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Chinese

2011-05-15T22:59:00.002+09:00

I was sooooo lazy for a while,,,,,,I didn't write anything here.....

By the way, I started to learn Chinese from April at my university for free.:)
The Chinese class opens a day a week, so it's not enough time to be able to speak Chinese. Of cource, I don't think I will be able to communicate in Chinese. However, I want to greet in Chinese for my Chiense friends here at least.
Now I practice Chinese pronunciation, but it's very anunderstandable because there are a lot of pronunce rules like pin ying.
We Japanese use Kanji, so I sometime undestand the words' meaning, but I can't prounce them at all.
I will study Chinese as poosible as I can!!!

Tohoku-Pacific Ocean Earthquake

2011-03-29T18:03:00.003+09:00

I really didn't fell like writing something here after this earthquake because I wanted to know what had happened in Tohoku and Kanto, Japan. Luckly, I live in the South part of Japan, so it didn't cause any damage here. I didn't expect that it was the most davastating earthquake in my life. Additionally, The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, when I was 7 years old, was the most biggest one before this. However, I have relatives and friends in Kanto. They said that they lucked of foods, water and something for their life, therefore, my mom and I sent some gifts for them. To my surprised, it was also hard to get electrical batteries and water here because many people sent themm for their relatives. I still think water poverty will continue for a while in the East of Japan because ofradioactivity. Recently we had a small earhquake here, so I felt a bit terrible. Now it is difficlut to go to Tokyo for fun in some problems like electricity shortfall, water shortag and so on. However, I want to live in tokyo someday!!

Plasmacluster

2011-03-08T22:33:00.005+09:00

This January, my sister bought a Plasmacluster, which is the humidifying device with generators from Sharp, at an electrical shop called Yamada Denki for my family. The device has some good points. For example, it can clean up cigarette flavor, mold and virus including influenza in the air. When she bought it, my family was suffering from colds. Therefore she thought it was better to buy it to prevent colds than go to hospitals again and again. It isn't cheap, but she decided to buy it within two days after she met it. I myself couldn't help buying it because I thought the sentence " You can give yourself a facial treatment at home!". After we got it, I sometimes use it in order to prevent dry skin and pollen allergy especially at night. However, I seldom witness my sisiter turns it on. In fact, she is always seem to find satisfaction of only getting something without using them. When she bought a home bakery, a similar thing happaned. Apart from her, I like Plasmacluster very much because my skin is able to keep moisture and I have not caught a cold since we got it. To my sadly, the amount of making Plasmacluster ion in one machine may have duration of life and stop someday. I wonder why I can realize it stops someday because I can't watch Plasmaion. I think it will keep working as just humidifying device or I will buy a much improved Plasmacluster in the future!

VitaminC

2011-03-07T23:19:00.009+09:00

Now it 's no exaggeration to say that I am addcited to 美白(Bihaku; whitning) because I am willing to pay for whitning goods. I already have a lot of goods about it, but I got new goods recently. They are two kind of VitaminC pills; VitaminC 1200 and white advance, and I drink them every day! I like the time of drinking them after every meals in a day!! Someone thinks it is wasting to buy whiting goods because people's skins can't change easily because of their instric gene. I surely feel so sometimes. However, my mom and sister have much white skin than me, so I doubt that my skin becomes like them if I care my skin a lot. Additionally, I didn't care of my skin till last September at all because of my lacking knowledege about cosmetic power. I just believe I will bounce back from tanning and get more brighter skin in time!

Common sense

2011-03-07T15:50:00.002+09:00

In fact, I feel I am lacking common sense for anything. I especially don't understand the structure of society like economy. For example, I knwo the phrase " Lehman shock", but I don't understnad how it effected the World economy and can't explain it well. Now I am not a student any longer, so I think I need to have knowlege about these things. I feel it stronger than my university student time because working people around me know them and can talk. Therefore, I borrowed a book called " To the people who became working people without understanding economy" written by Akira Ikegami at library. The book teachs us world economy with easy words and pictures. I hope it hels me gain more knowledge to understand the economy. I really dislike reading books, but I try to do it little by little. Of course, I have to study the subjects connected with company life like honorific words, so I need to have more time to study!

Shocking news

2011-03-06T21:46:00.004+09:00

On March 4th, a student at my university who had killed a 3-year-old girl was arrested. It became very big news and front page news in all Japanese news. Not only that, the place where he killed her is a supermarket where my family and I often go. In fact, my father and I just went to the store on the day beofre the murder. I was really surprized because the horrible murder happened around me. I thought my hometown was really safe, so it was really sad and terrible accident. However, another murder happened two weeks before which was also near my university. I wonder why two murders within two weeks of each other in Kumamoto. We seldom have bad accidents like murder so I feel I need to take care of be extra careful.

Chirognpmy

2011-03-03T14:46:00.007+09:00

In past days, I was read my future by one of my coworker,who is able to do plam-reaing for free.
According to him,

☆I will marry someone when I am 28 years old (no.1 possibility) or 26 yrs r 30yrs.
☆I will have two children at least and one of them must be a boy.
☆My husband may be a foreigner.
☆I will get the ability to watch gohst someday.
☆I can get money, but lose easily.

He said something like those.....
I didn't believe Chirognomy before, but I want to believe what he said except for money thing!

Office sweets ＆ snacks

2011-03-03T11:54:00.003+09:00

There are a lot of free sweets and snacks in my office because my seniors buy them regularly. I am lucky to be alllowed to eat them any time! Therefore, I eat them too much.:(During noon, I always eat 3 or 4 small sweet packs like chocolate, cookies and pocky. As soon as I become hungry, I pick up some and eat eat them quickly.I sometimes feel guilty that I eat too much, but I forget that feeling soon. I sometimes get cakes and pudding as presents from coworkers and visitors in my office.I like this envorment. However, I don't move so much, so I really shouldn't eat them. Whatever, I say something like that, I will keep eating.

Al Jazeera English

2011-03-02T18:30:00.008+09:00

Recently, antigovernment demonstrations have happened in Arabic countries. I am especially curious about Libya's matter because it has the most victims in those countries. I don't know the government matter and system of Libya, so I can't judge what is better, however, I really want to know what happen in this country right now. To my sadly, there is little information in Japanese media like TV news and I can't get enough movies or videos from them. Therefore, I start to watch Al Jazeer news in English. To my surprised, the news casters speak English like native. I think it helps me improve English skill and get knowledge about Arabic countries.:) Now I have two Islamic friends (one is from Pakistan and the other is Guinea), so I hope I can understand their cultures as soon as possible!!

Here is Al Jazeera English site!

Black Coffee

2011-03-01T20:11:00.004+09:00

Almost 2 months ago, I came to be able to drink black coffee!!
I couldn't drink coffee without milk and suger before. I feel I became an adult a little bit.:) Now I can drink a little bit more expensive coffees for free because my work senior buys them for everyone in my office. The coffee has a difference in flavor and richness compared to cheap instant coffee. I almost can't drink any alcohol like beer, wine or cocktails because of my low tolerance. That's why balck coffee is the only drink which makes me look adult. However, coffee isn't good for getting white skin, so I shouldn't drink too much. I always drink coffee with a samll cap!!:P

Whitning& Moisturing☆彡

2011-02-28T19:40:00.012+09:00

Hello, long time no see to everyone! I finally came back here.
I was soooooo lazy to posting some even if I have enough time to do. I feel that my English skill would be very poor right now, therefore I start to write my diary in English again. After I earn money by myself, I got interest in cosmetics and whiting my skin. It has past 6 mounts since I had got interested in them. My favorite cosmetics brands are COVERMARK, LANCOME and 雪肌精（Sekkisei). Especially, Sekkisei helps my skin show white, so I can't help keeping it!!:) However, they are a little bit expensive, and I need to economic for anything!! Well, I always keep my household accounts and know how much I spend in a mount!!:) I stop wasting money except for buying cosmetic goods. For example, I sing a song at home instead of going to Karaoke, reduce an oppoturnity of eating out and stop buying snacks and soft drinks!! To tell the truth, my skin becomes much blighter than before. Some Beauty Advisers always recommended me to buy the darkest foundation color, but now they do one step luminous color!!:D Additionally, my skin is very dry, so I also take care of moisture retention to my skin. In fact, I sometimes feel hurt because of dry skin....it is like desert skin. (> <) Moisturing also helps my skin show white! I only wish I had much money to buy cosmetic goods and get healthy skin. Now I am studying how to lose flecks easily and cheaply. I am enjoying my skin changing day by day!!(^ O ^)

Petti Baked Cheese Cake Party

2009-11-29T23:32:00.018+09:00

Baked Cheese Cake:)

Looks good, doesn't it!?

Today I baked cheese cake for the first time.
The cake was much better than I had expected.
Then I planed to have petti cheese cake party:)
My two friends joined it and enjoyed wii-karaoke with me!
However, I baked the cake a bit...> <>

Happy Birthday to my sister

2009-11-25T23:32:00.005+09:00

Today was my sister's birthday.
However, my family but me was sick.:(
That's why we didn't do special thing......
I only had cheese cake because I bought it yesterday.
But we will have another cake soon!!!!!!!!!!

Dieting days

2009-11-22T23:03:00.014+09:00

Recently I try to go on diet! Last year, I could lose weight 8kg for about 3monthswith wii fit. However, I finally gained back the weight for 4~5kg.:( That's why I try it again. I didn't know how to go on diet last year, so it was too hard to keep lost weight off. This year, I gathered much information about that, so I learned I shouldn't do extreme things like diet restriction, more than 30 mins exercise and something like that. My new diet menu is to do little exercise and think about my diet and solve constipated! I do muscle training like squat, aerobic exercise and yoga every night. I recorded what I have every meals, try to take 20 mins to have meal. I also have all bran and drink vegetable juice every morning. I also have sweet potato to gorge myself and solve constipation. Now I lost weight for about 2kg. :) I wanna keep my diet habit, however I like to think about foods....one of my habits is watching food website and looking over groceries stores....Anyway, I wanna be healthy slender woman someday!!

Happy Birthday to Me 22

2009-07-15T21:57:00.012+09:00

Today I became 22!!!!!!!
I feel I am old............

Anyway, I enjoyed today.^^ I got a lots of BD mail and gifts from friends.:)
I also had sweets, hehehe!!

Chocolate Brownie

2009-02-09T22:37:00.010+09:00

Today I baked chocolate brownie for my family and me.:) The recipe was written in CanCam, so I followed it!!
I actually don't know what brownie is well because I seldom have it. I think I have had some in Minnesota. My mom and I though today's brownie was like Gateau chocolat more than Brownie. However, if I heard the word "Brownie", I always recall the British movie "Notthing hill".

Shrimp tomato cream pasta

2009-02-08T21:36:00.005+09:00

Tonight I cooked Shrimp tomato cream pasta.
I wanted to cook by myself, but my father finally helped me. I tried to cook it like the site I found last night, but my pasta definitely looked different from it. However, the taste was soso good!:D

Fashion revolution

2009-02-08T21:14:00.033+09:00

I finally tried to change my fashion to be funky girl!
Actually, I didn't have interest in fashions like clothes and cosmetics, but I realized I should care about it because I want to be much attractive and adult. Some people recommended me to be fashionable before, but I would often ignore their advice. :(
To be fashionable, I bought a fashion magazine, CanCam to learn what kinds of clothes are popular in Japan. I also bought a one piece, stocking and boots!! Fortunately, I could get them very cheaply because they were on sell. I will be fashionable more and more from now. :P

←one-piece and stocking.

↑brown boots

Yakisoba

2009-02-06T21:04:00.011+09:00

Tonight I also cooked nouilles sautees (Yakisoba).
It was the first time that I cooked a real yakisoba, not a instant yakisoba.
In fact, I have never cooked Yakisoba in my life, so I tried to cook one by my imagination. I didn't dare to ask my parents how to cook it.
Anyway, I was glad that my original yakisoba looked like normal yakisoba and its taste was almost normal yakisoba.:D

Original fried-rice

2009-02-06T20:41:00.009+09:00

Today I cooked fried-rice for three times a day for my family.
When I was a pupil, I would often try to cook fried-rice, so I didn't cook one at all till I cooked today. It has past nearly 10 years since I cooked one last. However, I found the way of cooking fried-rice on Yahoo last night, so I followed the site.:) I think the taste was Okay!!

Self-cooking

2009-02-05T22:40:00.013+09:00

Tonight I tried to cook in advance to be self-independent. I deep-fried chicken, french fries and mushrooms, and cut a cabbage.

It was less difficult to cook them than I expected. In fcat, I didnt deep-fried chicken enough, so my mom warmed them up in a microwave oven.

However, to my badly, I had fried chicken for 4 times a week;one was for lunch and the others were for dinner. I try not to eat them too much from now.

Before I cooked hamburg with my parents. When I cooked with them, I didn't think it was difficult to cook, but, I may forget how to cook it. > <

I know I am very poor at cooking, but it is fun to cook something to me. I hope I can cook better soon. I also want to cook something with rice next time. Maybe, I will update my blog if I cook next !!

