3 more exams!!!

I just got home from school. I took exam for writing class this morning. It was okay. I just needed to write about writing class in this semester. I had fun with posting stuff on my blog. it was really good practice to improve my typing and writing skill.
lately, i have worked all the time. i am leaving to liverpool on september 4ths. so in a month! i already have friends there such as Carly, Vikki, Toby! and some of the students from liverpool found me on facebook. so i already know them too! I know I am gonna have so much fun in Liverpool!!! but i am pretty sure i am gonna miss my dogs and friends here!!!
anyways, i have 3 more test to take, so i better to start studying little bit.

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BR-15:The little red Hen

this story is about a red Hen. Hen is friend with a cat, a duck and a rad.
I found it weird that they are friend. Cats supposed to eat hen.One day, the red hen find wheat so he had an idea to make bread from it. He asks him friends to help him making the bread. But nobody want help the red hen. So he decided to made it himself. However after he made the bread, his friends stopped by and told him that they want to help him eating it. But the red hen declines it. He eat it all himself. That is natural because he made it alone. He took times to make it over a year. His friends are just lazy and not good friends to him.I thought his friend could be nicer in this story.

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2 exams tomoroow!

Lately, I do not have time to post stuff because of exams and papers. I have 100000000 things to do! And I gotta work all weekends 11-19. I don't even have time to hang out with my girls... But i will be finished with all the papers and exams in 2,3 weeks! Then in 2 months, I will be in Liverpool!!! I am pretty excited:)! Before I will be in there, I need to save up more.
Now I am having an American girl from San Antonio. She is our sixths exchange student! She is cool, and we have really great time together when i am home. Too bad I do not have time to have fun with her.she will be a half month more in here.
About today, I went to school in the morning to take writing class, and backed home. I wanted to sleep really badly, because I had not slept well last night. But I needed to finish with powerpords and some of papers, so I could not to sleep. then I backed to school and had a meeting of liverpool. on the way to home, I stopped by softbank store for maegan(the american girl we have).
I will have 2 exams tomorrow, so I gotta study now. Hope that will not be hard.

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MindMap Outline & Screenshot

Hyperboria's omiyage

We can get rare items in this country. The most famous souvenir is meat of penguin. Nobody eats the meat. We eat it only special day, because penguin’s meat is rare food so a cost is expensive. The taste is good and very tender. It is sold in many shops so you can get it anywhere. Another famous souvenir is winter clothes. The temperature here is lower than any other country so people always wear this winter clothes called “Hyper protect”. People can live warmly with this clothes so many foreigners who live in cold places come to here to buy “Hyper protect”. But it is hard to get it in another country, because it is handmade here.
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Hyperboria’s money and cost of living

Hyperboria’s consumption is 20%. Government warrant free educational and medical expenses. They use ‘Boria’ currency. 1 Boria is about 150 yen.
Food in Hyperboria is not that expensive. Fruit and Vegetables are about half price of Japan. Fish and mean are about one-third price of Japan. Only food which is really expensive there is Penguin. People in Hyperboria love penguin meats. So even the meats are expensive, people still buy them.
They also like to spend money for their clothes. It is really cold there. So they really need to wear something to keep them warm. Hyperborians love to wear ‘Penket’. Penket is a traditional jacket of Hyperboria made with penguin leather. Usually Hyperborian have about more than 10 penkets. Penkets are not really cheap. They are more than 500 Borias which is about 30000 yen. Some rich Hyperborians spend a lot of money on their penkets. Penkets shows you how rich you are in Hyperboria.

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Brain storm:favorite place

my room, bathtub, my bed,Tsuruya, in my car, Otachi-misaki, Kumamoto castle, Hawaii, swimming pool close from my house, hair salon i go,library, school, Hanaoka moutain, Yamada-denki

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Mr.Bean goes dentist(1st)

Mr. been gets up by alarm, it’s noisy so he put alarm clock into the water in glass. The next, automatic tea maker switch on and the tea jet his leg’s side, tea is stopped by his big toe. He gets up by another alarm again, he sleepwalks and he folds up the futon but he hit on the walls. He opens the curtain and he stretches pushing washbowl. He starts to shave off his beard, but his nose gets caught in shaving so he uses scissors to take off. The accident is solve, he opened his closet and takes out a jacket which papering today’s plane. The paper says him to go to the dentist but he doesn’t remember, but he remembers to go there when he hangs alarm clock to dry. He gets out with his clothes hastily however he returns soon to cover his teddy bear with futon.

He throws his clothes in his car, and pick up a block from the street. The car starts with bumping against some trash boxes. Surprisingly, he starts to change his dress as driving a car! First, he wears a shirt. After that, he put the block on the accelerator. It is a substitute for stepping the accelerator; meanwhile, he wears his pants and socks. At the time, his toe hits the car born. After he has finished changing his socks, he moves to back seat. He puts on his shoes while control a wheel. Because the car is controlled by such operation, this car goes round and round on the rotary. He backs to the driver’s seat after finish wearing his shoes. He takes out toothbrush as he drives by biting wheel, and starts tooth brushing by using water of wiper. He gargle his throat, and expel. An old man is splashed this expelled water. This man doesn’t know what it is. The car has arrived at the front of dentist’s office. There is a car on the parking area, but he squeezes his car there.

He goes into the room, and sit on dentist's chair. He pushes the button in front of him. Then the chair move. After he had fun with it, the dentist puts a xray of his teeth in front of him. The doctor aspirate into his mouth with suction tube and checks for a cavity. Then Mr. Bean started to play with the suction tube. He cleans his jacket with it. And he put the tube into the cup, it suck all of the dentist’s tea. The dentist gives him an injection. He start to playing with the injection. Then he accidently anesthetic to the dentist. The dentist goes numb, and his leg goes to sleep. He tries to treat himself with the xray. But after he finished with the tooth, He reverses the xray. So he treat pretty much every teeth. End of the treatment, he put some curative on all of his teeth. Then his jaws stuck together.

