Friday

I had first class. As soon as the class finished, I left a university. My Golden Week has started! I went to Kumamoto station by train. I had time to transfer, so I walked inside the station. I went to a book store, found a magazine which my favorite band was published. I browsed it for several time. The article was nice, I want to their live DVD!! I love them! After that I bought two waffles at station café PATIO. They were chocolate taste and strawberry taste. It was good. I like strawberry taste better than chocolate taste. Strawberries have mixed with the dough. I want to eat it! But strawberry taste is a sweet at limited until today. I was shocked… I took train at 11:55 and arrived at my home at 12:40 PM.

I called with my friend in the afternoon after long time. She is one of my great friends. She lives in Hyogo now, so I cannot meet her frequently. I always am looking forward to calling with her. She was very funny, we laughed a lot. I am planning travel to Hyogo in September. I want to meet her early!!

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BR:1-05 Stories of Fairytale Castle

I read Stories of Fairytale Castle. Its picture was very cute. I like it. The book had three chapters. Especially the impression of chapter1 was deep.
Chapter1 is The invisible castle. The main character is Flora. She is a kind person. She spent all her time for helping others. One day she walked deep into the forest to hunt for berry. When she turned to go home, she was lost. When she searched way to home, she found invisible castle. She met Prince Casper. He wanted to go out, but he cannot leave the castle. It was being witched to him by the witch. But Flora kissed his hand, at that moment the magic was relieved. The castle walls became visible once more. Flora married Prince Casper.
If Flora didn’t find the invisible castle and Prince Casper, Prince Casper will be alone in the castle. It is nice that he became happy.

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Reference
Lester, A. (2007). Stories of Fairytale Castle. London: Usborne Publishing Ltd.

I became a working student

I went to part time job for the first time! I worked in a convenience store which my mother works. An owner asked me to work only at insufficient time. At first I was not alacrity, but I decide to work there. My mother will teach me content of work for the time being. I have to remember a lot of thing to work. I could not remember them at once. I was tired. I want to become accustomed to work early!!

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Thanks for my grandfather

I went to the university and took two classes. First class was Writing, second class was the theory of environment. Second class was difficult, because it was like chemistry. A teacher taught us isotope hard. But I was very sleepy then. Finally I did not understand all of it. I wanted to go shopping after class, but I was hungry and tired. So I came back home at once.

As soon as I came back home, my mother went to my grandfather’s house. After thirty minutes, my mother came back home. She got a roll cake. My grandfather gave it for my family.
According to my mother, a confectionary opened store near my grandfather’s house today. The store had opening sale, so my grandfather went there and bought roll cake. But sale cake remained only two! He bought them. They were powdered green tea taste and black soybeans taste. He gave us powdered green tea taste roll cake.
I have not eaten it yet. I want to eat it early!!!

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Typing4 Golden Week plan

I don't have Golden Week plan.　I don't want to go out somewhere, because I don't like crowded. I want to avoid crowded places. It makes me very tired. I want to spend relaxed time in my home during golden Week. I am always busy in the morning, because I have first class on ordinary days. So I will get up late in the morning during Golden Week. It will be very happy time for me.

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birds

My home is near a mountain, so I commune with nature. Birds often come to my garden, because my father gives them food. Today I saw a pigeon. It walked around my garden to find foods. It was different from a pigeon which I usually see. Its wing’s color was brown. My mother said that it was “Yamabato”. It was pretty. I looked at it until it left in the window.
A pigeon came to my garden today, but also another bird come. They are a crow and a bulbul and a butcher bird… I looked at a pheasant at one time.

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different type

Do you Know "yoguruppe"?

This basic taste is yoghurt. But I found a yoguruppe which tastes apple. My mother bought it for me yesterday. I doubted whether it is good. In conclusion, it was good. It tasted almost apple juice. It did not taste yoguruppe.


Also I ate a pudding which caramel sauce is strawberry. It was good. I want to eat it again.