Job hunting

2009-02-05T20:17:00.004+09:00

Now I almost finished my senior year of my university, so I have to do job hunting hard.That's why I start to go to Fukuoka so often and do some activities in Kumamoto for that. I will spend my spring vacation to my job hunting because I really want to get a good job and earn lots money by myself in the future.:)
However, I have some plans to do during my vacation except for job hunting. To tell the truth, I am afraid if I can live alone in the near future because I am not sure I can find a job in Kumamoto. I think I need to be self-oriented before moving on another prefecture.
They are my plans during this vacation:

Leaning house work! (laundry, cooking, folding clothes etc....)
Be more fashionable!
Care of my diet!

To my luckily, I have enough time to do those things, so I will do them little by little as much as possible. Of course I keep studying English too!!

Ian

2009-02-05T18:25:00.010+09:00

He is Ian from Texas, America.

Actually, he was my first close KGU American male friend for me.
However, he already left here to back to America.

We often hanged out and ate out......I think we went starbucks for 3 times at least. He seemed to like Starbucks, Beer, Pizza and Cheese cake.

In fact, when I started to getting foreign friends from last October, I would often eat out...then ate Pizza, desserts like cake and parfait......Actually, I must have become fat.

However, I enjoyed spending my time with them. If I go to Texas to see him, I want to eat out a lot like that I did in Minnesota. :)

Oliver Kelly Farm

2008-09-09T16:27:00.023+09:00

The Wednesday of my second week in MN, I went to the Oliver Kelly Fram with my classmates. We watched several animals and learned the lifestyle of old Minnesotan people.

It was a big mom pig.:)

She had about 5 babies!!

How cute the baby sheep is!? Hey babe....(^-^)

They wore Old Minnsotan clothes at a historical house. However, the house was very hot and wet. Additionally, many flies were flying there. (> <)

Just a normal house......nothing special.....

The farm was very historical and Western, so I remembered "Little House on the Prairie".

Modern Art

2008-09-09T12:51:00.034+09:00

The Tuesday of my second week in Minnesota, I went to the Walker Art Museum for a school trip. There were lots of modern art works, like Picasso. I remembered that there was a cyber dolphin, which could communicate with humas through the computer. He was so sweet!! However, that day was so terrible for me because I was sick. That's why I couldn't enjoy watching them so much......(><)

After we looked around inside the building, we went outside. There was the Sculpture Garden, that had many works of art. At that time, I was sick, but I felt better than earlier. I was happy to be with Yumi because we found some squirrels and chipmunks!! I was really excited to try squirrel fishing!!!!!!!!!!!! We spent a lot of time for watching squirrels and chipmunks than we looked at the artwork............
Again, I realize how beautiful America is !! (^ 0 ^)

Test in Fukuoka

2008-09-08T00:37:00.004+09:00

Today I went to Fukuoka to take a test with my friends.
The test was really hard because I didn't study for it at all. I regreted being lazy><
There is no hope to pass the test.......
However, it was cool to travel with my friends.
I bought 2 souvenirs, Hakata Ramen and Hakata Bijin, in Tenjin.

Happy Birthday to Me 21

2008-07-15T23:28:00.008+09:00

Happy Birthday to me!!
Today I became 21 years old at last.

Unexpectedly, trang gave me some spring rolls and my sister bought a mille crepe for me. :)
However, I can't eat cake too much because I am going on diet now.

Anyway, it was special day to me!!!!

Won an eco bag

2008-06-12T01:45:00.009+09:00

On June 6 th, a man delivered a big box to my home during the morning.
When I saw it, I wondered what was inside. It was an eco bag that I applied to get with beer seals.
I was very happy!!!\(^0^)/

To tell the truth, I have been crazy about gathering SUNTORY beer seals to get eco bags.In order to get the bags, I have to gather 24 seals (one seal a beer can), put them into a special applicant card and drop into a mailbox. It is easy to gather many seals because my father likes to drink beer.He sometimes gets seals from his friends. That's why I have applied 7 times at least from the last of April. There are 30 kinds of eco bags and 30,000 people can get the bags.

So I finally won the eco bag!!!! It was the first time that I won a present like this way. Maybe, I won't use the bag because it is very precious to me. :)However, I want to get more eco bags, so I am looking forward to getting some more again!

Vietnamese visitor

2008-06-07T17:18:00.022+09:00

During last Golden week, my family became a host family to a Vietnamese boy.I talked about it on Ayumi's Vietnam blog, Hostfamily, Host family2 and Host family3 but I will summarize here again.

Dung, a friend of Trang visited my grandmother house on May 3 rd. We waited for him for a long time, and he finally camed here with Trang on 10 pm.I wanted them to come earlier because I wanted to talk about Vietnam.

On May 4 th, all four of us went to the Kumamoto castle togeteher. Before arriving there, we dropped in some places like the Fujisaki Shrine. We enjoyed sightseeing around Kumamoto city and the Kumamoto castle. We also had Kumamoto ramen for lunch with my father!!
After our lanch, my father took us more places by his car. We drove to Foodpal, Melondome, Yatani Valley and Yamaga city.

That night, we had a grilled beef party at my grandmother house. :)
Trang didn't take part in the part cause she had something to do at her dorm.
After dinner, we present a stamp for Dung, and we all took some photos!!

On May 5 th, we waked up early and went to the Kumamoto station to see Dung off.
Trang, my grandmother and I saw through him.
I want him to visit here again!!!!!!!!!!!

Unhappy day again!?

2008-04-28T00:59:00.005+09:00

Last year around this time, I was bitten by a centipede and went to the hospital. It was an unhappy day. :( Now I am scared of beign bitten by a centipede. If I am bitten by them again, I will get an allergic reaction called Anaphylaxis. It is very dangerous to my life. It is a matter of Dead or Alive!! I heard it can stop my breathing and even can be lethal to my life. However, my mom already found two centipedes at home this month. (> <) I will do my best to bug them as soon as I find them!!

Asthma...

2008-04-28T00:28:00.005+09:00

Recently, I can't get to sleep well because I can't help coughing during nighttime. I am afraid that it is asthma. When I was a pupil, I was suffering from asthma. Because of it, I went to the hospital twice. However I haven't suffered from it since. Now I keep coughing since I got cold on the first April. I don't think it is just cold. Maybe I will go to the hospital later. I hope I don't have to worry about it and get to sleep well. (> <)

Meow Meow Meow

2008-04-25T21:37:00.004+09:00

Meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow......................
It is my favorite American CM. (^ - ^)
I got to know it recently. Maybe, many Americans are familiar with it!!

New friend from Vietnam

2008-04-22T17:22:00.007+09:00

Today I met a new student from Vietnam at 4 th period. I became her Japanese teacher through Japanese education class, so we met today. However, we met before, so she remembered me. (^ - ^)

Her name is Trang, so I call her Trang chan. (*Trang is pounced like Chan in Japanese) We chatted over one hour and then I learned about Vietnam a few from her. She is really friendly, so I am sure we can be good friends. (^ 0 ^)

Xin Chao is hello in Vietnamese!

In fact, I will research about Vietnam through my seminar this year. Now I have interest in Vietnam. I will do my best to study Vietnam this year!!!

Driving license★

2008-04-07T22:46:00.009+09:00

Today I went to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Center to take my final driving paper test. I have already past my final drving skill at my driving school. I worried that I didn't study about driving enough. I was so nervous.......and then

To my delight, I passed the test!!
I got a driving license at last!! (^o^)

It almost took two months to get it. I spent my spring vacation going to a driving school. However, I was lucky that I could get it before my university started.

I wanna graduate from the passenger seat and be a good driver soon!! I want to drive now. (> 0 <) If you have the courage to ride in my car, I will take you anywhere!!!

Koh-san

2008-03-10T22:31:00.011+09:00

Today I met my Chinese friend, Koh downtown. She is an exchange student from Shenzhen here. We had a good time together.

We went to McDonald's and then we enjoyed eating and chatting. (^-^)

We also visited a game center and there took a "purikura" which is a photo stricker that you can have made in a booth here in Japan. It was really funny!!

But sadly, it was last day that we could meet here. She had to go back to China. （> <) However, she suggested that we should go to Hong Kong next summer. I really wanna go there with her. I hope we can meet there again!!!!!!!!!!!

←This is a present from her. She had traveled in Hokkaido before we met. It's a big and really cool sheet. I like it. (^-^)

Past driving permit test☆

2008-03-04T21:48:00.010+09:00

Today I passed my driving permit tests, and got my temporary license at last! I am really glad now. There were two kinds of tests. One was a skill test and the other was a paper test. I didn't expect that I passed the skill test. I though that I was a terrible driver and that I would fail the test at least once. Because I passed the skill test, I could take the paper test. To my surprised, my score was perfect. Today was a really miracle day for me. That's why I bought a little expensive custard pudding and two tiramisus for myself and family at a department store. My family celebrated as if I had passed an entrance exam. I thought they were over the top, but I was happy, though. I will drive on the road from now!!

Kinoko soup

2008-03-02T22:25:00.017+09:00

Today I went to the Horn Yamagoya with my sister and Maiko for lunch. My sister and I have been going there since we were little. We would often go there with my grandmother. That's why the old waitress remembered us even though we haven't visited for a long time. (^-^) By the way, I like Kinoko soup the best of all the menu. Kinoko means mushroom!! The soup looks like mushroom, but doesn't contain any mushrooms. It is a white stew covered with bread. It is sooo delicious. Maiko said this soup looked like Docomodake. I really recommend this soup. When you visit here, please try it sometime!!

DanDan Noodle

2008-02-25T21:13:00.010+09:00

Today I ate Dandan noodle (坦々麺：Tantan men) with my sister and grandmother. The restaurant is near my grandmother's house. We came to know there recently. We can choose the hot levels of the noodles. The levels are from 0 to 7, with 7 being the hottest. I heard the level 1 was so hot from my sister. I ordered the level 1, but it was not hot to me. By the time I finished eating it, my tongue became numb, though. My tongue is still poor at spicy foods. After that, we ordered ice cream, too. It was very cold and sweet. Next time I eat it, I will challenge a spicier level!!

MT. RAINIER Caffe Latte

2008-02-24T15:46:00.008+09:00

I like MT. RAINIER Caffe Latte. There are different kinds of Latte flavors. Hazel Mocha is my favorite flavor. This drink is similar to Starbucks, but is made by a Japanese company, Morinaga. However, it seems to come from America or another western country. That's why I want to have my foreign friends drink the latte. I hope other countries will get the chance to experience the taste of this drink. Anyway, my mother likes it, too. I like to buy them for me and my mom at a supermarket. Of course, to buy one at a supermarket is cheaper than buying at a convenient store. I am looking forward to drinking a new flavor of it!!

Sea gull

2008-02-17T13:53:00.023+09:00

Today I went to the Kumamoto port with my family to see Sea gulls. There were some sea gulls at that time. We liked to feed them. (^-^) That's why we brought some snacks to feed them. We could see them very closely. They seemed to be hungry, so they were so hard to eat our food. Some caught food from our hands. However, they were so cute and beautiful. I wanna feed them again!!

Changing hairstyle

2008-02-13T15:51:00.017+09:00

After I finish my age of ceremony, I would like to change my hairstyle. I got tired of my normal hairstyle, and I wanted Permed hair. I tried to go to a beauty salon where my acquaintance works on last Friday because I had finished my fall semester. It took 2 hours to become perm my hair, but perm did not set so strongly. I had to go to the salon again. That's why I went there last Monday. However, I like to go there. Everytime I go there to cut my hair, the shop serves me drinks and the hairdresser gives me a massage. I like those services as well as my new hairstyle!!

Driving school

2008-02-13T15:51:00.016+09:00

On February 2nd, I started to go to a driving school. I wanted to get a license before because People around me have already licenses, but I missed many chances to go there. I though that driving was really fun and easy. However, it was not like that at all to me. >< It was so difficult for me to drive. I will do my best to graduate from the school during my spring vacation. I want to drive with my friends including foreigners someday. My dream is taking foreign friends somewhere in Kumamoto with my driving. That's why I need to get a license soon!!

Final WEI 6

2008-01-30T09:22:00.002+09:00

6.0. Suggestions for your peers and successors

I realized some important things at this term. The most important thing is to keep blogging, and read others and give comments to them. If you get some reader, they may encourage you to make lots of posts. You can enjoy making posts. Don’t be lazy reading books every week. To read one book at least once a week is also important. You can get English skill naturally if you keep those points.

Final WEI 5

2008-01-30T09:22:00.001+09:00

5.0. Additional reflections on your blog writing

Actually, I thought I had to make blog for credit at first. However, my mind changed soon, and I enjoyed bogging greatly. I realized that many people read my blog. I also enjoyed reading others’ blogs and giving comments. In fall semester, we should review movies. I seldom watch movies, so I think it was a good chance to make myself watch movies and listen English. Taking photos for my blog became one of my hubbies without my notice. Now I enjoy taking photos, too. Surely, the best goal for writing class is to improve our writing skill. During this term, I wrote a lot of documents and I learned some English rules from them. I believe if the class had not been blog, I had not enjoyed this class at all. I was happy that many people all over the world read my blog and gave me some advice. I sometimes got some help from Internet foreigners to correct my documents. Anyway, I have still hard readers, so I will keep blogging.

