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this weekend

2010-03-06T20:57:00.002+09:00

Now, I'm in NZ!!

I can have good friends...

Soon is one of my friends, but in NZ I think he is my best best friend.

He always helps me and stands by me.

I have troubles more than I was in japan, but can understand my feeling.

I waana go back Japan now, but because of him and Jiyoug, I like to be in NZ.

Today, I studied my Project that I have to finish by next week wit soon and then I went to dinner with him and Jiyong, after that went to Piha beach.... I could have gud tym wit them.....

Tomorrow, I'm hanging out with Haruka, so Im really looking forward to seeing her.

My friends

2010-03-05T11:44:00.003+09:00

he is one of my friends.

sooooooo nice person.

whenever he helps me, and he always makes me happy..

I can have one of my best friend in NZ.

Im soooooo happy.

New Zealand Life

2010-03-05T11:37:00.002+09:00

New Zealand life, it is soooo fun, but it really troublesome....... Doing homework....... I hate doing homework. If I am in Japan, my friends always help me ...

But in NZ, it should do by myself and everyone does it myself, Everyone does soooooooo hard.

When I have to do homework, I always feel bad.....

but, I have sooooooo good friends.

my friends always help me.

I could have my best friends here.

portfolio

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

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Student ID: 08129

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)	Essay My favorite places	2009.10.07	4	321	1	0	0	0
2-01b (2009.10.21)	My favorite Places	2009.10.21	6	455	0	0	0	0
(2-01c)
2-02a (2009.11.04)	essay	2009.11.04	4	371	0	1	0	0
2-02b (2009.11.18)	Viewing website	2009.11.11	7	587	0	0	0	0
(2-02c)
2-03a (2009.12.02)	learning language story	2009.11.29	6	679	3	0	0	0
2-03b (2009.12.18/22)	The meaning of learning language	2009.12.17	7	860	0	0	0	0
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Totals	---	---	34	3273	4	1	0	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.

I think the last essay is the most improvement, because every paragraphs end with conclusion, and each paragraphs explain one topics. To improve my ability, before I post the last essay on blog, I let my friends read it and am given opinion from them.

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*	nothing
2.2. Your best comment on a classmate's blog*	Essay2-03a My language career	2009.12.09	22
2.3. Best comment by a classmate on your blog*	learning language story	2009.12.09	26	supportive
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*	learning language story	2009.12.09
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*
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.

...Yes, my blog display recent comments from blog visitor in a upper side bar.

2.6. Additional reflections on comments

It is very difficult to study many languages. What languages do you like the best?
How long did you stay for New Zealand?

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	Book review Three up a tree	2009.10.07	28	0
BR 2-02	The magic finger	2009.10.21	58	0
BR 2-03	book review.	2009.10.21	58	0
BR 2-04
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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 of my book reviews is The Magic Finger, it is a very funny story. This story's main character can use magic only when she gets angry. I really envy her, because I want to use magic when I get angry. I read this story and I thought it is so good. This book is long, but it worth reading.

4.0. BLOG LAYOUT, LABELING, LINKING, and MEDIA

Showcase	Yes	No
4.1. Does your blog display an archive?	O
4.1.1. Does the archive display the titles of posts?	O
4.1.2. Is the archive organized by month?	O
4.1.3. Is the archive at or near the top of the sidebar?	O
4.2. Does your blog display a cloud or list of labels in the sidebar?	O
4.2.1. 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)		O
"movies" (plural) AND "websites" (plural)	O
"brainstorms" (or "brainstorming"), "essay prep.," AND "free-writing" (or "free-writes")	O
4.2.2. Does your sidebar display other labels?	O
How many other labels have you attached to three (3) or more posts? 4 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. Book review (17) Essay (5) Essays (8) movies (3) revised (3)	---	---
4.3. Links and media	---	---
4.3.1. Do your blog posts this semester include photos or other graphics?	o
Does your blog profile include a photo or graphic representation?	o
How many of your blog posts this semester include photos or other graphics? 3 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: ... ... ...	---	---
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.

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).

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

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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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Hiro and Tomomi

2009-12-17T17:16:00.000+09:00

I went to Hakata Ichiban Dori with my friends, Hiro and Tomomi. Tomomi and Hiro actually became friends this day. At first, Hiro planed to go drinking with shota and me, but the plan was postponed the other day. So we (Hiro and I and Tomomi) went there together. At five pm, I and Tomomi had to go shopping because we had to buy equipment our job, after that we decorated our shop with Christmas. I promised seeing at eight pm at our shop, so Hiro came to McDonald’s. However, we had not finished decorated yet, so Hiro helped us, and finally finish. It was very beautiful with light and Christmas tree. We decorated many things then Hiro and Tomomi became a friend. That is why I want to have dinner with them, so we went Hakata Ichiban Dori. Tomomi and I are talkative. We kept talking over five hours or more. Hiro is also talkative, we talked a lot and laughed and got sympathy. I had a very good time. Hiro is really gentle. I like him very much. Tomomi is also gentle and interesting, so I like her very much, too. I want to hang out with them again. Spending time with Hiro and Tomomi is very important for me. (212 words)

Yesterday's daily

2009-12-17T16:48:00.001+09:00

I went to Starbucks coffee with Yuta and Tomomi by car. I thought that I came back home and want to relax today, but Tomomi call me and said “ let’s go for eating dinner” I wanted to go home at first but I said OK. I took Yuta and go Tomomi’s house. Then, we decided to go Starbucks coffee. At there, we talked a lot and Yuta treated us. We were very glad. We were laughing. We had a very good time. After that, we went to Osho. Its product is really cheap and delicious. We talked a lot there, too. We had a very good time. I want to go there again with them. (116 words)

Sunday's daily

2009-12-17T16:46:00.001+09:00

I went to city centre to eat dinner with my friends, Maki, Yuka, Hideyoshi, and Yuta after finishing part time job. We went to Yakiniku “ Kurobozu”, and ate too much. After that, I went to Tomomi’s house with Yuta and Hideyoshi. We dropped convenience store and bought many things and then went to her house. We talked a lot, but Hideyoshi slept soon. Yuta and I and Tomomi talked a lot till 5:30am. I was so sleepy and went back home. As soon as I came back home, I slept. We had a very good time with them. I want to hang out with them again. (107 words)

Hanging out

2009-12-17T16:37:00.000+09:00

I went to Hikarinomori and city centre with my friends. I went to Hikarinomori first with Norichika by car. Yusuke had another appointment, so Norichika and I went there. We ate sushi at first. I had completely forgotten that Norichika hates Sushi, but I didn’t care and went there. He ate only Tamago or Karubi, so I treated. After that, I picked up Yusuke, and then, I and Norichika and Yusuke went to city centre. We went to McDonald’s and talked a lot there. Then, we went home. We had a very good time. (94 words)

My friends introduction

2009-12-17T14:09:00.001+09:00

Norichika is one of my friends. He is from Okinawa. He likes watching movie, listening to music and so on. He hates Sushi and raw fish. I don’t know exactly why we become friend. When we were freshman, we took part in “Freshman Camp” that held in Nishigoshi, we talked a lot there and became a friend. He and I are same part time job, McDonald’s. He and I always hang out. Last summer, I went to Okinawa 7 days, and spent at his house. He doesn’t talk a lot at school, but he is actually talkative. He wants to go abroad to study, but he doesn’t want to go there alone. I think that it is better for him because he always overslept. He rarely comes to school, so I’m very boring. Times that spend with him are very important for me. (143 words)

The meaning of learning language

2009-12-17T13:49:00.004+09:00

All of the world, there are many language and cultures. To study the other country is very important to communicate with people who are from all over the world and live this society. I have studied English, French, Korean, and Chinese ever since. The reason I study those language is that. As for French, once I watched French movie “ Ameri”. I have been interested in French culture and language, so I studied French. As for Korean and Chinese, I went to New Zealand, and then I made Korean and Chinese friends there. I heard from them about Korean and Chinese culture. I have been interested in those cultures since then, so I study Korean and Chinese. The other reason I study language is to communicate with people who live in foreign country. That’s why I study language.

My first experience of studying foreign country language is elementary school student. When I was an elementary school student, I started studying English at calm school. The reason I stared studying English is that. I had a friend whose nationality is America. I always hang out with him and touched American culture, so I came to be interested in American culture. I want to be an English speaker, so I decided to study English. At that time, I studied three times a week over writing skill, listening skill, reading skill, and speaking skill. I did not think that English is difficult when I was an elementary school student. I was really interested in English and want to speak English, so I stared studying English, and have studied it since then.

Now, I study English, French, Korean, and Chinese. When I was freshman, I watched French movie “Ameri” Since then, I have been interested in French language and culture. I took a French class. French is very difficult for me because its grammar and pronunciation is too complex for me. However, I want to make French friends and want them to teach me it. To understand the difference between Japanese culture and French one is very interesting, so I continue studying French when I was freshman. It is very troublesome and takes much time, but I love France and one of my pressure, so I study French.

I study Korean and Chinese once a week now. The reason I study these language is that. When I studied English in New Zealand for one month, I made Korean and Chinese friends there. Then, I heard their country’s story and I’m very interested in their culture. From then, I think that I want to communicate with them in their mother tongue. When I became sophomore, I took Chinese and Korean language class. Korean is similar to Japanese. Its grammar and pronunciation is very easy, but letter is too difficult to memorize. I work hard because my Korean friends sent me letter written in Korean, so I study Korean.

Chinese is very easy, because we often use Chinese character, so it is easy to start. However, its pronunciation is too difficult and Japanese people pronunciation can not understand what Japanese said, however, my friend who is from china says to me “ you should study Chinese to communicate with me in Chinese, so I study much harder. To study Korean and Chinese is so difficult and complex for me, but to study these language is important to have view of other people who have different culture and communicate with them smoothey.

In the future, I want to get a job related in English. I want to speak with other people who are from oversea in English, so I will study English much harder than now. Maybe, I will go to America or England after graduating Kumamoto Gakuen University to study English deeper and be able to speak to English more fluently. I want to go language school in England, and make many friends who live in foreign country. To communicate with other people who are from foreign country is really fun for me. I want to live in foreign country and work there, so learning English is essential for me. Moreover, if I could master English completely, I would study Chinese next. I want to speak at least English and Chinese. I want to live in foreign country and communicate with people who from foreign country. It is very important to be international worker. That is why I study English in the future.