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BR-14:Give us the Money

Adam thinks everyday is same, and he does not like what he does. His jobs, his boss, his everyday! But one day was not just a day, it was so much different than usual. he see a girl in trouble, so he helped her. on the way of escaping with her, they accidently took bank robbery's bag without knowing what is inside. then robbery back to get him and the girl. then police came, but robbery has a gun. Adam realized that there was a water gun in his car. so Adam get it, and showed the gun to the robbery as he has a gun too.Then he shoot with the water gun. the water took the mask off, then the robbery was Adam's boss! Police catch him. after that, one movie producer said to Adam 'do you want to act in my movie?' he was watching that how great he was doing.

[153 words]

Maeve, C. (2001). Give us the money. Oxford: Oxford University Express.

livepool night!

i am so exhausted, but i had so much fun last night. last night, i went out for 'liverpool night after work!!! there was about 30 people from liverpool and who went to liverpool before. i met so many people there. that was really great to see all of them. i love everyone from liverpool though! carly showed me her new tats! that was pretty cool and it says 'carly' with some kanji(i forgot which Kanji) but that was pretty. my new friend Emma showed me hers too. she seems really nice and she told me that we are gonna have so so so much fun together in liverpool! yay! Tomo-chan was drunk like crazy, that was so funny. but too bad i needed to go home eariler, because of i gotta work from 11:00 on sunday. so me and Tomo-chan left there about 2. walked a little, and took a cab!
actually I have not felt like i am going to liverpool, but now, i do feel like i am leaving japan pretty soon. I am pretty sure I am going to miss my girls and family and dogs, everyone around me for now. but more than that, I'd say I am really excited to be there. I already have friends there and everybody seems so nice.
but first, I really need to finish 10000000 pepers and exams!!!
i did not really take any pics, but i will put some of pics someone i do not really remember took.

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my vacation plans

my biggest vacation plans for this summer is working. I am planning that I will work whole this summer to save up. Because I am going to leave Japan to Liverpool, England in 3 months. And I'd love to travel around Europe, and I might going to visit my host families in the U.S. too. I miss them really badly. I heard that it will be much cheaper to take plane to go to the U.S. from England more than take plane from Japan. I also want to go to beach with my friends too. Last year, I went to Otachi-Misaki. Ant it was really good time!
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about blogging

I have made blog a few times before, my friend asked me to do it together. But every time we made blog, it did not last well. Because I am too lazy to keep posting something on blog. But now, i do post something on my blog often. The blog is for my English writing class. When I made the blog, I posted because I need to. But now i kind of like posting something on my blog. I also like to see my friend's blog too. They all in English, so it is good practice to read in English. And I can get to know about my friend as well!

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WC! aaaand papers!

good morning, it is 9:30 am. I am taking writing class right now. sleepy as hell. Yumie is right next to me. and she just told me that she does not know Yuttie!!! and she was late for class, she told me that because of the bus time. but i dont think so. she is crazy!!! I've finished 2 papers I need to finish. I have 3 more to do! I am in the hell... But today i will see my best girl Yasuko. and gonna pick some stuff in downtown. I have not seen her for awhile, so i am excited though. lately i am crazy about world cup. i am not really expecting team Japan to win, but i'd say they are doing alright. i watch pretty much every games. so i have not really slept enough...team korea did really great last night. I am guessing team Korea will be in like best 8. and team Argentine will win a victory!

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paperpaperpaperrr

It's friday night! But I am not doing anything exciting. Because I've got 1000000000 things to do. So I could not to really hang out lately, go back home straight after I finish classes. I finished some of papers to write, but i still have 4 more. I am in the hell right now.
anyways, lately nothing special happened around me. My dog Muru is so cute as usual, Kanako is tiny as usual, Hiromi is weird as usual, my sister is quiet as usual, Yumie is crazy as usual, only my dad's hair is curlier than usual. that was the only thing different from usual. my point is, this week is pretty much usual.
But today, I saw Natsumi-san who just backed from liverpool. she seemed really cool. she told us lots of about liverpool. actually I could not take really serious about going liverpool. because could not feel like i am really going there in 3 months. but today after i heard her talking, i felt i am really going there. she told us that i can visit the us around 50000yen. much cheaper than i expected. so i gotta save money, and hopefully visit my host family after I finish school in liverpool!
this weekends i gotta work 11:00-19:00 so i guess i better to get some rest. Good night:D

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about voice recording:experience/outcomes

It was really interesting to recorded my voice. I have never recorded my voice with speaking english. so it was little strange to hear myself in english. but that was great that i could hear how suck i am speaking english. i recorded 3,4 times because the article was kind of long, and sometimes i lost where to read. but it was good experience. i need to keep recording my voice with speak in english, that will help to improve my english!

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about my keitai

I love my cellphone. I like small phones, my cellphone is so small, but really easy to text. It has pedometer and shows me how many calories i burned today. I also like how it looks like. It is a black phone, with shocking pink line in it. And it is not that popular phone, no one around me have same phone as me. But I really want to get the newest iphone now. Because I can talk on it for free with wifi, and it has front camera on it so I can see my friend's face when i talk on the newest iphone!!! But i really like the phone I am using right now... so I will see if I am gonna get one or not.

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movie:The nanny diaries

I found many commons between ‘the nanny diaries’ and a movie ‘Mary Poppins’. Annie is a Nanny, Mary Poppins takes care of kids too. And they both fly with umbrella. Grayer and Annie talk about the longest word, Mary Poppins sings with really longword ‘Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious’. But heroine of this movie is just a white woman who graduated college. I found it interesting that She could be employed at huge company and marry rich man, might be like Ms. X. There are many points of criticize American celebrity and rich people, such as the wife with blonde hair, the husband has a mistress. You can see criticize often through Grayer too. His parents cares about themselves more than him, they change his nanny many times for little things. When Annie started to taking care of him, he was being difficult. Because he was lonely. But time goes by, he started to trust and love her. When Annie left him, he cried and run after her. The scene shows you how much kids want their parents to care about them, and most of rich celebrity did not. This story also tells you how valuable to spend time with your family. And also says sometimes you need to take time to mirror yourself.