Final WEI 4

2008-01-30T09:20:00.000+09:00

3.0. Book Reviews

	Short titles with links	Dates (yy.mm.dd)	Words	Comments
Example:	Vampire Killer	07.05.16	39	1
2-01	WHO WANT TO BE A STAR?	07.10.02	428	0
2-02	THE WHITE ORYX	07.10.08	366	0
2-03	FLYING HOME	07.10.12	405	0
2-04	THE TROY STONE	07.10.19	532	0
2-05	DEAD MAN'S ISLAND	07.10.28	591	0
2-06	JUST LIKE A MOVIE	07.11.02	583	0
2-07	LOST LOVE and Other Stories	07.11.07	584	0
2-08	Kidnap!	07.11.17	583	0
2-09	MR BEAN IN TOWN	07.11.26	721	0
2-10	Picture Puzzle	07.11.29	775	0
2-11	TITANIC	07.12.09	676	0
2-12	THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON	07.12.13	1003	0
2-13	L.A. Raid	07.12.20	1443	0
2-14	TWISTERS!	07.12.27	822	0
2-15	A Pretty Face	08.01.06	1343	0
2-16	Rich Man, Poor Man	08.01.13	1549	0
2-17
2-18


---	---	TOTALS:	12404	0

Note: Please calculate book review words and comments totals without the example (above).

4.2. Best Book Review

Selection and Assessment: Which of those book reviews do you feel is the best that you've written this semester, and why? Please remember that a complete answer is better than a short answer, and give at least two reasons to support your assessment.

I think Book Review 2-9 is my best. The title of this book is Mr. Bean in town, so the story is about Mr. Bean. The reason why it is my best is that story is difficult to understand. It explains about Mr. Bean’s comedies. That’s why to summarize story is also difficult. I took a long time to finish this review. I also put a You Tube related with that Mr. Bean’s comedy. I was really satisfied with it. I was happy that Mr. Tomei liked it, too.

Final WEI 3

2008-01-30T09:19:00.000+09:00

2.0. Comments

Total number of comments (use dashboard)
Months	08	09	10	11	12	01	Total
	12	4	17	10	5	6	54

Most comments on:	Titles of posts with link	Dates of posts (yy.mm.dd)	Qualities of comments[]
Any one of your movie reviews	Kill Bill	07.10.30	My British friend gave me a comment. I think he wrote about the movie review very well. My Pakistanis friend also read and gave me a nice comment. I think they understand what I said well.
When did you respond to those comments?	---	07.11.05	---
How did you respond to those comments?	---	---	I responded with my thinking. I also thanked for him.
Any of your other posts*	Saturday morning	07.11.13	I think her comment was long and good. I was happy that I got a comment such as long. She seemed to have interest in my post. So quality of her comment is very nice.
When did you respond to those comments?	---	08.01.29	---
How did you respond to those comments?	---	---	Today I responded to her. There were some questions in her comments, so I answered everything. When I respond, I use Fire fox. It is better than Explore in some ways.

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* Current semester comments on essays and other posts
** Please list the most important qualities of comments on each type of blog post.

Recent comments display

Does your blog display recent comments from blog visitors in a prominent location, for example in a sidebar, header, or footer widget? Where or why not?

My blog displays recent comments in a sidebar because it is easy to find others’ comments. I can reply them quickly. I think it helps me to save time.

Additional reflections on comments

I was happy that I got a lot of comments from visitors. I think many visitors gave comments to posts about America. They seemed to have interest in my time in Minnesota. Surely, I didn’t receive some comments; I knew they read my posts. I also enjoyed watching my friends’ blogs, so I gave some comments to them. However, I sometimes missed giving comments. I should have given them more comments, and then I would have gotten more comments from them. Anyway, I was always looking forward to receiving comments from visitors.

Final WEI 2

2008-01-30T09:18:00.001+09:00

1.0. Movie Reviews

1.1. Showcase [+ links]	Dates on blog (yy.mm.dd)	¶	W	Notes
Toy Story	07.10.13	4	432	I have seen the movie, and it is my favorite movie.
Kill Bill	07.10.30	7	454	I actually hate the movie. I don’t want to see it again.
Romeo and Juliet	07.11.19	5	481	I have seen the movie on TV before. However, this movie is so-so.
Mrs Doubtfire	07.12.01	6	703	I like this movie very much. I don’t watch it enough.
School of Rock/Forrest Gump	07.12.16	10	827	This story was very simple and boring.
Lilo & Stich/Shrek	07.01.13	8	1054	Once I watched it, I liked the story. I think it is funny. I want to see it again.
Totals	---	40	3951	---

Key:

¶: number of paragraphs three or more sentences in length

W: number of words

1.2. Best Movie Review

Selection and Assessment: Which of those movie reviews do you feel is the best that you've written this semester, and why? Please remember that a complete answer is better than a short answer, and give at least two reasons to support your assessment.

I think my best review is Lilo and Stitch. It is because I summarized that story very well. Surely, I liked that story, so it is east to review. However, I spent a lot of time to finish this review. I have never seen this movie till I got that assignment. At first, I had to go to library to check the story. Some of other movies I have seen before, so I didn’t have to watch them again. After I watched it, I used Wiki to check the characters’ names. I think Wiki is very important to review Movies. I can’t review movies without Wiki. Anyway, I also enjoyed reviewing this story, so it is my best movie review.

Final WEI 1

2008-01-30T03:05:00.001+09:00

Writing IVa: Portfolio
0.0. Overview

Reviews, Posts, and Words


Months	08	09	10	11	12	01	Totals
Book reviews	0	0	5	5	4	2	16
Blog posts	3	4	23	21	31	14	96
Words	628	445	4912	5612	8014	6558	26178
TOTAL	---	---	---	---	---	---	---

Last Post for wrting class

2008-01-29T12:46:00.000+09:00

This post is the last for my writing class. Thinking about my blog, I made a lot of posts for a year. I think I enjoyed making blogging. Maybe, I never stop blogging now. My goal is to finish American posts. I only finish quarter of all American posts. I will keep making posts. I especially wanna make posts more about Squirrel. Of course, I will keep blogging about my regular things. Thanks for blog, I got some new friends all over the world. I also get writing skill. I am lucky that I can get a chance to make my blog. Hey, everyone, keep reading my blog and giving me comments. (> <)

See you soon!

Happy birthday to my mom

2008-01-24T21:41:00.000+09:00

**Happy birthday, Mom**

Today was my mother's birthday. I wanted to celebrate her, but I did not have much time. It was becase that I was in test season, so I had to study for it. My mother likes cake very much. I was sorry that I couldn't buy cake for her. My family didn't buy birthday cake for her, either. If I get free time, I will buy some pieces of cake for my mom.

Kumamoto essay

2008-01-16T00:46:00.001+09:00

[ Famous People of Kumamoto]

1.Akemi Matsuno

Akemi Matsuno is a former marathon runner and now TV performer. She belongs to NikoNiko Do. Unfortunately, she is most famous because she did not qualify for the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. She is now married to a man who is her manager and is also from Kumamoto. They have two children. She also has a talent of mimicry. She is very unique and funny, she often appears on lots of variety shows.

2.Cream stew

Cream shew is a famous entertainer. The group consists of two menbers, One is Shinya Ueda the other is Teppei Arita. Both of them graduated from Seisei high school.Originally, this name isn't cream shityu. At first, they was sold as "Kaijarisuigyo". Now, they work some programs such as All night Nippon, Zubari yuwayo, Cream nanntoka and so on. They also appeared in Kumamoto's CM. Now they appear the CM " Hakutake Shiro".

3.Hiroshi

Hiroshi is a famous entertainer. Actually, he had been worked at Host club for 3 years and then he became entertainer again.The stage name of Hiroshi comes from "Hiroshi Ikushima" who is the TV announcer. However, his real name is Kenichi Saito.When he performs, he always says "Hiroshi desu." For everyone, this word is very funny and interesting.

4.Korroke

Korroke is a famous mimic star. He was born in Kumamoto city. He graduated from Kaishin high school. When he appeared on a mimicTV show and won the grand prize, he became popular. In the 1980s he mimiced Kenichi Mikawa who was not popular then. Thanks for it, Mikawa became popular again. Korroke and Mikawa appeared in the NHK Year-end Grand Song Festival together. He mainly mimics Shinichi Mori, Hiroshi Itsuki, Saburo Kitajima and so on. His older sister is a mimic star,too and her screen name is Kerroke.

5.Shingo Suetsugu

Shingo Suetsugu is the fastest sprinter in Japan. He also got a bronze medal of World Championship in Paris 2003 as the first sprinter in Japan. Now, he belongs to Mizuno. He graduated from Kyushu gakuin high school and Tokai university. His parents wprk here as barber. In August 2007, he entered in the World Championship in Osaka as the menbers of team Japan and sat up a Asia new record. Today,he's practicing hard for the Olympic in Beijing.

[ Famous places of Kumamoto]

1.Kumamoto Castle

The first thing people think about when they think about Kumamoto is Kumamoto castle. With the 400th anniversary of the castle, visitors, many of them from foreign countries, have been coming to Kumamoto to see the castle.There are some parks in this area. Ninomaru-park, for example, is vast and you can see the castle well from it. In spring, the cherry blossoms are their best and you can see many people enjoy Hanami there. This year,2007, is the 400th anniversary of Kumamoto castle, that's why there are many events like the aerial acrobatics, Brass band musics and so on. Try to visit Kumamoto castle at least once!

2.Suizenji Park

Suizenji Park is near Kokufu High school and it is a famous place in Kumamoto. The most famaus garden in it is Suizenjijyoujyuen. Before about 360 years, Tadatoshi Hosokawa was made the garden.In the garden, there is a springwater and have been flown pure water, so many tourists visit for sightseeing. There are some events like Takigino and Yabusame in a year. admission to the park is 400 yen for adults and 200 yen for children. It is good place to enjoy seeing Japanese classic garden!!

3.Mt. Aso

Mt.Aso is located in the east of Kumamoto and have the largest caldera in the world. It is a simbol of Kumamoto and is popular with many people. If you visit Aso, you should go to Cuddly Dominion. There you can see several bears and other animals, and touch some of them. You also can meet Tv star chimpanzee, Pan kun there.When the volcanic activity quit, we can see crater nearby. There is also Aso National Park. There are so many leisure spots and lots of people go there.

4.Kikuchikeikoku

Kikuchikeikoku is one of the famous place of Kumamoto. The vally is the source of Kukuma river in north of Kumamoto.This water is selected by the famous water in Japan. When it comes to Summer, people go to there becasue this place is cool.Every year in April, about 30～４０ ten thousands of people visit there.

5.Tsuruya

Tsuruya is the largest local department store in Kumamoto. This year, Tsuruya became 55 years and is loved by Kumamoto people. Basically, Tsuruya consists of the main building and east building. However, there are New-S, WING-Ⅱ, NEXTSTAGE and Brooks Brothers near it. Tsuruya has a original song and it can listen to this song from the RKK radio program. Tsuruya was also a sponsor of Rosso Kumamoto.When it comes to Chiristmas season, it is illuminated and brightened around the street.

[ Specialties of Kumamoto]

1. Basashi (Horse Sashimi)

Do you know "Basashi(Horse Sashimi)" ? It is one of the most famous specialties of Kumamoto. As you can see the word "Sashimi", we eat it with it uncooked. It is a horse meat, but, of course, we don't fly it at all.It is eaten in Kumamoto, Nagano, Yamanashi, and Tohoku section, but Kumamoto is known as the best place to eat it. The history of Basashi came from around 1592 to 1593. At that time, the army of Kiyomasa Kato started to eat Basashi because they were lacking of food. We recommend you to eat it once!

2. Tai-Pi-En

Tai-Pi-En is originally a Chinese food which is recreated in Japan. The original one came from Fujian, China at the age of Meji. It is like ramen and many ramen restaurants serve it commonly, so it is said that some Kumamoto people think it is served everywhere in Japan. There are several varieties of soup just like Ramen. It contains sping vermicelli, shrimp, cuttlefish, pork and something like that. By the way, it is called "Tai-Pin-En" differently and only some restaurants serve.

3. Corn Sponge Cake

In Aso city, you can buy a funny sponge cake named "Corn Sponge Cake" (Tomorokoshi Kasutera in Japanese). This sponge cake contains a lot of corn, which is made there. You can't find it anywhere else, it is sold only at the top of Mt. Aso. If you visit Aso, how about trying it?

4. Dekopon

"Dekopon" is a kind of citrus, which Kumamoto produces almost half of the quantity of output. It can be peeled easily and you can eat it with its peel. In addition, it has a high suger content and its tast is very good, which is why many people prefer it. "Dekopon" is kind of a brand of citrus and producers must clear some conditions to give their products the brand name. By the way, at first, Dekopon was originally Kumamoto-held.

5. Karashi Renkon

Karashi Renkon is a lotus root filled with a lot of mustard, which was formed in Kumamoto. This is very popular among Kumamoto people. However, unfortunately there was an incident which it has something to do with. In 1984 36 people was poisoned and 11 of them died because of Karashi Renkon.

