Movie Review 2

Kill Bill

Kill Bill is a violent movie. Quentin Tarantino made it in 2003. This movie became popular among the world and was nominated at the Golden Globe Awards.Uma Thurman plays The Bride who is a main character. Her rival O-Ren Ishii is played by Lucy Liu . The main stage of this movie is Japan, and in this movie some famous Japanese actors appear like Shinichi Chiba, Chiaki Kuriyama and so on. That is why we can listen lots Japanese words. I summarize this movie.
When the Bride had her wedding, the killer Bill and his group killed her husband, baby and attendance. She manages to survive, but she goes into a coma. Four years later, she comes out of a coma and then she decides to revenge herself on her enemies. She was sold as a hooker by Buck at the hospital during her coma. When she wakes up, she kills that guy.
Firstly, the Bride visits her friend who betrays her. They begin to fight in the kitchen and then the Bride kills her friend.
Next she goes to Okinawa to get a good Katana from Hattori Hanzo. He pretends to be a sushi chef in front of her firstly. She explains him about her mission and then he forges for her the best sword he has ever created.
After she gets his sword, she goes to one Japanese building to kill Bill’s group. There she fights with O-Ren Ishii, Go-Go Yubari, Sofie Fatale, Jonny Mo and the Crazy 88. They try to attack the Bride with many weapons continuous.
Finally, she defeats them all by herself. However, she does not kill Bill, so her mission will continue.
This movie is too violent for me to watch neatly. I also had difficulty in understanding this story. There were lots violent scenes in this movie and they made me mad. Whenever I saw those scenes, I often had to close my eyes. I seldom watch violent movies like this, so I was not used to watching this movie. I thought that a foreign director made this movie again. In this movie Japanese culture was described funny and strange. However, I was able to know many actors and actress from this movie. Before I watched this movie, I wondered why Lucy Liu was a boss of Japanese gang though she could not speak Japanese well. I gradually did not care of it and liked her as I watched this movie. When I listened her Japanese words, I could enjoy listening them. I also liked Chiaki Kuriyama in this movie. Surely, I do not like violent movies, but if I have a chance, I will try to watch Kill Bill 2.

Holiday with Father

Today I went out with my father for a change. We went to Shinkou which is a harbor in Kumamoto. There I practiced driving with him. He taught me how to drive. We also watched many mullets. After that, we went to the shopping mall Clair. We enjoyed shopping. Anyway, I want to get a driver license soon to go far by myself.

Home Pool

On the 5 th day evening I went to a friend's house of Marmar to swim with my hostfamily. My host family liked swimming. To tell the truth, I can't swim well. However, to swim in America was so cool to me. Sarah taught me how to swim! I also enjoyed talking with Marmar's friend. I was happy to see her.^^

They were my host mother and grandmother!! Can you see them from this picture?

After the pool, we went to a ice cream shop GRANDPA'S ICE CREAM. I ate Cotton candy. It was the first time that I ate that flavor. I remembered that my host parents ate Peach!!

Book Review 2-5

I read the book "DEAD MAN'S ISLAND". I will tell the story.
Carol Sanders lived in Hong Kong with her family when she was younger. She was a fan of Jake Ross who was a pop musician, but he died in a car accident. Unfortunately, her father also died in a plane crash. She cried for weeks and spent many days alone in her room. After his death, she stopped doing her work at the college. She began to go out with dangerous friends. However, she and her mother decided to go back to England. A month later, they came back to England and then she found her mother's job in the newspaper. It was to work as a secretary in a private island in Scotland. They met Greta Ross who asked for a employee at expensive hotel. Greta Ross told Carol's mother to be her husband's secretary. At last they went to Scotland with Greta Ross, first by plane and then by train. After the train, they went on Mr Ross's boat which them out to the island. The boatman was a young man whose name was Tony. When they arrived on the island, they met Mrs Duncan who was the housekeeper and Tony's mother. Her husband also worked there as a gardener. That evening, they had dinner with Mr and Mrs Duncan and Tony in the big kitchen. Greta Ross took them to Mr Ross's office and they met him. He was a young man, but he had a moustache, short dark hair and he wore glasses. Carol studied farm at her college, so he asked her to help other workers and allowed her to ride a horse Smoke. She worked in the garden for the first two day. It was fine for her. When she took photos of the house, Mr Ross deprived her of her firm. She began to hate Mr Ross. About a week later, she found a locked room. When she opened the door, Greta Ross saw her and looked angry. She said to her that the room was private. Two days later there was a storm in the middle of night. She was hot and couldn't sleep. She found one window had a light in it. She went there and it was the locked room. She witnessed Mr Ross got out the room and locked the door of the room carefully. He did not put the key in his pocket, but hid it in the plant pot next to the door. The next day, Carol went into the room. There she looked at the dead Jake Rosso's picture and then she found Mr Ross's secret. She realized that Mr Ross was Jake Ross who had died. She blamed him for his secret . At last, he told her about his secrets all. At first, he said that the other people on that island were his family. When he was a famous pop singer, he killed one girl in a car accident. After that, he wanted to die, but he couldn't do. He faked the car crash and then everybody thought he was killed in the car crash. He changed his looks and began to live that island with his family alone. Carol promised to keep his secrets and she went back to England with her mother.
This book was higher level than before. Surely, it was a little longer, but grammars were not so difficult. However, this story was boring and too long for me. Anyway, I will keep high level books like this.

