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June 27

2008-06-27T22:56:00.003+09:00

I had a boring class today. Now I'm taking a business English course. I like all of my classmates and enjoy another teachers classes, but I don't like today's teacher's classes. His explanation is not clear and his pronounciation is hard to understand. Plus, I think he doesn't prepare enough for classes. I usually don't like his class and often fell asleap, but today's class was especially horrible. I complained with Korean guy who sat next to me during the class.

My Holiday

2008-06-16T21:14:00.002+09:00

My 10 days holiday finished this Sunday. I went to Sydney during my last holiday, but I didn't go anywhere special in this time. I had just relaxing time. I went out for shopping with my friends couple of times, and went to the birthday party of my friend's boyfriend on Saturday. I spent all of other time with my one of Japanese friends who lives near my house. He is the only Japanese student who lives in the same town as me, so we spent time together every weekends. We always just stay at either of our house and study together. We also make our lunch by ourselves. I can't cook at all, so my friend always teach me how to do it. He calls it 'cooking class for you'. I feel I really need to learn cooking from my mother after I go back to Japan.

Love Actually

2008-06-16T21:13:00.002+09:00

I watched "Love Actually" at my house. I'd watched this movie before once. In that time, I didn't think this is not that good movie, but in this time, I found it is very incredible one.
This movie shows that there are a lot of kinds of love in our lives. Love between men and women, sisters and brothers, fathers and sons, and friends... And the movie also shows that love is not always just a thing make you happy. It sometimes brings you a great sadness and agony. Though, I still thought love is wonderful after I watched this movie, and I miss Christmas!

Just Married

2008-06-09T09:50:00.004+09:00

My host family has a lot of DVD, so I borrow them and watch in my room when I have nothing to do. I want to watch all of DVD before I leave this house. Anyway, I watched the movie which called 'Just Married'. This is a love comedy. A guy and a woman fall in love and decide to get marry very soon. The woman whose name is Sarah is from a very rich family and they are not so happy about the maridge. The guy whose name is Tom is a guy who loves sports and doesn't have any interests about fancy things. Sarah and Tom are very different, but they get marry because they love each other very much. They think everything is going well, but it isn't... Their perfectly-planned European honeymoon becomes a tragedy.

Zoo

2008-06-08T21:03:00.004+09:00

I went to a zoo with my host family. It was a special zoo and all animals which are there are Australian animals. I saw a lot of Australian animals such as koara, kangaroo, tasmanian devil, emmue and so on. The koara was much bigger than I had imagined and very massive. Now my image of koara changed.

I finished 3rd term

2008-06-08T20:30:00.004+09:00

I graduated my third class on Friday and I have 10 days holiday now!
I attended morning class and after that, I went to eat Saudi Arabian food with a Japanese friend and two Saudi Arabian friends. My Japanese friend Ko-chan is a good friend of them and he often goes to eat with them, and most of time, it's all their treat! I was always envy him because he always eats delicious dishes for free.
Though, that day, I finally could go with them! I ate Kapsa which is a kind of fried rice with meat and vegetables. It was delicious and it was all on Saudi Arabian friends!
I was very happy to eat delicious food for free.

Different World

2008-06-08T20:07:00.004+09:00

Samantha is a 18-year-old girl who cannot hear anything because of her illness. She fell in love with a guy who works at the store in front of her house. She goes to the shop to meet him, but she can't say anything to him. One day, she meets him at a party and gets along with him. She feels very happy, though a girl who calls herself his girlfriend appears in front of Samantha and says, 'You can't make him happy because you can't hear his music which means the world to him!'. Samantha is very shocked by her words. She feels she lives the different world from him.

Boku ha benkyou ga dekinai

2008-06-08T20:02:00.004+09:00

I borrowed this book from one of my friends. Now I miss Japanese novels more than any other things! I can see now how much I like Japanese sentences. I knew that I like reading very much and I also like reading in English, but I didn't know I like Japanese Language so much! I guess it is impossible for me to live without Japanese books. I was very happy when I got this book from my friend and I already finished the book in 2 days. I tried to take a long time to read it because I have no other books to read, but I couldn't help myself.

The main character in this novel is a 17-year-old boy Hidemi Tokita, who is not good at studying but loved by many girls. He likes playing soccer and has a good relationship with an elder woman who works at a bar. He doesn't care if people call him stupid, because he doesn't think it is important whether people get good marks on their tests or not. He has his original sense of value, same as his grandfather and mother.

I like Hidemi's relationship with his family. It seems little strange at first sight, because the have very different sense of value from other people. Though they never care about it and proud the way they live. I think they live very honestly, and that's why they can trust and love each other. I think they are precious family.

What I'm thinking about

2008-05-25T21:37:00.004+09:00

I hadn't written for a long time.
It past more than three months after I came Australia. Now I'm used to a life here. It is very natural for me to spend everyday in Australia and it is more difficult to imagine a life in Japan.

Now I have a completely different life here from Japan. I wake up everyday in my new bed, meet and talk with new friends, study with classmates from different countries... It's all different from what I had in Japan.
I'm very enjoying life in Australia, but to be honest, I sometime feel strange and confused... I still do.

Actually, I feel strange these days.
Some of my friends also ask me 'What's on your mind? You sometime look strange these days.'
Well, I'm not sure what's wrong with me by myself. I'm usually thinking about so many things in my mind, so I'm not sure which one occurs this feeling. But... I guess it's because I'm worrying about my future.

I really like living here very much and feel happy that I could come here. That's why I'm afraid of the days after finishing staying here. I know I can't stay here and be with all people whom I met here forever. It will be completely changed one day and I'm afraid that day. I'm thinking what I can do now for my future.

Yoshinoya!

2008-03-29T20:20:00.002+09:00

We went to Yoshinoya in Sydney!
There is no Yoshinoya in Melbourne, so it was very valuable time.
We all were very impressed. We went to Yoshinoya two times during we were staying in Sydney. It was nice. I wish there was Yoshinoya in Melbourne... but we have Ajisen-ramen in Melbourne, so that's ok.

Last Night on the trip

2008-03-29T19:48:00.002+09:00

Trip to Sydney & Canberra

2008-03-29T19:22:00.003+09:00

I had a 5 days trip to Sydney & Canberra!

It was a very cheap trip for students, so we had to go to Sydney from Melbourne by bus. It took 12 hours! My host mother said I'm crazy when I told her it. I also thought I'm crazy, yeah. But actually, it wasn't that bad at all, because I slept all the time on the bus. One of my friends stayed my house the night before the day, and we talked until morning, so I was very sleepy on the bus.
The trip was very nice. We could go many famous places like an opera house, Blue mountains, beautiful beach... and every nights, we bought a lot of alcohol and potato chips, and talked earnestly until late. Actually, it was the funnest part to me. I could think and discuss about a lot of things with them. I think it was one of the precious experience to me.

Class Excursion

2008-03-21T10:38:00.003+09:00

I had a class excursion on Wednesday.
Most of classes have their own excursion in last week. We go somewhere with our class teacher and classmates. It's very fun!
I went to Gold class cinema with my teacher and classmates.
Gold class cinema is higher class cinema. There are only 25 seats and you can relax with an extremely comfortable chair. It's reeeeeeally nice!
We can order wine or champagne but they are expensive, so we didn't order anything. Just enjoyed chair. I love this chair. I wish I could have this one in my home...
I couldn't understand the movie but I enjoyed gorgeous time very much.
Then after that, we had lunch at a terrace. It was a beautiful day.

Eagle Bar

2008-03-21T10:11:00.001+09:00

Great Ocean Road

2008-03-16T07:44:00.004+09:00

I went to Great Ocean Road yesterday!
There were really beautiful ocean views.
Some people say it's little boring because similar views continue for the long time, though I enjoyed it very much because I like oceans.
The color of blue is very beautiful. It's very clear.
I imagined how can I express if I draw the picture of it.
I want to draw pictures!!

