Learning with computers

I think learning with computers is very good. Because computers have a lot of knowledge and we can see a lot of imformation soon. Now, I would like to talk about good points of learning with computers.

When I was a junior high school student, I started learning with a computer at a class for my first time.

We can found anything we don't know by use internet. Internet has so many imformations. And we can write sentences more easiry. If we don't know a spel or kanji, using computer, we can found right one. Computers are very clever.

Secrets of Kumamoto

There are a lot of secrets in Kumamoto.
And I will tell you a little secrets of Kumamoto....


Secrets of Kumamoto Castle
I think you know Kumamoto Castle. But do you know about history of Kumamoto Castle? Who made this castle? And Why did he made this castle?
These answers are connected with the histories of the Kato family.

The Kato family is prospered in Sengoku-Jidai. And the first lord of this castle was Kiyomasa Kato. Before he made this castle, he were in Korea, and he foughted. He had to shut himself up in the Korian castle. Then, he learned what is the best castle for the fight. He thought the most important things were foods and retreats. So a tradition handed down from old times, Kumamoto castle's wall were covered with miso. And Kiyomasa made retreat from the castle to Mt. Kinpou(金峰山)!
I was surprised to hear these secrets at the first time.

And do you know when and why the Kato family was overthrown and the Hosokawa came to power? After Kiyomasa died, his son, Tadamasa succeed his father as the load of this castle and reign over Kumamoto. But he didn’t have leadership as his father, so politics were disarranged.

Secrets of Kumamoto (brain storm)

Kumamoto Castle
Miso
the Hosokawa family
the Kato family
Mt. Dokko
Otemoyan
A lullaby of Itsuki

Best Essay!

I nominated Chie's essay for the best movie review.
Her essay is very easy to understand her oppinion. Also I can sympathize with her thought. So I chose her essay.

Home Town Friends

Elementry school
Junior high school
Club activity
Group

Friends
Childhood friend
Teachers
Parents

Home
Close
Neighboring

Memories
Squabbles
Consult
Trust
Dear

Association
Call

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TAKUMASAI!

We had a school festival for tree days from October 30 to November 2. I'm belonging to ESS circle, and we soled nanchara-burger. We had three menus; yakiniku-burger, fish burger, mango burger. I like fish burger the best in the three. That was so nice:p

In this festival, a lot of friends of mine going another school came to my university. So I could meet many friends who don't meet long time. I was so happy to see them! Thank you for your visit!

There were so many events for these three days. Among those events, I enjoyed a dance show the best. I am not good at dancing, so I like to watch dance. My friend took part in the show, and she is soooo cool!! I wanna try to dancing! Please teach me! ヾ(*´∀｀*)ノ

Anyway, I had very delightful time in those days! I wish everyday will be festival...!

Oh, I found KODAMA on the campus:)

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Mrs.Doubtfire

I am going to talk about a movie; Mrs. Doubtfire with this movie's themes. I think this movie's themes are love, family, bonds, and lifestyles. The movie is comedy but also humanism dorama.

Daniel is father of three sweet children. He loves his children, and his children love him, too. But he lost his job, so he depend on his wife for all of costs of living. One day, his wife Miranda decide to devorce to Daniel. And he can meet his lovely children only one day in a week. He wants to meet more often. He has an idea. He disguise in woman dress and work as a housekeeper in the house where his children live.

I thought Daniel is a little crazy when I watch this movie for the first time but he is full of love. I like his character. He loves his family. And I love my family as well.
Family is the most important thing in my whole life. Without my family, I can't live this world. I think Daniel is same to me. Family is the a part of me.

And I taught this film that lifestyles are very interesting. I think my life is my choice.

Lifestyles

Lifestyles are very interesting. Everyone has his or her own lifestyles and of course I have. Lifestyles are often very difficult for us. We should enjoy our life, but there are few bad things. I hope I enjoy even those bad things as well. Life is choice. Your choice decide your lifestyle.

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Family

Family is the most important thing for my whole life. I can’t live this world without my family, because they give me their selfless love and understanding, so I am very helped by them.
My father and mother was marriage for their love. My father felt in love with mother at first sight. Without his sudden love, my brother and I aren't in this world. With such a thought, I am very thank my parents. Family is very mysterious, but it is very important.

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Essay: My favrite place

I would like to talk about my favorite place. I have a lot of favorite places, but I like Aso in Kumamoto the best. I will tell you about why I like Aso the best.Aso is very famous for big mountains. There are a lot of tourists on holidays. I was taught by teacher that Aso's caldera is most big one in this world when I was a junior high school student. Actually, I had visited near this caldera. It was so big and I remember that I felt a little scary because I was a child.
Aso has more beautiful and great things. There are a lot of animals in Aso. I always see caws when I go there. There is peculiar smell and I don’t like it. But caws are very cute.
In addition, we can enjoy refreshing there at all. Because Aso is cool even though it is summer. So that it is very comfortable to pass the time. If you want to refresh your body for breath of fresh air, you may go there. And Aso has wide road everywhere. So you can drive easier than you drive in the Kumamoto city. Though I don’t have a driver’s license, my friend sad so when we drive this place.

Aso is very famous place in nature, so lots of TV stars want visit there. I am living in Kumamoto now, but Aso is well-known place than I thought. And there are few buildings when we go more local side. So Aso is used as filming place. For example, “YOMIGAERI” that a Japanese movie. I encountered where they make that film, when I go to Aso airport. That was great.

And have you seen starlit sky or night view in Aso? If you haven’t seen yet, you should see as soon as possible. That are very beautiful things. Last year, I went for a drive to Aso in order to see the night view and starlit sky with friends of mine. And then, I can see a shooting star for the first time. I was very impressed that encounter. In Japan, when you find a shooting star, your wish will be granted if you can say your wish till shooting star gone. But shooting star was very fast, so I couldn’t say anything. But It was very romantic. The God dosen't listen to my hope!