Changinig hairstyle

Today I went to a beauty salon by myself. I wanted to change my hairstyle greatly because I got tired of present hairstyle. That's why I asked my hairdresser to change my hairstyle greatly. However, he didn't do that for me. He wanted me to keep black and straight hair for the ceremony of 20 -year-old. I wanted to change my hairstyle, but I keep same hairstyle till that ceremony. If I finish that, I want to change my hairstyle greatly!!

Youme town

Today I went to Youme town which is one of big malls in Kumamoto with my sister and her friend. My sister drove us there. You me town is the only place she can drive by herself. Anyway, we went there after I finished all classes. We had dinner and enjoyed amusement arcade. I bought a new bag there. I managed to get it before the shop closed. It was 1000 yen. I will use it at school. After that, we went to Joyfull to chat. My sister paid all for me. (^-^)

Eat out with relative

Tonight I went to Nabeshima with my family and relative. My relative promised to stand us a dinner, so we decided to go there and could order very expensive meat. It was so delicious. I ordered many dishes like Bibimbap. I wondered why I was willing to order many expensive dishes that we don't order usually. I was not hungry so much, but I could eat a lot then. I wanna eat out with him again!!

Anniversary of 100 posts

This is the 100th post. I reached 100 posts at last!! I am really happy!! It took a long time to reach here. > < Recently I was busy doing other things, so I made less posts than before. I try to make lots posts from now! Anyway I will keep blogging. (^-^)

New Cell Phone

←This is my old cell phone.






Today I changed my cell phones. Last Monday I dropped my old cell phone into floor and then it was a little broken. That is why I decided to change new one. I have used old one for one year and half a year. Its power of charge was poor, so it was about time that I changed new one. However, I am used to using old one, so I have to get accustomed to new one immediately!!

This is my new cell phone.→

Anoka county fair ( volume2 )

I met some nice people at the fair. Whenever I tried to talk with Americans there, many people said to me, " Welcome to Minnesota". I and Yumi visited a classic shop for buying souvenirs. There we met nice old guy and his wife. When I bought a candies' pack which was　1 ＄, I got an extra it as a free gift. Yumi did it, too. We asked them to take a photo with us. An old guy began to put cowboy clothes and bring a fake gun. After taking photos, they said to us, "Go back here after 10 minutes and then we will give you special presents!". That's why we visited there again. We received each monochrome photo about us from them. It is my valuable thing. ^^
We also got nice friends there. When I rested there, I tried to talk with 4 girls. They were each sisters. They all were pretty and kind. We took photos together and exchange e-mail addresses. Thanks for it, I still can keep in touch with them. It was so nice to meet them. To my surprised, I took their photo accidentally before I met them. You can find them from this picture!? ↑

Anoka county fair ( volume1 )

On the 5 th day my classmates and I went to Anoka county fair as a school trip. It was so amazing place. I watched some unusual domestic animals, colorful and old buildings, carnival and so on. I could feel that I was very in America then!! I and Yumi enjoyed walking and shopping.

