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  SNOW

  Posted: January 12th, 2010, 9:59am PST

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  Today, it is snow!!!

  I am happy very much!!

  I want to enjoy with snow after school.

  (17 words)

  
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  ★Coming of Age Day★

  Posted: January 10th, 2010, 11:39pm PST

  
  I want to write about the ceremony for new adult.
  
  Yesterday, I came back to my hometown, Minamata at night. My sister is in the hospital in Kumamoto, so I went to there with my father and mother before going to Minamata. After arriving to Minamata, I ate a lot of dishes cooked by my mother. It was so delicious!!! I like these dishes very much. And then, I prepared for next day’s ceremony. Then, I went to bed at 2:00am.
  
  Today, I waked up at 6:00 o’clock. It was so early, isn’t it? Because I had to go to beauty salon for prepare. I changed my dress, and I worn Kimono. I met a lot of old friends there, so I was very happy!! After finishing the preparation, we went to grand mother’s house. We took a lot of photos. Then, I went to the place for the ceremony. When I arrived the place, some people arrived there already. We took a lot of photos, and we entered the hall. The most surprised stage direction was video letter. Our teacher when we were pupil, junior high school and high school. It was so good old!!! After the ceremony, we took a lots lots photos!!!!! I met my old friends. I met one of my friends who had finished with me when we were junior high school. We talked something after a long separation, and I was able to make up with her. I was so happy. Any way, I took a lot of pictures with my class mate when I was high school student and junior high school student, and club. I enjoyed the time. After went back home, I went to some house of relative to say “thank you”. It was hard for me to go somewhere, because kimono is so heavy, so I was not able to move as I wanted. After finished the all plans, I came back home and I slept very well. And then, I ate a lot of dishes cooked by my mother, and I relaxed. Today was very happy day.
  
  I want to be a good adult.
  I want to be kind for everyone.
  I want to study hard English, and I want to get a god job.
  I want to spend my happy life.
  
  I will vote in next election.
  
  This picture is my best friends. They are very cute, isn’t it? Tomorrow, I will come back to Kumamoto. I want not to go to there and I will stay in Minamata more. However, I must come back to Kumamoto because I have to work as part-time job tomorrow. Tomorrow, the ceremony for new adult in Kumamoto will be opened, so I want not to go to Down Town. I feel depression. However, I finished my all homework, so I will study for the test!!! I will do my best.
  (479 words)
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  ☆Christmas cake☆

  Posted: January 7th, 2010, 5:38am PST

  
  This time, I want to write about this cake! It is so cute, isn’t it? This cake was cooked by my boy friend. This cake is Christmas cake in this year. 24th, I had a part- time job, so I came back home too late. And then, I was too busy December, so I did not buy present for him. However, he cooked the cake for me. I was sooooo surprised!!! I love cake very much! So, he cooked the cake for me. I was very happy. After I coming back home, we ate the cake. Its taste was so nice. I will keep my mind.
  
  Then, I want to write about my Christmas day. We went to Fukuoka by car. We visited Marinoa city and Fukuoka tower. First, we visited Marinoa city. I bought a lot of clothes. I love these clothes. Some clothes selected by my boy friend. And then, we ate some delicious dishes. After the shopping, we went to Fukuoka tower. We saw some beautiful illumination and night view. The night view in Fukuoka is so beautiful. I recommend you, and I also recommend you to visit Fukuoka tower when it is Christmas day. The illumination is so beautiful.
  (203 words)
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  My New Year holidays were very happy ...

  Posted: January 6th, 2010, 6:19pm PST

  My New Year holidays were very happy day!
  
  30th
  I would go back to my hometown, Minamata. However I was not able to go back there, because I and my boy friend had a quarrel over cell phone. So, I could not go back to hometown. Then, I would go to joyfull to see my friends in hometown, if I went back hometown, but I can’t. However, I was able to spend with my boy friend all of the day.
  
  31st
  I went back to my hometown, and I went to grand mother’s house. Then, I ate sukiyaki with my family. It was so nice, therefore I ate a lot. After that, I ate a lot of sweets. For example, I ate chocolate, cookies, cakes, and so on. Then, we watched a TV program which is Kouhaku. Before change of the day, we ate Toshikoshi soba. It was also delicious. I love shrimp in it. After that, we say “AKEOME” after change of the day. Then, I had a leisurely bath. After that, I felt sick. May be, the cause of the sick is eating too much.
  
  1st
  We ate Osechi, and drink Otoso. I like Otoso very much, because the taste is so sweet. And then, I also ate too much. After breakfast, we went to the other grandmother’s house at Ashikita. Then, we saw our cousins. Then, we also ate too much for lunch. For example, we ate Tenpura, Sushi, Sashimi, and so on. And then, I got a lot of money for Otoshidama or Seijin Iwai. Therefore, I became happy. Then, we went back to Minamata.
  
  2nd
  We went to shrine. I said a prayer for our safe. And I lot a fortune slip. It was not so good. Then, I saw my friends there, so I was happy. Then, we went to Ystushiro. We enjoyed shopping. After that, we went back to our house. After that, I attended alumni meeting. It was so nice!!! I was able to eat a lot of delicious dishes and drink. And then, I could talk a lot of my old classmates. I talked a lot of things, I was sooooo happy!!!!! After the alumni meeting, I attended post-party party in Fukushima house. It was so funny!!! About 12 people attended the party. We talked about love! It was so funny. We came back home at the morning.
  
  3rd
  I went back Kumamoto without sleeping. After arriving to Kumamoto, I went to Boy friend’s house. Then, we slept all day. Then, we got up at 0:00. Then, we went to Joyfull, and after going back to his house we slept again.
  
  5th
  My sister was admitted to the hospital, so I went to the hospital. And I decided next my house with my father. I am looking forward to live there.
  
  
  My holiday was so busy!!!
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  Posted: January 5th, 2010, 9:35am PST

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  Student ID: 08141
  
  
  
  Portfolio for Writing IV, Section 1A
  (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)	3.c. Nice Place Minamata!!	2009.10.07	4	351	10	0	0	0
  2-01b (2009.10.21)	I love Minamata!! Part 2	2009.10.21	5	353	2	0	0	0
  (2-01c)
  2-02a (2009.11.04)	Essay 2-02a: British Life and Culture	2009.10.28	5	403	8	3	2	0
  2-02b (2009.11.18)	Essay 2-02b:Form of meal in British	2009.11.11	7	513	2	3	2	0
  (2-02c)
  2-03a (2009.12.02)	essay 2-03a: language learning stories	2009.11.25	5	575	4	0	0	0
  2-03b (2009.12.18/22)	essay 2-03b: language learning stories	2009.12.09	5	321	3	0	0	0
  (2-03c)	Essay 2-03c: Language Learning Stories	2009.12.16	9	648	1	0	0	0
  Totals	---	---	45	3164	30	6	2	0

  
  
  
  Key:
  ¶: number of paragraphs five (5) or more sentences in length
  W: number of words
  C: number of comments
  L: number of links
  P: number of photos or other graphics
  M: number of other media included in post
  
  
  1.2. Most Improved Essay(See: Note 4, below.)
  
  
  Selection and Assessment: Which of the three essays that you've written and revised this semester shows the most improvement? What did you do to improve it? Remember that complete answers are better than short answers, focus on your writing (accuracy, appropriacy, content and organization, rather than graphics or other media), and explain at least two major improvements.
  
  

  • Essay 2-02b is the most improved, because the essay is two photographs.
  • The essay is posted three links.
    

  
  
  
  2.0. COMMENTS

  Showcase	Short titles of posts with links	Dates of comments yyyy.mm.dd	Numbers of words in comments	Qualities of comments**
  2.1. Your first comment on your instructor's blog*	"Social Media and Social Networking Explained"	2009.10.14	48	I did my best.
  2.2. Your best comment on a classmate's blog*	essay 2-03a: My Story of learning English	2009.12.09	12	I write my question briefly.
  2.3. Best comment by a classmate on your blog*	Essay 2-02a: British Life and Culture	2009.11.04	36	The comment keep to the point.
  2.4. Most comments on:	Short titles of posts with link	Dates of posts yyyy.mm.dd	Total number of words in comments	Qualities of comments**
  2.4.1. Any one of your essays*	Essay 2-03c: Language Learning Stories	2009.12.16	14	I can know him by the comments.
  2.4.1.1. When did you respond to those comments?	---	2010.01.06	---	---
  2.4.1.2. How did you respond to those comments?	---	---	5	I write my gratitude.
  2.4.2. Any of your other posts*	essay 2-03b: language learning stories	2009.12.10	31	I was able to get an advice by the comment.
  2.4.2.1. When did you respond to those comments?	---	2009.12.16	---	---
  2.4.2.2. How did you respond to those comments?	---	---	14	I write my intention.

  
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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 displayDoes 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.
  
  

  • Recent comments are located on top of right in my blog.
    

  2.6. Additional reflections on comments

  • I wanted to write some comments more many words.
  • I wanted to write more information on my comments.

  
  
  
  3.0. BOOK REVIEWS

  3.1. Showcase	Short titles with links	Dates: yyyy.mm.dd	Words	Comments
  Example:	Vampire Killer	2007.05.16	39	1
  BR 2-01	BR 2-01:The Chase	2009.08.06	136	0
  BR 2-02	BR 2-02:The Water Fight	2009.08.06	99	2
  BR 2-03	BR2- 03: The New Baby	2009.09.15	116	0
  BR 2-04	BR2-04: The Secret Room	2009.09.15	114	0
  BR 2-05	BR2-05: Go Away, Cat	2009.09.15	128	0
  BR 2-06	BR 2-06: Poor Old Mum	2009.10.03	105	0
  BR 2-07	BR 2-07: The Storm	2009.10.03	134	2
  BR 2-08	BR2-08: The Dragon Dance	2009.10.07	143	0
  BR 2-09	BR2-09:The Shiny Key	2009.10.10	118	0
  BR 2-10	BR 2-10:The Motorway	2009.10.10	157	0
  BR 2-11	BR 2-11: Chinese Adventure	2009.10.10	161	0
  BR 2-12	BR 2-12: The Hunt for Gold	2009.10.14	132	0
  BR 2-13	BR 2-13: The Broken Roof	2009.10.14	105	0
  BR 2-14	BR 2-14: What Was It Like?	2009.10.14	121	0
  BR 2-15	BR 2-15: The Bully	2009.10.24	121	0
  BR 2-16	BR 2-16: The Jigsaw Puzzle	2009.10.24	102	0
  BR 2-17	BR 2-17: The Joke Machine	2009.10.24	111	0
  BR 2-18	BR 2-18: The Go-kart Race	2009.10.31	126	2
  ---	---	Totals:	2229	6

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

  • BR 2-11 is the best, because the review has a lot of words.
  • BR 2-11 contain my story in New Zealand.
    

  
  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? 11 other labels attached to three or more posts	---	---
  Which labels, and to how many posts each? Please list those labels instead of www, xxx, yyy..., and list numbers of posts instead of n, m, o... (in parentheses), below. ・diary ・drafts ・favorites ・language learning ・lists ・outlines ・revisions ・speaking ・typing ・university ・writing	---	---
  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? 40 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? 6 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? 0 posts including other media	---	---
  What kind(-s) of media have you included in posts this semester? Please list the kinds here: ... ... ...	---	---
  What media content that you originally produced, if any, do your blog posts for this semester contain? Please list and explain each item briefly, and add short links and dates (yyyy.mm.dd) for reference. ... (short link, date) ... (short link, date) ... (short link, date)	---	---

  
  
  
  
  
  
  4.4. Overall presentationWhat 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.
  
  

  1. I put a lot of pictures each blog.
  2. I put some links as I can.
  3. I decolated some words to easy to see.

  
  
  
  5.0. ADDITIONAL REFLECTIONS ON YOUR BLOG AND YOUR WRITING FOR ITPlease feel free to include reflections on both class work and homework, as well as on the content of this portfolio (proto-portfolios, showcases, selections, and reflections).
  
  

  • I did my homework as soon as possible.
  • I posted a lot of my diary with some photo.
  • I responded some comments as soon as possible.
    

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

  • I had better write more blog.
  • I had better write more comments,
  • I had better post some blog include media.
    

  
  
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  3. The essays section (1.0. Essays, above) derived from Proto-Portfolio 2-02 (2008).
     
  4. 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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  Essay 2-02b: Language Learning Stories

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

  I want to write about my language learning stories. Especially, I want to write about my plans, early childhood learning and present. The past, I was very interested in English, but I was not able to use English well. At this time, I didn’t like studying English. I am still very interested in English. However, the more I study English at KGU, the more I like it. I still cannot use English so well now, so I want to more study English in the future. I want to speak English in the future. I want to show some example for detail when and how I have learned language.
  