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1-04: The Little Mermaid

I read The Little Mermaid. This story was retold by Alan Marks. This was different from a story that I have known yet, but it is almost same. The Little Mermaid was first told by Hans Christian Andersen. He was a great writer, but he led a lonely life. He often had a broken heart and no friends.
The story was not happy end. I thought that he express his sad feeling in his stories.
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Reference

Daynes, K. (2007). The Little Mermaid. London: Usborne Publishing Ltd.

shopping

I went shopping with my mother today. My father stays at home. I was lucky, I don’t like going shopping with him. He cannot wait our shopping. My mother and I went to two shops. One is in my town, the other is in a neighboring town.

I bought a pair of pumps and clothes. I was glad to get them at a low cheap. I was also going to buy a bag which is a patent leather. But I could not find favorite bag. Also I found a shoes which be decorated with black spangles. I wanted it, but the shoes were not my size. It was small just a little for me. I wanted to shorten my foot at that time. I was disappointed. I am going to go other shop to find favorite one.

My mother bought clothes for my grandmother. My grandmother always asks my mother to buy a lot of thing. This time it is clothes. We thought that the clothes were nice, but my grandmother did not like it. We were in trouble from her.

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BR:1-03 Stories of Princes & Princesses

I read Stories of Princes Princesses. There were many prince and princess. I like chapter2. A princess of this story is Prue. She did not want to marry a prince. But her father said that she has to marry a prince. He introduced three princes. She did not want to marry each prince. Her father was angry. He decided that she will marry the first man who comes to the castle. Newt day, a beggar arrived. Prue and beggar were married there. The beggar was very poor. She did everything like a servant. To surprise, the beggar was Prince Alec whom she refuse to marry.
I wonder at her refusing to marry a prince. I want to marry a prince.
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(reference)
Chistpher, R. (2007). Stories of Princes & Princesses. London: Usborne Young Reading.

Spring...?

I found a fluff of a dandelion. It is spring.

But it was a very cold day. I was freezing. I regretted that I was heavily clothed.

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typing3 My hobbies

My hobbies are sleeping and watching TV.　Sleeping is great, because it removes my tiredness. If I have time, I want to sleep now. I love sleeping very much. Watching TV is fun. When I am in a living room, I always watch TV programs. My favorite TV program is entertainment programs. I usually watch it with my father. My father likes it too.

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

Tuesday

I watched a video about Scotland at fourth class. This class was history of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. When I watched the video, I was surprised at potato. Potato grows well in even sterile soil. Potato supported people’s life there. I thought that you should not laugh at potato. Natsumi and ayaka and I talked about potato as we went to the station.

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Sunday

I was going to eat cookies at three. I was looking forward to eat it. But I got sleep in the afternoon. When I woke up, my cookies have gone. My father ate all my cookies. I was very sad. I don’t know why, my mother apologized to me for eating cookies. It was no use complaining. So I ate pudding which tastes strawberry. It was delicious.

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Saturday

I woke up at seven thirty, but I ate breakfast at nine. As soon as I finished eating breakfast, my father went out to harvest bamboo shots. After two hours, he came back home. I watched anime in the morning after long time. It was an interesting and sad story. My father cooked instant ramen and I ate it. I lay down at kotatsu and read a book. These days it is cold, I cannot left from kotatsu. I fell into a sleep. Kotatsu has magic. I got up at three. I was very relaxed to six.
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Friday

Today I had three classes. First class was international society and Japan. I wrote a right answer at a paper. I was very sleepy, but I endured sleepiness. Second class was speaking. We calculated though it was speaking class. The question was very difficult for me. I could not solve it. At the lunch time, I went to the student dining room with Saki and Natsumi. We ate lunch there and talked about our favorite musicians, how to write an assignment. Third class was listening. I was distressed by calculation again at this class. The teacher was same person.

