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Portfolio for Writing IV

Posted: January 8th, 2010, 6:07pm PST

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Student ID: 08163
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the last five digits of your student number
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Portfolio for Writing IV, Section 1A OR 1C
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(See: Note 1, below)
0.0. OVERVIEWReviews, 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(1a): Favorite place	2009.10.07	11	510	9	0	0	0
2-01b (2009.10.21)	Essays 2-01b: Outline	2009.10.07	10	98	0	0	0	0
(2-01c)	Essays 2-01a-b: Favorite places(Revised)	2009.10.21	5	468	0	0	0	0
2-02a (2009.11.04)	Essay 2-02a: Quickpost	2009.10.30	1	38	0	1	0	0
2-02b (2009.11.18)	Essay 2-02a	2009.10.30	3	378	3	1	0	0
(2-02c)	Revise essays 2-02a-b	2009.11.11	3	458	0	1	0	0
2-03a (2009.12.02)	Essays 2-03a: Learning Language Stories	2009.12.01	5	85	0	0	0	0
2-03b (2009.12.18/22)	Essays 2-03a: Learning Language for Me	2009.12.16	8	755	5	0	0	0
(2-03c)	Essays 2-03b: Learning Language for Me	2009.12.16	8	716	0	0	0	0
Totals	---	---	54	3506	17	3	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.

ここに書く！

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*
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:	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*
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.

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.]

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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	Stories of Mermaids	2009.09.19	259	0
BR 2-02	Stories of WITCHES	2009.09.19	70	0
BR 2-03	The Princess and the Pea	2009.09.24	62	0
BR 2-04	Jack and the Beanstalk	2009.09.24	121	0
BR 2-05	Hansel & Gretel	2009.09.30	42	0
BR 2-06	Rumpelstiltskin	2009.09.30	45	0
BR 2-07	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	2009.10.01	53	0
BR 2-08	The Fabulous Story of Fashion	2009.10.01	56	0
BR 2-09	The Story of Chocolate	2009.10.07	97	0
BR 2-10	The Burglar's Breakfast	2009.10.08	43	0
BR 2-11	☆RICKY RICOTTA'S MIGHTY ROBOT☆ vs. THE MUTANT MOSQUITOES FROM MERCURY	2009.10.14	92	0
BR 2-12	☆RICKY RICOTTA'S MIGHTY ROBOT☆ vs. THE VOODOO VULTURES FROM VENUS	2009.10.14	90	0
BR 2-13	☆RICKY RICOTTA'S MIGHTY ROBOT☆ vs. THE MECHA-MONKEYS FROM MARS	2009.10.14	161	0
BR 2-14	☆RICKY RICOTTA'S MIGHTY ROBOT☆ vs. THE JURASSIC JACKRABBITS FROM JUPITER	2009.10.14	122	0
BR 2-15	☆RICKY RICOTTA'S MIGHTY ROBOT☆ vs. THE STUPID STINKBUGS FROM SATURN	2009.10.14	99	0
BR 2-16	☆RICKY RICOTTA'S MIGHTY ROBOT☆ vs. THE URANIUM UNICORNS FROM URANUS	2009.10.14	98	0
BR 2-17	The Nutcracker	2009.12.02	107	0
BR 2-18	The Tickets	2010.01.07	46	0


---	---	Totals:	1663	0

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

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

I choose "Jack and the Beanstalk" as my best book review because

4.0. BLOG LAYOUT, LABELING, LINKING, and MEDIA

Showcase	Yes	No
4.1. Does your blog display an archive?
4.1.1. Does the archive display the titles of posts?
4.1.2. Is the archive organized by month?
4.1.3. Is the archive at or near the top of the sidebar?
4.2. Does your blog display a cloud or list of labels in the sidebar?
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)
"movies" (plural) AND "websites" (plural)
"brainstorms" (or "brainstorming"), "essay prep.," AND "free-writing" (or "free-writes")
4.2.2. Does your sidebar display other labels?
How many other labels have you attached to three (3) or more posts? ___ other labels attached to three or more posts	---	---
Which labels, and to how many posts each? Please list those labels instead of www, xxx, yyy..., and list numbers of posts instead of n, m, o... (in parentheses), below. www (n) xxx (m) yyy (o) zzz (p) ...	---	---
4.3. Links and media	---	---
4.3.1. Do your blog posts this semester include photos or other graphics?
Does your blog profile include a photo or graphic representation?
How many of your blog posts this semester include photos or other graphics? ___ posts including photos or other graphics	---	---
4.3.2. Does your blog include posts with multiple links?
How many of your posts this semester include three (3) or more links? ___ posts including three or more links (including this portfolio!)	---	---
4.3.3. Does your blog include other media?
How many of your blog posts this semester include other media? ___ posts including other media	---	---
What kind(-s) of media have you included in posts this semester? Please list the kinds here: ... ... ...	---	---
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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Notes:

This portfolio template derives from Writing Studio Blog templates for Writing IIIc and Writing IVc (2007-08), Writing III, §§1a & 1c, Writing IV: Portfolio, §§1a & 1c (2008-09), and the July 7, 2009, Portfolio for Writing III.

Please use the same code in section 0.0 that you used to embed your proto-portfolios (PPFs) in the footer of your blog, which you should already have revised to display your 2nd (fall) semester PPF first.

The essays section (1.0. Essays, above) derived from Proto-Portfolio 2-02 (2008).

The essay selection and explanation item (§1.2, above) differs from that in the July 7, 2009, Portfolio for Writing III. Please read the new item carefully before making a selection.

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BR2-18: The Tickets

Posted: January 6th, 2010, 3:57pm PST

Jerry is given two concert tickets as her birthday present by Jimmy, but she drops them by accidents. Jerry’s friend Kerry picks up them and put her purse. It is lunchtime, and Jimmy sees concert tickets he gave Jerry in Kerry’s purse. What will Jimmy think?

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On January 5th

Posted: January 6th, 2010, 3:31pm PST

On January 5th, I had a dinner with my friends Aki, Aya, Yurie and Arisa at Montole. I usually eat a lot there, but I was not hungry at that time. That is because I had drunk green tea cream frapettino at Starbucks coffee in Kumamoto city as I was with other friends. Moreover, I ordered the biggest size.
That was why I wasn’t hungry. At Montole, I ordered katu-don, but I can’t eat all. And my friends ate it a little. After all, I took out it as waitress allowed me to do that. I thought I should not eat or drink much before I have an appointment to have a meal with my friends.

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drive

Posted: January 5th, 2010, 2:13pm PST

Do you like to drive? Or do you have driving license?
I like to drive, and I go to a lot of places. I usually ride car by myself, and I hardly go out by car with my family.

I would like to go somewhere with someone, but I happen to be alone when I want to go out. If I can get my own car, I hope to go places that I have never been to.
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Christmas Eve

Posted: January 5th, 2010, 1:56pm PST

We had some classes on December 24th in spite of Christmas Eve. In speaking class, most of the students attended. And we listened to Christmas songs. After the class was over, I had an appointment to have dinner with my friends. My friends and I went to a restaurant and enjoyed dinner. We ate much food. And we chatted about a lot of things because it was the last day we could meet last year.

When I went back home, I noticed Christmas cake that my mother bought on the table. It was a chocolate cake. So I tried it. However, it tasted coffee rather than chocolate. It was a little bitter cake. Cake was not good for me, I was glad to eat cake on December 24th.

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eating foods

Posted: December 20th, 2009, 2:32pm PST

I bought rice bowls two days ago at 100 yen store. In that morning, two of my family broke two rice bowls by accident, so I went to get new ones. I went to 100 yen store with my friend, and I was excited to find many kinds and sizes of rice bowls there. All seemed to be good, and I felt like getting every rice bowl. I spent much time in choosing which to buy, and I could get my favorite ones thanks to my friend's advice. I purchased four rice bowls, and three of all are normal size and one is big size. Can you see they are different size? By the way, the big rice bowl is mine, and I bought normal sized rice bowl for my father. I want you not to be surprise because it is not strange for me. I like to eat very much, and I usually eat more than my friends! However, I would like to try not to overeat as it is disgusting that I can't wear clothing because of overeating. And today I told my friend to prevent me from eating if I'm about to eating junky foods. Since I have had enough money owing to part time job, I have fallen into the habit of buying foods and drinks after school or free time. I guess it causes me to spend needless money and put on weight. I will get rid of my bad habit earlier so that I can save money and use money in different things; what I really want.
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Parfait ＊ Ice cream

Posted: December 20th, 2009, 2:09pm PST

Do you like ice cream? I guess almost everyone like it, and of course I like, too. Then, do you know this ice cream?! It is sold at everyone of convenience store, and you can buy it for about three hundred yen. Though price is high, it has a lot of volume and you can enjoy various flavors because of ice cream being in layers. In addition, there are three kinds of flavors; strawberry, and so on. When I found this ice cream, I was astonished by height of the price and volume. I hesitated to buy, but I did. For me, it was so delicious!

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Later present

Posted: December 20th, 2009, 10:21am PST

Day before yesterday, I had part time job as usual. And I was planning to go and see a friend of mine Yui who became twenty years old a month more ago if I could finish my work early. I wanted to give her present as early as possible because I had thought I might forget to do. Though I thought my work didn't finish early, I was allowed to finish. Then I could go to see my friend. I had no problem to do so alone, but I suggested to Yuika who is also my good friend to come together. She agreed to come with me, and we went to Mister Donut that my friend Yui works. To begin with, we got into Mister Donut to buy some donuts. As soon as we were addressed to Yui, she noticed us. I wanted to give her present, so I asked her she was free after work finished. Then, she said she didn't have so much time. Therefore, Yuika and I said good-bye as soon as I gave her present after her work's end. She looked happy, so I was also happy. Yuika and I went to Yayoi-ken to eat dinner. When Yuika was eating, she seemed to be so sleepy.(ρ_-)o We had difficulties in eating dinner because we didn't want to leave foods. To a surprise, we spent about two hours in finishing eating! Whenever we play together, we spent much time in having meals. But I feel very joyful with her.