This is one of unusual chickens. When I saw it, I remembered my old chickens. I also watched big rabbits and auctioned cattle .





This hot dog was 2＄ and this big pop was also 2＄. I drank too much!! Later I bought a strawberry ice cream. (^ -^)

There were lots choices of lunch like pizza, hamburger, tacos and so on, but we decided to buy hot dogs. We were lucky because the weather was fine. The fair reminded me of Hollywood!!!

Book Review 2-4

I read the book "THE TROY STONE". I summarize this story.
The Jackson family were on holiday in Turkey. They were staying at a big hotel in Istanbul. Mark who was 13 years old and he liked Turkey. It was 9 o'clock in the morning and then they were getting on a bus in front of their hotel. There were forty people on the bus. At Troy they all had lunch and they started to look at the old city. It was very hot day. Mark sat under a tree and then he found something on the ground. It was a flat and yellow stone. Mark pick it up and began to clean it with his hands. Suddenly there was a white light in his eyes and Mark closed eyes. He could not hear and listen anything. Ten second later the light and the wind stopped. Mark opened his eyes and saw hundreds of ships and men. He was standing on a beach then. He thought where he was now. He put the yellow stone in his pocket. He heard his name called by a guy. He asked Mark to work. He also met a guy hose name was Andros. Andros and Mark walked for another ten minutes. At the top they stopped and watched a big wooden horse. Many people worked for making it. Andros said to him that this horse was going to win the war for them Greek. However, they had a problem because they didn't have a stone for the second eye. Mark remembered the stone in his pocket, so he gave it for them. They were happy and asked Mark to come with them in the horse the next night. That evening Mark met an old woman whose name was Ana. He got known lots of stories like Greece, the war and the beautiful princess from her. Next morning the horse was ready. Greek soldiers pulled it the gates of Troy. Mark was sitting in the horse's head and waited all afternoon under the hot. Mark did not know what would happen then. Suddenly the gates opened and Trojan soldiers walked out. They pulled the horse inside and shut the gates again. When Trojan went to bed and Troy was quiet, the Greeks climbed out of the horse. They began to war. A minute later there were thousands of Greek soldiers. The street was full of smoke. Mark run down a small street very fast, but he met two Trojans with swords. Mark shouted for them. He heard his name called by his sister then and suddenly waked up. It was 4 o'clock and the bus was leaving in a minute. Mark tried to look at the yellow stone in his hand, but it was nothing. When Mark went to the bus, he met an old woman. She had lots of small wooden horses in a basket. Mark bought a horse and looked at the woman. She gave him smiles and said goodbye for him.
This story is too short and beyond my capacity. I think Mark is an English boy, but he and Greeks can communicate with English. That is why I don't like this story.

Busy Days

I thought I was able to free on the fall semister than the spring semister, but I am also busy now. I have a lot of things to do. I have to finish my school things, but I also have to do some club activities. Now Takuma-sai is coming soon, so we club members are really busy for that. However, I have some reports and tests. I do not have enough time to watch movies and take part in club activities!! They are so terrible. (> <)

Shopping after Dinner

On the 4th day I went shopping with my host family. My host sister would be an university student from this September, so they had to prepare for that. At first I went to Michaels and then I went to BED BATH ＆BEYOND. There my host sister Sarah bought a big pillow.


I also went to Supermarket Target. There were many Target stores in America. Target was so popular among us. I think it was one of sightseeing spots for us. I went there for three times with my host family. I would often buy souvenirs there because the things were cheap. I liked Target!!

