Chiristmas Eve☆

Chiristmas Eve, We ESS debate section went to Tokyo Disney Land!! 28 members has came, and we gathered at Maihama Station at 7:30 a.m. It was too early for us, but we expected that Eve would be crowded and cannot get tickets, so gatherd early in the morning. Fortunately, it was not so crowded as we had expected, and we enjoyed many attructions. We carry on debating every day, so it was good break for us. At night, we watched electrical parade. It was soo fantastic♡　Cinderella castle was light up and fireworks was soooooooo beautiful!!! I want to go to Tokyo Disney Sea next time with this member.

Les Miserables

Yesterday, I watched Les Miserables in the movie theater with my mother. It was the story during French Revolution. All characters speak their part as opera, so the performance time was 3 hours!!
 It was too long for me to continue sitting!! In the story, a man who was a prisoner slip out and raise a girl but he is always chased by a commander. I was moved by the story because all casts was good singers and their performance was great!!! It told me what is real love. After watching the movie, many people around us were crying because they were impressed. I recomend you to watch it, so I don't detail the story.

Hakata

      yesterday, i went to Hakata, Fukuoka prefecture with my sister. the reason why we went there is that Fukuoka seemed to have lots of delicious foods! we left the Haneda airport at 8:00 a.m. after i arrived at the Hukuoka airport, immediately we ate the Hakata Chinese noodle. its taste was most delicious tonkotsu Chinese noodle that i have ever eaten. i want you to try the noodle when you visit there. also, we ate Mizutaki as a dinner. the shop we ate was one of a famous high-class Japanese-style restaurant in hakata for Mizutaki. i ate it for the first time and it was very delicious! i heard that it has some brunches in Tokyo, so i recommend you to go there!
      not only foods but tourist attractions were attractive. the Dazaihutenmanguu, maybe everyone knows as a shrine sacred to a god of  study, was kind of art because scene was unified with the main shrine. although it took time to get there from downtown, it was worth having visit. it was very short time because we only stay there for one day, but i could spend good time with my sister!!

Shizuoka

Just came back from Shizuoka.
I had fun visiting old Japanese castles from Sengoku period. It was interesting!  Shizuoka was much warmer than Northern Kanto Region so when i arrived to the nearest station to my house, i was surprised because it was really cold. I had to wait half an hour for a bus and my ears were tingling with cold.
I'm planning to go to Kofu, Yamanashi tomorrow to see another castle. It'll take 4 hours to get there from my nearest station..so i shall sleep now. bye.

Hope y'all had a great christmas!

christmas

i have to write this blog cos i missed writing it for 3 times in September and October. i need to catch up.

its already 26th, but merry christmas for everyone. hope u had a nice one.
i had a party with my friends and ate kfc on sunday. it was so fun! nxt day, i went to omotesando to see light ups. there were so many ppl there. it was such an experience cos it would never happen in my hometown. im going to visit yu-na's concert tmr with ikumi. im really excited!

Merry Christmas!

I ate chickens and a piece of cake with my family and today, we gonna eat cake too!  I'm so happy to have a cake for dinner two days strait.  I hope you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Christmas

Christmas is coming soon:D how do you spend that day? Gentlemen, did you choose a present for your girlfriend? I will enjoy the day with friends, of course. After Christmas, this year will soon end. I felt time really flies. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Presentation

The topic of our presentation is city life. We focus on the differences of each element between Japan and other countries. Then, we decided to collect questionnaires from 100 people and try to make a good presentation:)

Black Swan

A few days ago, I watched the movie Black Swan for my presentation of IE listening. The movie was far more serious and darker than I had expected. The main character was gradually losing herself because of trying too much to be a black swan. The story was well-made and made me think lots of things.

Presentation

 We are going to focus on food and health in our presentation. I'm really interested in this topic, so looking forward to searching various things. Especially about fast food reataurants, because I often use them, I want to know what inflience we have on our bodies by eating fast food. I'm sure we are going to give an excellent presentation!

Presentation

Presentation topic of our group is "environment." Environment has really large spheres, such as water pollution, air pollution, global warming, natural resources, nuclear power plant, the population problem, forest destruction, etc. We are going to thinking about the garbage problem.

movie

yesterday's listening class, we had presentation about movies.
there were many interesting movies.

we had a short time so we couldn't introduce enough.
during my winter vacation, i want to see those movies!

but i will be very busy during my winter vacation to work part time.
there is a winter special seminar at my cram school.

My Friend

On Sunday, I played with my friend. We were in same high school and belonged to same club. Now, we are in different college, but live in same city, Machida.
During summer vacation, I started a part time job. Surprisingly, the friend also started a part time job in the same place. She told me that she would start a part time job and I also told so, but both we didn't decide what to do then. After I had been interviewed for a part time jod, she have given me a e-mail, saying,"I' m surprising that we choose same part time job!"
We really get along well. I'm disappointed that I need to move other place.

presentation question!

i found a website which makes Q&A forum.
http://enq-maker.com/

if you went to make Q&A online, why don't you access it?

my part time job

I had a part time job which is cleaning the department store.  Contents of it was not very hard, so I could keep this job easily.  But a regular employee was very sloppy, and it annoyed me.  For example, my payday is 10th in every month, but he didn't pay me my wages for my work at the day.  I urged him to pay mine.  Fimally, my wages was payed 13th, it was late 3days.  It made me very angry and I told him my quitting.  I had to find a part time job due to of it.  I decided  making much of tidy management.  Take care of choosing part time jobs.

presentation

my group is researching about the media.
we did media discussions many many times!

most of us bring the news from newspaper or online articles.
but what media is most reliable??

to collect information is not always same as to rely the information.


yesterday, we give you the question sheet.
please answer and hand us!

presentation

The topic of our presentation is city life.
we decided to ask some questions.
For example,　safety of a Tokyo and the price of it, we make people compare these with thier town.
we will ask people from countries, such as Ibaraki, Mie and Nagano or cities of oversea such as London, NY and Paris.

answer to yuki's question

1 Do you want to get married?        　　
     Yes

2 Question for who answered 'Yes' on1     　
   When do you want to get married?          　　
        B 20s

4 Which image do you have about marriage?         　　
       B stable      

5 What do you think the best thing about marriage?  

     don't have to feel lonly 

     could be comfortable around
 one's lover.

6 What do you think the difficult thing about marriage?   

    some troubles caused by the difference of the way of thinking

    

     money

Presentation

our topic of presentation is environment. we decided to focus on scrappage rate in Japan. now, Japan is one of the richest country and we can produce,buy and eat many things. however, it is true that we could easily waste things and it relates high rate of dispose gabage and environmental problems. I want you to know actual state and think what to do together. i'm not good at speaking   in front of others, but i'll do my best with members of my group!

morning

I arrived Huchinobe campus at 6:45 this morning. After I played with my friends in Machida, I directly go towards here. Today is a very nice morning. The air is clear and filled with silence. The sounds you can hear are just birds' voice, wind and your foot sounds. The white breath come out of my mouth make this view beautiful. I nevere thought that this campus is beautiful place, but winter morning is different. If you are interested in, try to come Huchinobemibe early in the morning.

inception

I talked about Inception at ie3 presentation. This movie is one of my favorites, so I enjoyed preparing this presentation. It was only about 2 or 3 minutes speech, but I could enjoy myself. Inception has very exciting and complicated mysterious story. The ending of this film is also fantastic. I strongly recommend to you. I would like you to watch Inception.

