Last Class

There was a last IE core class yesterday.
I was very glad that I could finish from IE I to IE Ⅲ,
and at the same time I miss this class, Mr Armstrong
and my classmates. In IE Ⅲ, we discussed about news
every week. It was very hard for me to be a discussion leader
every week. But through this class, I could very big improve
not only my English skills but also myselfe. Before I was late
for class many times. Mr Armstrong warned me whenever I
was late. Thanks to this, I deceded that I wasn't late for school.
I wrote about it in blog. After that, I wasn't late for school!
I could learn that it's important to keep my promise.

Lastly, Mr Armstrong and my classmates, thank you, thank you!

Last Class!!

Good morning everyone!

Unfortunatelly, today is the last class of IE3!
This is the last time for us to spend time with Mr.Armstrong.

I want to spend more times with my classmates.
in this time, class will finished.


But our memory never end!!!!!!

0719.5 The Last Article

Firstly, I am sorry for my continuous writing. I forgot how many articles I failed to write until today so that I wrote too much. I'm very very tired.

I will finish IE3 class tomorrow. It is pity for me because IE members, including Mr.Armstrong, are so nice. I miss you seriously.

I take IE seminar after summer vacation so that if you take too, tell me please.
My class is Mr. Blach.

I wanna enjoy tomorrow IE class!!

PS. I will study abroad in Australia. I can't meet you 8/21-9/12.

So, See you tomorrow★

0719.4

Do you have a favorite artist? Ihave. I like Japanese rock music because I was a vocalist with a guitar in a band when I was 13 to 18 years old.
My favorite music is rock and the best band for me is JanneDaArc.
The group includes five members, vocal, guitar, bass, drums and keyboard. Common visual music is very heavy music and voice, however, music of JanneDaArc has heavy music and clean high tone voice. This mixture creates great song. I am junkie of this band.

If you watch them once, you also know their fascinating!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nuntVd390o&feature=related

Lacrosse Video

Please show this video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMvPfoK_FvI

I play lacrosse, and lacrosse is so hot and violent sports.
Lacrosse is the sport that players scramble for a ball with a stick that is called "cross", and they compete the score by putting the ball in the goal. also, players may put pressure on the enemy by using cross, so it looks like the American Football or Ice Hockey.
Tackle is permitted within a radius of three yards of the player who carries the ball.
In short, lacrosse is very hot sports, so everyone should show lacrosse game.
Om 29th August, Aoyama Gakuin University play a match with Teikyo University.
We'll do our best!!

Summer Vacation

Now I am very busy because there are homework and reports which I must submit instead of final tests. However I do hardly for spending summer vacation comfortably.
I will go to summer festival in August with a friend. I didn’t meet the friend for a while, so I look forward to meet her. And then I will go to watch “The Borrower Arrietty” and see The Borrower Arrietty & Yohei Taneda exhibition. Moreover I think that I must study English for summer vacation and take TOEIC.
Maybe when I am third-year student, I will don’t have time. Therefore, I want to enjoy this summer vacation.

0719.3

I love movies and books, but I also love comics. I'm proud of Japanese culuture in animation.

I want you to know well about the attraction of comic.

One of the most exciting comic is The drowned knife. I never read this book without crying and heartache. This is love story, but I cannot include this book in other uncountable comics.

A heroine's name is Ayame, and a hero is Kou. The boy is brilliant for the girl. There was no man but feel something attractive from the boy, and Ayame was not exception. They are only twelve years old, and the story went through their once period.

Nobody knew that she was really cherish for him, but I made sure that there were a little signal of his slight love to her. After all, when they entered the junior high school, they parted from each other despite they surely spent same period together with something special.

Kou is very attractive boy in his elementary school days, but his great aura was decreasing as he grows up. Every person who like or want to talk with him became have farer a field of vision, however, the only girl Ayame was feeling something from him. She had no idea that her e forward to the next development. motion is whether pure her love or a wedge of their past. Oppositely, a boy who had average impression became smart and cool as he mature. I specially like this situation. I think this circumstance has much reality.

This story have not completed for author’s pregnant, in the other word, this novel is to be continued. I am looking forward the depertment!

0719.3

Moreover, I watched another movie!!

The video from videojug.com shows me the key points to be a perfect boyfriend. The points divided into 6 steps, and each of them is so important. Step 1 is to listen to her. Step 2 is to love her friends and family. Step 3 is to be a man. Step 4 is to treat with care in the bedroom. Step 5 is to surprise her family. Step 6 is to be hygienic, and the last one is to be faithful.

I think the most important key is Step 3, to be a man because I don’t like timid men.

There is a huge difference between to be honest and to be timid, for timid men cannot save their girlfriend. All women would like to be escorted by men and treated as a princess. I hope that the whole men in the world become not timid but honest and needless to say, other steps should be done. I also make effort to be a perfect girlfriend.

http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-be-the-perfect-boyfriend

0719.2

Yesterday I watched an interesting video, so let me introduce it!

It shows us the key points to be a perfect girlfriend. The points divided into 7 steps, and each of them is very important. Step 1 is to relax your standards. The perfect girlfriend is not like a plastic doll, so let your guard down. If you do, the boyfriend will feel comfortable in your presence. Step 2 is to make efforts. You should dress up special and attractive sometimes. Step 3 is to message his ego. The male ego is fragile and strong so that you must tell him as useful and great to respect him. Step 4 is to feed him. As you know, all men like to eat. If your boyfriend is hungry, you had better suggest meats than salad. Step5 is to give him space. You should allow him the space to communicate his friend, and he can refresh. Step 6 is to listen to him. To make him feel comfortable and be satisfied, you should keep listening with endurance. The last step is not to tell him off in the bedroom. How much unpleasantness you feel, you must distract him with something attractive.