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Brainstorm: Favorite Place 01

River
Mountains

Park
Drive
Cars
Trains

Famous
Cool
Fresh
Beautiful

Animals
Cows
Horses

Sky
Water
Ice cream

Night views
Stars
Moon

Nature
Countryside
Farm
Field

Camping
BBQ
Beer

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Favorite Place

I go to a lot of places by my car, and I find favorite places there. I like Aso the best in Kumamoto, because that place has a very beautiful view. I always go there with my friends. When we go there, we often eat ice cream made in Aso. That is very nice. The road in Aso is very wide, so it is easy for me to drive. When I find a boy friend, I want to go there with him.

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Favorite Fall Activity

I like autumn the best. Fall is very confortable to spent all day, so I want to do a lot of thisngs in fall. I have a lot of favorite activities in this season. First, I like to cook using fall foods. I think I am a nice cook. And I like to do sports in fall. Fall is cool, so it is good for doing sports. I like to watch movies, too. In this season, I have a lot of to do.

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Let's go to Kyoto!

I would like to introduce this website.http://www.pref.kyoto.jp/visitkyoto/en/
This website introduces all things of Kyoto. I like Kyoto, and my mother lived there when she was young. So I was interested in this website.
I think you like it as well.

First of all, this site has a lot of categories. Maybe I should tell you all of them. There are categories of Temples and Shrines, Traditional buildings, Museums, Views, Walking around university campuses, Activities, Cultural experiences, Dining, Down town district, Hot springs, and Excursion to other Kansai. These are all cool, aren’t them? I am sure you are interested in them now.
My most favorite categories are Temples and Shrines. Because in this page we can know World Heritages which Kyoto has easer. I think it is very good idea. If you crick temple or shrine that you have an interest, this site will tell you that temple or shrine’s place on map. How useful!

This site’s webmaster loves Kyoto very much. He/she knows about all things about Kyoto. When I look this site, I found one page; features. I open this page and that page is teaching the things that you should do from now in Kyoto. In Japan, autumn is known as the season of the harvest. So he/she says you should learn about the many traditional arts and the Zen mindset, passed down through the ages in Kyoto. I want to learn the Zen mindset very much since I was high school student. So I will go to Mt.Kouya.

One more good point on this website is you can know history of Kyoto as well less than 230 words. That is easy enough to learn the history. I think that you think history of Kyoto is difficult, but it is very easy. You should not know about only the history of Kyoto but also the history of Japan.

Now, I want to go to Kyoto very much. I want to see Kyoto’s mountains witches are full of autumnal tints. That must be beautiful. And my friends are living in Kyoto, so I want to see them, too. I am Japanese, and I live in Japan, but I don’t know enough about this country. Kyoto has Japanese style, so I’d like to go there.
You see this website, you want to go to Kyoto.
Let’s go with me :)!

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Summer vacation plans

My summer vacation plans are not decided clearly yet. But I have a lot of things that I want to do. For example, I want to go sea and cook over a barbecue with my friends. I think we can do this thing only summer, so I decided to do soon. The other thing that I want to do is take a short trip to somewhere. I like to trip. I promised my mother to trip to Kyoto someday, so I want to go Kyoto this summer. Kyoto has a lot of memories of my mother’s youthful days. For these things, I have to save a lot of money.

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My dear....

Today, I would like talk about my dearest baby.

His name is Rookie, and he is a dog; golden retriever. He came to our house about eight years ago. Yes, he is eight years old now. Eight years ago, I was twelve years old; elementary school sixth grade student. When he has just come to our home, he was very quiet dog. He was uncommon, he weren’t affable. My family worried about his character. Before he comes, we had another dog named Keeper. He was dead one or two years ago from Rookie come. Keeper could live only three years. He was very friendly and clever. Especially my mother loved him. So she worried about weather she can love next pet or not. In Rookie’s childhood, he is not clever like Keeper, and he didn’t trust us. We have a little distance each other. I was very sad for it. I had been trying to tell my love to him. And few years later, he did trust me a little and little. Now, we love and trust each other. I know that he likes me very much because when he looks at me, his face is very gentle. But he has a little weak constitution.
He was operated a few months ago. Now he is fine. I want him to live a long long life.
I put his picture a little here. Look at these! He is very pretty, isn’t he!? He is the best for me.
Do you have pets? And do you care for them? The pets are family.

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TESTS!

I didn’t want to reach this season…. Here comes the hell of test!! I already take four tests; listening, reading, speaking, and international society and Japan. These four tests were all difficult for me. Is it only for me…? Of course not! I think the first grade test was easier than this year test. I have about nine tests this month. Oh my god, I must not forget to my reports. I have a lot of things that I have to do! Give me more time, please! Wait, wait, wait, don’t be in hurry. Calm down. I have enough time because this month I have my part-time jobs only seven days. So I can study for a long time. Yah, I have a highly motivation for the tests. Hang on!

Think about after these tests. After this season, the summer vacation begins, yay! I am looking forward to it! I have a lot of things that I want to do. For the time being, 29th July, I will go to the restaurant to hold a party to celebrate the end of the test with my friends.
What do you want to do after tests ;)?

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BR-11: Mystery in London

I read the book titled “Mystery in London” It is the same style to the book I read before; “SURVIVE!” I can choose the development. In the story, I can be the hero. Now, Let's start my story.

This is the year 1898, and my mane is Mycroft Pound. The Whitechapel Killer attacks people with a long knife, and six women are dead because of him. That is terrible. And then I found the woman who is lying in the street. She is very ill. There are the bicycle tracks on the road. Then, this is the first choose time. I can follow the bicycle tracks or go into the Rose and Crown which is the bar near here to talk to the people there. And I choose the last one. Then, I talk to the old woman there, and she knows that ill woman. Her name is Annie, she lives in Cable Street. I decided to go to that street. Then, I found Annie’s house there. There is a woman and she teaches me about Annie. I can understand that Annie has best friend names Rosy, and boyfriend. I can choose again. Back or go. I go to Limehouse Street where Rosy lives. My choice is correct, so I can meet Rosy soon. I talk about Annie, and Rosy cry. And she teaches to me about Annie’s boy friend; Jack. But that is my first mistake. I can’t find Jack because Jack is sailor, and there are a lot of Jack in the London docks.
I must go back to Annie’s house to gather more information. In Annie’s house, I find a letter from Jack. It says that “Tomorrow my ship is going to India. Please meet me at the Rose and Crown tonight. I have something very important for you.” I can understand that the Whitechapel Killer is him! And I can know her boyfriend’s ship. The ship name is Californian. I turn to London ducks again. But there are a lot of ships, so it is difficult for me to find the Whitechapel Killer’s ship. So I ask the people where is Californian. And finally, I can find that ship. But in the ship, there are three Jack! I must choose one in the tree. I mistake two times, and last one is the Whitechapel Killer. He say he don’t know about Annie, but in his pocket, there is a knife which on blood. I catch him with the captain help. And I take him off the ship and give him to the police.

