes (94) No (16)

9. Yes (52) No (68)

10. Answer the Yes →・I like delicious food.・Eating lunch is fun.

Answer the No →.・I have no money. ・I like cheap and delicious food.

11. Yes (108) No (12)

12. Yes (82) No (32)

13. Yes (92) No (18)

14. Answer the Yes →・There are few food places in K.G.U.　・I want to eat other food.

Answer the No → ・I’m satisfied with food place. ・I don’t use food place in K.G.U.

15. Yes (22) No (98)

16. Yes (32) No (88)

17. Yes (72) No (48)

18. Yes (118) No (2)

19. a. (2) b. (73) c. (42) d. (3)

20. ＆ 21. a. (62) → ・I’m Japanese. ・I like rice.　

b. (53) → ・I like hamburger. ・I like pasta.

c. (3) → ・I like hard food.

d. (2) → ・I like Korean food.

22. a. (83) b. (26) c. (6) d. (5)

23. ＆24. a. (22) →・There are many lunch menus. The lunch is cheap and delicious.

b. (42) →・I like bread. ・There is good mood.

c. (11) →・There are many friends who are same circle.　

d. (5) →・There are many people in food place, so the classroom is calm.

25. ＆26. a. (47) →・I don’t like have money. I like fast food.

　　　　 b. (38) →・Cleans room is important.

c. (32) →・Delicious food makes me happy.　

　　　　d. (3) →・I don’t like eating out.

27. a. (43) b. (38) c. (35) d. (4)

28. ＆ 29. a. (23) →・There are many menus.

　　　　　b. (32) →・Fast food is cheap. ・I like Mc. Donald.

c. (58) →・I like café.　・I like coffee.

d. (7) →・I want ice cream shop. ・I like udon.

(414 words)

JOB

2009-11-18T23:28:00.005+09:00

Hello!! I worked my part-time job with my friends last Saturday and Sunday. My friends were Hikari and Manami. The part-time job was event stuff. We did not know anything, so we were excited. We had to get together in RKK at 6:45 a.m. last Saturday. When I listened to that first, I was surprised because of the early time. But I am not weak in the morning, so I thought that I did not get up late. I went to bed at 11:00 p.m. last Friday, and I got up at 5:00 a.m. next morning. Then the sun did not rise, so the outside was dark and very cold. I wared a lot of clothes, and I left my house at 6:10 a.m. I went there by car. Of course, the driver was my mother. I don't have a drivers license. We didn't have breakfast, so we decided to go to McDonald and buy two hot apple pies and hot coffees. They were very delicious, so I could eat more.

When I arrived at RKK, there were few people there, but Hikari and Manami were not there. It was very cold, so I decided to wait in the bus. After a few minutes, my friends arrived. We didn't know where we worked in. I often get carsickness, so I was sleepy during the moving. When I got up, I was in Saga. And my job was to sell the popcorn with Hikari. We have never cooked the popcorn before, so we were excited. There were two machines to cook the popcorn. But one of machine broke down, so we had to cook one machine. We needed much time to cook popcorn. When I noticed, the long parade was made. We wanted to give it early, but we couldn't. We apologized to many guests, and we were very tired. It was about 3:00 a.m. to come the new machine, but there were few people at that time. We thought today was a hard day.

When we came back in Kumamoto, the time was 7:30 p.m. Manami and I stayed in Hikari's house. The dinner was curry. We have stayed her house three times, and her mother always cooked us delicious dinner. Thank you, Hikari's mother!! After I finished eating dinner, so I was very sleepy. I stepped into a bath, and I washed my teeth. I readied to be sleep. Manami and Hikari talked and used PC and watched TV. I also watched TV, but I was sleepy soon. We had to work the next day, so we had to get up early. I set on alarm.

I got up at 5:00 a.m. I wanted to sleep more, but we would be late if I was sleep again. I washed my face with the cold water, so I could awakes clearly. We went out as much as yesterday. But the day was different from last Saturday, because we could use two machines. So we finished working without difficulty.

When we came back in Kumamoto, we stopped in Hirokawa Inter. And we bought waffles. The taste was blueberry cheese, and it was delicious. The two days happened to many things, but we had a good experience, and we got much salary. I want to work again!!

(545 words)

Essay 2-02b: Coca-Cola and Pepsi

2009-11-17T19:21:00.007+09:00

I like Coca-Cola and Pepsi, so I often drink those. However I don't know the different of the two. Though both Coca-Cola and Pepsi are popular soft drink, there are differences between the two. So I wanted to look into various aspects.

First I examined Coca-Cola. The history was surprised for me. There was a medical treatment master. His name was Pem berton. He hit on the development of the medical liquor. And he developed it in 1885. The name was French・Wine・Coca. One day, he had mixed the soda water with it by chance. But it was delicious, so he added syrup in it, and he began to sell it. It is the Coca-Cola now. He happened to make the Coca-Cola.

Next it is sales of Coca-Cola. It has sold about 2.6 trillion yen a year. It shows that it is drunken 13 hundred million cups a day by people. It is a remarkable figure!! And it is said that there are only two people who know how to make Coca-Cola. The two people don't ride on the same airport because of preventing the secret.

Second I examined Pepsi. The history of Pepsi was different from that of Coca-Cola. Keyreb Bradhum who was a medical treatment master sold a drink. The drink was a medical treatment medicine to cure a suffering from indigestion. The drink contained pepsin which was indigestion ferment, so it named Pepsi cola by him. But Pepsi was not popular than Coca-Cola, so they began to sell it with the beer bottle whose amount of content is larger than the bottle of Coca-Cola. Therefore management of Pepsi goes well now.

The sales of Pepsi are not more than that of Coca-Cola. But it has sold about 350 hundred million yen a year. It was sold in about 200 countries. It is famous that they have a lot of kinds and an ordinal taste. For example, they sold Pepsi azuki, Pepsi siso and Pepsi nex.

I was very surprised about the history of Coca-Cola. It was made by chance, and it has become a very popular drink. On the other hand, Pepsi made many kinds of the taste, and it becomes popular now. I think the idea of Pepsi is a reason for its popularity. It is great that Coca-Cola and Pepsi complete each other, so there will be a lot of more excellent goods.

(401 words)

BR 2-07: A Night Out

2009-11-10T22:41:00.004+09:00

I read a book now. The book's title was A Night Out. The book has a CD, so I also listened to it. When I borrowed the book, I always think that I feel gained feeling. So we are able to read and listen. But I want to borrow the long story more next time.

The story was about a night party. In Friday night, Ruf and his friend Ruby was taken to the school dance by Ruf's mum. I was surprised, because such a thing is impossible in Japan. My
parent will not take me the night party. I think America is different from Japan again.

There were a lot of kids inside. Some were laughing and shouting over the music. Some were eating and drinking. But no one was dancing. Ruby wanted to dance, so Ruby grabbed his hand and took him out into the middle of the room. But he wouldn't dance then, because there were some boys who shouted out to him. He did not hear what they said, but they were laughing at him surely. She encouraged him, and said "If you don't dance, you will not have fun." And she started dancing. She did not look at the boys, so she was having a fun time. When he looked her, he started dancing, too. He was very fun, because he did just what he wanted to do.

When he had fun, he stopped and looked around. Then, all kids were coming over to dance with them. And no one is looking at him. After that, his mother came back to take them. When they came back their home, he said her mother that " It was good fun."

I thought that it is the best to do what I want to, so I can't be fun. It's great they danced the party. I want to do a night party in school, so we can make friends more. And we are able to spend our school life.

(331 words)

I'm happy

2009-11-09T20:53:00.004+09:00

Hello. I have good news today!! It is that I passed a qualification of travel. I'm very happy now.

I started to study it from May. I don't have a qualification, so I thought that I should have any qualifications. Then I hited on that, because my friend has already taken it. When I heard that, I wanted to take it, too. The exam is not easy. If we want to pass the exam, we have to study hard. The subjects have divided into three. There are travel agency law, travel industry stipulation and sightseeing spot reason. And sightseeing spot reasons the most difficult of the tree, so I studied the subject most.

The exam was held on September. I studied it every day during summer vacation. I often went to a library of K.G.U., and I studied it about 6 hours in the day with coerce. The day which was not a course, I studied about 8 hours. But I thought that I had to study more. When the exam was near, I often had the dream. The dream was that I failed in one's exam. I was tensed every day.

When I came back from college last Friday, there was a paper in my desk. The paper was from a post office. But I didn't become aware then, because I was busy for my part-time job. After that, when I cleaned my room yesterday, I remembered the paper. I watched it again. Then I was very surprised, because the address was from the travel association. I understood it for a moment that it was a notice about the travel exam. I asked my mother. And she answered that the post man visited my home to pass the delivery thing last Friday, but there was not person in my home then. Therefore he posted the paper. The paper said that information of mail keeping.

I called post office today, and the post man said that came to my home from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. of today. While he came my home, I didn't calm. And the post man visited my home about 8:00 p.m. I singed the delivery thing, and I opened the envelope. There was notification of acceptance in that. I was happy then and I am happy now. I think that I may study hard. It is a good experience for me!! I passed the exam, so I got 20,000 yen from college!!! But the course's charge and the exam's charge were very high, so I will give the money to my parent. The travel exam was in domestic, so I would like to take the exam of overseas next year.

I would like to take qualification more next year. Next, I will take a TOIEC. I study English during spring vacation, and I want to take it in April or May. And I want to gain confidence from the good result.

(486 words)

BR 2-06: ARHUR AND THE SCHOOL PET

2009-11-08T20:54:00.003+09:00

I borrowed four books, and read a book today. The title was ARTHUR AND THE SCHOOL PET. I often read some books of Arther series. They were very interesting, so I want to read it again. And the pictures were cute.

The story was about D.W. who was Arthur's sister and her school's pet. Her school keeps a gerbil. But there were Christmas vacation, so anyone had to take it home for the holidays. Then D.W. took it. Its name was Speedy, and Speedy was speedy. She had to be careful. When D.W. went to home, Arthur helped D.W. carry it home in his cage.

D.W. kept Speedy in her room. She played with him, and she tried to teach it to stand on one paw. She told it " Be a ballerina. And I'll give you this cheese." On Christmas Eve, she put its cage under the Christmas tree. She thought that Santa will bring a present for it, too. After she went to bed, Arthur put a piece of cheese in its cage. It was a present for Speedy.

The next morning, she saw its cage. Then she was very surprised, because the cage was empty!!
Her family looked under the sofa and behind the presents and all around living room. But it was not anywhere. Then Arthur looked up at the tree, and it was on top of the tree. It was eating a piece of cheese and standing on one paw. She thought that it was a ballerina!! She felt happy then.

Somehow it got out of his cage three more times. Once they found it under the cake box, and he was eating carrot cake. One they found it sleeping in her dollhouse. And once they found it in his snow boot.

It was the day before of the going to school day. She wanted it to give a bath. She said that her mother. Then it took off like lightning!! It would not into a bath. They looked upstairs and downstairs and boxes and closets. But no one could find it. After all, she decided to sleep. She crawled under the covers. Then she felt something warm and furry. It was a Speedy!! They slept together.

The story made me warm. I want to keep a gerbil. Keeping a pet is very important for us, so we know that life is very precious. I have a dog, too. He was very cute. I like to play with him. I would like to keep him forever. I love him.

(431 words)

News Quiz

2009-11-04T23:48:00.003+09:00

Questions

1) Foreign minister Kastuya Okada met president Asif Ali Zardari. Is he the president of what country?

2) Where airport dose trance minister Maehara want into a hub?

3) Where was the country that fired 5 short-range missiles?

4) How many dams did Minister Sumio Mabuchi intend to reexamine the project evolutions?

5) The national police agency plans some support centers. Whom was it made for?

6) Metropolitan polices are planning to make own team as early as next month. What is it the team?

7) Suntory developped a rose of the new color. What color is it?

8) Nagasaki and Hiroshima cooperated in the same purpose. What is it?

9) The woman took economic Nobel prize for the first time. What country is she in?

10) Who is the youngest professional golf player that took part in the presidents cup?