Coming of Age ceremony

2008-01-14T18:05:00.001+09:00

Today, January 14th. was my Coming-of-Day!!
I woke up at 6:30 and went to a beauty salon called, "Baked Potato". There I had my hair set and they applied cosmetics to my face. It took nearly 2 hours altogether. After that, I went to a shop called Wedding box where I borrowed the kimono. It was bad timing though, as my sister had to go to Tokyo for work today. She didn't have much to stay in Kumamoto, so I had to hurry to change from Kimono to see my sister. However, we managed to take photos together. And then I went to the Kumamoto civic gym where the ceremony was being held. There I listened to a speech given by the city mayor and some music.
During the ceremony, I was very happy for having met the foreign students meet foreign students who wore Kimono. I was lucky because I could be taken photos with them there besides. ^^ I met both my school friends and old classmates they looked different.
After the ceremony, I went to my grandparents' house by myself. My mother came to their house after I arrived there. We went to Fujisaki Palace together. When we went there, my Japanese sandal was broken. My mother called the Wedding box and then I got new one. My grandfather loves taking photos, so he took a lot of photos of me. Anyway, I really liked my kimono. I didn't take off it quickly after I came home. I wanted to wear Kimono as long as I had time. My mom and I took a lot of photos at home again. Today it was a so long and a precious day for me. It was because I don't have many chances to wear Kimono though I am Japanese girl. Maybe I won't wear Kimono after over 2 years at least. I also grew my hair for today. I wanna change my hairstyle soon. The reason it was important was that it was only time in my life that I could take part in that ceremony. I enjoyed my coming of age ceremony!!

Book Review 2-16

2008-01-13T02:46:00.001+09:00

I have read the book “ Rich Man, Poor Man”. I will review this story.
There was an old guy, Adam in a little village. One day a postman came to his village. The postman brought him a letter from his son, Saul. He gave him the letter and walked away. He called to his wife, Martha. She came out and looked at the letter. She was excited but she was also worried. However, there had been no school fifty years ago, so they could not read or write. They had to find the schoolteacher. His only son, Saul left the village and two years ago and their three daughters were married. Saul was making a lot of money in a foreign country. Martha and the schoolteacher came and many people did, too. The teacher began to open the envelope and read the letter. There was a money order in his letter. It was worth one hundred pounds. The teacher asked Adam to go to the Post Office in Darpur to get money. Everyone laughed and said that he would be a rich man. Adam also said that he could buy some food and drink, and give a party for them all. That evening, the village people talked about the money order and his money. Adam and Martha also talked about the money. We needed many things for the farm. The next morning he got up very early. It was dark and everyone was asleep. He put on his best clothes and he carried his best stick. He put the money order carefully in his pocket and he said goodbye to Martha. He walked ten miles to the main road and waited for the bus. The bus came and then he got on. It was a long way to Darpur. He bought things for his farm from the shop, Rick. There were a lot of people in the Post Office. There was a long line of people and he waited the back. Finally, it was his turn. However, the official did not server him. He had to wait and finally the official looked at him. The official asked him about his Identity Card. However, Adam did not know what Identity Card is. The official said to him that he could not give him any money without his Identity Card. He also explained about Identity Card. Adam asked him where he could buy his Identity Card. However, the official was angry and didn’t answer him. A man told Adam to go to the Ministry of the Interior. He walked to the Ministry of the Interior. He waited in another queue.　He spoke to another official and asked for an Identity Card. The official told him to bring the form and three photographs of yourself and two pounds, and come back next day. He insisted that he could not come there again because he lived far from there and, he was too old. However, the official turned away. He walked to the shop of Rick, and then they began to talk. Rick showed him the way to a photographer. Adam managed to find the house. The photographer was asleep, but he came to me quickly. Adam wanted to go to Minta that afternoon, so he was in a hurry. However, that guy did not hurry and asked him to come back tomorrow morning because photographs would take twenty-four hours. Anyway, Adam gave him the money and he took the photographs. After that, Adam went back to the bus station and sat on the bus for three hours. He also had to walk tem miles back to his village. It was nighttime and he was very tired. Martha and his friends were waiting for him. He explained his wife about an Identity Card. He was so tired and managed to go to bed at last. He worked up late the next morning. The sun was already high. He was too tired to go out. That’s why he stayed at home on Wednesday. He rested and talked to the villagers about the money order. He told them about the Identity Card and the photographer. The schoolteacher filled in his application form for an Identity Card. On Thursday he traveled to Darpur again. He walked to the main road and he caught a bus. In Darpur, he walked to the house of the photographer. He knocked on the door of the house. No one came to the door. He knocked again loudly with his stick. A woman opened the door at that time. He asked her about the photographer. He got to know that the photographer was out then. A woman closed the door, but he kept waiting there for him. After a long time, the photographer came back and he smelt of beer. Adam asked him to give his photographs. However, he did not remember about it at all. He told Adam to show him the receipt for his picture. Adam shouted that the photographer did not give him a receipt. He was getting angry, so he hit the photographer hard with his stick. The photographer shouted that he was nearly killing by Adam. Lots of people ran out of their house. He hit the photographer again and two men held him. The photographer was very angry and he was very angry. Lots of people were shouting. Then a policeman came. The photographer shouted to the policeman that Adam was a thief and murderer. The policeman held and told Adam to come with him to the police station. Adam did not say anything. At the police station, the policeman asked him many questions. Finally, the policeman told Adam to go back t his village and not to come there again. He pushed Adam into the street. He went back to his village. He was tried and angry. Next day he told his story to all the villagers. The villagers were angry. Martha was also unhappy. Then in the evening the schoolteacher came to his house to help them again. The teacher gave him a letter to Mr. Sheth. The teacher said Mr. Sheth was an important man in Darpur and he was a friend of his wife’s cousin. And the letter was about Adam’s money order. He took the letter and thanked the schoolteacher. That’s why he traveled to Darpur again on Saturday, for the third time. After a long time, he found Mr. Sheth’s house. The door was opened by a tall man. He explained the tall man about the letter. He also gave him the letter. Mr. Sheth was so busy, so he was not there at the moment. Adam tried to wait for him, a large black car came and a man went into the house. A long time later, the tall man opened the door again and called Adam. He followed the tall man and went into a large room with fine carpets and big chairs. Another man was in the room and he was drinking. He was very Mr. Sheth. He said he wanted to help Adam. Adam took the money order out of his pocket. It was dirty and looked very old. He gave it to Mr. Sheth. Mr. Sheth unfolded the money order and looked at it. He said that money order was not worth one hundred pounds and was worth nothing. Adam was shocked to hear that. Mr. Sheth said Saul did not understand about money orders. It was not for that country and out of date. Mr. Sheth gave him the money order back. Adam was not hungry, but Mr. Sheth went out of the room, and then he brought him some coffee and some cakes. Mr. Sheth wanted to help Adam, so he got an idea. Mr. Sheth asked him to give his money order. Mr. Steth gave his money order to Adam. His money order was worthless. Mr. Steth was going to change his money order for Adam. And then Mr. Steth went out of the room. He would give him some money. Adam felt happy again. After a few minutes, the tall man came into the room. He gave Adam an envelope. He said to Adam that it was from Mr. Sheth and then Adam could go. He went out of the house. He walked alone the road to the bus station. He opened the envelope and he took out his money. He counted the money. It was ten pounds. He thought about his only son, Saul. His son, Saul had sent him a money order for one hundred pounds. Mr. Steth had given him ten pounds. He felt old and he felt poor again.
I think Adam was so poor man. I also hate the photographer. Though his money order his son sent was wrong, he got some money. That’s why I think he was lucky a little. This story is not so long, but it was bored to me. Anyway, it will probably be my last book review. I have reviewed some books, but it is the longest review of all. I found some funny books or bored stories through this chance. To reading books is important for me, so I will keep reading books in English. I was happy to do my best to review books in English!

Movie Review 6

2008-01-13T02:44:00.003+09:00

Lilo and Stitch

(Introduction）
Lilo and Stitch is a 2002 Disney Animation film. It was released by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution. The original voice of Stitch is by Chris Sander, is an American film actor and voice actor. He also served as a storyboard artist, artistic director, and character designer on Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King and Mulan. The Japanese voice of Stitch is by Koichi Yamadera, who is a famous voice actor. Yamadera often appears in Disney animations as a voice actor. This film was nominated for the 2003 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, but then the Japanese anime Spirited away written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki won the award.
(Story）
One day, a crazy alien scientist named Mr. Jumba Jookida made Number 626. Number 626 looked cute blue koala, but he was dangerous creature. That’s why Mr. Jumba was arrested, and 626 was nearly broken by other aliens, but he managed to escape and went to the earth. The place it arrived was Hawaii. The Grand Councilwoman, was the leader of the fictional United Galactic, asked Jumba and Agent Pleakley to chase after him. They also went to the earth.
Lilo was a little girl who lives with her sister Nani in Hawaii. They did not have parents because their parents died in a car accident. Lilo went to a dance school, but there she often had a run-in with other girls. That’s why Lilo did not have any friends, so she always felt alone. Nani was her older sister and took care of Lilo, but she did not have any job and keep their living condition good, so social worker Cobra Bubbles visited their house. He told Nani that he would take Lilo into a foster care if she couldn't improve her problems within 3 days. After that, Lilo wanted to have a nice friend, so they went to an animal shelter to get a dog. At the same time, 626 was sent to the shelter. That’s why Lilo met him there and decided to get him. Nani once refused to buy him, but Lilo got to like him very much. She finally allowed her to have him. They bought him for 2 dollars. Lilo named 626 “Stitch”. Lilo liked him very much. She was also a big fan of Elvis Presley, so she sometimes made Stitch mimic Elvis. She took Stitch to a Nani’s workplace where Nani’s boyfriend, David worked as a fire performer. However, Stitch was not a good boy, very violent and tried to break many things in their house. Because of it, Nani got angry with him and tried to return him to the shelter. However, Lilo said Nani that he was Ohana. Ohana means family in Hawaiian. Nani heard that word and stopped to do it.
The next day, David took them to a beach. They were enjoying surfing there. When they did surfing, Jumba and Pleakly watched Stitch. They tried to capture Stitch from underwater. Because of it, Stitch and Lilo drowned. David managed to help them, but Nani thought that Stitch attacked Lilo. Accidentally, Cobra watched that happening and told Nani that they couldn’t be together. That night, Lilo and Nani stayed on a hammock together. Stitch felt a pang of guilt and decided to leave and hide in the woods.
On the other hand, Jumba and Pleakley felt heat that they could not catch him quickly. The Grand Councilwoman asked Captain Gantu, a shark-like alien, to capture Stitch. The next morning, Jumba found and tried to catch Stitch in the woods. Stitch wanted to stay with Lilo and Nani. Stitch ran from him and went back to their house. There he met Lilo, but Jumba also came there. While Stitch and Jumba began to fight, Lilo called Cobra for help. Before their house was broken, Pleakley took Lilo out their house.
Just after this tragedy, Nani came back to home, but there was Cobra. Nani and Cobra began to argue about it and then Lilo went to the woods and met Stitch. Unfortunately, Lilo and Stitch were caught by Grantu. Stitch was able to escape from him, but Lilo was removed with Grantu’s space ship. Nani chased Grantu with Jumba’s spaceship. At last, they could rescue Lilo from Grantu.
Finally, the Grand Councilwoman arrived to arrest Stitch, but she allowed him to stay with Lilo. She decided the place where Stitch was exiled was earth. She realized Lilo and Nani loved Stitch, and Stitch also loved them. Jumba and Pleakley also stayed on earth to help Nani, Lilo and Stitch. Then Cobra turned to be a former member of CIA and he promised her to help them. That’s why Stitch could be Lilo’s family at last.
(impression)
I like Disney movies, especially princess stories like Beauty and the Beast and The little mermaid. I was surprised that the voice actor of Stitch had made some of my favorite Disney animations. However, I had known what Stitch is before I watched the film. I did not have interest in this story, but I realized that it was a good story after watching it and got to like this story. I expected that story was boring, but it was funny story to me. I can enjoy watching that story. Sometimes Lilo is a not good girl to Nani, but she loves her very much. If I have Stitch, I do not know whether I can keep him or not. Stitch is really cute, but his behavior is very bad. My favorite scene was that Stitch spat two pieces of cake. However, if he exists, I want to have him for only 3 days. I thought there were few musical parts in this film. However, I was happy that I could listen the song “Aloha Oe”. Since I have watched this movie, I long for Hawaii. If I have a chance, I want to travel to Hawaii someday. In Japan, the new Disney film” Enchanted” will open soon. I want to see this movie, too. I cannot wait to watch this movie. Anyway, I like the story, so I will recommend many people to watch Lilo and Stitch. I want to see Lilo and Stitch 2, too. If I have free time, I will watch it!

Christmas present from America

2008-01-12T17:44:00.000+09:00

Today I got a Christmas present package from my host family. There were Christmas cookies in it. They were homemade. I was happy to get it. My family and I ate them. We thought that they had a very American taste. When I was in America, I ate many kinds of cookies, and my favorite taste was choco chip. It was so yummy!! During that time, I ate many of them, but I could not get enough of them. Recently, my friend has been cooking American style choco chip cookies. I hope she can cook them just as cook as the American cookies. (^ ^)

Mouse Fishing

2008-01-08T20:17:00.001+09:00

←Today I found a cute mouse picture!
By the way, I happened to witness a big dead rat on the way to school on my bicycle recently. It was the first time that I have seen a big dead rat here. Surely, when I was in MN, I sometimes watched squirrels or chipmunks or road kills. We don't have wild squirrels here, so we can't do Squirrel Fishing. However, we have mice, so I think we can do Mouse Fishing.
Actually, my mother doesn't like mouse. She can't even bear the appearance of TV. She screams not only when she meets a mouse but also even when she sees an image of mouse. She is a mouse phobia. I wonder why she hates mouse so much. In contrast, my father loves mouse and wants to have one!!

