Long Time No Write!

Hey!! How's going, everybody?? Long time no write!!haha

I haven't post blog for 2 months... I was just busy and a little lazy ;) haha I had a lot of fun in this 2 months but I had farewell with my friends :(
Almost my friends went back to Japan to do job hunting… So now, I’m really missing them soooooo much. Come back to Halifax, everyone------ !!! haha I can’t stop crying when they left, but I realized that nothing is going positive way even if I cry. So I stop crying and I always tell myself, “Be Positive, Be strong!!” Do you think so? Now, just hope my friends’ happiness and good luck with their life and job hunting.

Oh, I visited NY during Christmas season; Dec.24-Dec.26!! I had so much fun and NY is really big city!! There are lots of buildings with many kinds of advertisements around Times Square. We ate New York cheese cake at Roxy which is famous restaurant. It was really nice and cheese cake was so tasty!! But… it was too big for us so it was like we were doing food fight… haha

Now, I have to go so I’ll post more about my NY trip later ;) See ya !

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Finished!!!

My mid-term tests were finished!!!!

I wish I could go to level 6!!!!!

Anyway, I gonna party tonight... :) and tomorrow, too !!! hehe

I can't wait~ !!!

Developed countries

Today, the people of the world have become more informed about each other and interconnected. People want to know more information and they can search on the internet or cell phones. In developed countries, wherever people are and whenever people want, they can use internet and search about a lot of things. Our societies are becoming more convenience. The more informed a country becomes, the more developed a country becomes.

People are trying to know different cultures and to adapt new things. Today, a lot of people are interested in different cultures and learning about them. For example, some people go abroad to study another languages and culture. In Japan, the amount of people who is studying abroad is increasing. Almost all of them are trying to learn English because English is common language in the world. We can speak and know each other by using English. People want to develop and improve themselves and this is one of factors that the people are becoming more informed. But people should not complain about different cultures; in other words, people should adapt to and understand those cultures.

There are some developed countries and some developing countries. In developed countries, people can feel comfortable in their life because people are more informed each other. People always try to know many kind of information. Today, people often use this word; “globalization”. Globalization is to spread information or economy beyond borders. So people try to develop to become more informed. The earth is getting more global.

There are a lot of problems in the world. For example, environmental problem is one of them. They make people in the world very informed because people need a lot of information to fix the earth. But it is not easy and it takes huge time. Problems are also one of factors and we should cooperate with each other. The problems are not good things, but people should solve problems as soon as possible.

A country becomes more developed if a country becomes informed. We have a lot of factors to become more informed and interconnected than ever before. However, it is the most important that people in the world cooperate with each other and solve problems without competition.

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SNOW

When there is some snow for the first time this year,

you should make your wish.

... もうすぐ雪がふるよ。

Snow season is coming.

Thanksgiving!!

I had a good thanksgiving dinner with my roommate. She invited me her home and it was first time to have a thanks giving dinner. It was really good because I could eat turkey!! Turkey was really tasty ;) I talked a lot with her family and they were interested in Japanese, so I explained many things!! I was really glad and I think I should know more about Japanese culture. My roommate, Kelly took me the Cow Bay after dinner. Cow Bay was really beautiful place!! Kelly and I took a lot of pictures!! She can drive so we were driving for a while. I had really good time and I want to visit her house again ;) I really appreciate her and I think it is good for me that she is my roommate. I am lucky!!hehe

Japan doesn’t have thanksgiving but I think we should have such a day because I think it is important for us to stay with our family and talk with each other.

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Ｈｕｕｕｕｕ！

Oh, today is October 6th ?!?! I can’t believe!! The time is spending to fast ;(

Thursday is called Chicken Wings Day!! In famous restaurant which is near the university, we can eat chicken wings by half price ;) So last week, Peter and Mike invited me the chicken wings dinner and I had a good time!! It was soooooo tasty ;) I will go this week with my friends so I am looking forward that.

Recently I like to go walking in Halifax ;) I think Halifax is really good place to live. Half of people in Halifax are student!!! That’s why there are too many young people!! So there are many universities here.

How’s going, my KGU friends?? I really miss you guys ;(

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What is LOVE?

Love is like drinking water. If you drink a lot of water, that will be too much for you and you will stop drinking right away. However, if you love somebody too much or the other person loves you so much, you will get rid of that relationship right away and you won’t love anymore. I think it's gonna be funny if you just love yourself to let other people love you and that's the important part.