ANSWER

1) Pakistan
2) Haneda airport
3) North Korea
4) 87
5) sex crime victims
6) Baseball team
7) Blue
8) The Olympics in 2020
9) America
10) Ryou Ishikawa

(172words)

Speaking question

2009-11-04T23:17:00.003+09:00

1. What is your name?
2. How old are you?
3. Where are you from?
4. What is the hobby do you have?
5. Do you have a circle, club actives, the learning?
6. Do you have a part-time job?

1. Do you like eating out?
2. Do you bring a lunch box?
3. Do you eat lunch with your friends?

1. How much money can you pay for lunch?
a. 0 yen b. 0~300 yen c. 300~700 yen d. 700 yen~

2. What kinds of food do you like?
a. Japanese food b. Western food c. Chinese food d. other ( )

Why?( )

3. Whom do you eat lunch with?
a. classmate b. circle c. boyfriends or girlfriends d. others

4. Where do you eat for lunch in K.G.U?
a. school canteen b. bakery c. louson d. other

Why?( )

5. What is the point that is the most important in a restaurant?
a. price b. food c. taste d. other

6. What is the point that you want to go to same restaurant again?
a. service b. price c. mood d. taste

7. Which restaurant do you want to go if there is a restaurant in K.G.U?
a. family restaurant b. fast food c. cafe d. other ( )

Why?( )

(214 words)

BR 2-05: Young Cam Jansen

2009-11-03T11:27:00.003+09:00

I read a book last night. The book's title was Young Cam Jansen and the Zoo Note Mystery.

Cam Jasen and Eric Shelton are good friends. They always go to school by school bus. They were going to go to the zoo on the day. But there was a condition to go to the zoo. It was the note which was signed by their parent. Without the note, they can't go to the trip. And Eric brought the note the day. He always forgot where he put things. On the other hand, Cam has amazing memory. Cam's real name is Jennifer, but because of her great memory people called her "The Camera." Soon "The Camera" became just "Cam." When he showed the note to Cam, he looked for his right pants pocket and left pants pocket. Finally, he found the note in his shirt pocket. When they were in the school bus, he opened the lunch box and showed it to Cam. Then the bus arrived at the school, so he put on everything back and closed his lunch box. And they hurried off the bus.

When they came in their classroom, Eric told his teacher that he brought the note. And he reached into his right pans pocket, left pants pocket and short pocket. But there was not the note. He said " I had it on the bus." "Check the hall." the teacher said. Eric and Cam checked the hall. After that, they went to the office. They waited the ask if someone had found the note. Then she thought that Eric dropped it on the bus. And they looked on the bus seats and under them. But they didn't find the note. They thought a moment. Cam hit on. Maybe he put it in his jacket pocket. But it was not in the jacket pocket. He started to give it up. He was sad, because he brought the note but there wasn't it anywhere. At that time, Cam remembered. She knew where to find his note. It was in the lunch box!! Eric got his lunch box, and opened it. Then he found the note. He was very happy, and he was able to go to the zoo. He thanks to Cam. And they went to the zoo happily.

I think Cam has great memory. It is sure that she called Cam. If I was Eric, I was in hurry. When I was a school child, I wanted to go to the zoo absolutely. It was really good to find his note.

(424 words)

Essay 2-02a: Coca-Cola and Pepsi

2009-11-01T17:31:00.006+09:00

I like Coca-Cola and Pepsi, so I often drink that. But I don't know the different of the two. Both of that are popular in all over the world. I wanted to examine about the history, the popularity rating and other different.

First I examined about Coca-Cola. The history was surprised for me. There was a medical treatment master. His name was Pem berton. He hit on the development of the medical liquor. And he developed it in 1885. The name was French・Wine・Coca. One day, he had mixed the soda water with it by chance. But it was delicious, so he added syrup in it, and he began to sell it. It is the Coca-Cola now. He happened to make the Coca-Cola.

Next it is sales of Coca-Cola. It has sold about 2.6 trillion yen a year. It shows that it is drunken 13 hundred million cups a day by people. It is a remarkable figure!! And it is said that there are only two people who know how to make Coca-Cola. The two people don't ride on the same airport because of preventing the secret.

Second I examined about Pepsi. Pepsi changed mixing that like stock solution of Coca-Cola. And they sold it. But it was not popular than Coca-Cola, so they began to sell it with the beer bottle whose amount of content is larger than the bottle of Coca-Cola. And the cost was as same as Coca-Cola. Therefore management of Pepsi goes well now.

The sales of Pepsi are not more than that of Coca-Cola. But it has sold about 350 hundred million yen a year. It was sold in about 200 countries. It is famous that they have a lot of kinds and an ordinal taste. For example, they sold Pepsi azuki, Pepsi siso and Pepsi nex. And they have a lot of websites. The websites are different in each country, so we would not get tired.

I was very surprised about the history of Coca-Cola. It was happened to make, and it has became a very popular drink now. On the other hand, Pepsi devises the taste and websites. I think the effort is a popular reason. It is great that Coca-Cola and Pepsi complete each other, so there will be a lot of more excellent goods.

(386 words)

BR 2-04: More Macdonalds

2009-10-31T22:33:00.004+09:00

I read a book. The title was More MocDonalds. The book's picture was very cute, so I wanted to borrow this book.

The story was about McDonald family. Dad planned to build a new house and he told his sons and daughter about that at morning. Then the twins were worried, because they thought they had to leave their friends and the school and the park. But they didn't need to move. Bad planed that they were going to build extra rooms on the side of their house. And the house was their new bedroom. But the twins began to fight about the new bedroom.

MacDonald family member were dad, mother, Mouse, Jojo and Pip. Jojo and Mouse were in same bedroom and they always sleep in same room. Jojo and Mouse have a double-deck bed. If Jojo turned over in her sleep, she made both the beds shake. Mouse thought that when he turned over, he didn't make Jojo shake. And he could see a face in the pattern on the wallpaper. It was there every night, smiling at him. It watched while he slept. Then Mouse thought. He knew what he was going to do in the morning.

At the breakfast time the next day Mouse told an announcement. He said that " I want to Jojo to have the new room when it is ready." Everyone looked at him. And Mam asked him "What made you change your mind?" He said simply that "I like the old room."

When I finished reading this book, I felt admiration. I have an older brother and a younger sister. And my room is the biggest of other rooms. First, my room was my brother's room. But I wanted the biggest room, so my brother transferred me. Then I thought my brother was very kind. Mouse is also very kind. I think Jojo must be happy. I would like to learn him.

(320 words)

BR 2-03: Noises in the Night

2009-10-29T13:31:00.006+09:00

I read a book. The title was Noises in the Night. The book has a CD, so we can listen to the story. First, I read a book and listen to the CD. When I read the book, I didn't understand the story perfectly. But I could understand, because I listen to the CD. It is good for me to listen to the CD. It becomes study of listening and reading. I want to borrow the book which has a CD.

The story was little scary. Jess went to stay with her friend Carla for the night. Carla has a lot of animals. There are three birds, five cats and one little dog, so her house was always lively. They pend watching TV and playing with Carla's pets. And it was the time when they went to bed.

Carla got into bed. But Jess stayed up, because she did not want to go to sleep. Then she heard the noise. She was very scary, so she tried to get up Carla. But she did not have her hearing-aid in. She stayed asleep. She heard the noise again from outside the window. She went to near the window.

Sitting at the window was one of Carla's cats. It looked like that it wanted to come inside, so she helped it in. Then she noticed one thing. The cat was making that noise. She was relieved, and she went to the bed.

When I was child, I didn't like to go to bed alone. I thought that night was very scary, so I agreed Jess's feeling. I thought it was very good that the noise's criminal was cat. The book was interesting!!

(280 words)

Sites I my review

2009-10-28T11:32:00.002+09:00

＊ coca-cola http://www.coca-cola.com/index.jsp
• The website uses many pictures and it is colorfull. When I watch it, I'm fun.

＊pepsi http://www.pepsi.co.jp/menu.html
• Pepsi has a lot of factory in the world. I want to drink many kinds of pepsi.

Hello!!

2009-10-27T20:04:00.004+09:00

Hello. I'm Jessica. I'm from Canada. Canada is very great place. There is very cold in winter, but there is cool in summer. Kumamoto is very hot and wet in summer, so I felt uncomfortable. The
Famous food of Canada is maple. It is sweet and delicious. If you eat that, you put the maple on the pancake. I think it is delicious more!! I love how to eat it.

I'm 24 years old. My job is weather announcer. I reflect in the television every day, so I have to be beautiful and must not be cold. I always get up at 3:00 a.m., and the weather news stars at 6:00 a.m. I have to get up early, so I sleep soon when I come back home. I am living alone. I do housework every day. My good dish is a beef stew. If I cook it, I always cook it two days. The taste is very good, I think. I have a boyfriend. His name is Steven. He is very cool. His job is a doctor. We went to same university, and we were same club. When I saw him first, I fell in love. And he also felt same thing with me. We have passed three years since we associated. He loves my stew, so I often cook it.

I like watching movie. If I am free time, I always watch a movie. My favorite movie is 'Green mile'. The movie is very impressed. I watched it first, I was very shocked and sad. I used a box of tissues. Please watch it once!! The movie is long, but you won't repent. And I watched 'Wonted' these days. The movie was also interesting. The movie's hero is very cool and wild. He was very weak and unreliable first, but he became strong step by step. The movie has action and suspense. You will be able to watch it soon.

I hate smoking. I don't want every people to smoke. I cannot ride on the car if the driver smokes. I cannot stand the smell, so I would feel sick in the car. And I don't like to stick my dress of the smell. Smoking is not good for healthy, so I think everyone should stop to smoke.

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I listened to music in last speaking class. The music title is 'Move it on Over'. The music was very good. But I couldn't listen to the words of a song perfectly, so I would like to check it.

6. Now my key, it don't fit no more
7. So get it on over scoot it on over
9. This dog house here is mighty small
11. So ease it on over drag it on over
13. She told me not to play around
15. So pack it on over Tate it on over
16.Move over nice dog cause a bad dog's moving in
24. Move over good dog cause a mad dog's moving in
27.So shove it on over sweep move it on over

I made a mistake with these red words. I want to listen to this song again. I would like to do my best more next class.

(532 words)

Essay 2-01b: My favorite places

2009-10-25T10:03:00.014+09:00

I have a lot of favorite places. If there is not the place, I have a lot of stress. I think the places are very important for me to live every day. My room and a sea are in particular my favorite places.

The first place I’d like to tell about in my room. My favorite place is my room, because I'm able to be relaxed there. There are no people in my room, so I don't have to care about a person. I like there being at alone. I always read a book, or listen to music, or sleeping in my room.

There are a bed, three cushions, a table, a shelf and TV in my room. My favorite thing is a cushion. There are three cushions, and one cushion is very big among three. And the big cushion is soft. I am comfortable when I sit on the cushion. I bought it in Nitori. It is cheap, and the form and color is also good. I think that I did good shopping. I am satisfied about my room. However I want to have a plant in my room now. There was a plant before, but I didn't take care of it properly, so it died. Therefore I want to grow the plant again, and I want to take the room where is full of green!!

Next is the sea. There are many seas in Japan, but I like all seas. I always go there by car with my family or my friends. When I found the sea first, I thought it was very big puddle!!

I like to watch the sea in all seasons. For example, I like the sea of the summer to shine by solar light and the winter sea of the winter when the sea breeze is cold. When I watch the sea and hear the sound of the wave, I'm comfortable. The sea is beautiful and big. When I was tired or troubled, I went to the sea and got spirit from it. But I don't like to swim in the sea, because the seawater is hot. If I drink it or catch sight, I can't stand. I like to watch the sea only!! My grandfather and grandmother's house is near the sea, so I'm always happy to go to their house. However, when I leave their house, I feel lonely and I want to go there again.

I need to have my favorite places. My room gives me healing every day. To sleep in the bed, to read a book and to eat the sweet are stress relieving for me. And the sea gives me a lot of spirit. The sea is not only a beautiful place but also place of cleaning the heart. Both of the places are important for me.