I think the most important key is Step 2; to make efforts. Keeping beauty does not only make men happy but also make you live easily. Beauty is power, which moves other people’s heart and let them help you. However, Step 3; to message his ego is the most difficult point for me because I can do everything by myself. Men tend to hate the behavior so that I should pretend myself to be a cute and clumsy girl.

If you got interested in, let's watch!

http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-be-the-perfect-girlfriend

0719

Today I would like to talk about The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. This story is too famous to explain, so I just write what I thougt after reading.

The theme of this story is “Just wishing cannot change anything.” As Dorothy and even company of her, you tend to do nothing but desire. To make matters worse, you often envy successful people shutting your eyes to fail to notice your own fault. If you hope something difficult, you should not imagine but take action to come true it.

Besides, it told me that there is no place like home from the finally purpose of the story is to go back home. In my childhood, I often tried to run away from home because of trifling reason, but I never do that now because I realize the happiness of having home.

Moreover, I found the important fact that I should believe my power before I depend on others. For the lion, he did not take notice of his courage and relied on the wizard of Oz. I also often jump to a conclusion that “I can do it, but I cannot do that.” After my reading this book, I want to change my idea of this.

I must not give up before trial!!

I miss you...

We finish IE core class tomorrow.
I enjoyed IE core class very much.
We exchanged information and discussed on the blog.
It was so helpful to deepen my opinions.
I enjoyed reading your blog and I liked to comment on your blog.
As for assignment, at first, I don’t like book report, but recently I realized the interest of reading and evaluating books. I want to keep reading books.
Besides, Mr. Armstrong showed us some short movies.
I like them! Especially, I liked Banana master. lol
I miss that IE core class finish…


>Shun
I'm also happy because rainy season is over♪
But, today is too hot!
I couldn't stand it.
I heard that some people suffer from heatstroke!
So, we have to take care of ourselves.

Summer season

Hello, everyone.
The rainy season has ended, and it was very hot on last weekend.
We are having a succession of hot days.
The temperature went above thirty in all region of Japan.
I got a good tan, deep tanned, because of this fierce heat.
Please look my tan in the next class!
I'm looking forward to the summer vacation.

24hours relay marathon

Good evening!

I took part in 24hours relay marathon on last Suterday and Sunday at the foot of Mt.fuji.
I'm very happy because We won the championship!!!!!!

In fact, we were very hard because of the lack of sleep and exhaustion, but we kept on running and running!

Although we ran neck and neck with the team of waseda univ in the middle of the night, our team reached the goal three 6.4 kilometers ahead of the team.

We had a pleasant champagne fight:)

24hours relay marathon is a very good experience:)

Summer Fesival

I think play is deeply connected to the summer.
in summer, fireworks, summer festival, going to sea, etc....

In this summer, I have lot of things to do but those attractive things mislead me.
I will do them as much as possible.

>Yuri
>Mayu

Last sundeay and saturday, the summer festival was also held in my home town.
Unfortunatelly I could not go and enjoy it because I had a club activity.

In autum, the fall festival will be held in my hometown. So I want to go this time.

Summer

Hi !

The rainy season is over. So I feel happy!!!
However, it is too hot for me to go to school.....

Once I arrive at the school, and enter the class room, I feel strong gap of temperature between putside and inside. It makes me get cold!


Is this situation affected by grobal warming?

uh---------I worried about the next year' temperature.

For the Summer Vacation

Summer vacation is almost there.
A lot of money fly away during the summer vacation.
So I am earning money from the part-time job.
But I have to study for the test so it is very hard to work.
I am lack of sleep recently.
I want to sleep.

Test

I had a test today.
I think it was OK.
I have test tomorrow too.
Some of my friends in other universities are already in the summer vacation.
My last test is on August 5th.
It is the last day of the test term.
It is awful.

World Cup

Last week, the World Cup ended.
The final was Netherland vs. Spain.
I was cheering for Spain.
The game was 0-0 for 90 minutes, so it went into overtime.
Iniesta(spanish player) scored in 116minutes.
Spain won the World Cup.
It was a very great game.

Summer

Recently, it is very hot.
I played soccer yesterday but i got sunburned.
I want to go to the sea nut I have to study for the test.
Also I have many reports to hand in.
So it is not sumer yet for me.

last teen!

Good morning!
It's fine day so I'm really happy!

Last weekend, I went to Tapas-Tapas in Machida with my club members.
Do you know Tapas-Tapas? This is Italian restaurant and we can eat pizza and spagetti as we like.
I ate too much..but I could enjoy that time:)

Tomorrow is last day of IE core class. I'm sad..
But I also feel happy because tomorrow is my birthday!
I'm going to be twenty:)

Have a nice day!!

Odoru Daisosasen3

On Saturday, I went to watching movie, “Odoru Daisosasen3”
It had little subtle points, but it was interesting.
A work I first watched of “Odoru Daisosasen” series was “Odoru Daisosasen the movie 1”. Taking advantage of watching it, I took liking to the series. These works are constituted well. They have funny scenes and serious scenes. Moreover many characters are good. Especially, I like Syunsaku Aoshima. His trying to stick to his and companies’ beliefs is very cool, and I sympathize with it.
I want to watch the series at leisure.