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favorite artist

Posted: December 17th, 2009, 4:34pm PST

Recently I listen to songs misono sings, and they are so wonderful!! And I like her very much because she is so cute and say things frankly. I recommend you to try her songs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSRXrj3HN1I&feature=PlayList&p=A12129D9C79B2FAF&index=2

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Overeating Day(´∀｀)♪

Posted: December 17th, 2009, 8:33pm PST

Yesterday was Thursday, and I had a happy things. That was dinner with my friends Yurie and Aya! We had planned to eat dinner together before a week. After fourth period, we headed for Jolly-pasta to eat dinner. Though time was a little early to have supper, Yurie and I had already been hungry. In the restaurant, we spent much time in deciding what to order. After all, we ordered each dishes that we wanted to eat and added drink bar. Until dishes were served us, we enjoyed various drinks. Moreover, Aya and I could make use of soup bar for nothing! I was really happy and I tried to drink soup as many times as possible because soup bar was available by five o'clock. Both pasta and pizza I ordered were awesome, and I was satisfied to talk with Yurie and Aya. We ate and drank much, and we got full. Especially, I overate. ^^;

After we finished having supper, we went to Daiei on foot as Yurie and I had to go to record shop to receive DVD we had reserved. We were very happy to get DVDs. We went to GRANPALETTA, and we found Baskin Robbins 31! So, we chose what type of flavor to buy and purchased ice cream each other. Though it was very cold in the outside, we enjoyed eating ice cream.

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confortable

Posted: December 17th, 2009, 8:29pm PST

Do you know "LUSH"? ＾＾It's a popular shop that sells products can use in bathroom. When I went shopping Ion Mall Clair with my friend last Saturday, I bought bath salt at LUSH for the first time. It was expensive a little, so I thought I can't use it easily. However, I tried it at home day before yesterday as I don't like to take a bath recently. If I watch TV and finish having dinner, I often feel like sleeping in kotatsu. When I can't take a bath at night owing to sleep, I do in the morning however I don't have enough time. To tell the truth, it's very troublesome to take a bath at night. But I could avoid not taking a bath in the morning by adding bath salt to bath that day. The bath salt I tried smelled honey, and I thought it was very good because my skin got smooth. I liked the smell, so my mother did. I would like to buy and try other kinds of bath salt, if I can. However, I care about the high price. (´・ω・｀)
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Essays 2-03b: Learning Language for Me

Posted: December 15th, 2009, 10:16am PST

I have learned four languages, and they have made my life more comfortable. I have spent a lot of time learning languages since I was a child. Especially, English is a language that I have studied the most although I started learning, as I was a junior high school student. Now I'd like to tell you about my language learning stories.

The first language I learned was Japanese as I'm Japanese. My parents, especially my mother taught the Japanese syllabary, “hiragana”, and “katakana” hard. When I was a child, there was a table of the Japanese syllabary written in both hiragana and katakana on the wall, and I remember trying to learn them by heart everyday by reading and writing on papers. Thanks to reputation of learning, I got to able to write simple hiragana like "isu", "tsukue", "ehon" gradually. About katakana, I kept on practicing to write and read with workbooks that my mother bought for me. I wrote hiragana and katakana so many times that I could get to write them properly.

In kindergarten, I mainly learned how to speak Japanese. That was a skill I didn't practice so much at home. I think my parents taught me alphabet earlier than kanji. The same as learning of "Aiueo", I learned alphabet by reading and writing the figure of alphabet that my parents displayed on the wall. Also, I did listen to CD and repeated after it. I guess I did these learning at home until I graduated kindergarten.

When I was an elementary school student, I learned a lot of kanji through classes. The kanji we studied got more and more difficult as the grade got higher. I did nothing to practice of kanji when I was a still lower grade. However, I couldn't learn enough kanji by heart in classes, so I made efforts to review them at home. My way of reviewing was keeping on writing on sheets as many times as I could. As a result of that, I could get better than normal on kanji test, and I can write or read most required kanji. Concerning Japanese grammar, my teacher checked our levels of understanding with tests. If I made mistakes, I didn't forget to review them even if I sometimes felt it was troublesome. For that reason, I could use most kanji now.

At junior high school, I had to study English because I hadn't gone through English. Although I would often study the alphabet as I was little, I had forgotten the order "m" and "n". I master the right order of alphabet by writing and reading as you can guess. With many alphabets, I was taught to make sentences and conversation by my Japanese teacher and ALT means “assistant of language teacher”. I was interested in English little by little, and liked to study it very much. Teachers on my junior high school days helped me much as they taught me about the basic of English. Of course, I never failed to practice vocabulary by writing on notes at home every night: and I sometimes did in the school. Because of rich vocabulary of English, I changed to write English composition easier than before. I found it was so effective to repeat at that time.

After I graduated junior high school, I studied English in high school. I need to learn as much vocabulary as possible and I can read long sentences as properly as we could. When I read long sentences, I didn't use my dictionary so much to avoid depending on it and being unable to solve questions without it. I learned a lot of vocabulary with the senses: reading, watching, hearing CD speaking.

Now, I study English in KGU, and I have not changed the way of learning languages. I would like to understand English more and more, so I try to use it as often as possible. I think it is sufficient to repeat learning, so I will never forget to do.

Through my learning of languages, I believe that reputation of learning is very important if we wish to get skill on languages. Repeating helps me to master whatever languages I will try. I would like to master Spanish from now, as I'm certain they will be of use my future life.

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About Working

Posted: December 15th, 2009, 5:47pm PST

Today I ate curry rice for lunch at my work place, and I was happy because I love curry rice. I like to eat it with pickled vegetables. I work at restaurant, so I have lunch lately, for example, p.m. two thirty. I thought it is severe that we can't eat lunch during lunch time, but I got accustomed to doing lately. If I eat a lot of foods for breakfast, I rarely feel pain. Our restaurant was filled with a lot of customers today because of events and reservation of groups. Whenever we have many customers in the restaurant, I think there is like a battlefield. I have to bring lots of dishes, and I sometimes pour cups of coffee. In addition to that, I must clean up tables, and guide new customers to seats. Occasionally, seats get to be not enough owing to many people. So we sometimes wait customers in front of entrance of restaurant though that didn't occurred today. I often be tired of keeping customers company; taking orders, listening to their demands. I don't know why I chose restaurant to work as part timer now. Perhaps I decided work place because of near university, and reasonable zikyu. I don't like to wait on customers, and I think I won't choose a service trade in the future. The reason is very simple. It is sometimes very hard to wait on customers. Some customers say to us complaints and act impolitely. Especially, older people often do. If I was done by them, I feel very angry and disgusting. Therefore, I try not to do such things when I am customer in other restaurants and shops, and so on. I try to smile in front of customers. I think service trade is hard job, but we need to offer what customers want us to do as they are "customers". By the way, it has passed about one year and half a year since I had started this part time job. Though I go through unpleasant things, I work to earn money. I try to save money as much as possible. I don't know imagine I will work or not in the future, but I think I had better save money now as my mother often tells to me, "Save money." I would like to do what I like for future job.

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It Is Hard To Blog

Posted: December 15th, 2009, 5:36pm PST

I finished part-time job at three thirty and I came to university to use a computer. In fact, I had better do homework of reading class, but I left all documents about it my home as I didn't think part-time job would finish early. So, I decided to write some contributions on my blog. I would like to keep on blogging as often as I can if I have topics to write about. I have to type more than ten thousand words on my blog; however, I can't finish typing easily.

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Cocktail Party 2

Posted: December 14th, 2009, 6:34pm PST

Today we did international cocktail party, and practiced how to speak in the party. Let me introduce about me as Nancy.

I'm Nancy and from France in Europe. I don't know the best place to visit in France as my family is so poor that we can't visit interesting places. My occupation is a TV announcer. I decided to become a TV announcer because I like to speak in front of lots of people, and I like my job. My hobby is riding motorbikes and I enjoy doing as I have a free time. I don't like sharks because they are very dangerous.

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drive date ^ｗ^

Posted: December 12th, 2009, 4:31pm PST

I went to Clair with my friend yesterday.
My friend took me there by her own car, but we lost our way as we aren't aware of near Clair.
However, we managed to reach there by asking a person in convenience store.

We went to a viking restaurant to have lunch, and I had been looking forward to going there!
And we also stepped into a lot of shops. It is very fun to go outside with my friend(0・ｖ・0)
keep early hours

Posted: December 10th, 2009, 4:24pm PST

I try to keep early hours as much as I can recently because I will improve habits of my life. I often go back home later than p.m. seven after I finish taking all classes of the day, so I'm very tired and usually wish to sleep early. Therefore, I think it is troublesome and disgusting to take a bath at night. Until a week before, I had been taking a bath in the morning. However, I thought it was a bad habit to do such a thing in the morning. Then I changed it to do as soon as I reach home, after that I have dinner with my family. Yesterday, I could go to bed at p.m.10:30 as I changed habit of my life a little. I think I had better try to keep on that.

