Usual

On a Diet!

2011-01-21T16:57:00.000+09:00

I’m on a diet at the moment. I began a recording diet January 4. The first three days of a new year, I ate so much at my grand parents’ house. For example, sukiyaki, buckwheat noodles eaten on New Year’s Eve and traditional Japanese food prepared in advance for consumption during the first three days of the New Year and containing various specified ingredients. So, I decided to begin a diet.
At first, I calculated my basal metabolism. It is necessity to live. We need energy to even sleep or breathe. Each basal metabolism depends on height of him or her.
And then, I record the foods and drinks I took and their calorie on my cell phone everyday. So, I can see my caloric intake. And I want to slim down in a healthy way, so I aim to eat a balanced variety of foods. It is said that we should eat thirty kinds of foodstuff in a day. But I found that it is little difficult for me.
From a diet, I learned so many things. I noticed that what kind of food has much calorie, or little calorie. And I was made acutely aware of difficulty to expend calorie. So, I aim to walk for a long time as long as I can. The day I have some classes, I walk for half of an hour, about ten thousands or more steps on average in a day.
A recording diet for 14 days made a loss of a kilogram in weight. I will continue a recording diet, and I want to lose more two kilos! And if I may be allowed to wish so much, I want to make my legs thinner!

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My Ideal for Future

2011-01-21T16:54:00.001+09:00

From March, a training period will begin. Finally, I will be a working adult. But to tell the truth, I don’t want to be a working adult yet. I want to spend much more time with my friends. But if we enter each company, we will have fewer opportunities to meet. It makes me sad. First of all, I will work as hard as I can, and then, if I get to make my time some how, I will meet my friends, and spend with them. It is my ideal.

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The Only One For Us

2011-01-17T19:37:00.003+09:00

The beginning of last week, I heard the shocking news. One of my favorite Japanese rock band, 椿屋四重奏 broke up at the end of last year! The sad news was very shocking enough to sweep away my sleepiness.
Last year, they worked energetically so much. They made a song with a tie-in TV drama, and they also made a theme song of a Japanese movie. People got to know about them last year, I think. The news came in us just as we, the fan of them, believed firmly that they will be energetic in their activities still more.
Last winter, I went and saw their live concert tour, Brightest Darkness. It was the dreamy and great time. They showed absolutely no sign of their breakup in their behavior. All of the audience include me really enjoyed at that time.

In the comment, the vocalist and the guitarist, Yuji Nakada said that he supposed that if they had announced their breakup before their live concert tour, the fan of them couldn’t enjoy it. I know his words and thought is right. And I was near tears to feel their tenderness for us.
He said the reason of their breakup in the comment. Viewed objectively, 椿屋四重奏 couldn’t do anything special in the music world. 椿屋四重奏 was the halfway band. So, they broke up, he said. But no one thought like that. They gave so many special and beautiful things to us. And someone could change thanks to them and their music. Of course I did, too.
It is needless to say, I’m so sad now. But they look refreshed. They thought over their firm decision for a long time. And they decided to break up in last summer. So, we must take their decision seriously. And we must cheer them, and pray for their energetic activity. There’s one thing that I want to say them. “Thank you so much heartily.”

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BONES (Pilot)

2011-01-17T18:48:00.003+09:00

One day, one dead body was discovered from the bed of a pond at a cemetery. The　body has already turned into a skeleton, and its skull was broken to pieces. Furthermore, the body was rewrapped and double-rewrapped by a sheet and a wire net with a weight. All this says that it wasn't an accident, but the person was killed.

Seeley Booth, an FBI agent, took charge of this problem. He asked Temperance Brennan to cooperate with him to solve the problem. She is a superior doctor of forensic medicine. She is energetic in her studies all over the world, and she wrote a book. She is the world’s leading expert on forensic medicine. And she is strong-minded, has a short temper, and is a little wild. So, she accepted his request on condition that he treats her on a footing of equality. And then, they became workmates even though there is lack in their relationship of trust.

Dr. Brennan concluded the sex, age, height, the biotype and hobby of the person in an instant. And her excellent fellows deduced the details of the body and the crime from the body. Booth found that the victim is Cleo Eller by an image of a hologram. She had been lost since last year, and she is a daughter of an officer of the army. Furthermore, it is said that she had an affair with a member of the Upper House, Sen. Bethlehem.
From the studies, many facts were detected. First, Cleo was pregnant. Second, Cleo’s boyfriend is a secretary to Sen. Bethlehem. Finally, Cleo was being stalked. From these facts, they narrowed down the suspects. They are the man having an affair with Cleo, Sen. Bethlehem, Cleo’s boyfriend, Ken Thompson, and a stalker, Oliver Laurier.

I felt that BONES is a delicate drama. This is not common suspense drama. So, I enjoyed watching it so much. Dr. Brennan is very clever. She can know everything of　the body from it. But she is looked like she was a cool and stubborn woman. So, she is distressed about the human heart. She can know everything about dead people without talking with them. But she needs to talk with sympathize with or open up to them to the living to know something about living people. She has trouble in that.

I think that Dr. Brennan and Booth have some secrets in their past. And on the first episode, they couldn’t trust each other. From this, I hope that they will be real partners, and they will develop as persons.

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New CDs

2011-01-05T11:52:00.002+09:00

I will have new two CDs! January 12th, RADWIMPS will release a new single CD, “DADA”. RADWIMPS is now so popular among young people with their special view of the music and great technique of performance. They use beautiful Japanese and energetic English at will. And they speak to us about their love, about the world, about the life and so on with their songs. I can find new point of view from them.

And February 23rd, BUMP OF CHICKEN will also release a new single CD. Its title is “友達の唄”. They are very popular and famous around the world. Their delicate and soft lyrics are famous, but they have also severe and cool aspects. Many people include me are touched our heartstrings by them. When we feel sad, or run up against a wall, or despair of everything, we can feel relieved from their songs. Last year, they worked energetically. So, I hope for their works this year.

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My Horrendous Dream

2011-01-05T00:14:00.001+09:00

My first dream in the New Year was bad for me. It was horrendous dream. There is one girl. She was my friend in my dream, but in fact, I don’t know her. I’ve never seen such a girl. In my dream, she has an older brother. But she was always treated badly by him. And I don’t know why, but I knew that she would die soon. But of course her brother didn’t know that, so he treated her harshly as usual. At that time, she opposed him in tears at the first time. Just then, someone flitted across in front of her. In that instant, she lost her eyes. There were only two dark holes on her face. I sensed danger at that time. I thought that she would die by intuition. So, I embraced her tight, and then, I escaped from her brother with her hugged.
Then, I woke up. After all, I don’t know how she was. Did we success to escape? Did she die? I don’t know anything. But now, I’m sure that I wanted to escape not only from her brother but also from her death. I don’t know who she is, but she was my friend without fail in my dream.
My first dream in the New Year was horrendous. But there may be some messages in my dream. When I woke up, I felt only fear. But now, I found other feeling about my dream. The dream will unforgettable for me.

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Under the Bridge

2011-01-04T22:52:00.005+09:00

These days, I found an interesting comic book. Its title is “Arakawa Under the Bridge”. The main characters are so characteristic and funny. They live together under the bridge, and they enjoy their free and oscar life.

The beginning of the story is joining one person. His name is Koh Ichinomiya. He is clever, handsome and perfect, and he is a president of many companies at the age of twenty. He has lived his life as he was taught by his father. His father also has many big companies, and always says to him, “Don’t run into debt.” But one day, he was helped by a girl, Nino. She is so beautiful and mysterious girl, and she lives under the bridge. He began to live there to pay a debt to her as her boyfriend.

At first, he despised strange inhabitants living under the bridge. But gradually, while he doesn’t notice, he has smiled more often recently. And he became to not care about a little debt. The best of it is that he made friends. He is a prefect man, so he was always alone. But now, he has changed.

This is a gag comic book. It always makes us laugh. But I think its bottom is serious. The taught of Koh’s father is the problem in common. If we never ran into debt, we wouldn’t touch anyone. So, before living under the bridge, Koh was always alone. Today, someone say that human social ties are very thin in Japan. I think so, too. This comic book gives us laugh, but it also gives us problems we have to improve.

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2010-2011

2011-01-04T22:21:00.000+09:00

The last day of the year, I went to Minamata city which my grandparents live in with my family. We start there at about three o’clock, but we arrived there at about seven o’clock! We usually go there for about two hours by car, but this time, it took to go there for about four hours! The reason why it took so much time was snow! Since the previous day, it began to snow. And we unusually had much snow. We usually go there through an expressway. But we couldn’t use an expressway to Yatsushiro interchange. It also took thirty minutes to go down from an expressway. After that, we caught in a traffic jam. So, it took to go there for about four hours!
We arrived there with difficulty, and we ate sukiyaki with my family and my grandparents while we watched the Red and White singing contest. I really like sukiyaki which my grandmother made! It’s very delicious!
On New Year’s Day, my two cousins and their parents came to the house of our grandparents. My cousins are brothers. An older brother is the same age I am. He is very clever, handsome, kind and perfect! I’m proud of him! And he will be a company employee of a famous company this spring. A younger brother is also superior and good at drawing pictures. And their parents are so cheerful and energetic. They are very happy family. We ate traditional Japanese food prepared in advance for consumption during the first three days of the New Year and containing various specified ingredients and soup containing mochi vegetables and other ingredients, popular at the New Year together. The mochi were made by my grandmother, so of course they are so good! We had special time there!

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SAINT ☆ YOUNG MEN

2011-01-03T22:33:00.005+09:00

Yesterday, I bought a comic book, SAINT ☆ YOUNG MEN. It is a new book, the sixth volume.
The story is very humorous and peculiarity. The main characters are Buddha and Jesus Christ. They live together at a run-down apartment in Tachikawa, Tokyo as a vacation. They live their ordinary days like us, but everything is special and interesting for them. They enjoy a vacation so much.
In a new book, they go and enjoy at the sea, enjoy dressing up as Dracula and Frankenstein on Halloween, play a special sport, go to karaoke, think about the heavens tour, make comics and Jesus Christ sees a dentist. There is nothing special for me. But they enjoy all out everything in their ordinary days.