Anyway, I also rode a helicopter.
It was little expensive but very nice. And I could take pictures with cool guys, so it's ok.

Girls' Afternoon

2008-03-12T04:01:00.006+09:00

I went to Eagle bar with my female classmates after the school yesterday.
Yesterday was Monday and all students except La Trobe University's ones were on holiday. I don't know why only we had to go to school. That's unfair!
But I enjoyed the time with girls after school, so it was OK.
We drank a juice and talked together. It was nice.
My classmates Chihiro-chan and Maki-chan will go back to Japan soon. So many other Japanese students will leave here next week.
It's very sad. I want to keep touching with them after they leave.

The Hottest Day

2008-03-09T17:45:00.009+09:00

These are pictures which we took at St.Kilda beach.
Actually, we went there on February 17.

It was very exciting day, but also, it was very hard day to me.

I live in a place in different direction from other friends, so we promised to meet at the tram station near the school. I planed to go there by train and bus, but even how long I waited for a bus, it didn't come. I got panicked because I didn't have any time table and there weren't any information.

I called to Honkawa-san and said 'Sorry to keep you waiting so long. Buses don't come at all and I don't even know it will come or not. So just leave me and go to the beach with other members now.' But he said 'Don't worry. We can meet you. Take your time.' I thought how sweet they are. Though, any buses didn't come even I waited over an hour. It made me very frustrated, then I decided to walk to the tram station. I didn't have any maps and didn't know the direction of the tram station. I asked people where is it and walked(ran) the all way alone in a crazy hot summer day for about fifty minutes.

Then, I finally could meet friends!!

I was very very glad to meet them, but I felt very badly at the same time. I made them wait for me about two hours! That's too...crazy. I had no idea how to say sorry to them. I felt really terrible and exhausted already before reached to the beach.

But once I went in to the water, I was completely revival!

I enjoyed swimming and watching topless girls very much.

It was a very hot day.

Stayed at Momoko-san's house

2008-03-09T17:07:00.004+09:00

I stayed at Momoko-san's place with another friend Saori-chan last night. We all were very tired, but our girls-talk didn't stop until three thirty. It's always fun to talk and listen about romance. All girls love that.
Then we three slept in one bed together. It was kinda cute!

The house Momoko-san staying is very cute!
The color of walls and stairs are pale pink. It's very dreamy.
And there is a very cute teddy bear in the corner of Momoko-san's room. I envy her. I want to have a toy animal in my room. I wonder someone will give me one...

1 month anniversary

2008-03-09T16:00:00.004+09:00

It spent one month after we arrived in Australia. So we went to a Korean restaurant and celevlated ourselves.
I love Korean food, but I hadn't eaten it since I came to Australia, so I really enjoyed it.
We could ordere kimchi for free as much as we want. We ordered a lot of kimchi and those were very delicious. It was very nice dinner.

After that, we went to Yarra river to watch fire works. It was our first purpose to come to the city. There is a festival now in the city, so we can see fire works Saturday to Monday nights. It's for only about 10 minutes, but it was beautiful.

Party at Eagle Bar

2008-03-07T18:34:00.004+09:00

I went to the party which was hold at Eagle bar last night. Eagle bar is in La Trobe University, and there is a party on every Thursday night. A lot of Australian students and international students come there.
My host mother said,'You can get lovely Australian boys there', but I couldn't do that yesterday.
Though, it was very fun night. We drank, talked, and danced a lot. We enjoyed doing them very much.
But a lot of men hitted on us and some of them were scary.
Especially some Indians. They were very persistent. They bothered us a lot.
I think we need to bring at least one guy whenever we go there.

My class

2008-03-02T05:30:00.005+09:00

Hello, everyone!

Long time no see, but I'm still living!

Well, the school has started from 18th, so I have been very busy. Especially in the first week.

I was in a very high level class in the first week. I wonder why I was in that class.

My test score was that good? I heard most of people starts 4A class even if they had a really good score, because EFS(English for Further Studies) course is really difficult.

Though, I started 4B class without taking 4A class so... it was terrible.

I didn't even know how to write an academic essay. I've never written those kinds of essay, so I couldn't do anything about it.

I've never learned the way to note-taking,too. All students and teachers use the short form letters in the class, so it sometime was hard to understand for me.

And the most hardest thing was vocabulary.

This class was very high academic class, so the words they use are all very difficult! It was very natural to all student except me. They use those difficult words in their conversation. I couldn't believe it. I was the only one who couldn't speak English very fluently.

I tried to do my best in this class, but it was too difficult to me.

I called to my family in Japan with crying, and said 'sorry..., I can't take this class anymore.'

It was hard to say, because I knew that my family was very happy to hear that I'm in a very high class.

Though, my family said, 'That's OK. You don't need to worry about money. There is no meaning if you can't enjoy your school.', so I changed my class to General English course.

My new class is quite good.

We read some difficult articles and discuss about it, but also we read novels in the class or learn

general conversations. And all other classmates are very gentle and friendly. So now I'm enjoying my school♪

I've got baggages from Japan

2008-02-16T09:22:00.004+09:00

I got my baggages from Japan last night!

It's hot recently here, but the first day I came to Australia was very cold! It was very shocked to me. I thought it's hot in Australia, and I brought many many camisoles in my suits case.

That night, I told my mom in an e-mail 'Send me winter clothes as soon as you can! Or I will die!!', so she sent me many coats.

It's very amazing that I can have things which I used in Japan, I think.

Actually, I'm moved about it.

I just thought, when I opened the boxes, 'Oh, you guys(I mean, the baggages) came from far far away across the sea! That's really amazing! That's so sweet!'

Am I strange?

But I'm really moved!

By the way, my mom also sent me some daily stuffs. I could find モーモーせっけん in the box! It made me very happy. I like モーモーせっけん very much! I think this is one of the most wonderful products in Japan! The real name is 牛乳石鹸? but I just call it モーモーせっけん and it's wonderful! It smells soft and bubbles are very creamy.

I washed my body with it last night. It was really really nice♪

February 16

2008-02-15T17:32:00.002+09:00

It is very good weather today!
Though, I have no plan today...
Well, I can go shopping or something alone if I want but... I just want to relax today. So I just stay at home and clean my room, read some books, write blogs, maybe study a little... or just watch another DVD.
It's not bad.

By the way, these pictures are inside of the house I'm staying.
It's so nice, huh?

February 11

2008-02-11T16:55:00.001+09:00

I went to the city with Yukari-san, Momoko-san, and Honkawa-san.
It was the first time we all could meet together in Australia after we separate. I could meet Yukari-san because our house is near (though, she lives at the next station's area) but I didn't know where does Momoko-san and Honkawa-san live, so it was hard to have a contact.
Though, we could meet together tododay!

We went to Brendan's fathers cafe to have a lunch this afternoon.
It was very nice place, and Brendan's father is very gentle.
He gave us some kinds of dishes. All of them were very delicious! And we could eat them free!
Brendan's father said,'It's ok. Brendan will pay this' ha-ha.
Thank you Brendan!

And after that, we went to an aquarium.
Unbelievably, we could have discounts with KGU student ID! Actually, I didn't have KGU student ID, but I pretend to have it, and I got a discount too!