Today

now, im eating breakfast with Toshinari in YOSHINOYA in Machida. We stayed up all night in karaoke and were singing just now. So we didn't have enough sleeps at all. this day was a good chance to practice the high tone voice so i sang nothing but high tone songs. im so so sleepy… good night and see you later guys∀

my birthday

last friday was my birthday.
after school, i had a part time job.
after that, my friend asked me to come to her house.
i didn't know that they were going to surprise me.
when i got to her house, it was dark.
i was like what was happening?
and i walked into the room. then they used crackers to me.
it took me few seconds to understand it was my surprise birthday party.
they made a cake for me, and prepared some presents for me.
this was the best birthday ever! i love my friends.
i will never forget this.

to IE girls,
thank you for lots of snacks and chocolate!lol
love you guys<3

presentation

the topic of the presentation of my team is food and health.
we are going to research about diet.
sometimes i eat fast food because it is hard to cook everyday only for me!
i don't think it's a bad thing to eat fast food sometimes, not often.
how often do you eat fast food?

happy happy:)

today was a really happy day for me.
classes were quite interesting and so i could learn lots. and i finally finished IT skill check! i got a hundred percent on the test.
i got my salary more than i had expected, and bought some lovely goods. after that I had a wonderful time with my friend at Yokohama.

hope i'll be able to enjoy tmrw as well:)

inception

i talked about the ending briefly.
the film cuts to the credit roll (the list of casts and crews) from a shot of the top beginning to wobble (but not falling), inviting speculation about wether the final sequence was reality or another dream.
if the top stops spinning, it means he or she is in real life. if the top keeps spinning, it means he or she is in the dream.
some expect the top stops and Cobb came back to real life.
some expect the top never stop and Conn stuck in the dream.
the top stalls little by little and begins to slightly lose the balance, but we dont know the top completely stops or not.
it depends on how audiences interpret the ending whether it is real or dreaming.

IE Core Presentation

we, group 3 (Im not sure...), will make a presentation mainly on the topic of Japanese rate of wasting garbage. as you know, nowadays most of developed countries are having extremely high rates of wasting garbage. of course Japan is one of those countries, and its rank for the world's ranking of wasting is unbelievable one that few people know the fact. i dont know if i can tell u the rank in this post or not. should i hide it till we make the presentation?

problems of garbage are related with many other problems such as the rate of self-supporting, or environmental problems caused by gatbages occuring around the world.

anyway im a little confused and nervous about making the presentation but i'll do my best as one of the group members.

Punched holes for pierced earrings

Last Sunday, I made up my mind and went to the dermatology to punch holes for pierced earring.
I have wanted to do, but it was terrible action for me. I thought, "If I give up, I would not punched holes forever" so I prepare myself for the worst. I was so nurvous, so I propose the counselling, but When I enter the clinic, suddenly femal doctor punched a hole in my ear without counselling. Can you imagine the situation?! I was stiffing because of fear and pain, then the doctor said, " Disinfect your ears for 1month!!" I asked to her, " How? Where can I get disinfectant? Can I take bath with pierce earrings? Should I sleep with pierece earrings? Teach me!!!!!!!!" Maybe, I was troublesome patient for her because I questioned too much, she said " You can get disinfect at Matsumoto Kiyoshi!
Haha!!" That was her all answer to my question. If you feel like punching holes for piereced earrings, I recommend you that you should choose clinic seriously.

presentation

Our group's presentation topic is cultural difference.
We will examine the cultural difference in department in Aoyama Gakuin University.
I think this investigation is interesting because we can understand that "the students who belong to department of literature tend to think about job huntiong~" and so on. I believe that difference between department is exist, so if we understand that, we can know each department students deeply.
Maybe, you can enjoy the result of questionnarires because we prepare the questions which you may be interested in. We will print the format questionnarires and hand out our friends and SNS.

answer

i would like to answer Yuki's question of IE3 presentation.

1 Do you want to get married? 　　
     Yes

2 Question for who answered 'Yes' on1 　
When do you want to get married? 　
         B 20s 　　

3 Question for who answered 'No' on1 　
Why don't you want to get married?
A busy at work B more comfortable than married C no advantages in getting married
D lead a full life now

4 Which image do you have about marriage? 　　
A happy

5 What do you think the best thing about marriage?
   i think the best thing about marriage is sending another life that is different from not marriage life. And we can pass our life with our love partner.

6 What do you think the difficult thing about marriage?
 maybe if we have my children, our free time are restricted by children. 


※your age gender country                

presentation

In my group, we researched cultural difference. There are a  lot of cultural difference but we focused on cultural difference of university in Japan. In university, not only Japanese but also other country people go to there.
As stated above, university is meltingpot compared with junior high school and high school. Different university have different culture. So comparing Aoyamagakuin University with other various universities, we would like to do our presentation.
 I am looking forward to researching other university students. : )

looking forward to working.....

Yesterday, I worked second part-time job. This was second time that I worked in there.I was upset but enjoyed this work. A family visited the shop, the girl was junior highschool student who commutes to my old school. I talked with the girl and had fun time.
Today, when I went to my first part-time job, I met owner of this shop. He spoke to me and asked me to add to working time. I received his suggestion because I would like to work more than before. Moreover, my payment by the hour will rise! I was so happy that I enjoyed this Thursday*: )
In winter vacation, I will live in part-time job and want to buy clothes, go to snow boat, and so on. Before these plan, I have to study Spanish. omg!

winter vacation

the winter vacation is coming soon. i'm looking forward to it very much. i'll go back to my hometown and enjoy being with my family and my friends. the year 2012 was filled with a lot of things. time goes really fast. looking back this year, everything was new for me. i started living alone away from my hometown and going to university. i spent good time here. i want to enjoy lest of the days in 2012!

presentation

our group is going to make a presentation about cultural differences. i think this is a very interesting topic. these days we live interacting a lot of people who have different cultural backgrounds. culture means not only about different countries, but even in japan, in a university, whether what social groups we belong to, the culture differs. ultimately everyone has his or her own culture. as culture differs, the way of thinking also differs. it's going to be really interesting to know how people from different culture  think about social issues.

Christmas

Christmas is coming :) I have a Christmas party with my friends on 23th. We're going to eating chicken, cakes, and so on. I'm very looking forward to it! I'm going to buy Christmas present for gift change day after tomorrow. It's very happy when I choose a present imaging their joyous faces.

I read A Christmas Carol for my book report. It's kinds of happy end story. This story made me happy, and not only that, made me think that I want to enjoy Christmas more than last year. So, I'm very looking forward to Christmas coming!

marriage

I’d like to answer Yuki’s question.

Student version

1 Do you want to get married? 　　
Yes

2 Question for who answered 'Yes' on1 　
When do you want to get married? 　　
B 20s

3 Question for who answered 'No' on1 　
Why don't you want to get married?

4 Which image do you have about marriage? 　　
B stable

5 What do you think the best thing about marriage?
I think the best things about marriage are to be able to have my own children, and to spend time with people whom I love.

6 What do you think the difficult thing about marriage?
I think the difficult thing about marriage is to get along very well with the partner all time, because we’re different person even if we love with each other.

※your age　18  gender　female  country  Japan

 

Questionnaire

I asked my friends about marriage and one of my friends took the trouble to answer demerits of marriage in so detail.  He thinks: having more relations is very troublesome: having a child took too much money: complaining about his/her partner is shameful.  These was interesting and understandable.  I'm going to make an effort to do a good presentation.

presentation.

Last Friday, we've chosen topic and made questions for our presentation. And this week, Saori created a survey paper for us. We now have to do a survey. We'll ask people in school, Friends, classmates from junior high school & high school. Also, we might go to Roppongi and Ginza to do a survey to foreigners because we heard that there's a lot of foreigners there.
Our topic is "comparing Tokyo and other cities in the world" and "comparing Tokyo and other Japanese cities. We hope to ask as many people as possible.

The Small Show of Gospel

        Our choir sang in the coffee meeting on last Monday. This event was held by International Exchange Center of Aoyama University. It was like a tea party there were many international students. And we sang 2 gospel songs in front of them. It was short time but it was so nice opportunity to sing gospel songs in front of many people.

Presentation

Next month, we have a final presentation in IE Core class. Our group's theme is trust of media. Recently, there are many ways to get information. Smartphone spread and many people can get information easily than before. However, information we get from various media is not always true. Sometimes, we are confused by wrong information. A groundless rumor spread on SNS such as Twitter before.
Second topic is change in media. I think many people can get information from Internet these days. However, before Internet spread us, people would have used other media such as newspaper, TV, and radio.

Preparing for presentation is hard. In winter vacation, I have some homework to do, reports of American literature and Career design seminar.  I hope make good use of winter vacation.

shopping

Last Sunday, I went to Hrajuku with my friend.
We went Takeshita street.
I had not been there for about 2 years.
We did shopping in a lot of stores.
After doing it, we went Aoyama Gakuin University in Shibuya.
We looked at a Christmas tree in there.
It was beautiful.