In these books, there are so many jokes based on Buddhist and Christian histories or episodes and so on. Now, these books have greater popularity than expected in Japan. I think that this comic book will become only in Japan. Pious believers in Christianity or Buddhism can’t accept this book. Almost of Japanese believe in no religion, so some of them like it.
I think that this idea is very interesting. The situation of a simple life of Buddha and Jesus Christ is surreal and interesting. And I think if everyone and every country in the world became wholly peace, they could live such a homely life.
And I don’t have much knowledge about Buddhism and Christianity very much. There are many things that I don’t have ideas in this book. So, I want to learn much more things about them. I can learn many things and get special laugh from this book, so I like it very much!

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My Part-time Job

2011-01-03T21:07:00.000+09:00

I do a part-time job at a cram school. And my part-time job in the period overlapping the close of the old year to the start of the new was so hard for me. I must teach for eighty minutes in one class. And I have to do it six times in a day. Everyday, I came home at about eight thirty, and then, I had dinner. After that, I have to do preparation of my teaching of tomorrow. But it was very hard. I couldn’t finish in the night. I went to bed at about one or two. And I woke up at six thirty in the morning. Then I took a shower. After that, I finished doing preparation. I had breakfast, and I went to part-time job at before nine. I repeated this life for eight days. I was worn out. But the examination is near at hand. So, I have to help my students as hard as I can.

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COSMONAUT

2010-12-20T19:58:00.004+09:00

The other day, BUMP OF CHICKEN released a new album, COSMONAUT. In this album, there are a lot of honest feelings of the vocalist, Motoo Fujiwara. He put his love for his precious people, his memory and his message for us into this album. Every songs in this album are made from only his experiences and feelings. But we who listen to this album feel like these songs were written for us. These words fit with our feelings, distress and greatfulness to our precious people. Of course, all of them are different, but these songs fit with our delicate feelings perfectly. That point is one of the reasons why BUMP OF CHICKEN is loved by so many people in the world for a long time.
And when I listen to this album with reading its lyrics sheet, I feel like reading a story. In the lyrics sheet, there is an astronaut. The pictures in this lyrics sheet are sight of an astronaut. And an astronaut finds some things and landscapes, and experiences various things on earth. It makes also us feeling strong affinities with these songs. But these pictures have some misteries, I think. Trying to solve them is one of the enjoyment. I enjoy listening to this album and seeing the lyrics sheet so much! So, already this album became one of my favorite CDs!

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Lilo & Stitch

2010-12-20T15:25:00.009+09:00

In space, one form of life was created by a scientist. It was named only 626. It has terrific power. It was made to destroy. But making new form of life is a serious crime. The creator of 626 and experiment 626 were caught. But 626 escaped through its special power. And 626 crashed on earth by chance. But the scientist and a government official arrived on the earth in pursuit of 626.

On the earth, 626 met a girl, Lilo and her sister, Nani. And 626 started to live with them as a pet, a dog. 626 was named Stitch by Lilo. First, Stitch only tried to make good his escape from pursuers and destroy everything he found. But gradually, Stitch started to feel puzzled. There were no objects to destroy. And Stitch found so many things for the first time, for example sensitivity of human beings, sympathizing with others, happiness without destroying and most importantly, a family.

On earth, through the life with Lilo and Nani, Stitch found being with them is much more pleasant than destroying something. And Stitch wants to be part of a family. Since Stitch came to a earth, he learned a lot about his feelings, and he developed very much.

But then, the pursuers caught Lilo by mistake! Stitch tried to help her out of the space ship at the risk of his life!

To watch this movie, I became a fan of Stitch! I really like him! I have a liking for his pureness, heroism and loveableness. I was strongly impressed the way he developed. He doesn't say anything except in the last scene, but I found his puzzlement, lonesomeness and joy. At the last scene, Stitch spoke of his honest feeling for the first time. That scene moved me greatly and made me cry! I really want to watch the sequel of this movie!

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Typing Homework 20 (My favorite sports)

2010-12-13T21:13:00.000+09:00

I had learned swimming for nine years, from seven years old to fifteen years old. And when I was a junior high school student, I belonged to a swimming club. My athletic capacities are zero, so I can’t most of sports. Of course I don’t like playing sports. But I can only swim. So I like swimming. About till two years ago, I sometimes went swimming to Aqua Dome. But now I have no time to go swimming. I am sometimes long to go swimming. From next year, I will be busy more and more, and will have no chance to go swimming. So, I want to go swimming at least once while a student. It will also compensate for a lack of exercise.

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Typing Homework 19 (My cell phone)

2010-12-13T21:11:00.001+09:00

I’ve used cell phones of au for a long time. But I’m an inability to maintain interest in things, so I usually change my cell phone to new one in a year or less. But my earlier cell phone is my most favorite one, so I used it for a year and a half. It was my longest term. But I can’t use the Web by the cell phone suddenly. So, I changed to new one. And now, I use a white cell phone. I open it by sliding. It has many functions, so I’m pleased with it. My most favorite function is a pedometer. It counts my paces, and calculates the distance I walked calorie consumption and how weight loss. I use this function everyday.

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Typing Homework 18 (My favorite dishes)

2010-12-13T21:09:00.000+09:00

I really like spaghetti. There are many kind of spaghetti, so I’m OK if my every meal is spaghetti! Especially I like spaghetti made on a base of tomato and cheese. I also like cheese, so I’m very glad if there is much cheese! I don’t like fish and shellfish, but I can eat cod roe spaghetti now! And I also like foods of eggs, for example an omelet, stir-fried rice wrapped in an omelet and a soy-flavored omelet. And I don’t like Japanese food very much, but I like rice gruel with eggs. Its mild taste is the point of my favorite. I can eat a lot of them. And I have another favorite Japanese food. It’s Japanese-style confection. They are very delicious and look very beautiful.

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Typing Homework 17 (My favorite fruits)

2010-12-13T21:06:00.001+09:00

I rarely eat fruits. But I have some favorite fruits. I like American cherries. They are very sweet. I like its sweetness so much. And they are bigger than Japanese cherries. The color of them is dark-red. So, they are also called black cherries. And I also like litchis. I like their taste and flavor very much. But I don’t have chance to eat them, so I usually eat something with their taste and flavor, for example gums, gummi candies and candies. And I like to eat strawberries with a lot of condensed milk. I really something sweets, so I usually eat strawberries with much condensed milk. I also like canned fruits, for example oranges, pineapples and peaches. The sweetness of them is very nice.

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LUST CRUSADERS: OTHER SIDE OF BEAT CRUSADERS

2010-12-13T15:39:00.005+09:00

When BEAT CRUSADERS was an indie rock band, the number of the band was four. Excepting a vocalist and a guitarist, Toru Hidaka, everyone is not same as present member. To tell the truth, I didn't know about former BEAT CRUSADERS very much.

But this album, LUST CRUSADERS: OTHER SIDE OF BEAT CRUSADERS shows me the unknown BEAT CRUSADERS for me. A superior technique and a powerful voice are almost same as present band. But in this album, they are bursting with energy. I feel that they can play as they want to do.

They changed the members, and made their major debut. Gradually they became popular. I also became their fan just at that time. Becoming more popular and famous, they were restricted in their activities. They couldn't play as they wanted to do. They said that the point is one of the reasons of their breakup. To listen to this album, I feel something distressing to find a figure they want to play. But I'm sure that they will come back! So, I will wait for their coming back forever!!!

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The Special Ordinary Days

2010-12-08T11:12:00.006+09:00

This comic shows us the ordinary days of the little girl, Yotsuba. She lives with her father. She is a very simple and innocent girl. Everything of her makes us happy and warm. And her father is a translator. He always treats her very kindly. He takes her behavior and feelings sincerely. Even if a thing sounds so strange, he never make light of it. I think that he is the paragon of a father.
And their neighbors are also characteristic. There are three sisters. The oldest daughter is Asagi. She is very beautiful and mischievous. And the friend of Yotsuba's father, Jambo sets his heart on her. Next, the second daughter, Fuka is a high school student. She is very cheerful and lovable. The third daughter is Ena. Though she is an elementary school student, she is a capable person. So, she is a good playmate of Yotsuba.

For Yotsuba, many things in the ordinary days is an important and grate matters. Now, her behavior and feelings are refreshing for me. I think that the children are great to see Yotsuba.

Becoming older, people forget much more things in a daily life. This comic reminds us these things. And they tell us that everyday is special days. The same day will never come. Even if a small thing, everything in our daily life is great and special thing!

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A Dreamy Night

2010-12-06T23:21:00.002+09:00

Yesterday, I went and watch a live concert of 椿屋四重奏. It was the second time for them. And it was dreamy and exciting time. They showed about fifteen great songs. And most of them are from Kumamoto talked about Kumamoto. Their conversation was very friendly and interesting.

A live concert is great. Of course, we can listen to their songs and get so many things. But a live concert gives us much more things. So, I want to go and watch a live concert.

They are very attractive not only their songs but their humanity. So, I really like them and their songs! I want people who have never listened to their songs to listen to them!

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Romeo + Juliet

2010-12-01T11:39:00.006+09:00

This is the most famous and saddest love story in the world, and this movie has been remade with a modern setting. Romeo is played by Leonard DiCaprio who is the most beautiful and sexiest man in the world, and Juliet is played by Claire Danes who is a very charming lady. They show us the beautiful and sad story.

This story is set in the present day, but almost of the story line is faithful to the original written by Shakespeare, for example, the name of the characters, the environment around them and the sorrowful ending.

This movie expresses the wall of Romeo and Juliet tactfully. First, their famous first meeting at the party was through an aquarium. Second, their secret meeting which is a famous balcony scene in the original also has an obstacle. The water in the pool obstructed their words and even their breath. Both scenes look so beautiful and dreamy like a fairy tale. But there are always high walls behind their pure and passionate love. That point makes us so sad, but we can feel delicate evanescence at the same time from these scenes and the characters themselves. So, I like these scenes though I feel so distressed watching them.