(469 words)

☆　Cake ☆

2009-10-20T17:26:00.009+09:00

I love cakes. I don't eat a cake frequently. When I eat it, it is the day which someone's birthday.If I eat a cake every day, I don't like it. Because I sometimes eat the cake, I think that I'm delicious.

My mother and I went to shopping on last Friday. We went to Hansin department store. Then my mothered want to eat a cake, so we decided to buy a cake. There were a lot of cake shops in the first floor and the first floor under ground. We were troubled very much. Halloween is near now, so there were many pumpkin desserts. For example, there were a pumpkin putting, a pumpkin pie, a pumpkin Mont Blane and a pumpkin cake. What I like the best food is pumpkin, so all cakes seemed to be delicious. But we brought a chocolate cake, because it was a big size and cheap. The cake was a tiramisu. When I found it, I decided to buy it soon. And my mother also thought about a thing same as me, too.

We went to home with the cake. I like to eat a cake and coffee together. It is at the time of supreme bliss for me. The cake was delicious. When I ate it the day, it wasn't someones birthday. But I could eat a cake, so I was happy more.

And the next day, I cooked a rare cheesecake with my friend. My friend 's name is Aoi. We cooked the cake in my house. But I have never cooked the cake in my house, because I didn't know how to use oven. I was very worry.

She came to my house at 11:00 a.m. But we didn't decide what cake we made, so we examined it on the Internet. We examined how to cook many cakes. And we decided to cook a banana muffin. It looked delicious, and we wanted to eat it most!! I put it down the recipe, and we went to the supermarket near my house to buy the materials. We had to buy many materials, and we were worry that we were able to cook it well. Then I found a box. The box is in almost materials to cook the Rare cheesecake. If we cook it, we should prepare milk only. And we were able to cook it easily, so it was not necessary to worry about a mistake!! We decided to cook it instead of a banana muffin.

After shopping, we came back my house and cooked rare cheesecake. First, we cooked a cookie. It becomes the outside of the rare cheesecake. The recipe said we pour milk 7.5 cc. But we couldn't measure it, so we poured about 7.5 cc. We poured it, and we aware that we poured too much, because the cookie was moistened. But we didn't mind it. Next, we cooked rare cheese. It cooked well. Finally, we matched a cookie and rare cheese, and we cooled it with refrigerate for 30 minutes.

During the cooled it, we talked about many topics, so I felt that 30 minutes were very fast. The rare cheesecake looks was not good, but the taste was great!! The cookie was soft, and it was also delicious. We spent a very happy holiday. I will cook more difficult cake, and I want to become a master made with a cake!! And I want to eat my cake.

(572 words)

BR 2-02: Burglar's Breakfast

2009-10-19T19:41:00.003+09:00

I read a book yesterday. The story was about burglar. The burglar's name is Alfie. He always steals a lot of things. After he was hard work, he liked to go home to a tasty breakfast. His breakfast is main meal of the day for him, so he always ate at least three courses.

When he arrive at the his house, he was very hungry. And he wanted to eat cornflakes, so he tried to find it. But he couldn't find it. Then, he noticed a trail of cornflakes leading out of the door. And the trail continued the street. He realized that someone had stolen his cornflakes, so he decided to get back his breakfast. Alfie followed the cornflake trail, and he found the cornflake burglar. He was surprised, because the burglar was a goat!! He said nothing and leave the goat.

On his way home, he thought that he ate the scrambled egg instead of cornflakes. But the eggs were also stolen by a fox. And the sugar was stolen by many ants. He wanted to cook the waffles, but he didn't want to stole them, so he gave up. Alfile felt hungry and very, very cross. Therefore, he ate the breakfast in the cafe.

I think a person is not able to do wrong thing. The book was very interesting.

(223 words)

Essay 2-01a: My favorite places

2009-10-18T10:21:00.009+09:00

I have a lot of favorite places. If there is not the place, I have a lot of stress. I think the places are very important for me to live every day. My room and sea are my favorite places in particular.

First, my favorite place is my room, because I'm able to be relaxed there. There are no people in my room, so I don't have to care about a person. I like there being at alone. I always read a book, or listen to music, or sleeping in my room. But I don' t watch the TV, because the TV is not able to be relaxed for me. There are a bed, three cushions, a table, a shelf and TV in my room. My favorite thing is a cushion. There are three cushions, and one cushion is very big among three. And the big cushion is soft. I am comfortable when I sit on the cushion. I bought it in Nitori. It is cheap, and the form and color is also good. I think that I did good shopping. I want to have a plant in my room now. There was a plant before, but I didn't take care it properly, so it died. Therefore I want to grow the plant again, and I want to take the room where is full of green!!

Next is the sea. I like to watch the sea in all seasons. For example, I like the sea of the summer to shine by solar light and the winter sea of the winter when the sea breeze is cold. When I watch the sea, I'm comfortable. The sea is beautiful and big. When I was tired or troubled, I went to the sea and got spirit from it. But I don't like to swim in the sea, because the seawater is hot. If I drink it or catch sight, I can't stand. I like to watch the sea only!! My grandfather and grandmother's house is near the sea, so I'm always happy to go to their house. I want to go there again.

I need to have my favorite places. My room gives me healing every day. To sleep in the bed, to read a book and to eat the sweet are stress relieving for me. And the sea gives me a lot of spirit.
The sea is not only beautiful place but also place of cleaning the heart. Both of the places are important for me.

(413 words)

My part-time job

2009-10-12T15:39:00.010+09:00

Hello. I worked as the event stuff last Saturday.

My part-time job destroyed in August, so I don' t have a part-time job. I didn't know work, so I don't have money. I need much money. Then my friend induced a part-time job to me. When I heard that, I was happy, because I got money!! Of course, I said "Yes".

The event was a RKK radio festival. My work was to distribute many round fauns. I worked it with Hikari. I got up at 6:00 a.m. last Saturday. The work gathered at 7:30 a.m., so I had to get up early. It was good weather in that morning, and I was comfaortable. The set place was a Karasima Park. I wet there by bicycle. I was cold, because I went there in the morning. When I arrived the park, there were some people.I thought that they were the event stuff too. At 8:45 a.m., we were ordered by the person in charge. I and Hikari distributed a lot of round fauns. I distributed it in Shinnsigai, and Hikari was in Karasima Park.

There were few people in Shinsigai, because it was a in the morning. I wanted to distribute it, but I couldn't do that. At around 12:00 a.m., people decreased, so I worked hard. But almost people didn't receive it. I was sad. Almost young people didn't receive it in particular. On the other hand, many old people received it. And there were some person who said me that Thank you. When I heard that, I became the feeling that I would try hard more!! I thank them. And I will receive a handbill.

Hikari and I ate lunch at 1:30 a.m. We were very hungry, so the lunch was delicious. There were a lot of people in the RKK radio festival. There were a lot of branches in Karasima park and Hansin, so I smelled the branch's food. I didn't go to a festival in this summer vacation, so it was good opportunity for me.

We took a break for one hour, and I worked again. We distributed it at 5:00 p.m. I kept on standing all the time, so I was very tired. But we had to work by 7:30 p.m.

Rumiko koyanagi came for the event. Rumiko Koyanagi is a famous person, so many person came in the park. After distributing it, I guarded the event. When I looked Rumiko Koyanagi, I didn't believe that she is around 60. She is thinner, and very beautiful. I was moved. After the event finished, we cleared it off by 7:30 p.m.

The salary delivered by hands in that day, so I would be careful to use the money. When I got the money, I want to use it soon. But I was stand, so I came back the house soon. When I arrived at home, the time was 8:00 p.m. I worked about 11 hours. I didn't eat dinner. But I didn't eat dinner, because I was too tired. I went to the bath, and I ate a putting, so I went to bed.

Last Saturday was very hard for me. But I'm able to know that it is hard to earn money. I want to work again!!

(534 words)

BR 2-01: SHAWN and KEEPER

2009-10-09T21:16:00.004+09:00

I read a book yesterday. The book's title was SHAWN and KEEPER. The book made me happy.

A boy and a dog appear in the book. The boy's name is Shawn and the dog's name is Keeper. They were born on the same day, so they grew up together. When Shawn was a baby, Keeper was a puppy. When Shawn was one year old, Keeper was one year too. And their birthday approaches, so it is tomorrow.

They are going to be six. They are looking forward to eat a birthday cake!! The cake is made by Shawn's mother. They prepared for a birthday party. For example, Shawn blew up balloons and invited a lot of friends.

Shawn enjoyed with Keeper and his friends on the birthday party. They ate hot dogs, chips and drinks. It came the time when they eat a cake. But there were not cake, and Keeper also disappeared. Shawn and his friends looked for the cake and Keeper. Then Shawn's father and Keeper appeared, and he had a cake. It was surprise!! Shawn was very moved, so ate the cake. After that, they opened their presents, they howled with joy!!

I didn't experience such their birthday party. I thought wonderful that he got a surprise. I want to do it for my family or friends.

(220 words)

Our vacation

2009-10-08T19:36:00.004+09:00

I talked with a lot of people by a speaking class. The class was about summer vacation. There were some questions, and find someone who can answer yes to my questions. If I can find the person, I have to write the person's name. It is a good chance, because I can speak almost classmates. And I'm able to remember their name. I think the university dose not have the connection of the class than a high school. But our department is closer than other department, because our department has these classes. I think it is good for me.

I didn't travel outside of Kyushu during vacation, but I went to Fukuoka twice. I went there for sightseeing in first time. In second time, I went to there to take the travel exam. I thought that Fukuoka was a big city, because there are many high buildings, many cars and a lot of people. I was surprised that twice. And the travel exam was held in Fukuoka College of Economics. The college was very big and very beautiful. I was at a loss, because it was large. But I could know such a large college.

My friends went to many places in summer vacation. For example, Hikari went to America. She said to America was very interesting and good place. I want to go there someday. I thought that Hikari spent wonderful summer vacation. But I found someone who didn't have a good vacation. It was Saeko, because she had a lot of part-time job. She couldn't enjoyed in summer vacation. I'm sorry her, but I thought she could earned a lot of money. We have two summer vacations more, so she will be able to enjoy next vacation.

I knew that there were many persons who went to Amakusa. Amakusa is near in Kumamoto city, and there are many seas, so it was good place for us in summer vacation. Hiromi and Kumi also went to Amakusa. They went there to do a BBQ and to swim in the sea. I was not able to swim in the sea, so I was enviable. But I didn't buy a swim wear in this summer, so I want to buy it next year. And I will go to swim in the sea. I want to go to a Mogusi shore, because the sea is famous for a beautiful sea. I have to diet from today!!

Around the end of a class, we listen to a song. The song's title was Cold Cold Heart. The song was sung by many singers. When we listen to the song, we write the song's text. I didn't listening long time, so it was difficult for me. I thought that I have to study English more. I will do my best next time.

(467 words)

Outline : Favorite places

2009-10-07T12:01:00.004+09:00

• my bed
-relax
-sleep

• my room
- I'm not disturbed by someone.
-fun

• sea
-beautiful
-relax
-comforte

• school
-fun
-friend
-interesting

(25 words)

Brainstorms : Favorite places

2009-10-07T11:22:00.006+09:00

Favorite Places

• my bed
• my room
• my beranda
• sea
• my grandfather and grandmother's house
• school

(21 words)

BR 2-01: Beef Stew

2009-10-07T11:04:00.001+09:00

Brenner, B. (1990). Beef Stew. New York: Rondon House.

Speaking IV

2009-10-01T20:24:00.005+09:00

Hello!! My name is Marry. I'm from Italy. My birthplace is Roma. There is very beautiful place, and I think there is the best city in the world.

I'm 27 years old. I'm single, so I want to have a handsome boyfriend. Please introduce a nice guy. My job is doctor. I treat big animals. For example, that are an elephant and a giraffe and a lion. Those are dangerous occasionally, but I love that. My hobby is judo, because I want to be strong. I think I should protect one's body by oneself. I have a black belt holder. I want to be strong more!! But I hate thing is meat. When I eat it, I'm sorry in animals, so I can't eat meat.