Learning many languages is too difficult and confuse, but I have to study language for the future. To think of it, learning language is also learning the other culture. I study French because I am really interested in French culture. I study Korean and Chinese because I have to communicate not only English but also their mother tongue sometimes. I study English for the future and make my dream come true. I have to study not only language but also its culture because it is very important to communicate with other people. To communicate with other who is from all over the world is very important for me to study many things and my future. That’s why I study many languages. (860words)

Friend introduction

2009-12-16T16:17:00.009+09:00

Tomoko and Haruka are my friend. Tomoko is sophomore in Kumamoto Gakuen University. She likes watching movie and listening to music and playing the piano and　flute. She is very talkative, so noisy, but she pretend silent when she is with her lover, and she likes showing her skin to the other. Her favorite color is red and purple. She is really kind, that kidding. She is actually kind and gentle. She always helps me, and scold me. It is for me., I know but sometimes I get angry. Maybe she really thinks I am the best friends. She also think that I like her, but it is Omoiagari. She surely wants to become good friend with me. She and I were same high school. At that time, she want to talk to me, and I talked with her so she felt so happy. She and I are good friend.

Haruka is sophomore in Kumamoto Gakuen University. She is Tarako, oh, Tomoko is also Tarako. Anyway, Haruka is my friend. She is really active, and she loves eating. She is very very talkative.
I became friends with her two or three months ago, so I want to you know about her more. （201 words）

Drank with my friends

2009-12-09T18:33:00.002+09:00

I went to my friend's house Dec. 7th. It was Hiro's house with my friends, Shota, Akitaka, and Koshin. I became friends with them recently, but I do not feel that one. We all very gppd friends. We gathered Hiro's house at 12:00 am, then start drinking. I brought 9 hamburgers and 3 french flies and a Mc chikin Nugget. Koshi, Akitaka, Shota, and Hiro said "it's too much!!!!" I felt sad. We talked a lot of things. Hiro and Shota and I are very talkative, but Koshin and Akitaka are very quiet person. I and Shota and Hiro talked many things but the other are always listener. We want them to talk a lot. We want to know their idea. Anyway, I enjoyed a lot Dec. 7th. Hiro's room is cleaned, so I think it is like my room. I think they(Hiro,Shota , Akitaka, Koshin) like mebecause they said to me. they are my friend indeed. I want to hang out with them. (167 words)

Going out dinner with my friebds

2009-12-09T10:58:00.002+09:00

I went to city centre with my friends, Hideyoshi, yuta. We all got very tired because we all worked seven hours. After the job, Hideyoshi suggested that go out dinner somewhere. Yuta and I replied Yes. Then, we went to city centre, but before we went to city centre, we went to Sukiya with Kenta. We ate too much, After that we went to city centre. We went to "Doroya" that Ochazukeya's name. Its ochazuke is too expensive, but is delicious. We ate three ochazuke there. It was not enough, so we came back our workplace, we ate Mc chikin value meal. It was very good time. I love spending time with them. (125 words)

My part-time job friend

2009-12-04T19:39:00.003+09:00

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I went to DEODEO with my friend to buy our store’s equipment. I went to there with Assistant Manager Hideyoshi. We bought light and so on. After that, we decollate McDonald’s play place with Christmas. We made many things, for example, Christmas tree and so on. If you want to see it, come to McDonald’s in Hakuzan Street. lol. After finishing decollation, we went to Yakiniku at city centre. It is really good and delicious. We love Yakiniku. After eating Yakiniku, we went to McDonald’s and apology to customer because my co-worker made mistakes to customer, so I had to go customer’s house and apology. After that I came back my house at 3:00 am.
I’m really tired. (118 words)

Studying abroad

2009-12-04T19:35:00.001+09:00

I have to study English more because I will go to New Zealand to study next moth. I need 550 points TOEFL exams. However, I have 510 points TOEFL exams. It is not enough. December 12 th is my last chance to take TOEFL exam. I have to study even more and harder than now, I have no time to study, but I do study English from now. If I study now, I will be good at New Zealand. (79 words)

Hanging out with friends

2009-12-04T19:18:00.001+09:00

I went to Youme town in Hikarinomori with my friends, Tomoko and Haruka. We went there Tmoko’s car. In the car, we listened to many sad songs. We all became quiet. At first, we ate lunch at school, then went to Hikarinomori Yometown. There were a lot of people in Hikarinomori. Yesterday was not holiday, but many people there, so we wondered why there are so many people there. Tomoko wanted to buy red coat, so we looked it, but I was little nervous because of girl’s shopping, but they talked me a lot, so I was glad. Tomoko bought a red one, she looked very happy, so I became also glad. After that, we went to café to drink Latte. I drank Tiramisu Latte. It was delicious. We also tailed lot there. Hanging out with friends is very important for me. Talking a lot can refresh, so I could refresh yesterday, friends is very important. (154 words)

Speaking IV class

2009-12-02T13:59:00.003+09:00

I took Speaking IV class this semester. This class teacher is Waterman. He is really nice because his joke always makes me laugh, and his character is very friendly. I enjoy studying English at this class. His teach technique is very good, so I always understand what he says. I want to come to this class every week, I think. Moreover I know his wife because when I was a high school student, my speaking teacher was his wife. She is also nice. She is outgoing and very bright person. She taught us very well us. I often see Mr. and Ms. Waterman. They seem very happy. I think he is really nice because he loves his wife. Mr. waterman is really nice person. That’s why I like Speaking IV class. (131 words)

Writing IV class

2009-12-02T13:59:00.001+09:00

I took a writing IV class this semester. This class has also some trouble. It is homework. We should do blog and write essays. It takes long time, I have a part time job. I want more time to study English. I really want to do blog and write essays to improve my skill, but I do not have enough time to do. This class teacher is Paul Baufait. He is really funny because his jokes always make me laugh. He is always smiling. He teaches us English very well, so I can understand what he says. I want to come to this class, but this class is Wednesday second period, so I have to get up early. I will work harder to get this class credit. (127 words)

Listening IV class

2009-12-01T19:09:00.002+09:00

I took listening class this semester. This class teacher is Patrick. He is very strict and punctual. He is strict but he is actually gentle. We often do listening but sometimes we do thing like mathematics. This class holds Thursday second period, so we have to get up early, and if we are late for class, we should write our mane on the black board. We are given the points of grade. We late are for class, we lost points, so we are late for many times then we can’t get a credit of this class. We have to get up early, but we will work hard to get this class credit. (112 words)

Reading class

2009-12-01T19:00:00.003+09:00

I took reading IV class this semester. This class I have very difficulty. We should do many home works. News quiz that we should make questions from English news paper article. Speed reading that we should make question like TOEFL Section3. The most difficulty home work is Power Words. It takes so long time and very troublesome. We understand that it is for us. However, we do not have much time because of part time job and so on. We should much harder work on these home work to improve our English skill.(93 words)

My friends introduction 4

2009-12-01T18:53:00.004+09:00

Shingo is my friend. He is sophomore at Kumamoto Gakuen University and works at McDonald's. He is very good cooker, French flies, hamburger, and so on. He always listens to my trouble. He always stands by me. He is silent person. He is always listener, so I sometimes want to listen his story. He likes Exile and so do I. We always listen Exile songs at our store. I enjoy spending time with him. I want to be friend with him forever.(82 words)

nnnn...

2009-12-01T18:46:00.003+09:00

Today, I forgot my wallet at my home, so I was depressed all day. However, I was given 1,000 yen by Yusuke. He is God, I think. He always helps me. I really appreciate him, but he also thinks so. I want to tell his interesting story. He was going to study at Unitec this summer, but because of swine flu, he could not go to New Zealand. He got really shocked, so I always cheer him up. He is never happy, but happily he can go to New Zealand next feb. He got really happy. His emotional expression is understandable. I want to be like him, my emotional expression is weak.(112 words)

New Zealand Life

2009-12-01T18:40:00.003+09:00

I really expect living New Zealand one year. I know that living foreign country cost too much, so I have to appreciate my family. I surely become English speaker for my family and friends. I have many worries because living foreign country one year is very painful, but maybe, my family and my friends always stand by me, so I want to fulfill my oversea life. My college is Unitec, and my dormitory is two people in one room and 2 bath　room. I have not known who is in the same room yet. I want to be friend with him.（101 words）

Serious Matter

2009-12-01T18:06:00.000+09:00

My friend Shota has many problems, and he is depressed. Last week, I had a part time job till 0:00. After that, he called me and said he wanted me to listen his story and me to give some advises. I said "OK" . Then he came to my workplace. we talked three hours about friends, studying and so on. I gave some advises to him. He said I can be refresh, thank you. I was glad because he became fine. we often listen each story. I have to cherish my friends.(89 words)

TOEFL study

2009-12-01T17:53:00.001+09:00

I will take TOEFL exam on Dec. 12th. I should take it. Unitec university required me 550 points, but my best score is 510 points. I need more 40 points. I have to study more and read English more for Section 3. I study 0.5 hours everyday now. It is not enough. I know that, but I don't have much time to study. I will go New Zealand January 27th, so from now to that day, I study English harder than now. I really regret why I didn't study English. It is no use, so I really work harder from now. (109 words)

learning language story

2009-11-29T22:31:00.001+09:00

I have studied English, French, Korean, and Chinese ever since. The reason I study those language is that. I watched French movie “ Ameri”. I have been interested in French culture and language, so I studied French. I went to New Zealand and then. I made Korean and Chinese friends there. I heard from them about Korean and Chinese culture. I have been interested in those cultures since then, so I study Korean and Chinese. The other reason I study language is to communicate with people who live in foreign country. That’s why I study language.

My first experience of studying foreign country language is elementary school student. When I was an elementary school student, I started studying English at calm school. The reason I stared studying English is that. I had a friend whose nationality is America. I always hang out with him and touched American culture, so I came to be interested in American culture. I want to be an English speaker, so I decided to study English. At that time, I studied three times a week. I studied writing skill, listening skill, reading skill, and speaking skill. I did not think that English is difficult when I was an elementary school student. I was really interested in English and want to speak English, so I stared studying English.

Now, I study English, French, Korean, and Chinese. When I was freshman, I watched French movie “Ameri” Since then, I have been interested in French language and culture. I took a French class French is very difficult for me. Its grammar and pronunciation is too complex for me, but I lave France. That’s why I study French.

I study Korean and Chinese once a week now. The reason I study these language is that. When I studied English in New Zealand for one month, I made Korean and Chinese friends there. Then, I heard their country’s story and I’m very interested in their culture. From then, I think that I want to communicate with them in their mother tongue.

When I became sophomore, I took Chinese and Korean language class. Korean is similar to Japanese. Its grammar and pronunciation is very easy, but letter is too difficult to memorize. I work hard because my Korean friends sent me letter written in Korean, so I study Korean.

Chinese is very easy, because we often use Chinese character, so it is easy to start. However, its pronunciation is too difficult and Japanese people pronunciation can not understand what Japanese said, however, my friend who is from china says to me “ you should study Chinese to communicate with me in Chinese, so I study much harder.

In the future, I want to get a job related in English. I want to speak with other people who are from oversea in English, so I will study English much harder than now. Maybe, I will go to America or England after graduating Kumamoto Gakuen University to study English deeper and be able to speak to English fluently. I want to go language school in England, and make many friends who live in foreign country. To communicate with other people who are from foreign country is really fun for me. I want to live in foreign country and work there, so learning English is essential for me. Moreover, if I could master English completely, I would study Chinese next. I want to speak at least English and Chinese. I want to live in foreign country and communicate with people who from foreign country. That is why I study English in the future.