  First, I want to write about my plans for the future. I want to have the skill of speaking in the future very much, because I want to speak with a lot of people from other countries. I want to find out a lot of different cultures by talking with them. Then I want to go to a lot of the countries. When I visit those countries, I can communicate with there people, if I speak English well. I can turn the skill to the future job. I will talk with students from overseas actively to get skills for speaking and communication. I will speak actively in speaking class. Therefore, I will do my best to be able to speak in English well in the future.
  
  Second, I want to write about my history. When I was 5 years old, I knew English. Before going to infant school, I used to watch the TV program of English everyday. The TV program is “Eigo de asobo”. I liked it very much and I enjoyed watching it everyday. I learned about music in English in preschool then. I liked it and I sang the son everyday.
  
  And then, when I was pupil, I met a girl who is from Australia. I began to learn English by meeting her because I wanted to write some letter in English and speak with her in English. Therefore, I started to listen to a radio program to studying English. Then, I also started to learn English in class. First, I liked English class. However, the more class became difficult, the more I hate English.
  
  When I was highschool student, I had to study English to take some examination for university. Therefore, I study hard and my English skill was developed a little. I liked English again, so I decided to enter KGU.
  
  University of the first year, I learned English and culture. Addition to English, I learned French. I was interested in English and foreign country more. I went to NZ during spring vacation in first year of university. It was first time for me to go abroad. I learned a lot of things which I can not learn in Japan. For example, I can feel difference of the culture directly through eating, speaking and life style. My history and experience is giving good influence to my life.
  
  How about present? I am also studying English at KGU everyday. For example, I write blog in English, so I think that my writing skill will become better. However, I did not study English except class of KGU. I have a lot of time to study, so I must study hard now.
  
  In addition to English, I am learning Korean because I have Korean friends. Learning Korean is easy for me, and I like studying Korean. Korean is so look like Japanese, because grammar and phrase is sometime same. Then, I also have Chainese friends, so I want to learn Chinese.
  
  My history is very important for me. Especially, the experience I went to go NZ is my treasure. Now, I don’t study hard English and I just learn English in KGU. However, I want to speak English well in the future. Therefore, I will do my best.
  
  (648 words)
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  ☆illumination☆

  Posted: December 12th, 2009, 6:59am PST

  
  Yesterday, I came back to Minamata in the morrning. I got up too early at 6:00am. And then, I rode my boy friend's bike and I went to the Kumamoto station. Then, I got on the train at 8:00am. I arrived to Minamata at 10:00am. Then, I came back my parents' house. And then, I went to Izumi of Kagoshima prefecture to see some crane with my father, mother and grand mother. Then, we had lunch and went shopping. I bought a lot of things. After that, I drove my mother's car by myself. It was fast time for me but it was so interesting. Then, we went go restaurant of Sushi. I like Sushi very mush. So, I ate a lot. And then, we looked the view. It was so beautiful. We became happy. I love it. I enjoyed the life in Minamata. I will also spend in Minamata today. I will do my homework, drive, and play badminton. I want to enjoy my life in Minamata.
  (181 words)
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  essay 2-03b: language learning stories

  Posted: December 8th, 2009, 3:37pm PST

  I want to write about my language learning stories. The past, I was very interested in English, but I was not able to use English well. And then, I don’t like studying English. Now, I am also very interested in English. However, the more I study English in KGU, the more I like it. I also can not use English well now, so I want to more study English in the future. Especially, I want to speak in English in the future. Now, I want to write about detail of my language learning stories.
  
  First, I want to write about my plan in the future. I want to have the skill of speaking in the future very much, because I want to speak a lot of people from another country. I want to know a lot of different culture by talking with them. Then, I want to go a lot of countries. When I visit some foreign countries, I can communicate with there people if I could speak English well. Then, I can turn the skill to the future job. I will start to talk with overseas students actively to have skill of speaking and communication. And then, I will study hard in speaking class. Therefore, I will do my best to be able to speak in English well in the future.
  
  Second, I want to write about my past day. When I was 5 years old, I knew English. Before going to preschool, I used to watch the TV program of English everyday. The TV program is “Eigodeasobo”. I liked it very much and I enjoyed watching it everyday. I learned about music in English in preschool then. I liked it and I sang the son everyday. And then, when I was schoolgirl, I met a girl who is from Australia. I began to learn English by meeting her because I wanted to write some letter in English and speak with her in English. Therefore, I started to listen to a radio program to studying English. Then, when I was junior high school student, I started to learn English in class. First, I liked English class. However, the more class became difficult, the more I hate English. When I was high school student, I had to study English to take some examination for university. Therefore, I study hard and I became to understand to English a little. Then, I liked English again, so I decided to enter KGU. First year at University, I learned English and culture. Addition to English, I learned French. I was interested in English and foreign country more. And then, I went to NZ in spring vacation in first year of university. It was first time for me to go abroad. Then, I learned a lot of things which I can not learn in Japan. For example, I can feel difference of the culture directly through eating, speaking and life style. My history and experience is giving good influence to my life.
  
  How about present? I also study English in KGU everyday. Addition to English, I learned Korean because I have friends of Korean. Learning Korean is easy for me, and I like studying Korean. Korean is so look like Japanese, because grammar and phrase is sometime same. And then, I write blog in English, so I think that my writing skill will become better. However, I did not study English except class of KGU. I have a lot of time to study, so I must study hard now.
  
  Now, I just learn English in KGU. However, I want to speak English well in the future. Therefore, I will do my best after now.
  (609 words)
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  Pizza★

  Posted: December 7th, 2009, 1:33pm PST

  Yesterday, I went to Italian restaurant, Pisorino. I love pizza and pasta, so I love the restaurant. I ate a lot of fried potato, beef, pizza, pasta, and so on. Then, I visited my boy friends house. I did my homework there, and I talked a lot of things with him. And then, we went to Tsutaya, and borrowed some CDs. Then, we went to Kumamoto Shinkou by driving. As driving, we heard a lot of songs. Then, we went back his home. Then, we slept soon. Today, we got up late at 9:00am. So, we went to school together by car. We will be busy after today, so we will not meet by next Friday. So I will do diet more by meeting him. Then, I will return my hometown this weekend. I will do my homework and study English there. And then, I will talk my family and play badminton with my sister and mother. I am looking forward to going back hometown.
  
  Oh!
  Yesterday, I got a gift!!! My mother sent me some rice and food. So I became happy.
  
  Yesterday is my happy day!!!!!!
  (188 words)
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  speaking Presentation☆

  Posted: December 1st, 2009, 3:11pm PST

  I write my presentation’s manuscript.
  
  Thank you, Shiori.
  Now, I want to tell you about survey of using cell phone in classes. Almost Japanese people have cell phone. I don’t know who have not cell phone. And then, I know some people who have two or more cell phone. Cell phone is so convenient and we can communicate easily by using it. So, we have cell phone. This circumstance gives our life a lot of influence. For example, not being able to calm without cell phone, not being able to communicate without cell phone, and so on. So, I expected the result which a lot of people uses cell phone in class. The result is same my idea. 96% of the people uses cell phone in classes. A few people don’t use cell phone in class. I look some people who use cell phone in class every day, so this result is right. And then, our researches continue. We want to know the things which they do with their cell phone during classes. Almost people send some e-mail during classes. And 6 % of people play game and 4% of people watch web-site during class. A few people call someone during class. It is so rudeness. We cannot study sufficiently, because we are concerned about our cell phone. We must study hard in class. So, we must change out attitude in class. That’s all. Next presenter is Kyoko.
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  Pure girl☆

  Posted: December 1st, 2009, 10:00am PST

  
  Last Monday, we had a party. The member who took a class of teacher gathered the party. We cooked a lot of food. Main dish is NABE. The taste is Kimchi. It was so nice and healthy. We do some diet, so we worry about our weight. Therefore, we selected the nabe. The nabe was made of tofe, mushroom, rice cake, and so on. We ate some sweets after eatring the Kimchi nabe. Then, we talked a lot of things. For example, we talked our boy friends, about love, and so on. The time was so happy and I was able to enjoy! I want to gather again. The picture is the member.
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  my holiday♪

  Posted: November 29th, 2009, 2:10am PST

  
  November 28th, I went to Hitoyoshi with my boy friend. Why did we go there? Because, we know that there has a nice shop of cheese cake. Cheese cake is our favorite food. We get up at 11:00 the day. And then, we went to my boy friend’s house by his bike. Then, we got on his car and our trip started. And then, we went to Hitoyoshi. We talked a lot of things for the trip. We ate lunch in a restaurant. I ate Udon there. Udon was very nice. He ate Kastudon there. It looks delicious! When we arrived at the shop of the cake, we bought 3 cakes. After went back home, we ate Butaziru for dinner. The Butaziru was cooked my boy friend’s father. It was so good. I like his dishes. After eat it, we ate a piece of cheese cake. Then we went to Wander City and Laund 1. We took a picture and did some game. And then, we went to Cyback. There is my boy friend’s office, so we brought a cheese cake there. And we did karaoke and dart. I has never done dart before, but it was so interesting! After went back my home, we ate a cheese cake. The picture is took before eat it. I enjoyed my holiday.
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  essay 2-03a: language learning stories

  Posted: November 24th, 2009, 11:32am PST

  I want to write about my language learning stories. The past, I was very interested in English, but I was not able to use English well. And then, I don’t like studying English. Now, I am also very interested in English. However, the more I study English in KGU, the more I like it. I also can not use English well now, so I want to more study English in the future. Especially, I want to speak in English in the future. Now, I want to write about detail of my language learning stories.
  
  First, I want to write about my plan in the future. I want to have the skill of speaking in the future very much, because I want to speak a lot of people from another country. I want to know a lot of different culture by talking with them. Then, I want to go a lot of countries. When I visit some foreign countries, I can communicate with there people if I could speak English well. Then, I can turn the skill to the future job. I will start to talk with overseas students actively to have skill of speaking and communication. And then, I will study hard in speaking class. Therefore, I will do my best to be able to speak in English well in the future.
  
  Second, I want to write about my past day. When I was 5 years old, I knew English. Before going to preschool, I used to watch the TV program of English everyday. The TV program is “Eigodeasobo”. I liked it very much and I enjoyed watching it everyday. I learned about music in English in preschool then. I liked it and I sang the son everyday. And then, when I was schoolgirl, I met a girl who is from Australia. I began to learn English by meeting her because I wanted to write some letter in English and speak with her in English. Therefore, I started to listen to a radio program to studying English. Then, when I was junior high school student, I started to learn English in class. First, I liked English class. However, the more class became difficult, the more I hate English. When I was high school student, I had to study English to take some examination for university. Therefore, I study hard and I became to understand to English a little. Then, I liked English again, so I decided to enter KGU. First year at University, I learned English and culture. Addition to English, I learned French. I was interested in English and foreign country more. And then, I went to NZ in spring vacation. It was first time for me to go abroad. Then, I learned a lot of things which I can not learn in Japan. My history and experience is giving good influence to my life.
  
  How about present? I also study English in KGU everyday. Addition to English, I learned Korean because I have friends of Korean. Learning Korean is easy for me, and I like studying Korean. And then, I write blog in English, so I think that my writing skill will become better. However, I did not study English except class of KGU. I have a lot of time to study, so I must study hard now.
  
  Now, I just learn English in KGU. However, I want to speak English well in the future. Therefore, I will do my best after now.
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  ☆★illumination★☆

  Posted: November 24th, 2009, 11:09am PST

  
  Yesterday, I met my boy friend in his house. Then, he slept as soon as went back home. After 2 hours, he got up. After that, we went to Donki. I bought a pair of eyelash. Then, we went to Cocoichi. We ate curry rise and salad. It was very nice. I ate the curry which has some fried chicken on the curry. It was so good but high calorie. But I wanted to eat it, so I did not worry about it. Then, we drank juice of tapioca. The taste was banana and custard pudding. It was also nice, and very sweet. We ate so hot curry before the drink, so it was so much.
  
  After the dinner, we went to Saisyunkan. There have a lot of beautiful illumination. The illumination started yesterday, so we went to there. The illumination was so beautiful. I felt happy. I saw some illumination- Santa Claus, Christmas tree, river, and so on. Then, we went to Tsutaya. After that, we came back home. Yesterday was very good day.
  
  After coming back home, I got a mail. The mail’s content was advice. One day, I met a bad boy. The boy gets into trouble, so I hate him. Yesterday’s mail was about him. According to the mail, he plots for something. I fear about it, but I would better worry about it.
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  23th

  Posted: November 23rd, 2009, 11:31am PST

  I want to write about yesterday’s diary.
  