The affair is solved. It was very difficult, and it takes long time. It just likes sugoroku! I like this type of books.

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BR-10: April in Moscow

I read the book titled “April in Moscow” It is a dancer’s story. I am interested in dance, so I thought I want read this book. Now, I am going to talk about this story.

The heroine in this story is April Fox. She works for the British Dance Company in Leeds. And her boss is Maria Grant. April has a friend names Laura. One day, Maria talked about good news. The news is her dance company can go to Russia to participate the Russian dance party. April and Laura was glad to hear that news.

Six weeks later, they leave Britain and go to Russia. On the plane, April and Laura talk about Moscow. They are both very happy. They are looking forward to see the famous places. At the hotel, Laura watches TV, but April is not listening to TV or Laura. She is looking out of the window. Next day, the dancers work very hard. After lesson, April and Laura go to a café and drink Russian tea. They talk about where they go next, and they decided to go to The Pushkin Museum. In the street near the museum, there is a small market. And then, they meet two men who can speak English. The two names Nikolai and Sasha. Those guys invited April and Laura to go to the country. So they go to the country together. And then, April and Sasha fall in love each other. But she is a dancer, so she has to go back to Moscow to enter the dance party. She parted from him in the country.

She comes back to Moscow, and enters the dance party. She dance without thinking about Sasha. She succeeded. And then, Sasha appears in front of April, and gives a note to her. It is Sasha’s address. They promise to meet again.

It is not only dance story but also love story. It was a good story, I think. But a long distance love is very difficult!!

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BR-9: Marcel goes to HOLLYWOOD

I read the book titled “Marcel goes to HOLLYWOOD”

A little before, I read this Marcel series book. I don’t like that story but I think the book which I have read is easy to read. So I rent this book.
In this book, the hero is Marcel as well as the book I read before. Now, I would like to talk about this story.

Marcel has a girlfriend names Celine, and they are French mice. Do you remember Marcel’s job? Yes, he is a detective. One summer, they went to Los Angels on holiday. It is very interesting that mice ride on the plane and trip abroad.
They arrived at Los Angels, they went to their hotel. And when they took a little rest in their room, Marcel hears a noise. He and Celine go upstairs to the kitchen. And then, he found a note on the wall. That says “We have the girl. Don’t go to the police. Be in your office tomorrow morning at 10. We have the telephone number.” It was kidnappers threatening letter. The parents of the girl who was kidnapped read the note, too. They are surprising and scared. The father’s name is Arnold, and the mother’s name is Claudia. Arnold goes his office following the kidnapper’s memo. Marcel and Celine follow Arnold, too. At the Arnold’s office, he walks up and down. He doesn’t become composed because his telephone isn’t ringing. 10 minutes later, the telephone rings.
The kidnapper’s　demands are one million dollars and bring it to the room 309 on the Queen Mary. Arnold does these things as the kidnappers say. But they demand that bring more money. At one point, the kidnappers go back to their hiding place with one million dollars in bag. Marcel and Celine get in this bag. In their hiding place, Marcel and Celine are waiting the chance. When kidnappers fall asleep, Marcel takes a telephone and call to police. Then, because of this action, the child is free and kidnappers are cached. That is the end of this story.

It was a happy ending! I like this story than the story I read before. Marcel is brave mouse. But I think it is hard to happen some accidents wherever Marcel goes.

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BR-8: Robin Hood

I read the book titled “Robin Hood”
I think this is very famous story in the world. It is remake by Disney, so I have seen this movie. In this book, the story shows with cartoons. It is very easy to read. I like adventure story. Now, I would like to talk about this story

The hero in this story is of course Robin Hood. And he has some subordinates, for example, there are Little John and Friar Tuck. Robin conceals lives and conceals in Sherwood Forest. And there are more men doing the same thing to him. Robin attacked the priests who are greedy and the noblemen who are wealth. He takes much money from these people, and he gives them to the poor. He helps the people who groan and suffer under misgovernment. He is a brave and kind man.

As I said before, this story is very famous one in the world. It was made in century of 12 or 13 in Britain. And it is promoted in various situations. Whenever, people like hero. Hero is very clever, kind, brave, and cool. I like hero as well. In those days, there is no hero in Japan, I think. We need hero because it is a very hard world we live in. Come on hero! And please help us from this hard world!

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PONYO on the CLIFF

Don't you think it is pretty cute voice!?

This song is the theme song of the movie titled "PONYO on the cliff" This film will be shown for the first time on 19th July. It is made of STUDIO GHIBLI. GHIBLI's movies are one of the most famous and loved movies in the world. Also I am a big fan of them since I was a junior high school student. I feel the impression of their movies change every time I watch the movies. I can understand how I grow with the change of impressions.

There are some famous film directers in this company. Above all, I like the movies directed by Hayao Miyazaki. I think he is a genius. He seems that he knows how to captivate his audiences. What do you like movies in GHIBLI? They have a lot of excellent films. This film "PONYO in the Cliff" also will become the excellent one! I can't wait for the PONYOOOOO!!

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What I think about blogging

I think to post the blog is very good activities, because I can know a lot of things that what I did each day. And to see my friends’ blog, I can know about what they did recently. Also, to post blog is to write sentences a lot. It is very good for us. I think that I can write sentences smoothly than before. And to layout needs sense. As I see the other class’s friends’ blog, they make their blog so cute. I wonder when they learn how to layout. Anyway, blog is fan.

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I'm Full!