Learning many languages is too difficult and confuse, but I have to study language for the future. I study French because I am really interested in French culture. I study Korean and Chinese because I have to communicate not only English but also their mother tongue sometimes. I study English for the future and make my dream come true. To communicate with other who is from all over the world is very important for me. That’s why I study many languages. (679 words)

My friend introduction 3

2009-11-27T15:13:00.001+09:00

I have a very good friend whose name is Maki. She is about twice older than me, but she is not my mother. Her thought is really reliable. If I have troubles, she always stands by me. I can tell her everything, even if can not tell my other friends.

She is 37 years old and works at McDonald's. She is very angry when she is working, but she is actually very gentle. Her hobbies are going hot spas, eating delicious foods, hanging out with her friends. She loves to drink, she love especially wine, she loves white wine than red wine. I and she and other our friends often go drinking, so we can make a good relation with her. When she is free, I and Yuta often call her, and go somewhere. That's why I like spending time with them. (142 words)

Tomoko and Haruka

2009-11-26T20:01:00.001+09:00

They are very good person because they always scold me about love. I have a girlfriend now, but they do not agree. Their feeling is pain for me, but they think about me. So I appreciate with them.(38 words)

Last Thrusday

2009-11-26T19:48:00.001+09:00

I went to city centre to buy computer. I have wanted new personal computer since I come back to Japan. I took so long time to choose my new personal computer. I bought Mac personal computer. It is a laptop computer. It is same to Kumamoto Gakuen University computer, so I can understand what to do. It is not painful for me because I use writing class. However, it cost me 150,000yen, so I spent 300.000yen this week. I think I have to save money even more. After that, I hang out with hideyoshi, yuta and me. I often hang out with them. We went to Hikarinomori and had a dinner and talked many things about our job. We are all same part time job. They are really really fun. I want to go to New Zealand, but now I don't want to go to New Zealand. (147 words)

Last Wednesday's dialy

2009-11-26T19:24:00.001+09:00

I went to city centre with Manami. Manami is junior and study abroad in New Zealand with me. This march, I went to New Zealand to study English with Manami and others, so we are very good friends. We went to city centre to buy airplane ticket for New Zealand. I and Manami and Narumi go to New Zealand together. I also bought many items related going abroad. So this day, I spent 150,000 yen. It is hard for me. I have to save money from now because I want to go Australia and so on. If I could go there, I'll go many places and take many pictures. (109 words)

My part time gob

2009-11-26T19:16:00.001+09:00

My part time job is McDonald's. I am star of our store. It is stand for Store Activities Representative.
This job is very hard for me because star should apology to customer when my colleagues made a mistake to customer, and star should keep our store clean and beautiful store appearance. Keeping store clean is very painful, but it is very fun for me. You surely recognize star because star wears different uniform and star has star on the name plate. Star also have to talk with customer many things, star's job is very fun. I am proud of being star .(101 words)

My friend introductin 2

2009-11-26T18:44:00.001+09:00

Yuta is my best friend. He likes sports, he never stop playing sports. He is a freshman of Kumamoto Gakuen University. His department is economics. He often overslept, he rarely come to school, so I feel sad. The result of his not coming school actually caused by me, I and he always hang out from midnight, so he can not wake up early. He is very gently. He always stands by me. When I have troubles, he always helps me out. I really really appreciate him. I like him very much.

I and he have a same part time job. Our part time job is McDonald's in Hakuzan street, so after finishing part time job, we almost every day hang out. I really really really enjoy spending time with him. I become happy when we hang out.

We sometimes quarrel, but it is for me. I have to think him more. I need some considerable for him. I always make him angry, but he never gives up our friendship. In fact, we made quarrel yesterday, but I make him apology to me, so he apology me.

He thinks that his best friend is also me, he said that you are so important for me like a family. I think so too. Although we sometimes quarrel , we never give up our friendship. (222 words)

My friends introductin

2009-11-26T18:42:00.001+09:00

Shota is my friend, he is very good at table tennis. He is winner of Kyushu table tennis competition. He likes driving, listening to music, and making poems. His dream is to be a professional table tennis player, but he practices three times a week. I think he need more practice to be a professional table tennis player. Now, I will introduce history our friendship between he and I.

I did not know about him at the first time. This March, I and he participate in program of studying in New Zealand for one month. At the first time, I have a friend whose name Sayaka that goes to New Zealand with me, so I did not think that I make a friend. However, there are only two men and seven women, so it was natural that I and Shota become a good friend. After a one week, we became a best friend. We hang out with him almost everyday. There is few Japanese there, so we sustainable each other to study English.

After we come back to Japan, we do not change. We always see at school, and talk many things. Shota has many friends, so I have new friends whose name are Akitaka, Koshin, Hirotaka. They are very good friend with shota, so I want to be a friend with them. However, they do not open their mind. I am very sad, because my character is open-minded. I will surely become good friends with them. I think that they are still nervous to me because I talk to them a lot, so they confused. However, I do not mind because they also want to be friend with me!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thatis my school life with them. (287 words)

Hang out with ｍｙ friends

2009-11-25T15:16:00.003+09:00

Yesterday was Wednesday, I have only writing IV class, so I always hang out with my friends. Yesterday I went to Karaoke with Kohei, haruka, tomoko, yutaro, and me. We ate lunch at Kumamoto Gakuen University with yutaro, tomoko, haruka, and me, and after ate lunch, we went to Sound Park by car. Then, Kohei joined and we sang many many songs。We enjoyed singing many songs and talked many things. We usually hang out on Wednesday. We sometimes go pick nick or star bucks coffee and so on. That's why Wednesday is very happy for me! I like hanging out with them. I want to hang out with them again next week. (113 words)

Free-writing for essay 3a

2009-11-25T12:06:00.000+09:00

I studied English at calm school when I was elementary school, but it’s very easy like how are you? I’m fine.
When I was junior high, I start to study English at school. I studied already, so it was very easy my first year class.
I also study Korean a little because Korean student came to my school, but I forgot what I studied.
When I was high school, I studied especially English, because I belonged to English course. I studied English three or four hours at school a day. I also study Korean because Korean student came to my house, but I forgot.
When I was freshman, I also study English almost everyday at school, it was so difficult but I worked hard every works. At the end of freshman, I went to New Zealand to study English one month. This experience is valuable for me.
I also studied French at school, it was very difficult, spell is difficult to memorize and pronunciation is also difficult. But I can speak a little if speaker speaks slowly.
When I was sophomore, I study of course English, and Korean and Chinese. The reason I study both of Korean and Chinese is that. When I went to new Zealand I made many friends Korean Chinese, so I want to communicate them with their language.
Next year I study English at New Zealand, so I’m really looking forward to study that. (238 words)

I read impressed news

2009-11-11T13:07:00.001+09:00

I want you to read this news and think about your family, and I want to hear your opinion.
the news is that. From mirror.co.uk
My son's heart has failed twice and he's still alive
By James oore 30/10/2009

Imagine being told your child’s heart is failing and he will die without a new one – for mum Tracey Doran, it’s a nightmare she has already faced twice.
It was the news she had been dreading for six years. As doctors told Tracey Doran her seven-year-old son needed a new heart, she was terrified – because they had been through all this before.
Lee didn’t just need a new heart, he needed ANOTHER new heart. And Tracey knew all too well that not only was finding a donor heart a chance in a million, but Lee’s body accepting a second new heart would be miracle too.
“You see your child lying in a hospital bed with a machine keeping him alive and it breaks you inside,” says Tracey.
“But this was terrifying because he seemed to be in a worse state than last time.”
Against all the odds, Lee had his second life-saving transplant last month.
Lee’s problems started when he was just a year old.
The tot, who was staying with mum Tracey at his grandparents’ house in Liverpool, had spent a night vomiting and was struggling to breathe by the next morning.
Tracey, 37, took him straight to Alder Hey Children’s Hospital. “I was terrified,” recalls mum-of-five Tracey. “Lee had always been a healthy baby.
“He was in such a bad way when we got to the hospital he was taken to intensive care. But the doctors couldn’t find out what was wrong with him.”
They first suspected meningitis, then pneumonia. But both illnesses were ruled out after four days.
“The worst part was not knowing what was wrong with him,” says Tracey, from Aberdeen. “I stayed by his side crying my eyes out for four days. It was such a shock seeing him in that state.”
Doctors soon decided Lee should be taken to Great Ormond Street Hospital for more tests.
He was flown by air ambulance to the top London children’s hospital, while Tracey traveled down by taxi.
“When I arrived I was told Lee had died three times in the helicopter as his heart had stopped and doctors had to resuscitate him,” recalls Tracey, whose other children are Perry, 17, Rhian, 11, Kaylee, 10 and Ellee, four.
Within hours, Lee was diagnosed with heart muscle disease cardiomyopathy – a virus that ravages the heart and disappears from the body before it can be detected.
“I was devastated,” says Tracey. “I’d wanted to know what was wrong with Lee, but once I knew I wished I hadn’t been told.
“I was terrified I was going to lose him.”
While Lee’s name was put on the donor list, he was kept alive by a machine that pumped his heart for him.
All Tracey could do was wait.
But luckily, after just eight days, the family were told of a heart that could be a match for Lee – it was in Brussels.
“During the operation we were given regular updates and at one point we were told the heart had stopped and he was being kept alive　by machines.
“I was a nervous wreck. Being updated during the operation was a comfort, but there was so much I didn’t understand.
“All I knew was that my baby was on the brink of death and I wanted to take him home.” After 21 hours the op was over but Lee wasn’t out of the woods – his body had to accept the heart.
“In the days after the operation he had a stroke while the body adjusted to its new heart,” says Tracey.
“I later found out that he could have been dead within hours if I hadn’t got him to the hospital when I did.
To Tracey’s delight, little fighter Lee went from strength to strength and after 10 weeks in hospital he was allowed home.
The family were told the heart could last anything from five to 10 years, and they should treat every day as a miracle.
“Lee’s development had obviously been delayed and he had a lot of catching up to do,” recalls Tracey.
“He started to walk and talk and we hoped he could be just like a normal baby. But if he caught any other virus it would knock him for six and he’d have to go to hospital again.
“As winter drew in, Lee got sick easily and spent a lot of time back on the children’s ward.
“He also had four-week checks on his heart at Newcastle’s Freeman Hospital, which phased down to 12-week checks later.
“I knew any illness could be serious, and I was dreading the time when his new heart would stop working.
“But it wasn’t all bad, I was just glad he was still with us. He loved Liverpool football club and he played football when he was up to it.”
Over the next five years, Lee grew stronger and stronger.
“We went to Disneyland, in 2007, which was arranged by the Make A Wish Foundation, and it was amazing to see Lee so happy.”
But then, in July this year, the day Tracey had been bracing herself for arrived.
Lee fell ill again and Tracey took him back to hospital in Aberdeen, where doctors confirmed Tracey’s greatest fear – her son’s heart was
finally failing.
He was flown by air ambulance to the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle, where doctors hooked the seven-year-old to a machine that helped his heart pump.
The search for a second new heart was on.
“Going through it a second time was no easier. The emotions are the same,” says Tracey, who is now separated from husband Lee, 33. “There was nothing I could do. But at least this time Lee was awake and could talk to his brothers and sisters and me.
“He’d never known that he already had a new heart, but while he was in the hospital I told him. He took it well.”
After two weeks, a heart was found and Lee went into theatre last month for his second transplant.
“It was another nerve-wracking wait to see if his body would take the heart,” says Tracey. “I knew the battle was far from over.
“Two days later he had a stroke, like he had the first time, and his kidneys also began to fail. It was terrifying.”