  Yesterday, I went to Max value to buy toilet paper with my boy friend. And then, we went to his house. Then, we went to curea to buy his clothes. Then, we want to eat some manju, so we went to the shop next to HI hirose. Then, we came back his house, and ate dinner. Yesterday’s dinner was subuta, salad, and rice. I love his mother’s dishes. So, I became happy. And then, we slept as soon as ate it. Then, we got up at 22:00 o’clock. Then, he went to syback to work. So, I slept again. He came back home at about 8:00 this morning. Then, he is in school now. I want to go there together, but I can not go there, because I must be in home by flu. I want to go to school soon. I am so bored.
  
  Now, I will do a lot of homework, and study hard.
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  Sayaka's Diary★

  Posted: November 21st, 2009, 4:52pm PST

  Now, I am in my house, because I had the flu.
  
  On Wednesday, I wanted not to go to school because I was a little tired. However, I had a little vigor after talking with my friends in school. So, I returned to my house, I cooked my lunch ordinarily. Then, I hanged out the washing on the line to dry, washed a lot of dishes, and cleaned my house. After that, I checked my temperature vaguely. My temperature was high, so I was surprised and went to hospital as soon as I can. I understand that I had the flu, so I can not go school until next Wednesday.
  
  Next the day, my mother came to my house afternoon. She bought me a lot of foods which I eat during the week because I can not go out. After she went back, my boy friend came to my house with a lot of sweets. Then, we ate a lot of sweets. He went to school from my house on Friday, so I made his lunch and breakfast. My feel was better. After his school, he came back again. Then, he bought a lot of hamburgers, fried potato, chicken, and so on. I became happy. On Saturday, we spend a long time together. My flu was better, but I can not go out. So, I would feel bored if he did not come to my house. In fact, I am bored now, so I am writing this blog. Today, I did my homework, and I cooked some cookie. Then, I watched baseball game. The game was very interesting because Hankachi Ouji attend the game. He is very cool. However, I can watch all the game, so I am interested the result of the game.
  
  I must absent school until on Wednesday.What I will do for three days?
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  These days.

  Posted: November 17th, 2009, 10:12am PST

  Yesterday, I went to my boy friends house. I ate dinner with my boy friends. The dinner cooked by his mother. I love the dish which his mother cooked. Yesterday’s menu is NABE. Yesterday was very cold, so I can feel worm when I ate it. I have a little cold, so I want not to go to school, but I did my best. I began to part- time job last week. I want not to do the part- time job. However, I must work to have a lot of money. I want to Tokyo in spring vacation, so I want a lot of money. I have a lot of things that I want to do in spring vacation. Therefore, I will do my best this semester. I must do a lot of reports. I hate them. Oh,no!!!!

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  Essay 2-02b:Form of meal in British

  Posted: November 10th, 2009, 10:22am PST

  This time, I looked some website about British Life and Culture. I am very interested in foods and dishes. I become happy when I eat something. Especially, I like British very much, because I have a friend who is from British. I want to know about British Life and culture. Then, I looked for some web site about British dishes and found pictures of looks delicious dishes in the web site. Now, I want to write about meals. Especially, I write about puddings and form of breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner.
  First, I want to write about puddings. I didn’t know about puddings. Puddings are used milk, sugar, eggs, flour, butter and many involve fresh fruit, custard, cream and cakes. Apple or rhubarb crumble, bread and butter pudding, spotted dick and trifle are more traditional and well-known as home-made puddings. Especially, I want to eat Bread and butter pudding, because I like bread and butter, and I love sweet taste. I am interested in Custard. This page written about puddings has a lot of information about many kinds of pudding, so I recommend you 
  Then, I want to write about form of breakfast. Today, typical British day begin with bowl of cereals, a slice of toast, orange juice and a cup of coffee for breakfast. This menu is very typical, so I know about it. I also sometimes eat like this menu in break fast, so I was not surprised. 
  How about lunch? A typical British people eat a sandwich, a packet of crisps, a piece of fruit and a drink. Almost people have a ‘packet lunch’. It is not different in Japan. 
  

  Next, I want to write about tea. Afternoon tea is famous as a culture in British. The time of afternoon tea is before the time of dinner. I know the culture of afternoon tea. Then, I think that today’s British people also enjoy afternoon tea. However, I was surprised because I knew the fact that afternoon tea is not common. When I looked the web site about tea, I knew high tea. High tea is like dinner or supper today. When I stayed in NZ, child of my host family ate some cereals for supper. I remembered it by the page.

  
  

  How about dinner? British people like eating curry rice or pasta for dinner. It is not also different in Japan. After the time of dinner, they enjoy spending the time of supper like a high tea. However, the Sunday lunchtime is different. They eat some traditional dishes. I want to eat roast lamb. It is very big meat, so I was surprised. I have never eaten so big meat. 

  All these pages have a lot of pictures, and these are very easy to understand about the form of meal in British. Therefore, it is easy for us to know about British Life and culture. The form of meal in British is not so different from ours. However, there is a little difference. I want to go there to feel these differences. I recommend you to watch this site. 
  

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  Today's Speaking Class!!

  Posted: November 9th, 2009, 7:44pm PST

  I was able to speak a lot of classmate in today’s speaking class. I interviewed a student about hobby. Her hobby is watching DVD. She watches DVD for 4 hours a day. It was very surprised to me. And then, she likes Korean DVD the best, and according to her “Hanayoridango” is the most interested in the DVD. She has a lot of DVD, and these DVD was bought by her. Her another hobby is reading some books. Love comedy is her favorite books. She said that “Twilight” is the best. She reads book for 3 hours a day. It is very surprised, because I can read a long time, I felt sleep when I read some book. Therefore, I envy her.
  
  And then, my hobby is doing diet. When I started diet, I don’t like doing diet, because it was very hard for me. However, I can be used to doing diet and I can feel happy when I am slim. Therefore, my hobby is doing diet. I try to being go on a reducing, walking to school every day, and don’t eat anything after 8 o’clock now. However, my another hobby is eating. I love eating delicious foods. I love cake, chocolate, sweets, cookies, pizza, ice cream and so on. So, I eat these things for afternoon.
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  BR 2-18: The Go-kart Race

  Posted: October 30th, 2009, 9:59am PDT

  
  This time, I read “The Go-kart Race”, because I like go-kart race. Whenever I went to amusement park, I enjoyed go-kart when I was a schoolgirl. This story is about making a good car for go-kart race with his friends and family. I wanted to make a lot of toys or machine, when I was a child. It looks fun and we looks enjoy with them. I have made a chair with my father and sister. I remember that it was so fun, though I was not able to make good one. Therefore, I want to do like this, when I have a child in the future. This book has very happy story and it is easy for us to read it, so I recommend you!
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  Hunt, R. (2003). The Go-Kart Race. : Oxford University Press.
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  Essay 2-02a: British Life and Culture

  Posted: October 27th, 2009, 11:19am PDT

  
  
  
  
  
  

  This time, I watched some website about British Life and Culture. I am very interested in foods and dishes. I become happy when I eat something. Especially, I like British very much, because I have a friend who is from British. Therefore, I want to know about British Life and culture. Especially, I want to write about British dishes now.

  
  
  
  

  
  First, I want to write about Puddings. I didn’t know about puddings. Puddings are used milk, sugar, eggs, flour, butter and many involve fresh fruit, custard, cream and cakes. Apple or rhubarb crumble, bread and butter pudding, spotted dick and trifle are more traditional and well-known as home-made puddings. Especially, I want to eat Bread and butter pudding, because I like bread and butter, and I love sweet taste. I am interested in Custard. This page has a lot of information about many kinds of pudding, so I recommend you.

  
  
  
  

  http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/food/puddings.htm

  
  
  
  

  
  Second, I want to write about meals. Today, British people eat bowl of cereals, a slice of toast, orange juice and a cup of coffee for breakfast. This menu is very typical, so I know about it. I also sometimes eat like this menu in break fast, so I was not surprised. How about lunch? Typical English lunch is a sandwich, a packet of crisps, a piece of fruit and a drink. Almost people have a ‘packet lunch’. It is not different in Japan. And then, British people like curry rice or pasta for dinner. It is also different in Japan. However, the Sunday lunch time is different. They eat some traditional dishes. I want to eat roast lamb. It is very big meat, so I was surprised. I have never eaten like the big meat.

  
  
  
  

  http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/food/meals.htm

  
  
  
  

  
  Third, I want to write about afternoon tea. I know the culture of afternoon tea. Then, I think that today’s British people also enjoy afternoon tea. However, I was surprised because I knew the fact that afternoon tea is not common. And then, I knew high tea. High tea is like dinner or supper today. When I spent in NZ, child of my host family ate some cereals for supper. I remembered it by watching the page.

  
  
  
  

  http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/food/tea.htm

  
  
  
  

  
  All these page are very easy to understand, and has a lot of pictures. Therefore, it is easy for us to know about British Life and culture. I want to go there more. I recommend you to watch this site.
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  Essay 2-02a: British Life and Culture

  Posted: October 27th, 2009, 10:33am PDT

  British Life and Culture
  
  
  
  Puddinghttp://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/food/puddings.htm
  I did not know about Pudding!! I want to try it!!
  Mealshttp://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/food/meals.htm
  These are used a lot of vegetable.
  Afternoon Teahttp://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/food/tea.htm
  We have no culture of afternoon tea, so I want to know it.
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  BR 2-17: The Joke Machine

  Posted: October 23rd, 2009, 2:31pm PDT

  
  This time, I read “The Joke Machine”, because I was interested in the Joke Machine. I like Joke very much, because we can fell fun and enjoy by some joke. Japan has a boom of the entertainer.
  
  This story is about the joke machine. I want the machine because we can feel fun by the joke machine. It is interesting to buy the joke. However, the magic key did not appear in this story, so I felt a little sad. I like the story of the magic key. Because I was exited when I read the story of the magic key. I will look for the magic key story next time.(111 words)
  
  Hunt, R. (2003). The Joke Machine. : Oxford University Press.
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  BR 2-16: The Jigsaw Puzzle

  Posted: October 23rd, 2009, 2:09pm PDT

  
  This time I read “The Jigsaw Puzzle”, because I was interested in the jigsaw puzzle. I like jigsaw puzzle, but sometimes it was a little hard and bored. This story, the magic key takes the children to the world of the jigsaw puzzle. It is very interesting story. If I went to the world, I want to go there. I have a jigsaw puzzle of totoro. It is very cute. I try to make a puzzle when I have a free time. Recently, I do not try it, so I will try again. It is very nice story, so I recommend you.
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  Hunt, R. (2003). The Jigsaw Puzzle. : Oxford University Press.
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  BR 2-15: The Bully

  Posted: October 23rd, 2009, 1:56pm PDT

  
  This time, I read “The Bully”, because I was interested in the bully. The subject is very attractive. This story is about a girl who is very bully. However she grows not bully girl by the magic key. The key taught her that bully is not things. I have a same experience. When I was a junior high school student, I was a little bully person. I sometimes bully to junior or my friends. However, I was bully by my friends like same. The time, I thought that the bully is not things. Bully person not understand that the bully is not things by doing same experience. I want everyone to read this book. I recommend you. Let’s think about bully.
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  Hunt, R. (2003). The Bully. : Oxford University Press.
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  I love Minamata!! Part 2

  Posted: October 20th, 2009, 10:42am PDT

  I want to write about my favorite places. I like my hometown very much, so my favorite place is my hometown, Minamata. Especially, one is the Minamata river, the other is my parents’ home. Therefore I want to write about these places.

   

  First, I want to write about Minamata river. The Minamata river is only river which through Minamata city. The source of this river is in Minamata, and the mouth of the river is in Minamata. Therefore, it is very rare. The water is very clear, so I want to drink it in the source of this river. There are many kinds of flowers and grass, so we can find a lot of living things. And then, we can enjoy and swim wherever in the river.

   

  When I was a child, I enjoyed in the river every day, and I gave some feed to some ducks. I have a good memory about the river, so I can feel calm. I always go there when I worry about something or irritate. I can feel calm and I think that I do my best again. So, The Minamata river is one of my favorite places.

   

  Second, I want to write about my parents’ house. I live by myself in Kumamoto now, so I sometimes feel lonely. As soon as I find my free time, I go back to Minamata. Therefore, I love my parents’ house. I can feel calm and sleep well there. I can eat a lot of delicious dishes that my mother cooks. I can talk about a lot of interesting things with my family. Therefore, talking a lot and eating delicious food are my happy. Then, I can do that I want to do. I call my grand mother when I go back there. I can feel calm when I talk with my grand mother, I can feel fun, calm and happy, so my parents’ home is another one of my favorite places.

   

  My favorite places are in Minamta. It is important for me to be able to feel calm. My favorite places are The Minamata river and my parents’ home.

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  My future job idea!!