Small Travel

Hello again:)
I'm going to go to Osaka with a friend of mine for the summer vacation!!
It is the first time to go to there. We consult where we will visit for two days.
Please teach me if you have a recommended place in Osaka but Universal Studio Japan(^-^)/

Do you have any plan to go to somewhere during the summer vacation?

See you next week.
Good night!!

Blue Sky

Hello!!
I think the blue sky continues after a long time:)
It is the end of the rainy season at last!!
Unfortunately, I cought a cold four days ago(++;)
Although I feel better now, everyone also takes care about health management considerably(; ;)/

See you next time!!

mayu>The summer festival was held in my hometown, too. It was very interesting!!

An interesting article!

Recently, some people around me bought iPhone4.
So, I've been interested in it.
Then, I found an interesting article about iPhone.
I'd like to introduce some applications.
The application called TomTom is $100.
TomTom is the application to navigate us.
It has many functions but in fact it is not so useful.
I was surprised because the application is so expensive!!!
I have the free navigation application in my cellphone.
So, I wonder TomTom is worth paying much money.
Anyway, It is amazing that there are so expensive applications!!!

If you like, please check it out♪
http://wiredvision.jp/news/200911/2009111121.html

Summer Festival

Today summer festival are held near my house.
It seems that the whole town is in a festival mood.
Speaking of summer festival, we can see fireworks! Fireworks are so beautiful and makes me romantic. So I like it very much.
How about you?
Will you go to see a fireworks display this year?
I will go there and so I look forward to see fireworks.

exercises!!!

Hello again^^
The rainy season in Japan finished and summer has come. I'd like to go to lots of enjoyable spots, for instance the sea. However, I can't wear swimwear because I got fat. That's why I decided to do exercises. First of all, I registered the fitness center at the university and I went there to do exercises yesterday. I did running and cycling for about an hour. I really got tired and sweated, but I felt refreshed after finishing exercises. I will work hard to lose my weight until summer vacation begin.
Lets enjoy our summer vacation! but we have to pass the exam......

x(

Good evening. I'm sorry I haven't written my blogs for a long time.
I forgot to write about the video The kinematograph... It is too late, but I will write about this.
In this video, the old man tries to invent colored print on TV. He works hard every day. At the same time, his wife gets illness. However, he don't notice it because he concentrates on his invention. Finally, he can complete his invention but his wife dies.
I think the theme of this movie is to get everything is impossible. I mean we lose something precious when we can get something we want. However, now, the improvement of technology is necessity in our life. I was moved by this movie and this movie made me think a lot of things deeply.
Thanx for reading. See you again:)

Hello!!
I caught cold three days ago so I was in the bed and now I have a cold.
I cough, am sniveling now.
It is hard to get rid of a cold in summer.
So be careful.

Looking back

It feels weird not having the usual Friday IE3 lesson!! Its probably because I miss it. Anyway looking back to it, it was such a nice time! I think everyone agrees to what I mean. The blog, media presentation, book report, all of it was "bloody" hard work although it made me use English into a everyday habit, which I believe improved my English overall. I love communicating with people, so I don't have any problem in "speaking" English, however when it comes to "written" English... omg it was shocking. I got annoyed because I couldn't express my feelings on paper where telling them face to face was so easy. I believe and I'm pretty confident now, my English has improved and so as everybody else, now after attending the IE3 core! Good mates, nice teacher, I hope to keep in touch with! Thanks, Kosuke.

0715

I would like to talk about the Movie, Sex and the City.

The movie has four main characters, which are women around 40 years old, named Carrie, Charlotte, Miranda and Samantha Jones. Carrie writes some columns about love and publishes some books, but she is single. Charlotte has a heavy distress of absence of pregnancy. She once divorced because of it. Miranda is very competent lawyer and has much money, but she suffers from her high pride. Samantha loves sex so much that she cannot continue to contact one boyfriend, but now she is making effort to go together with a younger boyfriend in the long term.

All of them had a big problem, but they could overcome it at the end.

Carrie succeeded in marriage to Big who is her ideal man to marry to. He had divorced twice before that, and betrayed her terribly due to it. However, he could overcome his past and Carrie also could forgive him. In the case of the other women, Charlotte could be pregnant, Miranda got a mild manner thanks to her husband, and Samantha decided to go her way.

If you got interested in the movie after reading this article, why don't you watch it right away?

interesting video

I wached interesting site yesterday. This video lecture
from videojug.com shows us "How to prrepare for a date"
with just a few simple steps. This video suggests to us that
we should follow these things, such as you will need a little
time and date outfit, preparatation, presentation, attitude
and timing. Lastly, this video says that if you can through
all this steps, the date would be perfect!

http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-prepare-for-a-date

World Cup

Hi!

Last day, World cup, which is one of the most exciting events, finished.
From beginning, I watched a lot of games and because of this, sometime I was late for the class because the time of game was in the night. I am a little happy now because I have far less woriness about being late! However, I really feel lonliness because I could never watch the match.


uhhhhhhh I want to play soccer.