While Lee lay fighting for his life, Tracey got more bad news when the family home in Aberdeen was burgled.
Fighter Lee is still recovering in hospital in Newcastle. Following the stroke, he is partially paralysed down his left side and he is on a dialysis machine as his kidneys are not fully functioning yet.
“I’ve been told he will regain full movement in his body and we’ll have to see how his kidneys react. He has been so brave,” explains Tracey.
“We are indebted to the donors – Lee would not be here if strangers had not been kind enough to donate organs.
“Since his first operation I have signed up as a donor, as have many of my family, and I would urge everyone to do the same.
“Lee might not be here otherwise, so it’s a very worthy cause.
“Hopefully he will be allowed home soon and he can try again to have a normal life.”

News review
The child has failed twice heart surgery, but he is being alive by machine. His mother devastated two times, but she tried. I read this article and think many things.

I have to appreciate that I’m always fine. I thought that it is natural I live happily till I read this article. However, no matter what he want to live, it is difficult. He always fight with his disease, I want to cheer him up. I think his mother think what I can do. Not only he but also his mother fights with her fear. I hope that the third time surgery is success.

I also feel love of family from this article. His family’s belief that they don’t lose him moves his family to take him surgery. I have to appreciate being family. I ‘m rarely in home because of part-time and hanging out with my friends, so I want to stay my home and talk with my family as long as I can. I want everybody to read this article and want them to think about family.
(1340 words)

Viewing website

2009-11-11T11:53:00.000+09:00

I like GAP clothes, its clothes are so fashionable, so I choose GAP site. It is so good, its English is very easy and the site shows almost pictures. You can enjoy the site although you can’t understand English, and there are many items that not sell in Japan. However, why people view the GAP website? I think viewing GAP site is very good because it has many advantages. However, it has also disadvantages

There are many good points to view a GAP website. For example, we can know what is in and something new on the website, so we can save our time to choose clothes that we want to wear at shop. If we put own size on the web, your size clothes appear immediately. Then click the photos of clothes, the clothes detail appear. We can also view another color clothes on the web. This is very good because we can know what clothes fit us and if your size is not made, we can know that before going store.

There are also so many categories, for example, jacket, jeans, goods, shoes and so on, so if you want to buy sweater, click the sweater button, then you can view all sweaters on the website. There are many sweaters, blue, green, black and so on and many types. It is hard to choose at the store. If you go shopping at GAP store, there are many clothes so we can’t look for clothes that we want soon. However, we can do that on the bed and having dinner so we don’t have to walk around at the store.

We can know information about Sale additionally, so we can go shopping when GAP clothes are very cheap. We can buy clothes cheaply any time if you go shopping during sale. In Japan, GAP clothes are little bit expensive, so we are glad if we can buy the clothes cheaply. GAP jacket is about 20,000 to 30,000 yen, but during sale, it becomes 9,000 to 10,000 yen. Thus, it is very happy to know information about sale through the website.

These points that we can know what is in and something new, we can look for clothes that we want soon and we can know when sale start are very good to view GAP website.

On the other hands, there are also bad points. For example, you viewed website to look for clothes that you want, and then you go shopping to buy clothes that chosen on the website. However, it is not what you imagined on the website. It is my experience. Moreover, your size is M, but GAP size M doesn’t fit you, this case you have to try on.

To improve this case, you choose three or five clothes on the website, and then go shopping and you choose clothes that you had chosen on the web three or five clothes at shop. We have to know our GAP size, but you try on clothes once, then you don’t have to do so next time, and we buy our GAP size clothes, so we don’t have to try on every time.

It is very good chance to save time, so if you are busy but want to go shopping to buy clothes.

That’s why I love to view GAP website. First, we can save our time. Second, we can know when sale start. Third, we can look for clothes that we want to buy immediately, so I recommend viewing GAP website. (587words)

Exchange student

2009-11-10T23:02:00.003+09:00

I will go to New Zealand as an exchange student one year from February. I had visited　New Zealand once for one month. I’m really looking forward to going there, but I’m so sad. I can’t come back Japan during studying abroad, so I can’t see my friends and family one year. Friends are so important for me. I can’t bear that I can’t hang out Japanese friends, but I want to speak English fluently, so I will work hard. (80 words)

essay

2009-11-04T12:03:00.005+09:00

http://www.gap.com

I like GAP clothes, its clothes are so fashionable, so I choose GAP’s site. It is so good, its English is very easy and the site shows almost pictures. You can enjoy the site although you can’t understand English. I think viewing GAP site is very good because it has many advantages. However, it has also disadvantages.

There are many good points to view a GAP website. For example, we can know what is in and some thing new on the website, so we can save our time to choose clothes that we want to wear at shop. If we put own size on the web, own size clothes appear immediately. Then click the photos of clothes, the clothes detail appear. We can also view another color clothes on the web.

There are also so many categories, for example, jacket, jeans, goods, shoes and so on, so if you want to buy sweater, click the sweater button, then you can view all sweaters on the website.

We can know information about Sale additionally, so we can go shopping when GAP clothes are very cheap. We can buy clothes cheaply any time if you go shopping during sale.

These points that we can know what is in and something new, we can look for clothes that we want, we can know when sale start are very good to view GAP website.

On the other hands, there are also bad points. For example, you viewed website to look for clothes that you want, and then you go shopping to buy clothes that chosen on the website. However, it is not what you imagined on the website. It is my experience.

To improve this case, you choose three or five clothes on the website, and then go shopping and you choose clothes that you had chosen on the web three or five clothes at shop.

It is very good chance to save time, so if you are busy but want to go shopping to buy clothes.

That’s why I love to view GAP website. First, we can save our time. Second, we can know when sale start. Third, we can look for clothes that we want to buy immediately, so I recommend viewing GAP website. (371 words)

book review.

2009-10-21T12:06:00.008+09:00

I read this book. I really feel happy. I want to do like them, they are three children, and climbed up tree and told a story each. they talked a lot. I want to spent talking time with friends, but I can't do so because of my part-time job and prepare for going abroad, so I want to do.(58 words)

William, S. (). Romeo&Juliet. London: Usborne Publishing.

The magic finger

2009-10-21T12:06:00.006+09:00

This story is very fun; the girl can use magic when she feels angry.
If I were her position, I would be happy. I feel irritation almost everyday at my part-time job.
so, I want to use magic to feel myself happy.(43 words)

ROALD, D. (). The Magic Finger. ÑEW YORK: PUFFIN BOOKS.

My favorite Places

2009-10-21T11:26:00.002+09:00

My favorite places are my friend’s house in Okinawa and Okinawa. His name is Norichika. His house is in Okinawa. I have never been to Okinawa before I make friend with Norichika, but when I went to Okinawa the first time, I love Okinawa and his house soon. Now Okinawa is the best my favorite place.

His house build very high place, the view from his house is really nice. The sea around his house is beautiful. At night, I can watch really nice starry and can feel comfortable breeze. I can sleep very well because around his house is really quiet. I can relax well at night in his house, so I love his house.

His mother and his grandmother are so friendly that I can feel free to them.
When I go to his house, they say “Okaeri”. I’m so happy to hear that. They always ask me “Are you hungry?” If I say “Yes!” they cook food for me and Norichika. I feel that they are my family.That’s why I love his family.

I also love Okinawa because there are many good places there. In Kokusai Street, there are so nice souvenir shops that are really cheap. I love that place because shop clerk is really friendly. I think that Okinawa’s people are so friendly. The reason is that. When I bought gasoline, the clerk gave us a ice cream for free and said us “Today is also hot, isn’t it? Where are you guys going?” That is one of the reasons that Okinawa is my favorite place.

In Okinawa, there is A&W. I didn’t know it until I go to Okinawa. Do you know A&W? That is the fast-food chain. There are also McDonald’s and KFC, but A&W is the most famous in Okinawa. Its hamburger is delicious. I love A&W and its root beer. It is strange taste, but it is the most famous drink in A&W. I also like blue seal ice cream. Its ice cream is better than 31 ice cream. There are many good food shops in Okinawa, so I love to go to Okinawa.

Okinawa has also traditional food. For example, there are “soki-soba” “tebichi” “mimigar” and so on. Any traditional food in Okinawa is delicious. That’s why I love Okinawa.

People who live in Okinawa are very friendly and kind. Norichika’s house is very comfortable and I can sleep well because it is very quiet there. His mother and his family are very kind to me. There are many delicious food in Okinawa. That’s why I love Okinawa and Norichika’s house. However I can’t go there. Okinawa is so far from Kumamoto, so I can’t go often. I want to go there more. (455 words)

Outline for my Essay

2009-10-07T12:05:00.002+09:00

Essay My favorite places

2009-10-07T11:34:00.003+09:00

My favorite places are my friend’s house in Okinawa and Okinawa. He name is Norichika. His house is in Okinawa. His house build very high place, the view from his house is really nice. The sea around his house is beautiful. At night, I can watch really nice starry and can feel comfortable breeze. I can sleep very well because around his house is really quiet.

His mother and his grandmother are so friendly that I can feel free to them.
When I go to his house, they say “Okaeri”. I’m so happy to hear that. They always ask me “Are you hungry?” If I say “Yes!”, they cook food for me and Norichika. I feel that they are my family.

I also love Okinawa because there are many good places there. In Kokusai Street, there are so nice souvenir shops that are really cheap. I love that place because shop clerk is really friendly. I think that Okinawa’s people are so friendly. The reason is that. When I bought gasoline, the clerk gave us a ice cream for free and said us “Today is also hot, isn’t it? Where are you guys going?” That is one of the reasons that Okinawa is my favorite place.

In Okinawa, there is A&W. I didn’t know it until I go to Okinawa. Do you know A&W? That is the fast-food chain. There are also McDonald’s and KFC, but A&W is the most famous in Okinawa. A&W’s hamburger is delicious. I love A&W and its root beer. It is strange taste, but it is the most famous drink in A&W. I also like blue seal ice cream. There are many good food shops, so I love Okinawa.