I met some person last Monday. Catrina is Germany. She lives in Berlin. She is very cheerful. She is 30 years old, and she is also single. I think I am able to be close to her. Her occupation is sports coach. I respect her, because she can teach all sports. I want to play golf, so I would like to tech her.

I talk with Jessica. She is from Brazil. She is very famous person, because she is movie's actress. She is 20 years old, but she married with Japanese. Her husband name is Souichi. I heard her that her husband is very kind. I want to marry.

And I speak to Marry. She is 19 years old, and she looks small and cute. But her job is ship captain. When I heard it, I was very surprised. She is very young, and looks weak. She is from America. She lives in L.A. I want to ride her ship. Her hobby is painting. Her hate thing is cold weather. I think sea is cold in winter, so it is difficult for her to cold weather.

I met them, and I had a very good experience.

(321 words)

Writing IV September 30

2009-09-30T11:30:00.006+09:00

I think Ayaka's advice "to post blogs every day" (PUMPKIN, July 8) is good, because I can write many sentences. I think Ayaka should decide how many words you write in a day.

I agree to Hanako's suggestion " to use pictures more" (Hanako, July 8 ), because I didn't use many pictures. I will use it more.

I think Shiori's advice "try to write own my words" (Shiori, July 8 ) is difficult for me too. If I'm not able to write some English sentences, I always depend on an example sentence. We should study English more.

Kumi's advice "to cute more" ( Kumi, July 8 ) is good. I think you should have added YouTube on your blog, so it will be great more. I will do that!!

I think Rie's blog "to write with many words" ( Rie, July 8) is important for us, because we should write 15000 words. If we write many sentences in a day, we can arrive at 15000 words.
We should write more in a day.

(171 words)

Yesterday

2009-09-29T18:34:00.004+09:00

I went for eating out yesterday. I went there with my friends. Their names are Reina and Yukiko. I and they went to same an elementary school and a junior high school, so we are childhood friends. I and Reina are K.G.U. but Yukiko goes to the vocational school. We are busy each other, so we play once for three months.

Yesterday was celebration day, because Yukiko's finding employment was decided. She has to work in October, so we played yesterday!! First we went to Ninoni. There is a Gyouza shop where is in Kamitouri. I have never gone there, so I was excited. Ninoni is red building, and there was a porch. We looked the menu, and we ordered. But we didn't decide, so we ordered food which we want to eat. We ordered 12 dishes, and I didn't think that we ordered a lot too much. Of course, Gyouza was delicious, and namaharumaki was also delicious. But we couldn't eat all, because we ordered too much. We are always unplanned, so we often fail.

After all, we decided to take them all. We ordered a lot, so I thought the cost would be high. But it was cheap. I paid only 1300 yen!! I was happy, because I could eat a lot and the cost was not high. I want to go there again.

After that, we went to dokko mountain. I wanted to look at the night view. We were at a loss whether to go to hanaoka mountain or dokko mountain. But we didn't know how to go to the hanaoka mountain, so we decided dokko mountain. We went there by car. The driver was Yukiko.Her driving was very well. We were singing many songs in the car. I was very interesting. When we looked the night view, I was much moved. I thought Kumamoto city was great place.

There were many couples in dokko mountain, but when we arrived there, they left there. I was sorry, so we were noisy. I will be careful next time.

And we went to wonder city to eat tapioka juice. Reina had half price ticket, so we were able to eat it 250 yen. The taste was annindoufu. It was very big, so I was worry that I could eat all. But the taste was very fruity, I could eat it easily.

Yesterday was very great day for me. And I thought friends is treasure. I want to play with them again.

(413 words)

My Summer Vacation

2009-09-27T12:18:00.003+09:00

Hello!! I didn't write my blog during summer vacation, so I write this an interval of two months.

My summer vacation is not vacation, because I had to study the lecture. The lecture is a state examination, so I needed to study hard. I took the class for the lecture. The class started in April. I worked my part-time job, so I was busy every day. But the days were very fullness for me.

The schedule of my summer vacation was hard. I got up at 7:30 a.m. And I went to school at 9:00 a.m, so I studied alone by 10:00 a.m. The class started from 10:00 to 2:00 or 3:00. I was always sleepy in the class, because I felt good with an air conditioner. After that I went to library to study by 5:30 a.m, so I went to my part-time job. I came home at 10:30 p.m. I almost spent school in my summer vacation.

But I played with my friends sometimes. I went to the river, and I went to Fukuoka to show the Lion King. It was very interesting for me. I had very good time!! I want to go there again.

I had the examination on September 12. The place was in Fukuoka. There were a lot of people. They were students and members of society. I was tense while I took the exam. The time of exam was 90 minutes. I felt the time was very fast. I confirmed it many times.

The notice of pass will come in December. But I would do my best, so I don' t have the regret. I was able to do very good experience.

(278 words)

Essay 1-03b: Lilo and Stich

2009-07-15T12:01:00.003+09:00

Lilo and Stich is very warm story, so I felt happy after watching it, and I want to watch it again. Lilo and Stich are very cute, this movie was taught me family’s and love's importance from the movie. If I didn’t watch it, I didn’t notice that. The movie made us tell the importance, and I reconsidered it some other time. First I’ll write about family in this movie. Next I’ll write about my family in real life. After that I’ll write about love in this movie. Finally I’ll write about love in real life.

Lilo didn't have parents, because they had a traffic accident few years ago, so she lost in them. She lost her parent, but her older sister and she survived luckily. She hoped to have a family. Meanwhile Stich doesn't have a family when he was born. It made by a chemist, and it was made to destroy all things. So he couldn’t understand about the family.

I have a family, and I like it. I haven’t lost any my family’s members, but I have friends who have lost their parents, or brothers, or sisters. I think it is very important to make a bond of family. However I think the bend become to lack these days, because an opportunity of talking with family is fewer than before. We should talk more with our family.

Stich is very violent, so he always destroys many things. And he didn't know love, because he always was lonely. He had never been loved by anyone until he met Lilo, so he didn’t have consideration for others. Eventually he became the member of Lilo's family, so he didn't destroy things, and made several. He also learned to swim in seas.

I think the mind of person is able to change by love. It might change the mind good or bad, so we always try to take good care of other people. If we don't it, human relations break easily. If we given much love other people, we can make a good relation like Lilo and Stich. Love is very important for us to live.

At first Lilo didn’t have parents, and Stich didn’t have a family either. However Lilo became very happy, when Stich became a member of her family. And Stich became tender and kind, because he was known love by Lilo. The bend of family is very important for us, so love is able to change person's heart. I realized that we can live smoothly thanks to our family’s and friend’s love, so I want to treat them kindly.

(432words)

BR 1-12: Mr. Potter and Tabby

2009-07-11T10:59:00.004+09:00

I read a English book. The title was Mr.Putter and Tabby.

The story's main character is Potter who is an old man. He lived all alone. He had no one to share his English muffins and his tea. All day, Mr. Potter watered his trees and clipped his roses.

One day, he wanted to a cat, so he went to the pet shop. There are many cats in the cage. But he couldn't find the favorite cat, so he asked the pet store lady. She said him that go to the shelter.

Mr.Potter went to the shelter. The shelter man brought Mr.Putter the old yellow cat. He decided to take the cat home. He named her Tabby. His life became to be very fun, because he was not alone. They always were together. Tabby and Mr.Potter could not remember life. They ate their muffins and their tea and enjoyed all time.

I thought it is great relationship, because they need each other. I respect the relation. I want to have a cat.

(172 words)

Portfolio for Writing III

2009-07-08T11:05:00.009+09:00

Student ID: 08159

Portfolio for Writing III, Section 1C

(See: Note 1, below)

0.0. Overview

Reviews, Posts, Words, and More

(See: Note 2, below.)

1.0. Essays

1.1. Showcase	Short titles with links to blog posts	Dates yyyy.mm.dd	¶	W	C	L	P	M
1-01a (2009.04.08)	who am I??	2009.04.08	5	273	0	0	0	0
1-01b (2009.04.20)	Who am I??	2009.04.15	5	277	0	0	0	0
(1-01c)
1-02a (2009.06.01)	Not my university life	2009.05.28	5	325	0	0	1	0
1-02b (2009.07.06)	Not my university life	2009.6.25	5	397	1	0	3	0
(1-02c)
1-03a (2009.06.29)	Lilo and Stich	2009.06.29	6	392	0	0	3	0
1-03b (2009.07.13)	Lilo and Stich	2009.07.15	6	432	0	0	0	0
Totals	---	---	32	2096	1	0	7	0

Key:

¶: number of paragraphs five (5) or more sentences in length

W: number of words

C: number of comments

L: number of links

P: number of photos or other graphics
M: number of other media included in post

1.2. Best Essay

Selection and Assessment: Which of those six assigned essays do you feel is the best that you've written this semester, and why? Remember that a complete answer is better than a short answer, focus on your writing, and give at least two reasons to support your assessment.

・ Website review : Cooking

I think this essay is the best, because the day I was very interesting, and the blog was written in detail. When I watch the blog, I can remember the day.

2.0. Comments

Showcase	Titles of posts with links	Dates of comments yyyy.mm.dd	Numbers of words in comments	Qualities of comments**
2.1. Your first comment on your instructor's blog*
2.2. Your best comment on a classmate's blog*
2.3. Best comment by a classmate on your blog*
2.4. Most comments on:	Titles of posts with link	Dates of posts yyyy.mm.dd	Total number of words in comments	Qualities of comments**
2.4.1. Any one of your essays*	Not my university life	2009.06.25	21	You should take it, it is very convenient if you have a car.
2.4.1.1. When did you respond to those comments?	---	2009.06.27	---	---
2.4.1.2. How did you respond to those comments?	---	---	2009.06.29	I think so that. I want to take it soon.
2.4.2. Any of your other posts*
2.4.2.1. When did you respond to those comments?	---		---	---
2.4.2.2. How did you respond to those comments?	---	---

2.5. Recent comments display

Does your blog display recent comments from blog visitors in a prominent location, for example, in a sidebar, header, or footer widget? Where, or why not? Please explain.

Yes, it does. My recent commemt was in footer widget.

2.6. Additional reflections on comments

I wasn't given any commemt from classmate.
I watched my friend's blog, and I want to reflect my blog.

3.0. Book Reviews

3.1. Showcase	Short titles with links	Dates: yyyy.mm.dd	Words	Comments
Example:	Vampire Killer	2007.05.16	39	1
BR 1-01	Henny-Penny	2009.04.15	90	0
BR 1-02	Toad and frog	2009.04.22	147	0
BR 1-03	Crocodile	2009.05.01	123	0
BR 1-04	Golden hair's garl	2009.05.08	146	0
BR 1-05	Bo and Annie	2009.05.12	293	0
BR 1-06	A ghost	2009.05.27	424	0
BR 1-07	First Kiss	2009.06.07	290	0
BR 1-08	Arthur	2009.06.12	240	0
BR 1-09	Arthur 2	2009.06.28	222	0
BR 1-10	Submarine Adventure	2009.07.01	201	0
BR 1-11	Mr. Putter	2009.07.08	146	0
BR 1-12	Mr. Potter and Tabby	2009.07.11	172	0








---	---	Totals:	2533	0

Note: Please calculate and list book review Totals for words and comments without including those from the example (above).

3.2. Best Book Review

[Please remove these remarks, including the square brackets; then identify your best book review, and write out reasons for selecting it here.]