Love is like a maze. You gotta find the way out to win the person’s heart and then you can get the person that you love and share one heart together.

How do you think about LOVE?? I think these words are really good. My friend taught me. What is ‘LOVE’ for you? I think there are some kinds of LOVEs.

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October is coming!

Today, it was really good weather in Halifax and it is last day of September. So I wanted to go Public Garden which is famous park in Halifax because it will close from October. But I could not , for I had to make my presentation ;( It is about my future job. Actually, this was my first time to make presentation :( haha So my friends who came across in the library taught me how to make them. I don’t like the presentation… no, no, it’s joking!!! I love it!!! Be positive!!haha~

By the way, I really enjoyed chatting with Cono and Shiori yesterday. Facebook is awesome, isn’t it?? ;) Actually, Gmail does not work well sometimes so I have to wait a little. It makes me so tired. But it’s OK :) I don’t care about that. I want to chat in facebook again :)

The picture is Public Garden in Halifax. It takes only 15 minutes from SMU :)

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Revel's birthday party :)

I had my friend’s birthday party today. His name is Revel. He is Chinese and he can speak Japanese well. Of course, he can speak English. He is liked everyone because he is so kind and funny. We gave him some SMU’s T-shirt with massages. He looked so happy. I went back to the residence with Revel and Hikaru and we talked a lot. He taught me some Chinese words and songs. It was so interesting!! Happy Birthday, Revel! Have a good year ;)

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TENKASU

I don’t like this!! This is cereal which is fat free. I bought this one just because it was cheap!! BUT!! It is like TENKASU ;( Can you imagine TENKASU with milk?? I have had one!! And it was this morning!! I will give this to someone who likes this cereal.

Do you like cereals? I didn’t like it when I was in Japan, but I like it now. I have it almost every morning because it is easy to make. BUT I don’t like this one which is like TENKASUUUUUU!! I am sorry to the company… ;(

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My happy weekend☆

Hey guys!! How’s going?? I had a great party last Friday ;) It was really fun and I had a great time with my friends!! The party was for Mike’s birthday and he looked so happy :) I also felt happy to see him. He has a lot of Japanese friends so there were many Japanese people!! First, we went to Yuta’s house and talked a lot!! Yuta is from Kansai and he lives here about 6 months. Everyone respects him and he is like our older brother!! I like his ‘Suberanai hanashi’. If you hear his stories, you can’t stand laughing!! His stories are sooooo interesting! After that, we went to the club♪In Canada, 19 years old is overage so I can enter the club!! But I don’t have my dress so my clothes were so terrible ;( I have to buy my dress!! There, we danced and drunk :) My friend, Hikaru was too drunk and he punched to the wall X( It looked so painful!! But it was funny ;)haha The club was so safety because there were a lot of securities. I went back to the residence with Peter and Hikaru. Peter studied at KGU so I knew him before I came here. He is a tutor of TESL and every student likes him because he is really kind. We talked about Kumamoto and Peter wants to go Kumamoto again. I understood him because I think Kumamoto is really good place to live :)

This weekend is going to be end… I could have a great weekend!! Next week, I will have a lot of homework but I can do it because next weekend is waiting for me!!haha It’s just joking but I want to study hard next week, too. Next Tuesday, I will go to the Kanji Class of Canadian and Japanese society. I can’t wait it!!

Have a good week :)

The picture is Yuta's candles ;) It was so beautiful!!

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Today is rainy day X( But Canadian usually don’t have an umbrella because they don’t have heavy rain. So I also don’t have an umbrella because I want to be used to Canadian life!!

Anyway, today is Friday!! Yeah~ ;) I have 2 parties today :) The one is with Chinese and Koreans and another is my friend’s birthday party!! However, I have to do a lot of homework this weekend… I will have a presentation about my future job and I have to read a lot of sentences!! Be positive!! They will make my English skill better!!

My roommate, Kelly is sleeping because she had 2 parties last night. Shhhhh… She has parties every weekend J she is really active girl!!

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About my hometown :)

My hometown is Kumamoto in Japan and it’s one of Kyusyu and I like Kumamoto. It is really countryside so it has a lot of nature. Aso is one of the most famous cities in Kumamoto because it is famous for caldera. But in this essay, let me introduce Kumamoto city which is the biggest city in Kumamoto.