A midnight summer dream

I am in professor Sakuma's beginning seminar. One of the reason I enter Aoyama Gakuin University is he is in the university. He studies about play. He loves "Gekidanshiki". I love musical, too. So, I decided to belong in the seminar. Yesterday, all classmate in his beginning seminar do plays which title is "A midnight summer dream". It is one of the famous works written by Shakespeare. I played the role of Herena. In the play, there are four people. Herena loves Demetrius, but he doesn't like Herena and he loves Hermia. However, Hermia loves Lysander and he loves Hermia, too. Herena isn't loved Demetrius, so I have to act chasing him any time. It was hard for me to do plays, but it becomes good memories for me. I gotta go, see you.

Nishino Kana

Hi!!

Do you know "Nishino Kana"?

she is a very popular singer among young girls.

i am a big fan of her. her lyric moves my heart all the time, and i live her cute voice!!

there are so many songs of hers , i like "Motto...." the best.
this song tells us the difficulty of vanishing the memory with ex-boy friends.

i can always agree with her lyric.

Recentry, she released her new album, and which is really good.
i really recommend you to listen to her songs!!

once you listened to her songs, you would be a big fan of her soon!!

>>ranko i know AKB48, but i do not know their song. which songs can you recommend me?

World Cup

Today, FIFA World Cup finished. I feel it was very long. However, every game was very exciting and powerful. Especially, Japanese games were more exciting and suspenseful. Therefore its finishing was lonely. During this period, an octopus became famous because it can foresee the winner of games. And then, all the prediction had come true. It was great phenomenon and I wondered how it can foresee them.
World Cup This time was very fun on many sides

loving ESS!!

Hi!!

Today, i wanna talk about my club, ESS!!

In my club, there are 4 sections, discussion, speech, guide, and debate.
i belong to the discussion section.

the reason why i decided discussion is that i really love exchanging the idea with many people.

Maybe you guys think discussion is very similar with debate.
however the most different point between them is whether we can exchange our ideas fleely or not.

In discussion, we can show our ideas with no limited time, and have no stable stance.
In debare, on the other hand, we cannot change our stance, and we have limited time to speak.
debete is something like a game.

i do want to share or exchange our values fleely, and i did not do games cancerning exchanging ideas.

then i decided discussion, and i really enjoy it very much.
in summer, we have a camp, and in autum, we have the Kansai expedition!!

In meetiong, we discuss with many participants from various universities.
so i have many frionds in many universities.

i will keep practicing discussion hard to be the best discussant!!

The act of circle .

On Sunday, there was a act of my circle, which was a mini concert in the circle. My circle is one treating Japanese musical instrument. This year many new student entered the circle, so the mini concert made lively and fun. In the concert, I conducted an ensemble with a member who played the koto. It was difficult, especially little song. Moreover because I became tense, my hand was shaking during performance. However after I finished to play it, I felt fun. I want to continue to play enjoyfully.

AKB48

Today I'd like to talk about my hobby. I like AKB48.
Do you know AKB48? I think everyone may know it.
AKB48 are group which are produced by Akimoto Yasushi
in 2005. The group gave a show every day in AKB48
theater, but member of the group are changed.
I like Oshima Yuko especially! She is so cute and perfect
girl for me. If I have a chance, I 'd like to go to see AKB48.

Interviewing

I was interviewed for a part-time job last week.
The job is walking sales of icecream in the amusement park.
It is highly competitive, in fact, all of applicant is 200 people and just be employed 4 persons!!
The magnification is 50 times(++;)
The interview form was a group interview, so I think that I had a great experience even if I am not employed:)

yuta> I am also looking foward to see great efforts of Japan to next World Cup!!

About my discussion life

I came back home now. I practiced to discuss with
freshman. We talked about management issues, especially
postal privatization! It was very difficult topics for me to
concider that which was a better situation privatization or
nationalization. So I always think about it. Freshman did
their best to discuss about the issues!

>Haruka.K
I think that dictation is the best way to improve English skills!
When I was a high school student, I often did it.

>mayu
I know about bananafish. I think that it isn't exist, but it represents
metaphor.

Lacrosse League Game

Last week, a public drawing to determine tournament match ups was held in Lacrosse. Aoyama Gakuin University is the second division in the league.
We practice very hard to go up to the first division in the league.
The first game is 29th August. The opponent is Teikyo University.
If we can win in the first match, we would be favorable terms.
First of all, we train at a camp in this league for a one week on 6th August.
We want to grow up our condition in this training camp.
I'll do my best!

World Cup Finished

Yesterday, FIFA World Cup finished. The match in final is Netherlands versus Spain. This game had the looking bearing very much. Iniesuta sank a shot in the latter half of extra innings, and Spain winned the World Cup. Spain is the first victory. MVP is Forlan in Paraguay, and the winner of the title for most goals scored is four persons. This championship was so pleasant, because Japan National Team achieved a great leap forward. After the World Cup finished, many japan players go to foreign countries. Next World Cup is going to be held in Brazil. I'm looking forward to win Japan in next world Cup.

After graduation

These days, I often think about my future and my course after graduation. In my part-time jobs, four grade students teach me about their employment. I have taken teacher course since this year to be a high school teacher. But while listening various kinds of talk about jobs from my seniors, I came to think my future seriously. And we have to decide what we want to learn in details when become third grade student. The time when we have to consider what we would
like to be might come gradually for us... I'm going to experience many things during relative much time to broaden my horizon!