It was a nice day♪

I went to the city by train

2008-02-10T22:47:00.002+09:00

Yesterday, I took a train to the city by myself. It was my first little adventure. I promissed Yukari-san to go there together. The nearest station from her host house is next to mine, so I sat on the bench at my station's platform and waited her. Then, she called me on the telephone and she said 'I think I missed the train, so you have to get in the next one!' So I waited the train, but when it came there, I've got cofused. I wasn't sure that it is the train or not because there were some other trains. I could catch the right train, but I couldn't see Yukari-san in it. The train leves very fast so I just jumped in it. There weren't the time I found the 車両 Yukari-san in. It takes about 1 hour from my station to the city, so I was nervoused for 1 hour in the train alone. So does Yukari-san. It was very happy when I met Yukari-san at Flinders Street (the station of the city.)!
The city is very big and beautiful. We couldn't walk around all the streets for 1 day. We went in many shops but I didn't buy anything that day. Though, shopping is always a lot of fun to me!
I was very excited in the city. It was the hot day, so I could be alright just on camisole. I brought a lot of camisoles from Japan because I thought it's hot in Australia. Though, it's cold here especially the early morning and the night. I regreted that I brought so many camisoles very much. But I felt happy about that I could wear camisole yesterday.

My host house

2008-02-10T22:05:00.001+09:00

I want to posts a lot, because I can do it now. I'm going to write about my host house and family this time. My host house is far from the school. It takes 1hour by bus, train and walking. I have to do this every day. It's so tough! Though, the host mother is very friendly and nice. She has a big history as a host mother. She had many students stayed her house before. A lot of Korean, Chinese, Japanese, and other countries' students, too. She is a professional! And also, the house is very nice. It has pool with it and my room is also nice and big. And I also heard from my host mother that other students will live this house together. Isn't it fun? It's like a international 下宿！I hadn't thought I can meet other students in my house. I want to make a lot of friends all over the world.

↑The picture is my room. It took really, really long time to up this picture.

It's not easy

2008-02-10T21:21:00.000+09:00

I wrote before that I can use the internet whenever Iwant,but I can see now it's not right. I tried to use the internet several times after the last post, but it didn't work. And now I can use the internet but its speed is not fast. So I have to write posts or send e-mails when I can use it. It's limited but I think it's better than nothing.
The life in Australia is not easy. I mean that I can't do what I want to do and when I want to do. ( It's the really strange sentence, but I don't know how to say this.) Things never goes as well as you want in other country. So sometimes, I get the stress. I think the other international students feel the same way. Though, I still think it is very good experiences. So I'll try my best.

I'm in Australia now!

2008-02-10T16:21:00.000+09:00

Hello, everyone! I can use the internet in Australia!
I'm staying at my host family's house now. I could connected the internet very easily but the transformer which I brought from Japan had a probrem, I think. But anyway, I can use my computer in my room whenever I want now. So please send me e-mails, friends! I want to hear from you!

The Final Job Day

2008-02-06T15:36:00.000+09:00

Yesterday was the last day I had a part-time job. I worked at the same place for about 2 years. It is very long time but I feel it was short. Of course it wasn't always just fun to work there. Works itself is hard, and sometimes, I felt really tired. Though I think I enjoyed the job very much. There are a lot of nice people there. They made me happy all the time. I'm not sure that I'll be back to work or not after I return from Australia, but I'll be back there to meet them again.

Plans for Saint Valentine's Day

2008-02-04T19:02:00.000+09:00

I went to downtown with my friend today. We had a lunch at J-cafe and after that, we (I) bought some chocolates for Saint Valentine's Day. It was very fun to look for chocolates. There were a lot of varieties. I bought some different kinds of chocolates because the each of guys I'm planning to give chocolates have very different characters. I think I could choose the good ones for each of them. I can't give them directly because I'll leave Japan on 7th. I'm little sad about it, but I'll ask my friends to give them the chocolates.

The Last Wedding Day

2008-02-03T21:28:00.000+09:00

Yesterday was the last day I can meet all people who have worked together. I worked today and have one more another working day, though, I can't meet all of them anymore. I brought my camera and I took many pictures during working. I went there yesterday for taking pictures, not for working. ha-ha. It was a very fun day for me. I also got many gifts! My friend said me 'You must be very happy these days. You've been doing whatever you want. Getting many gifts, taking a lot of pictures with good-looking guys... I really envy you! Maybe, I will study abroad, too. Senegal, or somewhere like that!'
I'm really happy now♪

Packing!

2008-02-01T17:32:00.000+09:00

I've been preparing for Australia today, though it's not an easy thing! I'll bring one carry case with me, and now I'm preparing two other boxes which sizes are really large. After I put my clothes for summer and autumn into one box, I weighed it because the cost will be decided by the weight. It was...over ten kilograms! I can't believe this! It's the weight of only clothes!

Today's Lunch

2008-01-31T21:03:00.000+09:00

I ate a korokke-pan for my lunch today. I bought it yeasterday at the new bakery near Nishikigaoka park. The name of the store is 'Lab'. I like breads from that store. They are very delicious and the shop lady who I met yesterday is very cute! When she was calculating, she told me with smiling, ' I think this korokke-pan will make you happy! I always feel happy after I eat it.' I just taught ' How cute she is!' to hear that. I think I'm in love with her. ha-ha. Her smiling was really cute. And it was really what she said. I felt happy after eating this korokke-pan.

QUESTION 5: experience with blogging this semester

2008-01-30T11:21:00.000+09:00

I think now I'm better at writing in English than before. I'm not sure my grammar is corrected, but I think I can write in English what I want to write easily now. Blogging was very good training to me. It wasn't so easy to write a lot of posts and sentences for the first time. It sometimes annoyed me. Though now I'm enjoying blogging and I posted a lot of pictures on my posts this semester. It made me fun to post new things.

QUESTION 4: WEI

2008-01-30T11:12:00.000+09:00


Months	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Totals	Multiplier	Adj. Value
Book reviews	4	3	10	8	1	0	23
Blog posts	6	5	31	34	20	13	109
Words	484	318	3241	5467	2769	1447	13242
Posts w. pics	5	0	23	21	12	6	67
Posts w. links	0	0	1	3	0	0	4

Typing : 140 words, January 9

I've got pictures with Jin-sama

2008-01-27T00:20:00.000+09:00

My dream came true on Tuesday! I finally took pictures with Jin-sama!!! Jin-sama is working at the wedding hall where I have a part-time job. I've been longed for him since last Spring. He is a very, very good-looking guy! Whenever I met him, I always taught 'He is really handsome!' Though, it wasn't often to meet him. He is a photographer for wedding, so he is always in the hall although my work place is a washing place. Actually, I had never talked with him until that day... Anyway, I have to quite the job for studying abroad, so I told Murakami-san (a full time worker who always takes care of me) that I want to take a picture with Jin-sama as my last favor! Then, it came true! It was the very happy moment when I was with Jin-sama, but I couldn't talk with him very much because I was too excited. I wanted to ask him why his hair is always so smooth and shining...

January 25

2008-01-27T00:13:00.000+09:00

I drunk with people who had a Jeff's TOEFL class. Surprisingly, most of all members are going to study abroad! It was a party for Australia members because we will leave Japan soon. I got nice presents from them! It was fun to talk with them and drinking a lot! I like Jeff's bar's hot chocolate. The flavor of cinnamon is very good. I want to go to Jeff's bar again before I leave Japan, though it may be impossible because I'm too busy. I want to meet Yuuji-san again! I　want to eat Hanamaru-udon again!

these are presents
nice Japanese taste! →

January 18

2008-01-19T16:57:00.001+09:00

I went to downtown with my friend yesterday. We looked around some shops and went to J-cafe to have a dinner. J-cafe is our favorite place in downtown. It's dark inside and has a good atmosphere. We can be relaxed whenever we are in there. We talked a lot there yesterday as usual. It's always fun to talk with her. She is very smart and knows me very well. We talked about our part-time job, future, memories of childhood, my unrequited love (ha-ha). We both were excited to talk, and didn't realized the time. Actually, we were there for 3 and half hours. It was a really good time. We enjoyed good drinks, food, and a conversation! I want to go there with her again!