The day after tomorrow, I'm going to go my hometown Ibaraki.
However, I don't prepare for homecoming.
Therefore after finishing today's and tomorrow's class, I must do it.

Souvenir

Today, my friend gave me a souvenir of Germany. She had been Germany with her boy friend for five days. She said that she had trunk wine,  beer, and eaten  many sausages.  She said that foods in Germany were great. Though Germany was very cold, she had a very good time in there.

She gave me chocolates. They looks nice and it was very delicious.
Today, we have a presentation in IE Listening class. I almost prepared for presentation, but I'll check it a little.
See you soon:)

survey group1

There are our questions for a presentation. Please answer these questions and tell us your answers.

Student version

1 Do you want to get married?        　　
     Yes / No  

2 Question for who answered 'Yes' on1     　
   When do you want to get married?          　　
     A 16-20         B 20s 　　C 30s         D 40s-  

3 Question for who answered 'No' on1     　
   Why don't you want to get married?
     A busy at work   B more comfortable than married   C no advantages in getting married 
     D lead a full life now

4 Which image do you have about marriage?         　　
     A happy        B stable        C not free        D unhappy  

5 What do you think the best thing about marriage?  

6 What do you think the difficult thing about marriage?  


※your age                gender             country                

few days

the remaining days that i go to university in this year is only two days.
but i have many things that i want to do in this year! watching many movie, eating delicious food, buying clothes, playing with my friends.....and so on.
but i want to use few time well and would like to enjoy 2012!

cafe Kaira:)

     Do you know the cafe Kaira? I went there with my friend today. This cafe is one of the pancake restaurant which is famous recently. It was opened at Omotesando on December 15th instead of a branch at Tokyo having been closed. it serves us a Hawaiian food,then we ate a pancake and an omelet.   
     we went there in order to eat a pancake with a lot of fruits. as we expected, the taste was so good. for me, a pancake with little whipped cream and much fruits was excellent, especially much strawberries matched with pancakes! however, i was surprised at an omelet more than pancakes. i haven't eaten a Hawaiian omelet before, so i was surprised at the deliciousness of eggs and its ingredients. Also, relish such as potatoes boiled with spices and vegetables delighted me. if i have a chance to go there again, I'd like to eat another taste.  i mean, you can select ingredients when you order omelets and pancakes. you can decide which fruits or vegetables we eat in detail. surprisingly, the cafe offers waffles and French toast with fruits. it seemed delicious as well as pancakes we ate. please go there if you are interested in.

Bad habit

I have a bad and established habit. I tend to watch various movies and animation on Youtube if I'm free. If I watch it for a few minutes, it's no problem. However, I watch it for hours unwillingly. In fact, I didn't know Youtube until I graduated from high school, so many people were surprised at my ignorance. This cite is very convenient because I can search for the movie and animation that I want to see very easily. What I watch frequently on this cite is mainly sport, movie and animated cartoon. I love football and basketball so very much, so I often watch NBA and football league in various countries. I love and respect Kobe Bryant, who is the famous basketball player in Los Angels Lakers. He is the best player in the history of NBA, I think. He had scored 80 points in one game!!! I also love football and had been playing it until junior high school. My favorite football team is FC Barcelona, but my favorite players are Robin van Persie in Manchester United and Neymar in Santos!! I often watch them on Youtube.
I also watch some animated cartoons such as: Detective Conan, One piece and Dragon Ball. I'm sure that it' dangerous for me to watch these movies because if I started to watch them, I would continue to watch them for hours. As a result, the amount of my sleeping time decreased and I'll be very sleepy all the next day. I want to sweep away my sleepiness, but I cannot drink coffee. lol  It's an unstoppable and addicted habit, so I have to try to restrict the time that I watch Youtube.

Today I have no class. However, I have to prepare for two presentations:one for Reading class and the other one for IE Listening class. Most of them is finished, so I have to check them in detail. I also have to have my hair cut because my hair became too long...

I'm very hungry now, so I'll cook something...
See you tomorrow!!

Friday and Saturday

I went my hometown Ibaraki on last Friday and Saturday.
My smartphone was broken, so I went there to fix it.
When I arrived at there, I thought Ibaraki is very cold!!!
Ibaraki was colder than Tokyo by 6℃!

I met my family and talked a lot of things.
I tought family was warm.

I go there again on this saturday.
I'm going to hold Christmas party with my friend!
I'm looking forward to it.

presentation

on the presentation coming up, my group will be researching on the reliability of various kinds of media and the change in media over the time.
it was hard making questions at first, but i realized there are many ways to get information from. nowadays, technology has improved, and we can get so much news and information from iphones and other smartphones. Also, we have such a huge access to an internet, and it is where the most information on all kinds of stuff is gathered.
depends on what kind of media u choose to catch the news or other information, the reliability differs, and this is how my group came up with the idea of searching on the reliability of media.
our 2nd topic is the change in media. recalling the day of years ago or even 10 years ago, it is all different where the source of information had come to us when comparing to these days. i think the big change in technology over last 10 to 5 years has lots to do with this.

few more days.

I had no classes today so i was planning to sleep in but i woke up at 7 because of crows. They are so annoying and noisy.. Im gonna go back to sleep after finish writing this entry! haha

4 more days until the winter break. Im still thinking about what i should do during the break. Maybe i should go to travel.

Sunday

Last Sunday, i went to the Silkream which is one of a cafe. There, i had a dinner with my friends! The friends are special existence for me because they are all the member who met on the very day of entrance to this uni. Some of them took part in us around tow or three days later, but we are getting along with us although we can't meet frequently. Now i take the same class, French, with two of them and the linguistics with one of them. I was happy to talk with them. Moreover,i was surprised at a birthhday surprise from my friends. Sweets i ordered changed into a birthhday plate, with a candle and small fire works:) In fact, my birthhday is on May, 9th. We celebrated my friends whose birthday is on April in May. However, we couldn't gather, so my friends congratulated me last Sunday. It was so happy day :)♪

Losing Isaiah

i watched the movie called Losing Isaiah in IE writing class. it was about adoption of a black child named Isaiah. he became the baby of the white family officially once, but his biological mother tries to take him back.
the white family and the black mother fight over Isaiah in the court. they both love him and dont wanna give up on him, but his biological mother takes him at the end.

it was very interesting that it had sth to do with racial issues cos i did a little research on the racial discrimination against blacks for my 2nd book report. what i thought by watching this movie is that what makes a mother does not depend on the skin colors or a blood connection; if love is there, they can be the family.

Komeda Coffee

Yesterday, l went to the cafe, Komeda Coffee with my mother. We went there about 8:30 AM, but there had been many people. Since we went there during morning service time, could eaten boiled eggs and toast free.

Now l finished book report, l spent this weekend little lazy.
l'll prepare for presentation of Listening class soon...

Finally.............

Finally, our book report were over last Friday!!!! Yahhooooooooooooo!! It was the final book report that we would have done in our life unless we drop out our IE classes. I feel very comfortable when I think there is no book report any more!! Next year, we will have IE Seminar classes and Kiso Enshu classes. Have you watch the students portal web site? There is a letter saying "Prease take the pre-resistration paper of Kiso Enshu class in the Student Center". The period we should hand in is 1/7 ~ 1/17. There are many classes about specific subject. I want to have the class of Mr. Nobe or Mr. Mizuno if I can!!

So interesting!

Nowadays, there are many interesting pictures of Kwagoe Chef on the Internet. Do you know about it?? They were spreaded in many sites or SNS like Twitter and Facebook. And also, the form of the words with his pictures is all decided, they are "Please give me a picture of when Kawagoe Shef did ・・・・・・・・・." They are so funny pictures! Check out!

winter vacation

I am really looking forward to the winter vacation. 22 December, I will go to Minatomirai to see an illumination and Kawasaki to watch a gospel concert of my friend. I can't wait the Saturday.

After the day, I will go to Hakube in Nagano!! This is a big big big event for me!! I will snowboard. Doing that is first time for me. I think I will fall on my backside. Also, I will make an unbaked cheedecake!! my friend requested. Usually, I dont cook in my home, but in there, I make some dessert.