Book Review 2-15

2008-01-06T22:34:00.000+09:00

I read the book “A Pretty Face”. I will review this story.
Zoe was seventeen years. She worked in a bookstore in the little town of Newport. Zoe liked books and her works. But after work, she liked to act in plays with the Newport Player. The Newport Players did six plays every year, and Zoe was in most of them. Some plays were exciting and famous. That week, the play was Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare.
Mike was eighteen years old. He was a student at Newport College, and he liked writing. One day, he wanted to be famous and write plays for the theater and television.Newport had a newspaper. Its editor was Mike’s aunt.One morning, Mike’s aunt, Peggy asked him to write a review of Romeo and Juliet for the newspaper. Mike agreed it. That evening, he went to Newport’s Little Theater to see the play. Mike was ready to write notes for his review. Five minutes later, the play began. Zoe acted the part of Juliet’s mother. She knew all her words and spoke them well. He thought she was pretty and doing her best. He began to write about her in his notebook. Two hours later, the play ended and the audience left the theater. Mike went home and wrote his review for the newspaper. He was not good feeling. He wanted to be kind, but he thought he should be honest.
His review was that Zoe Baker was a young girl in an older woman’s costume, and she could never him believe differently.
When she saw the news page, she got angry. She checked the name of the writer. On Thursday evening the next week, Zoe and her friend Annie were drinking coffee in the Newport Café. Annie was a student at Newport College and sometimes they met at the café. Suddenly, Zoe saw a boy sitting at a table across the room. She asked Annie about his name. She got known his name and, he was the same person with the writer of the review. She was furious. She remembered what he wrote on the newspaper. She tried to bitch to him, but she did not do that. She had a good idea instead of it.
On Thursday, Mike came to the Newport Café after his writing class. He asked for a cup of coffee, and then stared to read one of his books. Some minutes later, a woman came into the café. She was carrying a magazine under her arm. She greeted and smiled at Mike. She sat in front of him and began to introduce herself. She said that she was the editor of Yes! Magazine. He knew it was a magazine about famous people. She asked him to write something for it. Mike asked her the reason why she wanted him to do. She said that it was because he had written theater reviews for the Newport weekly newspaper. She said she wanted him to write about a famous playwright in Newport. He thought if he did the job, he should write about Todd Marin, who was the only famous playwright in Newport. Todd Marin was famous for not talking to reporters from gossip magazine. He threw them out of his house. He thought it was really difficult work, but finally he agreed it.
Later that evening, Zoe was talking to Annie on the phone. She told her about her plan. It was she would stand outside Todd Marin’s house and watch Todd Marin throw Mike Morrison out.
The next morning, Mike went to Todd Marin’s house. It was a big house, and there were lots of bushes and tall trees in front of it. He did not like Yes! Magazine very much, but he thought it was an important interview. He walked up to the front door of the house. He was carrying his notebook and he had a list of questions to ask the playwright. But he was a little afraid of the famous man. Zoe followed Mike to Todd Marin’s house. Zoe was acting the part of Kate Lawson again. She had a black wig over her hair and was wearing glasses. She hid behind one of the bushes in front of Todd Marin’s house. When Todd Marin opened the door of his house, Mike began to talk quickly. Todd Marin did not like the Yes! Magazine, but he welcomed Mike into his house. Zoe could see them, but she could not hear them speaking. She just waited for Todd Marin to throw him out. Todd Marin took Mike to his study. There were hundreds of books in the room, and a big desk. Todd Marin thanked for him to tell the truth. He thought Mike was an honest young man. Mike could ask him his questions, but it was not for Yes! Magazine. Todd allowed him to ask his question if it was for the Newport Weekly News. In fact, Todd Marin read Mike’s reviews in the newspaper, so he liked his reviews. Mike wanted to write for the theater, for TV and for movies. Todd Marin sat back in his chair to listen and Mike told him the plot of his play. Mike was very nervous, but Todd Marin did not speak. He smiled at Mike and he listened to him very carefully. When at last Mike stopped speaking, Todd advised him about his reviews to make it better. Zoe stayed behind the bush and waited. An hour went by and nothing happened. She was getting impatient. She thought Todd Marin never gave interviews to gossip magazine.
After an hour and a half, Mike Morrison left Todd Marin’s study and came out of the house. He and the playwright were smiling. They talked for two or three minutes and Zoe watched them from behind the bush, and it made her amazed. After a minute or two more, they shook hands. Then Todd Marin went back into the house and Mike Morrison walked away. Mike saw Kate waiting for him. He was surprised to see her so soon. Mike did not tell a lie, so he said the truth. He said that he reported for the Newport Weekly New, so not for Yes! Magazine. He also learned about writing plays from him because he wanted to write a play for TV. Todd Marin helped him with the characters and the plot. Mike apologized to her for not having interviewed for her magazine. However, she said that she was not angry. She began to something very strange. She took off her hair and her glasses. At that time, he knew who she was. She was not Kate Lawson, editor of Yes! Magazine, and in fact she was that young actress. He was surprised and smiled at her. She told him about her feeling for his review of her. Mike felt embarrassed. She asked him whether she was a good actress or not. He finally recognized that she was a good actress. He told her that he would put that in the Newport Weekly News. He also thanked her for making him go and see Todd Marin. He did not feel embarrassed any more. He suggested to her that they should get a cup of coffee. She could not refuse a free coffee!!
At the end of the story, Mike and Zoe were reading the newspaper about Todd Marin and Zoe written by Mike.
The main characters of this book were handsome and cute. That’s why I can enjoy reading it. However, speaking of the story, I do not like it. If I were Mike, I would never forgive what Zoe was doing even if she was so cute and pretty. I guess they became lovers later because they were good looking each other. I think everything in this story went well. I believe can be difficult. I hope my life goes well like this in the future. Anyway, this story was so-so long and boring, but it was easy to understand. I will find better books than this next time!!

Over my winter vacation

2008-01-05T23:46:00.003+09:00

My classes will start on next Monday, so I do not have much time to rest on the holidays. When I think back to my winter vacation, I was lazy and I spent time wasting days. I tried to go to the driving school, but I didn't end up going. I also tried to find a job, but I could not get one. It took a lot of time to finish just one report. I regret not using my free time to my advantage. > < I should have studied harder for the TOIEC!!

Budo-tei

2008-01-05T23:46:00.001+09:00

Today my family and I went out to eat. We went to the restaurant "Budo-tei" in Yamaga city. The restaurant is run by the sumo wrestler, Chiyohakuho's family. They are his father, mother and younger sister. We ordered two portions of spaghetti and three steak sets. We got full easliy at that time. My sister enjoyed chatting with his mother about him. According to them, TV stars sometimes visit there. ^ ^

After that, we went to Hirayama Onsen (hot streams). By the time we finished at the onsen, we all became hungry again. Therefore, we dropped by an udon shop. When we began to eat the udon, it was over 10 o'clock. It was too late for me ot eat something. I will never eat anything so late again. > <

Hatsumoude

2008-01-04T03:59:00.001+09:00

Yesterday I paid a visit to Fujisaki Palace with my family. There were many people. A that time, I drew sacred lots to learn my fortune for the year. I was lucky!! The fortune said that I will have excellent luck. I really wanna good luck!! (> <) My grandparents went to Nanhai Zhudao, China during new year season. I got some souvenirs from them. I want to go to China someday!

Lucky Bag

2008-01-01T22:54:00.001+09:00

Today my sister went downtown with her friend, and bought a lucky bag from Mister Donut for me. It was 1000 yen. We got donuts, a calendar and a lunch box!! I wanted to that lucky bag from last year. I was really happy to get one at last. (^ ^)

On the other hand, my father and I drove to You me town and so on. I bought a school bag there. We also stopped over at electronics store, Applied on our way back from You me town. At that time, I finally got a webcam!! It was on sale for less than 1000 yen. That's why my father bought one for me. I can enjoy video chat with people from all over the world now. (^0^)

A Happy New Year

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

A Happy New Year to everyone!! We are now in 2008!! The Zodiac sign for this year is the Mouse in Japan, even if I like squirrel!
I want my 2008 to be even better than last year, so I will tell you my hopes.

(My hopes Best 3)

I want to get a driver license.
I want to improve my English skill.
I want to go to foreign countries.

Anyway, I will be junior soon, so I should start to think about my job. (> <)

Omisoka

2007-12-31T21:11:00.001+09:00

↓shrimp salad↓

Today was New Year's Eve (Omisoka in Japanese). My sister and I did not go out. I had a gorgeous dinner at home. I had steak, crab and buckwheat. They are my favorite foods. Although, I ate too much again, I was happy to eat them. > < We watched the NHK Year-end Grand Song Festival. It was a nice night!! Considering the record of the past year, my life has changed dramatically. I went to America at last. I also got an American family and a lot of foreign friends. So I want my 2008 to be even better!!

Old friend from high school

2007-12-30T20:48:00.000+09:00

Today I met with an old friend from high school. We went to Karaoke and Gusto. We enjoyed singing and chatting at that time.
We got to know each other so long time! In junior high school, we went to the same cram school. We also went to the same high school.
Recently, I had some things I was worrying about. She helped me by listening to my stories and giving me some advice. She sometimes encourages me and I feel better. However, she goes to a university in Oita, so we can not meet so often. I wanna see her more!!

Anyway, today it was so cold and we had snow. > <

Missing watch

2007-12-30T20:47:00.000+09:00

Today I got my missing watch at last. When I lost it, I was shocked. It past over one month that I have lost it. The watch was expensive for me. I liked it so much, so I did not dare to buy new watch. My sister found it. When I saw it, I was really glad. (^ ^) I try not to lose it again!!

Mr. Tomei's office

2007-12-28T19:23:00.000+09:00

Today, I went to school to see Mr. Tomei. I had some questions to him, so I met him at his office. I met his daughter, Lana chan there. She was so cute and funny. Though she is still 3 years old, she can speak both Japanese and English. I want to speak English as fluent as her. At that time, I learned about high-level English writing and pronunciation of English. Anyway, I have to improve my English skill more!!

Book Review 2-14

2007-12-27T22:48:00.003+09:00

I have read the book “TWISTERS!”I will tell you this story.
Rob was working in his farmyard in Texas. It was a peaceful spring day but his dog, was unhappy. He hid under a tractor and would not come out. Rob wondered if barney was ill. Suddenly the sky went dark. Hailstone as big as golf balls pelted down from the sky. Thunder rolled and lightning flashed. A few moments later there was a deathly stillness. Somehow, barney had known it.
Maybe, it is that Animals have sharper senses than human have. Many can sense changes in the weather, like just before a bad storm. As Bob looked on, huge black clouds began to spin. They bubbled at the top like boiling milk. Gusts of wind blew straw around. Just then, a finger of cloud spiraled down from the sky. It was a twister. Rob stood rooted to the spot. The twister touched the ground. Mud and grass swirled up like smoke from a bonfire. That was only the start of it. The twister began to move. It skipped and bounced across the fields. It grew bigger, faster and dirtier as it picked up mud from the ground. Rob watched in horror as the twister went towards his neighbor’s farm. It picked up straw, tree and even a farm truck. It spun them around in its funnel. Rob sighed with relief when the twister moved away. He thought he was safe. But then the twister changed direction straight towards him! Suddenly the twister was hanging right over Rob’s farm. There was a noise like a rushing waterfall, and then the barn exploded as if a bomb had gone off inside it. Rob ran with Barney to the cellar in his house. His ears were hurting and he could hardly breathe. That’s because the air pressure inside a twister is very low. This makes people’s car ache and causes buildings to explode. Just as Rob reached the cellar, his front porch flew off with an ear-splitting CRASH! Then came a SMASH as the house windows blew in. Two minutes later, all was silent. Rob came up from the cellar. Furniture lay smashed on the floor. Most of the doors and windows were gone. Rob felt lucky to be alive. Friends helped Rob to clean up. They lived nearby but their house was not touched. Twisters can form when cold air meets warm air. The warm air is sucked up in a swirling column called a funnel cloud. It spins at great speed. Twisters contain the most deadly winds in the world. No one knows what a twister will do next. It can lift up a large truck and smash it to pieces, but leave small objects undamaged. One twister picked up a baby and set him down safely 90 meters away. The baby did not even wake up. There are lots of stories about twisters. A twister once blew away a man’s birth certificate. The twister carried it 80 kilometers then dropped it in a friend’s garden. One twister sucked up some roses and water form a vase. It dropped them in another room but it left the vase on the table. Another twister picked up a jar of pickles and carried the jar for miles without damaging it.
Twisters come in many different shapes and sizes. They can be thin, white and wispy. Or they can be big, thick and black. They can be red or green. If a twister travels across a muddy field, the mud turns it brown and very smelly. Twisters can grow bigger and faster as they go along. Some look as if they have a loop or knot in the middle. Some are wider at the bottom than at the top. Some are shaped like a tube and others look like a slice of pie.
Lots of people have seen a twister from the out side. But only a few have looked inside a twister and survived.
A farmer named Will Keller once looked up into a twister from his underground shelter. Just as he closed the door of his shelter, he saw lots of mini twisters inside the big twister. These mini twisters can rip through a building and slice it to shreds.
People in Tornado Alley are prepared for twisters. Most of them have an underground shelter outside their home. Some people in Texas have a fiberglass shelter buried in their back garden. People without a shelter have to hide in a cellar or small room in the middle of their house.
This story is a little short, but it is so-so interesting. I can learn what twister is. If I live in America in the future, I will care of twisters. In fact, when I was in Minnesota, I experienced storm. Then my host family and I went to the basement to shelter from it. Anyway, I do not want to meet any disasters.