That’s why I love Okinawa and Norichika’s house. I can feel comfortable and relax there, but I can’t go there. Okinawa is so far from Kumamoto, so I can’t go often. I want to go there more. (321 words)

My favorite places

2009-10-07T11:19:00.003+09:00

* my room
* park
* Amusement Park
* my workplace
* Starbacks
* my Friend's house
* beach
* Okinawa
*

Book review Three up a tree

2009-10-07T10:58:00.005+09:00

This story is three children talk their story on the tree. the stories are all fairy tale.
their story is cute. I want to back my childhood.(28 words)

Marshall, J. (1986). Three Up a Tree. New York: Puffin Books

Today's class

2009-09-30T11:59:00.003+09:00

Today, I read classmate's blog and think that I have to working hard more for writing.
Everybody think that they have to write more, but I think they wrote enough. They also think that they should use picture or visual aids. so I also want to work hard for my writing skill.(54 words)

Going camp in Kokonoe

2009-09-29T16:35:00.001+09:00

I went camping with my friends, including Shingo, Chiaki, and Yuka.
We went Kokonoe in Oita. We went there by car. When I drove in a motorway, we talked so many things. Before we go to Kokonoe, we went to shopping to buy beef and liquor.
Our dinner was barbecue. After we finished shopping, we got lost. We arrived there at 6:00 pm.

When we arrived to Kokonoe, we prepared for dinner. I and Shingo made fire, and cooked rice, and then Chiaki and Yuka prepare for barbecue. After the dinner, we went to hot spa, and then we do so many fireworks. After that, we drank too much. We all got drunk. I and my friends all enjoyed the camp. We want to go camping again.(127 words)

My birthday

2009-09-03T16:50:00.001+09:00

July 28th is my birthday. I was so happy that day. Many friends of mine gave me so nice present and e-mail. The marvelous thing occurred that day. I went drunk with my friends previous day of my birthday. As soon as the date change 28th, the shop clerk bring birthday cake for me with birthday song. Every body in shop celebrates me, I was so happy. My friends said” Happy birthday!! “To me.

But Tomoko was angry for me. I was so surprised because the first person that is angry when I become 20 is Tomoko. Kohei was laughing. I was so happy but I was also shocked. (109 words)

So disgusting

2009-09-03T16:48:00.001+09:00

I spent two weeks in my vacation working my work place. It was so busy because of vacation. I rarely have rest, so I got exhaust, and I don’t want to hang out because of sickness. I have to go part-time job everyday and I do not feel like I have vacation. (52 words)

My vacation plan

2009-09-03T16:36:00.001+09:00

My vacation started from August to September, I want to do many things during my vacation. I may go Hiroshima, and Okinawa to see my friends. I also hang out with my friends. I will go camping with my friends in Oita and we will do fireworks and so on.
I also go to Fukuoka and go to amusement park with my friends. But I have to do part-time job almost everyday. Part-time job is so tiring for me because it is very busy.
Anyway, I want to enjoy my vacation. (91 words)

My opinion of news article

2009-07-16T18:57:00.001+09:00

A woman with an inoperable brain tumour is spending £40,000 on plastic surgery – so she can die looking like movie star Demi Moore.
Lisa Connell, 29, will use the money her mum Angela had saved up for Lisa’s wedding to pay for her new look.
“I’ve always dreamed of looking like Demi Moore and I’m determined that when I die I will,” she said.
Despite being a stunning brunette, Lisa has never been happy with her appearance and is convinced the surgery will make her look as beautiful as Demi, who is no stranger to cosmetic surgery herself.
She added: “People think I’m crazy for wanting to do this, but I know it will make my last months or years happier. I want to die beautiful. This is my way of getting the control back in my life.”
In a race against time, Lisa will undergo liposuction, a breast enhancement and eyebrow lift, plus work on her skin and teeth to fulfil her dream.
But mum Angela, 48, said: “I really don’t want Lisa to put herself through this. She is a beautiful girl and she doesn’t need the surgery.
“It was really hard for me to accept when she said she wanted to do this but she is my daughter, I love her and I want to bring joy to her life for however long she may have left.”
Lisa was just 27 when her life fell apart after she was told she had an inoperable brain tumour known as a meningioma.
The tumour was diagnosed after she had a miscarriage in 2006. Lisa had been suffering painful headaches and loss of sight in her left eye when she was pregnant and both conditions worsened after she lost the baby.
A scan at London’s Moorfields Eye Hospital showed she had a large tumour in the centre of her brain. It’s not cancerous, but because of its position it can never be removed.
After the diagnosis, Lisa, of Barnet, North London, attempted suicide twice as she struggled to get her life back on track.
Lisa said: “It is like living with a ticking time bomb. No specialist can tell me how long I have to live. I was so desperate I even tried to overdose on sleeping tablets.”
(above news is from mirror.co.uk news)

I viewed Demi Moore’s face on the Internet. I don’t think the dying woman need plastic surgery. They (Demi, the dying woman) are similar.
I don’t understand that people who want to take plastic surgery, because I don’t want my parents to be sad. Even though you are not good-looking, you mustn’t do that, I think.
Human’s charm is not only their appearance but also what they really are.
From these points I don’t understand to do plastic surgery, but in this case the dying woman know when she dies, so I do understand. If I knew when I die, I would do the thing that I want to do. I don’t want to die with regret. I also think I want to die after I did things that I wanted to do. The dying woman also doesn’t want to regret before she dies, so she wants to do plastic surgery. That is good for her, I think. What do you think? (553 words)

My presentation manuscript2

2009-07-16T18:50:00.000+09:00

~greeting~
(Like hello or it's hot, isn't it?)

Now I tell you how to make delicious BLB you've ever had. Do you know the word BLB stands for? (Ask some one). It’s bacon lettuce burger, I love BLB. Have you ever had? (Ask some one)
~ showing bacon lettuce burger's picture~

~Showing material~
Onion 15g, Mayonnaise 8.5g, of course bread, Lettuce 20g, three slices of bacons, if you're bacon lover, it's okay you want enough. Beef 35g., cheese one slice
Material is only this. Let's start.

~showing picture~

First, you bake the bread until bread turned brown. Then you spread mayonnaise equally.
~showing picture~
After that, put the onion on the center of the bread. Then you put the lettuce on the bread equally until you can't see mayonnaise.

~showing picture~
Then, put cheese on the lettuce. After that, put bacons on the cheese, I warn bacon lover, main is beef, so you mustn't put much bacon all right?
~showing picture~
Then, you put beef on the bread. That's it, the end. It is very easy isn't it?

There are only four steps, so please explain to me, please.
~per step Choose someone~

Thank you for your cooperation. Then, you can make BLB.

~finish greeting~(Thank you for listening or Thank you for your attention) (288 words)

My presentation manuscript

2009-07-16T18:48:00.000+09:00

Start with ～ｇｒｅｅｔｉｎｇ～
（How are you? or about weather like that）

I introduce sum memory (USB) now. Do you have it? Maybe almost everyone has it, when do you use this? (Ask someone) I use it for report and so on, but I sometimes hate it because it reminds me exams, and it makes me think about studies. Anyway, now I introduce about Sum memory (USB).

Long time ago, this is very expensive, and no one has it except rich person and working people who are old people. The price of 1GB USB is about 10,000 yen. 8GB USB memory didn't exist. If there were 8GB USB memory at that time, it would be 80,000yen.
~showing Louis Vuitton key case~
Do you know what it is? (Ask someone) This is Louis Vuitton key case. It cost me about 20,000yen, so you can buy about 4 Louis Vuitton key cases. I can't believe that. I love Louis Vuitton, so I surely didn't buy USB at that time. Anyway, the price was too expensive.

USB memory has good point and bad Point. Good points are that. It can memory pictures and documents and music and so on, anything can memory. If you go abroad and become homesick and friendsick (which is my word, you miss your friends), you always view your family and friends. You never felt sad. Maybe someone think that telephone is better, but telephone costs you much money. USB cost no money.

Bad point is that. If you don't have personal computer, you can't use it. Bad point is only this, so why don't you buy it?

~ finish greeting~
(Like that's all or thank you for your attention.) (298 words)

Bully-------Book review

2009-07-15T11:43:00.001+09:00

I read this book and I think bully is bad things. I can't understand why people do bully.
Bully is often broading TV. People often suicide by being bully. I don't want to know that thing.
I want everyone to be happy.(43 words)

The important things in life(revised)

2009-07-14T12:46:00.002+09:00

These days, it seems, we don't care about family, our own culture, or friends. So we should reconsider these things now.The movie of Lilo and Stitch makes us think that what we are doing now.

Do you talk with your family recently? Do you have dinner with your family? Do you feel family's love recently? Maybe there are a few people that answer "yes!” Almost every university students do part-time job at night, and high school students have dinner with friends.

I often hear my friends saying or people say saying that their father and their mother are so disgusting, or their sister is so irritating and they don't want to go home. Are these good things? Their families surely think and worry about them, and they also should be so.

You should go home when your classes finish, and have dinner with your family at least once a week. If your family didn't exist, you may be not here. You should have family time. You cannot live without your family, so you should care your family and love them and have family time.

What do they think about their culture? Do they really want to tell their culture to other country people? Almost everyone doesn’t think his or her culture. This movie gives you affection for their culture. Their culture has many good points, and it is really beautiful. They surely become a person who wants to tell other own culture after watch this movie. This movie teaches them the importance of our culture and culture is beautiful in that Lilo and her sister Nani love their culture and tell the monster to their culture.

Like family, friends are also important. If people come to school or their own workplace, they surely talk with their friends. If they don't have friends, the life is so boring. Friends give them very funny time that differs from family time. This movie makes them notice the importance of friends in that Lilo always feel sad because of no friends.

What do you feel when you fight with your friends? It may be sad. Friends give us many things, like feelings that are sorry or angry or sad, happy or thank. We can improve our mind through the friend time, so we should love our friends.

This movie makes us reconsider Family, culture and friends. You should watch this movie and think about what we are and your life. You surely get some good chance to think your life.(417 words)

My relationship

2009-07-14T12:31:00.000+09:00

My name is Tsubasa. I'm 19 yeas old and live in Mashiki. I like　playing the my own saxophone. And I have played the instrument for 8 years. And I want to study abroad. I want to go to New Zealand because I want to feel　its Nature. My dream is to get the job related in English. So, I study hard while College days and also take the TOEFL and get the high score. I took TOEFL a few weeks ago. I want to know the result soon.

There are four people in my family (including me). My father's name is Seigo. He　is 46 years old and is a policeman. He is very strict."Tsubasa do this, do that!" So, I always irritate. But, He says for me. My mother's name is Yoko. She is house worker. She is always busy. She likes Korean movie and always watch it. So we(my family except my mother)are bored. My sister is 21 years old and is student. She goes to Kumamoto Gakuen University and her department is International Economics. She loves songs. She always listens. So, when I want to sleep, we always quarrel.