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Essay 1-01c:voice messages to my host family

This is my message to my host family.



Thank you for listening to my message. If you have any question, please ask me! Or give me a comment, if you liked it!

using computer

I was not really good computers a few years ago. I was not good at all kind of electricity eigher. But since I started to work at Yamada-denki, i needed to study, because what i need to do is explane and sell. before i entered college, I worked for some company and sell some cameras and printers. It was neccesary to learn how to use computers to explain about electricities. now I love using computers, I can see many beautiful picutures, many infomation through internet. now I can not live with out computers!

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now i am at the 14th with hiromi

i am at the 14th building at KGU. me and hiromi are doing some stuff we need to finish. we have so many papers to finish, and i only finished one of them, i have 2 more to do. anyways, i have been relaxing lately. last weekend, i went out for swim and exercise, i have not exercise at all lately and i need to lose some of my weight. and i cleaned my room. i vacumed all over my room. today, i had 1-5period. but i kinda like school lately. because of my friends around me. they all are too nice. i love them so much. they are the only reason i go school everyday. i had so much fun with my girls too. tomorrow, i am gonna see my best girl Yasuko, we have not seen each other for awhile, so i am really excited to see her and tell many stuff:D! and on thursday, me and hiromi are going to go to karaoke! so excited yay!!!<3

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BR-13:King Arthur

story of the year 650 in England. I had heard of his name, King Arthur, but i did not know him well. Arthur was a nomal boy. but the king Merlin had a dream of Arthur. and he was so sure that the next king is Arthur! he was justa a boy then, but Arthur became a king. after he became a king, he often hear Merlin who is died. Merlin tought him everyday and after four years, Arthur got stronger. he met Guinevere after afew years, then he decided to marry her. he got beautiful wife and best friends, it seemed like happy ending, but it was not. Lancelot tried to take Arthur's place. while Arthur was gone, he actually did take his place. but Arthur backed and tried to take his place and his wife back. but Lancelot killed him. then his knight backed, and killed Lancelot. i am not really good at history, but it was really fun to read this story. and i want to know what happened after the kind Arthur died.

Hardy-Gould, J. (2001). King Arthur. Oxford: Oxford University Express

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my favorite movies

i love movies and i watch movies every night before i go to bed. last night i watched the movie called The Other Boleyn Girl. I like the history of midieval Europe. And the actresses Scarlett Johansson and Natalie Portman were really beautiful and they both acted really good. I also liked how they dressed in the movie. the story was not happily ever after, but I liked how it ended. the another movie I like is regend of the fall. I watched it in america a few years ago. (91 words)

june started

june just started, isnt it fast? i feel like it is still biggning of April! anyways, I had only one class this morning, so after i took the class, i picked Hiromi up, and went to a salon that was a one of Kanako goes. I have wanted to dye my hair really badly. i decided to change the color based on beige. the guy who dyed my hair was cool, i liked the color he did but not really my favorite. but Hiromi liked her new color. she kept looking into mirror and says 'i look good' all the time! and afterwords, we backed to Hiromi's. and finished homework little quick. then relax and goofing around, took some stupid movies and pics. I find that we have lots of common, i am so comfortable with her and we always have fun together! I backed home around 7, i did not have any plan after dinner, so i did some stuff i needed to finish. then my best american girl, Britny was online. we have not talked for so long. so i was so happy that i could get to talked her. and she told me she also misses me, and she is going to come to liverpool to see me in sep! i can not wait!<3

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relaxin saturday

lately, i had an interview at the 'beer garden'. the boss seems really nice, i think they might gonna take me. but only problem is the uniform. it is a really short white dress. it was much shorter than i expected... but well, i will figure that out i am gonna take the job or not. today, i had a supplementary lecture of biology today. did not really want to come to school on saturday. but it is kinda feels great today. in the biology class, we watched a video, me and hiromi found the video interesting and the teacher told us 'you two seems like interested in the video!' haha. and now i am at the library and doing some stuff i need to finish. it feels great and i really like the view from here.

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BR-12:Star Reporter

Joe called his best friend Steve. he told Steve that there is a new girl in their town and she is really attractive named Marietta. Steve's father is a editor of the newspaper, the Cado Star. and he asked Steve to find something interesting for the paper, because of his reporter is ill. then he went out to find something intereting and finish some stuff he needed to do. then he saw the girl. She was really attractive as Joe said. he could not stop looking her. but he needed to find interesting things for his father.
Steve found a old newspaper. and there was a some article of the famous writer names Bud Richie. but he left the town long time ago, but people told him that he is back now. Steve thought that would be great for newspaper. so Steve visited him. while they were talking, a little got on the tree and could not get off. so Steve tried to getit down. then he fell from the tree. Steve's daughter was taking the scene, actually that was Marietta!
thats how Marietta and Steve met. a few weeks later, they are together now and the picture of Steve fell down from the tree was on the newspaper. at the first morment Marietta was not interested in Steve, but she took a picture of him. then they fell in love.I found this story romantic.

[235 words]

Erasmus, John. Star Reporter. Oxford: Oxford university press, 2000.

BR-11: Taxi of Terror

Jack quited his job, then he got a cellphone from his friends from where he used to work at. later night, he took a taxi and fell asleep. then suddenly a guy came into the taxi and tell the driver to go to airport. on the way to airport, the guy found Jack and put him into the boot of the taxi. he could not even move well, but he found something in his pocket. it was a cellphone he got today. then he called police. they told him to tell what he can hear. he heard a clock. then he felt lots of bumps like railway crossing. police found that out he was going to airport. finally police cought him! but they were totally forgot about Jack, so Jack called police again says 'help me!'