I went to the restaurant of Japanese okonomiyaki; a seafood or meat and vegetable pancake with my friend. Someone say it is difficult to overturn it to be well done. But I am good at it. My friend made a little mistake for it, so it has lost its circle shape. Of course I did better than her(^ω^)! I ate okonomiyaki after a long time, but it is very delicious!

We ordered not only okonomiyaki but also takoyaki. Right in our meal, we notice that we make too many orders. We can’t ear so much carbohydrate! The restaurant manager was very kind man, so he suggested that taking back leftovers. But we are already enough, so we don’t want see the food anymore. We felt sorry, and we got out the restaurant. We learned that don’t order too much without thinking our stomach. Even so, it was good!

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Essay-6: Self Introduction

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The Fireworks in the Night of July!

Hi, guys :)How was your weekend?
I had a nice time in last weekend. Now I would like to talk about my holiday.
5th July, I went to Amakusa with my three friends. I like to drive, so I enjoyed very much.
On our way to Amakusa'sea, we went to Amakusa-mura. I came there once when I was a child. There is a statue of Shiro Amakusa. Shiro Amakusa is very famous person on Japanese history. Some historical books says he is very handsome man, but as far as I see the statue, I didn’t think so, ha-ha!
When we arrived at the sea, we can see the view of a beautiful sunset. It was great.
Then, after come the evening, we started to play sparklers. It was fan.
I like to drive to somewhere, and it is my how to relax. I want to drive to Amakusa again. Take me faraway!!

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COLORS

I like to color! Now, I am trying to obtain certification of color coordinator. I thought it needs the study of art, but it needs chemically study. I hate chemistry very much! So it is very hard for me.

I like to draw pictures, take photos, and decollate something. I wanted to go to an art school. When I was high school third grade student, I thought seriously which way I should choose; English or art. Now, I like to study English very much, so I am never sorry about what I choose. KGU is very nice school, and there are a lot of friends of mine. In addition, I can draw pictures with going to university. Now, I have to study not only English but also art. That is nice. I have a lot of things to do in my university life. I don’t want to regret that what I did. So I have to do my best for my dream.

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BR-7: The Clowns with Frowns Parade

I read the book titled “The Clowns With Frowns Parade.”
This book is the easiest book I have ever read in this year. The numbers of words are 291. Oh, my god! I took the time to read this book for 2 minutes.
Now, I am going to talk about the story.

There are a lot of colorful clowns in this story. Bront said to Beaver “Come on! There is a parade in town today. It’s a good parade. It has a lot of clowns. I want to see all the crowns.” And then, Beaver and Bronto went to town to see the clowns in the parade. There are clowns who are frowning, so Bronto wanted to ask why they are so. And the clowns all said “It is not a good day for me. I am sad.” Then, Bronto found another clown in the town. And he asks to him “Are you also sad?” But that clown said “I am not sad,” with the big red shoes. And he also said “The frown is painted on my face. All the clowns have frowns painted on their faces today.”

That was the end of this story. The clowns’ make makes me sad, I think. In my room, there are a lot of figures of clowns. They all painted face, and they are all sadly. But I like clowns.

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All About My Keitai

Keitai is very important thing for me. If I forget to bring this to school or anywhere, I feel very helpless. That means keitai is my important part. But when is that start that we all have keitai? It is mystery. My keitai has a big memory. It has photos, mails, movies, and so on. That is like my diary. In addition, keitai is useful as a watch. It is not a battery-run clock, it is very crrect anytime and anywhere. It is another keitai's good point. Because of them, there is few people who have a wristwatch. As same as the computers, there are both of good points and bad points. But I think keitai will be more useful from now on.

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Using the computer, good points and bad points

I am using the computer everyday. This is very convenience to get a lot of information and do my home works. In those days, I think the over half people in Japan have a computer. That means the computer became a very important part for this world. But I think there are some bad points for us to use computers. Make sentences by the typing on the computer, we don't need write letters by ourselves. That is a problem. Because of this, I am not good at write letters and remember Japanese-kanji. That is not good.

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BR-6:The Nutcracker

I read the book titled "The Nutcracker"
It is a fairy tale. And this is a story of Christmas. It is a very simple story, so as I read this book, I understand the continuation of the story. I think it is easy to read. Now, I am going to talk about the story.

The main character is a girl named Clara. The day was a Christmas eve, so she was very looking forward to Christmas presents. There is a big Christmas tree and the present will be under the tree. As Clara had too much expectation for presents, she slept under the tree. There was a doll of nutcracker.

When she got up, things which were in her room became big and big! But the things didn’t become big, but she became small. Clara was very surprised about that. At that time, the nutcracker got up at front of Clara, and said “I am the prince of nutcrackers.” Then, the two started a adventure and they overcome some dangers. Then they had a good relationship, she woke up in her bed. She was dreaming, and came back to a reality. That the wend of this story. Do you think it is a very simple story?

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Trip to INDIA!

I want to go to India very much!
Here is my plan for trip to India. I wish I could run this plan someday...!

Let's go to India!

First, I wake up in 7:30 a.m. I can’t get ready faster, so I have to wake up early in the morning. Today's plan is to go the Taj Mahall. At 8:30, I go to the restaurant in the hotel where I am staying at an inn to eat breakfast. Then, after the meal, I leave the hotel and get into a long-distance bus to go to the Taj Mahall. The time is 9:00 now. It takes 8 hours. We will arrive there at 17:00. So I enjoy Indian scenery and sightseeing from the inside of bus. On our way to Taj Mahall, we have lunch. The lunch is curry on naan. Naan is easy to take outside. It is perfect for lunch! After lunch, we start running toward today’s goal. Then, at 16:30, we finally arrive at the Taj Mahall. It is earlier than my plan. Taj Mahall in the sunset is the most beautiful in this world. I want to be here all the time, but I have no time to do so. At 17:30, I have to leave the Taj Mahall. It is very short time, but I enjoyed every bit of there. We hurry to get a bus, we go back to hotel in Delhi.

That is all! It is very fan!!

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My favorite Movie or Movies

I love to watch movies very much. I can watch any country's movies; Japanese, Korean, British, American movies, and more. Especially, I like British movies. I think people who live in Japan and Britain have very similar characters. So British human drama is very easy to see and understand for me. On the other side, movies that made in Italy and France are difficult to understand for me. So I don't like these movies. In addition, I like movie's sound tracks very much. When I watch the movies, sound tracks is very important point.