I have a very good friend. His name is Tomoharu. He is 19 years old and lives in now Hiroshima. We have known each other for 3 years. He always helps me when I'm in trouble. For example, when I failed the university that I wanted to go, he persuaded me and made me go here. Thanks to him, I could think that it is good to go here. And, He is very talkative. Whenever we hang out, he goes on talking. I'm always bored. So, I always say him "stop". But he never stops.（288 words）

Imaginary my life

2009-07-14T12:28:00.002+09:00

My new name is Dan and I’m twenty four years old. I’m from New Zealand and I live in Wellington. I got married in 2003 and my first child was born in 2005, my second child was born in 2006, and my third child was born in 2007. When I was a child, I was elf. My parents always got angry with me, but I didn't care. I was very self-centered person. When I was junior high school student, somehow I was smart. However I did not study at all. So everyone in my class envied me, but I didn't care. So, I'm not interested the others at that time.

My home is near the beach and has a big garden. There is no home except mine and people rarely come here. There, sea breeze prevails and, you can enjoy the sunshine outside. In summer, I often go swimming and running around the home. My town is famous for coconuts, so many children in our town drink coconut milk, and they love it. Here is also famous for the cave, many foreigner come there and take pictures. Our town's climate is mild so there are many tropical plants and there are many tropical fishes in the sea, many people come to see it on a holiday. Our town has a comfortable climate and famous products so many foreigners come here.

There are five people in my family, I, my wife and my three children. I’m a president of a very big company. In the morning, I go to the office and work till noon. At noon I come back home and eat lunch with my wife. I like spending with my wife. At 3:00 pm, my children come back home from the kindergarten. After that, I stroll or go swimming at beach with my wife and my children. I also like spending time with my children. At night, I go to the office again and work till ten o'clock.

My wife's name is Lilly and she is twenty four years old. She is a housewife so she is always busy with cleaning rooms, and washing our clothes and so on. But she loves cooking and always cooks breakfast, lunch and dinner. Everyone in my family loves her food.

My first son's name is John and he is three years old. He can't talk completely and is always crying because he slips and falls down. To see it, I can't help loving him. My daughter's name is Lisa and she is two years old. She likes yogurt very much, she always eats it. She is a very adorable child because she smiles at anyone when they talk to her. She also likes touching my nose, and she always grasps my nose. My second son's name is Jeff and he is a year old. He is very similar to my father, and all of my family kiss my son because we love him.

Our family love each other so I love home.
(500 words)

My opinion

2009-07-13T19:23:00.001+09:00

I think that cellular phone user should think about others when they use their phones in public. First of all, for example, what do you think the person next to you is talking on the phone when you are in the bus? I hate the people who talk in the bus. It’s noisy, there are many people in the bus, some people are sleeping, and others are reading something. Not only sleeping people and reading people but also the people in the bus want others to be quiet.

I saw the person who talked on the cellular phone in the hospital the other day. I was very surprised to see it, and I thought he is self-centered. There is much medical equipment in the hospital, and then cellular phone is influential to these. There are many people who use pacemaker in the hospital, too. Cellular phone is also influential to pacemaker, so I think that using cellular phone in the hospital is not good for other people.

Another reason cellular phone user should think about the others is that it is so nuisance for people who watching movie. Once, I went to movie with my friends, the man sit next to me, and his cellular phone rang the middle of the movie. Everyone in the movie theater looked him, and I couldn’t concentrate the story at all. I felt very nuisance then, and I also feel annoyance. Using cellular phone can be nuisance in public, so I think cellular phone user should think about others when they use their phones in public.（278words）

One of my favorite singer

2009-07-13T19:20:00.000+09:00

Let me introduce about American singer “Destiny's Child”. In 1900, “destiny’s Child” was born, its members were Beyonce and LaTavia, and they are from Texas. Kelly Rowland and LeToya, are from Georgia, became a member of “destiny’s Child” a few years later. “Destiny’s Child” was four members at the beginning. Their debut CD “No, No, No Pt.2” made a hit with everyone, and their first album “Destiny’s Child” was awarded a prize after eight years they come out. LeToya and LaTavia opted out of “Destiny’s Child”, they sang for “Destiny’s Child” for nine years.

In 2000 Michelle (She is from Illinois) added “Destiny’s Child”, Farrah also added but she was fired because of truant. “Destiny’s Child” became three people after that. Album CD “Survivor” was four million sold after one year they become three people. Same year (2000) September 7 and 10th, they performed “Bootylicious” at Michael Jackson’ concert. They stopped “Destiny’s Child” activities after they released “8 days of Christmas”

They started their activities after three years 2003), they released CDs “Lose My Breath”, “Destiny Fulfilled”, and both CDs became hit songs. They were very famous and popular, so their Barbie doll was made and it was unavailable, this shows their popularity. A few years later, they started concert from Japan to Canada (around the world). Many people came to this concert, but they announced, “We break up!” in concert at Spain, and they broke up after last concert in Canada. They broke up when they are very popular, so many people eager to start their activities as a “Destiny’s Child” again. “Destiny Child” is very popular, famous and many people sing their songs, so everyone loves “Destiny’s Child”. (292words)

my Personality

2009-07-13T19:15:00.001+09:00

I am a very messy person because I hate cleaning up.
For example, there are many magazines and pens messy on my desk. On the floor, there are many my clothes, room shoes and garbage so I don’t know where things that I want are. I often lose my key, homework, and textbook, it difficult for me to find. When I lost the key, it took me three hours to find. My father and mother, and sister always say, “clean up your room!”
However, I do not care because I have been in trouble, so I will be messy forever.(100 words)

The ugry duckling

2009-07-09T13:32:00.002+09:00

I read this book and I learned that no matter how I have troubles, I can become happy finally.
I think this book teach reader to don't bully others. And give a hope to others.
This story is so simple, but from this book I receive many chances to think various things.(53 words)

Portfolio for Writing III

2009-07-08T10:59:00.019+09:00

Student ID: 08129

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)	To my homestay family	2009.04.09	6	256	4	0	0	0
1-01b (2009.04.20)	The Letter to Host family(revised)	2009.06.10	6	283	0	0	0	0
(1-01c)
1-02a (2009.06.01)	University LIfe	2009.05.27	5	300	2	0	0	0
1-02b (2009.07.06)	The University life(revised)	2009.07.01	5	317	0	0	0	0
(1-02c)
1-03a (2009.06.29)	The importance things of our life	2009.07.01	8	404	0	0	0	0
1-03b (2009.07.13)	The important things in life(revised)	2009.07.11	8	417	0	0	0	0
Totals	---	---		1977	6	0	0	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.

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

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*
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*
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.

2.6. Additional reflections on comments

[Please remove these remarks, including the square brackets; then write out your reflections on both giving and receiving comments here.]
....

3.0. Book Reviews

Bully-------Book review
I

3.1. Showcase	Short titles with links	Dates: yyyy.mm.dd	Words	Comments
Example:	Vampire Killer	2007.05.16	39	1
BR 1-01	Jaws- book review	2009.04.28	127	1
BR 1-02	The story of shiverham hall	2009.05.18	112	0
BR 1-03	School for spooks	2009.05.18	91	0
BR 1-04	A small Pig	2009.05.27	164	0
BR 1-05	The Little Marmaid	2009.06.03	123	0
BR 1-06	The Bed Monster's	2009.06.05	128	1
BR 1-07	The bed monster's secret	2009.06.05	127	0
BR 1-08	Return of the ice monster	2009.06.05	133	0
BR 1-09	Attack of swamp monster	2009.06.05	120	0
BR 1-10	The lost broomstick	2009.06.05	53	0
BR 1-11	The ugry duckling	2009.07.11	53	1
BR 1-12	Bully-------Book review	2009.07.15	43	1








---	---	Totals:	1274	4

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?	0
4.1.1. Does the archive display the titles of posts?	0
4.1.2. Is the archive organized by month?	0
4.1.3. Is the archive at or near the top of the sidebar?	0
4.2. Does your blog have labels displayed in sidebar?	0
5.2.1. Do your labels include these required labels (typed accurately):	---	---
"books" (plural) AND "reviews" (plural)		0
"essays" (plural) AND "portfolios" (plural, without "proto-")	0
"quickposts" (plural, with no space between quick and posts)	0
"links" (plural) AND "media" (plural)		0
"movies" (plural) AND "websites" (plural)		0
"brainstorms" (or "brainstorming"), "essay prep.," AND "free-writing" (or "free-writes")	0
4.2.2. Does your sidebar display other labels?	0
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. www (n) xxx (m) yyy (o) zzz (p) ...	---	---
4.3. Links & media	---	---
4.3.1. Does your blog include photos or other graphics?	0
Does your blog profile include a photo or graphic representation?		0
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: ... ... ...	---	---
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.

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).

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

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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).

Exchange student exam

2009-07-08T10:59:00.014+09:00

I applied exchange student exams, because I went to NZ last March and I think NZ is best place to study English. So, I have studied TOEFL since I come back to Japan. TOEFL is too difficult for me. Listening comprehension and Reading comprehension is so difficult. I have two exams, interview test in English and in Japanese. I don't think that I can tell examiner to my passion for studying abroad. But I will work hard to go to NZ!(85 words)

I was so shocked.

2009-07-01T12:07:00.002+09:00

I work at McDonald's, but I read very surprising news, and I really don't want to have its food. The news is that.

Critics say top fast-food restaurants have pulled a fast one on consumers. The easteries promised to reduce the cholesterol in their foods by cooking in vegetable oil instead of beef fat. But a consumer watchdog group says the restaurant aren't living up to thir claims.

No one ever said French fries were healthy. But three years ago, fast-food chains announced they were switching from cooking them in beef fat, which is bad for your heart, to 100% vegetable oil, which is low in saturated fat. Now a consumer group says the fries are not cooked in 100% vegetable oil but vegetable shortening, also called hydrogenated shortening, which is just about as unhealthy as beef fat.

Hydrogenated shortening is not vegetable oil, and the difference is measured in clogged arteries and coronay heart disease, the number-one killer in America today.

Hydrogenation is type ofprocess that turns oil into a har form, similar to stick margarine. Recent studies have shown the process produces something cakked transfatty acids, which raise cholesterol levels much the way saturated fat does. The consumer group, which analyzed more than 30 foods made with vegetable fat, says companies like using shortening because it has a longer shelf life, but should stop the practice.

Fast-food French fries have up to seven times more heart-unhealthy fat than if they were cooked in real vegetable oil.

The group says Burger King's fries have the highest level of heart-unhealthy fat, 58% more than when they were fried in beef fat. The group adds that the fries in a McDonald's "Happy Meal" have twice as much heart-unhealthy fat as a Big mac. Spoleman for McDonald's, Kentucky Fried Chikin, and BUrger king still maintain they use 100% vegetable oil because, when it's in the fryer, it becomes a liquid. But the consumer group says that's like calling melt butter an oil.
(Above news is CNN NEWS)

I almost every day eat McDonald's Fries, but when I read this news I don't want to eat Fries and other product in fast food restaurant. I don't want to die when I'm young.