[136 words]

Burrows, Phillip. Taxi of Terror. Oxford: Oxford university press, 2000.

night drive with girls

i am exhausted from yesterday. yesterday i had 5 classes. i heard that Yumie and Yui were gonna sleep over at Megumu's. i'd loved to be there, but i had some stuff to do. so i decided to have dinner with them. after school, i backed home to take my car, and i went to Yayoi-ken at 7pm. there were Megumu, Yui, Yumie, IkeD and Sayano. I ordered Shougayaki-teishoku. ikeD told me that i better not to order shougayaki, but it was really tasty actually. after we left there, we went to Hanaoka mountain. on the way, we stopped by Macnald's and got some ice cream and french fries. the view from the mountain was really great. we were there for an hour and talked about many things. and IkeD wanted to go to Kinpou mountain which is the tallest mountain in Kumamoto, and we can see the best view from there. so i drove there about an hour. when we arrived there finally, it was foggily. it feels like we were in cloud. we could not see the view from there because of the fog. but it was fun driving around!

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BR-10:ESCAPE

There is a guy named Brown. Brown is a innocent man and in the prison. no one believe him that he is innocent. one day, he decided to get the prison out, He does not want to stay in the prison for 5 years. he finally got out from prison, but everybody was looking for him. he run over the mountain, and river. he slept with cows. but the farmer found him and the farmer's wives chased her. and they caught him. end of this story, he is back in prison. he is looking outside from the window. and he sees mole makihg a tunnel. and says 'I have got an idea'! I dont know what he is going to do next. but it was exciting story.

[128 words]
Burrows, Philip. Escape. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.

BR-9: Vampire Killer

There is a guy named Colin. Colin is almost broke. and trys to find job, but there is no job. then he find the notice it says 'Do you need job? must be strong, fast and brave.' then he called the number then a guy answered. he tells Colin to come to his place. he asked Colin some questions. the the guy told him to be a Vampire Killer.
Colin was not believe in Vanpire, but alots of things happened. and he met a attractive woman named Claudia and we was also hired. once he asked her out, then she told him that she can only see him at night. one day, the guy hired him told them to go to apartment the vampire lives. at night Colin and Cloudia went to the room, then she turn to the vampire! and she tried to take him blood!!! but then the sun rised. then she escaped from the room. the next day, Colin was home all day. but he could not keep thinking about her. at the end of the story, he figured that he fell in love with her.
It was a hollor story but i also see that this could be a sad love story. Claudia will never love him back, because she is a Vampire. this is so sad.


[221 words]
Parker, Andy. Vampire Killer. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.

Foreign countries

I love visiting foreign countries. I had been to America, Germany, France, Korea and the Netherlands. I loved all the countried I have visited. Most of the time I visit foreign countries, I do 'homestay' if it is possible. I have done that many times. Staying with someone is the best way to see the culture and food, and learn the languages. I can also get closer with people in the country. My favorite place I have been to is Hawaii. My dream is live in Hawaii someday.

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Robert's birthday!

Me and Yumie went out for Robert's birthday party. We needed to be the dorm 8pm, and Yumie supporsed to work till 3pm. So after Yumie finished working, I picked her up and went to find present for Robert. last time we met Robert, Robert sang us Japanese Nou soug because now he is taking Nou class. And his Nou song was pretty awesome. so I thought that we should get him a Nou CD. First, we went to Tsutaya bacause of we had some stuff to return. and tried to find Nou CD. but there weren't any. so we went to Sanpian. but we couldn't find Nou CD there either. so we went to 100yen store. then we finally found Nou CDs in there. after we got Nou CD, we figured that we still have time, so we stopped by at Toystore. I haven't be there for awhile. but actually we had so much fun there. and we found cool gift for Robert. then Yumie noticed we needed to leave otherwise we are gonna be late. so we run to Sushi place to pick up some Sushi. there were so many people waited. We ordered some Sushi then they told me to wait for about 20 mins. so we backed to my car and watched TV show. then we picked up the Sushi. after 10 mins passed 8pm, we finally got the dorm. there were many people than i expected. the party was great. I met alot of people. after the party, everybody saied they are gonna go drink afterwards. but I went there by car and Yumie needed to work 11am tomorrow. So we saied we were not gonna be there. but Robert told me that I can leave my car at the dorm. so me and Yumie decied to go to drink. we met a guy named Jun and he let us to ride. so he drove us to downtown. the party was great. we got drunk and made lots of friends. and it was kinda fun to see people dancing like crazy.
anyways we had so much fun at the party! HAPPY BIRTH DAY, ROBERT!

[360 words]

my other classes

I take 17 classes a day, my favorite class is Japanese phonetics class. The teacher of the class is really nice and cute. And I also like how she teaches. First, she teaches new stuff with following a textbook, then she askes some questions. when we can not get the answer, she makes fun of us, because we are Japanese! I also like different culture understanding class. The teacher is really nice, we watched Rakugo in English, that was really interesting! [81 words]

Essay 1-02b: an English Website review

Christmas is the most widely celebrated festival world over, and also the most popular festival globally. christmas eve is my birthday this is one reason why i picked one. Christmas is for joy, for giving and sharing, for laughter, for coming together with family and friends, for tinsel and brightly decorated packages. Just think about Christmas, it makes me happy. thats why i picked Christmas to search. i searched for christmas, history, Santa Claus. Santa Claus is one of my favorite person.

First, i searched for SANTA CLAUS
He has 3 names; St. Nicholas, Kriss Kringle and Santa Clause. the first story of him was told by Thomas Nast in 1822. The model of Santa Claus, St.Nicolas was ill. his mother came to narse him only 2days a week. so he didn't have anything other 5days. he loved children, sometimes he gave some gift to children throw into their window.
one time, he threw golds into the chimney to help daughter out. The traditional association of chimneys with Santa Claus comes from this story.

Next i searched about Christmas gifts.
we can hardly think of a Christmas without Gifts.
Christmas is a unique festival of merry making and gift-giving.
I looked some Christmas shopping website
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it was really interesting that i found the website says don't forget to buy gifts for # Family
# Friends
# Neighbors
# Co-workers
# Boss
# Mail Carrier
# Other Service People

they are pretty much everyone around you! through searching about christmas gifts, i figured in some country, christmas is a day to thank for everyone to being around.