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good day

Posted: December 8th, 2009, 10:07am PST

Yesterday was holiday for me as I have no class on Wednesday, and I had a nice day. In the morning, I had slept for a long time, and I work up at eleven. It was sunny and warm. Then an idea occurred to me, and I started to wash my brushes of making up and puff. They became much more beautiful than before by washing with soap. And I put and dried them at veranda. After that, I had a meal of break fast and lunch with watching a TV program “Iitomo” that is my favorite.
I read three magazines that I bought recently in kotatsu. Magazines were so interesting, and fashion models were so cute and fashionable. I really concentrate on reading to how to hair make because I’m so interested in such things. Gradually, I became sleep more and more. I don’t know what hours I slept in the afternoon. Then I woke up again. I did some housework though I usually don’t do: washing dishes, being ready for bath, folding laundry. My mother was glad to know that, so I was very happy.

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draft of speaking presentation

Posted: December 8th, 2009, 9:40am PST

Now I will talk about students’ attendance of university. According to our survey, forty percent of people said that they attend classes on time, but sixty percent of people said they don’t attend classes on time. I was surprised at knowing the states that people who attend classes on time are fewer than people who attend classes lately. I thought it is so bad to leave that as it is. If you come into classroom lately, it will disturb other people who are already studying there. So we have to attend classes as punctual as we can.

Moreover, almost people said they prevent being late by getting up early and leaving home early. Few people answered they don’t enjoy chatting with their friends before class begin to avoid being late.

Most students said they can’t attend classes because of oversleep. I guess sleep have a connection with attendance. I think students had better improve their habit of life so that students can go to university punctually.

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favorite

Posted: December 6th, 2009, 2:32pm PST

In spite of winter, I feel like having ice cream. Recently, my favorite ice cream is "MOW"! Though I have not ever eaten two kinds of pictures, I think MOW is very tasty and creamy ice cream. I hope to try other flavors when I can afford to get them. In cold winter, I like to eat ice cream at warm place like in kotatsu. (b^-゜)

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BR2-17: The Nutcracker

Posted: December 1st, 2009, 10:05am PST

On Christmas Eve, a magic begins on Clara. She grows as small as a mouse when she opens a present that given by her godfather! And she comes into a story with her doll.

I liked a huge marzipan castle decorated with all kind of treats the best in this book. It's like house with treats that appears in a book whose name is Hansel and Gretel. Clara's adventure is continuance of surprise not only for Clara but also for me. Christmas will come soon, so I'm very looking forward to get presents and eat Christmas cake. Though it is a little early to say, "Merry Christmas"!

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Essay2-03a: Learning Language for Me

Posted: December 1st, 2009, 5:53pm PST

I have ever learned some languages, and they have made my life more comfortable. I guess I have spent a lot of time learning languages since I was a child. Especially, English is a language that I have studied the most though I started learning as I was a junior high school student. Now I'd like to tell you about my language learning stories.

Needless to say, the first language I learned was Japanese as I'm Japanese. "Aiueo (means the Japanese syllabary)", "hiragana", "katakana"…My parents, especially my mother taught them very hard. When I was a child, there was a table of the Japanese syllabary written in both hiragana and katakana on the wall and I remember trying to learn them by heart by reading and writing on papers with eyes on a table of the Japanese syllabary so hard everyday. Thanks to reputation of learning, I got to be able to write simple hiragana like "isu", "tsukue", "ehon" gradually. About katakana, I kept on practicing to write and read with some work books which my mother bought for me. I wrote hiragana and katakana so many times so that I could get to write them properly.
Then, I managed to be able to write both with distinction.

I think I was taught alphabet earlier than kanji by my parents. The same as learning of "Aiueo" and so on, I learned alphabet by reading, writing the figure of alphabet on the wall. Also, I did listen to CD and repeated after it. I guess I did these learning at home until I graduated kindergarten. In the kindergarten, I mainly learned speaking Japanese that is a field I didn't practice so much at home.

When I was an elementary school student, I learned a lot of kanji through classes. Kanji we studied got more and more difficult as the grade got higher. I did nothing about practice of kanji when I was still lower grades. However, I couldn't learn lots of kanji by heart in classes enough, so I made efforts by reviewing them at home. My way of reviewing was keeping on writing on sheets as many times as I could. As a result of that, I could get better than normal on kanji test and I can write or read most kanji. Concerning to Japanese grammar, my teacher checked our levels of understanding with tests and classes. If I made some mistakes, I didn't forget to review them even if I sometimes felt it was troublesome. For that reason, I could keep Japanese grammar in active use normally.

At junior high school, we had to study English in everything because we hadn't gone through English since then. Although I would often study alphabet as I was little, I had forgotten the order "m" and "n". And I master the right order of alphabet by writing and reading as you can guess. With many alphabets, we were taught to make sentences and conversation by my Japanese teacher and ALT. I got to have an interest on English little by little, and liked to study it very much. Teachers on my junior high school days helped me much as they taught me about the basic of English. Of course, I never failed to practice vocabulary by writing on notes at home every night: and I sometimes did in the school. Because of rich vocabulary of English, I changed to write English composition easier than before. I found it was so effective to repeat at that time.

After graduation of junior high school, I had still studied English in high school. We need to learn as much vocabulary as possible and be able to read long sentences as properly as we could. When I read long sentences, I didn't use dictionary so much so that avoid depending much on it and being not able to solve without it. I learned a lot of vocabulary with the senses: reading, watching, hearing CD speaking.

Now, I have been studying English in KGU, and I have not changed the way of learning languages if I tried whatever language: Spanish, Korean. I have some English classes, and all of them can be covered with my learning styles.

Through these experiences, I believe that reputation of learning is very important if we wish to get skill on languages. Repeating of learning helps us to master whatever languages you will try. I would like to challenge various languages from now as I'm certain they will be of use my future life.

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Essay2-03a Language Language Stories

Posted: November 30th, 2009, 3:08pm PST

・Kindergarten
―aiueo
―hiragana
―katakana
―Alphabet

・elementary school
―Japanese
―kanji
―hiragana
―katakana
―proverbs

・junior high school
―Japanese
―English
―ALT(Assistant Language Teacher)
―game
―conversation
―pronunciation test
―greeting

・high school
―English
―English grammar
―long passage
―dictation

・university
―English
―speaking
―writing
―reading
―English grammar
―speech contest
―blog
―Spanish
―Spanish grammar
―Korean
―Korean grammar

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New!

Posted: November 30th, 2009, 1:55pm PST

I was given this by my friend came part of the way together this morning.

Have you ever seen crispy version of COUNTRY MA'RM?!

I did see it today for the first time!! I was really surprised and had interest on it. Though I have not tried yet, I guess it'll be very tasty. I'm looking forward to eating until I get hungry afterschool.

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Wind is blowing strongly

Posted: November 30th, 2009, 8:04pm PST

Haiji is a main character, and he happens to meet a boy Kakeru who can run very fast. Kakeru got a room in a dormitory whose name is "Aotake" because he doesn't much money and his brotherhood to marathon club automatically. To tell the truth, "Aotake" is a dormitory of marathon club. And, Haiji begin to say "we will participate in Hakone ekiden!" as soon as Kakeru comes to live in "Aotake".

I enjoyed this movie very much. This movie is not only funny but also moving, and Keisuke Koide is really great. You may want to begin marathon if you watch it. I would like to watch this with my friend one more times!

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Happy Saturday

Posted: November 30th, 2009, 7:58pm PST

Last Saturday, I went to Ion Mall Clea to watch movie whose title is "Wind is blowing strongly" with my friend Yuika. We reached there about eleven, and spent time window shopping. We found a really cute stuffed toy of sheep and a pajama gown that is so pleasant to the touch. We got very sleepy because we were relaxed by watching cute things and touching soft things. We also checked bath salt and powder, and we were interested in them. However, we got hungry, so we decided to have lunch. We enjoyed having lunch at Festa Garden which is one of my favorite Viking restaurants. There are a lot of delicious foods from heavy meals to dessert. Especially, I like spaghetti of the restaurant, that is why I did nothing eat spaghetti. My friends Yuika ate various foods of small quantity. We spend about three hours having lunch as we were eating with chatting very slowly. After the meal, we watched shops of second floor, and bought some cosmetics. In McDonald, Aya who is my friend was working near resister and I was addressed to her when there was no one to buy. I was very glad to see her as it was the first time that I met her working there though I had ever gone to Clea many times. Then, I and Yuika went to 31 ice cream and Game center. Before we watched movie, I stepped into McDonald to buy hamburgers and drinks for us in a hurry, on the other hand, Yuika tried to buy movie tickets for us. But, it was asked each qualification to buy ticket, so I had to show it after getting foods and drinks. We rushed into theater in a fluster, but we had more time to spare than expected. Movie we watched was supreme!

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Tasty Puddings

Posted: November 30th, 2009, 6:43pm PST

Do you know "Torofuwa-pudding"? It's such a delicious pudding, and has some kinds of tastes. I like "Torofuwa-pudding" very much, and I have been eating various types. And then, I found the pudding of chocolate taste recently, and I tried it. As a result of that, I found I like the taste of basic type the best. So I didn't think chocolate pudding was very delicious. Chocolate pudding was too sweet for me. However, every pudding is so smooth to eat. I would like to recommend everyone to these puddings. You can buy them at super market, convenience store, hotto motto and so forth.

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Okonomiyaki party★

Posted: November 29th, 2009, 2:22pm PST

On November 26th, I went to Kogane which is near seven eleven with my friends Yurie and Ayumi afterschool. I often spend afterschool eating light meals with Yurie, but it was first time that we went to eat dinner together.