First, I take you to Kumamoto castle. Kumamoto Castle is one of the most famous castles in Japan, it was built by Kiyomasa Kato about 400 years ago and you can learn about history of Kumamoto there. You can take pictures of Japanese style castle. There are a big park and the museum next to the castle, so you can also enjoy those places. I recommend you to have a lunch in the park because the view from the park is so beautiful. You can eat lunch with looking beautiful Kumamoto Castle.

Next, we can go to Suizenji Park which has Japanese garden. You can experience tea ceremony and feel Japanese culture. I really recommend you to eat ikinari-dango in this park because ikinari-dango of here is really famous and tastes so good. Ikinari-dango is famous food in Kumamoto, and it tastes like sweet potatoes. Also there are some souvenir shops so you can buy Japanese stuff for your family or friends. If you go to the Suizenji Park, you can feel a lot of Japanese cultures.

Finally, I take you to my university, Kumamoto Gakuen University. It is near the Suizenji Park and it takes about 15 minutes by bus from downtown. You can look a foreign university and learn differences. In my University, there are 3 cafeterias. Bakery, large cafeteria, and student centre. Almost exchange students like the bakery because many kinds of breads are sold there. If you come to my university in November 1-3th, you can enjoy our school festival!! KGU’s festival is really famous and there are some special ornaments in the campus. Students prepare for the festival about 4 months before. My university is really good place.

Kumamoto is really good place to live. If you come, you can touch a lot of Japanese cultures. It will be good opportunity to learn about Japan and enjoy your trip.

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I have made an account!!

It was really good weather today!! I went to Spring Garden Road to go to RBC. RBC, Royal Bank of Canada is one of famous bank in Halifax. SMU has their ATM so it is really convenient for me! I had appointment with RBC at 4:00 and the class was finished at 3:30. I ran to RBC because it takes about 20 minutes by foot. I left my residence at 3:45. It was nice exercise :Dhaha In the bank, the banker, Nick was so gentleman so I could make an account without problem. I was so happy! But I can’t understand what debit card is because I have never used it. So I will ask my friend tomorrow how to use it!

I made homburg tonight and it was OK. I want to eat my mother’s one!! I have to improve my cooking skill!! I will be good at cooking next May :) haha

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Taylor Swift

Do you know Taylor Swift who is a country singer? She is a really famous singer in the United States and her CD is sold in Japan. She has a lot of famous songs and my favorite song is “You belong with me”. This song is really good and the music video is so cool!! Taylor is so cute and the actor whose name is Lucas Till is so cool :) I love them!!! You should search on youtube right now!!haha I really recommend you to listen this songJ Girls must be impressed and sympathize with its lyrics ! I bought her CD in Canada. I think all CDs in Canada are cheaper than those of Japan. It was cost me only $15.00 J:D So I was really surprised and happy.

If you never listen her songs, you should :) I love Taylor Swift!!

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Mic Mac Mole :)

My Canada life is becoming really happy because I could make a lot of friends. They are really kind and so funnyJ Next week I am going to go 2 parties!! I am really looking forward that!!

Today, I went shopping with my friend, Tiffany. She is Korean and she also come here to study English. We went Mic Mac Mole in Halifax. This is famous shopping mole in Halifax and now a lot of stores sell cheaper!! There is H&M in Mic Mac. Do you know H&M? This is really famous cloth shop and there are 2 H&Ms in Tokyo. They sell really cute clothes, shoes, and accessories. I love H&M!! I bought a shoulder bag and neck less. I am so happy to get themJ Tiffany and I talked in the coffee shop. It was so fun! After that, we went back to our residence. I had a good time with TiffanyJ Next month, I am going to buy warm clothing and boot.

By the way, I have to make an account here. To do that, I had to make an appointment with the bank. The bank I will make an account is named RBC. I did not know where is RBC so Hikaru who is my friend took me there. Hikaru is from Kansai Gaikokugo University and is sooooo funny!! I could make an appointment on next Tuesday without some problems. Thank you HikaruJ I am worrying about Tuesday but I hope I can do it!!

I have a lot of homework today so I have to study a lot tonight X( But it must be good for me!!!