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Foreign Countries

I am interested in foreign countries very much. I have been to two foreign countries. The one was Singapore, and the other was Malaysia. Those experiences were my high school trip. These two countries had a lot of differences to Japan, and I was surprised and had a lot if fan. I want to visit many foreign countries more. I think after I visit there, I become cleverer than now. The first country where I want to visit is Britain. Because I like history very much, and Britain has many old histories. I hope I can go there in the near future.

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Link to ...!

Congratulation

I like this post the best! This is Chie M's blog. I don't know about Chie well, but I think we have a common point. That is the reason why I chose the post.
What is our common point? She have a friend of her in the U.S. and I have a friend there, too.
Chie misses the days of her hung out with her friend and she want to see her. I want to do the thing as well, but the U.S. is very far from Japan. So it is difficult for us to see our friends.
Friends are very important!

My Twenty Years!

Thank you
my family
and friends!


I reached at
my 20 years!

Hi, guys! How was your weekend?I spend special days in last weekend because 22nd June was my twenties birthday.
On 21st, that was Saturday, I was celebrated by my friends of KGU; Saori, Shiori, and Sanae. That day, we had no classes because it was Saturday. So I thought it was difficult for us to get together. If that day was an ordinary day, it was easy to get together because we all have classes. But they came to see me. I was very happy for only the thing. I thought the day’s plan was only having dinner with them, but they were with me till the next morning. So I am going to talk about the day’s occurrences.

We went to kitchen-Ku to have dinner. We eat, talk, and laugh there. Then, I went to rest room. And after I went back to our table, the three started to sing a birthday song for me. I was surprised. And then, they took out a present from their bag and give it to me. I opened it immediately, and the present was a necklace. I was very very happy for it. At that time, Sanae got out the restaurant because her mom asked to come. It was a mid-night, and it was danger to go out the city for only, so Shiori went out with Sanae. At that time, I never had doubts about their action. After the meal, Saori and I went to game center to get together with the two again. We played there a little. After that, we went to internet-café. Then we go to karaoke and sung songs.
It was maybe 11:40 p.m. My twenties birthday was just around the corner! When the clock said twelve, the tree sent happy birthday mail to me even we were close. And they took out another present and birthday cake!! I was surprised too much and I wept with joy to this surprise. They were all laughing to see my weeping face. But I wonder when they bought this cake. So I asked them “when did you bring this cake?” They answered “You never became aware? Sanae and Shiori get out the restaurant to buy this cake.” Hey, hey guys, I cannot think such a thing! I spent the greatest night on my birthday eve.

On 22nd June, this is my birthday, my family cerebrated me to take the place of my friends. My father has thought how cerebrate my birthday since the beginning of June. My order brother calls up his girlfriend. So father, mother, brother and his girlfriend, and I went to the Japanese restaurant to have dinner. It was very nice. My brother and his girlfriend give a present to me. I have really taken to this present. After the meal, we came back to our home. Then my mother brings the birthday cake for me. I ate cakes for two days running ;p

I am a happy girl. I am loved by my family and friends. Oh, and I should say "thank you" for friends who sent birthday mail for me. Any way, I reached my twenty years. Nice to meet you all!!

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Part-Time Joooobs!!

Today, I do two part-time jobs. One is the shop sales doughnuts, the other is receptionist with telephone in TV studio. I like both of jobs even wages are not high. At the doughnuts shop, we eat doughnuts in free, so it is easy to grow fat...! But doughnuts are very delicious. My friend of this shop gained four kilograms from before she started to work here, ha-ha! It is terror!! The people who work at this shop are all kind. They are good people. So I can’t quit this work.

The other one, at TV studio job, I can meet a lot of professional. Their jobs served as for me. A short time ago, the Mayor of Kumamoto came to the studio. I couldn’t talk to him of course, but I listened to his speech a lot. This is very rare experience.
Call to YUUGATA-ICHIBAN! Perhaps I answer you.

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My Other Classes!

I want to study English more. But I don’t know how to study English well. Now I study English everyday and everyday, and I think I can read, listen, and write English better than who don’t study it everyday. The problem is I am not good at speaking English well. I want to speak it fluently very much, so I’m trying to talk in English a little. And how to study that I like is to watch movies in English. That is very good study.

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How I study English

I want to study English more. But I don’t know how to study English well. Now I study English everyday and everyday, and I think I can read, listen, and write English better than who don’t study it everyday. The problem is I am not good at speaking English well. I want to speak it fluently very much, so I’m trying to talk in English a little. And how to study that I like is to watch movies in English. That is very good study.

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BR-04: SURVIVE!!

"SURVIVE!!"
It is a nice title, isn't it?
It has a strain, and I wanted to read it.
Now, I am going to talk about this book.

This book is not ordinary book. We can choose the scene by our own thought. If I did a miss choice, I die on this story. Main character is myself. Can I survive?

I am in a small plane, going across the Rocky Mountains. Then, suddenly the engine was broken and the plane begins to go down into one of the mountains. I turn to the left and land on the snow. I am safe. I take the coat, the bananas, and the sigarette lighters from my plane. It is a good choice. I can go down the mountains because of those things. In addition, I can go down very smoothly part of the way to the ground. But when I feel hanger, I eat some strange fruit. That is a mistake! The fruit is poisonous. I feel ill, and sit down in the snow. I get colder and colder. This is gameover. I died.

I can read this book with the sense of game. It has fan.

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THe Tale Of PETER RABBIT

I read this book; The Tale of Peter Rabbit.
This is one of the most famous book in this world. I think there is a lot of people who loves Peter Rabbit. I am a big fan of this story as well. When I was 17 years old, my friend gave this book as a birthday present. It was very nice present.
Now, I'm going to talk about the story.


The characters are Four little rabbits, and their names are Flospy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and Peter. And their mother, and Mr. and Mrs. McGregor. Peter is the hero in this story.