We had never gone to Kogane. It was a small eating place, and there was two people were working. Both of them were so gentle, and we had a big size of Okonomiyaki made. We were so hungry that we could it soon. Then we ordered anoth er. There were a lot of comic books, novels, and so on. I was reading comic books whose name is “HUNTER×HUNTER” that I would often read when I was a child until Okonomiyaki got ready. I was so absorbed in reading. Talking of Okonomiyaki, it was so good of course. I got full on the spot.We also had ice cream! It was delicious, and I could eat in spite of fullness. We had a very wonderful dinner time there!

After that, I wanted to go to Daiei because I had to go to receive CD I had reserved a few days ago, and Yurie and Ayumi came with me. We shopped Daiei and GR AN PALETTA, and in addition, we took purikura. ^3^ I want to make memories with my friends mor e!

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a hot cocoa

Posted: November 25th, 2009, 8:19pm PST

Traffic trouble between Kumamoto and Kawashiri prevented people from going previously. Train was delayed so much time, and I had waited train for a long time. Then I was waiting for a friend of mine at Kumamoto station because I wanted to take a train with her. When she reached Kumamoto station, she gave me a hot cocoa. I was so happy.

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this Saturday

Posted: November 25th, 2009, 8:08pm PST

I'm going to go to theater in you-me town hikarinomori with my friend this Saturday, and we'll watch "kaze-ga-tsuyoku-fuiteiru". To my surprise, it is the first movie that Keisuke Koide plays most important character. My friend likes him so much, so she is really looking forward to watching it. Of course, I'm very excited to it as I do like him! We have also planed to shop and buy 31 ice cream at you-me town. In addition, we're thinking about where we will have lunch. (・ω・)/ Furthermore, I would like to buy clothing that are suitable for winter at UNIQLO because it has got colder and colder!♪

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free day!

Posted: November 17th, 2009, 2:24pm PST

Yesterday was free day for me because I don't have any classes on every Tuesday, so I went out Kumamoto city by using train and tram by myself. I came to Kumamoto station with my friend, but we said good-bye because of the difference of our destination. My friend had classes as usual. I reached Kumamoto city about a.m. 11:30, and then I had a lunch at Yoshinoya. As I was hungry a little, I ordered for a hall staff to take "A set" of gyuudon. Whenever I go to Yoshinoya to have meals, meals are brought in high speed. I have to wait meals long time at all. Therefore, I like to go there recently. In addition, gyuudon is so cheap and delicious! Of course, "A set" that I ate yesterday was nice, and cheap. I was satisfied with it and a feeling of fullness. After my lunchtime finished, I stepped into THANK YOU MART. THANK YOU MART is a one of my favorite places, and I usually go there if I come to Kumamoto city. As you know, we can buy all products like accessories, clothing, and caps and so on for 409 yen! Do you think it is wonderful thing?! This is why I'm really in trouble without that. Yesterday, I did buy socks which is illustrated many hearts and color tights. I wanted to buy a pouch of Care bear, but I put off getting. I also went to tutuanna to get leg warmer; however, I couldn't get anything as every leg warmer was so cute that I couldn't choose the best one. So I'll go there with my friends again! My shopping didn't finish yet, and I move around VILLAGE VANGUARD and chose my birthday present!

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Survey on student's manners1) Do ...

Posted: November 17th, 2009, 10:26am PST

Survey on student's manners

1) Do you smoke? (Sayaka)
YES / NO
2) Do you like drinking? (Kyoko)
YES / NO
3) Have you ever eaten in classes? (Masumi)
YES / NO
4) Do you take a note in class? (Shiori)
YES / NO
5) Have you ever slept in classes? (Sayaka)
YES / NO
6) Have you ever chatted with your friends in classes? (Kyoko)
YES / NO
7) Have you ever used your cell phone in classes? (Masumi)
YES / NO
(Yes→)What do you usually do with your cell phone during classes? (Kyoko)
a) call
b) send e-mail
c) play games
d) watch web sites
8) Do you attend classes on time every day? (Shiori)
YES / NO
9) What do you do to prevent being late for classes every day? (Sayaka)
a) go to bed early
b) get up early
c) leave home early
d) don't chat with your friends before classes
Why can't you attend classes on time every day? (Sayaka)
a) oversleep
b) doing homework
c) traffic jam
d) chatting with your friends

M / F grade？　　
Gakubu?
　　
Superb Friends

Posted: November 15th, 2009, 4:13pm PST

After “Hakua-sai”, we went to Kumamoto station by bus from Prefectural University. In the bus, we were talking about that day, friends, an initiation rite, and so on. We enjoyed shopping and talking over tea. Although we ate too much because of the festival, the dinner was bowls of rice topped with beef, that is to say, “Gyuudon”. It was so good, and I treated Yui to Gyuudon because I was done to Udon by Yui.

I like Yui because she takes after me in character, and I feel fun if I’m with her. I usually play with Yui and Yuika, and they have been congenial friends since high school days. It is two years that passed since we graduated high school; however, we are still on good terms on each other. The relationship hasn’t changed at all. I like both of them, and I want them to have been my precious friend!
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Festival !!! ・ｖ・

Posted: November 15th, 2009, 2:18pm PST

Hello! I have a friend whose name is Yuika in Kumamoto Prefectural University, and I went to its school festival whose name is “Hakua-sai” to see her with my friend Yui yesterday. Though I was going to take a train that leave Kumamoto station at 10:35, Yui didn’t come on time, so we couldn’t take. Yui said she had forgotten the time we were supposed to meet and apologized to me many times in spite of my indifference of it. We decided to take another train, and I found my friend Sayuri in the station. So, there were three people who would go to “Hakua-sai”. After taking a train heading for Higoozu station, we chatted with each other. The first meeting between Yui and Sayuri, but they enjoyed talking. When I and Yui had to take off the train, we told Sayuri good-bye. Then we headed for university by bus.

My friend Yuika seemed to sell foods made by potato and the name of the branch is “mocchiimo”, so we tried to look for the branch of her circle. She was kneading pasted potatoes as we found her. After finishing her work, we went to have lunch together, and Arisa who is Yuika’s university friend also came. The noodle restaurant that we were going to have lunch was near university and noodle was not only very cheap but also delicious. I ordered a large helping of noodle! It took a little long time to finish eating all. A large helping of noodle was only two hundred and ninety yen. Incidentally, Yui paid for the price of three people’s meals. What a generous girl she is!

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Party With My Conpanies

Posted: November 15th, 2009, 1:29pm PST

A yakiniku party was held by companies of my part-time job last Friday, and of course I attended. The number of the attendances was seven though there had to be ten people: three people couldn’t come to the party because of club activity, caring for a child, helping other restaurant. We thought it was such a pity that they were unable to come; however, we went on the party and drank toasts after end of drink order. Everyone drank alcohols or soft drinks. It was only me that drank water. The reason I did so is because I had to pay more higher if I ordered such drinks. I felt it was so disgusting, and I didn’t. As soon as various types of meat were brought by server, we began to broil and we ate soon after meat was good look enough to eat. There were five people who are senior to me, and one who is younger than me. One of senior tried to broil a lot of types of meat and vegetable, and gave us much food. I ate meat with rice, and rice was very good. I enjoyed not only eating meat but also vegetables.
I left the yakiniku house about nine fifteen and headed for Suizenji station. On my way to Suizenji station, I happened to meet my friend Machiko, and she seemed visiting students’ dormitory. As I met her the end of the day, I was really happy.
Soybean flour is very hot to me ...

Posted: November 13th, 2009, 7:02pm PST

Soybean flour is very hot to me recently. I usually eat soybean chocolate and ice cream and buy them at convenience stores. I like ice cream flavored soybean which is sold at seven eleven. It tastes very well and I have repeated to buy recently. If you like soybean powder, I would like to try a lot of foods that are used soybean powder. Talking of soybean powder, I like dumping flavored soybean powder. I used to eat it when I was child.
shopping for presents

Posted: November 13th, 2009, 6:02pm PST

Day before yesterday was very cold and windy. I went to Kumamoto city with my friend Aki that day. We intended to buy our friends' birthday presents. We got into a lot of shops from Shimotori to Kamitori and tried to find presents we really liked. During shopping, we stepped into Starbucks coffee and Mister Donut and had a break. It was first time that I went to Starbucks coffee which is in New-s. As for Mister Donut, I sometimes go there because a friend of mine works. She works there day before yesterday, so we got into the shop.
After much search, we found the best things for our friends. We were satisfied. Next day, we gave the presents separately. When I gave the present, my friend looked really happy. I was very happy too because I could see my friend's smile.

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Revise essays 2-02b

Posted: November 10th, 2009, 9:36am PST

My favorite website is "ABC Order" and its URL is http://www.learningplanet.com/act/abcorder.asp. This web site is for helping people to learn English. I felt this website is very useful and interesting for children who are going to study English when I played the game of the website for the first time. In fact, I could enjoy studying ABC Order so much and I didn't feel pain to learn ABC Order by heart. That is because the study was just like an interesting game and the game is so fancy that people won't think the game for study alphabets. Therefore, I suggest trying this game if you are not good at English and don't like it. I'm sure you will enjoy studying English!