After the New Year's day, I have a part-time job. Actually, I have it in the last day of this year. Its work is very hard, but people in there are so funny. I like them. I can work in there no matter how the work is hard.

what will you do in winter vacation???

l

Yesterday, there was a christmas concert of my club but I didn't make any bands in this live So I didn't go there. In next spring, I may belong to a new band whose member is composed of my part time job member. One of them can play the drum, the bass guitar, the piano, the keyboard and more than anything else, he can make songs! I thought it is very cool and ingenious songs that he makes. It is very nice that there are many people who can play some instruments in my part time job! It's so fun!

Presentation in IE3 core class

Hello, everyone!! It's rainy day...
Last week, we had some discussions for our book report instead of media discussion, so everyone in my class would be happy. However, I still have two events this week: presentation in IE3 Listening  and Reading class. I have already done it in Listening class, but I haven't finished the one in Reading class. I'm going to give a presentation about the harm of tobacco on our health. This is why I'll be busy until Friday...

I'll also have a big presentation in IE3 core class after winter vacation. Our presentation is about food and health. Although some people in my group was very happy because it sounded easy to make a presentation bout it, it was hard for us to think about some questions for it.

I think it's very important for us to think about food and health. I guess what influences on our health is food that we eat every day. Taking care of ourselves is a bit difficult for us, though that is the most important things in our life. Especially, fast food influences on our health in the bad way because it contains many many many genetically modified foods. There are a lot of fast food restaurant in Japan, such as McDonald's KFC, Burger King, MOS BURGER, LOTTERIA and SUBWAY. I make it a point not to eat fast foods while I live by myself because they are too bad for my health. This is why I try to cook and eat health foods almost everyday.

If you have free time, please answer these questions.
1) Which fast food shop do you use the most??
2) How many times do you eat fast food in a month??
3) What influences did(do) you have on your body by eating it??
4) What foods do you eat for your health though you hate??
5) What's the purpose of eating that foods??

Do you know KAMO?? It is the soccer shop which Kensuke and I visited together yesterday. We could see a lot of soccer goods, such as uniforms, shoes and balls which had signs from many famous soccer players around the world. We looked forward to visit there for a long time, so we were very happy!! I wanted to buy some goods in that shop, but I didn't have enough money to do so...

See you next Thursday!!

Presentation

Next month, we have the final presentation of IE core class. I am a member of the group whose presentation topic is environment. It is difficult to discuss and make 5 questions on this topic because environment is too abstract and broad to decide a certain topic. However, we managed to decide a topic and 5 questions about it. The topic is about the garbage. We will write the question in this blog when they are in detail.

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Hello. Nowadays, it is too cold to wake up early so I often overslept and today, I was absent from the English Phonetics class. It is 3 times that I was absent so if I am absent one more time, I will lose my credit of that class. I always set alarm with my smart phone, the alarm is out of my controll these days. How corrupting my recent life is.....

The Mantic parable

A caterpillar was walking in a room but suddenly, someone caught and put her in a bottle. she tried hard to get away but it didn't work.  At that moment, a mantis came in.  The caterpillar begged him to help her to escape but the mantis just clowned.
When the mantis woke up, he is in the bottle   He took the place of the caterpillar.  The mantis was getting weak.  Then the caterpillar became the butterfly and came in the room. Finally she took him out of the bottle.

The caterpillar and the mantis try to escape from the bottle but they couldn't do that alone.  The mantis regretted having denied her offer.

This video tells us "Importance of kindness".  Person who doesn't have consideration for other is loser.

the mantis parable

a caterpillar was caught in a bottle and called for a help to a mantis outside the bottle.  however, the mantis didn't help him. later the mantis was also caught and he regreted ingnoring the caterpillar. suddenly, a butterfly came to the room and called fireflies. they spun around the top of the bottle and the mantis could get out.
the story tells us the importance of help somebody.

The Mantis Parable

 This story tells us that it is very inmportant to help each other in life. Like the mantis didn't help the caterpillar, even if someone doesn't help us when we are in trouble, we should help him or her when they need help. If do so, we can not only help them but also change their mind and make them kinder than ever. Actually, in this short film the mantis regret his choice he didn't help caterpillar, and seemed to change his mind by feeling kindness of the caterpillar.

the fan and the flower

the ceiling fan fell in love the flower and he tried to attract the flower. the flower ignor the fan at first, but the flower became attracted to. they tried to be much closer, but they couldn't. gratually, the old lady got forgetful about the room they were in, so the flower was almost dying. then the fan spun as fast as possible and tried to break the roof so that the flower can gat rain. they couldn't be close any more, but the flower bloom beautifully after planed outside.
this short video was so cute! and the music was very effecting to make this video interesting.
i think the theme is the warmness that one try to help others.

the mantis parable

I'm sorry, I don't like this movie. One reason is that I hate bugs. I don't want to see bug even if it is an animation. Another reason is that the expression of the movie character is so pitiful that I felt painful in my mind. The theme of the movie is that feel others' feelings and consider others.

the fan and the flower

I think this film is sad paintiful. The fan is restrained by wall and the flower was restrained by a pot. The theme is that even though they are not close, it is really important that they keep their love. If they keep it, they will reward in the long run.

the mantis parable

a caterpillar was caught in a bottle. he tried to get out, but he couldn't. a mantis flew over to the room and thought how he could help him. he found that he could do nothing and told the caterpillar to give up. after that, the mantis was caught and the bottle was capped. a butterfly flew over to the room with his friends, fireflies. they spun around the bottle and opened it. the mantis could escape from the bottle. maybe the butterfly used to be the caterpillar in the bottle.
i think the theme of this film is a kindness that doesn't seek a favor in return.

the Fan and the Flower

a ceiling fan fell in love with a flower in a pot that an old lady bought. they tried to get closer each other, but they couldn't. they were at almost opposite side of the room. the old lady gradually became forgetful and didn't come into the room. the flower dried up and the fan was covered with dust. the fan spun as fast as possible and broke the ceiling so that the flower could get water. a new owner of the house moved the flower to outside. in every spring the flower bloomed and people all around the city came to see its unusual shape. it shaped like the fan.
i like this short film very much. i think the theme of the film is an endless and unfailing love.

The Fan and The Flower

i like this short film. the story is very simple, nut it is hart warming film. the composition of the fan and the flower reminds me of Beauty and the Beast. nobody thinks that the flower nad the fan are loving with each other. that is the same thing to that Beauty and the Beast. but the climax, fan sacrificed himself for saving the flower. it was a sad part of this film. i would like it more, if the nalation was not exist in this film.

yesterday

Yesterday, I went to my friend's house to finish preparing for  Friday's presantation. We were trying hard.and once,looked at the clock on the wall, it said 3:00already. Though, the powerpoint was not finished yet. the dead line of the PowerPoint was 11:00 this morning. Then I understood that I couldn't sleep that night. As a result, I didn't sleep at all and finished our PowerPoint. It's alredy 8:00. Then what I did was, attended in the 1st class. the class was P.E. what a tough I am.

The fan and the flower

A fan on the ceiling love the flower in the room, so he tries to get close to her, but the woman who lives in the house never make them close. She is obstacle for fan. As time passes, The woman doesn't care about the flower and forget to give the flower water. The flower is dying. Fan wants to make her alive, so he try to break the roof in order to make rain to fall on the flower, so he spin speedy and repeatedly. Finally, the roof is broken and the flower can get rain and comes back to life.

I think the flower was so happy to be helped by the fan, and she bloom the shape of the fan. After the woman get out the house and new family come, fan and flower live happy life together.

The mantis parable

A caterpillar is caught in a bottle, and he tried to get out, but he couldn't, because he can't fly.
A mantis comes to the bottle, and he tries to think about how he can help the caterpillar. He thinks it is difficult to help, and he leave. After that happening, the mantis is also caught in a bottle, and tries to get out. At the moment, one butterfly enter the room from window, and soon he leave as if he comes up some idea. He comes back to the mantis with his friends fireflies soon. when they spin around the cap of the bottle in which mantis is exist, the cap opens and mantis can get out.