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CANADA

I am in Halifax, Canada!! I am going to TESL (Teaching English as a Second Language) of Saint Mary’s University and I live in University residence. In residence, I live with tree Canadian girls. They are Kelly, Kate, and Lyne. They are really kind to me and funny and cute girlsJ I always appreciate them. Gina, Peter, Rachel, and Lexy who studied at KGU are in Saint Mary’s University. Peter is a teacher of TESL so I meet him every day and speak a lot. Gina teaches a lot of thing about SMU and Halifax. Recently, I went to Starbucks in Halifax with Gina and we spoke a lot of things. She can speak Japanese very well :D I want to go shopping with her again! Mio, who comes here with me, and I stayed at Rachel’s house about 3 days before we started to live in residence. Rachel’s house are really cute and we had a good timeJ She has 2 cats and they are really cute!!

In SMU, there is Tim Hortton which is like Misudo in Japan. I love Tim Hortton!! It is really famous in Canada and small coffee is sold $1.00!! I think it is cheaper than that of Japan!! I go there almost every day with my friends. But, I should not go too much because I will get fat if I eat donuts everyday X(haha Be careful, UNOOOOO!!

By the way, I want to meet my KGU friends!!!! I can’t wait next May~X( I miss you, guys!!!!

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Portfolio for Writing III

Student ID: 08114

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. Overview

Reviews, Posts, Words, and More

(See: Note 2, below.)

1.0. Essays

(See: Note 3, below.)

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

1.1. Showcase	Short titles with links to blog posts	Dates yyyy.mm.dd	¶	W	C	L	P	M
1-01a (2009.04.08)	Essay 1-01a; Writing placement essay for writing3	2009.04.14	4	277	7
1-01b (2009.04.20)	Essay 1-01b; Writing plasement essay re-write	2009.04.20	4	324	0
(1-01c)
1-02a (2009.06.01)	Essay 1-02a; My university life	2009.05.20	3	190	4
1-02b (2009.07.06)	Essay 1-02b; University Life	2009.05.30	5	448	5
(1-02c)
1-03a (2009.06.29)	Essay1-03a: OHANA	2009.06.13	3	331	0
1-03b (2009.07.13)	Essay 1-03b: OHANA	2009.07.08	4	365	0
Totals	---	---	23	1935	16

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.

• University Life

  I think 'University Life' essay is my best essay because it has a lot of words and I enjoyed writing this essay.
  

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*	Essay 1-02b; University Life	2009.5.30	18
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	BR1-01: The princess and the Pea	2009.04.21	259	0
BR 1-02	BR1-02: The story of Flying	2009.5.6	241	0
BR 1-03	BR 1-03: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	2009.5.12	320	0
BR 1-04	BR 1-04: The Woman who Disappointed	2009.5.20	141	0
BR 1-05	BR 1-05: Little Women	2009.5.28	157	0
BR 1-06	BR 1-06: The Goose that laid the Golden Eggs	2009.6.2	162	0
BR 1-07	BR 1-07: Little red Riding Hood	2009.6.11	148	0
BR 1-08	BR 1-08: The last of the Mohicans	2009.6.17	167	0
BR 1-09	BR1-09; TITANIC	2009.6.23	164	0
BR 1-10	BR 1-10; Beauty and the Beast	2009.7.1	141	0
BR 1-11	BR 1-11; Percy and the Pirates	2009.7.10	173	0
BR 1-12	BR 1-12; Heidi	2009.7.18	175	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.

BR 1-08; The last of the Mohicans
―I think this BR is the best because this book was really long, so I could learn a lot of things from this book. Then I could write a good review.

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. activities (6) diary (9) revisions(3) trips (2) weekly homework (12)	---	---
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? 25 posts including photos or other graphics	---	---
4.3.2. Does your blog include posts with multiple links?		○
How many of your posts this semester include three (3) or more links? ___ posts including three or more links (including this portfolio!)	---	---
4.3.3. Does your blog include other media?		○
How many of your blog posts this semester include other media? ___ posts including other media	---	---
What kind(-s) of media have you included in posts this semester? Please list the kinds here: views friends books	---	---
What media content that you originally produced, if any, do your blog posts for this semester contain? Please list and explain each item briefly, and add short links and dates (yyyy.mm.dd) for reference. ... (short link, date) ... (short link, date) ... (short link, date)	---	---

4.4. Overall presentation

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

1. Use easy words... I think difficult words make the blog hard to read, so I used easy words.
   

2. Use photographs... Photos make the blog fun.
   

3. Use simple color... I like simple color, not vivid color because I think vivid color is hard to see.
   

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

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

• ...