January 17

2008-01-19T16:56:00.000+09:00

Ryugaku-Kofu-Shiki was held on January 17 at the school. All members who will go to Oceania and Asia gathered at the main building. It was the first time for me to enter the building. The ceremony didn't take long time. Each of us got a imperative paper from a president. After that, professors asked each of us some questions. It took a little long time. ha-ha. The time all things finished was about 2 p.m. We all were very hungry, so I went to Ouchi-cafe with Honkawa-san and Momoko-san. I hadn't known that there is such a nice cafe near the university. It looks very cute and dishes are very delicious!

Coming of Age Day

2008-01-16T11:25:00.000+09:00

We had a ceremony of Coming of Age on January 14. I left home at seven and went to downtown to prepare with my friend. After that, we went to the hall where we had a ceremony. There were a lot of people, so I couldn't find all people who I wanted to see. Though, I took many pictures. After the ceremony, I went to the wedding hall where we works with my friend. We took many pictures there, too. And also, we got a bottle of champagne!

Me & my friend & a dish washer→

My New Camera

2008-01-13T14:49:00.000+09:00

I bought a new digital camera today. It's very easy to use. If I use the intelligence mode to take pictures, I can take pictures very beautifully. I want to use this camera and take a lot of pictures at Coming of Age Day!

PodCast

2008-01-09T11:55:00.000+09:00

This is my podcast!

WAI-2

2008-01-09T11:11:00.001+09:00

WAI 2-01: The First Month
Months	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Totals	Multiplier	Adj. Value
Book reviews	4	3	10	8	1
Blog posts	6	5	31	34	20
Words	484	318	3241	5467	2769
Posts w. pics	5	0	23	21	12
Posts w. links	0	0	1	3	0

Typing : 140 words, January 9

TYPING 13

2008-01-09T10:59:00.000+09:00

TYPING 13
I’m a second year student of KGU. My major is English. I like other countries cultures very much. I’ve been living in Kumamoto with my family for twenty years. My family members are my father and mother and my sister and I. My father and mother both have a job and like playing tennis. They go to play tennis together every weekend. They are very close. I and my sister don’t like playing sports very much. Also, we don’t have much free time on weekend. I have a part-time job and she has a school. My sister is three younger than me, and a high school student now. She is studying about business and computer skills. She wants to have a job after she graduate the school, so she studies hard every day. My part-time job is a dish washer at

How much did I spend?

2008-01-04T20:45:00.000+09:00

Today, I calculated how much I spent during December and for New Year's big sale. I always write it on this note. My wasting is much less than before now. It's useful for me to write down how much I spent. I think I should have started it earlier. Anyway, I could see that I spent much more money in December than other months. It's because I went to drink more frequently this month, I think. And I spent about 45000 yen for the New Year's big sale. It's not that bad number, I think.

Hatsu-Uri in Kumamoto

2008-01-04T20:32:00.000+09:00

I went to down town in Kumamoto with my sister on January 3. We looked around some stores but didn't buy anything special. There weren't anything we want to buy. That's because we already bought enough in Fukuoka and at Clear. We had a lunch at Hanamaru-Udon and came back to home quickly that day.

Htsu-Uri in Fukuoka

2008-01-04T20:01:00.000+09:00

I went to Fukuoka on January 2 with my family. It is our family's tradition to go shopping on the new year day. We woke up at six thirty and took a bus at seven thirty. We reached in Fukuoka at nine fifteen. It was little earlier than we expected but it was OK because a department store opened at

nine thirty. There were a lot of people in line. I heard fro

m a TV news that there were more than 10000 people that time. We saw the great number of people anywhere in Fukuoka that day. We've got really tired but we had a good shopping. I bought many good clothes and bags!

Happy New Year

2008-01-01T22:11:00.000+09:00

Happy New Year! It is the start of new year today. I'll start with new feeling this year. I'm going to spend the most of days of this year in Australia. I hope it will be a good year and I can have a good experience there!

Hatsu-Uri at Clear

2008-01-01T12:37:00.000+09:00

I went to Diamond City Clear with my family this morning. My family loves a big sale. We are all looking forward to this season every year. It's very important to us.

There were a lot of people in Clear. We bought one fukubukuro at one of our favorite store. It was 10000 yen but there were a lot of nice clothes and a gift coupon in it! It was very reasonable! And I bought a green coat with half of price. It was good shopping to us.

Wuthering Heights

2007-12-31T12:11:00.000+09:00

Now I'm writing a report about Wuthering Heights for the class called History of English Literature. Wuthering Heights is one of the greatest English novel in 19 century. The story is about a stormy love and revenge for it. Heathcliff and Catherine loves each other, but he was an orphan and doesn't have anything. Catherine always wants to be rich, so she is in anguish between her dream and love for Heathcliff. One day, a very rich gentleman asks Catherine to marry him. She is very excited about it. Heathcliff sees it and leaves Wuthering Heights that night. Catherine marries to a rich man and lives happily, but after few years, Heathcliff comes back to Wuthering Heights to revenge. It's a very stormy story.

TOEFL SCORE

2007-12-31T12:10:00.000+09:00

I've got a TOEFL's score which I took December 15. Well, my score is...as same as before!! It's not down, but also not up. Well, I had taught it would be down, so it's OK. Though, I've wanted over 500!

To be attractive

2007-12-31T12:07:00.001+09:00

There is the thing I'm studying hard these days. It's about how to be an attractive woman!! I know the thing I should study now is English but, it's also important to me! Especially now!! Don't ask me why!!! Anyway, I bought some famous that kinds of books and I read them. I had never read Cho-Cho's books but it's interesting to read. I think she is very smart and she surely knows men's feeling. I'll try to be more attractive next year.

December 29-2

2007-12-31T12:06:00.000+09:00

I went to a izakaya near my house with my friend at the night on 29. We used to dating about four years ago, but are good friends now. He asked me to drink few times before, but it wasn't realized. That night, it finally came true! I like talking and spending time with him. It always fun to me. We have a lot of history. We know each other since we were six years old! Can you believe this? Anyway, it was very fun night.

December 29

2007-12-29T16:37:00.000+09:00

I went to Sairo with my family this noon. We enjoyed having lunch there. I ordered Gyuu-suji Ishiyaki Bibimba, which was very good. My sister looked very happy when she ate a dessert. She is a big fan of sweets.

After the lunch, I went to a beauty salon to have a permanent. I've got a wavy hair now! I love it. The hairdresser who changed my hair knows me since I was five years old. He was surprised that I'm twenty years now and will have a coming of age's ceremony next month. I consulted with him about my hair style for that day. Then he arranged my hair after I got a permanent. This is the hair style he suggested me. I think it's very cute and gorgeous! I will have this hair style at the ceremony day.

Girl's Christmas

2007-12-29T11:36:00.000+09:00

I went to karaoke again with my friend on December 25. We went there after we worked. We went to Karaoke 3 days ago but it wasn't enough for us! We bought food, alcohol, snacks, and desserts. And we enjoyed singing four hours! It was an exciting night!

I went to Fukuoka

2007-12-27T19:28:00.000+09:00

I went to Fukuoka to take a medical examination today. I hadn't been Fukuoka for a long time. I think Fukuoka is much bigger than Kumamoto. There are a lot of fashionable goods which we can't buy in Kumamoto. It makes me exciting. Though there are also a lot of people and a lot of cars. It makes me very tired. I used to long for an urban life, but a country life seems better to me these days. I like shopping very much but I can't relax in a big city. I want to come back a silent home where I can relax everyday... Wow, my thought has completely changed. It's surprise to me. Is it because I'm older than before?

I miss him...

2007-12-26T15:39:00.000+09:00

I had works four days in row. It was hard, and moreover, I was very sad because one of my job friend quited the job. Some people still mad at him because he quited the job without a word. I was also angry and shocked, but when I sent an email to him, he returned a message to me. I had taught he may won't return a message because he didn't answer any other calls or email. Though he returned me with long sentences. He said sorry about that he didn't say anything before he quites, and that he tried to say many times but it was hard because all people were very kind to him. I could understand that because I know him well. He is a cute guy, but is also very sissy. I said him in email, 'I know you and I can understand that, but still you should have say it before you quite. I think you are very good, charming guy, but you should be more manly.' Then I told everyone his feeling the next day. It finally ended, anyway. Some people still keep saying that he is too irresponsible. I don't deny it but I just simply miss him now. He was really cute like a small dog. I liked him a lot.