I also looked up Christmas songs.
Christmas songs

During the holidays, people enjoy traditional songs that they do not listen to during the rest of the year. and I found history of the one of most famous christmas song in Japan.
History of “Jingle Bells”
First written by James Lord Pierpont, this popular song is different in that it does not mention Christmas, Jesus, Santa Claus or any of the other iconic figures associated with the holiday. it is just about winter fun. The lyrics and tune have changed slightly from the original version. Most people are only familiar with the first verse: the other “lost” verses deal with a young man riding his sleigh around, trying to impress the girls.

Christmas had celebrated for so long. if you look up about christmas on internet,there are so many information. and i didnt know most of them.i didn't even know one of my favorite person Santa Claus. i figured christmas isn't just a holiday to celebrate christ's birth. songs, gifts, trees, Santa Claus... many people and things made this holiday all together. it is always great to know everyone's favorite holiday christmas.

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REFERENCE
(1998). Christmas songs. X'mas fun. Retrieved 18 May, 2010, from http://xmasfun.com/lyrics.asp.
(2004,10). Christmas History. The history of christmas. Retrieved 18 May, 2010, from http://www.thehistoryofchristmas.com/.
History of Christmas. History of Christmas and the Symbols of Christmas. Retrieved 18 May, 2010, from http://www.theholidayspot.com/christmas/index.htm.

Aoi, I did not know that Santa has 3 names either. In the us, many people eats turkey and cakes.

today's plan and some boring stuff

i am taking Writing class right now. it is kind of cold and quiet here. I am done with what i need to do today(commenting 3 friends blog). it is rainy today, so i came here by car. usually its only take 10-15mins to come here by motor bike, but if i drive, it takes like 30-40mins to get school. and i need to pay 400yen to park, ridiculous. it is only 9:35 now. my plan for today is, going home after this class, and do some works, and back to sleep then i need to come back to school to take an explanatory meeting for studying abroad at 4:30. then gonna meet to my friends and have dinner together. nothing really special. anyways, i am excited about i am going to liverpool in 4 months! I need to save up more! the picture is my sweet Cookie<3

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BR-8:Police TV

There are police officers Sue and Dan. One day,they were on the street. because they heard someone steals money from people near the shop everyday. then they found strange jogger. he jogs the street everyday. then the jogger run into an old woman and she falls down. he told her 'i am sorry here is your bag.' then a young woman shouts at him.'its not safe that you run on this street, go away!' then the jogger run away. after the old woman look into her bag, she couldn't find her purse. so Sue catch him and try to find money from him, but she couldn't find any. then they asked shop to see the tv camera. and find out the young woman who helped the old woman took her money. and they also find out that the jogger and young woman was married. they did that for living. the story was really intersting and that was really fun to read.

[162 words]

Teague, Dylan . Police TV. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.

Essay 1-02a: an English Website review

Christmas is the most widely celebrated festival world over, and also the most popular festival globally. christmas eve is my birthday this is one reason why i picked one. Christmas is for joy, for giving and sharing, for laughter, for coming together with family and friends, for tinsel and brightly decorated packages. Just think about Christmas, it makes me happy. thats why i picked Christmas to search. i searched for christmas, history, Santa Claus. Santa Claus is one of my favorite person.

First, i searched for SANTA CLAUS
He has 3 names; St. Nicholas, Kriss Kringle and Santa Clause. the first story of him was told by Thomas Nast in 1822. The model of Santa Claus, St.Nicolas was ill. his mother came to narse him only 2days a week. so he didn't have anything other 5days. he loved children, sometimes he gave some gift to children throw into their window.
one time, he threw golds into the chimney to help daughter out. The traditional association of chimneys with Santa Claus comes from this story.

Next i searched about Christmas gifts.
we can hardly think of a Christmas without Gifts.
Christmas is a unique festival of merry making and gift-giving.
I looked some Christmas shopping website
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it was really interesting that i found the website says don't forget to buy gifts for # Family
# Friends
# Neighbors
# Co-workers
# Boss
# Mail Carrier
# Other Service People

they are pretty much everyone around you! through searching about christmas gifts, i figured in some country, christmas is a day to thank for everyone to being around.

I also looked up Christmas songs.
Christmas songs

During the holidays, people enjoy traditional songs that they do not listen to during the rest of the year. and I found history of the one of most famous christmas song in Japan.
History of “Jingle Bells”
First written by James Lord Pierpont, this popular song is different in that it does not mention Christmas, Jesus, Santa Claus or any of the other iconic figures associated with the holiday. it is just about winter fun. The lyrics and tune have changed slightly from the original version. Most people are only familiar with the first verse: the other “lost” verses deal with a young man riding his sleigh around, trying to impress the girls.

Christmas had celebrated for so long. if you look up about christmas on internet,there are so many information. and i didnt know most of them.i didn't even know one of my favorite person Santa Claus. i figured christmas isn't just a holiday to celebrate christ's birth. songs, gifts, trees, Santa Claus... many people and things made this holiday all together. it is always great to know everyone's favorite holiday christmas.

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REFERENCE
(1998). Christmas songs. X'mas fun. Retrieved 18 May, 2010, from http://xmasfun.com/lyrics.asp.
(2004,10). Christmas History. The history of christmas. Retrieved 18 May, 2010, from http://www.thehistoryofchristmas.com/.
History of Christmas. History of Christmas and the Symbols of Christmas. Retrieved 18 May, 2010, from http://www.theholidayspot.com/christmas/index.htm.

Yumie, yes I have. I love christmas for some reasons. but biggest reason is everybody seems really happy on christmas.

Ayaka, Yes, I usually get something to my family.

Nami, I did not know that either. I still kind of do believe he is exist.