Sale

Good afernoon:)
Each stores are having a clearance sale now:)
I didn't want to go to shopping in particular, but when I passed and saw some sign of sale, so I ended up buying my clothes.
I was so happy then. However the rest of money is little now, although there are some schedules in this month.
On reflection, I shouldn't buy clothes on impulse:(

I return to my hometown!

This week, there are some make-up classes, but I don't have to attend them.
That is why I'm going to return to my hometown, Sapporo.
As you know, Sapporo doesn't have rainy season(Tsuyu).
So, it is comfortable to livethere.
In Sapporo, there are many delicious foods.
Whenever I go back there, I get weight・・・　lol
I want to be relaxed at my home and enjoy meeting my friends♪

>Chiaki
You and your mother look like real boyfriend!ww
That's very nice relationship, I think.
As for my mother, she looks like my friend.
She often call me and talk of interesting story.
I like her story!

First Election

Yesterday, the election of the house of Councilors was conduct. So I went to the nearest elementary school to vote. I didn't understand japanese politics at all, so I hestiated to vote, but my parents adviced me to do. I checked homepage of this election and went to vote. I’m ashamed that I don't know japanese politics at all, so I will try to read newspaper and to watch news.

My recent favorite book

I am crazy about a book soukyuunosubaru written by Asada Jiro rec entry. It is the third grade of high-school when I read the book for the first time. It was recommended by the teacher of the ancient writing of the high school But when I read first the book, I got tired at once and read only about forty page. I happened to have a chance to read the book again last week and found it very interesting. The setting in this novel is China about two hundred years ago. It is a success story that a poor boy became a emperor's aide. The structure is very skillful and always makes me exited. I still read second volumes out of four. But this book is certainly my one of best book! I think it very good to read Japanese book in the interval of reading English book once in a while.

Sulm Dunk

Good afternoon.
It rains on and off today. I'm little tired, but I want to try to be cheerful.

I had 4 tests and some reports last week. It was hard for me, but I did my best.
Last weekend, having no homework, I read Slum Dunk for my first time. I had never read this comic. I was surprised because this comic really excited and moved me. I came to know why this comic is famous and popular. I like book more than comic, but I can really enojoyed Slum Dunk.
What comics do you like?

I can't wait summer vacation!
I want to go summer festival wearing yukata and want to see fireworks!

My boyfriend☆

My boyfriend is my mother! This is a long-distance love affair.
I really think so! That's because we call everyday at least two times.
On a holiday we speak on the call phone for an hour.
She love me so much, I know. I love her, too!
When I have a trouble, I absolutely tell her all at first.
Even if the subject is love, friends or unsuitable to talk with my mother, I tell her all of my occurrences!

>yuri
Oh! Are you twenty years old? To go the election is important for young!

Election

It is very humid, today;(

Yesterday, I went to early voting. This year is the first vote, so I read the news paper and compared which party is enough to vote.
The voting was easier than thinking because it ended unexpectedly smooth, and very fast.

Now, I am waiting for the result while writing this blog:)!!
See you next week!!

University Student Forever...

I hope to be a university student forever.
Recently I'm really afraid of spending time is so fast.
It seems as if I came to here this year.
Now I feel happy because I can do whatever I like because we have much time during the university student. However my time is left only two years and a half.
I'm so sad to consider this fact!!! I strongly wish to be a university student forever...

Almost end of term

I miss I.E core members . I had a great time working and studying with them. I think I really improved my speaking skills through this lesson, and learned a lot from media presentation and the book report. But I'm so glad that many of the members are in the same I.E. seminar the next term. But before that I'll do my best in test...lol

I would like to talk about bananafish.
Do you know bananafish? It is a fish which was expressed by Salinger. It is a fictitious fish and likes banana.
Do you believe the existence of this creature? I cannot believe this because this fish is out of touch with reality. However it is very interesting, I think.
In reading class, we must hand in a paper about bananafish. So I think of bananafish now.

omg!

I can't believe the core section of IE has ended!!
I had so much fun, and made so many friends, and just had a blast.
I was able to learn about new things as well by doing media presentations, book reports etc.

Anyways, I'm looking foward to the seminar classes we have next semester as well.
Wonder who's going to be my new classmates :)

But before that, summer vacation!!....and the exams.yikes.

Hello!!
Today, I had my hair cut and waved my hair. I felt much better after having my hair cut.
By the way, what is your favorite hair style?
In my case, I like long, soft, black, and curly hair because such hairstyle is like Japanese, I think.
I have not ever had my hair cut short so I try to have my hair cut short next time.
How about you?

How Much Monery Do You Earn?

Every month I make about fifty thousand yen from part-time job, but my earning is not enough for me now. I really want to save money to go study abroad next spring vacation.
Moreover I'm going to go another school in second semester, so I need much money.
I feel that when I have money, I need times really!

Every Morning

I can't wake up in the morning. Actually I try to wake up until at six, but I can't.
I set the telephone alarms at least three times. However I don't remember when the three alarms go off. To tell the truth, my mother call me many times from Ibaraki which is my hometown. I feel sorry for her because even if she try to call many times, I catch her calls, tell a lie "I just wake up, Thank you ,See you!" and I go to sleep again....

I caught cold lol

I caught cold. so, I have a sore throat!!!
when I swallow, my throat hurts. I am worried about today's presentation, because I have lost my voice!! Each time I go home, I rinse my mouth. But, I can't get rid of cold.
Take care yourself not to catch cold!!