Friday Night

2007-12-26T15:15:00.000+09:00

December 21 was the last day of school before winter vacation. I and my friend went to Jeff's bar together after school. We went to Hanamaru-udon first, as usual. Hanamaru-udon is reasonable and tastes good. We always go there before we go to Jeff's bar.
When we went to Jeff's bar, there weren't another customers. We wanted to meet Yuji-san who we met another day there, but he didn't come that day. It was little sad, but we enjoyed cocktails. We will go the bar near day, so I hope I can meet him again that time.

December 22

2007-12-26T10:39:00.000+09:00

A very shocking thing happened in a part-time job. It was really, really shocked to me. I didn't feel to work, but I had to. So after the work, I went to karaoke with my job friend. It was late night, but we didn't care. We went to a convenience store before, and bought many food and alcohol (actually, I was the only one to drink...) We sang a lot of songs, ate a lot of food, and I drank a lot! It was the first time I got drunk.

The World According To Garp

2007-12-19T18:38:00.000+09:00

I watched this movie at 'History of American Literature class' on Monday. I like this class very much. Professor Mukai's lecture is always very interesting to me. We watch some movies in this class and have to write reports. The movie we watched this semester is very interesting. It called 'The World According To Garp'. Garp is the main character's name in this movie. His mother Jenny made him with a injured soldier in the hospital which Jenny works as a nurse. She wanted to have a baby, but didn't want to marry to man or obey men's orders. She taught 'It is the chance!' when she saw the dying man was erecting. Then she rode on the man. She is a very eccentric woman. She has the strong, unique belief, and doesn't care what other people think about it. She just always does what she wants to do and what she thinks right. I like her character and way to live very much! She is a very attractive, wonderful woman, I think. The main story of this movie is about Garp and Jenny's life. It's not just a happy life story, there are a lot of serious, dark things in this movie as same as our real life. Though, I still think that life is wonderful after watching this movie. And I really think this is a very good movie!

TYPING12: Family

2007-12-19T10:54:00.000+09:00

TYPING 12
I’m a second year student of KGU. My major is English. I like other countries cultures very much. I’ve bee living in Kumamoto with my family for twenty years. My family members are my father and mother and my sister and I. My father and mother are very close. They both like playing tennis. They go to play tennis together every weekend. I and my sister don’t play tennis. We don’t like playing sports very much. Also, we are too busy to do that every weekend. I have a part time job and she has a school. My sister is three younger than me. She is a high school student. She (111words)

The schedule

2007-12-18T22:11:00.000+09:00

I took a reservation at a hospital in Fukuoka because I need to take a medical examination for visa. I went to a store near my house to buy tickets of bus to Fukuoka. My friend works at the store so I bought them from him. Though, I forgot to get a schedule from him that time. I realized that after I got home. I didn't want to go back the store just for it, so I asked him in an email to bring it to my house after his work. He said OK to my favor, and came by my house just few minutes ago! He's very sweet. He's been always sweet to me, I know that. Now I'm ready to go to Fukuoka. Thank you, Ma-kun!

I finished applying for VISA

2007-12-14T13:27:00.000+09:00

I finally finished applying for visa! It was tough to me. I couldn't get clearly what the meaning of some questions, but it's OK. I finished form and got TRN, whatever. The next thing I have to do is to take a medical examination in Fukuoka. Though, before that, I have to take TOEFL tomorrow morning. I've been busy these days so I haven't had time to study for TOEFL. I hope my score won't go down, at least.

Takoyaki Party

2007-12-13T19:12:00.000+09:00

All students who will go to Australia or New Zealand had a class of crisis management yesterday. After the class, I and the member who will go to Australia together and Brendan (Is this spell collect?) an international student from Australia went shopping to a supermarket. We bought many food and beer, and had a Takoyaki Party at the one of members place. It was the first time for me to make Takoyaki, but it was exciting. We put many food in it like cheese, kimchi, red pickled ginger and so on. It was delicious. Brendan also made a dish for us. I don't remember the name of it, but it was delicious, too. We ate and talked a lot. Brendan said his father has his own cafe in Melbourne, and his father will discount us if we tell him 'We know your son!'. We will go the cafe soon if we arrive at Melbourne.　

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To improve my writing

2007-12-12T11:59:00.000+09:00

I borrowed these books from KGU's library because I want to improve my writing skill. I think my writing is better than before. It is not so difficult to write some plane sentences in English now. But still, it is difficult for me to write smooth sentences. My sentences are often starts with same subject. I don't like that. It looks like the sentences a little child writes. So I borrowed these books and learned from them. One of them is the book for English discussion but I think I can use some phrase when I write logical papers. The other book called 'Eigo de kaku kihon ga minituku hon' is very useful. I learned many things I'd wanted to. I think it will help my writing very much. If you worry your writing skill, I recommend this book!

A year-end party

2007-12-12T11:00:00.000+09:00

We had a year-end party at the wedding hall where I 'm working. About 100 people came there. All of them are working there, but who I know were only few people. The tables were prepared for each groups, like a table for photographers, a table for concierges and so on. There were 2 tables for us, so all elder women sat at one table and all young people sat at the other one. The young people were only 3 including me, so we could use a lot of spaces. We just ate dishes earnestly.We payed 2000 yen for the party, so we tries to recover the cost. After few minutes, a karaoke contest was held. I didn't entered, but one of the elder woman who always works with me entered the contest, and she won the prize! Her performance was very amazing. She kissed one of the judge men... Anyway, it warmed up the party. And what we'd worried is the cleaning after the party. We'd taught we should wash all dishes we used the night after the party over, because that's our job. I told that some guys who always works as waiters. Then all of them said me 'I will help you. If you need any hands, just call me!' , but they walked away quickly...what a sweet guys. Fortunately, we had not to wash them the night. We were told that's OK to do that when we come there next time, so we could return to home quickly.

Shiroi Kyoto

2007-12-10T20:58:00.000+09:00

One of the most famous Japanese drama 'Shiroi Kyoto' reruns now in the after noon. I was very excited to realize that. I love this drama! I can't take my eyes away whenever I watch it. And it always makes me very moved. The story is very deep.
The main character is Goro Zaizen, who works at an university hospital as a surgeon and has big ideas. He always has been wanted to be a professor, but the dream is not easy to come true even if he has an excellent operation skill. He makes every endeavor to be a professor. He plays many dirty tricks. His dream comes true, but the way he does makes him trouble. One day, his arrogant kills one of his patients, and the survivors accuse him and his university hospital. It makes all people who works the hospital and their family agonize. If they tell the truth at a court, they can't live like before anymore. But their conscience stung them.

Sara Says No!

2007-12-05T14:43:00.000+09:00

Norman Whitney

This is the story about a daughter and her father who sell fruit at a market. Sara's father is not honest. He always cheats his customers for money. Sara tells him not to do that but her father just keeps saying that's for their life. Sara says a prayer in her room for her and her father. Then, the next morning, a strange thing happens. Every fruits Sara's father touches goes bad! It makes him cannot sell fruits by his hands anymore. Sara starts to sell fruits instead of him. She is honest, and makes a lot of money. Sara's father stays home and does all house works instead of her. He says 'It's also a life'.