The four rabbits were told their mother to go down the lane to gather blackberries. She said also don't go to Mr. McGregor's garden. If you go there, you'll be put into a pie by Mrs. McGregor. The three aspect Peter were good bunnies, so they did as mother said. But Peter, who was very naughty, ran straight away to Mr. McGregor's garden. And then, Mr. McGrefor found Peter, and he tried to catch him. So Peter run away from him, he was into danger some times. Finally, Peter could get back home, but he was very tired and decided not to go to Mr. McGregor's garden.

I think Peter is same to elementary school children. They are full of curiosity, but once they in danger, they start crying with calling their mother or father. So, if we read this book, we can feel a sense of closeness to Peter. I think this is the reason why Peter Rabbit is popular in this world.

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Essay-5 My History of Learning Languages

I have been studying languages for a long long time. Maybe since I was a baby, my history of learning languages has begun. Now I would like to talk about my history of languages.


When did I start learning languages? I don't know precisely, but I think it is very long time ago. To say exaggeratedly, I start learning Japanese when I was inside of mother. I think mother is my first teacher of languages. Mother talk to me, and I hear that. That is study. Of course father is teacher as well. So that people around me when I was a child is very important for learning languages. Thanks to those people, most of children who are 5 years old can speak one language at least. So did I. And, I think the language teacher is not only people. TV program, books, songs and all things around me are the teacher. I learned language from a lot of things.


As I grow up, my language teachers are increase. When I started to go to elementary school, there were many people I have ever met. For example, school teachers and classmates. I could talk with many people. And I could learn language not only by talking with people but also by taking classes. I think that was the start of studying in earnest.
But from this period, I learned bad words very much. We can't learn language without bad words. When I used bad words, my mother and father scolded me. Now I don't use bad words much, but I know a nimber of bad words like "sh×t!"


After graduation from elementary school, I started to go to junior high school, and I started learn about language besides my mother's tongue; Japanese. I have been studying English since that time till now. English is very different from Japanese. Grammar and pronunciation were so difficult for me of those days. It is not mother's tongue, so I could learn English from only school teacher and textbooks. But my father learn English from many Western music and songs.
Things that I feel with studying English is Japanese is more very important than any languages for me. Because without understanding Japanese, I can't undersatnd English or others. To
express is so difficult, so I have to know a lot of words to express.

Now I am learning four languages in KGU; Japanese, English, Spanish, and Chinese. I think the base of study of languages is my own mother's tongue. I have been studying Japanese for about twenty years, but there is a lot of things that I never know. That is mysterious. But to learn languages is very interesting! I think there is no study that more interesting than languages.

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Live Concert!

Do you know RIZE?
This is Japanese rock band.

Today, they came to Kumamoto and hold a live concert at B-9.
I didn't know well about this band, but my friend was a big fan of them and she invited me to go to their concert.

B-9 is a live-house. Its area is as same as a schoolroom, so player is very close to us.
My friend and I were the third row. That was very excited!!
Listeners were all crazy! They shouted, jostled one another, stepped on my foot. It was just like a jam-packed train! I was a little short of oxygen.

I didn't know their songs and I couldn't sing their songs. But I enjoyed their music very much.
I had a good experience there.

Aaaand, I met Takashi S there! He was also excited because he shaked hands with that band's vocalist!

After the live concert, I was very tired....

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I Have a Guest!

My aunt Eiko came to my home, yay! I love her, so I am very happy to see her.
Aunt Eiko is my mother's sister. Aunt Eiko's voice is very similar to my mother's. Her how to laugh is same to my mother's. It's very interesting and I like it.

Aunt Eiko is going to go back home tomorrow, so I wanna talk to her about lots of things today.
But she is saying "I'm sleepy" now. O.K, you can go to bed. I'll talk you tomorrow morning!

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The Last Teenager

Twenty years of age is just aroud the corner!!
I'm the last teenager now!!

I wonder my nineteen years was good thing?
I don't know but I wish it.

Oh, I became slightly sentimental....


Now! I pland it!

10 things that I want to do till Twenty years of age comes!!
Let's go!

1, Get into the habit of getting up early
2, Buy a new pair of shoes
3, Watch my language
4, Go to some live concert
5, When I get a email, I should answer this
6, Listen to all JUDY AND MARY's song again
7, Clean my room
8, Buy a pretty dress
9, Watch movies once a week
10, ......! (The last one is secret!)


Is that all? I think I will be able to do those things after I become twenty, ha-ha! But it's O.K. isn't it?

You should try it :)

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Rainy Season....

I hate rainy day. We have a lot of rain on June in Japan.
The rainy season is just around the corner.
I hate rainy day. I wish summer come soon for me!

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Essay-4 Favorite Restaurant

We are going to talk about our favorite restaurant; Kamado. Kmado is Japanese food restaurant. Our friend Keishi T works there, and we often go this restaurant. When we go there, Keishi always serves us.


Kamado(火間土）
Where: Kumamoto City, Shimotoori
How to get there: take a streetcar and get off it "Toorityosuji" Also go to shimotoori, if you look Daiei, you should turn right, and then you may find Kamado in your right hand. (it takes about 5 minutes)


Concept
Kamado gives guests special place where we don't have to worry about other people, and we can make ourselves at home as a private room. Guests can cement a bond with precious people there.
This restaurant designed as Japan looked other countries people with a image of Kyoto.


Menus
at lunch time; sashimi, sushi, udon, a special lunch offer that changes from day to day, and so on!
at dinner time; all you can eat and drink at twe thousand and six hundred yen(add to Japanese food, you can eat some Italian dishes), alchol drink (coctails, beer, a clear distilled liquor, sake, wine), soft drink (coke, ginger ale, Calpis, oolong tea, orange juice), and so on!
We can eat for discounted price from 21:30.


Our impressions
We have gone to Kamado twice. Once was last December, we orderd the course. When we eat dinner, Keishi surved us some dessert. That was good!!! Next, we went to Kamado two weeks ago. This was a day befor Saori's birthday. We went to there at 21:30, so we could eat for discount price. However, Keishi surved us so we can eat two thousand yen. He is very kind. When we began a countdown for her birthday at 0:00, other guests in this restaurant began a count down too. We were very surprised. And then, we all sang a birthday song for Saori. We had a very nice time there. I think the guests who come to this restaurant are kind because of Kamado's concept.