Outline for Essay 1-2a: Christmas

Introduction

* What sites are about; christmas
* How I found them; searched for history and Santa Claus
* Why I chose the one(s) I did:
o one of the biggest event in the world

Santa Claus

* History
* Who he is


Christmas gifts

* History
* Ideas


Other websites of interest about christmas

* List
* Features
* Sections
* Highlights

Conclusion

* Summary of selections
* Summary of highlights
* Recommendations to readers

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Christmas:Website serch terms and short list

serch terms:
christmas, santa, songs, history of christmas

Short list of possible sites
http://xmasfun.com/lyrics.asp
http://www.thehistoryofchristmas.com/
http://www.theholidayspot.com/christmas/history/

Christmas:free-writing

Everybody love christmas. christmas is the most exciting event of the year. Every December around the 25ths, everybody start to being excited. everybody love christmas. even if you are not christian. why people love christmas so much?
one of big reason of why everybody love christmas is Santa Claus. Every children love Santa Claus. many perents say that to kids 'Santa wil bring presents for only good kids'. then children try to be good. that is big reason why perents love christmas.
the other reason is the party tradition. usually most family get back together during the christmas if you do not live with them. anytime it is great to see your family and have dinner together. Christmas is also romantic for couples. if you have girl friend or boyfriend, usually they spend time together in Japan.
　and also my birthday is also on 24ths. so it is really great to spend 24-25ths night with my family and my friends.

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Christmas:Brainstorming

Christmas:Brainstorming

songs, cards, island, presents, snow, santa claus,cold, christmas trees, cakes, turkey, green, red, finland

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How I study English

I really like to study English. I studied abroad in America for a year and I learned how to have conversations and many words. After I backed I started to learn grammar and words. Now I talk to exchange students in my school in English to keep my English skills and watch movies or dramas in English without subtitles before I go to sleep. When I started to do that, I couldn’t even understand what is going on in the movies or dramas, but now I can understand 70% of them without subtitles. Posting something in English on blog works too!

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today and yesterday!

yesterday, i couldn't take 1st period. but i needed to be school 4:30 because of study abroad thing. so i called Yumie to figure what is she doing. she said she is at the school. so i decided to school earlier and hang out with yumie. when i arrived school, Yumie was sleeping at the library. then we went outside and just sat down because it was so nice outside. then we went to bakery and had some bread. after that, Yumie suggested me to go to exchange student's dorm. so me and Yumie went there and there was Scot the exchange student from america and we were just hanging out. then Yumie suddenly said she has stomachache. and i thought it was just a atomachache. but she told me she can't even breathing and keep standing. so the guy at the dorm called ambulance. while we were waiting for ambulance, one korean guy asked whats going on, then he brought 2 big tablet and water. so Yumie took them. then ambulance came, they took Yumie. Yumie said she didnt want to be alone, so i went with her.after we arrived at the hospital, she took some tests, and her mother came, and 2,3 hours passed. the doctor told us he doesnt think she has bad disease or anything so she can go home. then her mother took me home. i am so happy she was okay.
and today, i only had 2-4period. so after that, Yumie and i went to the dorm and tell people there that Yumie is fine and thank you. we played some games with Scott and Robert. then Yumie told us she doenst feel like and left there earlier. then Robert saied he was gonna go out for drink, so i left there with him. hope Yumie will get better!

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BR-1-07:The FIfteenth Character

Sally is a student and just started to working at Happy Hills. every morning her boss Mr.Perry puts a list of jobs for Today. the Sally's job in that day was wearing costume. she wasn't happy about that. but that day, her favorite singer came to Happy Hills. she wanted to talk to him, but she needed to work, so she couldn't. he showed the CD in front of everyone, and says 'this is the new song just recorded! please come to my big concert next saturday.' and after he had fun at the Happy Hills he shouted 'where is my CD!!!' everyone looked around, but no one could find it. then Sally looked up the list of jobs for today. then she found out there are 14 characters on the list, but there are 15 characters here! then people around her took off the 15ths character's head. that was a woman, and she had the singers CD. afew weeks later, Sally is at the singers concert and there was a special invitation in her hand.

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Border, Rosemary. The Fifteenth Character. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.

BR-1-06: The Ransom of Red Chief

Bill and Sam arrive in the small town. they only had 200 dollers. Sam had an idea to kidnap. then they found 'EBENEZER DORSET STREET'. Bill found out that Ebenezer Dorset were the richest man in the town and they have a sun name Johnney. they decided to kidnap Johney. Bill cought him but he wasn't really afraid of him. they took him to top of the mountain. after sam fell asleep, Johney did some tricks to them. they wrote a letter it says: we have your son, give us a ransom of $1500. then they wrote back and the letter said no and 'give us $200 and bring them home'. i found it funny. end of the story they took him home and gave him family to $200 which is all they had.

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O, Henry. The Ransom of Red Chief. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.

BR-1-05: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Hank Morgan is a man works in a machine factry in Connecticut in 1879. one day, someone comes to him and told him two men are fighting. when he woke up next time, he was in Camelot in 528. first people there though he is strenger, they tried to kill him. but he told them he can do something special, such as he can make sun go away. actually he knew that the day was a solar eclips day. then people start calling him as 'Boss'. he made Camelot much better than before he come. the end of this story is kind of scarly. one old man, Merlin didnt like him made Hank sleep for thirteen centuries. At the begging od the twentieth century he woke up, he was 70 years old. after he told them him family, how much he loves them and he died.
it was really interesting how he helped people in Camelot. he should be really smart. otherwise he could die earlier.

Twain, Mark. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.

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lazy day

i have no plan today, isnt it amazing? i have been really busy lately so i am really happy to have free day! i went out for Karaoke all night with my girls Kanako and Hiromi. we left there 5 in the morning. we had really great time. then i backed home and sleep like 10 hours. and watched some tvshows, grabbed some snacks. now i need to clean my room up, but i dont really feel like, i guess i am going to work on some homeworks, and find parttime job and stuff like that. i love being lazy:P!

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food/eating habits

I am not the kind of person eat a lot. And I don't like eating much. But I love eating oranges since I was born. One time my mother took me to a hospital because my hands turn to weird yellow. The doctor said I had too many oranges. Now, my life isn’t really organized, but I do still eat oranges! I wish I can have oranges for breakfast and lunch and dinner, but my mother won't let me.(4min 25sec)

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GW!