Movie Review 1

Toy Story

Toy Story is one of Disney movies. It was made in 1995. The main characters are Woody and Buzz lightyear, which are toys. Andy is a boy and owner of them. Woody is the best toy of all and Andy would often play with Woody before Buzz comes to his house. Woody has a lot of friends like Mr. Potato Head, Rex, Slinky Dog and Ham.
It is Andy’s birthday that Buzz comes to his house. Woody is the leader of Andy’s toys. However, Buzz has a lot of accessories than Woody. Andy also begins to play with Buzz, so Woody feels jealous. Buzz does not think he is a just toy and believes himself to be real hero.
Sid who is a bad boy lives next door to Andy. Many toys are afraid of him because he breaks toys for fun. One day Woody and Buzz begin to fight and they fall from Andy’s house. Unfortunately, Sid caught them. Woody hates Buzz, but he tries to help Buzz from Sid.
When Woody is in Sid’s room, he meets a lot of broken and converted toys. Buzz also realizes himself to be a toy then. Sid plans to break Buzz with dynamite, so Woody tries to help him with Buzz’s poor toys. They can threaten Sid by themselves and help Buzz from Sid. At last they can go back to Andy’s. They begin to live his new house well together.
I have been big fan of Disney since I was a pupil. I especially like princess stories like Beauty and the beast, but I also like this story very much and have seen it some times. This story is very good for both children and adults. Not only children but also adults can enjoy watching this movie. We can think toy’s feeling. I think some people realize we should treasure our toys. My favorite scene is that Woody and Buzz work together to solve the problem. They look so cool. At first, Woody and Buzz are rival, but later become good friends. In original Tom Hanks is voice actor of Woody and Tim Allen is Buzz Lightyear. In Japanese version, famous Japanese actors also act main characters. I think it is one of this movie’s charms. The reason why I like Disney movies is that I like Disney’s songs. I also like this main song” You’ve got a friend in me”. This song gives me power and makes me relax. I also have seen Toy Story 2, but I want to see another sequel of Toy Story.

Book Review 2-3

I read the book " FLYING HOME". I tell about this story.
Felix was a blue and yellow bird from Brazil. He lived with the Baxter family in New York. Felix liked the Baxters, but he wanted to go back to his hometown. Every night Felix looked up at the sky. He remembered the big and yellow moon in Brazil. He closed his eyes and began to think about his family. One day he got a chance to escape from the cage. Mr. Baxter didn't want to free Felix, but Felix went away. The air under his wings was very cold. He looked down at the streets and buildings and flied through the city. Some people surprised at him. After an hour, Felix stopped and stood on the head of the Statue of Liberty. Felix filed south and could not see New York at all. Felix was hungry, but he was happy. Two hours later it started to rain. He couldn't see the moon or the stars. Then he found the ship and flied down to it. He stayed there all night. There was a man in the ship and allowed him to stay. The man gave him some fishes and took a photograph of Felix. Two days later Felix filed across Peru. He looked down and saw the Inca city of Machu Picchu. Then he met a big bird with beautiful black and white feathers. He was sitting on a stone. Felix asked him the way to Brazil. Felix flied from Peru to Rio. There he saw a lot of people in the street. He could hear music and saw some birds in a tree and found his friend Aca. He told his story to Aca. Felix and Aca filed from Rio to the jungle. In front of them there were a lot of men and machines. Felix was shocked that sight, but tried to find his family. The two birds flied over the new road. Then they stopped in a tree near the village. Felix looked up and found four birds above the tree. He though they were his family. He felt that he was home at last!!
This story is very easy to read, so I can understand this story soon. This story was so simple, but interesting. I had some birds before and some of them went away from my family. I thought my birds wanted to be free like Felix!!

DEAD END

I found the sign"DEAD END" on the way to Lake Johanna. It was the first time that I saw a scary sign like this. I thought it was a suicide spot. Later I learned the meaning of that sign from my American friend. It just means that the road comes to an end. I could find one near my host family's house and anywhere!

Lake Johanna

On the 4th day, I went to Lake Johanna with some classmates. It looked like the sea but it was a lake. It was huge. I brought a bathing suit but I did not swim there then. I remembered that American lifesavers were so cool!! I also tried to talk with strangers and took photos with them. There my American teacher gave us water and it was delicious!! There were a lot of lakes in Minnesota.

American Sweets

This is cookies made by my host mother. I would often eat one secretly. I became a big fan of her cookies. I asked my host mother to make some cookies for my Japanese family. I was happy that I could bring her cookies to my Japanese family.I also became crazy about American ice cream. I ate ice cream almost every day then. My favorite flavors were Strawberry ＆Raspberry and Caramel. American family ice cream size is much bigger than Japanese. It was so awesome!!
I wanted to bring American ice cream for my family.(>_<)

