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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Essay 1-02b; University Life

There are a lot of university students in Japan and they learn many things everyday. People say that university life is really important and memories with university friends become our treasure in the future. Actually, my university life is really fun and I learn a lot of things from my experiences. We can experience a lot of things in our university life. For example, part-time job, clubs, classes, trips, studying abroad, and so on!! We can make a lot of friends in club activity.

I belong to tea ceremony club. Tea ceremony is one of Japanese cultures so I wanted to try to it and I decided to belong to this club. There are a lot of clubs in my university. Most of students belong to club. When we have school festival, we make many things with our club friends. It is really fun and I enjoyed a school festival very much last year. We practice tea ceremony every Monday. It is really difficult to make green tea, but we enjoy practicing. We can have Japanese cake before we drink a green tea. It is so good and it matches with green tea. I could make a lot of friends in my club and we talk each other a lot of times in a week. I love the time with my club friends. I would like to make many memories.

Other students also belong to various clubs. They enjoy their club activities with their friends. All of clubs have welcome party for freshman in May. Freshman should introduce their selves and boys have to do an interesting thing called Ippatsu-gei. It is really fun and become happy memories. In clubs, students do their best to achieve their aims. For example, in sports club, students practice a lot of times because the want to win. They learn many things from that practice. if we belong to club, university life become more fun!!

There are a lot of students who don’t belong to clubs. If we don’t belong to clubs, we can study a lot of times and work at part-time job much time. It is really good for students to have a lot of times to study. Because they don’t have club activity, they can take a lot of time to work. But they shouldn’t take too much time to work, or they can’t study. Student’s real work is to study!

Club is one of activity which makes our university life fun. We should try a lot of things and learn many things. University life will become unforgettable memories for us. So we should enjoy everyday and experience a lot of things! University life will make our own future.

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Essay 1-01b; Writing plasement essay re-write

Hello, my name is Yukie and I’m 19 years old. I’m from Kumamoto, and I live there. There is a big castle whose name is Kumamoto castle. I want you to see that so I’ll bring pictures. I’m a student of KGU and my major is English. I like to learn about foreign culture and foreign language. When I was 13 years old, I began to study English. English is the most useful language in the world so I would like to speak English more fluently.

By the way, I’ve never been to your country, Canada. I know that the temperature of Canada is lower than that of Japan. I worry about my clothes. I don’t have many clothes for winter so I have to buy. I’d like to go to Prince Edward Island. Anne of Green Gables is my favorite book so I interested in Anne’s house and the nature of island.　Anne of Green Gable is one of the most famous stories in the world. The girl, Anne, lives on Prince Edward Island and there, she experiences a lot of things. I want to　be an active girl like Anne. By the way, How long does it take from Halifax to the island?

My favorite food is salad and tomato is really good for me. But I don’t like tomato juice. I think it is strange. I like dressing better than mayonnaise. I know that maple syrup is really famous in Canada. My Canadian friend, Gina, recommended that I have it so I want to try it. Oh, I have to tell you about milk tea. I don’t like milk tea. When I have milk tea, I have a stomachache. I don’t know why it happens.

I’m really looking forward to visiting you. I want to improve my English skill and speak with a lot of people. In Canada, I’ll be able to have a wonderful time with you!

Sincerely yours, Yukie

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