  Posted: October 19th, 2009, 9:32pm PDT

  Now I want to talk about my future job. I have no idea about my future job. However, I like communication with a lot of people. So I want to do like a job that I can see a lot of people, in the future. Why do I like communication? Because I am happy when I talk with my family, friends, and so on. When I don’t communication with anyone, I feel lonely. I hate in. Then, I like children very much, because they are very cute and active. So I become happy and active when I communicate with them. Therefore, I think that nursery school teacher or kindergarten teacher is good. However, I like stable life. And now, situation of economy is depression. So, it is difficult for us to find a thriving company. Therefore, I think that government worker is attractive. I should study hard to be a government worker, so I bought a text of the test. I think that I should start preparing of career search. I will take a test of bookkeeping and TOEIC as preparing of career search in next time. I will do my best.
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  DO YOU KNOW?

  Posted: October 19th, 2009, 9:00pm PDT

  Question!!!
  1. Where is the host of 2016 Olympics?
  2. Where is the country of Rio de Janeiro?
  3. Where did the earthquake happen on Tuesday, September 29th?
  4. Who was reported about \340 million land deal listed?
  5. What company does the problem have? The problem is about floor mat in the car.
  6. Where did Okada visit to meet Karzai?
  7. What minister is Katsuya Okada in Japan?
  8. Ex-minister in Japan has dead at his house. What his name?
  9. What rate will drop to 5.5%?
  10. What country dose the problems have? The problem is that jobless rate reaches 9.8%.
  
  Answer!!!
  1. Rio de Janeiro (THE DAILY YOMIURI, October 4, 1page)
  2. Brazil (THE DAILY YOMIURI, October 4, 1page)
  3. Samoa area (THE DAILY YOMIURI, October 1, 1page)
  4. Ichiro Ozawa (THE DAILY YOMIURI, October 16, 1page)
  5. Toyota (THE DAILY YOMIURI, October 1, 1page)
  6. Kabul (THE DAILY YOMIURI, October 12, 1page)
  7. Foreign Minister (THE DAILY YOMIURI, October 12, 1page)
  8. Nakagawa Shoichi (THE DAILY YOMIURI, October 5, 2page)
  9. Jobless rate (THE DAILY YOMIURI, October 3, 1page)
  10. USA (THE DAILY YOMIURI, October 4, 7page)
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  Today's Speaking Class

  Posted: October 19th, 2009, 8:50pm PDT

  Today, I interviewed Yuki about future job. Her farther is a radiation engineer, and her mother is a nurse. Then, she wants to try CA once. And then, she would never want to be a teacher. If money were no problem, she would like to be a Neet! It is very interesting idea. And then, she has no idea about future job that she wants to do.
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  BR 2-14: What Was It Like?

  Posted: October 14th, 2009, 12:40am PDT

  
  This time, I read “What Was It Like?”, because this book is also the magic key series. However, I don’t like this story, because the trip on the story is hard. However, it is very important for us to think about this story’s theme. The trip’s theme is a war. I remember that I studied about some war when I was a high school student and junior high school student. I hate war, so I want not to do some war everywhere. I interested in the North Korea, because North Korea make some weapon. I want not North Korea to use it. Any way, this story is a little hard, but it tells us about importance of thinking our world peace.
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  Hunt, R. (2003). What Was It Like?. : Oxford University Press.
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  BR 2-13: The Broken Roof

  Posted: October 14th, 2009, 7:17pm PDT

  
  This time, I read “The Broken Roof”, because I like the magic key series. This story is the most interesting in the series. The character in the story was took out the world of little house by the key. Then, they enjoy the life in the little house. If I go to the world of toy, I want to do many kinds of things. This is like a movie of Disney, “Toy story”. I like very much. I love the character in the movie, Bazz!! However, I am interesting in the continuance of the story, so I will read the others book in the seriese.
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  Hunt, R. (2003). The Broken Roof. : Oxford University Press.
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  BR 2-12: The Hunt for Gold

  Posted: October 14th, 2009, 6:46pm PDT

  
  This time, I read “The Hunt for Gold”, because I am interested in the Magic key series. The key took them out for a river. Some people were looking for some gold in the river in the time. I did not know that the gold was found in the river. I thought that the gold was found in the stone before, so I was surprised. Then, the key brought them some happy. The people who live near the river are very poor, but they found a big gold. And then, they were helped by the key when they met some bad people. Therefore, the key is a happy key. I want to experience looks like that. I want to find some gold, and I want to make some jewelry from the gold.
  (132 words)Hunt, R. (2003). The Hunt Gold. : Oxford University Press.
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  Rivise essay: I love Minamata!!!

  Posted: October 14th, 2009, 6:32pm PDT

  
  I want to write about my favorite places. I like my hometown very much, so there are my favorite places in my hometown. My home town is Minamata, so My favorite places is in Minamata. One is the Minamata river, the other is my parents’ home. Therefore I want to write about it.
  
  First, I want to write about Minamata river. The Minamata river is only river which through Minamata city. The source of this river is in Minamata, and the mouth of the river is in Minamata. Therefore, it is very rare. The water is very clear, so I want to drink it in the source of this river. There are many kinds of flowers and grass, so we can find a lot of living things. And then, we can enjoy and swim wherever in the river. When I was a child, I enjoyed in the river every day, and I gave some feed to some ducks. I have a good memory about the river, so I can feel calm. I always go there when I worry about something or irritate. Then, I can feel calm and I think that I do my best again. Therefore, The Minamata river is my favorite place.
  
  Second, I want to write about my parents’ house. I love my parents’ house, because I can feel calm and sleep well. And then, I can eat a lot of delicious dishes which my mother cooks. I can talk about a lot of interesting things with my family. I live by myself in Kumamoto now, so I sometimes feel lonely. Therefore, talking a lot and eating delicious food is my happy. As soon as I find my free time, I go back to Minamata. Then, I do which I want to do. And then, I call my grand mother when I go back there. My grand mother also lives in Minamata. I can feel calm when I talk with my grand mother. I can feel fun, calm and happy, so my parents’ home is my favorite place.
  
  Therefore, my favorite places are in Minamta. It is important for me to be able to feel calm, so my favorite places are Minamata river and my parents’ home.
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  Diary★

  Posted: October 13th, 2009, 10:42pm PDT

  
  Today, I cooked dinner. I cooked roast the tomato which has some onion and basil. And then, I fried up some vegetables and beef. And then, I do diet now, so I ate Ochazuke. I can feel of fullness after eating it even a little rice. Therefore, I like Ochazuke. This picture is my today’s dinner.
  
  After that, I wanted to eat some sweets, but I did not eat because I want to be slim. Therefore, I endure to eat a lot. However, I interested in the menu of Macdonald, “Gurakoro” recently. I want to eat it!!! And I recommend you it.
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  BR 2-11: Chinese Adventure

  Posted: October 10th, 2009, 6:54pm PDT

  
  This time, I read “Chinese Adventure”, because I am interested in Chinese culture. When I went to NZ, I had interested in the Chinese culture, first. I had a lot of Chinese friends there, and I talked a lot of Chinese culture with them. Therefore I was interested in the picture of the book.
  
  This story is the continuance of “The Shiny Key”. The shiny key appeared in this story, so it is very interesting. They were able to go to China in the old time by the key. I want to go there if I had the key. If I went there, I want to eat a lot of Chinese foods in the time. And then, they were able to get a vase by the key. I think that the key is a happy key. I want to get it. The shiny key’s story is very interesting because the story is like Doraemon. I want to read this series more.
  (161 words)
  
  Hunt, R. (2003). Chinese Adventure. : Oxford University.
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  BR 2-10:The Motorway

  Posted: October 10th, 2009, 6:25pm PDT

  
  This time, I read “The Motorway”, because I interested in the motorway. My hometown has not a motorway, but it will be made in the future. Motorway is very useful and convenient when we go anywhere. However, it sometimes breaks our environment. It is bad things. This story also like that. Children want to enjoy with friends in the good place, but some people will make a motorway. Then, a boy found a flower which is vey rare. Therefore, the motorway did not make.
  
  These days, I interested in the news which the motorway’s price is cheep in the holyday. It is very attractive. I got a driver’s license in last summer, so I want to go somewhere.
  
  There is a scene which children enjoy a kite. I remember that I enjoyed a kite with my mother on the park. I remember that it is very fun and air was fresh. I want to do it again.
  (157 words)
  
  Hunt, R. (2003). The Motorway. : Oxford University Press.
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  BR2-09:The Shiny Key

  Posted: October 10th, 2009, 5:52pm PDT

  
  This time, I read “The Shiny Key”, because I am interested in the shiny key. I thought that it may be excited story. The character of the story was took a strange world by the key. I want to experience like that. This story is like a “doraemon”. If I go to strange world, I want to go a lot of places and I talk with many kinds of people. However, if I were in the story’s world, I might be cry because prince and princes are very scared. I might obey these people quickly. However, they was able to give a medal by the prince, and they are admit. Consequently, this story did not betray my expectation.
  (118 words)
  
  Hunt, R. (2003). The Shiny Key. : Oxford University Press.
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  BR2-08: The Dragon Dance

  Posted: October 7th, 2009, 10:03pm PDT

  
  This time, I read “The Dragon Dance”, because I have watched a dragon dance before. Therefore, I was interested in the dragon dance. When I was a high school student, I took part in a festival in Minamata. Then, I danced with my class mate on a pop music. And then, another group danced a dragon dance, so I was interested in it. This story’s children felt sad because there dragon was broken. However, their mother and father made a nice dragon, so they pleased and danced again. I read this book, and I think that these mother and father are very kind. I also think that they have their children to make a dragon again. It is important for them to do themselves. However, a lot of people pleased by success of their dance finally. Therefore, I think that it is good.(143 words)
  
  
  
  
  Hunt, R. (2003/09). The Dragon Dance. UK: Oxford University Press.
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  3.c. Nice Place Minamata!!

  Posted: October 6th, 2009, 11:03am PDT

  I want to write about my favorite places. I like my hometown very much, so there are my favorite places in my hometown. One is the Minamata river, the other is my parents’ home. Therefore I want to write about it.
  
  First, I want to write about Minamata river. The Minamata river is only river which through Minamata city. The source of this river is in Minamata, and the mouth of the river is in Minamata. Therefore, it is very rare. The water is very clear, so I want to drink it in the source of this river. There are many kinds of flowers and grass, so we can find a lot of living things. And then, we can enjoy and swim wherever in the river. When I was a child, I enjoyed in the river every day, and I gave some feed to some ducks. I have a good memory about the river, so I can feel calm. I always go there when I worry about something or irritate. Then, I can feel calm and I think that I do my best again. Therefore, The Minamata river is my favorite place.
  
  Second, I want to write about my parents’ house. I love my parents’ house, because I can feel calm and sleep well. And then, I can eat a lot of delicious dishes which my mother cooks. I can talk about a lot of interesting things with my family. I live by myself in Kumamoto now, so I sometimes feel lonely. Therefore, talking a lot and eating delicious food is my happy. As soon as I find my free time, I go back to Minamata. Then, I do which I want to do. And then, I call my grand mother when I go back there. I can feel calm when I talk with my grand mother. I can feel fun, calm and happy, so my parents’ home is my favorite place.
  
  Therefore, my favorite places are in Minamta. It is important for me to be able to feel calm, so my favorite places are Minamata river and my parents’ home.
  (351 words)
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  3.b. Favorite Places/Outline

  Posted: October 6th, 2009, 11:02am PDT

  ▼Minamata river       ▼nature　　　▼water　　　　• clear                •fishes　            ▼flower                 • beautiful                 • bees            ▼grass                 • many      ▼calm      ▼Minamata            ▼local
  ▼My parents' home    ▼family        ▼mother             • cook             • delicious             • dishes             • talk             • laugh        ▼father        ▼sister        ▼ brother        ▼grand mother   ▼calm         ▼ sleep         　 • quiet
     
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  3.a. Favorite Places/Brainsorms

  Posted: October 6th, 2009, 10:44am PDT

  • nature
  • flower
  • liver
  • water
  • beautiful
  • calm
  • local
  • Minamata
  • grass
  • clear
  • sleep
  • delicious
  • family
  • brother
  • sister
  • friends
  • house
  • talk
  • dishes
  • grand mother

  
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  Speaking Homework NO.2

  Posted: October 6th, 2009, 5:39pm PDT

  First, I want to write about my father and mother’s jobs. My father is a teacher in elementary school. He teaches Math to a lot of students. And then, after the all class, he took part in the badminton club of the school. He is a supervision of the club. When I was a schoolgirl, his school and mine were same. Therefore, I met him a lot of time in the school. When I met him, I said “good morning, teacher”. He is a father in our house, but he is a teacher in a school. When I was junior high school student, I helped him. For example, when he practices how to teach, I became a student. And then, I told him the point that I did not understand. Now, I sometimes go to his school to teach badminton to his student. I like it, because I can enjoy talking and playing badminton with them. And then, my mother works hard as a home help. I think she works very hard, so she looks tired every day. Therefore, when I go back to my parent’s home, I help her and I do housework.
  