Listening

Good mornig:)

I'm going to go Canada this summer, so I want to improve my listening comprehension.
Recently, I always listen radio in English at home. Not only I can improve my skills, but also hear some news, so it is good for me.
How about you? If you have good ways to improve English litening comprehension, please tell me!

I have three tests today. I'll do my best!

HOooo

Hi!everyone! Now I'm little nervous for presentation tomorrow!lol Unfortunately, IE core class will be done tomorrow. I really really miss all friends in my class and especially Dr. Armstrong. We separate each other for IE seminar. I had a great and memorable time with them. I never forget!!!! I just only say that. Anyway, I'll try to do best tomorrow's presentation.

Hi!
I can't believe that this IE class is almost over.
I loved being in this class so it's just too sad.
Final exams are getting closer and I'm really nervous.
I have no clue how the tests in universities are, and I haven't studied hard for a couple of months so I'm not sure if I can concentrate in studying.
I have 8 tests and my last one is on August 3.
I hope I will be able to pass all of them!

Oh, and I'm excited for tomorrow's class.
I wonder how other groups are going to do their presentation.
Our group finished today. I found it very enjoyable working in groups!

Taylor Swift

Today I'd like to talk about my favorite singer, Taylor Swift.
She is an American country pop singer. She released her album
twice. Her debut single is Tim McGraw, second single is Fearless
which sold about 2.1 and 1.5 million. She was named Artist of the
year in 2009. Moreover Fearless won the Gramy Award for Album
of the year in 2010!!! It was 20 years old that she got a prize.
I was very surprised to hear it. I like her lyrics! For example,
"Every time you smile, I smile. And every time you shine, I'll shine
for you" in Jump Then Fall. Her lyrics represents girl's feeling.
I sympathize her lyrics, so I really love her.

>Chinami
I also think that it's problem to download some sites on the side
and put it into iPod or something. Government should regulate it strictly.

hi,

The first semister is almost over. I'm worried about the group presentation but I'll just do my best! I hope I won't miss any of the credits...
By the way, I need to save money for summer so I bought a tumbler from Starbacks so that I don't need to buy bottled drink everyday. I bought a small size but it's enough for me. When I bought it, I got a free drink ticket for any tall size drinks from Starbacks so I recommend you to buy one if you are looking for a tumbler.

>Chinami
I'm thinking to make an account for skype!
Some of my friends started to have one so I want to sign up to have conversations for free :D

2nd book report

My 2nd book report was about "A Clockwork Orange". This work includes not the psychology of a boy who commits so many crimes such as rapes, violence and robbery, but the psychology of the government which takes evil actions (more evil than childish misbehaviors) to stop young hooligans from filling England with sins and harms in 70's. I chose this one because I like the film version of it, and the content of this story was so profound that young people would love to read it once in a lifetime. Honestly, I guess the book was hard to read all, for the characters used the Russian slang called"nadsat" (I couldn't figure out how their conversation was going on). But I recommend the movie; if you can stand watching the violent scene in it.

Perfume

I like to write about the book I chose for my final book report. The book I chose is called"Perfume". It was a very wonderful book, it's about a man with a very strange obsession. The plot is very interesting and I recommend everyone to read it one time.The film was really real and grotesque. It was the kind of film I have never watched.

YouTube

We often use YouTube.
I think it is very useful site because we can watch a lot of videos around the world for free.
Some people download the video on the site and put into own iPod.
In fact, I have downloaded some videos.
But, it is not so good because people don't buy CD.
Some record companies are worried about financial deficit.
So, it is a difficult problem.
We should have moral and use YouTube.

There is a news about downloading videos on YouTube.
If you know about the topic more deeply, please look at the news!
http://www.iza.ne.jp/news/newsarticle/it/internet/344422/

Oliver Twist

I chose Oliver Twist for my 2nd book report.

Oliver Twist was made into some movies.
I think differences between each movies are very interesting.
One is musical. So this is more positive than the original story. And this is happy ending! So I felt happy and could enjoy it.
Another one is about human relationship. This movie make point of relationship between Fagin and Oliver, and not happy ending. I felt nervous after watching this movie.
This differences are very interesting! :)

And novels of Charles Dickens are attractive because of interesting personalities of all characters.
Maybe you really enjoy Charles Dickens' novels.
Please try to read it.

Kinematograph

Last week, we wacthed the short movie about media.

In this movie, the old man tried to make movie color.
He worked hard to realize it every day without thinking about his wife.
Finally, he made it true. But his wife died because of her illness.
He can realize his dream, but he lost a precious thing.

I think this movie tells us about media developing.
Saddly, this is fact that things cannnot develop without victims.

I was really depressed after wacthing this movie.
We have to be careful.

Tanabata7/7

HI! Do you guys have a good time today? Today is The Star festival, which is Tanabata in Japan.
Only the day is that The prince (Hikobosi) and The princes (Orihime) can meet and spend a time together. It's romantic, isn't? And from the past, it has been said if we wish something in 7/7, it certainly will come true. So, I wanna know what is your wish! My wish is to be healthy and have a good time with everybody for a long time.
I remembered in elementary or like kind of ages, I was supple boy like everyone, and I was happy to decorate and celebrate. I wanna back that age.........lol

World Cup Influence!!!

Hi!
Recently I have been still lack of sleeping because of world cup, club activity and the report.
Main reason is from world Cup. This week is hard for me because the semi-final match will start!!! I think the class should be canceled in this week...(＾～＾)ww

I want to enjoy it.