This story tells me that helping each other is important to live. Maybe, the caterpillar is kind, so he have a lot of friends, fireflies. I was moved by him because he helped mantis although mantis didn't help him. Mantis is helped by caterpillar, so when he see someone is suffering, he will help him or her as repayment of kindness to the caterpillar.

mantis parable

one day a caterpillar was caught by a child and put into a bottle. it was impossible for him to escape from there. he thought he would become a specimen. after that, a mantis came into a room and found the caterpillar in a bottle. but mantis could not help him. and then, mantis was caught and put into a bottle. he was depressed. after that, beautiful butterfly came. it helped mantis and mantis became free.

this movie shows a mind of help and adviced that if you find a person who have a trouble, you should help the person.

the fan and the flower

there was a room in the house of an old lady and in the room there were a fan on the ceiling and a flower on a small desk on the floor. the fan fell in love with the flower and he tried to let her realise his feeling. gradually the flower came to live the fan and so they tried to get closer but they couldnt. the old lady always took care about the flower but eventually she totally forgot about caring for the flower. the flower was almost drying up and the fan got annoyed about it. one day the fan decided to spin his four blades as fast as he can that he broke the ceiling and made a big hole on it so that he can help the flower. after he broke the ceiling there was rain from the hole and so the flower could get water to live. although they were separated the flower didnt forget about the fan. a new family moved to the house after the old lady moved away, and there the flower bloomed in a shape of a fan.

the story tells us an important thing about loving each other. the fan sacrificed himself to help the flower, and the flower repaid her kindness for the fan. i think it is a very pure, agreeable love story. what the film maker wants us to think about is that to pay kindness for others is important.

Mantis parable

a caterpillar came to a room but this caterpillar was captured by a man in the small bottle.
the caterpillar tryed to escape this bottle but he couldn't do.
one day while he did his best for escaping a manties came to the bottle and then the caterpilar asked the mantis for help but this didn't succeeded too and in the reverse the mantis were captured.

the mantis tryed to escape but couldn't do. But suddenly the butterfly, maybe tha transformation of the caterpillar, came to the bottle and the mantis can escape.


the theme in this story is that helping for someone returns to me .

mantis parable

a caterpillar is caught in a clear jar and tries to get out of it but he cant fly so it is difficult. a mantis comes there and looks around the jar thinking if he could help the caterpillar or not. but he gives up easily. shortly after that the mantis is also caught same as the caterpillar. he tries to get out but the jar is closed by a cap so he cant. then a butterfly comes into the room and flies around the jar, and go away from there. but soon the butterfly comes back to the mantis, and this time he is with his friends, fireflies. the fireflies fly around the cap of the jar and somehow open it so the mantis finally gets out of the jar.

this story is quite short and has no voice but i could easily understand the story. what the film maker wants us to think about is that to help somebody is not a thing you do for someone in charge of something, and having a kind heart is always important. i think the mantis realised how kind the caterpillar was, and that made himself more gentle.

the fan and the flower

the fan that is attached at the ceiling loves the flower each other. But a woman take tha flower away from the fan. Since the flower didn't ger water the flower came to be dying but the fan broke the ceiling in order to help the flower.
I think this theme is the love can happen miracles.

Mantis Parable

In the story, a caterpillar was captured and shut into a bottle by a man.
It wanted to go out, but he couldn't.
A mantis came there, and the caterpillar asked him for help.
However, the mantis didn't.
The man came here and captured and shut it into a bottle.
It regretted not helping the caterpillar.
Then a butterfly which was the caterpillar came with its friend flies, and help the mantis.
After I watched the scene, I was moved.
I think the theme of story is how important mutual help is.

Last Sunday

i had a ballet stage last Sunday. i danced the Kitori on the stage. i practiced it hard for that day, almost every day i went to the ballet studio on the week. however, on Thursday, i had a fever like the Noro virus, so i could not go to the last rehearsal at my studio on Friday, and i lose my strength, so a practice on Saturday was hard for me because of strenghlessness. on the very day of the stage, i did my best and i could good performance which i can do now. although i could not turn 32 times at the end of my performance, but I'd like to make an effort for the next stage in order to do such skill.

the fan and the flower

when a flower was brought at the room, the fan cherished it. one old lady who lives in the house usually look after the flower, but one day she forgot it. therefore, the fan tried to manage to give water to the flower. the fan did it at great expense that the fan broke. the theme of this story is kindness and love. we cannot live without them, so we have to always have them and give them each other.

the mantis parable

story: the caterpillar was captured in the jar. he tired to wscape but can't. then the mantis came. he asked him to save but the mantis refuse to save him. however, the mantis also captured and sealed in the jar. the mantis regretted why he didn't save the cataerpillar. but them the butterfly came with teh fireflies and saved the mantis.

problem: the mantis also captured.

theme: importance of being kind and help each other

maints and parable

Last week, i was absent because i had a fever, so i watched the short movie using the YouTube. At first, a grub was in a bottle because a human wanted to observe. A grub tried to escape from the bottle many times, but he couldn't. Then, a maints came in front of the bottle, then he advised the grub how how he can escape from the bottle. soon after that, a human who lives at the room came into the room where the bottle was put on. the maints was caught by human. in turn, the maints was under the same situation to the grub. at last, one butterfly save the maints using wind. in this way, the story ended. therefore, theme in this story is that one kind for other people return to yourself in the same way. i think it is important to have a kindness to other people.

The Mantis Parable

One day, a caterpillar was caught by a boy. Caterpillar is in the bottle, so he can't get out from there. In boy's room, there are many specimen. Caterpillar doesn't want to die and be specimen, so he tried to escape from the bottle but he couldn't.
On the evening, mantis came to the room. Mantis wants to help that caterpillar, but couldn't. Then, mantis did some gestures. It seems that caterpillar would be killed by the boy. When mantis tries to fly away from the wind, boy caught the mantis.
After that, I couldn't seen the caterpillar. Maybe the boy would have set the caterpillar free.  Mantis is in the bottle. There is a lid and he couldn't get out from the bottle. Just then, a butterfly came into the room. Once flew away, but soon came back with many friends. They made strong wind and helped the mantis.

I think the theme of this film is the importance of kindness. If we help someone, we would be helped someday.

the fan and the flower

the fan fell in love with the flower
the fan and the flower want to close each other but they can't.
later, the flower was dying because of not giving water.
to save the flower, the fan spins as fast as possible, then break the roof to get water from the rain.
the theme is love, and love cannot stop.

The fan and the flower

The fan on the ceiling fell in love with the flower in the same room. They want to close each other, but they couldn't. The owner of the house is an old lady. At first, she gave the water everyday. However, she tends to forget giving water and flower died. The fan grieved for the flower and tries to help her. He made strong wind and broke the ceiling. Rain poured over the flower and she brought back to life. After that, unique flower shaped like fan was discovered and became famous.

I think the theme of this story is how strong love is. Love has great power that impossible thing to possible.

The Fan and The Flower

The main characters of the movie are fan and flower. They were in the same room after a lady brought the flower. At first, fan liked flower and flower did not, but due to fan's aggresive appeal, flower liked fan. They wanted to get closer each other. Flower grew up and became beautiful. However, gradually the lady became not to pay an attention to them so flower became dry and dying. Fan recognized the state of flower, spinned as possible fan could, made a big hole in cell and went somewhere. Finally, flower could get water from the hole fan made and  recover. The family moved into the house and planted the flower on the ground. After that, the form of flower became like fan.

I thought what a beautiful love they have.

Mantis Parable

This story appears on one caterpillar at first. This caterpillar was captured by human and put in bottle. He didn't escape from here because he did't have wing.
One day, one mantis came to here. The caterpillar asked for help but mantis didn't help him. Mantis thought that if I helped him, I was maybe captured by human.
Unfortunately, mantis was captured. He tried to escape but he couldn't. When he saw picture of specciimen, he regretted not to save caterpillar.
Just then, one butterfly camed near him.  The butterfly flied away at first but he camed back with many many friends. They opened lid of a bottlle and helped mantis.
 This story represents heart of mutual help. Everyone cannot live without somone's help. It is important to help someone each other.