  Second, I want to write about a job which I would like to try at least once. I want to be a singer, because I want to sing a big hall. I think it is so good. It is different from singing in the karaoke box. And then, I want to appear on television, and I want to enjoy the program. Then, I want to see a lot of singer, actor, entertainer, and so on. Especially, I want to meet Hamasaki Ayumi. I like her and her song very much. Therefore, I would like to be a singer at least once.
  
  Third, I want to write about a job which I would never want to do. The job is the Prime Minister, because I have no self-confidence. I want not to quarrel and I can not decade of some course of Japan. And then I want not to be criticized by some commentator on television. Any way, I am not interesting in politics. Therefore, I want not to be the Prime Minister. I think that intellectually gifted man or woman should be a Prime Minister.
  
  Finally, I want to write about the job which I would like to do if money were no problem. I want to be a traveler, because I want to go a lot of country. I can not go a lot of country now, because it spends a lot of money to go abroad. I want to go Europe, India, America, the South Pole, and so on. I want to eat a lot go foods and dishes of the country original. In Europe, I want to see a lot of work of art and listening music. And then, I want to eat pizza, pasta, and so on. Especially, I want to go to Italy, France, and England, because I have heard that dishes are very nice in France and Italy. And then, I want to study about English in England. Then, I want to eat some original curry in India. I want to eat a lot of foods in India. Then, I want to go Disney land and study English in USA. And then, I want to feel culture in America. And then, I want to see an aurora in the South Pole. I heard it was so beautiful. Therefore, I want to see it. I want to do these things if I have a lot of money.
  (596 words)
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  Speaking Homework★

  Posted: October 5th, 2009, 3:02pm PDT

  Yesterday, I interviewed Aya in the speaking class. I want to write about her vacation.
  She went to Fukuoka with her friend and cousin. She went to there on September 5th. And then, she got baseball player’s autographs. She loves baseball and she talks about baseball player every day. I became fun when I listened her story.
  And then, she wrote a report in English during summer vacation with her friends. She didn’t remember when she wrote. Then, she wrote a report at achool.
  (84 words)
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  Anniversary☆

  Posted: October 3rd, 2009, 3:45pm PDT

  
  Today is very good weather, so I was very happy. These days, we had rainy. It will be rainy tomorrow, so I want to enjoy today’s sunny.
  Today is our anniversary. Shingo and I met on august 4th last year, so today is anniversary 14th time. Do you think about celebration on anniversary every month? There are a lot of opinions, I think. However, I think it is good things, because we can see our love each other.
  
  Yesterday, I came to his house. He works at night, so he was sleeping in his room when I arrived at his house. Then, I met his father out of house, and I gave a Taiyaki. I love taiyaki very much, so I was happy. After he gave up, he taught me bookkeeping. He is majoring management in KGU. And then, I study bookkeeping these days to a test. After that, I had a dinner that makes his mother. It was very nice. I love his mother’s dishes. And then, he went out to work at 11:00 pm.
  Today, I got up at 8:30am, because he came home the time. Then, we went to primary school to play soccer. However, today is athletic meeting in the primary school. Therefore we came home. Then, I was a little hungry, so he made Chinese fried rice. This picture is this. It is very very very….. NICE!!!! I want to eat it again!!! Then, he is sleeping now, so I am studying now.♪
  (249 words)
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  BR 2-07: The Storm

  Posted: October 3rd, 2009, 5:16pm PDT

  
  This time, I read “The Storm”, because I was interested in the title. This story is very interesting. Especially, the climax of the story is very nice. I did not to expect the climax. I want to experience like that. The experience is that they found a mysterious key in the box under the tree. They can find it by the strong wind.
  Yesterday, it was rain and wind, so I was able to feel sympathy. I feel uncomfortable in the rainy and wind. I like sunny. The people in this story also feel uncomfortable, because they worry about their house on the tree. I want to make like the house. When I was a schoolgirl, I enjoyed like that. I want to do again. This story is very nice, so I recommend you.
  (134 words)
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  BR 2-06: Poor Old Mum

  Posted: October 3rd, 2009, 5:05pm PDT

  
  This time, I read “Poor Old Mum”, because I was interested in the picture. This story is about an athletic meeting. I liked an athletic meeting, because it is very fan!! And then, we need not to study before the athletic meeting, because we should prepare for it. When I was junior high school student, I took part in a cheer group. It was very hard for me, but it is good memory now. I want to take part in as athletic meeting again, and I want to run, cheer, and so on. I recalled my memory about an athletic meeting by reading the book.
  (105 words)
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  Portfolio summary★

  Posted: September 29th, 2009, 4:18pm PDT

  I plan to follow Hikaru’s advice “to include introduction and conclusion” (Hikaru, 2009.07.08). because that will help me how to write in English. Especially, when I write essay. Yurina also had a god idea, “to use more pictures and graphics” (Yurina, 2009.7.17.)I plan to do that, too. Aya also had a good idea, “to include some links and information”(Aya, 2009.7.29),I plan to do that, too. However, it is a little hard for me to do that. Manami also had a good idea, “to make more comment on my friend's blog, and to respond to my friend's comment.” (Manami,2009.7.15.), I plan to do that, too. Chisako also had a good idea, “to devise the blog's layout”. (Chisako,2009.7.8.), I plan to do that, too.
  (122 words)
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  speaking homework!!

  Posted: September 29th, 2009, 3:32pm PDT

  1. Which would be a better first date?
  A: Dinner and a movie B: A live concert and a snack
  
  I like plan A better than plan B, because we can calm when we watch a movie and eat something at dinner. In the other hand, when we take part in a live concert, we can not calm. And then, we don’t know what kind of music dose he like or dose she like. We will be feel stress in first date, so we should choice the situation which we can calm.
  
  2. Which would be more interesting?
  A: vacation in Korea B: Vacation in Hawaii
  
  Vacation in Korea is more interesting than vacation in Hawaii, because I like Korean food. – Yakiniku, Kimchi, and so on. and then, I want to go a shop of beauty treatment in Korea. I heard it is nice and cheap. In the other hand, I heard that there are a lot of Japanese in Hawaii. Therefore, we may need not to use English. It is not interesting. Therefore, I think plan A is more interesting than plan B.
  
  3. Which would be a better pet?
  A: A turtle B: A non-poisonous snake
  
  I like a turtle better than a non-poisonous snake, because I hate a snake. I am scared about a snake if the snake has no poison. In the other hand, I think a turtle is calm and cute. Therefore, I like a turtle better then a non-poisonous snake.
  
  4. Which invention is more important?
  A: The telephone B: The automobile
  
  The telephone is more important than the automobile. We can communicate by using telephone. It is important for us to communicate. The automobile is very convenient, but it gives some bad influence to the environment. Even if we have no automobile, we can walk, ride a bicycle or bike instead of the automobile. Therefore, I think that the telephone is more important than the automobile.
  (323 words)
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  My imaginary identify★　Speaking Homework

  Posted: September 28th, 2009, 8:10pm PDT

  My name is Maria. I’m from Brazil of South America. My occupation is sports coach. I teach junior high school student how to play badminton. It is interesting. I like musician, so my hobby is listening music. My favorite music is Namie Amuro’s music. It is very nice, so I recommend you. I hate hot weather, though I’m from South America. It is funny!! Do you think so? That’s all.
  (70 words)
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  today's diary☆

  Posted: September 26th, 2009, 9:41pm PDT

  Today, I went to school with my friends to sports. I wanted to do diet because I want to be slim. First, I walked 30 minutes. After that, I did stretching. Then, we tried a lot of machine. Then, I had to go town to see other friend. Therefore, we went back home at 11:00 am. Then, I ate lunch and I went to town. We looked for some restaurant, so we walked a lot. Then, we talked about our past story. It was so interesting. We laughed a lot. After that, we returned to our home at 5:00 pm.
  Now, I am staying my boy friend’s home. I will go to Hinagu to cheer him. He will take part in soccer game.
  (123 words)
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  Start★

  Posted: September 24th, 2009, 9:46pm PDT

  Today was the first day of fall semester. The first class was hard for me, because we should write a lot almost. However, today’s class was fine. We had just to listen to the teacher’s story. And then, I was happy because I was able to see a lot of friends. I was surprised at a lot of things because my friends’ situation was change. A friend became slim compare with before. A friend got a boy friend. She looks very happy. I am also happy. This semester, I will study hard.
  (92 words)
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  HOME TOWN NO.3

  Posted: September 22nd, 2009, 9:32pm PDT

  Yesterday, I went to a restaurant in Minamata after dinner. I met a lot of people. Therefore, I was very happy. I talked a lot of things and laughed. It was very good time.
  
  Today, I took part in club in high school. The club is badminton club. My sister belongs to the club, so I took part in it. The club activity started at 9:00 am. And then, we run for 5 minutes. Then, we did some game. Our teacher bought some ice cream for us. However we had to win the game to get it. We won the game, so I was very happy, and ate it. After that, I returned to my house, and I was sleep for 3 hours. And then, I cooked dinner for my family. Today’s menu is sanma, goya, and so on. It was very nice. While I stay in hometown, I become fat more and more. Therefore, I was a little sad. I will go back to Kumamoto in afternoon.(168 words)
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  Home Town NO.2

  Posted: September 21st, 2009, 12:22am PDT

  
  Today, I did house work a lot. I cooked dinner with my mother. I cooked Sunomono and Nistuke. I also ate a lot. Then, I was called with my friend. Therefore, I went to a restaurant. There were 6 people. -Ai, Yuna, Tomomi, Ai, Kanae and Komugi. They belonged to basketball club except Komugi and me when we were high school student. They are very interesting. Therefore, I was able to enjoy all of the time. The picture is the friend. I want to see again their.
  (87 words)
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  Home Town☆

  Posted: September 21st, 2009, 5:43pm PDT

  Yesterday, I came back to Minamata.
  First, I waited my friend in KGU because we promised to go back to Minamata together. We talked a lot of things.- Memory, University, and so on. On the way, we called at Shopping mall in Yastushiro. We bought no things. Then, we came back to Minamata.
  
  After arrived at Minamata, I ate chestnuts taste of sugar. It was very nice. My mother cooked it. After eating it, I went to a shop because I promised to meet with my old friend. Then, we talked a lot of things there.
  
  After came back to my house, I ate Sushi with my family. It was delicious. I ate it a lot. Then, we went to my grand mother’s house. When we returned to my house, I drove my mother’s car. I enjoyed it.
  
  Today, I went to Suikousya with my mother. I also drove my mother’s car.
  
  I will go to a restaurant after dinner.
  (160 words)
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  best friends!!

  Posted: September 19th, 2009, 1:01pm PDT

  
  Yesterday, I met my old friends. The friends is that Tomomi, Manami, Kanae, Nozomi and Kanako. Tomomi came back to Kumamoto from Shimane. She is very active woman, and she is very kind. When I met her first, I thought she was not change before. Therefore, I was be able to talk a lot of things with her as same as before. Manami is her sister, she lives in Kumamoto. She is Kumamoto kenritsu University’s student. She is a little quiet girl and she is nice girl. Then, Kanae is Ruteru University student. She is very kind girl and very cute. I have not seen her for a long time. Nozomi lives in Fukuoka. She is a little interesting.^^/ She stayed my house yesterday, and we talked a lot of things.- about University, family, housework and so on. Kanako is KGU student. Her house is near by my house, so we meet a lot always. However we did not meet during summer vacation. Therefore, I have not seen her for a little time.
  
  We went to KITCHEN KU. It is Italian restaurant. We were able to eat a lot of dishes and drink. It was delicious. I like cake that taste of custard. I recommend you the restaurant. I was able to enjoy the all time. I felt happy.
  
  Today, I will go back to my hometown, Minamata with Tomomi’s family. I am looking forward to meet my family and old friends.
  (242 words)
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  bike☆

  Posted: September 18th, 2009, 12:06am PDT

  
  Today, I rode my boy friend’s bike. I like to riding his bike, because I can feel nice wind. Then, I can not drive bike, so I respect him. I have never riden bike, so I rode his bike and I was taken a picture. I was happy very much. I want to drive bike because I think it is cool. However, I scare to ride bike. I think it is cool when he ride bike. Of course, he is cool everyday. ^^/
  (83 words)
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  purfume★

  Posted: September 16th, 2009, 12:14am PDT

  
  Today, I got up at 3:00am, because I went to bed at 9:00pm. It was too early to sleep again. Therefore, I went to net café where my boy friend works. Then, I drove a car!! I read a magazine, sang a song, ate some snacks, and so on. After my boy friend finished the work, we came back his house. Then, we slept a little.
  