After class, Saki and Natsumi and I went to the 14th building to meet a teacher. We came across an amusing happening on the way. First, we took an elevator. There are 5 people, including us in the elevator. Saki and Natsumi and I were going to go to the fourth floor. But Natsumi got off in the second floor when the door opened. Saki and I were very surprised. We call Natsumi quickly and said “this is the second floor!” She was very surprised and came back in the elevator. We had a good laugh! To tell the truth, I had same mistake a few days ago, too. After all, we could not meet the teacher. We went to a library and acted separately. I updated my blog and sent a mail there. And I did reading’s assignment with Yuka. Its deadline is about two weeks ago. But it is good to finish assignment early. Yuka and I worked harder. The assignment was difficult as we expected. After I finished the assignment, I went to the 14th building again with natsumi, Saki and Yuka. A foreigner said “Have a nice weekend” to us on the way. We were surprised a little, because nobody knows him. We should have said “you too”. We just said “see you”. I want to know who he is. When we arrived at the 14th building, we could meet the teacher. The teacher taught us how to do assignment. He was very kind. We were helped by him. It was six, we were going to go home. We ran to the station. I was very tired, but it was great fun. I thought that today was an interesting day.
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1-01b Who am I?

Hello. My name is Haruka. I’m nineteen years old. I’m a student of KGU. I study English in the University almost every day. But I can not speak English well and understand English a little. I must study harder.

I’m from Minamata. Minamata is a small town. It is in the southern part of Kumamoto. Minamata is peaceful. Minamata has two hot springs. One is Yunoko spring, it is near the sea. The other is Yunotsuru spring, it is near the mountain. What does your town have? I want to know your town.

My hobby is reading books. My favorite book is Kitchen (Yoshimoto, 1988). Every time I read it, I was moved. I like books, because books give me much information. But I don’t read books recently, because I like sleeping. When I get free time, I go to bed. Seeping is happy.

I am looking forward to going to your country and house. I wait to enjoy staying there. I want to see the scenery. I want to do something there. Could you go out with me? I hope it.

By the way, I continue to introduce myself. About my family, my father works in a machine factory. His company makes cubicles. Do you know cubicles? A cubicle is sometimes on one roof top of a department store. It generates electricity. It is small power station. My mother works in a convenience store. She is often busy, because my father and I trouble her.

I am worried about staying in your home, because I am not outgoing person. I am very shy. But I went to get along with you. Please speak to me a lot. I get used to you more and more. I am looking forward to seeing you very much. See you soon.


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BR:1-02 Magical Animals

I read a book named Magical Animals. Its cover was very lovely, but content was not so. Chapter1 was Pegasus. Bellerophon who was a prince in Greece was asked to kill Chimera by the king. Chimera was terrible monster which has two head: a goat-head and lion-head and tail were snake. He had to catch Pegasus to approach Chimera. He caught Pegasus with the help of the goddess Athene. Finally he killed Chimera. He went back and told good news to the king. He was lionized as god by people. He misunderstood. He thought that maybe he is a god. He flew with Pegasus to Olympus where the gods lived. Zeus who is the king of gods annoyed to see Bellerophon. Zeus blew away him. He fell through clouds to the ground. He was killed in an instant. Pegasus was kept by Zeus. Certainly he was bad to misunderstand. But I thought that Bellerophon was pitiful.

reference

Watson, C. (2007). Magical Animals. London: Usborne Young Reading.
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Wednesday

I had two classes. First class was Writing. I was helped by my friends and the assistant and the teacher. Using computer was very difficult. I am not good at it. And what was even worse, I can not understand English well… Writing class is very hard tome. Well, almost all class, specially the required subject of English is very hard to me. Second class was environment learning. I thought that it is like earth science. After school, I went to the library. I used computer there to print resume, and borrow a book.

Happy birthday
Today(4.14) is my favorite guitarist’s birthday. He became 29 years old today. I don’t know why, I am glad. I wish he spend happy times.