What do you think of this?（377 words）

My friends time

2009-07-01T11:53:00.003+09:00

Last month I went to Karaoke with my friends. They have some troubles about their life, from my point of view, their trouble doesn't big deal. But we are all depressed and singing sad song. We drunk too much, and cheating all the time. But we keep singing 5 hours. It was so interesting, but we exhaust. We spent about 6 hours there, after that we went to HikarinoMori then we went home.
I want to go Karaoke with them. (80 words)

The importance things of our life

2009-07-01T01:10:00.005+09:00

I watched Lilo and Stitch that is Disney's movie. It is so impressive. These days, we don't care about family, our own culture, and friends. We should reconsider what we think now about these things. This movie makes us think what we are now.

Do you talk with your family recently? Do you have dinner with your family? Do you feel family's love recently? Maybe there is a few people that answer "yes!” Almost every university student do part-time job at night, and high school student has lunch with friends.

I often hear my friends say or people say that my father and my mother are so disgusting, or my sister is so irritate and I don't want to go home. Are these good things? Your families surely think and worry about you, and you also should be so.

You should go home when your classes finish, and have dinner with your family. I don't think you should do everyday, but at least once a week. If your family didn't exist, you were not here. You should have "family time". You cannot live without your family, so you should care your family and love them and have "family time".

What do you think about your culture? Do you really want to tell your culture to other country people? Almost everyone doesn’t think his or her culture. This movie gives you affection for your culture. Your culture has many good points, and it is really beautiful. You surely become a person who wants to tell other own culture after watch this movie. This movie teaches us the importance of our culture and culture is beautiful.

Like family, friend is also important. If you come to school or your workplace, you surely talk with your friends. If you don't have friends, the life is so boring. Friends give us very funny time that differs from "family time". This movie makes us notice the importance of friends.

What do you feel when you fight with your friends? It may be sad. The friends give us many things, like a feeling that sorry or angry or sad or happy or thanks. We can improve our mind through the " friend time", So We should love our friends.

This movie makes us reconsider many things. We should watch this movie and think about what we are and your life. You surely get some good chance to think your life.（404 WORDS）

The University life(revised)

2009-07-01T01:04:00.002+09:00

Hello. Let me introduce about university life. These days, more and more people go to university. It is become normally to go to there recently. At university there are many students and they really enjoying their life one's way. They are so different way to spend university life, some are studying harder, others are keen on spending in clubs, so tell you about student university life.

Firstly, there is several ways for them to come to school. Some students come to school by bicycle, so the most universities have parking lot for bicycles. There are many bicycles there and also student who come to school by motor bike park in parking lot for motor bikes. Other students come to school by on foot. These guys almost live in dormitory or live in near their university. There are also many students who come to university by car, these guys live in far from their university, so there is several ways to come to school.

Secondly, at lunch time, students also have many way to eating. Some student bring lunchbox to the school, these guys live with their parents, dormitory students and living alone students rarely bring lunchbox. Other students buy some food in the bakery or Gakusyoku or convenience store. These students are the most seen in university, so you can see several ways for their lunch in the university.

Finally, students' thinking is different. Some students study very hard. They study many things in the library or bakery, anywhere. IN the university there is much equipment to improve student's skills; they use it and studying harder. Other students are keen on doing activities in their club. They really enjoy their activities and make a good memory for the future. Thus, in university there are many way to spend their students' life.

There are many students in the university, but everyone enjoy their life in their own way. (317 words)

Unbelievable News I read

2009-06-18T16:56:00.003+09:00

Today, I also read this news.

Sky 'rains tadpoles' over Japan
The sky has been raining tadpoles over a coastal region in Japan, according to reports.

Residents, officials and scientists have been baffled by the apparent downpour of tadpoles in central Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture.

Clouds of dead tadpoles appear to have fallen from the sky in a series of episodes in a number of cities in the region since the start of the month.

In one incident, a 55-year-old man who was caught in a tadpole downpour described hearing a strange sound in the parking lot of a civic centre in the city of Nanao.

Upon further exploration, he found more than 100 dead tadpoles covering the windshields of cars in an area measuring 10 square metres.

Dead tadpole downpours were also reported by local officials 48 hours later in the city of Hakusan in the same prefecture.

The raining down of small creatures such as frogs and fish is a rare meteorological phenomenon that is reported from time to time across the world.

Scientists have widely attributed the surreal raining of animals to strong winds, storms and water sprouts sucking up creatures before depositing them further inland.

However, this explanation has not satisfied meteorologists in the Ishikawa region.

Officials at Kanazawa Local Meteorological Observatory told local media that they were unsure how the tadpoles had arrived as there had been no reports of strong winds at the time.

Another scientific explanation for raining animals relates to birds carrying the small creatures before dropping them as they fly overland.

However, dismissing this theory, a researcher at the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology in Abiko told Kyodo news: "Crows eat tadpoles but if these were spat out (by the birds), a wider area should have been covered."

Does every body know this News? I didn't know this thing happen to Japan.
I can't believe, I really really astonished. I'm interested in reading news. So if you have a really nice new, please tell me.(332 words)

I read a newspaper on Internet.

2009-06-18T16:33:00.003+09:00

I read the news today. I want everybody to read this. The article is that.

It may be nice to have a chat in bed but using your mobile phone at bedtime can cause insomnia. Using a mobile phone before going to bed can damage your health, according to a major study. It claims that radiation from the handset can cause insomnia and headaches as well as cutting the time spent in deep sleep.
Failing to get enough sleep can lead to depression, lack of concentration and personality changes. In teenagers and young children, lack of sleep can result in attention disorders and poor academic performance.

The research, carried out by scientists funded by handset manufacturers, will add to the health fears surrounding radiation emitted by the devices.
The results showed that using the handsets before bed causes people to take longer to reach the deeper stages of sleep and to spend less time in them.
Deep sleep is essential as it is the time when the body rejuvenates cells and repairs damage suffered during the day. Dr Chris Idzikowski, director of the Edinburgh Sleep Centre, said: "There is now more than sufficient evidence from a large number of reputable investigators who are finding that mobile phone exposure an hour before sleep adversely affects deep sleep."

In the study scientists examined the sleep patterns of 36 women and 35 men aged 18 to 45. Some were exposed to radiation that mimicked what a person receives when using a mobile phone. The others received none. The first group took longer to enter the first of the deeper stages of sleep and spent less time in the deepest one.

The scientists concluded: "The study indicates that during laboratory exposure to 884 MHz wireless signals components of sleep believed to be important for recovery from daily wear and tear are adversely affected."
The findings will shock many parents whose children routinely chat to friends on their mobiles before sleep. The study, by scientists from the Karolinska Institute and Uppsala University in Sweden and from Wayne State University in Michigan, is thought to be the most comprehensive of its kind.

The research was published by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and funded by the Mobile Manufacturers Forum.
That group claimed the results were inconclusive and that scientists did not claim handsets caused sleep disturbance.
But Professor Bengt Arnetz, who led the study, said: "We did find an effect from mobile phones from exposure scenarios that were realistic. This suggests that they have measurable effects on the brain."
He believes the radiation may activate the brain's stress system, making people more alert and less able to fall asleep.

I can't believe this. I use every night my mobile phone, and I think everybody also do so. I start to think that stop using my mobile phone before sleep...
I think it is so difficult for me to stop it. Neither does everybody.
What do you think of this news ?
(495 words)

Lilo and Stitch

2009-06-17T12:01:00.001+09:00

I watched Lilo and Stitch. It was a very impressive movie.
I think that family is important for us.
Japanese teenagers don't care about their family.
For example, most of them don't go back home at night and they hang out their friends.
This movie makes me consider what I have to do.
'Family time ‘ is more important than anything.(60 WORDS)

Drunk with my friends

2009-06-15T13:56:00.002+09:00

On Friday night, I went to drunk with my friends.
There are four people, Yuka, Yuta, Hideyoshi and Maki.
We went to "NAKARE", its food and beer is so nice, we all drunk too much.
After that we went to Karaoke, and singing many songs. We all got very tired.
After Karaoke, We call another friend and go driving.
We went so many places.
Next day, we all have work, every body seemed exhaust (we all work same place).
(79 words)

TOEFL test

2009-06-15T13:41:00.002+09:00

I took the TOEFL exam, because I want to study abroad. It was difficult, but I worked hard it. My friends (shota and Tomoko) also want to study abroad, so we study together when we have free time. We really work hard to study it; we all really hope to go abroad. Whenever we hang out, we always talk about foreign country.

TOEFL test is so difficult and makes me tired. I watch movies without subtitles to improve listening ability. For the reading ability, I read English news and news paper. For the writing skill, I exchange email with my friends who from all over the world.　I take English conversation and TOEFL class in my school; it is so nice to improve my skills.

I'm keen on communicating with others, so when I go foreign country I make many friends.(141 words)

The Letter to Host Family

2009-06-10T11:46:00.002+09:00

(return addr.)

Dear, My host family.

Hello. My name is Tsubasa, and I’m nineteen years old. My family has four people. My father is a policeman, and my mother is a house worker and my sister is a office worker. I keep a dog named Rico.

My hobbies are listening to music, watching movies and running. I listen to music everyday, and I always listen to American pops and R&B and my favorite singers are NE-YO , Britney and J.HOLIDAY, and I watch only action movies because it is very fun for me and it really get me exciting, and I hate romance and SF movies, because it is so boring for me.

How about you? What’s your hobby?
I major in English in my school. I’ve studied English for seven years, but I think I need more speaking and listening ability, so I will work hard for six weeks to improve them more. I’m interested in English, of course, and improve it. I'm taking TOEFL class with Tomoko and Yusuke (they are my friends), we keep on studying hard, because I want to go abroad for a year as a exchange student in my university.

What is the thing that you're interested in now? Please tell me.

I’ve never been to your country, so please tell me about your country and send me some pictures of your town, and I tell you more detail about my country when I arrive in your country.
What do you want to learn about Japan? I’ll teach you, so please tell me what you are interested in.