Book report#2

Today is the deadline of the second book report!
My book is "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" by Stevenson.
I'm looking forward to showing you my report.

The kinematograph

I'll talk about the short movie, the kinematograph.

The old man was the inventer of cinema. But he wasn't satisfied with his invention. He spent most of time on invention. His wife worried about him. she became sick, in fact, but he didn't find it.
Finally, he could give movies colorful. But his wife died.

The theme of this short movie is that to get something is to lose something. We may lose something precious when we get something to want.

Bronte Sisters

Recently, i often read the books wrtten by Bronte Sisters.

Do you know Jane Eyre or Wuthering Heights?

They were all fantastic and i really enjoyed reading them!!

There are so many essays cencerning Bronte sisters. And i wanna read as many as possible!!

Now, i really wanna go to Yorkshire where Bronte sisters were born and the nature is so beautiful. i heard there are many historical buildings concerning Bronte sisters.

Has anyone ever visied Yorkshre?? If you have, i wanna know the information of it!!

kinematograph

Today, i wanna talk about the movie,"Kinematograph".

In this movie, the old man made an effort to make a color movie.
However, it was too dificult to make it.
he became crazy about his job, and did not care about his wife.
Because of it, he also did not notice his wife's illness.

At the end of the movie, his wife was dead.
And the old man felt sad and regreted for what he did to his wife.

I think the theme of this movie is that we should be kind and care about the otheres while being deep in something.

>>ranko Good ideas!! i have the same idea as you!!

The kinematograh

I'd like to talk about kinematograh.
The old man tried to invent color movie.
His wife understood his effort, and gave an
advice to him. She said to him, "Your invention is
enough". But old man got angry with her. He thought
that she coldn't understand his invention or effort.
He wanted to make color movie for her. He was absorbed
in making it. So he couldn't notice her heavy illness.
When color movie completed, she died in illness. He was
very sad and regret it.

This story tells us that it's very important to communicate
with people. The lack of communication leads to misunderstand.

The kinematograh

Good Evening
I want to talk about the short movie, kinematograph.
This story is that a man invented a color movie camera. He continued to try to invent it. However it was not easy to be invented. He was always absorbed in the invention. Therefore because he didn’t care about his wife, he didn’t realize her illness and she couldn’t consult him. As last he was able to invent color movie, but she was dead.
This tells us that the development of technology is good for us to lead comfortableness in life, it don’t necessarily lead us happiness. We should care about other people.

hi,

Yesterday, I went to one day part-time job. I went to a cram school for elementary school students and I worked as a test proctor. It was easy work that I handed out test for each student and collected tests by the end of the test time. They provided all proctors lunches and drinks. I didn't get tired even I worked for a whole day.

Hirokazu>
Test season is coming.. I don't know how to study for tests neither. I don't think I can pass every class I'm taking now :(

the Kinematograph

An old man tried to invent colored movie.
His wife supported him and gave him good advices.
But, in fact, she has had a serious illness.
Unfortunately, he was absorbed in his invention too much.
So he couldn't notice that she's sick.
Finally, he accomplished to make colored movie.
Then she fell down on the floor and died.

This film tells us that we must not failed to notice the most important thing.
We have a lot of things we have to do and we tend to forget caring someone around us.
I think almost all of things are too late when we realize the importance of them.
So, I'd like to care my friends, families, and so on at all times.

e-book

I forgot to write about e-book, so I'd like to talk about it.

I like reading a book, so I'm interested in e-book.
It is convenience for us because we do not need to carry heavy books and we can get a book whenever we want.
Therefore, it will be popular to use e-book in many countries, but in fact, I like smell of books, and weight of books give me a feeling of achievement when I finish reading.
The service of e-book is very convenience, but also I want a paper of book not to decrease.

About the Kinematograph

I"ll write about the video, the Kinematograph.

An old man who was inventor and tried to color film.
One day, his wife said,"Your invention is enough, it 's pretty nice." to him.
However, he could not give up more improvement. He was crazy for his invention all day long, but he should have realized his wife tended to be a sickness. Finally, he found his wife falling on the floor. He made his invention be perfect, instead of it, he lost the most important person forever.

This story show us our lack of communication. Today, there are many technological things, so we do not need to communicate with people directly. However, I think it is more important to communicate with a person face to face.

Skype!

Do you know Skype?
It is the tool which enable us to communicate more easily.
These days, I often use it!
It has some good points.
First, we can talk with friends for free.
Of course, when we talk with people in other countries, we can enjoy talking for free.
Moreover, surprisingly, we can talk with some people at the same time.
In addition, we can enjoy chat on the computer, too.
I think Skype makes our communication smooth.

Saki>
I have a cold,too!
I have a sore throat and a fever.omg
But, I have a lot of things I have to do; reports and preparing for tests.
Do you have many things you should do?
Take care of yourself:)

Hi^^

Hi everyone! Recently, I don't know why but I can't sleep and wake up properly. So, I 'm little worried about this problem.;0; Anyway, I feel sad because test's season will come soon. When I was 3 grade in high school, what is called "Jukensei". I was devoted to studying. Now that I can't believe it. And I don't have enough concentration. It is difficult for me now to keep concentrating on studying. What is worse, I forgot how to study effectively. So, I'm shocked about that!!
Please help me and tell me how you guys study.
Bye!!!!

e-book

I think E-book is very convenient because we can buy books that we want to read everytime and everywhere and it does not take much space. And it is also good for the environment, for it does not use paper and ink, needs only electricity!