  After that, I returned my house, and I went to karaoke. I met my friends, Erina there. We sang a lot of songs. We like Ayu, so we sang her songs and watched her PV. After that, we waited our senior, Mizue. We are member of PERFUME. We are very good friends. We took a picture. The picture is this. After that, we went to Mac to eat dinner. And then, we talked a lot of things. – about love, memory, NZ, and so on. I love the time. I was able to know a lot of things.
  
  I was able to enjoy my time very much. I want to see again.
  (177 words)
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  BR2-05: Go Away, Cat

  Posted: September 14th, 2009, 3:23pm PDT

  
  This time, I read “Go Away, Cat”. I selected this book because I am interested in the cat. This cat is very cheeky. I was surprised it. If a big dog came to near the cat, the cat did not go away. And then, when Floppy came to the cat, the cat run after him. I have seen the same scene. One day, I found a cat. The cat was sleep there. Then, a bird came there. And then, the cat got up and run after the bird. I thought cat was very quick to take offense. I can not like cat after looking the scene.
  And then, this story was very short, so I was surprised. Therefore, I want to read the book that has long story.
  (128 words)
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  BR2-04: The Secret Room

  Posted: September 14th, 2009, 2:58pm PDT

  
  This time, I read “the Secret Room”. I selected it because I interested in the secret room. I thought it was scare story. However this is wonderful story. There is a secret room behind a girl’s room. It was a little scare, because this room’s door was covered some wallpaper. And then, there is a little house in the room. I thought the room might be to kids. If I was a child, I would enjoy the room. I have never lived detached house, so I want to live like this house. And then, I want to change wallpaper. I like this activity because I think the family who do the activity is happy.
  (114 words)
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  BR2- 03: The New Baby

  Posted: September 14th, 2009, 2:52pm PDT

  
  This time, I read “The New Baby”. I selected this book because I like baby. I think baby is very cute. I want to baby very much. In this book, people around Jo help her very much. For example, they gave a toy, cot and buggy. The people are very kind, and they were looking forward to the baby. If I had a friend who has a baby, I will be kind to her.
  
  It is interesting that Kipper run away from the baby in the last. He run away because he was surprised the baby’s poop. I thought it is very interesting. If I had a baby, I would be happy and loved the baby.
  (116 words)
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  Driving License★

  Posted: September 14th, 2009, 8:37pm PDT

  Today, I had a driving license. I went to driving school this summer vacation, so I was very hard. I went to driving school every day. Last Friday, I passed a test of graduate. I was very nervous, because I can not drive well. However, I was able to pass the test. Then, I went to the center of license. There were a lot of people who take a test. I felt very nervous. I found some friends, so I talked with friends before the test. The test was a little hard for me, because the question of bike was very difficult. Therefore, I thought I would not pass the test, so I had a stomachache. However, I pass the test!!! I was surprised. I feel very happy!!!! I can drive!!!
  
  And then, I retired part-time job. Therefore, I have a time of mine. I feel very fun. I want to enjoy my summer vacation.
  (155 words)
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  Aso★

  Posted: September 14th, 2009, 8:35pm PDT

  
  We went to Aso on last Wednesday. We had no plan, so we determined to go to Aso. We ate a lot of ice creams. Then, we found a signboard. It is Pizza shop’s signboard. We went to the Pizza shop. The shop is very nice view. We ate a pizza taste of many vegetable. The price was very cheep and taste was very nice, so we were satisfied!!!
  The picture is the Pizza. I recommend you the restaurant!
  (79 words)
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  Osaka★

  Posted: September 14th, 2009, 7:40pm PDT

  
  I went to Osaka with my boy friend from 5th to 7th. We planed the trip before, so we were looking forward to the trip.
  
  First day, we got up at 7:00am, and we went to Kumamoto airport. We went to Osaka by plane. I like plane very much so I was very excited!! However, my boy friends, Shingo scared about high place, so I thought it was very interesting. After we arrived in Osaka, we went to Umeda. There are a lot of shops of clothes. I enjoyed there very much. However, we walked a lot, so we were very tired. We stayed at Lamada hotel. There are very beautiful hotel.
  
  Second day, we went to USJ. We went to there at 10:00 am. We got on a corkscrew. It was very fun!!!! I like it. However, we wait a long time to get on it. When we wait the turn, we felt very hot! We did not experience again, so we did not line after that. We took a lot of pictures with a lot of cute characters, ate a lot of foods after that. For example, we ate a manju whose shape is snoopy, doughnut whose taste of pumpkin and so on. Then, I found a funny thing there. The juice of vending machine’s price is very high!!! Therefore I was very surprise!! We were tired a little, so we went to Shinsaibashi. There were a lot of shops, so I became happy. I bought a boot and cloth. I like it very much. I was satisfied. Then, we ate a Takoyaki!!! It was very nice, and there clerk was very active and cool. I like his word “Ookini”. I like kansaiben. And then, we ate some bread. It was put some ice into the bread, and the bread was frid. I want to eat it again, and I recommend you.
  
  Third day, we went to Doutonbori. We ate a lot of foods. For example, we ate Okonomiyaki, cheesecake, sweets and so on. We enjoyed eating foods of Osaka. I took a picture in front of shop of Guriko!! Then, we returned to Kumamoto at 9:00pm. It was very good time. I want to go there again.
  
  After arriving at home, we had a quarrel…
  
  However, the trip was good memory.
  The picture is Takoyaki!!!(388 words)
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  Diary☆

  Posted: August 23rd, 2009, 11:45pm PDT

  Today, I did not sleep well, because I came back at 6:00am. Then, I went to Mashiki to cheer a soccer team. The soccer team is that my boy friend belongs to. Today is suney, so very hot day. However, I was able to be shade,so I felt a little cool.
  
  After that, my boy friend and I went to Ousyo to eat chainese food. I ate a little because I was not hungry.
  
  Then, we were very sleepy, so we came back his house and went to bed at 3:00pm. Now, it is 10:00pm. We slept enough. He must go to work by now, so I will sleap in his house.
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  Marriage★

  Posted: August 22nd, 2009, 7:37am PDT

  
  22nd
  
  I took part in marriage with my friends. The marriage was my former teacher’s. We arranged two big bouquets. This plan was secret. This plan was success very much. I was happy. I saw my teacher’s bride. She is very cute and beautiful. I had not seen her by the time, so this time was fast time. I was surprised.
  
  This picture is my former teacher and his bride. I want to be like this.
  
  After the marriage, we had a party. The party’s name is takoyaki party. 5 people took part in the party. However, we call a man who lives in Saga. He had a part-time job, but he came to our party after his part-time job by car. He arrived at 2:00am. Then, we call a man who lives in Kumamoto. He is Kumamoto University’s student. Therefore, we talked a lot of things with 7 people. Our home town is Minamata, so we talked about Minamata. I came back home at 6:00am. Then, I have a plan by now. I am so busy. However, I was able to talk a lot of things with my home town’s friends, so I am happy and not tired.
  (199 words)
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  Lunch★

  Posted: August 20th, 2009, 12:28am PDT

  
  
  Today, I went to town with Uno, Chisako and Mayu. We ate a lot of delicious dishes at lunch. I ate pasta whose taste was tomato. This pasta has a lot of vegetables. For example, this has onion, Japanese radish, paprika and tomato. This pasta also has a lot of sea foods. I can not eat shrimp because I have an allergy. However, I tried to eat some shrimp. My body did not react on shrimp, so I thought that I cured my allergy.
  
  After eating lunch, we went to Amamiya. There is a dessert shop. We can select some dessert in the lot of menu. I chose hot milk whose taste was soybean flour. I like it very much. I felt very comfortable.
  
  We talked a lot of things with eating. I want to gather again. However, Uno will go to Canada in September. I feel sad, but I want to cheer to her.
  
  This picture is my lunch and dessert.
  (162 words)
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  Happy★

  Posted: August 19th, 2009, 1:56am PDT

  
  Yesterday, I took a test in driving school. I had to take the test to be able to drive in road. I should spend 8000 yen to take the test. It is too high price for me, so I wanted to pass this time. I studied hard to pass the test. Consequently, I passed the test. I got a perfect score on the test. I was very happy. I can drive on the road next time. The next time is next Wednesday, so I am looking forward to drive on the road.
  
  Today, I went to Tosu with my boy friend and his friends. We went there to buy some clothes. I bought a hut. The price is 2600 yen. It is so cheap because there are outlet store. I was able to enjoy very much. I ate ice cream. The shop’s name is COLD STONE. It is very good store. The clerks sing a song with cooking some ice cream. It is very cute. Of course, the ice cream is very nice. I recommend you to eat the ice cream.
  As soon as going back to Kumamoto, I went to daie to work. It was very hard. We had a lot of happening today. I was tired, so I will sleep now.
  
  This picture is ice cream of COLD STONE and me.
  (223 words)
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  my holiday.

  Posted: August 15th, 2009, 11:57am PDT

  
  I came back my home town, Minamata on Thursday. I had to come back early, so I got up at 5:00am. Then, I arrived at 9:00am in Minamata. I ate lunch with a lot of relatives. The lunch was very nice. I liked the tempura. I ate too much. Then, we came back my house, and went to bed early.
  
  The next day, I also got up early. We had to see bonze, but we were not able to go there in time. The bonze came to my grand mother’s house very early. Then, we ate sushi with a lot of relatives. After that, I went to restaurant with my friends. We had a party. The member is classmate when I was high school student. I can enjoy the time very much. The picture is my best friend.
  
  I came back to Kumamoto yesterday. As soon as I arrived to Kumamoto, I went to daie to work. I worked very hard, so I was very tired.
  (166 words)
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  Diary★

  Posted: August 10th, 2009, 4:36pm PDT

  8th
  I took part in welcome party of part-time job. I had not taken part in the party, but I did because my friends recommended me. I ate a lot of foods. For example, I ate some livers, fried chickens, salad, and so on. I talked a lot of things with my fellow workers. It was very interesting. We went to karaoke after the party. We sung a lot of songs for 3 hours. I spent a lot of money on the party, so I was a little sad. However I was able to enjoy the day. I went back at 6:00am o’clock. I slept soon after going back home.
  
  9th
  The day, I got up at 9:00am, so I slept for 3 hours. My mother and father came to my house suddenly. Therefore, we went to a restaurant to eat Chinese food. It was delicious. However, I ate a lot of foods from yesterday, so I ate just Chinese fried rice the day. After eating lunch, I ate nothing.
  
  10th
  I went to my boy friend’s house. I ate pork cutlet and tempura that his mother cooked. It was very very nice. I love his mother’s dishes. Then, I slept soon. May be, I was very tired because I had not slept well before the day.
  
  11th
  I went to driving school at 9:00am. I finished course of first, so I took a first test tomorrow. Therefore I am a little nervous. I have to go to town now to take a course of airlines, so I will study after the course. I am very busy!!!!
  (267 words)
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  firework★

  Posted: August 7th, 2009, 12:54am PDT

  
  Today, I went to Tamana with my boy friend to watch the fireworks. The firework is very famous, because the firework is biggest of the north of Kyusyu. The firework was very beautiful. I have never watched like the firework by now. I moved very much. I ate some shaved ice and potato. These were very high price, but I was able to enjoy. Therefore I do not regret. I want to watch again. This picture is the firework. It was very difficult for me to take the picture, because the firework was appeared for a moment.
  (97 words)
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  I am stupid!!

  Posted: August 6th, 2009, 1:47am PDT

  Today, I got up at 9:00 o’clock. It was too late, because I had to go driving school by 8:30am. Therefore, I was absence driving school. Being absence driving school is very very bad thing for me, because I have to pay a lot of money to cancellation. Therefore, I will pay 4200 yen tomorrow. I was very sad. I think that I am very stupid. I will not do it again. I want not to do it again. I have to go driving school by 9:35 tomorrow, so I will go to bed now.
  (95 words)
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  BR 2-02:The Water Fight

  Posted: August 5th, 2009, 3:20pm PDT

  
  This time, I read “The Water Fight”. I like the series of Kipper, so I selected it. The story was very fun, because the dad is like child. He does the water fight with his children. I also want to do it. Recently, it is very hot very much. Therefore, I want to do water fight. When I was elementary school student, I usually did it. I liked it very much. However, I can do it now, so I am a little sad. However, I can swim in the sea, so I want to go there in summer vacation.
  (99 words)
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  BR 2-01:The Chase

  Posted: August 5th, 2009, 3:04pm PDT

  
  This time, I read “The Chase”. I selected it because the picture is cute. I like the dog, and I was interested in the story.
  