• ...

• ...

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

• I think I should write more blogs.
  

• Medias are good way to make fun blogs, so I should include medias.
  

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Notes:

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

2. Please use the same code in section 0.0 that you used to embed your proto-portfolios (PPFs) in the footer of your blog, which you should already have revised to display your 1st (spring) semester PPF first.

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

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License:

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

Achieving personal satisfaction

I have a lot of aims that I would like to achieve. To achieve them, I think it is important to save own time. If I take much time to watch TV or use cell phones or PCs, I can’t have time to study. On the contrary, if I take much time to study, I can’t have time to enjoy my hobby. To achieve my personal satisfaction, I need to do my best. Now, I study languages to use them fluently in the future. I like to communicate with people so I would like to have a job which I can have a lot of communication. So I have to study more.

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Facing technological challenges

Now, we can’t live without cell phones or personal computers or other technological products because people use them almost everyday to get information or to get in touch each other. Especially, cell phone is very necessary thing for people. Thanks to cell phone, we can get in touch friends and families wherever we are. Recently, cell phone has a lot of convenience functions. For example, camera function is really good. We can take pictures even if we don’t have cameras. I think this function is the most convenient.

But we don’t have to use cell phones too much time because it is not good for our health. If people use them too much time, it is said that our eyesight will get worst. So we should save our time to use cell phones or PCs.

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Developing language awareness

In writing III class, I could develop my English ability. Before I take this class, I was not able to make sentences soon. In addition, I could improve my typing ability because I had to do typing speed homework. My own blog made my writing ability high. If it were not, I couldn’t write nice sentences.

My major is English, so I would like to use English and other languages fluently. If I cannot use languages more, there is no meaning that I am here. So I have to study more from now to improve my language ability. By the way, I am going to study in Canada from September. I’ll go there as an exchange student and I would like to study English hard. I will be able to develop my language ability. In Canada, I will also take writing class. I am looking forward to that class. I would like to make use of things which I learned in this class.

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THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA

Do you know this movie? This movie, THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, is one of my favorite movies. Heroin’s name is Andrea and her boss’s name is Miranda. Miranda is “the devil wears PRADA”. This movie is really famous in both Japan and America because a lot of women sympathize with Andy.

Andy is very kind and clever woman. She would like to be a journalist and she is employed as an assistant of Miranda who is the chief of editor of a famous fashion magazine. Miranda is really strict about job so Andy doesn’t like her at first. Andy was never interested in fashion, so she doesn’t understand why everyone longs to Miranda and her assistants. But actually, the work is really hard. Miranda employs Andy because she wasn’t interested in fashion and has great background. The beginning of her work was not good because she didn’t know technical term. I think that to know technical term is really important to work. Andy took her efforts and she could be a great assistant. But the greater she became, the worse her private was. Her boyfriend misses her because she always talks about her job. I sympathized with him but I understood Andy’s mind. Finally, she could’t stand her position and she quitted Miranda’s assistant. I think she could learn many important things from her job.

I would like to a cabin attendant because I like to communicate with people and to ride planes. It is said that cabin attendant is really hard work, but I think the important thing is to enjoy our job like Andy. When I worked in the stake restaurant, I enjoyed my job so I could worked long time (about 1.5 year). It was important to be smile and communicate with customers. I think jobs make people attractive. So I would like to enjoy my job in the future.

If you have never watched this movie, you should watch in summer vacation!!

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BR 1-12; Heidi

Heidi is really famous story in the world. I have known this story since I was a child. I like this story very much because Heidi believed people in her life. People often suspect each other. I think we should believe each other like Heidi.

I like the relation between Heidi and Crala. Crala can’t stand by herself so Heidi encourages her. I think Heidi is really positive and active girl. Clara should be attracted Heidi. If I were Clara, I would respect Heidi because she has very tough mind.

By the way, I would like to live a house like Heidi’s grandfather’s house. It is really little but it may be comfortable!! The nature of Alps should be beautiful. I’m going to Canada to study next September. Then, I will go to Prince Edward Island. My friend says there are a lot of beautiful views there. I am really looking forward to see them.