However, we cannot enjoy the texture of the book when we read with E-book, I think turning pages and touching paper are one of the enjoyment of reading books.

But I want to have one. It's really convenient!!!

24hours marathon

Hi! Doyou know 24 hours marathon?
I am going to take part in this event on 17th and 18th July.
24 hours marathon is the kind of ekiden that more than 10 runners run and conect their sash throuth 24 hours. Therefore this event is very very very severe, but tie of team will be stronger and we will be able to get great achievement:)

I'll update the result after this event, please cheer for me:)

> Chinami

I chose "The Cather in the Rye" for book report. I also think this book is difficult, but as I research the background and J.D.Salinger, I am getting to be intersted in the book:)

I have a bad cold:(

Good evening.
These days, many students have a cold. How are you!? I have a cold now:( So I feel sluggish. Although I have a cold, I had to work on Friday and Saturday so it was very hard and my voice was faint.
I think there are 3 reasons that I have a cold. First I slept without drying my hair. Second bath was broken, so we couldn't hot water but cold water. Finally these days I woke up late.
Please take care of your health.

Book report!

Did you finished writing book report?
I read Animal Farm by George Orwell.
To be honest, I don't like reading books so mach.
But, I could enjoyed reading the book!
Last time, I read The catcher in the rye for book report.
It was a little difficult to understand for me.
After I read it, I felt gloomy.
On the other hand, Animal Farm made me excited♪
Moreover, the movie, Animal Farm is also interesting!!!
So, now, I'm interested in reading classic novels.
If you have some good books, please recommend me!

Tanabata festival

Yesterday, I went to the Tanabata festival in Hiratsuka with my friends.
We drank beerwhile walking.
We met other friends there.
It was very fun.
But I drank too much so I am not feeling well.

The kinematograph

Hello!
I talk about the kinematograph.
An old man was an inventor and invented movie camera. His wife also supported him. However he was absorbed in development of movie camera and he didn't notice her illness. Eventually she died. That is the story.
The message of this movie is that thanks to the development in technology, we can live comfortably. However, behind the scenes, some people are sacrificed by the development.

22th post About e-books

I'm for e-books. I wish I have a gadget that has that sort of applications...why?
That's probably my room is just full of books! there is nothing but books! I just wish I could clean them out and place another alternative.
Another reason is that books (especially books that are for our classes) are heavy and of course expensive. This term for my reading class I had to buy a 3000yen book at the university store that was like 0.5 kilos. I was not amused of the contents and when I saw at amazon. it was 2000yen. Talk about scam!
If e- books were more popular I think we could avoid such problems but...I'm just worried about one problem. e- books are mere data, so one press of a button could make painful results...Like deleting it.

And yes, I was a bit busy last week...I would try to retrive what I have not done.

E-books

The e-books we talked about last Friday were kind of cool.
I thought I'd like to have one if it does come out. Also if its cheap,lol.
It's very ecological, like Dr.Armstrong has said.
There are so many wasted books in the world, so it would be great if we could save trees by spreading e-books worldwide.

Also I thought the idea of printing the book at the bookstore is a really cool idea.
Since it saves the money for shipping or importing, we could sell the books at a low price, and maybe more people would want to buy it.

Anyways, I think young people would read books if e-books come out, just for the fun of it.
But still, I think it's better than not reading books at all.

Guide

I walked on a street with my friend around Shinjuku
Station yesterday. Then, foreigner talked to us.
Man said to us, "I want to go to the metropolitan
government offfice from here.But I lose my way.
Can you tell me the way to the metropolitan
government office?". We decided to guide the way,
because we also planed to go to the place near it.
While we walked, we talked with man.
He came Japan to sight seeing with his family and had
two daughters who were colledge students. He liked
Japanese culture, food and nature. He never tried to eat
natto. So I reccomended him it!!

I practice to speak English by my class and ESS. So I
could enjoy conversation with him. I also thought that
I wanted to improve my English skills.

>MIHO
I also think that iPhone is very convenient, because
there are many information in it. But I hit upon anther
demerit of e-book.
If I lost my iPhone which containes my secret information,
it would be very danger!

e-books

Actually, I have never used e-books. Though I think it is great.
Books take space to keep, and lots of paper is needed to publish books.
E-books doesn't take space, and what's more, it is easy on the environment.
However, as Akane said, things that we have from long long ago are very valuable.
Not just books but also newspapers, or radios.
I thinks your eyes will get tires if you read things on screen for a long time, and it's true that it saves paper, but instead, it uses a lot of electricity.
Also, I'm not sure if the writer of the book will feel good if their story is read on screen.
I think it's a great idea but I hope paper books will exist forever.

E-Books

I have a bad cold, I'm sneezing every 2 minutes and I can't breathe from my nose! :( I'm at the computer lab because the internet at home stopped working for some reason. What a bad timing!
Anyways, I'm going to write about e-books. Yes sure, e-books are convinient and new. You don't have to carry a book in addition to your cellphones and wallets. But in this world full of new technologies, I think that some things should be kept the way they are. Reading a story off a paper feels good. The sound of the page flippering and the smell of the old stained paper are things you cannot experience with a book on screen.I also like the saying, 'never judge a book by its cover'. Sayings like this will not make any sense if everything gets converted to e-books since there will be no such thing as the 'book cover' anymore.