Book Review 2-2

I read the book "THE WHITE ORYX" I will review this story.
Mandy Brown was in the desert with Abdullah. She should take photos of the oryx for her book. Abdullah was an oryx ranger. He helped her find oryxes. With the radios they could find oryxes. Suddenly there was a noise behind them. It was the big radio in the car. The oryx looked up and ran away quickly. She thought there were poachers near them. Mandy got into the car and they drove away quickly across the desert. The sand made a long yellow cloud behind the car. Poachers usually shot the young oryx and sold them, so they were really dangerous. Mandy found some blood in the sand and then saw an oryx with a big hole in its neck. She was already dead. He thought the dead oryx had her baby. They guessed poachers killed that oryx. So they called police.They began to find her baby and drove quickly across the desert again. They could see the cloud of sand behind the poachers and they were very near them. Suddenly a man with a gun was coming to them. They thought they were killed by him. They tried to go away from him with his car, but his car didn't move. Then there was a very big noise and they saw a helicopter of the police. The police came down near the poachers. The poachers quickly put their guns on the sand and put up their hands. Abdullah and Mandy ran to the truck and found the young oryw there. The mother orywx was dead, but that young oryx was fine. Then she took photos of the police and their helicopter. She also took photos of the poachers, too. It was good day for her because she got some very interesting pictures for her book about the animal of the desert.
It was a little short story but interesting. I like stories like this because it is easy to read and I can enjoy reading. Anyway, I thought Arabic names are difficult to read in English. I do not know how to pronounce "Abdullah". I will learn how to pronounce it someday!

School lunch in Bethel University

When I went to Bethel University, I would often eat school lunch there. It was Buffet and we had to pay 100＄ for lunch for 4 weeks. I would often eat Hamburger and Grilled cheese. I also drank Pop every time. First week I could eat ice cream cone. ^^

This is one of my school lunches. Maybe, they were Chicken burger, Lasagna, French fries, Salad, Cake and Pop!! They seemed to have very high calories.
Sick! Sick! Sick!


I liked taking photos of every one of my lunches and showing them to my host family and teachers. I couldn't help taking photos of my lunches every time without notice. I also enjoyed talking with teachers and strangers there.

Recent me

After I went back from Minnesota, I planed to make a lot of posts. However, I had many things to do like club camp, tests, parties and so on. I spent my summer vacation in Japan enjoying with foreign students. I was getting lost my power for my blog day by day > < I realize that I should make a lot of posts. Now I try to return my power for it little by little!!

Book Review 2-1

I read the book" WHO WANTS TO BE A STAR?” I will summarize this story.
Tina Daniels was thirteen years old and she was a star. She was so popular, but she was not happy at all. Her mother wanted her to get a lot of money, but she didn’t. She wanted a quiet life and hated her mother. One day she had an idea. Her school friend, Mary had a grandmother called Mrs. White. Tina decided to visit her without her mother’s permission. She went to the city station and there bought a ticket for Stonechurch. Tina arrived there and saw Mrs. White. Tina did not tell her about herself well. She didn’t tell her that she was a star. However, Mrs. White welcomed her kindly and allowed her to stay there for a week. Mrs. White didn’t have a television or radio, but it made her happier. She didn’t like city’s life at all. She began to experience quite life from then. When she took a walk with Mrs. White, she saw some lambs. She and Mrs. White also saw some hedgehogs at the garden and feed them. Suddenly, a big fox, which had chicken in its mouth appeared in front of her. That chicken was Mrs. White’s, so Mrs. White got angry at the fox. Then Mrs. White told her about other chickens’ feeling. She learned a lot about country life from Mrs. White. One day, However, Mrs. White read the postman’s newspaper and she found whom Tina was. She wanted to stay with Mrs. White longer and didn’t want to go back home. Mrs. White had one good idea and tried to make her meet her mother. Her mother was happy to see her again, but she still wanted her daughter to be a star. Mrs. White explained her idea that Tina should go to her friend’s school on the island of Guernsey, between England and France. Her mother managed to agree and Tina could go to that school. There she enjoyed her school life and got a lot of new friends. She was a just girl and not a star anymore.
I think this story is so simple and a little boring. However, I want to experience country life like her. I like animals like squirrels, chipmunks, bunnies and so on. When I was in Minnesota, I would often watch them so often. It was one of my enjoyments to find wild them. I am a little sad that I can find them here. I want to visit US to find them again!!