TYPING10 FREE TIME

2007-12-05T11:03:00.000+09:00

I like reading books very much, so when I have free time, I read some books. I like any kinds of books but I especially like novels. My favorite writer is Banana Yoshimoto. I’ve read a lot of her books. I like all of her books but I like ‘nankurunai’ the best. This is the story about a woman who had mental damages goes to Okinawa and heal her mental injuries. This is very good story. I also read in English sometime. I’ read a lot of English books in this semester. Sometime, I go out with my friends or my family. My family all loves hot springs, so we often go there. When I go out with my friends, we often go shopping (123 words)

Genghis Khan Caramel

2007-11-30T19:04:00.000+09:00

Have you ever eaten 'Genghis Khan caramel'? It's famous for its extremely bad taste and unique idea. I gave it to Yuu-kun on his birthday, but he said me he can't eat it because the taste is really bad. So I asked him to bring it here and all part-timer ate it. I had known that the taste is very bad, but I hadn't eaten it until that time. At first, I thought 'Well, it doesn't taste good, but it's not impossible to eat...' But suddenly, it came over to me! I don't know how to say this... the flavor of gravy? smell of meat? It's taste like real lamb and it's very strong. I was almost crying. I spilled it out and rinsed my mouth immediately but the taste hadn't gone, so I drank a lot of tea and ate a chocolate. I had no idea that the caramel tastes that bad! Yuu-kun smiled at me and said 'You've got a great experience'. Yeah, I guess I can't see any food as bad as it so often. I don't want to...

The OC

2007-11-28T20:56:00.000+09:00

This is a very popular American TV drama 'The OC' It is famous in Japan, too. I've watched every episodes of season 1 ,and now I'm watching season 2 on DVD. The stories are about people who live the high-class residential area Orange County (OC). Not only the teenager but also many adults have many problems of family, friends, works, money, and love. Some people say this is a very gorgeous, fashionable drama because all characters are rich. But the story is very serious and complicated. When I watch this drama, I always think it is hard to be happy. I keep watching this drama, but I'm not sure it is interesting to everyone. Actually, I don't think it's interesting that much, but I sometime really want to watch it. I don't know why... Anyway, if you are interested in this drama, please click here, and you can see more detail information.

Ajisen-ramen

2007-11-28T11:26:00.000+09:00

I went to eat Chinese noodle at Ajisen-ramen after the part-time job. I like Chinese noodle very much, but I hadn't been to eat them for the long time. I really wanted to go eat Chinese noodle, so I asked my friend and went there with her. I ordered Tontoro-ramen, which is very good! I really liked it! It was little expensive but I think it deserves it.

Hot Springs in Kumamoto5

2007-11-28T11:21:00.000+09:00

There are a lot of other good hot springs in Kumamoto. If you come to Kumamoto, please try some of them!

Hot Springs in Kumamoto4

2007-11-28T11:19:00.000+09:00

Kurokawa hot springs are the most popular hot springs in Kumamoto, I think. There are a lot of nostalgic hotels. Visitors can enjoy hot springs and the beautiful views at the same time. This is the one of big secrets of many people love Kurokawa hot springs. If you buy an admission ticket, you can enjoy three different hot springs.

Hot Springs in Kumamoto3

2007-11-28T11:18:00.000+09:00

Ueki hot springs are good for neuralgia and rheumatism. Ueki is the birthplace of gate ball. There are many hotels with gate ball fields. The hotel I and my family often go has large gate ball fields, too. When we go there, many old people enjoys playing gate ball.

Hot Springs in Kumamoto2

2007-11-28T11:17:00.000+09:00

Yamaga hot springs were discovered 800 years ago. Yamaga is my favorite hot spring. This hot spring’s water is very soft. You can get smooth skin from it and it is also good for neuralgia and muscular pain. Yamaga is also famous for its original festival, which held every August 15 and 16. It ‘s called Yamaga-Toro festival. I heard it’s very beautiful and a lot of visitors come to see it.

Hot Springs in Kumamoto1

2007-11-28T11:13:00.000+09:00

Kumamoto has a lot of nature and is famous for a lot of hot springs. I like hot springs very much. I’ve been many of them since I was little. I’m going to introduce you some of them.

TYPING9 FREE TIME

2007-11-28T10:57:00.000+09:00

TYPING9 FREE TIME
I like reading books very much, so when I have free time, I read some books. I like any kinds of books but I especially like novels. My favorite writer is a Banana Yoshimoto. I’ve read a lot of her books. I like all of her books but I like ‘nunkurunai’ the best. I’ve read a lot of English books. I read a lot of English books in this semester. Some time, I go out with my friends or my gamily. My family all loves hot spring, so we often go there. When I go out with my friends, we often go shopping and eat something delicious. We take a long time to eat and chat. (116 words)

The Singer Not The Song

2007-11-22T20:28:00.000+09:00

Liz Driscoll

Tony, Rob and Cindy are all members of Tony's band, Trio. One day, Tony gets a phone from the record company. They wants the band to make the first record. Cindy and Tony are very excited to hear it. Though, Rob is not that happy because he loves Cindy but she's not interested in him. Rob writes a beautiful song. It is the song for Cindy. Rob tells her that, but Cindy tries not to understand what he's meaning. Three of them practice for their first recording. They gets tired and are hungry, so Rob goes to buy their lunch, but he doesn't go back. He has an accident and dies. Cindy feels guilty because she's never tried to listen him. She can't sing Rob's song now. Tony also loves Cindy but he doesn't know what he can do for her. He decides to have his first solo concert without Cindy but he's very nervous. Cindy comes to his concert, and then she realizes what is important. It's the singer not the song.

I hadn't expected but it was a serious story. It was surprised to me. Do you think it is a serious story from this book cover? I wonder why the cover is the one scene of stories. Is it a corner-cutting or something? Besides, these pictures are very strange.

Picasso

2007-11-21T20:39:00.000+09:00

I went to Kumamoto Prefectural art museum to look at Picasso's arts today. I took a train and got off at 'in front of Kumamoto castle' ( but it's not 'in front of ' at all...) and went there on foot. It was little far, so I got tired. However, the arts were great! I love all of Picasso's arts! I know that some people don't think Picasso's arts are beautiful. My friend who had to look at Picasso's arts for her school report is one of them. She said to me some days before 'I couldn't get it at all. What parts of these arts are so good?' Well, it's a hard question. I can't explain what parts of these arts are good, but I just think all of them are very interesting. And I also think it is natural that some people likes them but some people don't. It's not necessary to all people loves them. I think that's the arts. Anyway, I liked the picture called 'a lying woman and a bird' which were displayed there very much. I wanted to buy the post card or something of it, but there wasn't. It was very sad. Though, there were other post cards I like, so I bought them. I'm happy now.

Hot springs in Kumamoto

2007-11-21T11:51:00.000+09:00

Kumamoto has a lot of nature and is famous for a lot of hot springs. I like hot springs very much. I’ve been many of them since I was little. I’m going to introduce you some of them.

Yamaga hot springs were discovered 800 years ago. Yamaga is my favorite hot spring. This hot spring’s water is very soft. You can get smooth skin from it and it is also good for neuralgia and muscular pain. Yamaga is also famous for its original festival, which held every August 15 and 16. It ‘s called Yamaga-Toro festival. I heard it’s very beautiful and a lot of visitors come to see it.

Ueki hot springs are good for neuralgia and rheumatism. Ueki is the birthplace of gate ball. There are many hotels with gate ball fields. The hotel I and my family often go has large gate ball fields, too. When we go there, many old people enjoys playing gate ball.

Kurokawa hot springs are the most popular hot springs in Kumamoto, I think. There are a lot of nostalgic hotels. Visitors can enjoy hot springs and the beautiful views at the same time. This is the one of big secrets of many people love Kurokawa hot springs. If you buy an admission ticket, you can enjoy three different hot springs.

There are a lot of other good hot springs in Kumamoto. If you come to Kumamoto, please try some of them!

TYPING8 FREE TIME

2007-11-21T10:58:00.001+09:00

TYPING8 FREE TIME
I like reading books very much, so when I have free time, I read some books. I like any kinds of books but I especially like novels. My favorite writer is a Banana Yoshimoto. I’ve read a lot of her books. I like all of them but I like ‘nankurunai’ the best. I also read English books. I read a lot of English book in this semester. Some time, I go out with my friends or my family. I like spending time with (83 words)

Happy birthday, Yuu-kun!