The ending of this movie made me so sad that I was crying. Though I've read the original and watched the movie with another cast before, I felt so sad and like to cry again. The reason is this movie was remade in a modern setting. So, I felt this movie was familiar. But there are many points remind us of the original, for example their romantic words and the passionate love between them. If Romeo and Juliet were acted by other less famous people, their romantic words would still stand out in this movie. They become beautiful and humane when they play the roles of Romeo and Juliet, that is exactly why this movie charms so many people including me!

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Brassed Off!

2010-12-01T11:05:00.006+09:00

This movie is a story of a brass band, Grimethorpe Colliery Band and its members who are miners at the Grimley mine closing. The members and their families lack financial leeway and they are filled with a sense of despair and a feeling of tragic heroism. In such a situation, one woman named Gloria joined the band. her joining gave them hope. They united and made an effort again.
But then, a truth became clear. Gloria is a member of the company which is forcing the Grimley mine into closing. Gloria tried to keep the Grimley mine open, but the members of the band treat her coldly. She lost her position in the band. And then, in spite of her effort, the Grimley mine closed. Bad luck didn't end here. The leader of the band, Danny, fell sick. And the members are also in a difficult situation. Some of them lost their wife, their children and their home. They decided to break up and not go to the final. They lost everything, but only one member didn’t give up. It is Gloria. Finally, they decided to play on the final to feel her resolution! For our dream, and for Danny!

At the end of this movie, Danny said that music is not everything, but humans are the most important thing. I felt the importance of spirit and mind watching this movie. Of course, our family, jobs, money, or something of each person are very important. We become very sad and confused that we lost them, even only one. But now, I found the power of spirit. They lost their dear family and jobs. But finally, their family came back to them, because they were touched by their spirit for music and the band. Even if we get into a difficult predicament, the road to success will the mind if we never give up.

In this movie, there is hope, dreams, love and a strong spirit. And of course, there are a lot of beautiful and harmonic music. After watching this movie, I felt like walking with my chest thrown out!

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Typing Homework 16 (Food I don't like)

2010-11-30T20:00:00.001+09:00

I’m particular about food. First of all, I can’t eat most of fish and shellfish. I don’t like a smell of the sea. So, I don’t like to go to the sea. Next, I don’t like eat foods of miso. Of course, I can’t eat miso soup. And I have foods I don’t like in fruits. I don’t like bananas, melons and watermelons. I don’t like the smell, oral sensation and tastes of bananas. In short, I don’t like everything of bananas. And I feel a pricking pain of my tongue when I eat melons and watermelons because of my physical constitution. And I don’t like gingers. I don’t like their flavor, so I don’t eat foods with the flavor of gingers. And I don’t like the flavor of cinnamon, too.

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Typing Homework 15 (My friends)

2010-11-30T19:58:00.001+09:00

I introduce my friends for about eight years. Most of them are working adults. But the type of occupation is varied. They are a childcare worker, a nurse and a system engineer. And next year, I will work as a lecturer of a cram school. They said to me that I am suited for the job. I was really glad to hear that. And I think that point come under the heading of them. She who is very calm and kind is a childcare worker. And another person who works at a hospital as a nurse is so friendly and patient. A system engineer is very clever and sensible. From next year, I will work as hard as I can like them.

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New Music

2010-11-28T16:00:00.002+09:00

Next 15th, BUMP OF CHICKEN will release a new album, COSMONAUT. This year, they released many CDs, so this album will be rich in content. And on the same day, BEAT CRUSADERS will also release a new album, LOST CRUSADERS. LOST CRUSADERS has a CD and a DVD or blu-ray disc. Their last live concert is recorded on a DVD or blu-ray disc, and the last live concert is made into a sound source in a CD. I'm really looking forward them!!!

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Ratatouille

2010-11-24T11:44:00.004+09:00

This movie was made by Pixar, and its main characters are a rat, Remy and a cook, Linguini. Remy is a rat, but he can recognize good foods, and he is interested in cooking. On the other hand, Linguini is a son of very famous chef, Gusteau. So, he also wants to be a great chef like his father, but he isn’t good at cooking.

The meeting of them is by chance and fateful. Remy can cook great foods, but he is rat. Of course he has no chance to cook freely. And Linguini has the chance to cook, but he can’t cook like Remy. So, they try to cook in cooperation with each other! And then, Linguini became very famous and popular. But he can't tell the truth to anyone. It irritates Remy gradually. In the bad mood, a harsh critic, Anton Ego came to the restaurant!
This movie has some keywords. They are family, friendship and preconceived ideas. Remy's family says to him that humans are bad for rats. And they also say that don't play like human. A preconceived idea obstructs Remy’s dream, wanting to be a great
chef like Gusteau. I think it is common trouble around us. So, Remy’s situation wrings my heart.
There are so many interesting points in this movie, and the most surprising point for me is computer graphic technology. The action of the characters is great, of course. But I was impressed with the expressions. The expression of not only humans but also rats! So I can empathize with Remy. It is the first time of empathizing with rats!
The last scene is the best! The contrast of quiet and notion is great! I was glued to the screen. I felt the attractiveness of Pixar again when I watched this movie! I don't watch movies like this very much, but now, I'm really interested in the movies made by Pixar!

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High School Musical

2010-11-24T11:14:00.005+09:00

This movie has two main characters. One of them is Troy. And the other is Gabriella. Troy belongs to the basketball team, and he is the captain. He is very friendly and cool. So, he is the most popular person in the school. He is the hero. And Gabriella is a new student of the school where Troy goes. She is so clever. She is famous with her talent of mathematics and chemistry since she was a little child.
What I said before is an aspect of them everyone knows. But there are different aspects in them. It is singing. They really like singing, but unfortunately, they have no chance to show it anyone. But the last day of year, they met by chance at a party. It is the start of something new.

With the meeting of them as a start, they began to want to sing songs together. But Troy is a super star of the basketball team. And Gabriella is a clever honor student. No one thought that they like singing. But they tried to apply for an audition…

I think that this movie is interesting for almost everyone. Because this movie asks us so many questions which we have troubled everyone at least once. ”What is GOOD for ME?”, “What is ME you say?” Troy and Gabriella also had the same trouble.
It is natural to have trouble about myself and the people around me. The people can see me from outside, and of course I can’t do that. But it is also only one who can see the inside of me. As a matter of course, there are at least two of me. And some of the ideas about me are wrong. It's not the real me. But if the UNREAL me is needed and people had high hopes about that unreal me, what should I do? Pretend to be the unreal person? Do I show the REAL me? Anyway, everyone hopes to live as they are, but it is so hard. So, we have troubles. The troubles and emotional turmoil are in this movie. But it is not the only thing in this movie. There is fun, love and smile!
I added this movie to my favorite movies! This movie makes us happy and smiling, so I hope that the people who don’t know the attractive of this movie will watch it and find the interestingness of “HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL”!

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Language

2010-11-23T19:40:00.005+09:00

I take a class of Japanese literature now. I rarely read books. So this class gives me an opportunity to read many famous Japanese literatures. I read many of them. My favorite works are 「小さき者へ」 written by Takeo Arishima and 「秋立つ」 written by Haruo Satoh.
「小さき者へ」 announced in the 7th year of Taisho. This work is a letter to children from their father. He talks to them about their history, for example their birth, the death of their mother and his job. This letter filled with his love to his children and his dead wife. And this work is based on the history of writer, Takeo Arishima. That point also makes me distressing.
「秋立つ」 announced in the 14th year of Taisho. There are one man and one beautiful lady in this story. The lady is a married person. But she is very beautiful and charming, so she gets attention of many men. This story is cold contending over her. I like the last scene of this story. There is an interesting ending to the story.
I've studied English for a long time. I'm interested in English. But these days, I noticed a good point of Japanese. I think Japanese is delicate and beautiful. English doesn't have these points. They are an idiosyncrasy of Japanese. But of course, English has a good point. I noticed that to take this class.

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Typing Homework 14 (My cousins)

2010-11-17T11:26:00.001+09:00

I have seven cousins. The oldest person is Nana. She is ten years older than me. But she is very cute, so she doesn’t look she is in her thirties. She lives happily with her husband who is five years younger than her. And Nana has a younger sister, Kana. She got married and had a baby in this year! And next summer, she will give birth to a child! I have one cousin who’s the same age I am. He is Kazuaki. He is a good-looking man. And he is very clever and kind. He has good motor coordination into the bargain. He is a perfect man! And he has a younger brother, Hideaki. He is also very clever like his brother. And Hideaki has a gift for art! The paintings written by him is very beautiful!

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Typing Homework 13 (My part-time job)

2010-11-17T11:23:00.001+09:00

I do a pat-time job at a cram school. There are many students, my fellows and my kind superiors. I feel happy when I stay there and talk a lot with them. I teach some students English, math and Japanese. But I’m always given so many things from them. I really like all of them. So, I try to them perfectly, but I’ve never achieved that. Sometimes, I feel vexation to my teaching skill. So, I want to improve it for my students. Of course, I always think that now. But these days, I found that problem will be never solved. So, I will improve my teaching skill perpetually if I never give it up. Now, I have no feeling to give it up!

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Nate the Great Saves the King of Sweden

2010-11-14T21:26:00.004+09:00

This case is an international case! The client is Rosamond in Sweden! She tripped there, and had a problem. She bought a troll as a souvenir. But she lost it somewhere. So she asked Nate the Great to find where she lost it with her letter. And she also said that if he don't take this case, she will ask the king of Sweden to find it! Nate the Great didn't feel like taking the case, but he decided to take it for the king of Sweden.
Nate the Great went around asking questions of Annie and Esmeralda. And he took some clues from them. Finally, he found where the troll is from a result of an investigation carried out by questioning and some clues!
I could find the truth like before! I became able to look for an important clue. But Sludge always find the truth earlier than me, and sometimes even Nate the Great! He is also great detective!