4.0. Blog Layout, Labeling, Linking, & Media

Showcase	Yes	No
4.1. Does your blog display an archive?	○
4.1.1. Does the archive display the titles of posts?	○
4.1.2. Is the archive organized by month?	○
4.1.3. Is the archive at or near the top of the sidebar?	○
4.2. Does your blog have labels displayed in sidebar?	○
5.2.1. Do your labels include these required labels (typed accurately):	---	---
"books" (plural) AND "reviews" (plural)	○
"essays" (plural) AND "portfolios" (plural, without "proto-")		○
"quickposts" (plural, with no space between quick and posts)		○
"links" (plural) AND "media" (plural)	○
"movies" (plural) AND "websites" (plural)		○
"brainstorms" (or "brainstorming"), "essay prep.," AND "free-writing" (or "free-writes")		○
4.2.2. Does your sidebar display other labels?	○
How many other labels have you attached to three (3) or more posts? ___ other labels attached to three or more posts	---	---
Which labels, and to how many posts each? Please list those labels instead of www, xxx, yyy..., and list numbers of posts instead of n, m, o... (in parentheses), below. books (12) brainstorming (1) essay prep. (2) Essays (6) free-writing (1) iniversity (1) Lilo and Stich (2) lists (1) movies (3) quickpost (1) reviews (12) revisions (3) speaking (1) university (3) Who am I (2)	---	---
4.3. Links & media	---	---
4.3.1. Does your blog include photos or other graphics?	○
Does your blog profile include a photo or graphic representation?	○
How many of your blog posts this semester include photos or other graphics? ___ posts including photos or other graphics	---	---
4.3.2. Does your blog include posts with multiple links?		○
How many of your posts this semester include three (3) or more links? ___ posts including three or more links (including this portfolio!)	---	---
4.3.3. Does your blog include other media?		○
How many of your blog posts this semester include other media? ___ posts including other media	---	---
What kind(-s) of media have you included in posts this semester? Please list the kinds here: ...Power point ...Recording ...	---	---
What media content that you originally produced, if any, do your blog posts for this semester contain? Please list and explain each item briefly, and add short links and dates (yyyy.mm.dd) for reference. ... (short link, date) ... (short link, date) ... (short link, date)	---	---

4.4. Overall presentation

What have you done to enhance the overall presentation of your blog? List and explain the three most important content, display, formatting, layout, or other presentation changes that you have made on your blog this semester.

...There are a lot of pictures and graphics.
...The sentences are all colorful!
...My blog is interesting.

5.0. Additional reflections on your blog and your writing for it

Please feel free to include reflections on both class work and homework, as well as on the content of this portfolio (proto-portfolios, showcases, and reflections).

...I could have a skill which is to write English sentences.
...I could know how to use the computer .
...I could touch with my classmates.

6.0. Advice and suggestions for yourself, your peers, and your successors

...I want to write my blog every day.
...I will be careful speling miss.
...When I watch other blog, I want to write a comment.

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Notes:

This portfolio template derives from the templates for Writing IIIc and Writing IVc portfolios (2007-08), and Writing III, §§1a & 1c and Writing IV: Portfolio, §§1a & 1c portfolios (2008-09).
Please use the same code in section 0.0 that you used to embed your proto-portfolios (PPFs) in the footer of your blog, which you should already have revised to display your 1st (spring) semester PPF first.
The essays section (1.0. Essays, above) derived from Proto-Portfolio 2-02 (2008).

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License:

This portfolio template is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Please attribute to "the Writing Studio Blog" (without quotation marks).

BR 1-11: Mr. Putter

2009-07-08T10:01:00.004+09:00

I read a book , and the title was Mr.Potter & Tabby Catch the cold.

The book's story was a day which Mr.Potter had a cold. It was snow and very cold in that day, so he caught the cold. When he was a child, he liked a cold, because her mother brought him warm soup, minty tea and adventure books. But he is old now.

He called Mrs. Teaberry, Mrs. Teaberry is good friend and neighbor for him. And she said to him " I'll send Zeke." Twenty minutes later there was a dog. It was Mrs. Teaberry's good dog,
Zeke. It brought Chicken soup and peppermint tea to him.

He did the call of thanks to her. And he asked her to bring an adventure book. In a while, Zeke came his house again and it brought the book. They read it, and sleep with them.

The book was very fun, and it made me warm. I want to read it again.

(146 words)

My typping homework

2009-07-06T10:25:00.002+09:00

About my blogging

When I became a university student, I often write a blog. Blog is my writing homework, so I have to do that. I don't want to write a blog at first, because it is troublesome for me to write it. While I wrote it every day, I became happy. I wrote an everyday event, and publish some pictures. And I can remember the past when I watch my blog. I wrote all English, so I can study English. It is important for me to renew my blog, so I won't to write my blog. My friend's blogs also are very interesting. I like to watch that.

Vacation plans

I don't have a vacation plan, but I want to go to a sea. I don't buy a swimwear yet, so I have to but it. A swimwear’s cost is high, so I get my salary and I will buy it. And I want to watch fireworks. It is performed in various places. For example, Kumamoto castle, Uto, Tamana and so on. I want to watch fireworks of Tamana most. But I have to do study my lecture. The lecture's test will held on September 13th, so I will be busy in this summer vacation. But I will do my best to pass the test. I'm looking forward to come vacation.

(222 words)

BR 1-10: Submarine Adventure

2009-07-01T09:40:00.008+09:00

I read a book. The title was a Submarine Adventure. I thought that the book was very fantastic.

It was a Wilf's birthday story. Wilf showed his friend a birthday present. It was a submarine in the box. Wilf picked up it in the box, and he put its headlight. The friend lighted up by the headlight, and they became very small. After that they were in the place where they didn't know. There were a lot of boats and Wilf's submarine. There was a Professor Tangle in the submarine. They got on the submarine with the professor Tangle, and went into the bottom of the sea. There were a lot of fish, so they were very moved.

The submarine went deeper and deeper. Then there was a cave ahead of them, and the submarine went into the cave. There were diamonds all over the walls. When they was very excited, the wall of the cave began to shake. And rocks and stones fell around them!!

When they noticed, they were in Biff's room.

If I can experience that, I'm very fun!! I like this story, because I'm very excited when I read it. I want to read this book again.

(201words)

Essay 1-03a: Lilo and Stich

2009-06-29T19:09:00.004+09:00

Lilo and Stich is very warm story, so I felt happy after watching it. Lilo and Stich are very cute, and I want to watch it again. I was taught family's and love's importance from the movie. If I didn’t watch it, I don’t notice that. The movie make us tell it, and I reconsidered it some other time.

Lilo didn't have a parent, because they had a traffic accident few years ago. So she lost her parent, but her older sister and she survived luckily. She always hopes to have a family. Meanwhile Stich doesn't have a family when he was born. It made by a chemist, and it was made to destroy all things. So he couldn’t understand about the family.

I have a family, and I like them. I didn't lose my family before, but I have some friends who lost their parent or brothers or sisters. I think it is very important to make a bond of family. However I think the bend become to lack these days, because an opportunity of talking with family is fewer than before. We should talk more with our family.

Stich is very violent, so he always destroys many things. And he didn't know love, because he always was lonely. He has never given love until he met Lilo, so he didn’t have consideration at all. But he became the member of Lilo's family, so he didn't destroy things and made several things. He also got to be able to into a sea.

I think the mind of person is able to change by love. It might change the mind good or bad, so we always try to take good care of other people. If we don't it, human relations break easily. If we given much love other people, we can make a good relation like Lilo and Stich. Love is very important to live our life.

Lilo doesn't have a parent, and Stich also doesn’t have a family. Lilo was very happy, because Stich became the member of her family. The bend of family is very important for us. And Stich became tender and kind, because he was known love by Lilo. So love is able to change person's hurt. I thought that I can live smoothly thanks to our family’s and friend’s love, so I want to treat them kindly.

(392 words)

Using the PC and Abou my keitai

2009-06-28T14:01:00.001+09:00

I use a computer every day. I often use a computer since I became a university student. For example, I have to do my report and my blog. Opportunity with a computer increased in my university life. A computer is very useful for us, because there is much information in computer. If I want to know something, I'm able to know almost things. And we can watch a movie and listen to music in computer. Our life is very convenient thanks to computers. But if there isn't a computer, we would be hard to come to spend.

I have a cell phone. It is very useful for me. When I was a junior high school student, I didn't have it. Because I thought I didn't have to have a cell phone. So I was asked my mother and I bought a cell phone. I have known convenience of the cell phone since I had it. If we have cell phones each other, we can contact with other friends. Because we can call and send a mail everywhere. And when we happen anything, cell phones are very useful. But cell phone is also dangerous. We are careful how to use a cell phone.

(207 words)

BR 1-09: Arthur 2

2009-06-28T11:14:00.004+09:00

I also read Athur's book. The series is interesting for me. The book's title is ARTHUR TRICKS THE TOOTH FAIRY.

It was the story of D.W. who is a Ahur's sister. One day, Athur's tooth fell out. The next day, the tooth fairy left a dollar under his pillow. When D.W. listened to the story, she wanted to pull a tooth. So she tried to pull a tooth. It is that she tied up a door to her tooth with a thread. And she has Athur open the door. If he opens the door, her tooth is able to pull. But he didn't do that.

Because she want to pull her tooth by all means, she went to dentist with her mother and Athur. But the dentist said her that you couldn't pull your tooth for a year or two. Then she was very disappointed. After that, they went to a museum. She bought a shark's tooth there. And she tricked the tooth fairy with shark's tooth in that night. When Athur listened to the story from her, he decided to give a dollar during her sleeping. The next day, she was very pleased, and because she thought she tricked the tooth fairy.

I thought Athur is a good brother. I want to brother like a Athur. The book was very fun!!

(222 words)

Essay 1-02b: Not my university life

2009-06-25T14:23:00.007+09:00

Do you have the driver's license? I'm interested in driver's license circumstance of many college students. I want to know how many college students have it. And I want to know why they take it too. So I write about that.

I can't go to a college by car, because I don't have a driver's license. I want to get a driver's license, but I'm not forgiven it by my parents. Because if I get a driver's license, it costs so high. So I will get that in the third or fourth year in college. I will save to get it, and I want to drive.

Some friends have driver's licenses. They got it in the first year in college. Because their homes are far, so when they go to a college, they had better go to a college by car. To drive a car is some risks, but I owe driving to them, so I spend interesting school days. They said that car is very useful, but then driving is dangerous for them.

A general university student also have driver's license. My university has a big park, and there are always many cars. However, university students of the urban area seem to be different, because there are a lot of means of transportation. So when they go to a university, they get on a subway or a train or bus. Therefore they do not have to drive a car.

In brief my friends took driver's licenses to go to their school, because their houses are far from their schools. When we take it, we must be careful during driving. But if we live in the urban area, we need not to take the driver's license, because there are many means of transportation in the urban. So the university students who live in the big city don't have driver's license. However I live in Kumamoto, so I have to take it. I want to take the driver's license soon, because if I become a working member of society, I don't have enough time. So I will take it within a college student.

(397 words)

Lilo and Stichi

2009-06-24T10:09:00.005+09:00

☆Family from movie
・Lilo doesn't have a family.
・Stichi also doesn't have a family, when he was born.
・Hawaii is the most famous tourist attraction in travel of family.

☆Family in real
・There are many divorced families these days.
・The relation of family is thin.
・We should increase time of touch with family!!

★Love from movie
・Stichi doesn't know love.
・Lilo poured Stichi a lot of love.
・Stichi is violent and violence.
・Stichi broke many article, but made it again.

★Love in real
・The human relations are easy to fail, too.
・If we pour them a lot of love, we can change their mind.

(120 words)

Yayoi Fujita

2009-06-23T09:26:00.009+09:00

Hello. My name is Yayoi Fujita. Please call me Yayoi! I'm 19 years old. And I go to K.G.U. My birthplace is Amakusa. Amakusa has a lot of beautiful seas, so there is my favorite place. When I was six years old, I moved in Kumamoto city. I was surprised at that time, because there wasn't sea near my house and there were many high buildings in Kumamoto city. But I don't think so that now.

My family is five people. They are my father, mother, older brother and younger sister. My father is an office worker. He is fat, but very interesting. My mother is a housewife. She always is cheerfully. My older brother goes to university. He is very kind. My younger sister goes to high school. She is tall. She is 170 cm. My family is very close, so I like them.

And I have a pet. It is a dog. His name is Tarou. Tarou is a mix, and he is six yeas old. He is my birthday present. When I was 12 years old, he came my home. I wanted to name him, but my father named. I didn't like his name first, but I like it now.