Mantis Parable

One day a caterpillar was caught by a boy who like catching insects and make specimens. The caterpillar was put into a bottle, and it cannot leave from it. The caterpillar tried to leave from it not to be killed by the boy  and become one of specimens. At that time, a mantis came into the room and found a caterpillar in a bottle. The mantis tried to help the caterpillar, but it couldn't because it's hard for it to open the cap of the bottle. So, the mantis gave up helping... And then, the mantis is going to leave from the room, but the mantis was caught by the boy. After a while, the beautiful butterfly came and opened the cap of bottle, and mantis survived. 

The theme of this story is probably how important to be kind to other people. I think the proverb,  "the good you do for others is good you do your self; compassion is not for other people's benefit," fits this story.

The Fan and The Flower

There is a fan in a house, but he is lonely.
One day, an old lady brought a plant. The fan got along with the plant. He loves her, and she loves him however, they cannot approach each other.
 Unfortunately, the lady gradually forgot the fan and the plant although the plant bloomed. The fan became duty and the flower withered. The fan could not stand for withered flower, so he flied away to save her.
This story was so interesting for me. I think the feeling of the fan is very humane. The idea is needed in life and this story represents that one someone lover even if he dies.

The fan and the flower

I watched the movie The fan and the flower last Friday.
The story was a fan fell in love with a flower.
They wanted to close each other, but they couldn't.
I thought it was the ploblem of the story.
A old woman who was owner of them became not coming to them.
Therefore, the flower was not able to receive water and dying.
The fan tried to help the flower and spined as fast as possible.
He flied away and bored a hole in the roof.
As a result, rain came from the hole, and the flower became fine.

I thought the story's theme is power of love.
The fan's love saved the fower from dying.

the fan and the flower

A fan on the ceiling  falls in love with a flower on the floor of the same room.They want to get close and try it with each other but the can't. The woman who is an owner of the house becomes not to pay attntion to the flower, so the flower is dying. The fan know about it, and then spins as fast as possible to help the flower. As a result of that, the fan breaks down, and makes a hole, so the flower can get water and survive.After a family moved into the house and the flower was planted on the garden.
When the flower blossomed, it looked like a fan.

I think the theme of this story is the power of love. Sometimes love causes miracles like this story. And another theme is the importance of kindness.

The fan and the flower.

It was about a fan that falls in love with a flower. When the flower first came to his house, he tries everything and impresses it. At first, the flower ignored the fan but flower started to get interested in him. They try everything to get close to each other and were unable to. As the time went, the lady who is an owner of the house started to forget about the flower and about cleaning the house. The fan was covered with dust and flower started to die. On one rainy day, flower finally dies and after the fan saw it, the fan started to spin fast and disappears. After the fan left, the rain started to fall down on the flower and it revives. After a while a new family moved into the house and the flower was plant outside of the house. When the flower blossomed, it looked like a fan.

Problem was that the fan and flower couldn't get close to each other.

The theme of the story is love. The fan sacrificed himself for the flower so that it can revive.

Mantis Parable.

It was about a caterpillar that got caught by a human and was put in jar. He tries to find a way to escape from the jar and fails. After a while, mantis comes through the window and tries to help him. But mantis himself gets caught by the human and was put in a jar.
At night, a beautiful butterfly comes and helps him escape.

The problem was that mantis got caught by human.

Theme of this story is loyalty. Because mantis tried to help the caterpillar, caterpillar came back and helped him escape.

The Mantis Parable

1. Story

       The caterpillar was caught and put in the jar. One day, the mantis came. The caterpillar asked him to help her, but he could not. Then he was also caught and put in another jar. After a while, the beautiful butterfly came with fireflies. They fly around the jar’s cap and open it.

2. Problem

       The problem is that the mantis was caught and put in the jar.

3. Theme

       Its message resemble the message of Tsuru no Ongaeshi, a Japanese old story. Its English title may be The Crane Lady. It tells us importance of being kind.

The Fan and The Flower

1. What is the story？

       The fan fell in love with a flower in a pot. He sent mild wind to her. She blossomed in various ways. But they could not come close each other. The old women who owned them became too old to take care of them. The flower died. The fan tried to relive her with his wind. He spiraled as fast as he can and he flied away. After that, rain fell down to her from the hall he made and she could relive.  The new habitants of that house planted her in the garden. Form of the blossomed flower was like the fan.

2. What is the problem?

       The problem was the flower’s death

3. What is the theme?

        The theme of this story was How strong love is. It can make something impossible possible.

The mantis parable

Last week, we watched short film called "The mantis parable." There were a lot of insects in this film such as mantis, caterpillar and butterfly. The caterpillar was so cute. I guess people in my IE3 class have different ideas about what the film maker wants to tell us, so I'll write my own opinion and feeling on this blog.

One day a caterpillar was caught by a boy, whose hobby was to catch many insects and make a botanical specimen. The boy put the caterpillar into a bottle and the caterpillar was surprised to see a botanical specimen around it. The caterpillar tried to escape from it because he didn't want to be killed like the many insects on the botanical specimen. Fortunately a mantis came to his house and found a caterpillar in a bottle, so a caterpillar asked the mantis to help but the mantis couldn't. This is because the mantis couldn't open the lid of the bottle by himself. The mantis gave up to help the caterpillar and gestured for the caterpillar to give up living and DIE! However, when the mantis was about to fly away, the mantis was caught by the boy. This was the main problem in this film, I thought. We couldn't see the caterpillar after the mantis was caught. I guess this is because the boy preferred the mantis to the caterpillar and he threw away the caterpillar. The caterpillar regretted what he did against the caterpillar. The mantis was quite resolved to be killed at that time, but a butterfly came and helped the mantis with his magical power. I think probably the caterpillar metamorphosed into that butterfly and the butterfly remembered the mantis, so the butterfly came to save him.

I guess what the film maker wanted to tell us was that it's too late for regrets.In this film, the butterfly was so kind and remembered the mantis by chance, so he saved the mantis's life. However, if that butterfly was not kind, the mantis would be killed by the boy. It's too late to regret what you have done...

See you tomorrow!!

The fan and the flower

A lonely ceiling fan fell in love with a flower.  He tried attracting her.  At first, she ignored but he was so impressive and sincere that finally she was attracted with him.  She became a very very beautiful flower and as years went by, they grew very close.  They wanted to touch the other but they could never.  She created nice flower for him and he send out a gentle breeze to caress her petals in turn.  She brought color into his life and he brought motion into hers.

Then the owner of the house became forgetful.  The fan covered with dust and the flower dried out and was dying. He missed her and thought about how she'd kept him from lonely. One rainy day, he began to spin.  He spun faster than his limit and he broke the ceiling and then rain fall to the flower. The fan was dashed on the ground and the flower came to life.

After that the flower was planted by family who bought the house.  Every spring, She has a fan-flower looks just like him.


The fan and the flower wanted to touch but they couldn't but they became one by creating fan-flower.

I think the theme of this story is "Power of Love"
The fan was able to spin faster than he was designed because he loved her and the flower never forget the fan and created flower just like the fun because she loved him.

the mantis parable

a caterpillar wake up to find out that he was caught in a bin (jar?). he tried to escape somehow but he couldn't. then a mantis came. he found a caterpillar in a bin being caught. however he easily gave up to save the caterpillar even though he could fly. when the mantis was about to go out, he got caught, too. when he woke up, he was inside a bin, too. he tried to escape like the caterpillar did but he also couldn't. then a butterfly came in. the butterfly gathered some fireflies with him and helped the mantis. the butterfly was the caterpillar.
the problem was that the mantis also got caught.
the caterpillar had such a warm heart. the caterpillar helped the mantis who did not helped the caterpillar.
what this movie wanted to tell us is that we should keep having the kindness. when someone needs help, we should help him/her.

the fan and the flower

the story was kind of wierd to me. there was a fan on the ceiling of a old lady's house. one day she bought a flower and put it under the fan. as the days pass, the flower bloomed over and over again. it was so coloreful and beautiful. the fan was always watching the flower. long time has passed, they tried to touch each other but they could not. then, the fan noticed that the flower is dying. the fan started to spin and spin and spin...... to save the flower.
i think that the problem is that the flower was dying.
the fan tried it best to spin fast and it finally broke. it left a hall on a ceiling, the hall watered the flower because it was raining. the flower bloomed again.
i think the theme is that it is important to try your best to save someone who is important to you.
in this story, i guess the fan and the flower loved each other even though they actually dont have their mind.
the fan got colors from the flower, and the flower got motions from the fan.