(by Marjorie, W. S., 2006, "Nate the Great Saves the King of Sweden", A Yearling book)

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Nate the Great Stalks Stupidweed

2010-11-14T20:19:00.006+09:00

One day, Oliver bought a weed from Rosamond. Rosamond said that the weed is a special weed, and the special weed’s flower will grow and reach as high as the sky. But the weed looked sick. So, Oliver studied how to make a weed healthy from a book, Wonderful Weeds of the World. So, he planted it in a pot at the porch. After that, he went back to his house for a glass of water. And when he returned to the porch, the weed was gone.
This time, while I was reading, I found the truth! I was very glad, because I’ve never find the end of the matter. The important clues of this matter are the book, the Certificate of Ownership and dirt.
There is my favorite character, Rosamond in this story again. Nate the Great and his friends think her as strange girl. I think so too, but I also think that she is an attractive girl! I really like her. So, while I’m reading the series of Nate the Great, I’m very happy to appear her in the story!

(by Marjorie, W. S., 2005, "Nate the Great Stalks Stupidweed", A Yearling book)

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Typing Homework 12 (My favorite fragrant)

2010-11-10T11:48:00.001+09:00

I have favorite fragrant. It is an aroma essence, Paris. I really like its fragrant. But it is rarely sold. So the other day, I sent for them. Now, I have six aroma essences! I put them on my cloths, for example my jacket, my stole and my shirt. The fragrant makes me so happy and comfortable. But tastes differ, specially fragrant. So, I have not to put them so much. And I have another favorite fragrant. It is sweet fragrant. Sweet fragrant has so many types. For example, vanilla, chocolate and caramel. Of course, I really like eating them, so I also like their fragrant! I specially like soap Mitsubachi Honey of LUSH! Its fragrant is very sweet and soft. It is very famous and popular at LUSH!

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Typing Homework 11 (My favorite TV/movie star)

2010-11-10T11:46:00.001+09:00

My favorite actor is Teruyuki Kagawa. He is a Japanese actor. He is very famous and popular with his talent of acting. He acts so many dramas and movies for example, “Kaiji”, "KISARAGI" and "Ryouma-Den". He often takes a supporting role, but sometimes, he attracts attention from so many people more than a leading role. And my favorite actress is Riisa Naka. She is a young Japanese actress. These days, she became a very popular. She acts many popular movies and dramas. She is a young, but she has a gift of acting. Her appearance is very charming, and she looks like an ordinary girl. But she can be a various people. It is just her gift. So now, she is loved by many people.

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Typing Homework 10 (My favorite flower)

2010-11-10T11:44:00.001+09:00

My favorite flower is fragrant olives. In autumn, we can see them. I really like their wonderful fragrance. And their flowers are little and so cute! But we can see them for little time. That point is really disappointing for me. And I have another favorite flower. It is a pansy. When I was a first-year student in primary school, I used to plant them with my friend and my teacher. It is my great memory. So, I like them! When I find fragrant olives and pansies, I become happy. But I'm not familiar with flowers very much. So, I want to learn more about flowers, and I want to enjoy take a walk with seeing many flowers.

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Human

2010-11-09T20:17:00.006+09:00

A new book of ONE PIECE released on the other day. When I was reading it, I cried bitterly. And after reading, I thought about a lot of things.
A person in a position of power thinks much of money, status or decency. I thought that is bad, but also natural. In this book, there is a little boy, the son of a noble family. The nobility dismisses lives of the people in slum areas. It is a natural in the world. But a little boy keeps saying that the nation is wrong and crazy. And he cries "It's embarrassing to be born in the purple!!!"
I considered the nobility as evil. But I noticed. There are so many news, for example murder, disaster, terrorism. While I watch them on TV, I sometimes have a meal. It became common while I was not aware of it. If I mourn the death of people all over the world, I can't live everyday. But it is wrong that I consider it as natural.
ONE PIECE brings us many things. So, ONE PIECE is loved so many people without distinction of age or sex all over the world. Of course, I will keep reading them!

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New Generation

2010-11-09T19:37:00.003+09:00

The other day, there is an election of my circle. And then, our circle began new generation. From now, new post members will lead a circle. I will assist in secret!
After that, we had a drinking party with retired juniors. It was so great time! And I felt the passage of time on that day.
And then, we broke up. I went to my friend's house with my fellow. On the way to her house, we borrowed a DVD, My darling is a foreigner. And we watched the DVD at her house. I've wanted to watch it, so I was very glad!

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Awa Come

2010-11-01T23:06:00.004+09:00

The other day, CHATMONCHY released one mini album, Awa Come. This album is filled with love for their hometown, Tokushima. And there are pureness, feelings of love and toughness of woman. I feel that I can find how they lived in Tokushima to listen to this CD.

CHATMONCHY is a Japanese rock band. The members are Eriko Hashimoto, Akiko Fukuoka and Kumiko Takahashi. Their songs are empathized from many women. So now, they are very popular. But they always have a straightforward character. That point is also their attraction. They are charming, natural, powerful and so cool!!!

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The Warmth

2010-11-01T22:43:00.002+09:00

The day before yesterday and yesterday, I joined volunteer activities of hands massage with my fellow. I massaged hands of passengers with an expensive aroma oil for about three hours at Bipuresu square.
So many people without distinction of age or sex came and had a massage. And we talked a lot. Passengers talked many interesting things to me. So, I also enjoyed it very much.
After a massage, every passengers became happy and smiled, and gave thanks to us. Some of them gave us some candies. We were very glad to see and hear them.
I want to join this volunteer activity again if I have a chance!

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Great Time

2010-10-29T16:42:00.002+09:00

Yesterday, I went to Shimabara to see my friend with my fellow. We arrived Shimabara, and first of all, we went to see her. It was after a lapse of about half a year for me, so I was very glad to see her.
And we arrived at her home during daytime. And then, we were given a baked cheese cake made by her mother. It was so great!
After that, we went to Masago. We were treated to a wonderful meal again! We had a great time there! I want to see her and her mother again before long!

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Nate the Great on the OWL EXPRESS

2010-10-24T17:47:00.008+09:00

This case is little different from ordinary cases. A client of this time is Olivia Sharp. She is a cousin of Nate the great. She is also great detective. This case is being a bodyguard of her owl, Hoot. Hoot must see the doctor in Los Angels by a train. But Olivia got the strange letter from someone living at same building. They find that someone is trying to get rid of Hoot from the letter. The suspects are three on the train. They are the lady, the musician and the man like an Owl especially Hoot. But on the way to Los Angels, Hoot disappeared suddenly!
This story is little hard for me even I use the dictionary. But it is the first time I could find the reason! But it is very little. I felt strongly that Nate the Great is always a great detective again!

(by Marjorie, W. S., 2004, "Nate the Great on the OWL EXPRESS", A Yearling book)

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Nate the Great and the STOLEN BASE

2010-10-24T16:52:00.007+09:00

The great detective, Nate the Great belongs to the baseball team, ROSAMOND'S RANGERS. The members of the team are Rosamond, Annie, Harry, Oliver, Esmeralda, Claude, Finley, Pip and Nate the Great. Rosamond also holds the position of a coach. Of course, she is a strange coach. So, the team is also strange. They use strange things instead of bases. They use a large tuna fish can as first base, an octopus made of gloopy purple plastic as second base, and a large dog bone as third base. But one day, the octopus belongs to Oliver is gone. So Nate the Great tried to find it, but Oliver's room is in a mess. And the clue is very hard to find.
The friends of Nate the Great are individual. Oliver the main character of this story is one of them. He has many eels, and he always follow someone. I like his pure enthusiasm!

(by Marjorie, W. S., 2006, "Nate the Great and the STOLEN BASE", A Yearling book)

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Nate the Great and the MUSHY VALENTINE

2010-10-24T15:31:00.008+09:00

This case is special valentine case! The dog detective, Sludge was given a valentine from someone! Nate the Great began to find the person who sent a valentine to Sludge. But then, Annie took the case to Nate the Great. She lost her valentine to her brother, Harry. So, Nate the Great took TWO cases at once. But in reality, the two cases are the same case! These cases are directly related to each other!
I thought that this story is very cute! Especially Rosamond put on quite an interesting performance. She is strange and mysterious girl all the time. But Rosamond of this last scene makes me soft and warm! She is strange, but so cute girl!

(by Marjorie, W. S., 2004, "Nate the Great and the MUSHY VALENTINE", A Yearling book)

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REST CRUSADERS

2010-10-17T19:34:00.003+09:00

In September 4th, BEAT CRUSADERS deployed out. But the other day, they released a new album. There are one new song and their past songs. The album has two CDs. So the other one has the songs that collaborate with another musicians and a tribute songs to famous and popular artists. So the album has 41 songs!
I feel the splendor of them strongly again to listen to them. Every songs has their own attractiveness and approachability. And their songs doesn't get bored with me how many times I listen to them.
I found the reason why they are loved by so many people and famous musicians to listen to these CDs. And of course I love them forever!

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The letter to the astronaut

2010-10-17T19:13:00.002+09:00

The other day, BUMP OF CHICKEN released a new CD, 宇宙飛行士への手紙/モーターサイクル. There are three songs including the title songs. The another one is good friends.
I listen to it again and again. But I can find only their splendor and pleasantness. Their songs always has the depth. But I need a few time to reach the bottom of the song. It is little hard for me. But the time I find the real meaning is also a lot of fun. I will keep listening to them and I want to find the things they tell us someday.

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Typing Homework9 (My favorite TV programs)

2010-10-17T19:02:00.002+09:00

Recently, I don’t watch TV very much, so I don’t know what happened in the world or who is popular these days. I know that it is bad for me. When I was a high school or junior high school student, I watched TV many times. But now, I don’t feel the need to watch TV all the day. But it is bad. So I will try to watch TV program especially news program. I do a part-time job at a cram school, and next year, I will be a fresh person. So I need much information and many news in the world. My part-time job finished at late eleven o’clock. So I will watch the news program at night.