Baker of donkey

2007-12-27T22:48:00.001+09:00

Today I found Baker of donkey (Roba no pan-ya) near my house. Baker of donkey is that a baker comes and sells several loaves with his car. I rushed to buy loaves. I bought cream and orange flavors. I wanted to buy chocolate flavor, but it was already sold out.
When I was a pupil, I would often buy them on Saturday. However, the day the shopper comes to my town has changed. According to him, he comes to my hometown every Thursday. I will try to catch him again next Thursday!!

Part-time-job

2007-12-26T19:28:00.001+09:00

This winter vacation I have planed to go to driving school, but I did not do that. That's why I found part time job hard instead of going to driving school. However, it was so difficult to find short-term job. Though I called many shoppers, I could not find my job. I was too late to find short-term job. I managed to find a temporary agency. That's why today I signed up with a temporary to be a temp. I want to get my job quickly!!

Christmas

2007-12-25T23:38:00.001+09:00

Today was Christmas, but I did nothing especially. I just stayed at home and found my job. When I was younger, I sent letters to Santa Claus in Sweden through my private English class. I got answers from his every year. I also took part in Christmas party of the English club. However, Kumamoto does not have snow so much during this season. I am interesting in the way westerns celebrate Christmas, too. I have never eaten turkey in my life. Someday I will celebrate somewhere in western countries!!

Christmas Eve

2007-12-24T22:32:00.001+09:00

Today I ate out with my family and relative for dinner. We went to Aladdin because my relative's birthday. We ordered the most expensive meat and lots dishes. Today was Christmas Eve, so we got special chocolate ice cream for free. We were luck. (^ ^) To my sadly, my mother could not go there because she had her part time job. Next time we will go there again, I wanna take my mother.

After we came back to home, we ate cake. We were given this cake from my father's friend. He gave us cake and also pizza, french fries and sandwich.
I was afraid that I ate too much. > < I had to exercises!!

However, I wonder why everyone celebrates Christmas eve than Christmas.

Christmas Eve Eve

2007-12-23T21:25:00.001+09:00

Today I went to Koran-tei with my family including my grandparents. My grandfather takes us to restaurants to gather us every Christmas season. Without Christmas season, we often go to this restaurant. My grandparents like to going there very much. I also like to eating out with them. It was my 20th birthday that we went there last. Tonight I got money from them as Christmas present. My grandfather tool a lots photos of us with his digital camera, I also took some photos for my blog. My grandparents will go to China during New year. I want to travel with them together someday!!

Izakaya with my sister

2007-12-22T00:57:00.001+09:00

Tonight I ate out with my sister. We wanted to eat yakitori, so we decided to go to a izakaya. The shop's foods were delicious, but very expensive. Therefore, we ordered few dishes. At that time, my sister suggested to me that we should change shoppes. We ate the dished quickly and then went to another izakaya. There we ate a lot. I also ordered Cassis & Orange, drink. We became full there. After that, we went to a Haagen-Dazs shop. We ate expensive ice cream. (^ ^) My sister is still worker, so she paid all to me. I wanna eat out with her again!!

Book Review 2-13

2007-12-20T20:40:00.000+09:00

I read the book "L.A. Raid". I will review this story.
Lenny Samuel who lived in Los Angeles was a private detective. It was Monday morning in June. He was going to the First City Bank on Sunset to put his money in. Outside the bank he saw a woman with long blonde hair. He smiled at her. At that time, he saw a duck that was coming out of the bank. In fact, it was someone with a duck mask on. The duck had a brown bag in its left hand and in its right hand had a gun. He threw himself to the ground. The duck ran past him. He decided not to put his money in the bank. At that time, he heard a police car. An officer asked him questions for three hours. After that, he drove back to his office. Then he listened the radio news about it. He wanted to have a rest, but he got a call from the President of the First City Bank, Mr. Carter. Carter asked him to work for him. That’s why he had to go to his office. The headquarters of the First City Bank was in a tall office building. There was a private car park. He parked his old grey Chrysler. He went into the building and got into the elevator. He rode up to the tenth floor. A secretary took me to Carter’s office. It was a very big room. Everything was white. Carter was sitting at the desk and unhappy. He had lost ＄10000000. He said to Carter that he was expensive. However, Carter asked him to find the robber. Carter also told him about other robberies.
On Monday night, someone had railed the First City bank in Glendale Boulevard. The bank robber had dug a tunnel to the bank. He had made a hole in the floor of the bank. Then the robber had taken the money away through the tunnel. On Tuesday evening, a helicopter had flown over our bank in Main Street. The raider had come down a rope from the helicopter. He had made a hole in the roof. Then he had climbed down into the bank and robbed it. The raider had gotten hold of the rope again. Then the helicopter had lifted him out through the roof. On Wednesday morning, there was a raid at the First City Bank in Santa Monica. The robber had stopped one of the bank’s vans. The van had been full of money. The robber had not hurt the driver of the van, but he had stolen all the money. On Thursday night, the raid had been at the bank on Seventh Street. First, the robber had stolen a big excavator. Then he had driven the excavator through the glass doors of the bank. The excavator had picked up a cash machine and driven off. The police had found the excavator ten minutes later. The cash machine had been empty and the robber had gone. On Saturday morning, one of our vans had left L.A. airport. The van had been going towards the city center. The van had been carrying gold. A police car had stopped the van near Florence. But it had not been a real police car. The bank robber had been driving the car. The robber had had a gun. He had made the van driver get out. The robber had driven off in the van with the gold.
Carter promised him that he would pay ＄10000 to him. He got into the Chrysler and drove around all evening, but he did not have a plan. He thought the bank robbers were clever than him. He got up early on Tuesday morning. He decided to watch the banks in the city center, but nothing happened. It was midday. He would ask a bank manager about how a bank worked, so he went to the First City Bank near the City Hall. He waited outside the manager’s office. There were a lot of people in the bank. The bank manager’s office door was closed. The manager’s name was F. RIVERA. He could see someone in the office through the glass door. The door opened. A woman with long blonde hair came out. She was carrying a plastic shopping bag. She walked to the glass front doors of the bank and left. He remembered seeing her. The secretary opened the door and screamed. A man was sitting at the desk. His hands and legs were tied with rope. There was tape over his mouth. The safe in the corner of the office was open. Mr.　Rivera told him about the story. According to a woman whose name was Miss. Waterbird came to see him with gun. Samuel asked him some questions about it. On Wednesday afternoon, he was sitting in his car. It was parked outside the First City Bank in Florence Avenue. A guard got out of the van. He was carrying a heavy bag of money. Suddenly, the motorbike drove between the van and the bank. There were two people on the motorbike and they were both wearing duck masks. The passenger on the motorbike took the moneybag. He tried to follow them and went to the busy streets, and then a police car came and was close behind him. The policeman took him to the police station, so he told the police everything. Later he became free. Mr. Carter was angry because he could not catch them. However, he kept his job. He thought they would come to the bank on Hollywood Boulevard. He asked Mr. Carter whether he could stay the bank on Friday night or not. He was allowed to do that. At two o’clock in the morning, he heard the noise. The someone climbed down a rope into the bank. The robber put something against the safe door, and then he moved away quickly. There was smoke everywhere. The big safe door opened slowly. A minute later, the robber came out again with some bags and then he pointed his gun at the robber. He turned the light on and pulled the mask off. It was the blonde woman. It was the same woman he had been before. Suddenly, something fell on him from the hole. It was the other robber. He dropped the gun and fell to the floor. Everything went black.
When he woke up, he was arrested by a policewoman. His hands were tied with rope. She did not believe his story and took him to the police station. She asked him a lot of question, and then she locked him in a room. Mr. Carter came to see him, but he was so angry. Mr. Carter fired him from the job. At midday, the Chief of Police came to see him. He was free, but he was not allowed to work as a detective. He managed to go back to his office. To his surprised, two people in duck masks were standing in his office. It was the bank robbers. The robbers took off their off. They were twins. They had blonde long hair. One was Lyn and the other was Liz. They told him about the Mr. Carter’s secret. To tell the truth, they were working for Carter. He paid them to rob the banks. In other words, he was robbing his own bank. He told them where the money was and Samuel was. He was so rich, but they did not like him. That is why they told him about everything. They said to him that they would leave town and go to Hawaii. Then Lyn gave him a letter. The letter told the police about Carter and the bank. Samuel closed his eyes once. The moment he opened his eyes, both women kissed him quickly and then they left. He took the letter to the police. Carter was arrested. He could be a detective again. A week later he got a phone call. He put some clothes into a suitcase and got into the Chrysler. He was going on holiday. The phone call had been from Hawaii. He would leave the town!!
I think it was the most longest book review I have ever done. I was happy to be long. Speaking of this story, it was easy, but it was too long. However, it was interesting. I want to find books such as this again. Perhaps, the next time I review one book; I will make it be longer than this. It is very hard to me and takes long time, but I want to try to do it!!

Enchanted Trailer

2007-12-20T02:43:00.001+09:00

Enchanted will open in Japan soon!! This is a 2007 Disney film. When I was in America, Yumi gave me some information about this film. I was dying to see it since I had heard it. I am a big fan of Disney princess stories like Beauty and the Beast and so on. Especially, Squirrel is main animal of this film. I want to see it quickly!! Though I said so, I will not go to theater to see it. I will watch it with DVD or Video!!

Holiday in America

2007-12-18T20:36:00.001+09:00

The first Sunday I learned how American families spend holidays. In the morning I went to a church with my host family. There I experienced American church. I thought American church was interesting. Many Americans sing well. I wanna visit there again!!

In the noon my host sister, Christina cooked cake. I helped her a little. She baked the zucchini chocolate cake. My host sisters can cook very well!!
The cake was so delicious. I wanted my family to eat it.

I should have learned how to cook it. I wanna eat it again. I will try to make it someday!!
(> <)
In the evening my host father began to burn pork chops at the yard. My host mother bought two big pork chops at the cub foods, but the pork smelled. Therefore she returned them once.

When we had dinner, Sarah's boyfriend was also there. We enjoyed chatting and having dinner together. It was my ideal American dinner time!!

After the dinner I went cycling with my host father. I ate too much, so I needed to exercise. We did it for nearly one hour. I watched some squirrels during cycling. I was lucky that I could ride on a bike during my time in America!!

Last Japanese class

2007-12-17T22:33:00.001+09:00

Today was my last Japanese class. I had a test about Japanese teacher. Unfortunately, I caught a cold since last weekend. I had to go out long time because of my coming of age ceremony yesterday. However, I had studied hard for the test since last Monday, so I did my best of it. I do not know whether I will take the subsequent lesson or not. However, thanks for this lesson, I could get new friends including foreigners. I also learned how difficult teaching Japanese is. In the future, I want to be a Japanese teacher in abroad!!

Movie Review 5

2007-12-16T21:57:00.003+09:00

School of Rock

(Introduction)
The king of rock is a 2003 comedy film. It was 109 minutes. It was written by Mike White and directed by Richard Linklater. The main character Dewey Finn was stared by Jack Black. Mike White, who was the writer of this film, also appeared as Ned Schneebly in this film. The film has been nominated for several awards. Thank for this film, Black won an MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance.
(Story)
Dewey Finn was a hard rock singer and guitarist. One day, he was fired by his band,” No Vacancy”. His performance was too hard and his action was selfish, therefore his members disliked him. Instead of him, they added a new member.
He was also blamed that he did not pay rent by his flat mate, Ned Schneebly. Ned and his girlfriend always suggested to him that he should work to get money. Ned had also been a rock musician like Dewey, but left his band and began to work as a substitute teacher.
One day, when Ned was absence, Dewey got a call from the principal of Horance Green Elementary. It was a highly prestigious preparatory school and she said that she wanted Ned to work there as a substitute teacher. Then Dewey pretended to be Ned and got job as a substitute teacher for the fifth grade class at that school. Though he became a teacher, he did not any experiences as a teacher.
Of course, he could not teach subjects like math, history and something like that. He gave the student a lots free time instead of classes, but the students were very earnest and got angry with him. When they had music class, he realized their talents of music. They could play the instrument well. That’s why he began to teach them about rock music and made new band as a special project. He chose some students for the band players or singers. Surely, they all could not play the instrument and sing. He gave his all students each role. For example, he left them to be managers and make costumes, a band’s name and so on. He thought students should make their band by themselves. Students had big interest in that project. Some practiced hard for their credits and some just enjoyed it. They began to practice rock music hard and secretly, and sometimes got out of the school. If the project was discovered by other teachers, they had to stop it. He always pretended to lesson another subjects with his students. Their homework was to listen rock music and learn something from them. Students decided to name their band “School of rock” and wear school uniform as their costume. One of student played his original song in front of Dewey. He took on his song as their main song. Their motivation became bigger day by day.
One day, he tried to make them enter the Battle of the Bands. They were late for the entry. They wanted to enter the Battle anyway, so the class president, Summer got an idea. It was that students pretended to be severe sick children. They got the battle manager’s sympathy. That’s why they could entry the Battle.
However, Ned realized that Dewey worked at the school as Ned Schneebly. He was exposed his secret to the principal and children’s parents. After that, he was thrown out of the school. Some students were disappointed at him, but some wanted to keep the rock band and enter the Battle of the Band with him.
They called him and they went to the hall for the Battle of the Band together. The principal and their parents also went there. As soon as they arrived, School of rock’s stage stared. They played “School of Rock”. Audiences including the principal and the parents were crazy about their playing. They played two songs there. Finally, they missed the win because of Dewey’s old member. Audiences were unhappy with the judge, so they kept calling “ School of rock”.
After that, Dewey and Ned kept “School of rock” at their flat. The student went there to learn rock, and kept learning rock music.
(Impression)
To tell the truth, I do not like this movie so much because this story is really simple. I can guess the story from the title. This film was similar to Sister act 2 to me. Though it is 109 minutes’ movie, but I felt it was so long movie. However, I liked Summer Hathaway starring Miranda Cosgrove the best of all characters in this film. I got to like her action. When I watch foreign movies, I watch them in Japanese version, but this time I tried to watch it in English version. I could learn many words from it. I realized that watching movies in English enables me to improve my English listening skill. Next time I watch movies, I will try to watch them in English version.