The fan and the flower

We watched the short movie "The Fan and The Flower" in the last class. it was very interesting . It was difficult for me to think about what the film maker wanted to tell us through the film.

In this story, the fan and the flower are the main characters. The fan has three lights and four shining blades. At first few days, the fan was lonely but the old lady brought a flower in the room. At first, he (the fan) tried to blow it up and the flower ignored it, but their relationship get closer. The flower bloomed sweetly,so they got close each other. However, they couldn't touch. The flower could change himself dramatically.

However, the flower had a problem that the old lady became forgetful and she forgot to give some water to the it frequently. This is why the flower got drying up and dying.

One rainy day, the fan began to spin to help the flower, though it was difficult for the fan to spin because he hadn't worked for a long time. The fan spun faster than his highest level, so he had broken down. As a result, his attempt to blew a hole right through the ceiling was successful and the flower could get rainwater from the hole.

After that, a new family moved to this house and transplanted the flower from a flower vase into the ground. The flower bloomed sweetly and looked like the fan...

I guess what the film maker wanted to tell us through the story was that love is blind and is also regardless of sex, race, skin color and nationality. The fan fell in love with the flower. Then the fan tried to help and protect the beloved flower in exchange for his life.  It's unbelievable for us to see the love between different species.

fan and flower

We saw a movie whose main character is a fan and a flower.　First, an old lady brought a flower to her house. There was a fan in the room where the flower was brought. They fell in love with each other and the flower managed to be more close to the fan, but failed. One rainy day, the flower was so thirsty that the fan overworked himself to be broken and finally the flower could gain the rain water. the old woman who was a ownerof that house left there and new family came. they planted the flower on the ground and the flower changed her shape into the fan. what a nice story! i think this movie's theme is sacrifice and love.

the mantis parable

 The green caterpiller is caught in the clear bin. then, the mantis comes in front of him, and he is thinking if he could help the caterpiller get out of the bin, but he gives up.
The caterpiller gives up all hope, but soon, the mantis is caught as well.
The view point changes to the mantis's from the caterpiller's, and the mantis sees the closed world in the bin, and stare into the top. He punches the holes on the cap of the bin, and tries to get out, but it never happened. one day, when he was remaining of the hopeless caterpillers, and regretting that he abandoned the caterpiller, the butterfly came up to him from the outside of the window, and he notices that the butterfly is the grown caterpiller. The butterfly let the fireflies to spin around the cap, and open it with the wind pressure. the message in this film is that we should never forget the importance of kindness, and willingness of helping others.

the fan and the flower

an old lady bought a flower in the pot and put it in the room. in that room, there is a ceiling fan, and they fell in love and try to reach each other, but they could never touch because the flower is on the floor and the fan is on the ceiling of the room.
they tried everything they could, but one day, the fan finds the flower is dying of laking of water on the rainy day.
The fan tries to spin as fast as possible, and finally he breaks the ceiling, so that the flower could survive getting water by rain. Later, the flower becomes popular cos it shapes like the fan.
the theme of this shoｒt film is that love will remain even the life has finished.

today

Today, I dyed my hair. It became cool than before. I like this hair colour. This atmosphere is quiet relatively. In fact, I had my hair permed in Tuesday. Its curl is very loose, so it might be hard to notice it. That's why, you cannot call me a name of Pokemon.

And I tried two shoes on. A long boot and a short boot. I deceided to buy a long one. It is exactly what I want. I was really happy. However, I cannot decide to buy a short one because its heel is about 7cm... My height is 169cm... I will be about 176cm... It's too tall, I know. but I want to put it on. I want to shrink. My dream is shrinking.

Binta and the Great Idea

 This movie let me know Africa's situation and think about it.
 In Africa, there are still many children who can't go to school although they want to go. Binta's cousin, Soda, was also one of the children who can't go to school. She had wanted to do, but her father had thought women shouldn't learn and do housework. However, thanks to the play by people who thoght her father's idea was wrong, and he changed his mind and allowed her to go to school.
 Binta's father had had the great idea and that was to adopt tutab children. Actually, because Europe coountries are already developed, European are richer and have more skills than African. However, there are also things that Africans know and European don't. Therefore his idea is really  great because they can help and respect each other. I think people in every countries have respective superior points, so we should help each other by making full use of those points.

An event

 Tonight, I will attend the party only for freshmen in Aouama Gakuin University. In the party, I can enjoy various kinds of entertainments such as mini games, band lives and dance shows. I'm really looking forward to it!

presentation

i have just finished my group presentation in the history of American literature class.
my group had presentation about of Mice and Men written by John Steinbeck.

i was very strained but i was able to speak well.
the other members did well too.

i thank to Mr. Kenichi Takahashi, our group leader.
he did his best to make our presentation better and lead us very well.

Binta

the great idea is to adopt the children from European countries.
many people in Binta's country are black
and many of Europeans are white.
this idea is aimed to communicate with people over the race.
i think it is very good idea.
many people have stereotypes about races and there is still racial discrimination.
this idea can contribute to help to solve the discrimination problems.

I like listening to music so my commuting time is important time to make my feeling better evey morning. i love abroad music very much. I like Adam Lambert, Rehanna, Black Eyed Peas, Backstreet Boys, and Far east movement. Their songs really cheer me up! Do you know them? 

And i want to know your favorite singer, so If you like abroad music, please tell me:-)

INTERNET

Internet is becoming an essential factors in our lives. We can buy something from internet and connect everyone through it.  But there is a bad aspect in such convenient things.  For example, I do the Twitter but my friend's accounts were taken over by someone.  Fortunately,  they did not damaged this time.  But they may damaged in the future and we are not except.  Be careful if you use internet.  If you are stolen your personal information, you should change your passwords.  

HGF Concert

     I had nothing special this week so I would like to invite you to our gospel concert. It is held at AOYAMA Campus on 8, December. HGF is a society of gospel choirs. In this concert, the choirs which put their bases on Tokyo participate. The number of all participants will be about 300. So I think we can send you powerful voices.

Binta and The Great Idea

we watched a video "Binta and The Great Idea" last week.  Binta goes to school and studies in there.  Her father is a fisher man and usually work at a river.  He has a great idea that Africa should be adopted Europe.  He tried to tell the top of administration in his area to realize his idea and enrich their area.  Education is necessary to enrich their area and that is a problem of his village.  Soda, Binta's cousin, cannot go to school because of her father.  Her father claims that women should be in house.  Women cannot be educated enough and they cannot calculate and was cheated due to it.  Developing counties need enough educations.

Binta and the Great Idea

The great idea of Biatas' father is to adopt tubab children. Certainly, Europe is a developed country and Africa is a developing country. However, there are a lot of things which African know and European don't know. The idea is good for share their knowledge and respect each other.
Binta's cousin wanted go to school, but her father prevented her from going to school. Her father had a thought that women should stay home and work for only home, even though his daughter desire to go to school. Finally, she could go to school, thanks to help of other's. Once the Japanese has the thought like Soda's father. I wish a lot of people like Soda's father notice to the importance of studying.

my favorite authur

Do you know the books, "Sorairomagatama","Hakucyouidenn","Usubenitennyo",or "Red data girl"?  These books are written by Ogiwara Noriko who is my favorite authur. Ogiwara Noriko is a child literature writer. She mostly writes fantasy but she doesn't write ordinary fantasy. Like above works, her fantasy is related to Japanese history.

Binta and the Great Idea

This film was very interesting and made me think a lot. A friend of Binta's father was impressed to know the lives of European, big boat with advanced equipment and a watch with alarm, for example. In the school where Binta goes, a teacher told the children that in order to get together we must be mixed and respect each other no matter how rich or poor, short or tall. Binta loves to do to school and looks really happy. On the other hand, Soda can't go to school though she wants to because of her father. He thinks girls in Africa don't need to be educated and should be home and learn houseworks. His extreme idea was changed in the end by the play which school children played. It was pointed out in this film that though European people are rich, there is something they lose such as the mind of sharing. Unlike the people in the village, they don't take care each other.
Binta's father's great idea is to adopt tubab children. In that way, both people in Africa and people in Europe can find out what they lose and the world will be better.
I think it's good that there is diversity in every country, and it's natural that there is a variety of idea based on their own culture. However, there should not be a difference in the opportunity of education or food supply. We have to know what is going on in the places we don't know and start something to make the world much better.