Heidi is really nice story to think of friend and family. So if you have never read, you should read now!!

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HELP!!

Now, I am worrying about my going to Canada. I will arrive there on August 26th but my dormitory will open on September 4th. So we don’t have place to stay about 10 days. I searched B&B, but it is too expensive to stay 10 days. Mio, who will go Canada with me, searched air plane thicket which leave Japan on September 2nd or 3rd. But there is only waiting-cancel ticket. I wish that someone canceled!!! If we can’t get our ticket on September, what should I do?? I don’t know!! But I DON’T want to stay outside!!

I should do my best not to stay outside…!!

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I am in Fukuoka!

Have you been to Fukuoka? I am in Fukuoka now. I am staying my friend’s house. Her name is Emi. Emi’s house is really cute!! I want to live alone, so I envy her. I came here with my friend, Haruka. They and I have been friend since we are in high school. We had never seen for a long time so I am really happy to talk with them!!

Emi is a student of Seinan Gakuin University and she wants to be an elementary school student. she is in the cheer leading club and she practices very hard every day. I think she is taking her efforts. I am cheering you!! Haruka is a student of Kumamoto Kenristu University. Her major is Japanese literature and she study about Japanese culture very hard. I am not good at Japanese culture, so I think she is nice!! I would like to learn about Japan. She works at Udon-ya. Do you like Udon? I like Udon, but I think Ramen is better. Oh, Hakata ramen is really taste good so you should have it!! I recommend you.

First of all, we ate lunch in PIETRO. PIETRO is a pasta restaurant and Haruka and I ate pasta. Emi ate doria. Pasta tasted really good! I love tomato pasta! After we ate lunch, we went shopping. I like 3 coins shop. It is like 100yen shop, all goods are sold 300yen. I bought my neckless. It is really cute. Emi went to her practice so Haruka and I went to Starbucks. I love there! I think Fukuoka’s Starbucks is larger than Kumamoto’s. I want larger one in Kumamoto!! We arrived Emi’s house and made curry rice. Haruka can cook very well so I want to be like her. I want to cook well before I go to Canada. Now, we are watching the movie and eating cakes. I love cake and it tastes really good! We will talk about our university life from now. I am looking forward to that very much.

Tomorrow, we will go shopping in Marinoa city. I don’t have money so I can’t buy a lot od things but I will be enjoy!!

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BR 1-11; Percy and the Pirates

I think Percy is really kind boy because he took his action for his family. If my families are poor, I will depend on my parents. So I think Percy is really good boy.

Pirates are really terrible, but Percy obeyed them. If I were Percy, I would do same thing with him. By the way, Captain Crook is really bad!! He can’t do his work by himself. I think it is bad thing. He is like a child!! People always want a lot of money, so they sometimes do a wrong thing. But I think the most important thing is not money. Of course, money is really necessary for us to live and we can’t live without money. But we can’t focus on only money. We should think of our mind. Percy has a good mind, so he could get a lot of money!! People who get a lot of money bad way has poor mind.

This book tells us that we should not be greedy. Greed mind make our life bad.

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Essay 1-03b: OHANA

Do you love your family? Whichever you answer, it is necessary for you to think of your family. I think ‘Lilo and Stitch’ is really cute story. It is a Hawaiian story so it is good to watch in summer. We usually don’t think of the importance of our family or friends so it was good opportunity for me to think of them. Lilo is a little girl who lives in Hawaii and Stitch is a monster which is from the space. He doesn’t know family’s warmth and Lilo knows family’s warmth. Lilo lives with Stitch and teaches him ‘what is family?’ Finally, he can learn ‘what is family?’ thanks to Lilo. I think they are a good family. According to this movie, OHANA means family in Hawaii. In this movie, they often say “OHANA is family, Families are always staying with.” I think these words are really good and it is important to think of our family.

Recently, I have less time to stay with my family because I have many things to do. For example, a part-time job, hanging out with my friends, studying in the university, and so on!! So I don’t talk with them much time but I sometimes think of my family. I think Lilo and Stitch is a good movie to consider about own family.