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Typing2 Music I like

My favorite band is Kra. Kra is very cool. I love them. Their music makes me happy, sad and comfortable. They are visual-kei. They put on makeup and perform. Some people say that visual-kei is unpleasant. I think that in is very sad thing. But it can not be avoided, because people’s liking is various. By the way, Kra will come in Kumamoto in this October. I want to go to their live concert.
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rainy day

Today is Monday and rainy, so I was gloomy. I did not want to go to the university. I wanted to be in my home. But I had to go to the university, because I am a student. I got ready to go out inefficiently. My mother was amazed a little. I left home at eight thirty, I arrived at the university at ten fifteen. I attended class of political science with Yuka. I thought that Political science will be difficult, but the teacher seemed to be kind. I was relieved about the class a little. I ate lunch and talked with my friends. Lunch time with my friends is always happy time. Third class was inter-cultural communicationⅠ. At the class I was surprised to hear that Professor Tsutsui has become pregnant! This is the happiest events! I left school at three o’clock, arrived at home at four thirty. It was rainy still. My mother lay down at kotatsu. She was very tired for job, housework. I talked with her about today’s incident. It is everyday from when I was an elementary school child.
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BR 1-01:Story of pirates

This is literally story of pirates. Chapter1 is the pesky parrot. A man named Charlie wanted to be a pirate, he got a parrot and some goods for sailing. Unfortunately Charlie made a lot of mistakes during sailing. He thought that I give up the idea of being a pirate. I thought that he did not suit a pirate too. But he was helped by his pesky parrot. Chapter2 is about captain spike. It is a story that a smart girl tricked him nicely. Chapter3 is the masked pirate.
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Friday

Today is Friday. I had three classes. First class was international society and Japan. Second class was speaking, third class was listening. I was so tired, because I could not understand English. I became very nervous. I met my friend, Saki after class. I mailed to other my friend, Nastumi. Natumi was in the library. Saki and I thought to invite Natsumi to go to e-campus center to register entry of lectures. I made a telephone call to her, but she didn’t answer. We waited for about five minutes. She didn’t contact me. Saki had to go a part-time job until three thirty. We decided to go e-campus center. We didn’t wait for Natumi before then. We registered entry of lecture with the computer. I am good at use the computer, but it was simple, some assistants helped me. I was in trouble because of how to send mail for homework. Saki helped me. She knows about computer very well. I was thankful to her. When we use a computer, I got an e-mail from Natsumi. Nastumi didn’t know that need to register entry of the lecture by computer. Saki and I were surprised.
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My everyday

I got up at six. I went down the stairs and went the living room. I ate rice ball and miso soup for twenty minutes. After, I wash my face and brush my teeth. I dress myself for thirty minutes. At six fifty five, I leave my home. My mother drives me to the station. I take a train to go to the university.
University is a place to study, but also it is a place to enjoy. I like to talk with my friends at rest of lecture or lunch time. My friends are very interesting persons. We always laugh together. After I come back home, I change into loose clothes to get relaxed. If I have time till dinner, I enjoy to mail with my friend or watch TV programs. I eat dinner with my family. Later, I do my homework or enjoy free time. In the midnight I go to bed.
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Essay1-01a

Hello. My name is Haruka. I’m nineteen years old. I’m a student of KGU. I study English in the University almost every day. But I can not speak English well and understand English a little. I must study harder.

I’m from Kumamoto. It is in the southern part of Kumamoto. Minamata is peaceful. Minamata has two hot springs. One is Yunoko spring, it is near the sea. The other is Yunotsuru spring, it is near the mountain. What does your town have? I want to know your town.

My hobby is reading book. I like books, because books give me much information. But I don’t read books recently, because I like sleeping. When I get free time, I go to bed. Seeping is happy.

I am looking forward to going to your country and house. I wait to enjoy staying there. I want to see the scenery. I want to do something there. Could you go out with me? I hope it.

By the way, I continue to introduce myself. About my family, my father works in a machine factory. His company makes cubicles. Do you know cubicles? A cubicle is sometimes on one roof top of a department store. It generates electricity. It is small power station. My mother works in a convenience store. She is often busy, because my father and I trouble her.

I am worried about staying in your home, because I am not outgoing person. I am very shy. But I went to get along with you. Please speak to me a lot. I get used to you more and more. I am looking forward to seeing you very much. See you soon.

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Typing1 first class

My first Writting class is this Wednesday. I met my friend, and went to our classroom together. When we entered in the room, I met the teacher at the first time. I felt that he is a cheerful person. But I am nervous, because I could not understand his English.
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