Binta and The Great Idea

the idea is to adopt tubab child. Binta and Soda are just an example of lucky one. maybe the film maker pretended that this is a real story, and this was made up as a possibility. they wanted to tell us that the present state of Africa. there are enormous amout of movies or short vido that tell us what is going on there. many of Africans have not common moral that Japanese have. education is not seen as important thing. it's hard for people living in developing country to teach them our moral. there are too many problems in Africa. this film reminds us not only about education but about other problems.

sleepy

recently i go to bed very late and that makes me be sleepy everyday!
i noe its a bad habit going bed late but i tend to think that if i go to bed so early, it's kinda mottainai.

in fact i dont like staying up late since i was a child so i dont know why i dont feel like sleep recently.

today im gonna go to bed soon...
looking forward to seeing a presentation of my American literture class tmrw in the 1st period. some of my friends will do the presentation about a book:)

see u tmrw!

Binta and the Great Idea

a short movie we watched last time was "Binta and the Great Idea."

Binta is the name of a girl who is living in an African region. she goes to school like others and she loves going there because there are lots for her to learn. but Soda, Binta's cousin, cannot go to school because her father thinks that girls should not go to school because they should stay at their home and do the housework. Soda really wants to go to school and learn many things. and there was a story of a woman who is always cheated by buyers of her fruits because she never went to school and so she cant calculate. this was an example that shows us how important it is to go to school. 

one day, Binta and the classmates did a play saying that girls can become doctors, teachers, any other kinds of workers in their society. Soda's father was there to see the play, and everyone, both who acted in the play and who were listening to them as the audience, said to Soda's father "Let her go to school!" repeatedly. and that made him change his mind.

most important thing in this story was what was the great idea after all. 

the idea was told by Binta's father to the governor of the region. his idea was that African families adopt tubab (Europian/white) children and teach them how to live with others by helping each other. 

this movie included many important things that i was very surprised at. the great idea was so much a great one and i'd never imagined this kind of idea at all. the idea was completely opposite from what we usually think, but it tells us an important thing. 

the movie also included many parts that show us the real situation of African society so it was very interesting for me. 

Binta and the Great Idea

is the title of short film that we watched in the class. It was interesting story which mainly talked about the education in Africa. Binta is a girl who lives in a poor African country and she really loves going to school and learning. Her cousin Soda who really wants to go to school cannot go because of her father. Soda's father thinks that girls don't need an education since their work is to help the housework. However, this Soda's father's idea which narrows the girls' future is ridiculous and the students in Binta's school made a skit which showed Soda's father that he is convincing his daughter with an awful idea.
This short film also talked about "the Great Idea" which Binta's father has. His idea is about adopting a tubab child in their community. He thinks tubab child can learn something important that he/she cannot learn in his/her country. I think his idea is interesting and new but I'm not sure if it is the great idea. This is because tubab child may be happier and can spend more delightful time if he/she is adopt by a rich family. However, it is true that adopting a tubab child in Africa is interesting and might teach so much to the child.

my favorite drinks

In Starbusks Coffee, my favorite drinks are soy latte and caramel stearmer. I want to drink these in winter, especially caramel stearmer because it is so sweet and when i drink it , i can be warmer!
Soy latte is simple drink but very delicious! I like soy♡
 If you have chance to go to Starbucks, i recommend you these drinks.

Gossip girls 4th season

Now, finally I've gotten on the fouth season of "Gossip Girls".
Through on this Tuesday and Wednesday, I watched 1~8 stories of the season
with Alon who had recommended me to watch the drama.
I was really excited with the love affairs between Chuck Bass & Blair Waldorf
because I love them specially in all characters.
So I'm now cannot help myself to know the sequal.
Uhhh...><

Binta and the Great Idea

I saw a short video named Binta and the Great Idea.  The main character is a girl. Her name is Binta, and she likes to study. The location of this story is Africa, so some of children cannot go to school, because some adults have thinking which women should stay home. Binta's cousin, Soda, doesn't go to school though she want to go to school, because her father is the one who has the thinking. Thanks to children and some cooperators, her father arrowed her to go to school. The great idea in the title means that Africa should adopt a tubab child. I agree this idea, and I think that education should be equal. It is good to adopt a tubab because the situation absolutely change, the change make children grow.

Binta and the great idea

The great idea is permission to adopt tubab child.

There are many things that a filmmaker wants to tell us.

One of them are stereotype thought of Soda's father, "Women should work in the house".

Play in the film tried to change his thought to "women can go to school"

Binta and the Great Idea

I watched a short film called "Binta and the Great Idea." It was about a girl and her family in Africa.
Her name is Binta and she loves going to school and learn. But, her friend Soda is not allowed to go to school because her father believes that girls don't need a education.
In the end, Binta and her friends succeed in convincing Soda's father and Soda is allowed to go to school.

In developing countries, not all the children can go to school because like Soda's father, people believe that education is important. But education is one of the most important thing for children and this movie showed that it is important for children to get a decent education.

Inception

Sakurako is visiting my house now :) I'm so happy. She came home to watch Inception and prepare for presentation of IE listening. We're going to watch it with eating hot pot! However today's listening class was canceled, so we don't know when we have the presentation... I have many homework by next next Friday, two presentations a book report and an essay. Maybe next week will be hard for me...

soooooo difficult (´×ω×｀)

 Yesterday, I went to PC room to study IT. At first I thought I can finish IT soon because everyone say I finished it in a week.
In fact, it is impossible for me! I don't understand why everyone could finish it in a week. Why?
But I don't give up! If I couldn't finish during student in the first year at university, I have to do it during in the second year. Moreover, borderline of passing rise in the case of second year.
So, after I am going to study IT as soon as possible after writting this blog *(：P

Binta and the Great Idea

 We watched a short movie called Binta and the Great Idea last Friday.
Binta who is 7 years old girl can go to school and she study very hard. However, her cousin whose name is Soda cannot go to school though she wants to school, because Soda's father think that girls should not go to school, and that they should stay home. So, Binta knows she is so happy to go to school. There are many children who cannot go to school though they hope. So I think I have to thank of my environment to study freely.
The great idea of Binta's father is adopting a tubab child. I think it's good idea to learn respecting each other.

Christmas illumination!

Recentrly, my friend send me some pictures of Christmas illumination.
It was very beautiful!!!
I had thought I send my friend the picture of Aoyama Gakuin University's Christmas tree, but the tree was very small than I had expected.
Therefore I send another illumination's picture.
I heard Shibuya campus's tree is great, so I'm looking forward to next year.

sooooooo unconmfortable!!!

A few days ago, I was in crowded train when I come back to my house after ESS activity.
It was nearly 24:00pm. There are many salarymen who were tired out and they smelled alcohol.
I was pressured by them and it was hard for me to breathe. Behind me, there are middle-aged salary man who was snoring loudly as he slept while standing. Suddenly, his nose and mouth hit my back neck because his sleep became deepen. The state was lasted. I was sooooooooooooo uncomfortable and wanted to cry because his laud snoring and alcohol-smelled breath hit my neck directly!!!
Maybe I was frowned, and another man asked me, "Are you OK??" I answered, "I'm OK, thank you!" although I was not OK at all. You should not get into midnight train!!!!!!

Binta and the Great Idia

I watched a short movie Binta and the Great Idia last Friday.
The main character of this movie is African girl Binta.
She goes to school, and she felt happy about it.
However, her cousin Soda cannot go to school though she wants to go.
This is because her father thinks women don't have to go to school.
I oppose his idea, because Soda's mother was cheated in this movie because of her lack of education, and I don't want all women to undergo such thing.
After watching it, I felt happy because I can go school.
Great idea of Binta's father is to adopt tubab to teach what is going on in the world.
Tubab means white people.
I thought race or gender don't relate education, so all people should be educated.