The web page is so cute and colorful, and you will see a wooden notice board and forest at first. When I open the website, I was excited owing to seeing various colors and animation of the web page. If you click a "start" button, a crane appears and starts to line alphabets below. Then you can hear the pronunciations of alphabets that lined. Question is so simple and comes from a cart, but there is a blank. For example, the answer of question is "efg"; you can't see a character "g". You have to complete ABC Order by bringing "g" to the blank. If you bring "g" from below and put it to the blank, ABC Order completes. When you add right alphabet to the blank, you can hear pronunciation of ABC Order. Then the next question will appear on the picture. If you repeat to solve the questions correctly, you can see cute smile marks above. If you fail to complete ABC Order, the cart wouldn't go and you have to try until you can complete right ABC Order. However, you will be able to make out ABC Order by the end of your learning through the game. I insist that reputation of learning is very important when we are going to absorb a lot of knowledge. So, I would like you not to regret studying English.

I guess this website “ABC Order” is made for children, but it is still useful for adults who have forgotten right ABC Order and start to study English for the first time. Even college students like me can study English over again, and we will be able to understand English more and more. I was very poor at learning ABC Order by heart, as I started English for the first time. I had difficulties in learning alphabets and ABC Order then. I wish I could have known this when I was a junior high school student! If you have interest, please hold on studying English with “ABC Order”! I'm sure you'll like it!

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hobbies

Posted: November 10th, 2009, 9:05am PST

Last Monday, I interviewed Yukari about her hobbies at speaking period. Yukari said to me, “My hobbies are talking with my friends and eating.” Especially, she seems to like to talk with her friends about gourmet. I thought she really likes to eat because one of her hobby is eating. She is a very cheerful person, so I understood why she likes to chat with her friends.

By the way, my hobbies are shopping and sleeping. I usually go shopping to buy clothes and I can enjoy shopping both with my friends and alone heartily. About sleeping that is one of my hobbies, I can sleep everywhere: for example, in my house, in the car, in the train, and so on.

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Went to Luther!

Posted: November 4th, 2009, 3:45pm PST

I went to a campus festival of Luther University with my friend Yui on October 31th. Before the festival, we had lunch at Joyfull near Luther University. In the Luther University, we ate fried potato and Yui bought it for me. Luther University didn’t offer us to buy something, so I didn’t be scared of them. After we enjoyed spending time in Luther University, we went to Baskin Robbins 31 on foot and bought ice cream. Baskin Robbins 31 was near Luther University. There were many people who came there to buy ice cream, so we ate ice cream outside. It was very tasty! And we headed for Kumamoto city next. Since we reach the destination, we went to karaoke! We sang until a live we were going to go started. I was very glad to have a nice day!

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School Festival

Posted: November 4th, 2009, 2:44pm PST

On October 30th, I went to KGU alone in the morning because I hadn’t finished my homework. I had to write essay, so I wrote in the computer room. It took me for about one hour and thirty minutes to do it. I was as quick as I could because I also arranged to meet my friend Yui.

After I finished my homework safely, I went to Jolly-Pasta to have lunch with my friend. To tell the truth, we were going to go there with another friend Yuika, but she was late because of miss of train. She came to the restaurant while we were eating spaghetti for lunch. She ordered the same spaghetti as ours. We could enjoy drinking onion soup for nothing. We had a wonderful meal and time.

However, we had to hurry up again so that we could see my friend’s performance. Then we hurried up eating, but we couldn’t be in time for my friend’s performance. But we enjoyed performances of modern association club. All of them looked so excited and were very good at playing guitar, and singing. We stayed the room for one hour and thirty minutes.

In the outside, I bought food which my friend’s club sold. After that, we went to Kumamoto city by bus and bicycle, and enjoyed karaoke and shopping, having dinner. Especially, I felt happy during having dinner!

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Essay 2-2a

Posted: October 29th, 2009, 10:58am PDT

My favorite website is "ABC Order" and its URL is http://www.learningplanet.com/act/abcorder.asp. I felt this website is very useful and interesting for children who are going to study English when I played the game of the website for the first time. In fact, I could enjoy studying ABC Order so much and I didn't feel pain to learn ABC Order by heart because the study was just like an interesting game and the game is so fancy that people won't think the game for study alphabets. So, I suggest people who don't like English and are not good at English to study ABC Order and alphabets through this website.

The web page is very cute and colorful, and you will see forest. I was very excited when I open the website. If you click a "start" button, a crane appears and starts to line alphabets below. Then you can hear the pronunciations of alphabets which lined. Question is so simple and comes from a cart, but there is a blank. For example, the answer of question is "efg", you can't see a character "g". You have to complete ABC Order by bringing "g" to the blank. If you bring "g" from below and put it to the blank, ABC Order completes. When you add right alphabet to the blank, you can hear pronunciation of ABC Order. Then the next question will appear on the picture. If you repeat to solve the questions correctly, you can see cute smile marks above. If you fail to complete ABC Order, the cart wouldn't go and you have to try until you can complete right ABC Order. Animation is very cute and I think most children should like it.

I think this website is made for children, but it is still useful for adults who have forgotten right ABC Order and start to study English for the first time. Even college students like me can study English over again, and we will be able to understand English more and more. I was very poor at learning ABC Order by heart as I started English for the first time. I had difficulties in learning alphabets and ABC Order then. I wish I could have known this when I was a junior high school student!

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Essay 2- 2a Quickpost

Posted: October 29th, 2009, 10:43am PDT

My favorite website is "ABC Order" and its URL is http://www.learningplanet.com/act/abcorder.asp. I felt this website is very useful for children who are going to study English. In fact, I enjoyed so much through the game of this website.

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Hair cut

Posted: October 28th, 2009, 7:59pm PDT

Yesterday, I had my hair cut at hair salon. In addition, I had my hair permed and dyed. I visited the hair salon after one and half month. Beauticians were very kind, and cut my hair courteously. I enjoyed chatting with some beauticians about privates. I had a wonderful time.

Now my hair is wavy and the color of my hair is brown like pink. I like it. I still keep short hair because I think short hair is very easy to repair. And, I was told that I match short hair. But, I sometimes hope to wear long hair. If my hair were long, I can arrange various hair styles. Most girls keep long hair for a coming of age ceremony. However, I don't. Because I don't like to be the same as other people, I wear short hair. I am thinking of the next hair style. ^^

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lunch - 2

Posted: October 28th, 2009, 7:20pm PDT

Today I ate lunch with my friend Machiko! I bought "Toku-bennto" today and she did "cheese hamburg bennto". When we were having lunch, I don't know why, we were very tired. However, lunch was good for me because of much meat.

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Survey on student's manners

Posted: October 28th, 2009, 6:00pm PDT

I had just finished making a research paper of speaking class. My group members are Masumi, Sayaka and Shiori. Our group decided to make research about student's manners; for example, late for class, skip classes, sleep and eat something during classes, smoking and drinking in spite of being under age, use cell phone in classes and so on. I think it's unavoidable for students not to sleep during classes. Do you think you have some bad manners or behaviors? Talking of me, I don't smoke and drink. However, I sometimes sleep in classes and am late for classes. And I often talk with my friends in classes. Though I always take notes during classes, I use my cell phone occasionally. These are my bad manners. I would like to know the actual conditions of the students through this research.

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Very tired, But

Posted: October 28th, 2009, 5:43pm PDT

Now I'm too sleepy to study or blog. I slept for very long time during fourth period. I could not sleep because I was so tired and sleepy. However, I need to do homework and blog because of writing class. Furthermore, I must finish twenty units of ALC Network Academy in the end of October. I also have to do homework which is related to speaking class. I have a lot of English homework, and I'm very busy in doing homework today. But, I stick it out so that I will be able to play with my friends happily during holidays! On October 30th, I will go to a cultural festival which is held in Kumamoto Gakuen University with my friends, Yui and Yuika. We are going to enjoy another cultural festival on October 31st. So I need to finish homework early!

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Hotto motto

Posted: October 23rd, 2009, 6:50pm PDT

This is "Mannpuku nori benntou" of Hotto motto!

I and my frined Machiko, Aki ate benntou which we selected for lunch today. It was very nice, so I want to eat again!!

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October 22th

Posted: October 23rd, 2009, 6:46pm PDT

Yesterday was my father's birthday, and he got fifty-three-year-old! My mother didn't buy birthday cake, so she seemed to make it by herself. The taste was very good! However, I want to buy birthday cake on my birthday! ^^
new!!!

Posted: October 23rd, 2009, 6:34pm PDT

Do you know "Black Thunder"? It's a cheap confectionery, but "Black Thunder ice cream" commercialized recently!!! I found it in seven eleven, and I lost no time in trying it! Then, it's like Black Thunder coating of creamy chocolate ice cream. Please try it! [44 words]
On our way to the station

Posted: October 23rd, 2009, 5:44pm PDT

Last Wednesday, I and my friend Machiko headed for Suizenji station as soon as fourth period finished. However, we stepped into a convenience store as usual because we were hungry especially I. I couldn't decide what to buy easily. I felt like eating both something sweet and hot. After all, I bought ice cream in spite of autumn. Machiko did a rice ball. We talked about recent occurrences on our way to the station. According to Machiko, Machiko and her mother are fascinated by a Korean movie and they stay up late every night to watch it. Talking of me, I'm absorbed in a certain comic book now. I think cartoons are very wonderful because I can forget nasty things and be positive thanks to the stories. Of course, I also like Korean movies, so I would like to watch Machiko's favorite movie!

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Week 2 Jobs

Posted: October 22nd, 2009, 3:54pm PDT

I interviewed Mami about jobs at speaking class last Monday. According to Mami, her father is an engineer, and her mother doesn’t work. The job which Mami wants to try once is grand staff. On the other hand, the job which she would never want to do is junior high school teacher. If money were no problem, she would like to work in café. If Mami could do any job, she wants to be a president of a company. She seemed that she would like to challenge tour planner. I think she will be able to challenge any job because she is still a university student.