Next, I think Lilo and Stitch are also good friends. Lilo has a lot of friends and she enjoyed her life with them. But Stitch has not a lot of friends so he didn’t know what is friend before he met Lilo. I think Lilo is a really kind girl so Stitch is very lucky. Friendship is really important for my life. I may not live without my friends because my favorite time is talking time with friends. Friends are like a treasure in my life.

“OHANA is family, families are always staying with.” ―　I love these words and I would like to stay more time with my family. This movie teaches us the importance of family and friends. We should think of them more and we will be able to have better relationships. OHANA and our friends are treasure.

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Vacation plan

I would like to make my vacation wonderful because I will go to Canada to study in august 26th. I have a lot of things to do. First, I have to study a lot to go to Canada. I think my English skill is not enough, so I would like to study. I want to make a lot of memories with my friends. i will go somewhere with my fiends. I am really looking forward to that. I want to go to Kagoshima or Kyoto or TDL. But TDL is really expensive, so we gave up going there. But if we use Seishun 18 ticket, we can ride JR a lot of times. So we will use this ticket.

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My summer vacation

In this vacation, I would like to study English. I think my English skill is lack to study in Canada. In Canada, I have to watch TV in English and speak in English!! I am looking forward to that but I am worrying about that. I believe I can do it and my English skill will be better. Now, to improve my hearing, I watch dramas named “the OC”. This drama is really interesting. This story is about young boys and girls so I sympathize with them. What’s my dream? What do I want in the future? It is difficult to find them but I want to do everything I can do now. My life is only one so if I don’t do now, I will regret. “The OC” is really good drama son I recommend you. I will read wo books in this summer to improve my English reading skill. “THE ALCHEMIST” and “ANNE OF GREEN GABLES”. I want to finish reading by my departure to Canada. I will read Harry Potter in Japanese. I love Harry Potter but I never read 6th and 7th. So I have to read!!! I watched 6th movie but I want to know everything about 6th !! I want to finish reading Harry Potter and I want to know an end soon!!!

I will go Fukuoka and Aso. I will go Fukuoka with my friends and enjoy shopping and meet our friends. I am looking forward to that. In Aso, I will have good time with my club friends. I have many plans with my friends and family, so I want to enjoy my summer vacation with them and make a lot of memory before I go to Canada!!

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BR 1-10; Beauty and the Beast

This book is a princess story and princess's name is Beauty. I think this book is like Disney movie. Beast may feel lonely in the castle because he hadn't seen and talk with anyone. He didn't like himself so he couldn't open his mind. But, the princess, Beauty is different. She can understand his lonely mind, and she loved him. I think Beauty has really beautiful mind because people usually think the Beast is fearful. Of course, first she saw him, she was really afraid of, but I think it was really temporally thing.

I felt very happy after I finished reading this book because this book's ending is HAPPY END!! I love books which has a happy ending because they always make me happy. So I recommend you to read princess story. You will be able to feel happy :)

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About my bloging

It was the first time to make blog in my life. I was really nervous because I am not good at writing, so I thought that I had to do my best. I am really glad to see my friend's comments. These comments encourage me very much. So I post comment my friend's blog and enjoy my blog life. I am not good at book reviews because I am not good at reviewing something. But I have to do this, so my writing ability will be improved. Thanks to blog, my typing ability was improved very much.

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BR1-09; TITANIC

Do you know TITANIC? I think almost people know about TITANIC because this ship is really famous. TITANIC was the ship which said it would never sink. But TITANIC was in accident during going from Ireland to New York, and it attacked the iceberg! I think this accident is terrible and sad.

I was the first time to know about TITANIC when I watched the movie in my childhood. Though I was a child, I cried very much when I watch that. It is sooooo sad movie. If I watch this movie now, I will cry, too. People who ride on TITANIC might believe that TITANIC was unsinkable ship so it was unbelievable accident. A lot of rich men and women ridded on this ship, and they might be proud of them. I think it was really trouble accident.

The accident like TITANIC must not happen. So people should not forget about this. I want to watch TITANIC movie after I read this book!!

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Future job

I'm interested in a lot of future jobs. I would like to be a flight attendant. I have had this aim since I was in junor high school. I like to communicate with people and I want to visit a lot of countries so flight attendant is really attractive for me. But this is really hard job because they have to work on the air planes. It needs enough physical strength. So I have to do a lot of exercises. I also interested in secretary. I took the secreatary's lecture on April and May and it was so interesting!

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