I like my hometown. Because all people who live in Kumamoto are kind and interesting. And Kumamoto has many beautiful rivers and mountains. Famous tourist attraction is Mt. Aso. The mountain is the biggest caldera in the world. If you come to Kumamoto, please go there. You will be moved. And Kumamoto's water is all underground water, so we can drink delicious water everyday.

My hobby is watching a movie, because there was tsutaya near my house. So I always went there, and rent some DVDs. But there isn't it now, so I can't rent a DVD there. However I can watch Wowow. Wowow is a TV program and it shows almost movie programs. If I want to watch a movie, I always watch it.

My favorite movie is jiburi. I like animation, so I want to watch it many times. Jiburi is very beautiful picture. When I watch it, the picture heals me. I always get vigor from that. I like the best Sentochihronokamikakusi in jiburi. I love very much, so I watched it 7 times. I'm not tired of it. I recommend it!!

My favorite book is Ryuusei wagon. The book is written by Haruki Murakami. He is famous novelist. His book is very interesting, so I finished reading it soon. I want to read it many times. Please read it!!

My favorite food is a pumpkin, because pumpkin is sweet. When I eat a pumpkin, I feel eat like a dessert. I like a pumpkin stew and pumpkin salad. When my mother cook a stew, I always request to put in pumpkin. Pumpkin stew is sweeter than stew, so it is very delicious. And there is a pumpkin salad in bakery. It is also delicious.

But my hate thing is a tomato. Tomato is not good. When I was born, I can't eat it. I don't like taste, so I don't put into a tomato in salad. But I can eat meat sauce and ketchup, so I always eat that.

My high school is Touryou high school. There is in Omine. My high school is much far from my home, so I took me 40 minutes to go to a school. I always went to a school by bicycle. When it was in the summer, I always sweating all over. My high school rule is very strict, so I was decently dressed.

My part time job is a blow fish shop. The store stands in Sanroadsinsigai. I have worked there for ten months. Blow fish is the highest grade of fish, so almost customers are middle age. And the clerks are very fun, so we are very close.

I don' t have a dream. But I want to take a service industry. I realized that service industry is interesting, because my part time job is it. When I contact with a customer, I am fun. And I like talking many people, so I want to take a job which is able to contact with people.

(700 words)

BR 1-08: Arthur

2009-06-12T13:23:00.006+09:00

I read a book, and the title is ARTHUR'S READING RACE.

Arthur appears in the book. He learned to read a book in school, so he always reads the book. He reads in cars and in beds and with his sister. He is fun to read a book. His sister's name is D.W. He asked her to teach how to read a book, but she said that she can read. So he said her if she can read ten words, he buy her an ice cream. She thought that it was easy.

They went to for the walk of dog. There were a lot of words outside, so he asked her. For example, it is a sighboard and a mark. She was able to answer all questions, so he was surprised. He bought two ice creams after all. They looked happy when they ate the ice cream.

After that he asked her to read a book while sitting down on a bench. But she refused his offer, because a poster was held on the bench. The poster said "wet paint". He stood up soon, but his pants were stained. Then she said him that "Now I can teach you two words that you don't know". When I read the sentence, I chucked much. Because he was advised by his sister. He felt confident about reading word, so I think he was a shock. But I thought this is very interesting.

(240 words)

My favorite movie

2009-06-11T22:03:00.003+09:00

I have many my favorite movies. I like love story and suspense and impressing story. I recommend One Peace's movies!! The movies are almost impressing stories. I like that. I like Chopper's movie most. Chopper appears in One Peace story. I forgot the movie's title, but I remember the movie's story. When I watched that first, I was moved deeply.I watched the movie on a video, so I watched that three times the day. Please watch One Peace! I think you are move when you watch that.

(92 words)

BR 1-07: First Kiss

2009-06-07T19:07:00.005+09:00

I read two English books. Those were Amelia Bedelia and ARTHUR'S FIRST KISS. My favorite book was ARTHUR'S FIRST KISS!! The book's story was very cute.

One day, Arthur asked Francine to come her party. Of course he said "Yes". Then Francine very smiled, because she had a plan on the party. But Arthur didn't know. When he was leaving a school, he spoke to his friend. And the friend asked him that Arthur really kiss Francine in the party. When he heard that, he was very surprised. He didn't want to kiss her. But he said her to go to a party, so he had to go to a party.

The next day, he dressed up and went to her party. When he rang a bell, he was nervous. Because he thought they play the kissing game, but they didn't play that. There were balloons and party hats and a table with a lot of food. So he could relax. But Francine and her friend were busy doing something in the corner then. What did they? So they prepared the kiss game. A device was held in it. Owing to the trick, she could kiss Arthur, so she was happy. When she kissed him, his dog went to him by chance and his dog kissed him. So she could not kiss him. Authur was much relived, and he thanked him. After the party he gave a piece of cake for the dog.

I can understand Francine's feeling, but I thought she didn't have to do a silly trick. I'm glad to Arthur could protect his first kiss. All characters that appeared in this book were very cute, and I remembered in my childhood. I want to read it again.

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A movie

2009-06-05T15:30:00.005+09:00

I went to watch two movies these days. One is a Goemon. The movie was very interesting and exciting!! The movie was the peliod of civil war's story. Hideyosi Toyotomi appears on it. There were Goemon, Saemon and so on. Eguchi Yousuke played Goemon. His perform was very good and very cool. I became to like him more since I have watched the movie.

The movie was a maser thief's story. The master thief is a Goemon. Goemon steals much money from rich people, and he gives poor people the money that he stole. So he is liked by poor people though he was a thief. But he stole a box one day. Then he has been rolled up in various events. He is also a famous shinobi, so he is very strong. One day, he knowed the secret information about assasinating Nobunaga Oda.
So he decided to kill Hideyoshi Novunaga who is a villain. The process of killing Hideyoshi, he took much sacrifice. For example Saemon who is a Goemon's best friend and Saemon's baby were executed by Hideyoshi. When Saemon was excuted, he hid his name and said that I am a Goemon. Then I was very moved, and I thought that Saemon is what a good person. You think why Saemon hid his name. I want to eaxplain that, but I want you to watch the movie. So I don't explain that. (>A< ;;) Saemon is played by Takao Osawa. I like him the best character in the movie.

After all, he could kill Hideyoshi Toyotomi. But there was also a war, because it needs a person who rules a country in Japan. But he also tried to stop the war. Owing his effort, there was not a war before starting the war.

I thought Goemon is a very strong person, because he had a lot of enemies, but he fight them only one. I respect his way of life and his strong spiritual. The movie is very beautiful picture. The movie uses almost CG. So the movie is full of colors. It is different in true Japanese history, but the completeness was very high!! The movie director's name is Kiriya Iseya. His movies are all interesting. He made another movie before. The name was a Cashern. That is also a fantastic movie. I like the movie too. Please watch it!! I think that you will not sorry.

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Forien countries

2009-06-04T22:42:00.003+09:00

I'm interested in foreign countries. So it is not only the sphere of English language but also the sphere of other language. I want to go to Paris. Because there are many beautiful buildings, and there are many beautiful mountains and rivers. I have only watched Paris in TV, so I want to go!! If I go to Paris, I want to eat French. I think the cost of French is high, but I want to eat it once. And I also want to go to shopping in Paris. There are many kinds of brands, so I would like to buy a lot of things.

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A Soccer Game

2009-05-31T19:45:00.006+09:00

I went to watch a soccer game yesterday. The soccer team was ROASSO.

I was ramped by a friend last Friday. It was to go to watch a match of soccer game. I was surprised, because it was suddenly. I always have a lecture on Saturday, but the day's lecture was closed by chance. So I could go to watch the game. I thought that I was lucky because the lecture closed. I wanted to watch a soccer game once. The price of ticket is 1200 yen, but my friend got four tickets by an acquaintance. So we didn't have to pay money.

The game held in Suizenj sports stadium at 1:00 p.m. So we did wait at Suizenji station at 12:00 a.m. The members were Shiho and Manami and me. I got up at 10:30 a.m. So I readied to go to the station. I have enough time to ready. I left my home at 11:50 a.m. The station is near my home, so I don't have to leave my home early. We gathered the station at 12:10 a.m, and we bought some bread and drinks of lunch. When we arrived at the sports stadium, we were going to eat them. It took 15 minutes from the station to the sports stadium. Yesterday was hot, so when we arrived the stadium, we sweated much. Beside there wasn't a shade place, so we sat down under the sun. The place was very hot, but I was very excited to start the game.

The game starts at 1:00 a.m. The opponent name was Sagantosu which came from Saga. Of course roasso's uniform color is red, while sagantosu's uniform color was white. The game was very thulling for us. There were many roasso's supporters, and they sang various rooter's song. We got their heart. But the opponent team made a goal in first half!! We were very shocked, and we were galling, but we didn't give up, because there was the second half of the game. The second half of the game started at 2:00 a.m. When the game started after 15 minutes, the opponent team also made a goal. Roasso lost in 2-0 in this point, so it is very pinch. But roasso was strong!! After that, roasso made a goal. We were very excited, and the supporters were also very very excited. I didn't think that watching a soccer game is to arise.

Roasso lost in the game, but I thought I had a good experiment. So I want to watch that again. I knew that watching sports is very interesting.

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Essay 1-02a: Not my university life

2009-05-28T16:29:00.011+09:00

Do you have the driver's license? I'm interested in driver's license circumstance of many college students. So I write about that.

I can't go to a college by car, because I don't have a driver's license. I want to get a driver's license, but I'm not forgiven it by my parents. Because if I get a driver's license, it costs so high. So I will get that in the third or fourth year in college. I will save to get it, and I want to drive.

Some friends have driver's licenses. They got it in the first year in college. Because their homes are far, so when they go to a college, they had better go to a college by car. To drive a car is some risks, but I owe driving to them, so I spend interesting school days. They said that car is very useful, but then driving is dangerous for them.

A general university student also have driver's license. My university has a big park, and there are always many car. However, university students of the urban area seem to be different, because there are a lot of means of transportation. So when they go to a university, they get on a subway or a train or bus. Therefore they do not have to drive a car.

In this way, If I live in the urban area, I need not to take the driver's license. But I live in Kumamoto, so I have to take it. I want to take the driver's license soon, because if I become a working member of society, I don't have enough time. So I will take it within a college student. And I want to go to amakusa by car, because there is my grandmother and grandfather's house in there. So I want to relax watching a sea. But when we take it, we don't have to forget that there are various hazards connected with driving.

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Activities I don't do

2009-05-27T10:58:00.003+09:00

● Driving to school
● Living in dormitories
● Living alone
● Having one’s ears pierced
● Not working
● Having black hair

BR 1-06: A ghost

2009-05-27T00:02:00.007+09:00

I read two books yesterday. One was The Fairground Ghost, and the other was The Gingerbread Man. I liked both, but I will introduce a long one. That is The Fairground Ghost.

A boy and a ghost are characters for the story. The boy's name is Jake. One day, there was a fair in his town. But as for him, there was not the person who went together. So he asked his father, mother and sister to go together. So his sister agreed went together, but she went to the fair with her boyfriend. So he toured the fair alone, but he enjoyed. He wanted something really scary, then he found the ghost train and climbed abroad. He was delighted, because he'd wanted a scary ride and this way was very, very scary. When the train around the final bend, a little ghost popped. But the little ghost wasn't scary. So the little ghost is called by the owner, and it took a test. It failed the test, so it was said that "don't come back" by the owner.

The little ghost started to glide sadly away. Jake ran after it, and said it that why not stay and have some fun. He decided to take the ghost for a ride. That was a merry-go-round, but no one could be sad on that. So he decided to try the roller coaster instead. The coaster curved corners and looped the loop. He was a delighted, but the ghost turned green. When they left the roller coaster, the little ghost was very hard. So he thought that had to cheer op his new friend.

He took the ghost in HALL OF MIRRORS. There were various mirrors. When they stood up one mirror, the ghost looked horrible in the mirror. "AAAGGGGHHHH!!" screamed the little ghost, as it caught sight of its own reflection. It rushed out of the tent, wailing at the top of its voice.