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A Sleepy Day

Posted: October 20th, 2009, 2:57pm PDT

Yesterday, I made curry for lunch unusually because my mother asked me to do so. It was not so good, but it got to be delicious after my mother added pork and mix vegetable. I had forgotten adding pork! Instead of that, I had added apple and honey. This is why the curry I made got too pulp.

By the way, I don’t have any classes, so I’m free all day long. However, I got up at p.m. one twenty. To tell the truth, I had intended to go shopping if I could have gotten early. I was sleeping until p.m. one, I didn’t feel like going out. Then I cooked curry and ate it for lunch. After that, I went to bed again and I read comic books in my futon. When I woke up, it was high time to eat dinner. I guess I slept for more than fifteen hours!
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Had a nice time

Posted: October 20th, 2009, 2:44pm PDT

Last Thursday, I don’t have only two classes, so I went to Jolly-Pasta to have lunch by myself. The spaghetti and dessert that I ordered were really great, and I could enjoy eating. I could drink soup for nothing because I went there in the afternoon. I was very happy! After lunch, I headed for Kumamoto city to shop. I enjoyed my free time. [64 words]
sweet Apollo

Posted: October 20th, 2009, 2:29pm PDT

Look at this! What do you think it is? The answer is “Apollo”. One day, I took a train to go home with my friend, and I was given “Apollo”. As I ate it after a long interval, I longed for it. When I was a kindergarten student, I would often bring it to kindergarten. As I have grown older, I have not got to buy such a confectionery in the supermarket.

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Essays2-01a-b Favorite places (Revised)

Posted: October 20th, 2009, 10:41am PDT

I have a lot of favorite places, and I suppose everyone has their own favorite places. However, my favorite places are not same as yours. Now I would like to tell you about the places I like.

First of all, I like my house the best. I can be relax and feel fun there. I like to be both with my family and alone in my house. I usually listen to music and reading magazines with my younger sister in my room. I have two sisters: senior sister and younger sister. I am good terms on my sisters, so I often chat with them. I enjoy having meals and watching TV with my family. I rarely study in my room, and I do nothing but reading magazines and cartoons. I often sleep long time in my house. When I don’t have class, I can sleep for twelve hours. My house is not quiet place, but there is a good one for me. Whenever I’m home, I can keep my head.

I love Ice cream shop. Especially, I like Baskin Robbins 31! I often go there by car, and buy ice cream. I sometimes go there with my friends or my younger sister. When I step into Baskin Robbins 31 by myself, I eat ice cream in the car. In addition to that, I often go there when the day is 31st. We can buy ice cream cheaper than usual on 31st. I feel happy as I’m eating very delicious ice cream. I always decide which kinds of ice cream in front of shop. My favorite is “Popping Shower”! It has an interesting sense of touch. I also like to go to restaurants. I can be relax and enjoy eating delicious foods. Restaurants are quiet, so I sometimes go to have a meal alone. I like to have spaghetti outside. Café is also a good place when I’m tired and want to take a rest. Recently, I went a café alone for the first time. I enjoyed reading a book and thinking. And, there were some attractive meals and　sweet ice creams. If I was in the café, I felt time passed slowly. Because café is usually very quiet, I think we can be relieved.

Bookstore is also one of my favorite places. I like to read books, so I often go there alone. I often buy magazines, and I read them many times in my room. If I read magazines, I can get a lot of information I didn’t know. Moreover, I like to spend my free time reading cartoons in used bookstore. I can be there for three hours at least. Bookstore is a lot of fun for me.

I think a point in common of my favorite places is what I can be able to relax.

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BR: ★RICKY RICOTTA'S★ MIGHTY ROBOT VS. THE URANIUM UNICORNS FROM URANUS

Posted: October 13th, 2009, 3:05pm PDT

Ricky and his Mighty Robot are good friends, but Ricky thinks of a certain thing. His Mighty Robot is too big to play with him. For example, his Mighty Robot can’t get on the Ferris wheel because he is very heavy. Ugly Uncle Unicorn is hatching a plan to take over Earth, and Ricky and his Mighty Robot will be surprised by something!

I think friends are very important, and don’t need to be the same as I. Ricky is small, and his Mighty Robot is very huge. However, it makes no difference. Having friends is very wonderful!

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BR: ★RICKY RICOTTA'S★ MIGHTY ROBOT VS. THE STUPID STINKBUGS FROM SATURN

Posted: October 13th, 2009, 2:52pm PDT

Ricky Ricotta and his Mighty Robot have to play in the Cousin Lucy’s house. What’s a shame! However, things get worse because Ricky’s Cousin Lucy is kidnapped by Sergeant Stinkbug who is a smelly space monster!!! How Ricky and his Mighty Robot are going to escape her in the world?

I don’t like Sergeant Stinkbug because he is so dirty. Perhaps he doesn’t notice that he is stupid and smells bad. On the other hand, Ricky and his Mighty Robot are really good. And, I think Ricky have got stronger and stronger since I have started reading this series!

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BR: ★RICKY RICOTTA'S★ MIGHTY ROBOT VS. THE JURASSIC JACKRABBITS FROM JUPITER

Posted: October 13th, 2009, 2:47pm PDT

Today is Ricky Ricotta's birthday, and Ricky is so happy. It is going to be the best day ever. Meanwhile, worse things are happening on Jupiter. An evil ruler who named General Jackrabbit is going to take over the entire planet in the galaxy and he will start with Earth. How about Ricky and his best friend’s destiny?

First of all, I was impressed by the birthday present in the sky from Ricky's Mighty Robot. And I enjoyed myself when the Robo-Rabbits fell in love with Lucy who is Ricky's cousin at first sight. I'm very happy during reading the series of "★RICKY RICOTTA'S★ MIGHTY ROBOT" because Ricky and his Mighty Robot are still good friend and never fight.

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BR: ★RICKY RICOTTA'S★ MIGHTY ROBOT VS. THE MECHA-MONKEYS FROM MARS

Posted: October 13th, 2009, 2:42pm PDT

One day, Ricky and his Mighty Robot are playing with Ricky's parents' minivan in their yard and they squish it by accident. Of course, Ricky's parents get angry. The next morning, they think about a way to pay for their mistake of wrecking the minivan on their way to school. Suddenly, a small spaceship which a spacemouse is in comes closer to Ricky and his Mighty Robot. And a spacemouse wants to help the Mighty Robot to save Mars where is under attack. Though Ricky's Mighty Robot heads for Mars by himself...

After Ricky's Mighty Robot goes to Mars, Ricky and his parents go there to help him with shuttle. When the shuttle reachs on Mars, they see the Mighty Robot trapped inside the giant metal hand. Ricky is attempt to help his best friend. I suppose Ricky has a strong sense of justice. The feeling that person wants to help her or his friends when they are in trouble.

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BR: ★RICKY RICOTTA'S★ MIGHTY ROBOT VS. THE VOODOO VULTURES FROM VENUS

Posted: October 13th, 2009, 2:39pm PDT

There lives an evil vulture whose name is Victor Von Vulture on the planet Venus. He hates living on Venus because there is very hot. This is why Victor Von Vulture is determined to move to Earth where the eating' is better. He is about to get Earth by operating an army of the biggest Voodoo Vultures.

After I finished reading this book, I thought Ricky and his Mighty Robot are so clever. And they always have a nice combination. However, I feel the Mighty Robot is strong every time.

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BR: ★RICKY RICOTTA'S★ MIGHTY ROBOT VS. THE MUTANT MOSQUITOES FROM MERCURY

Posted: October 13th, 2009, 2:35pm PDT

Mr. Mosquito lives in Mercury, but he doesn't like Mercury at all. Each day on Mercury, the temperature rises to more than eight hundred degrees. Moreover, he has to spend very cold nights on Mercury. One day, he finds the earth is the planet for him. Then, Mr. Mosquito goes to the earth and meets Ricky.

Though the Mosquitoes attack Ricky and his robot, Ricky's robot defeats them with the tank of bug spray. I thought it is very normal. I like this book because it's interesting and easy to make out.

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The place I often go

Posted: October 9th, 2009, 6:14pm PDT

We have holiday from tomorrow to next Monday, so I'm very happy! In addition to that, I'm free on next Tuesday because I don't have any class. Also, I don't have to work as a part timer that day! I can spend the day as I like. On next Tuesday, I am going to go shopping to Kumamoto city or Arao, Omuta. Talking of shopping alone for me, I don't usually go out anywhere except for Arao and Omuta. I rarely go out for Tamana. Tamana is famous for its hot spring and fire works festival. There are many interesting places and shops in Arao and Omuta, and I like very much. If you have never visit there, why don't you go at once?

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Go to bed early and get up early

Posted: October 9th, 2009, 5:52pm PDT

Recently, I am weak in getting early in the morning. Though I intend to go to bed early, I always stay up late in spite of myself. At night, I'm often near my desk and read magazines. I would not take a bath easily. As I often go home later, I'm very sleepy and tired. I usually go to bed after twelve o'clock and I did at about two last night. If I made my rhythm of life better, I would be happy. I would like to come to be able to get up at five!　

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About Jobs!

Posted: October 8th, 2009, 7:42pm PDT

My father works in a shipyard and he makes ships. My mother works as a desk worker at a supermarket near a certain high school. The job which I would like to try at least once is clerk of convenience store. Though I have worked as a part-timer in a restaurant, I have longed for working convenience store. The job I don't want to try at all is a lawyer because it is a job which is suitable for clever people. Also, I think it will a very stressful job. By the way, if money were no problem, I would like to work in a ice cream shop: like Baskin Robbins 31. If I were a clerk of Baskin Robbins 31, I would like to try all kinds of ice cream!!!