2007-11-19T19:23:00.000+09:00

The last Wednesday was the birthday of Yuu-kun a guy who works with us. We didn't have work that day, so we celebrated him on Sunday. We ordered four slices of pizza after we finished work. Actually, it's not Yuu-kun who wanted to eat pizza. It's the elder woman who is the strongest in our work. First, she said Yuu-kun to drive his car and buy pizza for us. Don't you think it is strange? It's his birthday! He is the birthday boy! We all thought that, but nobody didn't say anything because we know even if we say so, she doesn't change her mind. At last, Yuu-kun didn't have to go buy pizza, but he and his friend Ucchi had to wait the delivery cold outside. I think Yuu-kun is very poor boy. Though, I and my friend gave the present for him. We gave him Genghis Khan-caramel and really, really spicy chips and his favorite gigantic mayonnaise. We call it 'Special Gourmet set'. I'm sure he was very happy with them. Now my friend worries because her birthday is on March 14. 'Don't you think something will happen to me on my birthday?', she says. I'm glad that my birthday has already gone.

The Fisherman and his Soul

2007-11-19T15:34:00.000+09:00

Oscar Wilde

A young fisherman catches a beautiful little mermaid. The mermaid says him to leave with crying and promises that she comes and sing for him whenever he calls her. He calls her every evening and he's in love with her. One evening, he calls her and asks her to marry him. But the mermaid says him 'I can't marry you because you have a human soul. Send away your soul, and then I can love you.' He wants to marry her so decides to send away his soul. Early the next morning, the fisherman went to the priest's house and ask him how he can send his soul away. But priest gets angry and says 'You shouldn't do that. The soul is as precious as all the gold in the world.' Then, he goes to meet the witch and ask the same question. She gives him some conditions. After that, the witch gives him a knife and says him cut his shadow with it. He does as she says. Then his soul says to him 'Don't send me out.' but the fisherman's mind aren't changed. His soul says 'Don't send me away without a heart. Please give your hart.' but he doesn't give it to his soul. His soul says him ' Once every year I will come to this place and call you' and goes to journey. After a year, the soul comes to the sea and calls the fisherman. The soul talks about his journey to East for wisdom and says 'Let's go there together', but the fisherman says 'Love is better than wisdom' and goes back to the sea. After the second year, the soul comes to the sea and calls the fisherman. The soul talks about his journey to South for precious and says 'Let's go there together' but fisherman says 'Love is better than riches.' and goes back to the sea. After the third year, the soul comes to the sea and calls the fisherman. The soul talks about his journey. 'I saw the girl dancing. It was really marvellous.' Then the fisherman remembers the mermaid has no feet and can't dance. He decides to go with his soul. They begins their journey together, but his soul always tell him to do bad things. The fisherman asks his soul 'Why you tell me to do bad things?' Then his soul says 'That's because you didn't give me a heart.' He tries to send his soul away but he can't do that two times. The soul tell him to do bad things again and again, but he doesn't listen. He just wait for the mermaid. But when he sees the mermaid, she already died. His soul tells him to run away from sea, but he doesn't move. He is dead in the water and the body of the little mermaid was in his arm.

I borrowed this book from stage1 corner but it is thick and I couldn't understand some words. However, I could understand the main story and the pictures are good! I especially like those two pictures.

Hana to Arisu

2007-11-19T13:52:00.000+09:00

This is the movie about two girls. They are very close friends. Arisu is a very innocent girl and she always gets Hana into trouble.

They both entrance the same school, and Hana joins the comic storytelling club because she loves the boy who joins it. She's been in love with him since she was a junior high school student and she's been stalking him.

When Hana follows him as usual, he hits his head very hardly and falls down on the floor. Hana runs to him and that time, she thinks it's the chance for her. She lies him that he likes her and he doesn't remember it because he lost the memory.

Then she starts dating with him, but one day, he sees a lot of his pictures from Hana's computer. He asks Hana what are they. Then, Hana lies him again. She tells him those pictures are sent by

his ex-girlfriend Arisu. Now Arisu has to pretend to be his ex-girlfriend. Not only Hana but also Arisu becomes close with him. Hana worries about that, and as she worries, he starts to like Arisu... The relationship of Hana and Arisu changes little by little.

When I'm a high school student, the teacher who loves movies very much said to me and my friend 'As I watched this move, I thought about you guys. You are looks like Hana and Arisu.' Then my friend said 'Let's watch it together.' but I didn't that time...I watched this movie recently on BS and it reminds me that moment. Yeah, we were looks like that movie, I think. We were always together but we both were awkward, and she always got me into her trouble...actually, she once made me help with her stalking. She is an amazing girl in many ways. She's in Kyoto and studying about Buddhism now. We don't meet often but she'll return to Kumamoto in the Winter Vacation...

The Book about Japan

2007-11-16T21:18:00.000+09:00

I borrowed an interesting book from the library. A lot of English sentences about Japan are in this book. I heard most of people who went to foreign countries got embarrassed that they can't explain their own country. I'm going to go to Australia, so I should learn more about Japan before that. That's why I borrowed this book...well, it's not true. I'm not that earnest person. I borrowed it just because I taught some of sentences are interesting.
Anyway, there are a lot of things I haven't know. For example, do you know why temples ring bells 108 times in New Year's Eve? (actually, I haven't even know that it's 108 times...) Because it means removing the 108 worldly desires. According to Buddhist teachings, it seems people have 108 worldly desires. Can you see what 'worldly desires' means? It's 'bonnou' in Japanese. (for me, it's wow that 'bonnou' is called 'worldly desires' in English. Is it really collect expression?)
This book also teaches about Japanese monsters in detail. It says 'Sometimes demons ('oni' in Japanese) appear in the world disguised as handsome men or beautiful women.' I haven't know that they disguise and appear in the world. I think the parts of ' handsome' and 'beautiful' are the most important point. I should be careful.
It also says 'In Kanto and Tohoku, it was believed the One-eyed boy appeared in the evening of the eighth day of the second month and the eighth day of the twelfth month of the lunar calendar.' Wow! Have you known this? Of course I haven't at all. I wonder do some people from Kanto or Tohoku know this? I want to ask if I meet them...
Well, I think some sentences in this book are useful and some of them are very maniac... I like it! I'll read this book more.

The House on the Hill

2007-11-14T16:44:00.000+09:00

Elizabeth Laird

Paul goes for a walk and meets a beautiful girl Maria. She lives in The big white house on the hill, she says. She is very rich. Paul loves her but he is poor. One evening, Paul gives her the poem he made for her and tells her 'I love you.' Then Maria tells 'I love you' to Paul. It makes him very happy. The next day, Paul and Maria meet again by the river. He takes her hand and propose her. Maria Shakes her head and runs away with tears. Paul can't understand her. When Paul is in his house, a servant comes his house and he takes Paul to Maria's house. Paul meets Maria and her mother there. Maria's mother is an ugly and cold woman, Paul thinks. She tells Paul that Maria's going to be married and Paul will never get Maria. Maria says 'I love you Paul, but I can't marry you. I want money. I don't want to be poor.' Paul is very shocked and can't eat anything for the long time. One day, He sees a picture of Maria and her husband on a news paper. He turned the newspaper over, and then he finds an advertisement. It is about a story competition. Paul thinks it's a chance for him. He write the story of Paul and Maria and sent it to the newspaper. Two weeks later, a letter comes from the newspaper. He wins. He gets a lot of money and a job on the newspaper. Paul loves his job and works hard, but still he loves Maria. One day, he hears the news that Maria ran away from her husband and Maria's mother dead. Paul is surprised to hear that. He goes to the funeral of Maria's mother, and after that, he goes to the house on the hill. He meets Maria there and ask her why she married and left her husband. She answered it with cold eyes. She looks like her mother. Then, Paul realizes she never loved him and he never loved her. He just loved her beauty.