Golden Week is over, too bad! i had been really busy days. i worked whole first 2 days so i couldn't even check my cell. and on 3rd and 4ths, i went to Kagoshima with my family to visit out grandperents. my grandpa is in hospital, but he will be home pretty soon. so we visited grandpa. i was so happy to see him, he seemed really great. and we visited my mother's side grandparents's grave. from the grave, we can see beautiful Sakurajima. i love the view from there. then we drove back to Kumamoto on 4ths night. on 5ths, i went to Mitsui Green Land with my friends. we had really great time there. we loved the craziest roller coaster called 'Milky Way'. there are 2 coasters of Milky Way, One of them is typical roller coaster. The other coaster, you need to keep standing up while the coaster runs. it was pretty awesome, we tried both of them. on the way to home, i was the one drove home, i was really tired and sleepy. I wasn't the mood to drove. so i drove and took my friends home as quick as possible, and backed home and went to bed.
i wish i could have one more week!

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golden week!

being so busy lately, couldnt even get time to post something on this blog. anyways, golden week started, yay! but i had been to working working and working! i need to work till tomorrow. and finally i will have 3 days vacation! tomorrow, after work i am going out for drink and karaoke with my eibei buddies. i am so excited!!! and on 4ths, i will go to Kagoshima to visit my grand parents. i couldnt back there to see them about a year, so i am so glad to see them finally! and on 5ths, i am going to Mitsui Green Land with my best girls in the world. we all are really excited. i will report how my golden week was! now i really gotta go to bed, otherwise i will fall asleep during work.

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Kosei's sister

i talked to Asaki and she told me about Kosei's sister in speaking class. Kosei's sister is slender and short and she has short hair. and Kosei thinks she is noisy, funny, selfish and smart.
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my opinion about Kokubo

the report from Honors English Seminar about Kokubo.

Kokubo is a 21-year-old snowboarder. How he looks isn’t the kind of fashion everybody like especially old people. But all what he has done is he didn’t wear Olympic uniform ‘rightly.’ In my opinion, it is too strict to bar Kokubo from the opening ceremony. Of course, he did something wrong. In general, if you need to wear suits, you should do it properly, especially in public. He is one of the representative atheletes of Japan, and he should know that he has responsibility. He really needed to follow the dress code. He is too young, and it was his first Olympic. Then why didn’t people around him give him advice? Sensible people should advise him not to do so. And he apologized after he noticed what is going on. This is one of the opportunities to grow up. He is a great snowboarder. But he needs to have better attitude to grasp opportunity. This is one of the severe trials/ordeals to be a sensible adult.

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BR-1-04:The little giraffe

there are a giraffe and rhino. the giraffe was a first giraffe in the world. and he was a bestfriend of rhino. they didnt know how to find food and they were always hungry. one time, they met a wise man, so they asked him help. then he told them to come back tomorrow. next day the giraffe came back there and wise man made him a magic drink. the little giraffe drank all of the drink. then he grew much taller. so now he can reach the leaves high in the trees. rhino forgot about the wise man. thats why giraffe are tall and eats leaves high in the trees, the book say. i found it interesting!
Sims, Lesley. The little Giraffe. London: Usborne Publishing, 2007

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BR-1-03:World Instruments

explains and show lots of instruments with some pictures. Bagpipes from scotland need to blow Bagpipe really hard, and player need to wear the uniform looks like skirt. some people in west indies bangs on steel drums to make music. for us, steel drums are just steel drums, but for them, steel drums are important instrument. I didnt know that sacophone is from united states of america. I found panpipes cute, you need to blow gently with it and it is from Peru. And the most interesting instruments is Didgeridoo. it is huge and people play Didgeridoo put some interesting paint on their face.

Reeder, Tracey. World Instruments. : Oxford university press, 2003

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ESSAYS-1-01b

Hello, my name is Yuki from Kumamoto, Japan. I was just informed that I am going to spend time with you and your family this summer. I really appreciate that you decided to be my host family. I am really excited to see you and have fun with you and your family.

Have you got my information? I’d like to introduce myself. First of all, I have taken English for almost 8 years, and I have studied abroad for a year and half in America when I was in high school. So I would say I can have basic conversation, but I may have hard time with different cultural points. I am open minded, and curious. I love to see and know new things. I am 20 years old, and I go college to study English and I am trying to get a license to be a Japanese language teacher. I love traveling, I have been to Germany, France, America and the Netherlands. It is always nice to see new people and culture. I love to walk around and drive around and take pictures. I would love to take pictures of your city too. I saw some of the pictures of your city on the internet and they were really pretty! I also love swimming! Is there any beach or place I can swim close from your home? Because there is not beach in my city. It takes about 2 hours to by car to get the closest beach from my home. So if there is any chance, I would love to visit and swim in the beach. Do you have any pet? I have 2 dogs, and I am okay with any animals. And I eat anything. I would love to try some local dishes of your city too!

I really appreciate that you became my host family, I will do my best to learn about your cultures and have fun with you. If you have any question, ask me. I hope to hear from you soon!

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ESSAYS-1-01a

Hello, my name is Yuki from Kumamoto, Japan. I am just informed that i going to spend time with you and your family this summer. I really appreciate that you decided to be my host family. I am really excited to see and have fun with you and your family.

Have you got my information? I’d like to introduce myself. First of all, I have taken English for almost 8years, and I have studied abroad for a year and half in America when I was in high school. So I would say I can have basic conversation, but I may have hard time with different cultures. I am open minded, and curious. I love to see and know new thing. I am 20years old, and I go college for study English and trying to get a license to be a Japanese language teacher. I love traveling, I have been to Germany, France, America, Netherlands. It is always nice to see new people and culture. I love to walk around and drive around and take pictures. I would love to take pictures of your city too.

I saw some of the pictures of your city on the internet were really pretty! I also love swimming! Is there any beach or place I can swim close from your home? Because there is not beach in my city. It takes about 2hours to by car to get the closest beach from my home. So if there is any chance, I would love to visit and swim in the beach. Do you have any pet? I have 2dogs, and I am okay with any animals. And I eat anything. I would love to try some local dishes of your city too!