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Typing Homework8 (My favorite books)

2010-10-17T18:58:00.001+09:00

I have four favorite comic books. There are ONE PIECE, SAINT YOUNG MEN, Yotsubato! and flat. ONE PIECE is very famous and popular all over the world now, so there is no need to tell about it. SAINT YOUNG MEN is very unique comic book. The main characters are Jesus Christ and Buddha. They live in Tachikawa together as their vacation. The story goes the ordinary days of the most famous men in the world. And Youtsubato! is also the story of ordinary days. This story has many nice characters. Yotsuba the main character is a cheerful little girl. She lives with her father. She has no real parents, but she enjoys everything around her. And their neighbors are also nice. They are three sisters, Asagi, Fuka and Ena.

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flat

2010-10-13T10:57:00.007+09:00

This is my favorite comic book, flat. The main characters are Heisuke and Aki. Aki is a nephew of Heisuke. Heisuke is a high school student. He always walks with his own way. He has original world. And he really likes baking and eating a dessert. On the other hand, Aki is a little boy. But he doesn't tend to say anything. For example, I want to eat something, I want to play with the ball, and I want to be with you, I'm so lonely. This story shows their ordinary days.

The reason why I like this comic book is the feelings of the characters. They live their ordinary days, and feel so many things. I feel the feelings close to me, or someone (possibilly you or everyone). For example, to like someone, to fall in love with someone, to want to give up everything, to feel envy of someone, to want to escape from affection. The feelings are rambling and awkward, but life-size, natural, and beautiful, I think.

Getting on with other people is so difficult and troublesome. If we can be friends in name only, we may be easy. But we can't do that. Because we have feelings. Sometimes we like someone, and sometimes we dislike someone. It is very troublesome and irksome, but also interesting. Heisuke and Aki remind me that.

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Typing Homework7 (My favorite cloths)

2010-10-13T10:54:00.000+09:00

I often go to E.R.G. at YOU ME TOWN in Hikarinomori to buy my cloths. I like the cloths of the shop. They are very simple, pretty and comfortable. And I often buy Fukubukuro on the first day of the year at the shop. Its price is easy to buy. But there are many nice cloths. Of course, it is very popular among the people who often goes there, so we can’t buy it on that day. And I sometimes go to pink adobe. The shop is little different from the cloths of E.R.G.. They are natural and reasonable. So, the shop is also popular among so many women.

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Typing Homework6 (My favorite animal)

2010-10-06T11:40:00.001+09:00

If I have a pet, I want to have French bulldogs or lizards. French bulldogs are very calm dog and have a funny and attractive face! But now I live at condo, so I can't have them. On the other hand, lizards don't bark. At this point, I can have lizards. I like their round eyes so much! So I want to have them. But I have one trouble. I really hate bugs. Bugs are good foods for them. To live with active, they have to eat them. But I hate bugs! Of course I can't touch them, and I don't want to see them. And lizards sleep in winter. It is lonely for me. So, lizards are little hard for me to have.

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Typing Homework5 (My favorite drink)

2010-10-06T11:13:00.003+09:00

I really like drinking coffee! And I like to go Starbucks Coffee. My favorite menu is White Moca. But I don't like drinking black coffee very much. I can't find the deliciousness of them. Drinking coffee makes me happy and comfortable. And I also like drinking milk tea and cola. I choose the drink with the mood at each time. And I like drinking hot milk with much sugar or honey at my house. It makes me sleepy before I go to bed. From now, I want to make hot milk and fall asleep naturally. I often can't sleep very well, so I tend to drink some hot milk. And I sometimes drink some cocoa before I go to bed.

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Typing Homework4 (My favorite music)

2010-10-06T11:10:00.003+09:00

I have so many favorite bands. I especially like rock music. This time, I introduce one band, BEAT CRUSADERS. The members of the band are Toru Hidaka, Masahiko Kubota, Keitaimo, Masheeeeta and Taro Kato. The average of the age of them is about forty, but they are very young and have specially technic of their music. Unfortunately, they stop their activities. But I will support them forever! They gave me so many things. So I really thank them. And there are so many people like me. And I will introduce another band. It is BUMP OF CHICKEN. They are Motoo Fujiwara, Yoshifumi Naoi, Hideo Masu and Hiroaki Masukawa. They are very popular and they are also good friends. They have known each other since they are little children. So, they can creat so attractive and great music.

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Typing Homework3 (My favorite season)

2010-10-06T11:08:00.002+09:00

My favorite season is winter. It is very cold in winter, even though I live in Kumamoto. I don't like the point very much. But I like the winter because we can see so many beautiful stars in the sky. When I see them, I can forget that it is cold! I can feel only that it is great. And also I really like stay in the bed. It is so comfortable for me. I want to stay there as long as I can! But I know that I can't do that... The winter is becoming. Now, we can see the beautiful stars become colder and colder. I'm looking forward that I can see them very clearly.

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Typing Homework2 (My favorite movie)

2010-10-06T11:05:00.002+09:00

My favorite movie is Kisaragi. It is a Japanese movie. The actors are Shun Oguri, Teruyuki Kagawa, Keisuke Koide, Muga Tsukaji and Yusuke Santamaria. The five men love one idle, Miki Kisaragi. But she died last year. It is said that she killed herself in fire. But these men don't believe that. So, they begin to find the truth of her death in one small room. At last, they reach to the truth. It is very very surprising fact. And they fall in love with her again and again. This movie is very surprising, interesting and heartful. I want many people to watch the movie. It is sure that they become in the nice mood. Of course, I was also in the great mood.

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Typing Homework1 (My favorite sport to watch)

2010-10-06T11:03:00.003+09:00

I like to watch the game of baseball, especially Japanese League. And I support Fukuoka SoftBank HAWKS! This time, they won in the Pacific League! I was so glad! And now, I believe that they also become the first in Japan. My favorite player in the team is Munenori Kawasaki. He is very famous and popular player. Even the people who don't like HAWKS know him. His strength is his batting and running. He can make hits constantly, and he can also run so fast! And he is very kind to his or its fan. It is big reason why I'm big fan of him, too. I wish he will be much bigger player. I will support him and the team forever!

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DETECTIVE BOYS & CYPRESS GIRLS

2010-10-05T23:38:00.012+09:00

Base Ball Bear, I thought that they developed each time they released new CDs. But this time, their developing were beyond us. They stepped up to another and high stage. We their fan and the Japanese music world were thrown into a commotion with their new two albums.

They put two albums on sale simultaneously. Those titles are "DETECTIVE BOYS" and "CYPRESS GIRLS". There are their personality as usual. But there are also "Unknown Base Ball Bear".
They accept three guests, Ichiro Yamaguchi from SAKANACTION, acco from CHATMONCHY and Ryofu. And they try so many new things. Most musicians like them fail to do many things and over their capacity. But Base Ball Bear is in a different class. All new things belong to them.

I'm sure that Base Ball Bear will develop infinity. The people who are interested in them must not take their eyes off them! Of course I never do that!

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Nate the Great and the Pillowcase

2010-10-05T23:18:00.007+09:00

This case began with one telephone call from Rosamond at two in the morning! Nate the Great has taken and solved a night case of Oliver once, but this case is midnight case. Big Hex which is cat belongs to Rosamond lost its pillowcase, so Big Hex can't sleep. Nate the Great is sleepy detective. But he is also excellent detective. He took the case reluctantly. At last, he solved the case with dawning.
This is the eighth times, I read this series of Nate the Great. I like this story, "Nate the Great and the Pillowcase" the best of all I have read before!

(by Marjorie, W. S. and Rosalind W., 2006, "Nate the great and the Pillowcase", A Yearling book)

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Nate the Great and the BORING BEACH BAG

2010-10-05T23:07:00.006+09:00

This case happens at the beach. Oliver's blue, blank and boring beach bag was gone. Oliver needs it, so he asked Nate the Great to find it.
It is the first time, I read these stories of the beach case. But Nate the Great an his friends are very attractive as usual. I enjoyed thinking who is the key person of this case.
To tell the truth, this story is little hard for me to understand without my dictionary. I want to read more books to read English books fluently someday.

(by Marjorie, W. S., 2005, "Nate the Great and the BORING BEACH BAG", A Yearling book)

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My club member

2010-10-03T03:49:00.003+09:00

Yesterday, it held the city parade. The club which I belonged to also took part in it. So, I supplied some drink of PET bottles with some provisions with my fellow. My junior looked very happy.
After that, we went to karaoke. We enjoyed so much. I want to go to karaoke again.

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Young Hawks

2010-09-27T21:04:00.003+09:00

Yesterday, Fukuoka SoftBank HAWKS won a victory in the Pacific League! I have been supporting the team for a long time! And with difficulty, they achieved it! So I'm very very happy! But this is the crucial moment. After the regular season, the play-off games will start. Now, we aim at only the best! Of course, I believe them strongly!!!

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Nate the Great and the Snowy Trail

2010-09-21T19:56:00.007+09:00

This commission is something strange. At first, this commission is from Rosamond, and the import of it is to find the birthday present for Nate the Great. The people who receive a present searches for it? As a matter of fact, today is not his birthday. Rosamond is still something strange. The birthday present which Nate the Great discovered is also eccentric, and still strange.
But I like Rosamond! She looks very cool and mysterious in appearance, but she is a playful girl in fact!

(by Marjorie, W. S., 2005, "Nate the Great and the Snowy Trail", A Yearling book)

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Nate the Great Goes Undercover

2010-09-21T19:38:00.006+09:00

This is the first time of Nate the Great's night case. His neighbor, Oliver has a trouble. A garbage can of Oliver's house is tipped over every night, so Oliver asked Nate the Great to find out who messes up the garbage can. Nate the Great identify the culprit as a skunk once. The skunk certainly picks over the garbage at night, but it doesn't peck through the garbage can of Oliver's house.
They are back where they started with the case. So, I thought. But it was wrong. Conversely, Nate the Great became certain who is the culprit. The culprit is really shocking for me! I felt strongly the excellence of Nate the Great!