  The story’s hero is the dog, Floppy. I thought he was very naughty. He chased a cat when his family went to the toilet. He had to be stay there, but he was not. However, he went back there by his family go back. Therefore, I thought he was very smart.
  
  If I was a dog, I would also chase the cat. I think it is bore for me to stay there. If I was a dog, I want to do a lot of sports with family. And then, I want to go somewhere. Then, I want to shout to threaten a lot of people, so I can understand Floppy’s act.
  (136 words)
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  Diary★

  Posted: August 4th, 2009, 11:26am PDT

  09.8.3
  I went to sushiro to eat sushi. It was very cheap and delicious, so there were a lot of passengers. I ate a lot of sushi and dessert. I became happy.
  
  After that, I went to supola to do batting and play bowling. I like to do batting very much, because I can remove my stress and I feel fun. I hit the bowl whose speed was 100km. I want to hit more and home run. And then, I played bowling with my boy friend and his friends. I can not play bowling well. My best score is 80 may be. I wanted to go over 100, but I was not able to do it this time. I want to be good at playing bowling.
  
  09.8.4
  The day is Shingo’s and my anniversary. Therefore, he and I spent together. He cooked Chinese fried rice for me. It was very nice. After that, I had to go to technical college. I took the class of airlines. It was first time for me to take the class, so I felt very nervous. However, I was able to enjoy and learn a lot of things. After the class, Shingo and I went to restaurant together. The restaurant’s name is Osyoushina. The clerks are very kind and interesting, so I like the restaurant. I ate a lot of dishes and dessert, so my weight has a little increased. I do diet from today.
  (240 words)
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  Snowman★

  Posted: August 4th, 2009, 11:13am PDT

  
  I ate the ice cream. It was 31 ice cream. I selected taste of caramel and mint. The day was campaign of the ice cream, so I ate it. The picture is that. The campaign’s name is Yukidaruma daisakusen!! I think that the ice cream’s shap is looks snowman. It is very cute and delicious. I recommend you to eat it.
  (61 words)
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  Work Hard★

  Posted: August 1st, 2009, 1:45am PDT

  Today, I got up at 12:30, so I was not able to go school of car. I will go there on Monday, so I am looking forward to go there. I worked hard 17:00 to 22:00. Today, daie had sale, so many passenger visited there. I was very busy today. I had a break time during 15 minutes. I like this time because I can feel comfortable by escaping the work. The time, I ate a bread and juice of vegetable. I was happy the time. Then, I went back home after the work, and I am studying English now.
  (100 words)
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  My life★

  Posted: July 31st, 2009, 2:48am PDT

  Today, I came back to Kumamoto. First, I met my boy friend and we went to a lot of place. We went to gasoline shop. We had a funny experience that is washing his car. This experience is my first one, so I was not able to stop my laugh because it was funny. I want you to experience washing a car. Sound and movement is the most funny things. After that, we went t0 Mac. I ate looks like a bread whose taste is cinnamon. I recommend it. The taste is very nice and very sweet. And then, I went to die to work. Today's work was not so hard. However, I worried about a thing. I want to write about it. I met a man, after my work was finished. He got drunk very much. He came after me, so I can not came back home. Therefore, I went to Cybac. There is my boy friend. I was able to feel safe there.
  (167 words)
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  Summer Vacation☆

  Posted: July 31st, 2009, 1:43am PDT

  I was looking forward to this vacation!! I want to try a lot of things.
  
  First, I am going to take a class of fright attendant. I want to be a fright attendant, so I will effort very hard. And then, I will study a lot of manner.
  
  Second, I will study English hard to take a good point for TOIEC. I will write a lot of weblogs and read a lot of book in English. This vacation is good chance for me to study English.
  
  Third, I want to enjoy my life. I want to meet a lot of friends when I was high school student. And then, I have a plan that I go to Osaka with my boy friend. I am looking forward to it. I want to eat a lot of nice foods in Osaka. And then, I will go to beach, Oita, My hometown, and so on.
  
  I will spend good life in my summer vacation.
  (159 words)
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  My weekend!!

  Posted: July 22nd, 2009, 7:58pm PDT

  I want to write my diary on my weekend.
  
  18th
  I went to town to eat dinner with my boyfriend. We visited Kamado. We entered the restaurant, I was surprised. There is a man who is my friend in Minamata. I did not know that he works there. We ate some dishes cheaper than general price. I ate fried chicken, sushi, pork, jelly, and so on. These are very very nice. I want to go there again.
  
  19th
  I worked hard….
  
  20th
  I went back to my hometown, Minamata. I ate many dishes that my mother cooked. I felt very happy. I like talk with my sister and brother, so I talked a lot of things with my brother and sister. The day’s lunch, I ate many breads and hiyashityuka. Then, I thought that I will be fat. Therefore, I ate only salad the day’s dinner.
  
  21st
  I took part in club in high school. I played badminton very hard. I enjoyed it very much. Then, I came back to Kumamoto. My boyfriend came to Kumamoto station to take me. Then, we went cemetery of pets to see the night view. It was very beautiful but there has a lot of fog, so I felt a little scare.
  
  22nd
  Today, I took three tests. The day is my first day to take some test, so I was a little nervous. However, I study hard to enjoy my summer vacation.
  (239words)
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  Movie Review

  Posted: July 17th, 2009, 12:15am PDT

  
  This time, I watched a movie, “Bride of the life expectancy of 1 month”. Today is the last time to watch the movie, so I went to watch it with my boyfriend.
  
  This heroine is Chie. She has a bad disease. The disease is cancer of chest. She has a boyfriend, but she didn’t tell him to the disease. Why did she not tell him about it? Because she wanted to spend her time happily with her boy friend, so she didn’t tell him about it. Then, she told him that she want to say good-by. However, he did not want to divorce even he know that she has a bad disease. After that, Chie went to anywhere to meet him again and she wants to see trees in Yakushima. Yakushima is the place where her boyfriend went before. Then, she and he saw again there. And then, she made up with him. However, her cancer became worse gradually. Then, her dream is wearing the dress of marriage, so her boyfriend decided to be married to her. After he and she were married, she has died.
  
  I moved by the movie. The love is very deep and her and his words are very sad. I thought that I must be important my around person. It is natural to come tomorrow every day, but it is very happy I thought. I want you to watch it. And then, I recommend to think about your family or friends and so on.
  (249 words)
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  Essay 1-03c:Lilo and Stitch

  Posted: July 14th, 2009, 10:15am PDT

  This time, I watched Lilo and Stitch. I knew just the movie’s name and Stitch’s name before watching the movie. I thought that Stitch has a nice character and he just cute. However he has a little bad character. And then, he is a monster but no just pet.

   

  This story’s hero is Stitch and Lilo. Stitch is a monster, so he was very bad guy first. He interrupted Lilo and her sister. Lilo was disliked by her friend because she sometimes acts of violence to her friends and she is funny a little compare with her friends.  And then, she and her sister were not live in harmony because her and her sister’s parents have died. Then, Stitch appeared their house. And then, he struggled there. Stitch promoted their disorder.

   

  However, one day, Stitch knew that family is very important things. Then, he was caught by a person making him, so he should have gone back to his planet. He wanted to stay in earth and Lilo wanted him to keep staying. Therefore, she and her side asked to his boss. Therefore, Stitch, Lilo and Lilo’s sister can live as a family.

   

  Lilo’s idea moved me to tears. Lilo’s idea is that she thinks family is very important things. I thought that she dose not live with her parents. Therefore she know that parents and family are very important things. I live by myself now, so I understand her idea. Than, I am pining for home.

   

  I think that Stitch is similar to Lilo in character. He and she feel lonely at least, so they rampage sometime. Otherwise, they have very kind heart. I thought that I should think about my family and people around me by watching the movie.

   

  This movie has some moving scene and funny scene, so very interesting. I recommend to watch this movie and to think about your family. I want to watch the next version. 

  (322 words)

  
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  riding bike!!!

  Posted: July 13th, 2009, 2:24am PDT

  
  Today, my boyfriend, Shingo came to my house by bike. Therefore, I rode the bike. It was very nice because I was able to see the nice view and wind was very cool. I like it very much. This picture is the bike that is drag star classic made by Yamaha, so made in Japan. We went to super kid. We bought some sweet and drink there. Then, we came back to my house and we study hard now. Tomorrow, I will wake up at 7:30 because I have a class of the Christ. I will take a good point on the test this year, so I must study hard. However, I don’t want to bear enjoying something.
  (118 words)
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  today's happy★

  Posted: July 12th, 2009, 12:11am PDT

  Today, it was sunny, so I felt happy a little. I got up at 7:00 today. And then, I studied for some test. Then, I ate curry rice for lunch. I worked hard at 5:00pm to 9:30pm. I was very tired, because there were a lot of visitors.
  
  I watched TV program that it was baseball game of high school students. Today’s game was Minamata high school versus Yatsushirohigashi high scool. My alma mater is Minamata high school, so I cheered them. My friend’s brother was in full activity, so I was very happy. Therefore, I send some mail to my friend who is sister of the boy. Minamata high school won the game. I want them to win the next game. I like watching the game.
  
  Finally, I want to talk about why I am very happy now. Because I passed the test of secretary, so I was very happy. I want to take the next qualification.
  (158 words)
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  speaking test!!

  Posted: July 11th, 2009, 10:20pm PDT

  Today, I took a test of speaking class. Today’s condition was not good, because it was heavy rain today. When I arrived at school, I was very tired. Then I took a test. I talked with Yuria and Shiori. I tried to speak a lot, and I did not want to make some silence. However, there was some silence. I don’t like it. I had to talk about disagree opinion, but I was not able to do it. Therefore, I worry about it. I should take a lot of test next week. And then, I should present a lot of reports. Therefore, I should think about next test, so I don’t have the time to worry about it.
  (118 words)
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  Today's diary★

  Posted: July 9th, 2009, 1:22am PDT

  Today, I had to take two tests, Listening and History of England. Listening test was very difficult for me, because I felt a little nervous. Why did I feel nervous? Because this was first test on this semester. Therefore, I was not able to understand to my teacher said. I think that the test was a little bad. Then, I took the test of History of England. The test had one question, and we had to write a lot of things about one theme. I wrote as possible. I should present a report tomorrow, and I should take a test of speaking Saturday. My schedule is very tough, but I must effort to start good summer vacation. I am looking forward to summer vacation. My summer vacation also will be tough, because I should take extra class at technical college and I will go to driving school. And then, I should work hard for earning money to go technical college and driving school. Then, I must also study English hard. I have a lot of things that I want to in summer vacation.
  (183 words)
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  Essay 1-03b:Lilo and Stitch

  Posted: July 7th, 2009, 3:58pm PDT

  This time, I watched Lilo and Stitch.
  
  This story’s hero is Stitch and Lilo. Stitch is a monster, so he was very bad guy first. He interrupted Lilo and her sister. Lilo was disliked by her friend because she sometimes acts of violence to her friends and she is funny a little. And then, she and her sister were not live in harmony because her and her sister’s parents have died. Stitch promoted their disorder.
  
  However, one day, Stitch knew that family is very important things. Then, he was caught by a person making him, so he should have gone back to his planet. He wanted to stay in earth and Lilo wanted him to keep staying. Therefore, she and her side asked to his boss. Therefore, Stitch, Lilo and Lilo’s sister can live as a family.
  
  Lilo’s idea moved me to tears. Lilo’s idea is that she thinks family is very important things. I live by myself now, so I am pining for home. I think that Stitch is similar to Lilo in character. He and she feel lonely at least, so they rampage sometime. Otherwise, they have very kind heart. I thought that I should think about my family and people around me by watching the movie.
  
  This movie has some moving scene and funny scene, so very interesting. I recommend to watch this movie and think about your family.
  (232 words)
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  Student ID: 08141Portfolio for Writing III, Section ...

  Posted: July 7th, 2009, 10:30am PDT

  Student ID: 08141
  
  

  Portfolio for Writing III, Section 1A OR 1C
  
  [Please delete the unsuitable class section and "OR" (above), along with this line of remarks.]
  
  (See: Note 1, below)

  0.0. OVERVIEWReviews, Posts, Words, and More

  (See: Note 2, below.)
  
  
  [Please embed your proto-portfolios here; then remove this line of remarks, including the square brackets.]