Hit-and-Run

2007-12-16T21:57:00.001+09:00

Today my father and I witnessed a hit-and-run accident. Luckily, Nobody got hurt or killed. However, a white car got scratched. Some children also saw it. When the accident happened, there was no owner of the white car. Though some people witnessed, the criminal run away. I want to drive in the future, so I do not try to encounter any troubles.

Drinking party

2007-12-15T23:40:00.001+09:00

Today I took part in my club's drinking party. I had Japanese lesson every Monday and Friday, so I did not participate previous parties at all. However, I like eating foods and drinking with my club members. Tonight we went to the Izakaya "Osama shokudo". I enjoyed talking and having dinner with them. I am very poor at drinking, but I drank a little at that time. I had a Cassis ＆Orange, drink. I like it, but I can't drink too much because I get drunk easily. > < If I have money and time, I want to participate that drinking party again!!

Book Review 2-12

2007-12-13T22:30:00.001+09:00

I read the book "THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON". I will review this story.
It was the year 1666. London was an old city with lots of narrow streets. A lot of people were ill because there were rats in all the streets and the houses. One evening, a baker, Tomas and　Farriner and his daughter, Harriet, were making bread. They worked quickly because they had to that bread for the king in the morning. Mary who was the barker's maid came to help. They made bread for two hours. Then Mr.Farriner wife, Anne called down to them. She said to them that they should go to bed. Thomas checked the fire was nearly out. He went up to bed, but he did not close the oven door. An hour later the baker's shop was on fire. They realized the fire and escaped from the burning house. But Mary was afraid to jump to the house next door. Thomas tried to help Marry. Just then, someone brought a ladder. Thomas, Anne and Harriet quickly climbed down. Mary could not be helped. There was a strong wind and the fire spread quickly to more houses in Pudding Lane. Just then twenty fire fighters arrived and began to bring to put water on the fire. But the fire was out of control and soon all the houses in Pudding Lane were on fire. People in the city were hurry to find the Lord Mayor. In a different part of London, Samuel Pepys was asleep in his bed. Pepys worked for the government and at home wrote a diary every day. At three o’clock in the morning, his maid came to his room and waked him up. Pepy went to the window and looked out across London. He saw a big fire. Pepy tried to go back to bed, but she did not allow him to do that. Pepy quickly put on his clothes. He went to the Tower of London. Near the Tower, he met his good friend, Richard Moore. They climbed up the hill to the Tower. Big clouds of smoke were beginning to spread across London. Belles were ringing from every church in the city. They also ran down to the River Thames to help people. They arrived at the river. Crowds of people were running down to the riverbank. The fire was in the next street then. Families left their houses with hands full. They were carrying their things away from the fire. Everybody wanted a boat on the river. A man found the Farriner family, but the family left quickly and went down the river in the boat. Pepy and Moore walked nearer to the fire. There were clouds of smoke, and thousands of rats were in the street. They were running from the burning houses. Just then, they met twenty fire fighters outside a burning building. They were putting water on the fire but it was spreading quickly. Pepys asked the chief fire fighter whether he could stop or not. He answered he could not do. He also said that he needed to ask the Lord Mayor, but nobody knew where he was. Pepys and Moore had to speak to the King. That’s why they tried to go up the river to Whitehall Palace. They went quickly up the River Thames. It was morning but the sky was black with clouds of smoke. The find was stronger, and many streets were on fire. The houses on London Bridge were burning fast, and people were jumping into the river. They arrived at the Palace of Whitehall. A crowd of men was standing outside the door. They were all talking excitedly. One guard cried that the King wanted to see Samuel Pepys. Pepys went into the King’s room. He told the King about the fire well. The king wrote a letter and asked him to give it to Thomas Bludworth was the Lord Mayor. Pepys and Moore went outside at once and jumped into the King’s coach. They drove madly through the narrow streets. In the end, Pepys found the Lord Mayor and gave him the King’s letter. The Mayor wanted to pull down houses near the fire but nobody listened to him because people did not wanted to lose their houses. Just then some of the King’s soldiers arrived. As son as the soldiers came, the Mayor came home quickly. The soldier began to pull down houses and blow up shops. It was nine o’clock on Sunday evening. Pepys and Moore went home. For three more days the Great Fire of London burned. Frightened people and hungry rats ran madly through the streets. The fire spread to the most important houses and churches in the city. Old St. Paul’s Cathedral burned day and night. Day after day the fire fighters and soldiers worked to stop the fire. On the fourth day the wind changed direction and the fire slowly stopped. The fire fighters stood and watched for the first time in days. Many people came back to look for their houses and shops, but they found nothing. At home Pepys began to write about the fire in his diary. He knew the government had to work a lot to help the people of London. Five days later, Pepys and Moore climbed up the tower of the last church in the center of London. There was nothing in the city, but only nine people died. Fifty years later London was a very different city. There were no more old narrow streets in the city center, but beautiful wide streets instead. The most important thing was there were no more rats.
This story was short, but my book review was too long. I did not know that history of London. I have never been to London, so I want to go there in the future. I especially want to go to Big Ben because it is only place that I know in London. I also want to go to Glasgow!!

Winter vacation

2007-12-13T22:29:00.001+09:00

This winter vacation I want to start to go to a driving school. However, my parents and sister advised me not to go there during winter vacation. That's why I won't go to the driving school. I have much time, so I will find job instead of learning in the driving school this winter. I want to kill time and get much money soon. I also should finish my school works and study for TOIEC!!

Chinese friend

2007-12-11T22:50:00.001+09:00

Today I met one of foreign students from China. I was happy to see her, but we did not have much time to talk. I managed to get her mail address. If I have time, I want to talk with her again. Next time I meet her, I will try to greet her in Chinese!!

Christmas Mickey

2007-12-10T22:51:00.001+09:00

He is Christmas version Mickey.

My sister got him at a game arcade.

He can walk in time to jingle-bell music.

He is good to wake people up.

He is a little noisy, but he is cute and funny!!

Osaka trip

2007-12-09T22:03:00.001+09:00

←This is Takoyaki that my sister bought.

↑This is a portrait of my sister.

My sister went to Osaka for work yesterday and stayed overnight there. She walked around Osaka city by herself. She went to Kenji Tamura's shop, Dotonbori and so on. She was lucky that she was drawn by a famous artist for free. She seemed to enjoy Osaka trip. I have never been to Osaka, so I want to go there at least once!!

Book Review 2-11

2007-12-09T00:33:00.000+09:00

I read the book "TITANIC". I will summarize this story.
When the White Star Line announced the completion of the "super ship"-the TITANIC-in 1912, they said that she was the greatest ship ever built: luxurious, unsinkable and unbelievably. Titanic was ready to set sail from England, teeming with more than a thousand passengers. Crowds on the dock were waving flags and handkerchiefs. Passengers were waving good-bye to friends and family. After three days at sea, the trip has seemed like a holiday for most of the passengers. But soon, the Titanic will be entering an area of the North Atlantic Ocean where icebergs float. All day the Titanic has received iceberg warning in Morse code over the wireless. The lookouts saw a dark object looming ahead. It was an iceberg and the Titanic was heading straight toward it. With no time to waste, the First Officer called for the ship's wheel to be turned as far as possible. Slowly, the ship started to veer away from the iceberg, but it was too late. There was a slight bomb and a ripping noise as the iceberg scrapes the starboard side of the Titanic. Down below, the men working in one of the boiler rooms were almost swept off their feet as water gushed into the room. Within minutes the water was waist-high. The Captain knew that the ship was going to sink and there were not enough lifeboats to get all the passengers off safely. Not far from the panic in the boiler rooms, many passengers were still fast asleep, unaware of the collision. Very soon all the passengers were ordered on deck with their life jackets on. The crew began to direct the passengers into the boats. As the lifeboats were lowered, lights were seen on the horizon-another ship was out there. The Titanic's crewmembers had a way to get its attention. They fired distress rockets that exploded like fireworks in the sky. Then they used the Morse lamp. But there was no response. The bow sank farther down slowly. The band played on, trying to keep the passengers clam. But there was fear. The last wooden lifeboat was lowered, but more than 1,500 people were still on the ship. Their only hope of escape was in the last collapsible boat about to be launched. The music stopped, but the ship's lights were still glowing in the dark. As the stern rose higher into the air, everything inside the ship slid to the front. Every object on board crashed down and piled up. Out on the deck there are still hundreds of passengers. Some were clinging desperately to the rails. Other lost their grip and fell into the sea. Those wearing life jackets were kept afloat, but the water was ice cold and they would soon freeze to death if they were not rescued. The Titanic's lighted flicker as she plunged. People in the water screamed for help but their cries soon died down. The survivors in the lifeboats had rowed away from the ship, fearing that they would be sucked down. But some sailors decided to row back to the floating wreckage of the Titanic. They wanted to see if anyone was still alive. They rowed through hundreds of frozen bodies and found just four survivors. The survivors had been at sea for several hours without food, water or warm clothing. Many were almost frozen to death. Suddenly, they saw rockets in the distance. Another ship was on its way. It was the Carpathia. Her crew had heard the Titanic's distress. She had arrived too late to save the people in the water but not too late to save the people in the lifeboats. One by one, the Titanic survivors got on the Carpathia. The Carpathia headed for New York and the journey took three days.
I got known the story from the movie Titanic. I like the film very much. Leonardo Dicaprio looked cool in the film. However, I want to travel all over the world with gorgeous ship like Titanic!!

French Restaurant

2007-12-08T22:58:00.000+09:00

Today I went to a French restaurant with my mother for dinner. It was a present from a Kimono shop, so we could eat French for free! None was there except for us. There was our chartered restaurant.
At first, it was seafood salad. They were crab and scallop. I like both of them.
It was sweet potato soup. I liked it very much. It was so creamy!!
It was a fish dish. I do not like fish, but I could that fish and it was very tasty to me.^^
It was main and chicken dish!! I became full a little, but ate it all. I had never eaten that chicken until today.
It was dessert. When it was served, I was so full. My mother could not eat it, either. Totally I like this restaurant.

Pizza party

2007-12-05T23:09:00.003+09:00

Today Pizza party was held at my club room. One of my club member's birthday, so some of people ordered 4 delivery pizzas. They were delivered within 30 minutes at school. We ate two slices of the pizzas. We finished eating quickly. After that, we also ate birthday cakes. When I ate Japanese pizza, I missed American pizza. American pizza was much bigger and cheaper than Japanese. I wanna meet American pizza again!!

Japanese Lounge 2

2007-12-05T23:09:00.001+09:00

Today I became a Japanese teacher to two Chinese women again. Then I took Yumi there. She knows Japanese culture better than me and likes cultural exchanges like me. Before I did it alone, I was worried about many things. Today Yumi helped me and we enjoyed talking about Japanese and Chinese cultures. We mainly talked about Seijin shiki and New year in Japanese. Yumi and I also learned some Chinese words from them. After the Japanese Lounge, we had lunch together. We had really good time there. We always learn English from foreigners, but do not have many chances to teach Japanese to foreigner. This Japanese Lounge is a good experience to us. (^ ^) I wanna take Yumi there again!!

Delivery Ramen

2007-12-03T03:05:00.001+09:00

Last month my sister and I ordered two ramen deliveries from Shoyo-ken. However, that shop doesn't deliver ramen into my house, so we had to go to my grandmother's house. When we had watched a movie from You Tube, we suddenly wanted to eat Ramen. That's why we ordered them. That taste was Tonkotsu (pork). We like Tonkotsu ramen very much. After we finished eating, my grandmother came and began to cook ramen. Anyway, we all enjoyed eating ramen!!