(by Marjorie, W. S., 2006, "Nate the Great Goes Undercover", A Yearling book)

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Nate the Great and the MISSING KEY

2010-09-20T17:35:00.006+09:00

A little superior detective, Nate the Great has secretly given his heart to Annie. Annie had a trouble. She can't find a key of her house. Today, she will have her dog, Fang's birthday party at her house, so if she can't find the key, she can't have a party. The culprit is Rosamond. Rosamond hid the key in somewhere. The hint of somewhere is "A strange, round, big and safe place". Nate the Great searched high and low for Annie's key. This denouement is also unexpectedly! To put it briefly, "It's darkest beneath the lamp."
In this connection I may add that Rosamond who made the trouble is my favorite character! She is mysterious and strange, but she is also cute and beautiful. She is very charming for me. The series of Nate the Great has many nice characters, it is also attraction of this story, I think.

(by Marjorie, W. S., 2007, "Nate the Great and the MISSING KEY", A Yearling book)

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Nate the Great and the Lost List

2010-09-20T17:10:00.006+09:00

This time, the client is Claude. Claude is apt to lose something. True to form, this commission is about his grocery list he lost. A deadline is lunch time. A great detective, Nate the Great begin to find it.
I like the series of Nate the Great, but this story, the Lost List is specially intersting. I really like this. This series is so fascinating because of unpredictability of the denouement, but this end of the incident is very surprising. I thought that the very important have no relation to the grocery list. I missed the important thing. I can't be the great detective like Nate the Great!

(by Marjorie, W. S., 2007, "Nate the Great and the Lost List", A Yearling book)

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Nate the Great and the PHONY CLUE

2010-09-20T16:53:00.007+09:00

This is the series of a little superior detective, Nate the Great. This time, he solved a riddle of paper.
One day, he, Nate the Great and his dog, Sludge found a thin and strange paper. They began to try to find it out. The piece of paper seems to be a torn piece. So, they found other pieces step by step. This case isn't very easy, but he is Nate the Great, finally he brought the whole matter to light! This story is so interesting with many preparation!

(by Marjorie, W. S., 2007, "Nate the Great and the PHONY CLUE", A Yearling book)

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A Wonderfully Productive Day

2010-09-13T18:30:00.004+09:00

Yesterday, I went to the zoo in Kumamoto city with my friends. I used to go there when I was a little, but recently I don't go there. So, to tell the truth, I had a low opinion of the zoo. But to begin from the conclusion, it was wrong. We enjoyed a lot there! It was so enjoyable to see many animals after a long time. The attractions which I used to ride was so good. I want to go there again!
After that, we went to karaoke. It was warmed up very much! We like karaoke!
At last, we enjoyed a drinking party. We were worn to a frazzle because we played a lot, but we had a great time!

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The Spreading Circle of Friends

2010-09-02T18:14:00.003+09:00

I do a part-time job in a cram school. Last night, I had a drinking party with my fellow of a part-time job. We are great friends, so we often spend much time together. But this time, we had a drinking party with another school building's people! The cram school which I do a part-time job in has many school building in Kumamoto. But having a drinking party jointly is seldom.
In a word about the yesterday drinking party, it was a great time! There were some people of the first meeting, but everyone was so nice, so I felt able to talk to them. I had so great time there!

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Nate the Great

2010-09-02T17:45:00.007+09:00

This is the story of one little detective, Nate the Graet. He takes pride in his work. If he is asked, he will hurry to the scene. Nate the Great is an excellent detective who likes pancakes so much.
This time, the commission was from Annie. She lost the picture drawn by her, so she wants Nate the Great to find it. They search high and low for her picture. But they found it nowhere. At last, they went back to Annie's home. Then finally, the superior detective, Nate the Great found the picture!
To tell the truth, I thought that this story is very cheap because it is an illustrated book for children. But my thought was wrong. The denouement was very thoughtful and sensational. I became a fan of Nate the Great!

(by Marjorie, W. S., 2004, "Nate the Great", A Yearling book)

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Friends

2010-09-02T16:00:00.003+09:00

The other day, I went and had dinner with my friends. They are known since we were junior high school students. I was so happy to meet them after a long time.
After that, we went to Mt. Hanaoka. A night view of there was so beautiful and amazing. We enjoyed it a lot.
And then, we left for Misumi. Because one of us wanted to see the sea. We arrived on Nishi harbor. There were a few fishing people. We talked a lot on the beach.
And we went back to Kumamoto city, and we went to karaoke. Of course, I haven't been to karaoke with this member. So, we had a great time there.
After that, we broke up there briefly. And I went to one of them's house with the other. To go her house was about for eight years. When we were junior high school students, I used to stay there. But I haven't seen her family, so I was afraid they have forgotten me. But it ended up being a groundless fear. Her mother and sister recognized me at first sight. And then, we were in eight years ago, we enjoyed talking about for five hours.
After returning home, I was dead to the world. It was very fine day.

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Brightest Darkness

2010-08-22T16:51:00.003+09:00

I got a ticket of live concert performanced by 椿屋四重奏! I'm so happy!
I've experienced their live concert once. It was so beautiful, fascinating, dramatic and dreamy. So, I'm very very happy to will be able to experience that dreamy time. And their new album was so great, so I can't wait for December fifth!

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No Thank You

2010-08-12T20:22:00.004+09:00

I thought that they have been continuing their evolution. Their performance and a singing voice sound like dancing. They are so splendid, fascinating and beautiful. But as it turned out, there are despair, drying up, fear, cold, loneliness and so on. In fact, this album begins with the song "lonesome".
This album "孤独のカンパネラを鳴らせ" was released by 椿屋四重奏. They mesmerized me each time they show their new songs or CDs. Of course this time, I love them more and more.

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A Circle

2010-08-12T19:53:00.003+09:00

Yesterday, I had a great time with my fellow. In the morning, we enjoyed karaoke with six people including me for three hours. And then, we had lunch at Italian Tomato. I ate a pasta with a tomato sauce. It is my favorite menu of there, and of course it was good.
In the afternoon, we went bowling. To tell the truth, I'm very good at bowling. But I enjoyed it then. In the middle of bowling, the member who couldn't jon us in the morning came, at last we started a drinking party with nine people.
These days, I have no opportunity to enjoy all day such yesterday. So I was so happy. I want to have a good time with the same member again.

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At My Age

2010-08-10T03:42:00.005+09:00

These days, I think to myself. To be healthy and well is blissfully happy. Very early in life, having a cold wasn't bad for me because I can be absent from school. But now, it is just bad for me.
I have had only a slight injury, but I have had some illnesses. Those illnesses, for example an allergic inflammation of the mucous membrane, anemia, epilepsy, tonsilitis and so on. Every illnesses have a lot of pain. And I felt so many difficulties with illnesses. For example, I can't do a matter of course, I can't have happy school life with my friends, I can't go to school because of going to the hospital regularly... I have so many impossible things with illnesses. Of course I can learn many things from them, but the best thing to do is to be well, I think.

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TEXAS LUCKY COIN

2010-08-09T11:12:00.006+09:00

At last I got the DVD single "Situation" sung by BEAT CRUSADERS. It will be the last CD for them. So, it had a rush of orders, though I had an advance order for it, I couldn't get it on the date of sale, 4th of this month.
Since then when I got it, I have listened to the song over and over and over, and I found something they want to show us. I felt that their messages to us "The deployment of us makes you sad, I know. But it is not just sad. You can learn so many things from deployment. And it shows you some new angles. Trust us. And enjoy life."
In this DVD sngle, they sing and dance very cheerfully, and in the second channel, they chat away about this and that happily. To the end of them, they enjoy their "Situation", and of course make us happy. I'm really happy to see their constant stance. I'm so pleased that I ran across them.

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In my mind, you're my No.1

2010-08-06T15:22:00.006+09:00

September 4th, they deploy their band, BEAT CRUSADERS in open order. The news was announced in June 6th, and I was greatly shocked and cried bitterly, because I love them so much. The shock was too terrible for me, I had no energy to do anything and had no appetite.
But the vocalist, Toru Hidaka said "We did everything we could in a fivesome!". The drummer, Masheeta said "This deployment is not an END. This is the START to something new!". The bassist, Masahiko Kubota said "We're not the band which make you so sad, aren't we?". The keyboardist, Keitaimo said "Everyone of us will enjoy our own music like a child for you!". And the guitarist, Taro Kato said "You know, everything have their own end. That's all I say."
To feel their messages, I recalled that all of them dislike that their fan become sad. They always do a foolish thing on their own initiative, because they want us to laugh and be happy. From their messages, I found that they don't want us to become sad or cry with the deploy. Though it took so much time to accept the fact. I really like they are fivesome and their own. So I couldn't stand that they will break up. Of course I still so sad, but I can understand their thought better than before. It is probably that I will cry in September 4th. But I want to say "Goodbye, and see you then!" to them cheerfully.

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A Stray Kitten

2009-09-09T16:06:00.003+09:00

In this morning, about a little after six o'clock, when all the people of my family was sleeping, we heard mewing. But we have no cats. We wondered at that, looked out of the window. And one gray kitten was in a veranda! My house is a corner room apartment. So we could surmise that this kitten came from a neighboring house. In the meantime, the kitten jumped onto a fence of the veranda! My house is on the fifth floor! Our tension rose in an instant. But the kitten came down after a while, so my father caught it soon. After that, our neighbor came for their kitten. Today began with little matter.

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Soon

2009-09-06T15:40:00.003+09:00

I decided a present for my father. I bought a black polo shirt. I hope that he have a liking for it! I am looking forward to come my father's birthday, September 10th. I want to tell my thanks to him a lot!

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His Wall, My Wall

2009-09-06T15:09:00.004+09:00

He loves someone, hates someone, entreats someone and despairs someone. Someone who meet him are human. All of them are human. He loves human and fears human. But he is also human. So, he is distressed. I think that he might as well hate all of human. But it is not so easy, so it bothers him.
In this CD, he pines for a girl, feels the wall between everyone who around him and him and see himself as he is. I feel his cry and sob in everywhere in the songs he wrote. I can understand his fear very well. So, my heart is ready to break to listen to his songs, but also I feel so deep love with him.

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Anniversary

2009-09-02T23:06:00.003+09:00

Next week, September 10th is my father's birthday. All of member of my family gives presents to each family member in their every birthday. But the presents for my father vex me so many times. And I'm also undecided what should I buy for my father this time. So I will ramble about the streets to find something to give as a present.