Tomoko's impressions:
Kamado's dishes were also good. I like sushi the best in Kamado's dishes. You had better to eat Kamado's sushi.
I want to go this restaurant again!
If you want to eat some good dishes,
if you want to drink alcohol,
if you want to have some fan with your friends or family or other precious person,
if you want to see Keishi,
you should go to Kamado!!

Shiori M, Tomoko S

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I don't wanna...!

I don't wanna work anymore....

I want to meet my circle member. Today everybody in circle got together except me because I had a part-time job o!! Noooooooo!!

My friend called me and said "We had a lot of fun! You had better to come today!"
Yeah, I know I know....


I meet you all!!

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Have a date with...!?

Today is rainy day. I don't like rain very much. When it is rainy, I always have a bad headache.

Today, I went to shopping with my friend, Shiori. We really enjoyed shopping. I bought a T-shirt, foundation, and cute mirror. The mirror is not for me, but that is for my friend as a birthday present!

After we finished shopping, we went to the restaurant of grilled slices of meat. We ate lots of meat. I feel bad because I ate so much. I don't want to eat meat anymore.

Anyway, I had a very good time today! I love shopping!!

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Cleaning, Cleaning, Cleaning!

I am not good at to put a room in order. So I'm often said "You should clean your room!" by my mother. And then I always "I know, I know. I'll do it later." It makes my mother angry o!

Today is sunday. I didn't have any plans, so I decided to start cleaning!

I took all day long to clean my room.
You know, cleanliness is very comfortable.

I'll clean my room once a week!

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MARCEL and The Mona Lisa

I read the book and the book title is "Marcel and The Mona Lisa."

I found and lend this book in KGU library because its cover was very cute. I think it looks so interesting.
Now, I am going to talk about this story.

The main characters is Macel. Macel is mouse and he works as detective. He has a nice girlfriend who names Celine. She is mouse as well.
And, there are two thieves in this story. The two named Henri and Antoni. In addition, Mona Lisa is very important thing in this story.

The story is very simple one. One day, Marcel drunk a cup of tea with Celine. Celine is working at the Louvre, so Marcel walks around this art museum. At that time, he saw that someone steals the Mona Lisa! He thinks the thief is a new guard in the Louvre. And then, he entered the thief's bag to give chase to whereabouts this thief because he is a detective! The thief is meet another person who was on the train, and he was also a thief. The two were the team. Marcel was chasing to them for long long time. Finally, the thieves give Mona Lisa to Sigrar Spandini. Marcel thought that it was the srisis of Louvre, so he overtune the light, and then, there were fire in Sigrar Spandini's house. People who were in that house were panicked. Marcel took this chance, he robbed Mona Lisa from two thieves, and brought it to the Louvre. That is the end of the story.


I think Marcel is very bravely, but he should never set fire to someone's house.

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My University Life!

I'd like to talk about my university life.

My university life is very good one. I go to KGU now, and this university is so big and beautiful.

I always go to there by bus. It takes about 30 minutes. That's very far I think.

The rainy season is just around the corner, so the number of taking buses people is increase. I hate riding a jam-packed bus!!

When I was a high school student, I thought that KGU students were very dull. But It was a misunderstanding! KGU students are very busy everyday! We have a lot of things to do!
Classes, everyday homework, pleasures with friends of mine, part-time jobs, and so on. I am going to talk about these things.

First, second-year students have a lot of classes than first-year students. So we have a lot of homework as well. That is so serious, but I want to do all of things in the right order.

Second, friends are very important in university life! I always spend school days with them. Taking the lunch time, having classes, hang out, we always together. My best favorite time is hang out in free time with my friend at KGU's bakery. Our conversation is never break off. I can talk to them my worries, things I feel happy or sad, everything! And I listen to their story as well. Because of it, I can enjoy my university life.

Third, now I do two part-time jobs. One is a shop of doughnut, the other is a TV station. I work at a TV station once or two a week. I think this is a valuable experience. I do assistance of one local TV program's corner. I can work with many professionalises. That is very important time for me.
I think that part-time job is a kind of study. It is very usefull in my future.

That is my university life. I have very nice time at KGU. As I said first, I have a lot of things I have to do. But It is not only me!! Don't show any sign of weakness, I want hold on it!

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SIMON AND THE SPY

I'd like to talk about the book "SIMON AND THE SPY".


The characters are very simple. Simon who as a hero, his girlfriend; Samantha, police, and the spy. The story is also very simple.


One day, Simon was a station and he wanted to catch a train. Then he saw a crowd of police finding the spy there. He don't find the spy even the spy was always near him! The spy wore a woman's wig and disguised himself as an old woman. When Simon and the spy bumped into each other, the spy's letter enters the Simon's bag. Of course the spy wanted the letter return him, so the spy run after Simon.
Simon is finding the spy, the spy is chasing Simon. That's fanny.
Finally, a dog striped the spy of his close and a wig, the spy's lie was exposed, and he was arrested by police.

How stupid spy he is!! But I like simple story like this book.

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MR 1-01: SHREK

I watched a movie "SHREK"

The Characters;
Shrek; He is a green monstor living alone in the forest. He is a hero of the story.
Princess Fiona; She is a heroine of the story.
Donkey; He is good at speak fast. He likes Shrek.
Captain Fook
Cookieman
Pink Dragon

Story;
Shrek is a lonely man. He has a green skin like a monstor, so that nobody wants to be friend with he. Then Donkey appeard. He has no name but he likes to talk. He become Shrek's first friend.
Shrek looks like a monstor, but actually he is intelligent, bravery, and kind. He helps Princess Fiona who was carried away by pink dragon. Shrek, Donkey and Princess Fiona overcome any troubles. And finally, they greet happy ending.

Themes;
Friendship
Love
Kindness
Sweetness
Heart warming
Adventurous

Feelings;
This movie is very interesting! First, I feel spooky about Shrek but at last I like Shrek.

My Friend!

Today, I would like to talk about my friend. Her name is Shiori. She is very interesting girl. She is very pretty girl. She is very kind girl. She has a lot of friends. I like her.
We are always hung out together in KGU. We are always in KGU’s bakery. There are four people there. Their names are Saori and Sanae. If you want to see us, go to bakery!