I really appreciate that you became my host family, I will do my best to learn your cultures and have fun with you. If you have any question, ask me. Hope hear from you soon!

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BR-1-02:A Kiss For Little Bear

this story was really cute. there is a little bear. and he drew a picture for his grandmother. and his mother loved it. then his grandmother asked chicken to take her kiss to little bear. on the way, she asked frog to take grandmother's kiss to little bear. then frog asked cat to do that. after cat get kiss from frog, cat asked skunk to take the kiss to little bear. skunk tried to take it to little bear, but on the way the skunk met his girlfriend. then they started kissing. and they noticed that they dont know who has the kiss for little bear now. then little bear came, and both of them kissed to little bear!

Else, Minarik. A kiss for little bear. : Harper Colins publishers, 1968.

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My hobbies

I have a lot of hobbies. I love watching dramas and movies in English. First time I watched movies in English, I couldn’t really understand what is going on, but I now I can understand what people talk about and what is going on in the movie without subtitles. And I love traveling. I travel alone anytime I feel like. one time I thought I need to go to Tokyo, and 2 days later I was in Tokyo!(3min 29sec)
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Music I like

I like to listen to music. Especially I like rock music. I often listen to Larc~en~ciel. They are one of famous Japanese rock band. And lately I listen to Miliyah Kato's music. She is same age as me. So I can feel same way as her when I am sad, and happy and exited. And she is also really fashionable.(3 min 27sec)
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New classes

The beginning of semester is always busy. Every classes I am going to take seems much difficult than I thought. but all the teachers seems really nice. I am pretty exited to take new classes.Learning new things is always nice and fun. I hope I will not fall any of them.(4min 6sec) [52words]

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books, brainstorms, drafts, essay prep., essays, free-writing, graphics, links, media, movies, outlines, quickposts, reviews, typing, websites

fruit-vege

in speaking 3 on 19ths, my Tomei asked us to talk about fruits and vegetables. i love pretty much most of the fruits and vegetables. but my favorite fruit is citrus especially mandarin oranges! i do have mandarin oranges at least 3 everyday. my hands turn to yellow every winter time because of mandarins. my favorite vegetables is tomato. i do eat tomato every morning as breakfast. my mother says i am weird, but its good for your health and taste good too!
in the class we made up fruit-vegetable thing, it was fun. we made up 'peacherry' looks like cherry at first time you see it, but its taste like peach.

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friends from speaking class

on 12ths, i talked Yuki M. he is from Kumamoto, Japan. and he is 20years old. he loves to listen to J-pop and rock music. he lives in Shinoe. he always love to wear black because of black is his favorite color. he had 6people in his family: consist of his mother, father, a younger sister, a younger brother, and his grandmather. he doesnt have girlfriend and loves Maki Horikita kind of girl.
and i talked Kana O. she graduated Gakuen university fuzoku high. she loves listening music. she doesnt have boyfriend. she plays ballet. she has 4people in her family: consist of her father, mother, younger sister. she hasnt decided what to do in the future. i think she looks like the actress Kou Shibasaki!

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lately!

i have been really busy lately, couldnt really post anything. on 16ths I and Yumie went to downtown for shopping after classes. i found gorgeous dress and shirt. Yumie told me they look good on me, so i bought both of them. and Yumie bought some make up stuff. after we shopped, we went to the Izakaya our friend Dama-san works at. we had Jidori of Miyazaki, that was really great.
i worked all this weekends. 11:00-19:00. i wish i could go out to somewhere, it was beautiful outside... but after work, my co-worker took me for dinner and we had tonkatsu. then we went to the mountain to see nightview of whole Kumamoto city. i had really great time.
and today, it was kinda rainy, so i drove to school... again. i had 5classes, Honors English Seminor is my favorite class. good company though. after school, i drove to au-shop, because my cell is broken, i love my cell hope they will fix it. otherwise all of my pics and address and numbers will be gone...
tomorrow, I and Yumie will go to theater to watch 'Alice in Wonderland'. Kanako told me its good, so i am looking forward to watch it.

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cold day

nothing special really happened today. just went to school as always. it was really cold this morning so i drove to school today. it costs 400yen to just park. and i often drive to school because i hate being cold. so i pay 400yen pretty much every day to park. ridiculous. anyways, i had 4 classes today. i found 日本語音声学(Japanese phonetics)class interesting. we watched the video exchange students speak in Japanese in it. and focus on their accent. one guy from NZ in the video spoke like native Japanese speaker. and it was kinda cool i found he has Kumamoto ben accent.
i backed home earlier today, because i didnt have time for get on computer lately so i sent message to my host family in us, told them i am doing okay and Happy Birthday to my baby brother. they told me his birthday was terrific, and end of the party, mickey mouse showed up and played around with him. haha. i hope i could be there. i cant believe it had been 2years from last time i celebrated his first birthday. now i miss my baby brother and my family in us so badly:(!

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BR1-01:Robin Hood

i have read Robin Hood when i was little, but reading Robin Hood in english make the story more interesting. this story is all about this man called Robin Hood. he is brave. and doesnt like to lose. oneday he is suddenly in danger, because he didnt like prince John's new taxes so he helped poor people of Nottingham. and prince John find that out. Robin Hood doesnt escape, he fights whenever he thinks he need to. the end of the story he says 'we must fight for everything that is good and right.' this is who he is!

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First day of the semester

classes just started today. i had writing 3 which is the only class i have on wed. im pretty sure wednesday will be my favorite day of a week in this semester. the teacher of the writing 3 seems really nice, but i will have to work little more harder than last year. seems like i will have lots things to do in the class. after i took the class, i needed to go to Kokusai Kouryu Center to take some pics of me for Ichou Namiki(KGU paper). and it took like forever to take one. after that me and Tomochan who is going to liverpool with me from next semester went to library and got on computer for get cheapest plane ticket. i found 123000yen round trip open tickets. i just emailed and trying to figure if still its available or not. they will email me back tomorrow or so.

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