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Japanese Politics Changed

2009-08-31T16:32:00.002+09:00

Yesterday, the time when historical moment came. It had been the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan for a very long time. But now, changing of government was a success.
Yesterday, I went to vote for the first time. It is said that the young aren't interested in political things, but I don't think so. This time, so many people including young people have been paying attention to politics. So the voter turnout was pretty good.
The first thing I'm interested in is about an annuity. The LDP government gave rise to be a hole in the situation of an annuity. I think it is monstrous. Thanks to the very hard work of the old that I am today. But some of old people can't receive an annuity. Such problem is unacceptable. So, I really hope that this problem solve as soon as possible.

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It's My Life Line

2009-08-22T10:55:00.004+09:00

This is a jacket for CARNIVAL. This CD is released by Tsubakiya-Sijusou(椿屋四重奏). I'm a big fan of them, so of course I bought it.

This album contains so many feelings. Love, fear, resignation... The vocalist, Yuji Nakada shows his delicacy in this album. He lives, loves someone, wraps her weekness and also reveal his uneasiness. I feel his shivering to listen to this album. The more I listen to it, the more I love it, I think.

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Human

2009-08-17T14:05:00.003+09:00

I was delivered by their songs in my junior and senior high school days. I spent a difficult time, so I really thank to them. Their name is Japaharinet. They have various expressions. Sometimes they sing cheerfully, sometimes they spill out their insanity, sometimes they grieve for human, and sometimes they fall in love like their first love. I was charmed with their human-likeness. I cried and laughed with them. So, I'm here now.

Unfortunately, Japaharinet spilt up before. But I'm still a big fan of them.

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My Old Friends

2009-08-17T13:32:00.003+09:00

Yesterday, I met three old friends. They have been friends since I was a junior high school student. All of them are working adults now, so they looked very busy. Their the type of occupation is various, a childcare worker, a systems engineer and a staff of an atomic power station. I have great respect for them.

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Can You Hear Me?

2009-08-10T20:25:00.004+09:00

I bought a CD "Stairway Generation". This is the CD of Base Ball Bear. I have many CDs of them, but this one became my particular one. I listened this song for the first time, I felt something in the lyrics. All the lyrics was written by the vocalist, Yusuke Koide. He showed his feelings and bittersweet memories of love in his teens in the lyrics. But in this new song, there is his doubt, loneliness, fear and thirst.

The reason is his recent state. I read a music magazine and I knew that. He had two terrible sad things and he felt various wall. For example against other people, music and himself. His mind wavered horribly. But he decided to show his real feelings in the lyrics. And, this song was finished. I was also troubled almost same things, so I was really impressed by this song.

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Evening Twilight

2009-08-10T18:16:00.002+09:00

This picture is a landscape from the apartment building which I live in. I could take it cleary! I don't like the heat and the moisture, but I like the sky of summer. The sky changes its appearance in various ways. So, how about looking up at the sky sometimes?

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Summer

2009-08-07T13:38:00.002+09:00

Summer has come. The heat peculiar to summer, the sound singing of cicadas... I have felt the atmosphere of summer. To tell the truth, I don't like summer very much because of the climate of Kumamoto. The summer is so humid in Kumamoto. I was born and brought up here, but still I can't become familiar with this intense climate. It will be long the heat this year too.

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My Preciousness

2009-07-18T14:53:00.003+09:00

I have 7 cousins. One of them, a beautiful and capable woman's wedding has been arranged! And she is pregnant now. I am very indebted to her since I was little. So she is like my real older sister. I'm looking forward to their wedding and a pretty baby!

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Summer

2009-07-18T14:43:00.003+09:00

I do part-time job at cram school. Soon a summer classes will start. The other day, I received a table of it. I will have to work for only 8 days. 8 days are so short in a long summer vacation. But I will have to work from nine thirty am to six ten pm for the first half of four days. With a simple calculation, I must talk and sit for a little over six hours... I will do my best...

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Movie

2009-07-15T16:53:00.006+09:00

I want to watch one movie. It's "MW". MW is a Japanese movie, and the author of the original work is Osamu Teduka who is the most famous caricaturist. He produced so many popular cartoons, such as "Astro Boy", "Buddha", "Black Jack". He took the readers with him, and he has still many fans. But there is the only production considered taboo in his cartoons. You know, MW is that. Among the many of his productions, MW forms a distinctive feature. It have been said that filming MW as a live-action movie with real actors is impossible, but now made a live action movie to celebrate the 80th anniversary of Osamu Teduka's birth.

The story began from 16 years ago. In one island, Okinomafune-jima, all the islanders were slaughtered except for two boys. But the holocaust was covered up by a government. Today, 16-odd years, one of the survivor, Michio Yuki became a handsome man and a foreign capital bank clerk elite. But his real aspect is a vicious criminal. Michio began to be avenged upon a government and the world.

Other survivor, Iwao Garai became ordained a priest. Iwao tries to release from the past through prayers. And Michio repents over again after he commit a crime with Iwao. Iwao wanted to deliver him from agony. They are firmly bound together by rigid ties, and struggling against their past.

In the movie, Hiroshi Tamaki plays the part of Michio. Hiroshi Tamaki is a so popular hand-some actor. He acted many TV dramas and TV commercials, such as "Nodame cantabile", "Love Shuffle". And Iwao is played by Takayuki Yamada. He is also popular actor. He has inimitable presence, and he is said that he is a talented actor. He acted various productions. For example, "CROWS ZERO", "CROWS ZERO Ⅱ", "Densya Otoko". One of the reason why I want to watch this movie is I'm fan of Takayuki Yamada. I really want to watch it!

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What Is Beauty?

2009-07-14T18:08:00.004+09:00

They are 椿屋四重奏 (tsubakiya-sijusou). The members are starting from the left, Ryota Kodera (drams), Takashige Nagata (bass), Yuji Nakada (vocal and guitar) and Takuro Yasutaka (guitar).

This band is often expressed with one kanji. It's "艶". It means glossy and luscious. I think the reason is a vocalist, Yuji Nakada's voice. He sings captivating love with his seductive voice. So, when I listen to their songs, I'm taking over their distinctive atmosphere.

October 11, I will go and enjoy their live concert. It is my first their live concert, so I'm looking forward to it very much.

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BOOK REVIEWS #12 (Rapunzel)

2009-07-14T10:04:00.004+09:00

Rapunzel is a famous story written by The Brothers Grimm. A disobedient girl, Rapunzel is a main character, and others are wicked witch and brave Prince Hans.

One married couple, Mr. and Mrs. Rose lived in a small house on a beautiful garden. But the garden belonged to a wicked witch, so nobody can enter it. One day, pregnant Mrs. Rose wanted green vegetable in witch's garden. Mr. Rose went down into the garden with terrible fear, and pulled up a rapunzel. At that time, he was discovered by the witch! The witch said that she would eat him. Mr. Rose requested leave that for his life. Then, the witch suggested to give her a baby in exchange for quiting to eat him. At last, he accepted her demand.
As soon as Mrs. Rose gave birth to a girl, the witch appeared to take the baby. And the witch named the girl Rapunzel. Mr. and Mrs. Rose lost their precious child.
And then, Rapunzel became more beautiful as her grows older, and also she had long long golden hair and blue eyes. For fear that someone would snatch Rapunzel, the witch shut in a tower with no door in the weird, deep forest. Rapunzel had to be at the top of the tower. And the witch climbed the tower with hung Rapunzel's long hair from her room.
Rapunzel spend boring days, because she saw nothing special, had nothing to do. One day, one prince named Hans happened to pass by the tower. He noticed Rapunzel, and she asked him to the tower to seek help from a restraint from the witch. Then, they thought out a means to escape from the tower. It was that Prince Hans bring a ball of silk, and Rapunzel make a ladder from them.
Their plan was going along smoothly. The ladder became longer, almost completion. But one day, Rapunzel made a slip of the tongue by vocal about Prince Hans. The witch became enraged and transferred Rapunzel to the middle of the desert to never see him! At night, Prince Hans not knowing that, climbed the tower as usual. But the top of the tower was unusual. There was no beautiful girl, but there was a wrinkled old woman. The witch sneered, and pushed him off from the top of the tower. Fortunately, he was saved from death, but he lost his sight.
Prince Hans didn't give up. He was searching Rapunzel everywhere for months. Finally, he got intelligence about a beautiful girl with long golden hair and blue eyes from a camel seller. He hurried to the desert by a carriage. And then, they pledged to meet again! Rapunzel threw her arms around his neck and began to cry filled with joy. Just then, her tears fell onto his eyelids. And surprisingly, his eyes began to operate normally!
After that, they got married and lived in Prince Hans' castle with their children named Pumpkin, Lettuce and Sprout!

Rapunzel is very famous story all over the world. Of course I know, but I have never read it. So, I read it for the first time. And I felt the strength of love and women. Rapunzel is so wonderful story, I think.

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Weekend

2009-07-14T10:00:00.001+09:00

From July 11, I stayed overnight with my fellows of our volunteer club. The first day, we discussed about the city parade and a school festival, Takuma-sai. At night, we enjoyed a quiz event. It was a lot of fun! These two days are special memory for me.

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My Room

2009-07-08T08:03:00.002+09:00

These days, I feel unwell. For about two months. I have negative idea when I am alone. But I want to be alone as long as I can. I hate usual stomachache. I want to turn everything into better things. Anyway, I will keep taking my stomach medicines.

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BOOK REVIEWS #11 (The Burglar's Breakfast)

2009-07-02T23:43:00.003+09:00

This story is a burglar, Alfie Briggs' one day. He only wanted to have breakfast... But?!