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Free　time

Posted: October 7th, 2009, 3:51pm PDT

Last Monday, I went to a cafe alone. I ordered meat spaghetti and dessert for dinner. Then the meal was served soon, so I was surprised for the speed. Quantity of spaghetti I ordered was not so much, but taste was good. I added it to powders of cheese. It got more delicious. The price was six hundred yen. After I finished eating spaghetti, I ate dessert. Look at this picture! It is a pudding-like arrowroot cake with kinako and kurogoma ice cream. A pudding-like arrowroot cake was very tasty! So was kurogoma ice cream. I also ordered chocolate parfait. It had much volume, so I was happy. Ice cream was really delicious. Now I would like to have more ice creams. I want to go there with my friends next time. However, I also want to go there by myself again and again!

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BR: The Burglar's Breakfast

Posted: October 7th, 2009, 3:39pm PDT

I read “The Burglar’s Breakfast”. There is a burglar who is not good at stealing. After a hard thieving night, he wants to have a meal at his home. However, there are nothing to eat for breakfast! His breakfast is stolen by someone!!

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Essay(1a): Favorite place

Posted: October 6th, 2009, 3:06pm PDT

I have a lot of favorite places. First of all, I like my house the best. I can be relax and feel fun there. I like to be both with my family and alone in my house. I usually listen to music and reading magazines with my younger sister in my room. I have two sisters: senior sister and younger sister. I am good terms on my sisters, so I often chat with them. I enjoy having meals and watching TV with my family. I rarely study in my room, and I do nothing but reading. I often sleep long time. When I don’t have class, I sleep for twelve hours. My house is not quiet place, but there is a good one for me. If I’m home, I can keep my head.
I have a favorite Hair salon. I have gone there since I was a first-year university student. It’s a clear hair salon and there are many beauticians who have eminent technique. Whenever I go there, I’m so excited how a beautician changes my hair style. Beauticians are very kind, and I enjoy chatting with them.
I love Ice cream shop. Especially, I like Baskin Robbins 31! I often go there by car, and buy ice cream. I sometimes go there with my friends or my younger sister. When I step into Baskin Robbins 31 by myself, I eat ice cream which I got in the car. I feel happy as I’m eating very delicious ice cream. I always decide which kinds of ice cream in front of shop. My favorite is “Popping Shower”! It has an interesting sense of touch.

I also like to be in the car. I sometimes drive my parents’ car to go shopping when I have a free time. After shopping, I take a rest and sometimes sleep in the car.
I like to go to restaurants. I can be relax and enjoy eating delicious foods. Restaurants are quiet, so I go to have a meal alone. I like to have spaghetti outside.

Café is also a good place when I’m tired and want to take a rest. Recently, I went a café alone for the first time. I enjoyed reading a book and thinking. And, there were some attractive meals and　sweet ice creams. If I was in the café, I felt time passed slowly. Because café is usually very quiet, I think we can be relieved.

I sometimes go to convenience stores to kill time. I often read magazines there. Convenience stores sells a lot of products, so there is very useful.

I like general shop because I can enjoy watching cute things. I also like tailors. If I watch a lot of attractive clothes, I forget time. Shopping is very fun to me.

Book store is also one of my favorite places. I like to read books, so I often go there. If I read books, I can get what I didn’t know. Book store is a lot of fun!

A point in common where I like is to be able to relax.

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3. b. Outline

Posted: October 6th, 2009, 11:29am PDT

•My house
—Relax
　 Fun
Listening to music
Singing songs
Watching TV
Reading Magazines
Eating foods
Sleeping
Taking a bath
Cooking
Studying

•Hair salon
—Exciting
Clear
Fun
Chatting
Kind

•Ice cream shop
—Delicious
Happy

•Car
—Can sleep
Can take rests
Drive
Shopping

•Restaurant
—Delicious foods
Relax
Relief

•Cafe
—Relax
Books
Think
Quiet
Delicious foods
Having a good time

•Convenience store
—Cool and Warm
Reading magazines
Buying foods
Killing time

•General shop
—Seeing cute things
Fun

•Tailor
—Watching a lot of clothes
Enjoying shopping
Trying clothes on
Forgetting a time
A lot of fun

•Bookstore
—Quiet
Fun
Reading
Killing time

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Draft essay(1a): Favorite places

Posted: October 6th, 2009, 10:45am PDT

My house
Hair salon
Ice cream shop
Car
Restaurant
Cafe
Convenience store
General shop
Tailor
Bookstore

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BR 2-01: The Story of Chocolate

Posted: October 6th, 2009, 10:18am PDT

I chose a book whose title is "The Story of Chocolate". This book is written about a change of chocolate. According to this book, a lot of people drank chocolate and nobody ate it. It seemed to be delicious, but it was not sweet but bitter. However, taste has changed as time passed. Chocolate became to mix with a lot of caramel, milk and so on.

I like chocolate very much because it is so tasty. I was surprised to hear chocolate was drunk long ago! If you read this book, you will feel like eating chocolate!!

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Reference

Katie, D. (2004). The Story of Chocolate. London, England: Usborne.

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A CLASS

Posted: October 2nd, 2009, 7:23pm PDT

I learned about a difference between "on" of preposition and "in" of that through a certain class. "On" is used like this: I love traveling on buses. She will be arriving on the five-thirty train. We can't afford to travel first class on the plane. Your pass is not good on this line. On the other hand, "in" is used like this: I rode home in a taxi last night. We rowed across the lake in a boat. My children are still in my parents' car.

After you look over these examples, what do you think a difference between "on" and "in"? If you hear an answer, I think you can understand the difference. When the routes of the transportations are decided, we can use "on" as preposition. On the contrary, we can use "in" as preposition when the routes of the transportations aren't decided. Until today, I didn't know the disparity. So I am very glad to be able to know it properly.

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A Rainy Day

Posted: October 2nd, 2009, 7:13pm PDT

Now I'm very sleepy… Perhaps it came from rain. When it's rainy day, I come to feel ill. I don't like rainy and cloudy days as I need umbrella. If weather is not good, my feeling gets worse. I don't feel like going out in a bad weather. That is why I like sunny days. I hope weather gets better soon!

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Afterschool

Posted: October 2nd, 2009, 6:43pm PDT

After I finished all classes today, I was with my friend Aki. We planned to go to computer canter, but we stepped into Maruzen because of hunger. Then we looked for what we wanted to buy again and again. I felt like eating both confectionery and ice cream. I wanted everything I hope to buy, it was impossible. Recently, I don't come to university with a lot of money. I usually have only a few hundred yen. So I attempted to share the expenses of confectionery and ice cream with Aki. However, she set me up to them. I was very happy, but I want to treat her next time. By the way, the foods were really good especially ice cream. This ice cream was like a bar of chocolate. I found it for the first time. Please have a try!

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Agree or Disagree (Speaking)

Posted: October 2nd, 2009, 6:40pm PDT

[Which is more refreshing and tasty?-Ice cream or Kakigori] I think kakigori is more refreshing and tasty than ice cream because ice cream is sometimes too sweet and leave our mouth sweet.

[Which is better music?-Rock or Jazz]I insist jazz is better music as rock is only noisy. I can't calm down with rock music.

[Which is more useful?-A knife or A spoon]I feel that a spoon is more useful because I hardly use a knife. With a spoon, I can eat most foods.

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Cocktail Party In Speaking Class

Posted: October 2nd, 2009, 6:16pm PDT

In the last speaking class, I had to be a different person. So I performed as Maria who is from South American and is not married. Maria's occupation is computer hacker, and her hobby is bird watching. Thing she hate is small spaces. I think she is what we call claustrophobia. When I was taking class as Maria, I met some friends: Mary, Yuki, John and Manami. Mary is a woman who works as a pilot. She likes to go fishing and she doesn't like snakes. She became a pilot because she dreamed of flying sky someday in a childhood. In addition, Yuki's occupation is chef and she seemed to cook Korean foods. She is married, and she doesn't have children. Her blood type is O. John is an actor and Manami is a police officer in spite of woman. They aren't married yet, but John wanted to marry. John's hobby is singing and he hates high places. He is from South America. Talking of Manami, she's from South Asia. She likes to go hiking. She appeared to have climbed Mt. Fuji recently. I think her room seems to be very tidy because she said "I don't like dirty rooms!" I want her to clean my room because my room is always dirty. ^^ I was very glad to have chatted with such an interesting people. I had a nice time!

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The Fabulous Story of Fashion

Posted: October 1st, 2009, 8:27pm PDT

Clothes have been an important thing for human since the primitive age. At first, clothes were worn to keep warm. However, its shade of meaning has changed little by little.

This book told me about a transition of fashion, but I felt this book is very hard to read because of length and hardness of story.

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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Posted: October 1st, 2009, 8:14pm PDT

Morning and night, the wicked Queen asked the same question: “Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of us all?” Until Snow White was born, mirror had answered “it’s you!” This is why the wicked Queen plans to kill Snow White and try to be the most beautiful woman in the world.

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Rice With Chestnuts

Posted: October 1st, 2009, 7:44pm PDT

Yesterday, my mother boiled rice with chestnuts for meal. Chestnut is a food of autumn. Of course it was delicious, but I thought of a certain thing. That is what my mother spent time and effort on peeling a lot of chestnuts. I think Chestnut is very troublesome before it get the state we can eat. So I had a meal with gratitude for my mother.