He ran after it. And he and it went to find of owner of the ghost train. Perhaps he would give the little ghost another chance. Jake pleaded with the owner to test the ghost again. It passed the test, and owner was delighted. With the little ghost back and scarier than it had ever been, the ghost train became the busiest ride in the fair ground.

This book story is very cute. If I have a ghost friend, I'm very fun every day. The little ghost is hard, so I gave it much vigor. I want to read again.

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My diary

2009-05-23T23:14:00.007+09:00

I will write my today's event. Today is normal day for me.

I got up at 8:30 a.m. I setted my alarm at 8:00 a.m. But I couldn't get up at the time. My breakfast was an omelette with rice. That was hard for my stomach in the morning(>m<;;) But I ate too much. I was surprised my stomach. After that, I watched a TV and listened a music. I felt good!! I had a lecture of trip duties at 1:00 a.m. So I went to a college. When I arrived my college, there are many people. I thought why there are many people today when is Saturday. But I knew my college was the examination meeting place. They were almost men. I went to a convenience store in my college. I bought a onigiri and a bread and a tea. They were my lunch. I don't exercises, but I'm always hungry in the lecture. I had much time to take the lecture. It was 10:30 a.m. So I went to a library. And I reviewed the lecture. I didn't review that, I thought some other time that I have to study. Library was so quiet. I was sleepy that time. But it was just a lecture time then, so I went to the class. The class was two subjects today. One was a demostic sightseeing geography, and the other was a travel agency business. I like a travel agency business, because the class is like a math. When I became a university student, I didn't study math. I'm a foreign language department. So we don't need to study math. But the lecture is different. It is necessary for us to calculate the trip rate. So the subject is fun for me(*A*☆) The lecture finished at 5:30 p.m. I had a part-time job at 6:30 p.m. So I had to prepare early. So I went out the classroom at once.

I arrived my part-time job place at 6:10 p.m. On the way to there, I bought a croquette, because I was hungry. I ate that before my part-time job. It was very delicious. I like the most potato croquette in croquettes. I want to buy that. I began to work after eating. There were 30 customers that day, so we were busy a little. But I like busy better than free. Because today was busy, it was early that time passed. We finished my part-time job at 10:00 p.m. When we went to home, we gave some omelets our chef. The omelets was in blow fish. That was very very delicious!! I was happy today. When I am this time, I feel good to work my part-time. I want to do my best next time!!

Today was busy. But I was substantial.

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My university life

2009-05-20T23:29:00.003+09:00

I prepared many English sentences for writing class. But I typed only 109 words, because I could type that only 15 minutes. So I didn't finish all sentences. I will type!!

I think my university life was very fast. I am second grader. I'm used to my university life now. But when I was first grader, I was always nervous and worried. Because I didn't know everything. For example, I didn't know how to make a class schedule, and how to make a friend. I didn't want to go to an university at first. And the university dose all things by oneself. So I always check the bulletin board. When I was a high school student, I didn't have to care school days. Because my teacher did almost things. But I can't do such a thing now. I thought I must become a reliable person during my university life. I could do by oneself than before.

And another care was made with a friend. There were some friends who were same high school. But I wanted to make more friends. I tried to speak to many people. Owe to that, I could make many friends. And I have some close friends now. I often play with them. For example, driving and eating out and staying. Those were all interesting. I'm most impression thing is to go to Aso by car with them. We went to the Shirakawa source of a river and yamada farm. The farm's soft cream was very delicious. I want to go there again.

The university is a studying place. I also have to study! I become a stupid when I entered our university. So I played truant from study. When I graduate my university, I become a working member of society. I must think about my future. But I don't decide to my future. I want to think from now on about the future. I need to study for my future. I will do my best.

I live a full my university life. When I become an university student, I was negative. But now is different. I am positive about my life.

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My university life

2009-05-20T11:20:00.002+09:00

I think my university life was very fast. I am second grader. I’m used to my university life now. But when I was first grader, I always was nervous and worried, because I didn’t know everything. For example, I didn’t know how to make a class schedule, and how to make a friend. I didn’t want to go a university at first. And the university dose all by oneself. So I always check the bulletin board. When I was a high school student, I didn’t have to care school days, because my teacher did almost things. But I can’t such a thing now. I thought I must become a

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Pizza!!

2009-05-19T00:28:00.004+09:00

I went to Shouko's house today with Ayaka, Hikari and Mami.

I finished class at 6:00 p.m. So we didn't have a part-time job today. We had a free time. We talk about what would we do after school. I wanted to eat many meat. So We decided to go to a yakoniku shop today!! But Ayaka came to school by car today. We gave up going to a yakiniku shop today. We will go there on June first. Then we went to there with Manami, Kana and Haruna. I'm looking forward to go to a yakiniku shop. And I want to drink a beer.

We decided to go to Shouko's house. We thought that we had better eat dinner her house. Because her house is near our college. So Ayaka's car can park in kengeki. And we could go her house on foot. Shouko always says us that please come my home!! So I called her, and I asked shouko that we could go her house. She said please come on.

We went to her house.　Her house is 15 minutes on foot from our college. We arrived her house at 7:00 p.m. We were very hungry. So we ordered a delivery to home pizza!! We ordered gobou pizza and teriyaki chicken pizza. That size was M size. And we also ordered side menu. That were some french fries and chicken nugget. They were very delicious. It cost was 2800 yen. So I payed only 700 yen. That was very cheap. We want to eat a pizza in her house. Thank you Shouko!!

And we will go to her house next Wednesday. Wednesday is impatient for me.

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Ra-men

2009-05-17T21:00:00.004+09:00

I went to a ramen shop with Shunichi and Fumio yesterday. They are part-time job friends. We finished the part-time job at 10:15 p.m. I didn't eat dinner, so I was very hungry.
During the part-time job, we have eaten some dishes which remained. So when we finished my work, we became some full. I thought that if I stand to go to the ramen shop, I don't become fat. But the ramen shop was very attractive, I decided to go the shop.

There is the ramen shop in Ginza street. There is it on foot from my byte place to about five minutes. In the shop, a gyouza is famous. So we decided to order gyouza and ramen. We arrived the shop at 10:40 p.m. Because the work finished, I was sleepy a little. But I was excited what I would ordered.

I ordered a salt ramen. Shunichi and Fumio orded tonkotsu ramens. The ramen was cheap. A ramen is cheap. That is one of the reason why I like the ramen.

When we ordered the ramens to owner, the owner was acquaintance of Shunichi. So we serviced the gyouza.We were very lucky. Thank you the owner and Shunichi!! The ramen and gyouzas were very delicious. I heard the gyouza won the championship at the grand prix of n-1. The gyouza was delicious certainly. When we eating ramen, we talked about our part-time job future.
It was an interesting talking.

It was rare that three people gathered. If we gathered three people again, I want to eat ramen!!
I thought I often ate ramen these days. Ramen is cheap and delicious. But it is high calorie. I will reduce the times of eating.

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Typping homework☆

2009-05-17T20:56:00.002+09:00

I always study remember many words. A word is very important. I think that if we know all words, we can translate English into Japanese. But it is difficult. So I listen to an Western-style music. I can remember the music simply. I like BEATLES and Carpenters. Their songs are almost brief. So we can learn a word while listening to music. Please try this way.And I take a class seriously. A class is very important. If we don't take a class seriously, we don't understand the class. So we should value one class!!

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My diary

2009-05-15T22:42:00.003+09:00

I got up at 7:30 a.m. My class started at 10:30 a.m. But I had to get up early. Because I had to do my homework. So I went to a library of school at 10:00 a.m. And I did my report.

After that, I took four classes. When I finished my all class, the time was at 4:00 p.m. I wanted to go home at once. But I had a part-time job at 6:00 p.m. today. So I stayed in a school. I went to a library again. I have some homeworks, so I had a good oppotunity.

It was at 5:15 p.m. I went for a part- time job. My shop aren't many customers these days. So there are not people more than two people. But doday is different!! There is a Mr.Shunnich.
I always don't talk other people. But I can talk him, so I was interesting today.

There will be Mr.Shunnichi and Mr. Fumio in the part-time job. I will presure after a long absence tomorrow!!

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The king of Oushou

2009-05-14T16:07:00.006+09:00

I was very sleepy today. But I don't know why
I was so sleepy. I went to bed at 12:30 p.m. And I got up at 7:30 a.m. So I think I have a good time for sleeping. I want to sleep more today.

By the way, I went for eating out yesterday. The shop is the king of Oushou. The shop was very delicious and very cheap!! I have never been to the shop, so I was very surprised. I ordered a ramen and a gyouza. The gyouza is big, but it was one dish of 210 yen. And drink is also only 100 yen!! I was very excited yesterday. It is a friend of students. I thought why I didn't realized the shop.

The shop is near Sunlive kumanan. I went to there at 10:00 p.m. But there were some visitors. They were almost salary man. I think that they want to get together the shop after working. If I went to there at 7:00 p.m, there was crowded.

I wanted to eat a ramen very much yesterday. When I watched a magazine, the magazine featured many ramens. So I decided to eat a ramen then. So I can find the king of Oushou!!☆ I'm very happy. If you have not been there once, please go by all means.

After eating, I went to the tsutaya. And I bought a guidebook. The guidebook is about Kyoushu.
There are many sight seen spots. I bought it to study my lecture. When I read the guidebook, I can study and enjoying!! So I want to read that more.

I had a good time yesterday.

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2009-05-13T12:05:00.002+09:00

I think my best essay is Haruna's essay. Her essay is intelligible for me. And it is a vigor. The essay tells Haruna's character to host family.

Learning in Writing I and II.

2009-05-13T10:52:00.004+09:00

I leaned about many things in Writing I and II. For example, how to make an English sentence, and how to use some words. I made many sentences. So I think I can make it quickly. I also practiced typing, so I can type so fast.

The class was very fun for me. My best interesting class was drawing some pictures and I introduced the pictures in English. I like to drew a picture. So I was happy the class.

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BR 1-05: Bo and Annie

2009-05-12T12:56:00.005+09:00

I read an English book. The title is Annie and the Bo and the Big SURPRISE.
The book is two mouses story. One is Bo, the other is Annie. They are good friends each other. One day, they are going to skating. So Bo wanted to give Annie a surprise. Because Annie is his best friend in the whole world. When I read that at first, I was very surprised and very moved. And he got a good idea! That is the moon. But it is not real the moon. He decided to cook a big and round and golden cake.
He got up early tomorrow morning. And he started to cook a big cake. When The cake baked, Annie visited his house. But the cake was a surprise present, so he had to hide it. He could hide that.
They went to skating in a minute. When they skated for a long time, Annie was wondering about her surprise. Bo promised Annie that he will come her house after skating.
Annie get ready for Bo that night. But Bo didn't come her house. Annie thinks he was too late to come her house. Annie was very worry. So she went out her house to look for him. When she found him in few minutes, she threw her arms around him. So he dropped the surprised present on the snow!! The surprise present broke. Bo was very shocked. But she brought him to two forks. And they ate the cake there.
After that, they back to her house. Then Annie gave Bo a surprise present. That is a big hot bath. Bo was very pleased.
I think that the book made me warm. And it is important for us to have a friend.
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My favorite movie

2009-05-11T20:44:00.006+09:00

I borrowed many DVDs from my manager. The DVDs are all jiburi series. There are sixteen DVDs. My manager has many DVDs. So he rent me many times. I think very thanks. During golden week, I borrowed many horror DVDs from him. I couldn't watch that all, but I watched few DVDs. When I watched that, I was very fiece. So I can't watch horror movie alone. If I have a oppotunity to watch a horror movie, I want to watch that with my friends!!(>A<;)
Jiburi series movie are animated movies. The movie were made by Hayao Miyazaki. I like his movie very much!! Because his pictures are very beautiful and attractive. When I was depressed, I want to watch his movie. Also I want to watch some jiburi movies in free time. I'm very happy after watching his movies. I want to go there if there is the world where he draws it on.
Kiki' delivery movie is the best in his movie. The movie gives me love and courage!!
She lives in strange place with her cat. She is thirteen years old. I think she is very young to live alone. But she is supported by various people and grows up greatly.
I respect her that she doesn't complain. I am older than her, but I want to become her.
You should watch it!!!
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Tying homework☆food