Movie Review 4

2007-12-01T22:34:00.005+09:00

Mrs. Doubtfire

<Introduction>
Mrs. Doubtfire is a 1993 comedy movie directed by Chris Columbus. This movie won an Academy Award as best make up in 1993. Robin Williams played Daniel Hilland and Mrs. Euphegenia Doubtfire. Sally Field played his wife Miranda Hillard. Pierce Brosnan played Stuart Dunmeyer.
<Story>
Daniel was a father who loved his children. One day, he lost his job and held a son’s birthday part at home. His wife Miranda got shocked at his actions and asked him to separate. That’s why they got divorced and Miranda got parental authority. Daniel did not want to go away from his children, but he got little chance to see them. It was only one day a week that he could see his children.
He tried to think the way to meet them. His idea was to become a housekeeper. He called his wife many time disguising his voice. He went to his gay brother Frank to become an old woman. He succeeded to work at his old house as Euphegenia Doubtfire from England. Firstly, his family did not notice who Mrs. Doubtfire was. His children, especially his older daughter Lydia and son Chris did not like Mrs. Doutfire. Milland got liked Mrs.Doubtfire, but she was surprised that Mrs. Doubtfire knew about her house things well. When he as Mrs. Doubtfire was in the house, he met Stuart Dunmeyer who had been Miranda’s boyfriend. Miranda and Stuart happened to meet again at their works. Stuart was rich and handsome, so Daniel did not feel good when he saw Stuart. He wanted him to leave from Miranda. Daniel cared of his children well as Mrs. Doubtfire.
However, one day, when he went to bathroom, he was come out who he was guy by Chris. Chris and Lydia got angry with him, but when they realized that he was their father, they became happy. Daniel asked them to keep his secret. Stuart and Miranda got familiar day by day, so Daniel fretted. Stuart invited Miranda, her children and Mrs. Doubtfire a restaurant to celebrate Miranda’s birthday. Accidentally, Daniel had appointment with his new business boss at the same time and same restaurant. He could not cancel either of them. He decided to ply between Stuart and his family and his boss.
He was Mrs. Doubtfire in front of Stuart, but he was Daniel in front of his boss. That’s why he had to change his clothes in the bathroom over and over again. Stuart was allergic to cayenne pepper, so he ordered his dish without it. Daniel hated him so much because he approached Miranda. Daniel invaded the restaurant kitchen and added cayenne pepper to Stuart’s dish. When he ate something like shrimp, he choked. Daniel felt guilty and began to perform abdominal thrust, so Stuart managed to survive the accident. However, when Daniel helped Stuart as Mrs. Doubtfire, his secret was revealed. Miranda got known that Mrs. Doubtfire was Daniel. Later, Daniel as Mrs. Doubtfire became a star in a new children’s TV show. Miranda and the children missed Daniel again when they saw his program. Finally, Miranda allowed Daniel to spend much time the children.
<Impresstion>
Mrs. Doubtfire is my most favorite American film. I think that Mrs. Doubtfire is masterpiece. I have seen this movie so many times since I was young. When I typed this movie review, I did not have to watch that movie again. It was easy to summarize this story. I like this movie very much, so my review is long. The reason why I like this movie is that the lifestyle is just my ideal American lifestyle. They lived a big house and enjoyed party greatly. Speaking of this story, if I were his wife, I want to divorce him. I want to remarry Stuart. He was a good father for children, but he got lost his job and deceived people. However, if I were his child, I want to live with him. He is very kind and funny. My favorite scene is Stuart ate something like shrimp at the restaurant. The dish he ordered looks tasty. Mrs. Doubtfire is an inconceivable story, but it will last as my most favorite movie of all.

Year-end gift

2007-12-01T22:34:00.003+09:00

My family got a year-end gift from my acquaintance. It was a box full of snacks. (^-^) He gave us same one every year. We don't have to buy snacks during every this time. We now eat them little by little every day!!

Joyfull with Yumi

2007-12-01T22:34:00.001+09:00

Today I went to school to finish my homeworks. There I met Yumi. It was over noon when we met. We were hungry then. We decided to have lunch together. We were puzzled where we had lunch. We tried to go to cafeteria and Lowson in the university, but we stopped going there. Finally, we decided to go to Joyfull. It is not so far from our university. We ordered Saturday's lunch. Though that menu was good, we were shocked because that menu misses miso soup. > < It was short time, but we enjoyed having lunch. In fact, I went there with my foreign friends before. Anyway, I wanna go there with them again!!

Book Review 2-10

2007-11-29T21:58:00.000+09:00

I read the book"Picture Puzzle". I tell about this story.
It was a fine summer morning. Pete was a college student. He wanted to something exciting to happen. He went to a large shopping mall to get the Stephen King book. Then something exciting did happen. A girl ran through the crowd of people in the mall. Suddenly, she ran up to Pete and pushed something into his hand. Pete tried to talk with her, but she disappeared into the crowd. Pete looked at the thing in his hand. It was a film cassette. A minute later, Pete saw a man pushing through the crowd. He was a fat man and wearing a red shirt. He was in hurry and finding something. Pete thought that he was looking for the girl and she was afraid of him. Pete decided to solve the puzzle by himself. First, he developed the pictures on that film. There were only six pictures in it. Five of the photos were pictures of the girl with her friends and a young child. The sixth photo was a picture of two men. One of them was tall and thin. The other man was the guy he watched at the mall. In the picture, the two men were standing in a churchyard. A small part of the church was in the picture, too. When he saw the tall man, he remembered seeing him in the City News, which was the city's evening newspaper. Pete looked at the clock in the shopping mall and then had to go to college. However, he thought the girl was more important than college. He went to the City News office to find the newspaper about that tall guy. At last, he got to know him in a newspaper. He was Ronald Thurber and a lawyer of Donald Zetter, who had killed James Black. Pete thought that the big guy was a member of Zetter's gang. Next, he tried to find that churchyard. Two hours later, he found the same church as that picture's. Pete walked up to the church and he opened the heavy door. There was a priest inside. Pete asked him about the two and the girl, but he did not know either of them. It was lunchtime and Pete was hungry. There were some shops in the street near the church. One of them sold sandwiches and drinks, so he went into it. He ordered a chicken sandwich and a coke. He also asked a clerk about them. The moment he asked, a woman at the back of the shop came and talked about her. Pete got to know about her well. She was Amy Bates who lived in a flat near the shop. And then he went to her flat, Richfield House. There were six bell-pushes by the big red door. There was a name next to each bell-push. One of the names was Amy Bates. Pete put on the bell-push and rang the bell. Pete waited and looked up. He saw a man who leaning from one of the windows. It was the big man. Pete greeted and asked him about Amy. Then he asked Pete to come into his room. He told Pete that Amy would come soon. That's why Pete came there and sat down. Suddenly, the guy asked Pete about the film and there was a gun in his hand. Pete gave him the photos. When Pete gave him the film cassette from his pocket slowly, the guy held out his hand. Suddenly, Pete turned round and threw the cassette out of the window. There were some people in the street below the window. A woman saw the film cassette and pick it up. When the guy looked down into the street, Pete jumped towards him. The two men fought and the guy fired the gun. The people in the street heard the sound of the gun. Pete pushed him. He fell on the floor. He tried to kill Pete, but Pete moved quickly and then he fell out of the window. Pete ran to the bathroom door and helped Amy. Amy told the policemen about the story of the guys. According to her, they wanted to help Zetter from prison. The policemen found ￡50,000 inside the envelope. After they left the house, Pete and Amy walked away together.
Though the book is level 2, it is so easy to read. I coould read it soon, but I was lazy to type review. I took a long time to review this story. Anyway, I was happy to finish. I will find books like this again.

Late birthday cake

2007-11-28T22:33:00.003+09:00

Today I wondered why my father bought a cake. It looks a big cake in the photo, but in fact it was a small cake. My father seldom buys cakes. It was amazing that he bought it to my sister. She was more lucky than me because she got two birthday cakes. Speaking of cake, my favorite cake is Gateu chcolat. The next time my birthday comes, I wanna eat it!!

Durian Candy

2007-11-28T22:33:00.001+09:00

Today I attended English lounge and then I got a candy. Its flavor was Durian. One girl who did not know what it was tried to eat one in front of us. The moment she ate one, her face turned yucky and spat it out quickly. According to her, it smelled in her mouth. I was afraid that I ate it in front of everyone then. I brought it home and shared it with my sister. I tried to eat it, but it was not so bad to me. I could eat it all. My sister also could do that. We felt that the smell was similar to gas. I wanna eat it again and recommend many people to eat one!

Japanese Lounge

2007-11-28T10:21:00.001+09:00

Today I became a private Japanese teacher at the library in the second period. My students were two Chinese women. I met them through my Japanese lesson. Though I pretended to be a Japanese teacher to them, we just enjoyed chatting in Japanese. Of course, I did not receive money. I like teaching Japanese to foreigners, so it is fine to me. It was so hard to teach Japanese. I often got confused teaching Japanese. Though I was a Japanese teacher to them, I learned some Chinese words from them and asked them to teach me more. We had really good time together. I wanna teach them Japanese next week again!

Book Review 2-9

2007-11-26T22:42:00.000+09:00

I read the book "MR BEAN IN TOWN". I will tell about Mr. Bean before I summarize this story. Mr. Bean is a character of British comedy program starring Rowan Atkinson. Rowan also wrote the stories himself. I review the story about Steak Tartare.
It was Mr. Bean's birthday. Mr. Bean put on a clean shirt and his best coat, trousers and shoes. Then he drove to a restaurant in the center of town. He arrived at eight o'clock and went inside. It was very nice restaurant. Everybody was wearing their best clothes, and there were flowers on every table. The manager met him at the door and took him to a table. The manager pulled the chair away from the table. Then he waited for Mr. Bean to sit down. However, Mr. Bean did not sit down and looked at him. When the manager went away, Mr. Bean sat quietly. He took a birthday card and an envelope out of his jacket. Then he wrote something and put it on the table. After a minute or two, Mr. Bean pretended to see the card for the first time. The manager arrived with the menu and gave it to Mr. Bean. He realized that everything was very expensive. He put the money on to a plate and began to count up it. Finally, he ordered Steak tartare. After that, a waiter arrived at Mr. Bean's table with a bottle of wine. The waiter put some wine in Mr. Bean's glass and he had a drink. He smiled and waiter tried to put more wine into the glass. He didn't know about wine manners and he quickly put his hand across the glass. The waiter looked at him strangely. Then Mr. Bean took the knife and started to play with it. The woman at the next table looked at him angrily. He also played with his napkin. A minute later, the waiter arrived with his food. There was a large cover on the plate. Mr. Bean couldn't see the food, but he gave the waiter the money on the table. Customers don't usually give a waiter money when he arrives with the food. The waiter didn't say anything and took the money. Mr. Bean was happy because he thought that he was doing everything right. When he saw his dish, his smile disappeared. He thought they didn't cook that meat and could not eat it. He wanted to change his dish, but he couldn't ask the manager. He was afraid that people thought he was stupid. Then he thought he would never ask for steak tartare. The waiter asked him whether he was all right or not. He smiled and pretend eat some meat. He tried to hide the meat in any ways. He had an idea. First, He put the meat into the mustard pot and put the cover on it. Next, he took the flower out of the vase. He then put some meat into the vase and pushed the flowers in on top of it. He also pushed some of meat inside the roll. Then, he put more meat under the small plate and into the sugar pot and so on. Finally, he put some meat into a violinist's trousers. He thought everything went well. When the waiter walked past with some plates of food, he fell over Mr. Bean's foot. The plates fell on to Mr. Bean's table and on to the floor. The moment the people looked up the waiter, he got an idea. He pretended to be very angry and blamed the waiter that his meat was spread around his table by him. The manager came and apologized him. He invited Mr. Bean to another table. The violinist began to play "Happy Birthday" to him. Mr. Bean smiled. The waiter put a plate in front of Mr. Bean. The manager smiled and took off the cover. Mr. looked down and stopped smiling. There was Steak tartare in front of him!
Recently, I got to like Mr. Bean. He is a good comedian like Charles Chaplin. I can enjoy with his joke, but I think reading his joke like this is not interesting at all. Then I found his movie about Steak Tartare from You tube. You should watch it than read my review.

Happy Birthday to my sister

2007-11-25T19:52:00.001+09:00

Today was my sister's birthday. She became 23. We didn't have a party because we celebrated her before and did not have much time to do that. My sister has an important test soon, so she went out somewhere to study. My parents also went out during daytime. I spent all day at home.
←This is a Tsuruya-udon.
Tonight my father bought my favorite udon (Japanese noodle) for me. It is Tsuruya-udon. Tsuruya-udon comes from the shop name "Tsuruya". I like it very much since I was a junior high school student. There were two Truruya shops in Kumamoto, but one of them was closed. It was near my house, so I would often visit there with my family. I love Truya-udon. There are tempura shrimp, meat and wakame (soft seaweed) in Truya-udon. Though it contains them all, it is 400 yen. I think it is cheap. The shopkeer sometimes misses putting wakame to Tsuruya-udon for takeout. As you can see, the Tsuruya-udon was missing wakame. I was a little shocked.(> <)　
←This is a Curry-udon.
My father likes Curry-udon very much. Perhapses, my father visited the closed shop more than me. We do not go to another Tsuruya shop because it is too far. Today my father happened to get a chance to visit there. According to my father, he met the old shopkeer there and then he gave him the Curry-udon for free. My father and I really like Tsuruya's udon, so tonight we felt happy. I want to eat Tsuruya-udon again!!

Anyway, today was my sister's birthday! Happy birthday to my sister Yoko! I will do something for her someday!!

My sister's birthday Eve

2007-11-24T21:24:00.001+09:00

Tomorrow is my sister's birthday. She will be 23 soon. That's why today was not special day especially. Now she is busy studying for her work. We family have already celebrated her and eaten birthday cake before her real birthday. (> <) I don't know that we have her birthday party tomorrow again. Anyway, I want to have gorgeous dinner!!