Shiori and I went to same high school, and we were in a same class in third grade. But we are not close friends then. I don’t know why, ha-ha! As we go to same university now, we became a very close friend. We went to a short trip in last summer. It was a very good trip. This summer, we don’t have any plan, but I want to go somewhere with her.

She has a big dream. She wants to be a French cook. And shiori loves tatsuya So they are couple. They will marry in near future!!!

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My Hobbies

I have a lot of hobbies; to play the piano, drawing pictures, watching movies, and so on.
First, to play the piano is my favorite thing. I go to music school since I was an elementary school student. Recently, I'm trying to make my own songs. That is very fan.Next, drawing pictures is also my favorite. I am good at drawing people's pictures.

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Food and Eating Habits

I have two eating habits. I eat boiled rice every morning. I can't eat any bread at morning. I don't know why but without rice, a day doesn’t start. On the other, I like fermented soybeans very much. People may usual eat fermented soybeans setting on rice, but I don't do that. I eat rice first, and then eat fermented soybeans. This is my favorite how to eat it. Anyway, to eat is my happiness.

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News Test!

We have a news quiz in our reading class. That ask us what happen in last week. Last week, I read newspaper everyday to know what is happening. The test was a little difficult for me, but I got 9 points out of 10. That was good. Next time, I'll get a perfect point!

Music I Like!

I like music very much.
I joined brass band club when I was high school student. I played clarinet, and I think I was very nice player.
I like Japanese pop music, too. I love Mr.children the best. Their music is so cool, and I was impressed by their words everyday. I want to go to their concert some day.

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Golden Week!! The Last Day

I don't want reach this time....
Today is the last day of Golden week.

I went to Fukuoka again with my friend, Sana, to watch the concert of BUMP OF CHICKEN.
Sana is a big fan of that band. I didn't know their music well, but it was a great concert.

That concert was hold nearby sea, so we looked at sea for a very long time till the band started the concert.

I like to looking at sea without thinking anything. This is my how to relax.

I had a very nice time in Fukuoka, so I want go there again with Sana.

Tomorrow I have classes! Nooooooooo!!

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Golden Week!! The Second Day

Do you all spend happy time?

I've just come back to Kumamoto. I was in Fukuoka today with my mom and brother.
We went concert performed by Yuzu. Yuzu is a pop singers. My brother was a big fan of them, so I also listened to their music since I was an elementary school student. I watched their concert 8 years ago, so I met again after 8 years' silence. That was the greatist show. I sang, shouted, laughted, cried, and exited.
I could feel that they blowed away my worries.

It was also great to spend all day long with mom and brother. I love my family, of course dad too.

Anyway, I had a very nice time today. That is the very happy holoday.

Well, I'll take a shower and then go to bed.

Bye:)

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Golden Week!! The First Day

Here comes Golden week!! Hoooooo!
This year, we have only 4 holidays but I'm very happy.

May 3rd is Constitution Memorial Day. So I wanna say a single word about Constitution.
Mmm...I oppose to amend the Article 9 of Constitution!

On the other meanwhile, I had a part-time job today. I'm working at a doughnut shop. The shop is having a sale now;Golden week, so there are too many customers. Today is also busy day for this shop. I was tired but a shopkeeper bought us tapioka juice, I became a little happy.

Tomorrow I am going to go to Fukuoka to watch a concert, yay!

Nice Golden week, Bye.

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Sleep of Spring Never Knows a Morning

The title is Japanese proverb.
Recently, I am always sleepy. It becomes warm today, the temperature is perfect for me. So I am dozing even if it is in the daytime.

Today,after school, I was given an email from a friend of mine; her name is Kanako.
She is now lovesick, so she want me to listen to her. Her boyfriend is an irresolute man. I don't like such a boy, so I can't understand his good points. Soooooo sorry, Kanako!

The whole time only she talks, but I like that time. I became be fine because I met her after a long time.

I have no part-time job today, so I'll go to bed a little earlier than usual.

good night for everyone:)

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Golden Week Plans!

I have two plans on Golden week. I am going to go to Fukuoka on the first day of golden week with my mother and old brother. Our plan is to watch the concert performed Yuzu. Yuzu is Japanese pop singers. The other plan is to go to my grandmother's house. I didn't meet her for a long time, so I want to go there as soon as possible. I want to spend good time there.

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Writing

Dear host family,

Hello. I'm Tomoko S. I'm nineteen years old. I go to KGU and study English everyday. To study English is very interesting, but to improve the skill of English conversation is difficult for me. I wanted to learn real English conversation, so I hoped to go abroad.

Let me introduce myself a bit more. I have a lot of hobbies. Above all, I like to draw pictures. I usually spend my free time drawing pictures. I'm good at pictures of humans, so I'd like to try to draw pictures of you if you want me to.

Next to pictures, I like music. I can play the piano, clarinet, Japanese-shamisen, and guitar. What kind of music do you like? I wish to play music you like.

The other hobby is to go for a drive. I got a driver's license two monthes ago. I don't have an international license yet, so I want to get this, and drive in your country someday.

I think it is good to find a new hobby while I stay at your house. By the way, do you have some pets? I have a dog in my house. He is golden retriever. I love animals very much, so if you have pets you don't have to worry about this.

I'm not very good at getting up early. I have one more question. How long does it take to go to school from your house? If it take long time, I have to develop the habit of getting up early.

That is myself. I'm looking forward to meet you very very much.
See you.

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New Classes are Biginning!

I have a lot of first classes. There were teachers who I never met.
2nd grade classes seem so difficult. In writing class, I have to write blogs five times a week.
And I have many classes than last year. That is so hard for me, because I started part time job recently.
But I will do my best for my grade.

New teachers, nice to meet you!

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Spring Vacation!

I went to Fukuoka with three friends of mine. We went to aquarium. There are so many beautiful fish. I like to watch fish, so I was very excited. And then, we went to Tenjin to go shopping. There are a lot of big buildings and big shops.

I have a very nice time there. I like to spend holidays with my friends very much!

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