2009-05-11T20:04:00.001+09:00

My favorite food is pumpkin. I can cook pumpkin salad. Because I want to eat salad and pumpkin. So I want to cook pumpkin salad. When I cooked pumpkin salad at first, it was very delicious. So I'm much moved. I always eat dessert. For example, there are ice cream, chocolate, puddings, cookies. If I don't eat that, I am not vigor. So I always need dessert. What I don't like food is a tomato. Tomato's taste is very awful. But I can eat meat sauce. I think I'm very strange. But I will be not able to eat a tomato my lifetime.
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Tying homework☆Golden week plans

2009-05-11T20:02:00.002+09:00

The plans of my golden week don’t decide yet. Because I don't know when I should work my part-time job. But I know that today. I worked my part-time job. The day when I can take a rest is 3rd an 4th and 6th. I want to go Amakusa to watch a sea. I don't watch a sea for a while. My birth place is Amakusa, so I want to return Amakusa sometime. If I will go there, I want to refresh! I'm looking forward to go there.
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Tying homework☆My hobby

2009-05-11T20:00:00.001+09:00

My bobby is watching movies. I often watch movies on holiday. I have watched many movies since 10 years old. Because there was a tsutaya near my house. So I often went there once a week. Movies give me much knowledge and thought. Therefore, I like watching movies. My favorite movie is holiday!! The movie is love story. The story is that two women change their house during vacation. The two women become strong, and they give me vigor. You should watch it!!
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Tying homework☆I like music

2009-05-11T19:59:00.001+09:00

I like music. I always listen to music. For example, there are holiday, before sleeping and after school. And I often listen to music when I go to a school and come back home. I like music better than TV. I can relax owing to music. I like Japanese Pop and Western-style music. Both of music is wonderful. My favorite singer is KUREVA. His song is very great. I want to his song many times. Also I like neyo.
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Tying homework☆First class

2009-05-11T19:55:00.001+09:00

My first class was very interesting. But the class was difficult for me. Because my teacher spoke English in all time. So I often didn't understand what he said. But I will do my best next time. And we have to read English books. That is our homework. I like reading books. So I excite reading English books. I hope that English books are not difficult.
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Tying homework☆spring vacation

2009-05-11T19:50:00.002+09:00

My spring vacation was very busy. Daily life was a part time job. My part-timer is globefish person. The globefish is very high, but does a half price sale now. Therefore a lot of visitors come. Seats of the shop are always full. Because I must work a lot of if there are many visitors, it is troublesome. But I am glad when visitors said me that thank you.
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Ｍｙ　Ｓａｔｕｒｄａｙ

2009-05-11T08:46:00.003+09:00

I was very happy last Saturday.
I got up at 8:00 a.m. And I had a class, so I ready to go to a school. The class started at 1:00 p.m. It was a class of trip duties. The class was the third. I have to take the class seriously, but I was sleepy on Saturday. So I didn't understand the class completely. I will try not to become sleepy next Saturday. The class finished at 5:30 p.m.
After that I went to Shouko's house. Because the day was a takoyaki party. There were Shouko, Shiho and Manami. We cooked many takoyakies.
First we baked takoyaki's cloth and cabbage. And put many octopuses in a few minutes. So if takoyakies baked, we upset them. I like the work. If I can upset them well, I feel very happy. We ate many takoyakies. During cooking and eating, we talked many topics. I enjoyed too much. We finished eating them at 10:30 p.m. We had free time.
So we decided to go to the city. It was second meeting.
Because there were many drunk people in the city, we were very hard. We went to a cowboy at 1:00 a.m. We drunk many alcoholic drinks, our feeling were very good. We went out the shop at 2:00 a.m. We decided to return the house. Shouko and Shiho and Manami came back Shouko's house, and I returned my house. I was very tired, but very happy on Saturday!! I want to do a party again!!
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BR 1-04: Golden hair's garl

2009-05-08T08:03:00.006+09:00

I read "The Little Giraffe", "MOUSE MAKES WORDS "and "Goldilocks and the three Bears". The story is a little girl called Goldilocks. She had a golden hair. But she wasn't good. She was a naughty girl. She didn't keep her mother's promise. Her mother said don't approach the woods because they are too dangerous. But, one day, she went to the woods.
She found a house in the woods. The house was a bears family's house. But she didn't realize, so into the house. She ate food and broke the tiny chair and slept their bed in the house.
When she slept, three bears came back their house. Then, she looked at the three bears and screamed. She ran home as fast as she could go. After that, she said her mother that she will not be naughty again!!
I think the story is very interesting.
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Cooking

2009-05-03T21:04:00.006+09:00

I cooked salad with my friends yesterday. And Ayaka cooked tarako pasta too. I went to a Tanaken's house. We cooked dinner there.

First we went to a supermarket to buy some foods. The shopping was very interesting.I usually go to shopping alone or with my mother. So yesterday was fun!!

After that we cooked dinner. I cut some vegetable and toufu. We cooked toufu salad. Pasta was made by Ayaka. Those were very delicious. When we ate that, we listened to music. I felt very happy then. Because I can eat delicious dinner and I have good friends.

If I can cook many dishes, I want to cook for my family and friends.

I would like to cook dinner next time!!

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BR 1-03: Crocodile

2009-05-01T07:11:00.010+09:00

I read three English books. The book's title are "The dinosaur Who Last His Roar","The clumsy crocodile"and "The Ugly Ducking".
My favorite book is The clumsy crocodile. The story is that a crocodile works in store. The crocodile has many mistake there. For example, she broke many dishes and dropped bowl of salad. So she is discharged by boss. But she didn' t give up. She want to work. When she began to cry, the boss forgave. If I was her, I would not work in the store. I respected her.
She ashed guard man to guard the everglades emerald. She distinguish herself in that. She caught two robbers. So she is a hero!!
That story is happy end. I gave much fun!!
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Typping Test

2009-04-30T12:52:00.003+09:00

My family is a five people. It is a father and a mother and an older brother and a younger sister. And I have a dog. The dog's name is Taro. My pet is mix. He is very cute. My brother goes to a college and my sister goes to a high school. My mother is a full-time homeworker. My father is an office woker. When I was young, I went out with my family well. But my brother and my sister and me work part-time job now. So we can rarely go out. I want to go around if I have an opptunitytimes of appearence.

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Present

2009-04-29T23:13:00.004+09:00

My friend came in my house. She came my house to give me my birthday present!!
The present ware manicure and bracelet. The manicure's color is pink. That is very cute.
I want to use that soon!!
And the bracelet's brand is MARRY QUANT. When I watched that, I was very surprised. Because I think it was very high. I'm glad to give me that. And I'm happy I have a wonderful friend. I want to use those with care.

After that, we went to Haagen-Dazs. We can buy ice cheap price on Wednesday. We can choose ice cream of seven variety!! Today is hot, so ice cream is very delicious.
I want to go there next Wednesday.

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Wonderful day!!

2009-04-28T20:30:00.005+09:00

I went to Buen to eat dinner with my friends yesterday. The friends are Ayaka, Chisako, Hikari, Kana, Mami and Manami. They are very funny. We ate salad, pasta, fish and pafe. We can eat many pieces of pafe!! They were very delicious. And we enjoyed talking many topic.
After that, we went to cake shop. I drunk a vanilla latte. That was also delicious.
The time was 11 p.m. then. So we stayed a Manami's cousin's house. His house is near the Suizenji station. He was very kind to us. Thank you Tanaken!!
We watched two videos in his house. One was a horror movie, the other was a love story movie.
Because I don't like a horror movie, I slept at once.
This morning we went to school so early. So I was very tired. I would like to sleep at 9 p.m.

Yesterday and today are wonderful day for me.
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Travel business

2009-04-26T09:55:00.006+09:00

I went to a school yesterday. Because I took a lecture of travel business. The lecture was my first time. It was difficult for me. I have to remember a Japanese map. Because I didn't remember the map completely, I will do that!!
An capacity of travel business will hold on September. So I have to study so hard.
I won't work my part-time job to study it on August. I don't have a dream. But I want to have a capacity.
So I will take the lecture. I heared that it is difficult to get the capacity.
But I want to do as far as possible.
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My pet

2009-04-25T10:41:00.005+09:00

I have a dog. His name is Tarou. He is a mix dog. And he is 7 years old. Why did he come my mouse?
Tarou is my birthday present. My birthday is March 27th.
When I was 12 years old, I gave him. When he was 0 year old, he couldn't walk well.Because his eyes could not watch everything yet. Then he often tumbled. But the figure was very cute and lovely!!
Tarou matches a red collar. His feet are big and strong. He looks to be a brave.
However he don't like a cleaning machine. If I close him the cleaning machine, he bark
so hard. So it is difficult for us to clean his house.

I will be carefully him.
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My part time job

2009-04-23T22:31:00.003+09:00

I worked my part-time job today. Our shop is free these day. Because our shop is blow fish shop, the price is a few high. And it is depression now. Customers would not spend money. So our shop is no guest today!!
When our shop is free, I always clean. Today I cleaned windows, floors, toilets and tables. I was so hard that I pained my waist.
I like service industry better than cleaning.
I want some customers to visit our shop.
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Exam

☆Today☆

BR 2-14: Mr. Putter and Walk the Dog

BR 2-13: Books Store Ghost

BR 2-12: WAKE UP, SUN!

My winter vacation

Portfolio Writing IV (2009-10 )

0.0. OVERVIEW

Reviews, Posts, Words, and More

1.0. ESSAYS

1.2. Most Improved Essay

2.5. Recent comments display

2.6. Additional reflections on comments

3.0. BOOK REVIEWS

3.2. Best Book Review

4.0. BLOG LAYOUT, LABELING, LINKING, and MEDIA

4.4. Overall presentation

5.0. ADDITIONAL REFLECTIONS ON YOUR BLOG AND YOUR WRITING FOR IT

6.0. ADVICE AND SUGGESTIONS FOR YOURSELF, YOUR PEERS, AND YOUR SUCCESSORS

BR 2-11: The Giant Jelly Bean Jar

BR 2-10: I Am a Star

BR 2-09: Young Cam Jansen

BR 2-08: TALES OF OLIVER PIG

Today!!

News Quiz

Essay 2-03a: My language learning story

Proto- Portfolios

BR 2-08: Hansel and Gretel

Speaking question answer

JOB

Essay 2-02b: Coca-Cola and Pepsi

BR 2-07: A Night Out

I'm happy

BR 2-06: ARHUR AND THE SCHOOL PET

News Quiz

Speaking question

BR 2-05: Young Cam Jansen

Essay 2-02a: Coca-Cola and Pepsi

BR 2-04: More Macdonalds

BR 2-03: Noises in the Night

Sites I my review

Hello!!

Essay 2-01b: My favorite places

☆ Cake ☆

BR 2-02: Burglar's Breakfast

Essay 2-01a: My favorite places

My part-time job

BR 2-01: SHAWN and KEEPER

Our vacation

Outline : Favorite places

Brainstorms : Favorite places

BR 2-01: Beef Stew

Speaking IV

Writing IV September 30

Yesterday

My Summer Vacation

Essay 1-03b: Lilo and Stich

BR 1-12: Mr. Potter and Tabby

Portfolio for Writing III

0.0. Overview

Reviews, Posts, Words, and More

1.0. Essays

1.2. Best Essay

2.0. Comments

2.5. Recent comments display

2.6. Additional reflections on comments

3.0. Book Reviews

3.2. Best Book Review

4.0. Blog Layout, Labeling, Linking, & Media

4.4. Overall presentation

5.0. Additional reflections on your blog and your writing for it

6.0. Advice and suggestions for yourself, your peers, and your successors

BR 1-11: Mr. Putter

My typping homework

BR 1-10: Submarine Adventure

Essay 1-03a: Lilo and Stich

Using the PC and Abou my keitai

BR 1-09: Arthur 2

Essay 1-02b: Not my university life

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