I think Maria is right in some ways. You shouldn't marry to poor person if you don't want to be poor. I think money is not all but it's very important to live. This is not the happy ending love story. Paul loves wrong girl and it doesn't work, but I think it's not so bad thing. He had nothing before he meets Maria. He had no job, no money. Though he gets a good job and a lot of money because of her. I know of course he strove for it. If he didn't, this story became a very sad story.

Kumamoto

2007-11-14T11:35:00.001+09:00

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TYPING 7 FREE TIME

2007-11-14T10:59:00.000+09:00

TYPING 7 FREE TIME
I like to go out or chat with my friend, but also I need time to be alone. I can relax when I’m alone in my room. I like reading books very much, so when I have a free time, I often spend the time with reading. My favorite writer is Banana Yoshimoto. I sometimes read some fashion magazine when I’m little tired. (63 words)

Banana Tea Bread

2007-11-13T22:16:00.001+09:00

This is Banana Tea Bread from shop called Afternoon Tea. I like Afternoon Tea's breads very much. They are delicious and not so expensive. This Banana Tea Bread is very big but it was less 200 yen. You should try this!

Photo Finish

2007-11-13T19:43:00.000+09:00

Polly Sweetnam
Lisa has a plan to go to Greece with her good friend Alice. They go to a post office to get their passport but Lisa doesn't have any photos for it. She need to take her photo so she goes to a photo booth at the old bus station. She takes her picture there, but what she got from the slot is not hers. There is a murder in that photos! Lisa and Alice go to a police station and show the photos. The detective says the murder will go back to the photo booth to get his photos. Then they catch the murder.

Honey and Clover

2007-11-13T19:27:00.000+09:00

I often watch animation or drama on You Tube when I have free time. Now I like watching 'Honey and Clover' very much. It is the story of art school's students. Each of them have problems about future, love, and themselves. They sometimes writhe with them badly but still they enjoy their youth, because they have very unique friends. They can laugh or cry with someone. I think it's precious thing. When I watch 'hachi-kuro' (means 'Honey and Clove'), it always makes me want to draw pictures! I like painting very much since I'm little! Well, I don't paint very often recently, but I'm thinking to learn painting seriously someday. I'm not sure when it is but I'll do that in the future. If you want to watch 'hachi-kuro' click here, then you can see first story. The sounds and graphics are both clear. Oh, and it also has English caption! I think it's good to learn English!

Help!

2007-11-13T19:05:00.000+09:00

Philip Prowse

Frank Wormold is a writer but he's never finished his books. He has no jobs to make money and his wife Teresa is angry about it. Frank gets the letter from American film makers. They like Frank's book called "Every Morning" and want to read the second half of it. However, Frank's not finished the book. The film company buy Frank the best computer to help with his work. But the computer helps him too much... He wants to ran away from the computer. He throw it to a river. Then, he woke up. It was a dream. Teresa gets back home from the work. He talks about his dream to her and wonders why he had that dream. Then he realizes that's because his wife looks unhappy and he doesn't want her to be. He tells that to Teresa. She smiles to hear that and says he is the most important to her and he should write the story about the dream. Frank gets a notebook and a pen to write the story.

I don't want to have the computer like that. If I had that annoying computer, I would throw it up like as Frank did.

The Premium Calpis

2007-11-09T17:39:00.000+09:00

Have you ever drunk 'The Premium Calpis' ? It is very delicious! The taste of it is stronger than normal Calpis. It is a little high cost than normal one but it deserves it. I saw The Premium Calpis was sold at the Lawson in Gakuen-dai before. I'm not sure it's still sold there but, you should try if you have a chance.

Hatachi no Koibito

2007-11-07T23:04:00.000+09:00

I like to watch the drama called 'Hatachi no Koibito' these days. It shows on every Sunday night now. A popular comedian Akasiya Sanma and Nagasawa Msami are in that show. I think Sanma-san's acting is cute. You can watch the past stories on You Tube.

Dawson's Creek (Shifting into Overdrive)

2007-11-07T21:55:00.000+09:00

STORY

Dawson, Joey, Pacey and Jen are good friends and all teenagers.

Dawson and Joey have been close friends since they were children and Joey was Dawson's girlfriend. Now, Joey wants to be Dawson's friend, not a girlfriend. Then they broke up but still Dawson wants Joey to be his girlfriend.

One day, Jen asks Joey to her cousin's birthday party in New York City. Jen used to be Dawson's girlfriend and she broke up with him because she wanted him to be just a friend. Jen and Joey both need to leave from Dawson. They decide to go New York City together. Dawson knows this. He doesn't want Joey to meet other boys so he follows them with Pacey.

Dawson's Creek is the highly popular TV show. I saw three other books of this series at the library and I guess I borrowed the final one of it without noticing. ha ha. It is interesting to read because the story is about life, love, school and parents. Things about all young people have interest. I want to read other stories of this series. I'll do!

Kumamoto

2007-11-07T12:13:00.001+09:00

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TYPING 6 KUMAMOTO

2007-11-07T11:00:00.000+09:00

I’ve been lived in Kumamoto with my family for twenty years. My family members are my father and my mother and a sister, and me. My father is from Kumamoto and my mother is from Miyazaki. I like shopping at the city of Kumamoto. My favorite shops are Parco and Tsutaya book shop. There are a lot of interest and nice things. I like to just look around there very much. Other shop I often go is Yume town. It is little far from my house and it is hard to go there by bike. My mother (97 words)

The Truth Machine

2007-11-06T19:55:00.000+09:00

STORY
Professor Verity loves truth and hates lies. He made the Truth Machine. Soon, millions of people know this invention. A lot of people send him letters and then, he chooses Mrs Seeker, Inspector Sack and Dr Simple for his first clients.
Mrs. Seeker has a husband but he loves another woman. Mrs. Seeker wants to know who he loves and uses the Truth Machine. Then she gets to know that her husband loves her best friend. It is very shock to her.
Inspector Sack came to the laboratory with his boss and some criminals. He uses the Truth Machine and all criminals tell the truth. Inspector Sack can judge them very easily and there are no more work for him. Then, he loses his job.
Dr Simple came with a spy. Dr Simple wants him to tell the truth. However, the spy says"I always tel lies and that is the truth." These words confuse Dr Simple. He can't understand what is truth.
All clients get angry and tell Professor Verity to get their money back. Professor Verity refuse this. Then, clients use the Truth Machine and make Professor Verity tell the truth. Professor Verity says he wants success and money and power. He doesn't love truth at all. Inspector Sack takes out his gun and shots Professor Verity and Dr. Simple destroys the Truth Machine.

I don't think telling the lie is always bad or wrong thing. Sometime the truth hurts people and the lie help people. It depends on the situation. I don't always tell the truth of course, and I think it's not a problem.

Sally's Phone

2007-11-05T21:55:00.000+09:00

Sally is always busy with her phone. Her boyfriend Andrew often calls and says to her what to do and what not to do. Sally always obey him. Sally has to meet Andrew's new boss and he says her to wear a blue skirt. He likes her blue skirt, but she can't wear it because it's dirty. She goes shopping with her friend to buy a new blue skirt, but she found a nice red skirt. Sally knows that Andrew doesn't like red but she decides to buy the red one. After she bought a skirt, she went to a cafe alone. She met Paul there. He is next to her and he accidentally takes Sally's phone. After that, they found out that they have different phones and promise to meet again to change their phones. Sally thinks Paul is nice and Paul thinks Sally is beautiful. He asks Sally to his sister's birthday party. Sally has to meet Andrew and his boss that day but she doesn't worry about it anymore. She takes her phone out and turn it off. Then, Sally and Paul go to the birthday party happily together.