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Rumpelstiltskin

Posted: September 29th, 2009, 3:11pm PDT

Anna who is a miller's daughter wants to be Queen. However, she must turn straw into gold to be Queen. Of course she can't do such a thing. As she cries with a sorrow, a little man riding on wooden spoon comes from the window.

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Hansel & Gretel

Posted: September 29th, 2009, 3:07pm PDT

Hansel and Gretel are left deep in the forest by their stepmother and they happen to find a house which is made of chocolates and cakes. Hansel and Gretel eat them with a joy, but they are seen by an old woman.

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five best suggestions

Posted: September 29th, 2009, 10:51am PDT

I plan to follow Machiko's suggestion "to devise the display" (machiko, 2009.07.08), because that will make my blog easy to see. Takako also had a good idea, "to set a word total goal each month" (Takako H, 2009.07.14). If I refer to her idea, I will be able to reach a word total goal early. I agree with Hikaru's "to includ introduction and conclution everytime I write essay" (pika, 2009.07.08) because that enables essay to be basic. In addition to that, I will follow Tomoko's idea "to write comments more to my classmates" (tomo, 2009.07.08), as that will help us exchange our opinions. In the end, I will follow Yukie's suggestion "to write more blogs" (Uno, 2009.07.08), because my blog will be better. [123 words]
Last Summer And First Day

Posted: September 23rd, 2009, 12:27pm PDT

During last summer vacation, I usually worked and sometimes played with my friends. I didn’t travel anywhere, except for my parents’ hometown Nagasaki. Talking of my elder sister, she studied abroad Australia by herself for one month. I heard she got to think English is very exciting, and I think it’s so heartwarming. She seemed to have bought a confectionery for my family’s souvenir, but I have never given yet. I would like to have a confectionery of Australia!!
By the way, I feel it’s too fast to pass time. University has begun since today, and we have to study again. I met my friends and wrote many characters in a class after a long interval. I was very glad to see them.

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color

Posted: September 23rd, 2009, 12:06pm PDT

I like black lately, so I wear only black. I also buy black clothes. However, wearing dark clothes is not good for improvement of one's fortune according to some books. Dark colors miss happiness. On the contrary, light color like white and pink seems to be lucky colors. Particularly, pink is a symbol color of femininity. If you want to be feminine, you have only to wear pink. Though I wear nothing but dark colors, I'll wear light colors as often as possible!

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Jack and the Beanstalk

Posted: September 23rd, 2009, 11:46am PDT

Jack sells his lovely cow for five beans because he and his mother are very poor. When he goes back home with five beans, his mother gets angry. She throws the beans to the ground because of anger. The next morning, Jack is astonished to see a giant beanstalk on the ground. Jack climbs as far as the clouds, and he finds a terrible world.

I guess almost every child knows this story. I had forgotten its content before I read again. If I have five beans and grow a beanstalk, I won’t climb to clouds like Jack. I think Jack is a brave and greedy boy. If he’s not, he couldn’t climb high to get nice things again and again.

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The Princess and the Pea

Posted: September 23rd, 2009, 11:41am PDT

Prince Patrick would like to marry a real princess, but he can't find his favorite princess. And then he travels in search of a real princess. The real princess must be polite to one and all and kind to rich and poor. Moreover, she has to have very sensitive skin. This is why Prince Patrick has difficulties in looking for the princess.

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Stories of WITCHES

Posted: September 19th, 2009, 6:10pm PDT

I read a book whose title is "Stories of WITCHES". This book has three contents, and all of them are about bad witches. Chapter 1 is "The lost broomstick" and Chapter 2 is "Dog spell". Chapter 3 is "The farmer's revenge". Witches of this book cast spells and make characters strange. Some witches steal something, but they were beat after all. I think most witches are spiteful and cheap basically.

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Stories of WITCHES

Posted: September 19th, 2009, 5:54pm PDT

This book consists of three content. Chapter 1 is "The ghostly galleon". A girl whose name is Harmony lived with her mother in the ocean. They were so poor that lived at a tiny cave which is dark and cold. Harmony always sang songs to keep up their spirits. One day, Harmony's mother got sick. Harmony went to the Pirates' Graveyard to look for medicine for her mother, but she was found by someone!! Chapter 2 is "The missing pearl". There was a giant pearl that had been told that its owner would remain young and was able to swim the ocean forever. The beautiful pearl was decided first prize in King Neptune's Great Seahorse race. Marina was determined to take part in the race as she wanted it. Though she won the first prize at last, the pearl had hidden somewhere. Chapter 3 is "The dancing mermaid". Coral loved living under the sea. She always enjoyed playing with dolphins, sharks and so on. However, she had a secret wish. To tell the truth, she was eager to dance like human on the land. But she didn't have legs to dance because she was mermaid. This is why she visited king and asked him to make her tail legs like human. King allowed Coral to have legs during only two weeks, and Coral promised him, "I'll choose to have either tail or legs after two weeks." She went to a party to dance and came across an attractive man. Two weeks later, she hesitated to decide which to choose.

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Late dinner

Posted: September 17th, 2009, 5:18pm PDT

Last night, I ate udon for dinner in spite of 10 p.m. My father said to me, "you eat too much." But udon was very good, so I don't mind.(-ω-)/ "

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delicious

Posted: September 17th, 2009, 5:14pm PDT

My mother made "chawan-mushi"! Though I don't like egg so much, I like to eat such a way. (b^-゜)

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With Aki and Machiko☆★☆

Posted: September 17th, 2009, 5:09pm PDT

I played with Machiko and Aki! We talked much and enjoyed shopping. We also enjoyed eating! These pictures are the foods which we ate yesterday(-ε-)♪ By the way, I'm very happy when I'm with my friends!!

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fu

Posted: September 17th, 2009, 5:03pm PDT

This is soba which I ate a few days ago. Things which shape flower are "fu". Do you think they are cute? I took this picture because I had thought they were cute☆

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=SHOPPING=

Posted: September 16th, 2009, 4:59pm PDT

On September 13th, I went shopping with my friends on my elementary school days. To begin with, we went internet cafe in Arao city to enjoy karaoke. It was interesting! Then we went to a Viking restaurant in Omuta city and ate a lot. I liked meat sauce spaghetti of the restaurant. Talking of shopping, we found our favorite things! I purchased clothing, so I'm very happy! I hope that we will see again!

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September 10th

Posted: September 16th, 2009, 4:53pm PDT

On September 10th, I met my friends who were the same high school. We enjoyed talking and eating dinner together. I had a wonderful time！！！

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Fruits★

Posted: September 16th, 2009, 4:52pm PDT

Recently, I ate grape and figs.
Figs mean "ichijiku"!
They were very good^^
I love fruits.

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love 31 !!!

Posted: September 2nd, 2009, 5:09pm PDT

I love Baskin Robbins 31 ice cream!

I recommend you to go to 31 when the day is 31th ☆″　We can buy double corn and cup cheaper than usual!! I had ice cream of this picture recently and I chose pineapple nuts and berry berry strawberry!
I want to eat all kinds of flavor someday! I like to eat delicious foods very much!!^^

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On August 31th

Posted: September 1st, 2009, 3:59pm PDT

Hello! Have you ever been to Green land which is in Arao city?

By the way, I went there with my friend Yuki by car on August 31th!

To begin with, we rode "Trapeze"! It was fun and I didn't think it was terrible. Then we enjoyed a lot of scream machines and attractions: for example, Dinosaur coaster, Super Viking, SPIN MOUSE, MILKY WAY, Black Hole Coaster, Dragon River, SPLASH, NIO!

Also, we went all haunted houses, what we say, "Obakeyashiki". I was very frightened, so I grasped Yuki's hand. To tell the truth, there were no one who threatened us. But all haunted houses were so fearful because of its atmospheres.(；_；)

We ate lunch at Palm Terrace and It is a dish which I had then. It contained salad, rice, miso soup, yellow pickled radish, fried potato, corn, hamburgs, breaded pork cutlets, malts. Three sauces for hamburg were all good, but I liked a taste which is a middle of all sauces. I forgot the name of the sauce! （＾＾;）

This picture is the one I took in a clear gondola!

I love NIO and my friend and I road it a series of two!! On top of that, we could ride the front once!!! We were very excited! I come near to give myself up to NIO!(>3★☆

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On August 30th ＊*

Posted: September 1st, 2009, 3:24pm PDT

On August 30th, I went shopping with my old friend to Ion Mall Crea. My friend Mei took me there by her own car.

After we reach the destination, we enjoyed shopping! We went the second floor and checked various shops. We also went UNIQLO! There had sale, and many clothes were very reasonable. I found a lot of cute clothing!! I tried them on and bought the clothes I liked only: for example, trousers, jacket, sweater, stole and so on. I was very happy (^3^)

We had lunch at viking restaurant. We talked about our classmates when we were junior high school students and so forth. I enjoyed eating and chatting with her. Though I ate too much all the time, I don't eat so much then. So I didn't fell ill.

After lunch, we went to game center and took purikura! Before we leave Crea, we bought drinks. I purchased "sparkling raspberry" and it was so good. I had a nice day with my friend!! I would like to go somewhere with Mei!(・∇・)//☆”
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BIG SIZE★

Posted: September 1st, 2009, 3:10pm PDT

Look at this! This is a strawberry float and tastes good. I think it is very big!!! [17 words]
Yesterday

Posted: August 25th, 2009, 12:14pm PDT

Yesterday, I ate chicken dolia for dinner at Montole. It was so good and full of cheese and chicken (^-^)/ However, it was very hot. So I drank water many times. After I had finished eating, I got hot! I enjoyed eating very much. I love Montole because I can have excellent meals and I think it is the place I can go by myself ＼(^_^)／

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