  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
  1-01a (2009.04.08)	Essay 1-01a: Dear Host family	2009.04.09	7	290	6	0	0	0
  1-01b (2009.04.20)	Essay 1-01b: Dear host family	2009.04.20	7	356	1	0	0	0
  (1-01c)
  1-02a (2009.06.01)	Essay 1-02a: University	2009.05.27	5	451	2	0	0	0
  1-02b (2009.07.06)	Essay 1-02b: University	2009.06.24	5	411	2	0	0	0
  (1-02c)	Essay 1-02c:University life	2009.06.01	8	412	0	0	0	0
  1-03a (2009.06.29)	Essay 1-03a: Lilo and stitch	2009.06.11	2	225	0	0	1	0
  1-03b (2009.07.13)
  Totals	---	---	34	2145	11	0	1	0

  
  Key:

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

  W: number of words

  C: number of comments

  L: number of links

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

  1.2. Best Essay

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

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

  
  
  

  2.0. COMMENTS

  Showcase	Titles of posts with links	Dates of comments yyyy.mm.dd	Numbers of words in comments	Qualities of comments**
  2.1. Your first comment on your instructor's blog*
  2.2. Your best comment on a classmate's blog*
  2.3. Best comment by a classmate on your blog*
  2.4. Most comments on:	Titles of posts with link	Dates of posts yyyy.mm.dd	Total number of words in comments	Qualities of comments**
  2.4.1. Any one of your essays*
  2.4.1.1. When did you respond to those comments?	---		---	---
  2.4.1.2. How did you respond to those comments?	---	---
  2.4.2. Any of your other posts*
  2.4.2.1. When did you respond to those comments?	---		---	---
  2.4.2.2. How did you respond to those comments?	---	---

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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 them good comments.

  2.5. Recent comments display

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

  • ...

  2.6. Additional reflections on comments

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

  • ....

  
  
  

  3.0. BOOK REVIEWS

  3.1. Showcase	Short titles with links	Dates: yyyy.mm.dd	Words	Comments
  Example:	Vampire Killer	2007.05.16	39	1
  BR 1-01	BR 1-01: Emperor's New Clothes	2009.04.15	84	0
  BR 1-02	BR 1-02: Barbecue	2009.04.15	67	0
  BR 1-03	BR 1-03: Pizza Day	2009.04.11	87	0
  BR 1-04	BR 1-04: The RUNAWAY PANCAKE	2009.04.30	130	0
  BR 1-05	BR 1-05: The Little Giraffe	2009.05.07	158	0
  BR 1-06	BR 1-06: Snow Games	2009.05.10	129	0
  BR 1-07	BR 1-07: The pesky parrots	2009.05.18	169	0
  BR 1-08	BR 1-08: TheDinosaur Who Lost his ROAR	2009.05.23	191	0
  BR 1-09	BR 1-09: The Wish Fish	2009.05.27	93	0
  BR 1-10	BR 1-10: The Ballon	2009.06.04	144	0
  BR 1-11	BR 1-11: The Snowman	2009.06.04	124	0
  BR 1-12	BR 1-12: Kipper's Idea	2009.06.04	79	0
  ---	---	Totals:

  
  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.

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

  
  
  

  4.0. BLOG LAYOUT, LABELING, LINKING, & MEDIA

  
  

  Showcase	Yes	No
  4.1. Does your blog display an archive?	√
  4.1.1. Does the archive display the titles of posts?	√
  4.1.2. Is the archive organized by month?	√
  4.1.3. Is the archive at or near the top of the sidebar?	√
  4.2. Does your blog have labels displayed in sidebar?	√
  5.2.1. Do your labels include these required labels (typed accurately):	---	---
  "books" (plural) AND "reviews" (plural)	√
  "essays" (plural) AND "portfolios" (plural, without "proto-")	√
  "quickposts" (plural, with no space between quick and posts)	√
  "links" (plural) AND "media" (plural)		√
  "movies" (plural) AND "websites" (plural)	√
  "brainstorms" (or "brainstorming"), "essay prep.," AND "free-writing" (or "free-writes")	√
  4.2.2. Does your sidebar display other labels?	√
  How many other labels have you attached to three(3) or more posts? 8 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. diary lists reviews revisions speaking typing university writing	---	---
  4.3. Links & media	---	---
  4.3.1. Does your blog include photos or other graphics?	√
  Does your blog profile include a photo or graphic representation?		√
  How many of your blog posts this semester include photos or other graphics? 26 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? 0  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?  0  posts including other media	---	---
  What kind(-s) of media have you included in posts this semester? Please list the kinds here: ... ... ...	---	---
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  Today's diary★

  Posted: July 6th, 2009, 1:53am PDT

  
  Today, I was a little sad because I heard one thing that I didn’t want to know yesterday. I don’t want to write about it. However, I did my best today. I got up 5 o’clock, and I study to test of listening. Then, I washed my clothes and dishes. After that I made up about 8:00am, and eat a banana. Then, I went to school at 8:55am. I was a little late to the class but it didn’t start, so I was lucky. Then, I came back home to eat lunch. I cooked pasta that the taste is tarako. It was very nice! Tomorrow, I will cook other kind of pasta. This picture is today’s lunch. I always eat cabbages and tomatoes before eating main dish. Then I had to go to school by 4:00pm to class, but I was not able to get up. I got up at 5:30pm. And then I went to daie to work. Today was hard day. （163 words）
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  went to Minamata★

  Posted: July 5th, 2009, 9:47pm PDT

  
  I went to Minamata to cheer my boyfriend Shingo. He took part in the soccer game of RKK cup. Today’s weather was cloudy sometimes rainy and the ground’s condition was a little bad. Then, his right leg had been hurt before the game. But he did his best!! I moved the attitude. Minamata is also my hometown. We had not been there together, so this was first time for us. I guided my hometown to Shingo. On the way to go back to my house at Kumamoto, we went to Miyahara. We drank tapioca juice there. It was sweet and delicious. Then, we arrived to Kumamoto. After that, we went yellow hat and Xebio. Today was very nice day. This picture is one scene in my boyfriend’s car.
  (128 words)
  
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  Essay 1-02c:University life

  Posted: July 1st, 2009, 5:28pm PDT

  I want to write about my university life, my friends', and others. Most of the university students enjoy their life, because universities have lots of events that they feel for fun. Through they are sometimes busy. They should do their homework or another thing, for example, their part-time job, club activities and housework if you live by yourself. Generally, university student are thought that they always have a lot of free time and they don't study hard by almost people thought. However, most of the university students have part-time jobs, because school fees are very expensive, and they need some extra money.
  
  I am very busy, because I have lots of homework. I should do it to get credits.I should read a lot of books, and write a lot of reports.
  
  It is hard for me, because I have a part-time job four times a week. I earn extra money. If I didn't have a part-time job, I could not enjoy my free time. I want to go shopping.
  
  I take some extra courses and I also should do my homework. It is very hard for me but I should do because I want to get some qualification.
  
  Then, I live by myself. It is uncomfortable for me because I sometimes feel lonely. There are no people When I come back home. Then, I feel very sad. I should do all things by myself. Therefore my university life is very busy.
  
  One of my friends also has a lot of part-time jobs. He is very busy. He doesn't have free time or extra time. He always works after school. He goes to school by car or by motor bike. I envy him because I can't drive. Then, he lives with his family. It is very good for him because he always feel very tired when he comes back his house. In any case, my friend is also busy everyday.
  
  Most of the students belong to clubs. They enjoy their some activities. They enjoy drinking all night. And then, they go to school by bicycle, car, bus or train. A few people skip some class sometime, and they go shopping. That is to say, they enjoy their university life.
  
  Our university life is different. I think that I want to use my time efficiently. For example, I must study hard, enjoy talk with my friends. I think about our university life. Therefore I think that I should effort many kinds of things again.
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  Healthy soup★

  Posted: June 28th, 2009, 2:58pm PDT

  
  I cooked this. This is healthy soup. This has a lot of vegetables. I used some cabbage, carrot, green pepper, onion and tomato!! The taste is soy sauce. It is very nice!! If you eat it before dinner, you will lose your weight. Therefore I recommend you. I will eat it everyday, because I want to be slim.
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  party★

  Posted: June 27th, 2009, 1:36pm PDT

  
  Yesterday, I went to kakureya with Chisako, Misaki and Yoko. We are vest friends! This member is classmate of Writing last year. We like talking about love!! Yesterday, we talked a lot of things with eating delicious dishes. We ate a pizza, pasta, and so on. These were delicious!!!! Finally, we ate cheese cake! This picture is it. It was very very nice!! And then, there were very good place, so I recommend you! I want to gather again this member! Yesterday was very good day!
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  BR01-14: The Big Egg

  Posted: June 23rd, 2009, 4:11pm PDT

  
  I read “The Big Egg”, because I like the series of kipper. Kipper is very pretty boy. I have brought up some domestic fowl when I was elementary school student. I don’t like bringing up them because the smell is bad! However I like eggs because it is very good for health. And then, I can make a lot of dishes by using eggs. I have never seen ostrich eggs. I want to see it and eat it.
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  BR01-13: What Dogs Like

  Posted: June 23rd, 2009, 3:48pm PDT

  
  
  I read “What Dogs Like”, because I like the picture. I dislike dogs because it is scare! Otherwise, I think it is very pretty if it didn’t bark! I always think that dogs like to walk, to run and to play. I want to be a dog because I think that dog’s life is very easy and enjoy. However I don’t like dogs!
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  Essay 1-02: University

  Posted: June 23rd, 2009, 11:31am PDT

  Almost university students enjoy their life, because university has a lot of events that they feel for fun. Otherwise they are sometimes busy, because they should do their homework or another thing. For example, they should do their part-time job. Generally, university student are thought that they always have a lot of free time and they don't study hard by almost people. However, almost university students have some part-time jobs, because school fees are very expensive. And then, they need some extra money. Then, I want to write about my university life, my friends', and their of others.
  
  I am very busy because I have lots of homework. I should do it to get great points. I should read a lot of books, and write a lot of reports. It is hard for me because I have a part-time job four times a week. I earn my extra money. If I didn't have a part-time job, I could not enjoy my free time. I want to shopping by using the money.I take some extra courses. I also should do my homework. It is very hard for me but I should do because I want to get some qualification. Then, I live by myself. It is uncomfortable for me because I sometimes feel lonely. There are no people When I come back home. Then, I feel very sad. I should do all things by myself. Therefore my university life is very busy.
  
  One of my friends also has a lot of part-time jobs. He is very busy. He doesn't have free time or extra time. He always works after school. He goes to school by car or by motor bike. I envy him because I can't drive. Then, he lives with his family. It is very good for him because he always feel very tired when he comes back his house. In any case, my friend is also busy everyday.
  
  Almost students belong to club. They enjoy their activities. They enjoy drinking all night. And then, they go to school by bicycle, car, bus, train and so on. A few people absence some class sometimes, and they go shopping. That is to say, they enjoy their university life.
  
  There are differently university life. I think that I want to use my time efficiently. For example, I must study hard, enjoy talk with my friends. I think about our university life. Therefore I think that I should effort many kinds of things again.
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  stitch★

  Posted: June 21st, 2009, 11:17pm PDT

  
  This is stuffed doll of stitch. It is very cute so I put the picture. My boy friend gave me!!
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  soccer★

  Posted: June 21st, 2009, 11:17pm PDT

  
  Today, I went to ground of Mashiki to cheer my boy friend. My boy friend plays soccer, so he had to the game which is a RKK cup. Today is cloudy, and sometime rainy. Otherwise, they won the game. The next game will be July 5th at Minamata, so I feel happy. Minamata is my hometown, so I will also go to cheer my boy friend. After the game, we went to eat dinner. It was very delicious!!! This picture is that. Especially, cheesecake is the best!!! It is very mild and sweet. I recommend you. The restaurant name is Tia, and it is near the youme town hamasen. Today is also great day!
  (114 words)
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  fun day★

  Posted: June 20th, 2009, 8:15pm PDT

  
  Today, I went to kamitori with my friends. Before I went to kamitori, I took a test of secretary. It was a little hard for me, but I did my best!! After that we went to kamitori to eat lunch. I ate some chicken, soup, and so on!! It was very delicious!! This picture is that!! I want to go there again. And then, I went back home and I waited my parents. My parents came to my house to repair my computer. After my parents repaired my computer, we went to joyfull to eat dinner. I ate pasta, my mother ate hamburger steak and my father ate cutlet. Then, my parents went back to Minamata. After that, a sandal to me came. It is very cute, so I like it. Today was very fun day!!!
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  List of Lilo and Sitch☆

  Posted: June 16th, 2009, 10:51am PDT

  Lilo and Stitch
  

  • Family relationships

  1. Parents
  2. Sister
  3. Pets

  • In real life

  1. Parents
  2. Sisters or brothers
  3. Pets

  • Traditional

  1. Hula
  2. Language

  • In real life

  1. Otemoyan
  2. Dialect of Kumamoto
  3. Language of teenager

  
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  Lilo and Stich! list☆

  Posted: June 16th, 2009, 10:47am PDT

  •familyship
  •friendship
  •love