Best Wishes

P.S. What Japanese things do you want?(283 words)

Book review The lost broomstick

2009-06-05T18:52:00.003+09:00

This story is about witch.
Story is the witch lost her broomstick.
but she wants to go party, so she uses magic and tuened the man who is walking street into house and go party. This is impossible, but I think if I used a magic, I could live happily.(53 words)

Book review Attack of swamp monster

2009-06-05T18:35:00.003+09:00

I read this story and think this is really funny story.
This story that. There is a small boy and he had to go shopping to buy the things which his mom told him. After shopping, he go back way to home. Then he met a his friends. They are playing baseball, so he joined it. It's getting dark so he rush to back his home, but on the way he felt something grab his feet. It's monster.
He wants to run away but he can't. Then his shop bag fall down to the monster.
The soap in it, so monster became so tiny because of bubbles. Because of this he can run away.
I think this author has imaginary.(120 words)

Book review Return of the ice monster

2009-06-05T18:21:00.002+09:00

I think if the ice monster existed, I can't go to mountain in winter.
This story is that.
There is a girl in small town. Her friends went to mountain to ski, but she couldn't go with them because she must help her mom's shop. She envied them. Suddenly one of her friends came to her shop, and shouted "monster!", so she went to there with her dog. Then she found the huge footprint, and monster. She chased the monster and finds her friends. She wanted to rescue, so she decided to make the monster melt.
She brings hot chocolate for him, and the monster drinks it. Then the monster melts, so she can help them.
I think that she is so powerful, if I were her position, I can't act like her (133 words)

Book review The bed monster's secret

2009-06-05T18:20:00.001+09:00

I read this story and I feel that I envy him, because I also want a clever monster.
This story is that. There is a small boy. Under his bed, a monster lives.
He has never seen the monster because he scares it. He can't sleep well because of the monster's voices, so he cannot help sleeping during his class. The teacher always scolds him. He determined that he catch the monster. He builds a trap to catch the monster. After that, he found out that the monster is so small, but the monster is so clever. He decided that I always bring the monster in my pocket and improve my academic skills. Thus he became the cleverest in the school.
I also want to clever....（127 words）

book review The Bed Monster's

2009-06-05T17:55:00.004+09:00

I read this story and I feel that I envy him, because I also want a clever monster.
This story is that. There is a small boy. Under his bed, a monster lives.
He ｈas never seen the monster because he scare it. He can't sleep well because of the monster's voices, so he cannot help sleeping during his class. The teacher is always scolding him. He determined that he catch the monster. He builds a trap to catch the monster. After that, he found out that the monster is so small, but the monster is so clever. He decided that I always bring the monster in my pocket and improve my academic skills. Thus he became the cleverest in the school.
I also want to clever....（128 words）

Book reveiw The Little Marmaid

2009-06-03T14:01:00.003+09:00

This story is mermaid. Mermaid can go up to the beach when she become 16, but the mermaid is still 10, so she really wants to go up to beach. when she turned 16, she permit to go up to beach. She immediately go to beach, then she found the king in the castle which stands near beach. She fall in love with him, so she wants to be a human. The mermaid went to sea witch's house, and begs to become a human. she became a human but she lost her voice. and if she can't marry with him, she became a wave, the witch said. in fact she can't marry with him and became waves.
it is so sad story.(123 words)

Book review A small Pig

2009-05-27T11:44:00.004+09:00

this story is so good, the story is that there is a small pig in the farmer’s house. The small pig loves to be in dirty places, and love to ray on the soft mud. One day, farmer’s wife cleaned up house. In the house became shiny, but outside wasn’t shiny. So the wife also cleaned chicken coop and so on. After that she come to pigpen, she thought this place is the dirtiest in my house. She cleaned up even mud that small pig loves. The small pig was mad because there now is NO mud, so the pig runs away. Then the pig found a soft mud, but the large snake lives there. The snake make the pig run away. then pig found a thing like a soft mud. In fact, it is a concrete, so pig can’t move from there. The farmer has been looking for the small pig. then finally they found the pig.
this book is so funny.(164 words)

University LIfe

2009-05-27T11:43:00.002+09:00

Hello. Let me introduce about university life. These days, more and more people go to university. At university there are many students. They are so different way to spend university life, some are studying harder, other are keen on spending in clubs, so tell you about student university life.

First, there is several ways for them to come to school. Some students come to school by bicycle, so the most universities have parking lot for bicycles. There are many bicycles there and also student who come to school by motor bike park in parking lot for motor bikes. Other students come to school by on foot. These guys almost live in dormitory or live in near their university. There are also many students who come to university by car, these guys live in far from their university, so there is several ways to come to school.

Second, at lunch time, students also have many way to eating. Some student bring lunchbox to the school, these guys live with their parents, dormitory students and living alone students rarely bring lunchbox. Other students buy some food in the bakery or Gakusyoku or convenience store. These students are the most seen in university, so you can see several ways for their lunch in the university.

Finally, students' thinking is different. Some students study very hard. They study many things in the library or bakery, anywhere. IN the university there is much equipment to improve student's skills; they use it and studying harder. Other students are keen on doing activities in their club. They really enjoy their activities and make a good memory for the future. Thus, in university there are many way to spend their students' life.

There are many students in the university, but everyone enjoy their life in their own way.(300 words)

Activities I don't do

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

List activities
● Walking to school
● Not having part-time job.
● Living alone
● Studying in a library
● Having breakfast
● getting up early
(24 words)

book review School for spooks

2009-05-18T13:52:00.003+09:00

this story is that. a girl who want to be ghost entered the ghost college.
she is worse at any tricks than any other student. she can't do anything well.
one day, the school's people went to trip, but she didn't do because she try to study more alone.
when she study her own room,　the school got fire.
she use many tricks to put out, then the fire put out.
Owing to her effort, the scholar gives her A grade and she become the most clever girl in her school.(91 words)

Book review The story of shiverham hall

2009-05-18T13:41:00.003+09:00

this story is really funny. the ghost runs a hotel and employees are also ghost.
One day, the fat HUMAN go to the ghost hotel, he looking for the place to build his own hotel, and finally he found the ghost's hotel. He thinks he breaks the hotel and build new hotel. When the ghosts know that, the ghost tried to threat the man, but man doesn't scary, so the ghost called the man's grandmother from the heaven.
The man was scared his grandmother when she was alive, so when the grandmother appeared, the man immediately run away.
and the ghost won, so the ghost keep working there with his colleagues forever.(112words)

My friends

2009-05-05T00:54:00.003+09:00

it is my friends pictures. there are international from Korea,Hong Kong, china, Vetinum and japan. we all good friends.
this picture is taken at Mission Bay.
It is my best memory. I really want to see them again.
it is Mission Bay picture. it was so beautiful. the water is clear and good breeze. i want to visit there again.
it is Sky tower. It is very tall, the sight from the top of it is so nice.(78 words)

My golden week

2009-05-05T00:52:00.004+09:00

I went to Beppu in Oita with my friend, and we also go to Spa.
we love to take a bath. we stayed hotel a day, we went to there by train.
it took us about three hours. Beppu has nothing but it was really beautiful.
Next day we went to oita city to go shopping.
there are so nice.

i also had part-time job. i worked 7 hour three days.
In Golden week holidays it was so busy because the price became cheap.(84 words)

Jaws- book review

2009-04-22T15:42:00.003+09:00

This book became a movie, so I thought I read. This story is about shark that eats human. In the nice sightseeing sea spot in a small town, the accident occurred. The shark ate woman first, then the policeman found out it was done by the shark, but the important person in that town hide the fact that the shark that eat human in the sea, because this town is famous for that sea so if everybody know that, people will not visit that town. Then on holiday, many people visit the sea and swim, but a child was eaten by shark........
I read this book. If I go sea, which is being shark and swim, I will die. I become scarcely to go to the sea. (127 words)

My workplace

2009-04-20T16:05:00.003+09:00

My workplace is McDonald’s in Hakuzann Dori, I work there five times a week, on holiday, I work there for 7 hours. It gets me so disgusting and tired.
I often do the drive thru, it get me really exhaust, but I really enjoy my work because my colleague and I have good relationship. On holidays, we often hang out.
My work get me disgusting and exhaust, but i really working there.(72 words)

My New zealand's life.

2009-04-16T17:26:00.007+09:00

Hello. I went to Newzea land for one month last month. It was very exciting for me. I went to Unitec university everyday to study English. I made many friends who go to there to study English and are Kiwi's people.

My best friends of New zealand is June and Chloe, they are from South Korea, so I could know NZ cluture and Korean culture well. To learn different culture is very exciting and enjoyable for me. I could also know China and Vietnam culture.

We taught each other about own country, and English, too. On holidays or after school we went many places, Mission Bay, Sky Tower, Downtown, Auckland museum, and so on. we made a great memory there.

My hostfamily was very good. In my homestay family, there are five people, glandfather, father who was very good cook, mother who is from Korea, two child, one is 11years old and can speak English and Korean, the other is 1years old and very cute, and also my homestay members are four people, Sriranka, China, Vietnam, AThailland. I could really good practice English conversation with them.

I want to go NZ once again, so I take the exam to go abroad and study English as a exchange student in my university. (208 words)

To my homestay family

2009-04-09T16:08:00.007+09:00

Hello. My name is Tsubasa, and I’m nineteen years old. My family has four people. My father is a policeman, and my mother is a houseworker and my sister is a office worker. I keep a dog named Rico.

My hobbies are listening to music, watching movies and running. I listen to music everyday, and I always listen to American pops and R&B and my favorite singers are NE-YO , Britney and J.HOLIDAY, and I watch only action movies because it is very fun for me and it really get me exaciting, and I hate romance and SF movies, because it is so boring for me.

How about you? What’s your hobby?

I major in English in my school. I’ve studied English for seven years, but I think I need more speaking and listening ability, so I will work hard for six weeks to improve them more. I’m interested in English, of course, and improve it. I'm taking TOEFL class with Tomoko and Yusuke(they are my friends), we keep on studying hard, because I want to go abroad for a year as a exchange student in my university.

What is the thing that you're interested in now? Please tell me.

I’ve never been to your country, so please tell me about your country and send me some pictures of your town, and I tell you more detail about my country when I arrive in your country.
What do you want to learn about Japan? I’ll teach you, so please tell me what you are interested in.(256 words)

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2009-03-06T08:12:00.001+09:00

my memory with friends

2008-10-22T14:44:00.003+09:00

When I was high school second grade, I went camping with my friends.
We went to Aso by bus, and it took us two hours.
We made curry and rice and Somen(Japanese food), we all spent enjoying time!
When I was eating meal, my friends began singing Birth Day Song!!
The day when we went camping is my birthday!!
They made birthday cake for me. I didn't know that.
I was very happy. It is my best memory with my friends!

Presentation Restaurant Menu

2008-10-03T15:15:00.002+09:00

　Our grope can't disscuss because one person didn't come to class.
But we talked what restaurant menu we want to make and some menu.
If he or she come, we want to disscus more things.
In my opinion, I want to Itarian menu! I love to eat Itarian.
For example, I want to make many pasta menu that I've never seen.
I'm looking foward to talking with my grope members next class!

My Eating Habit

2008-09-26T22:27:00.002+09:00

I hardly have breakfast because I have no time. But when I have time, I eat bread with margarine and soup my mother cooked.
I eat lunch with friends everyday. We always eat at school. I always buy food I like, so I avoid eating vegetable. because I don't like it.
I eat snacks 3:00pm. I and my friends love snacks and chocolate so we always eat.
I usually eat fastfood for dinner because I work McDnald's. I eat French fries and humberger and drink coke. I love French fries and coke. But I have no work, I eat at home. At home I eat healthy food that my mother cooked.