Alfie finished night thieving, and came home to have breakfast. Having breakfast is important thing for him. On his way home, he decided to eat cornflakes as breakfast. But he found that there was no box of cornflakes! And then, he found that there was a trail of cornflakes on the street from the door. It was definite that someone stole his cornflakes, so he started to hunt down the culprit. He traced a trail, and finally found the culprit! It was a dis pleased goat with two sharp horns! Alfie gave up his cornflakes, and changed his mood. He decided to eat scrambled egg for his breakfast.
On his way home, he stepped on shells of eggs beside the hedge. On the other side of the hedge, there was one good-humored fox surrounded many shells of eggs. At that time, he noticed one thing. The eaten eggs was Alfie's! Alfie decided to eat sardines as his breakfast with anger.
But there was no sardine in his refrigerator. He had somebody who stole his sardines in mind. His expectation was right. A cat stole his breakfast! He became very angry, and kicked it out of the house. The left alternatives of breakfast menu was a few. Next, he choose waffles for his breakfast.
There weren't waffles he wanted. There were just beaten waffles. Two mice were culprits, but they didn't eat whole waffles. Still, Alfie had no mind to eat waffles. Then, he spotted one thing in a kitchen.
It was a juicy grapefruit! So, he need only the sugar now. But the sugar was stolen by creepy ants! Furthermore, the ants stole the sugar under Alfie's nose! Alfie was roused to anger, and threw away the grapefruit with breaking through the window.
Finally he went out to have breakfast, and had enormous breakfast at a cafe. But he was not in the mood, because he felt the feeling of burgled people for the first time. He decided to wash his hands of burglar. At that time, he found an article on a newspaper. It was an advertisement offering employment of a detective service office. He thought back to what he did today. He followed a trail of cornflakes, tracked down his eggs and devious fox, caught a cat which stole Alfie's sardines, and spotted that creepy ants stole the sugar. He had confidence to be a detective in himself.
In fact, the detective office hired Alfie the same day. There was no precedent like Alfie. But he became an expert detective, and he was actively involved in catching many crooks.

This story is one burglar's one. But there is somehow a warm, friendly atmosphere in this story. Alfie is lovable person, I think.

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The Day I Lost

2009-06-30T17:59:00.005+09:00

I lived with my parents, grandmother, uncle, two aunts and two cousins to six. There were many people in our house. But I was always alone, because my father, uncle and two aunts went to work, and two older cousins went to school. My mother had a weak constitution, so she was entering hospital. My grandmother was only in our house, but she did all the household chores in large house by herself. Though I was little, I knew that she is so busy. So, I couldn't say any selfishness. To tell the truth, I wanted to spend with someone much more time. But I couldn't.

I had one more family. It was a cat named Mi. Mi was beside me for as long as I can remember. When I was playing house alone, before I know, Mi was sitting beside me quietly. I was glad that very much, because I got a guest to entertain with dishes I prepared as playing house. And I often had to go to bed alone. It was the loneliest time in a day. But in morning, I awoke to find Mi was sleeping in a same bed.

I have never thought that Mi is a pet. Mi is my older sister. Mi is precious figure for me. But one day, Mi ceased to be suddenly. Mi was killed in a car accident. It was just in front of our house. I was overwhelmed with terrible grief. I lost kind, gentle sister. I became real alone.

I'll never forget about Mi. She is my precious family member.

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About Last Sunday

2009-06-30T13:47:00.003+09:00

Last Sunday, I joined a lecture of wheelchair. This lecture is held by freshman or sophomore people in three volunteer club of KGU every year. I belong to one of them, and I was also position of management twice. But this time, I joined that event as supporter. I was glad to see that juniors were persistent for the lecture.
The contents of the lecture are to know about basic knowledge of wheelchairs and pushing or using wheelchairs, and feel the what people who are wheel chair users' thinking. At that time, we couldn't only learn them but other handicapped people's daily life. I think that the event was so good! My juniors, thanks for all your hard work!

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About Last Friday

2009-06-29T15:34:00.003+09:00

Last Friday, I watched a movie "ROOKIES" with my friend. ROOKIES was a Japanese popular drama. I also watched it every week with my family, and I have its DVDs. So, I was really looking forward to watch that movie. I can't describe the detail of it, because I think there are some people who want to watch it but still can't. But I can say only this, ROOKIES is so exciting and great movie! My friend and I cried at the movie so much! I want people who have even little interest about it to watch that movie!
After that, I had a drinking party with my fellows and superior of my part-time job at night. We have good relationship with all the people in my part-time job, so I had so happy time at the party!

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BOOK REVIEWS #10 (The story of Chocolate)

2009-06-23T17:28:00.005+09:00

This story tells the history of chocolate. So many people participated in advancement of chocolate.

The beginning of chocolate's history is a thousand years ago. The people lived in the rainforest in central America, Mayan tasted pods of cocoa trees. They let the beans of cocoa trees rot under banana leaves, and dried them in the sun, then ground the roasted beans into a paste, and in conclusion stirred them in water with spices. They drunk them for pleasure. But to tell the truth, it was very bitter. And then, Mayan began to cultivate cocoa trees. Even more, Mayan kings and priests drunk it every day, and cocoa beans used as tool of a ceremony in a wedding, or as money. Chocolate is so important for Mayan. In evidence of that, they painted cocoa trees on their pots, walls... everything!
Hundreds of years later, a group of merchants visited Mayan village to find exotic goods to dedicate to their emperor. They are called Aztecs. Mayans presented Aztecs cocoa beans. Aztec merchants brought back them, and emperor had a liking for them. But getting cocoa beans was hard for Aztecs, so poor people couldn't get them. A chocolate dream of the poor spread rapidly. They thought that chocolate came with the god, Quetzalcoatl from a paradise. They built grand temples to deify Quetzalcoatl, and offered chocolate drinks.
In 1519, a Spanish explorer, Hernan Cortes invaded Aztec. They had many battles. Emperor of Aztec, Montezuma wanted to make peace, the battles ended. Montezuma gave Cortes chocolate drink. But Cortes kept Aztec under Cortes' control. In 1528, Cortes carried back so many treasures of Aztec including cocoa beans. After that, Spanish prince, Philip heard about the drink, and sent to central America for some Aztecs. He got chocolate paste from them, and made it more sweeter and hotter. A gossip of chocolate spread, and drinking chocolate is all the rage with rich people.
Improvement of many equipments brought big business of turning cocoa beans into chocolate drinks. In 1847, an English chocolate maker succeeded making chocolate bar by trial and error! With this as, so many chocolate makers started making chocolate bar, and there was a trend for trying to give birth to new style of chocolate. In 1883, one candlemaker made delicious milk chocolate.
By the 20th century, the today's methods of making chocolate bars accomplished, and so many chocolate makers competed to invent new great chocolate. In 1907, Milton Hershey made new shape chocolate. It named "Kisses" and it was a big hit. In 1912, an American candy maker, Howell Campbell made first mixed chocolate snack. He stirred peanuts, caramel and marshmallows into chocolate, and he called it "Goo Goo Cluster". That same year, another big invention was born. A Belgian chocolate maker, Jean Neuhaus invented hard chocolate shells to stuff mixed chocolate in them. After that, so many factories (large or small) got heated about making original chocolate snack.
In 1824, John Cadbury opened a tea and coffee shop in England. He also sold original chocolate drink. After his shop succeeded, he organized a cocoa and chocolate factory. In 1911, Frank and Ethel Mars began to sell homemade butter-cream candies. In 1923, a melted milk chocolate bar they made caught on! It was nougat with caramel and milk chocolate on its top. After that, in 1941, their son named Forrest invented never melt with body temperature chocolate snack. It's sugar-coated chocolate drops. They named it M&M's, because the chocolate drops were made by Mars and an American, Bruce Murrie gave some money for their project. Now, we can buy it all over the world.

I really like chocolate! But I didn't know the history of chocolate. I'm glad to know about that.

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The Source Of My Vigor

2009-06-22T17:57:00.004+09:00

My part-time job is teaching English to junior high school or high school students at cram school. The most important thing of my part-time job is having good communication with each students. I need smile for them to attain that, I think. But sometimes, I can't make smile very well. Because I'm really tired, I had very sad thing... or any other reasons. At that time, I contact with students with a strained smile, because if I have no smile, students feel some anxiety. But before I know, real smile comes me through communication with my pretty students! I'm always cheered up by them.

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Special Sweet

2009-06-22T13:42:00.002+09:00

Yesterday, I went to a shopping mall with my friends of my volunteer club. All the people were girls! We went there to eat a bucket-parfait! It was so big! We were 16 girls, so we were divided into three groups. The parfait was so big and tall, but we finished eating three giant parfaits with enjoyment!:->

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BOOK REVIEWS #9 (THE DINOSAURS NEXT DOOR)

2009-06-14T19:26:00.004+09:00

One inventor Mr. Puff lives in a tall, little odd house. His neighbor and friend is Sam. Sam often visits Mr. Puff after school and see many his inventions.

One day, Mr. Puff showed one thing to Sam. They were dinosaurs eggs! Just then, one blue spotted egg began to jiggle and finally hatched! After that, others also hatched and there are four little dinosaurs! Mr. Puff and Sam fed them some cat food and salad after the dinosaur book belongs to Sam.
As days go by, dinosaurs grow and become bigger and bigger. Mr. Puff began to feel fear of them. So, Mr. Puff talked about that to Sam. Sam said him "Can't you invent something to stop growing of them?" The words impressed Mr. Puff, because Mr. Puff invented a machine to make things shrink or grow.
They made dinosaurs shrink with the machine smoothly. But when then try to shrink last one at the bathroom, Sam slipped and missed the target. Mr. Puff and Sam became as small as dinosaurs! So even small dinosaurs was mighty menace for them. But then, the cat which was so big for them of Mr. Puff helped them.
They began to ready for returning to their original sizes. They got to the extent of shifting the lever of the machine. If they shift it, they will be able to return. But they are too small and light to shift it. Just then, Mr. Puff's cat jumped on the machine and shifted it with her paw. They returned to real them! Then, Mr. Puff and Sam caught the small dinosaurs in a harry.
After that, Sam often came to saw Mr. Puff's cat and gives her a saucer of milk as a proof of his thank.

I really like dinosaurs since I was a little girl. I don't know the cause of that, but I had so many books or picture books about them and I liked watching them. So, this story made me so excited!

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