Come in and Blog On!

2023 Welcome to your IE 3 class blog. The object of this class project is to log in and write your comments, web links, answers to questions, and your questions to others at least twice a week. It's fun and you can include pictures or graphics. Keep it original, helpful, and interesting. Don't forget to spellcheck your work before publishing. Also, when you create your user name, please use your real first name, in Romaji (ex. Ryuki, Mari, Lisa, etc.) so that we know who we are communicating with. Enjoy, and Blog on!

Sunday, September 30, 2012

Oktapodi

It was a exciting and funny video. a red male octopus and a pink female octopus appear in the video.  They love each other in a fish preserve but they were separated by a customer.

The two escaped from the man thanks to the red octpus but a sea mew took the red octopus at the end of the video.  I guess she succeeded in retaking him and they were able to return the sea. They might have been attacked by shark after that lol

My Comment on Movie Octopus


     It was so funny and two octopuses were so cute. It seemed to me the orange one was a male and pink one was a female. My favorite scene was when the male octopus was shocked by looking at the mark of food processors. His expression was like us. Last scene was also amusing. Tough a look of the female octopus was so piercing, She looks so cute.

Saturday, September 29, 2012

Hello

Hello, nice to meet you. My name is Sakurako Masuda. Please call me Saku since it is too long to call my full first name every time.
I'm from Matsuyama, Ehime, and now I live in Setagaya by myself. I had lived in Vancouver, Canada for almost 7 years. The weather is nice there and I loved it. If you had a chance, it would be wonderful visiting Vancouver once.
My hobby is reading mystery novels, shopping, and especially, drawing pictures. I started being interested in digital art when I was 13, and I still love it.

There will be so much stuff we have to go through in IE class, but hope everything is going to be alright.

Hello.

A short self-introduction.

My name is Kazuma Koizumi, but everyone calls me Chichi. It takes a long time to explain why the people started to call me that way, but anyhow I'm called chichi.
I have lived in two foreign countries in my life. One is the U.S., and the other is Italy.
I love playing piano, and I love composing. In fact, my future dream is to be a classical (or contemporary) music composer!
This is my second time taking the IE3 class. In the last semester, I made too much absents I guess. It's a little bit sad that I cannot take the IE Seminar class by now, though this fact makes me try harder and harder to study English.

Thank you.

Friday, September 28, 2012

hello\(^o^)/

How are you, Mr.Armstrong and students.

My name is Ayako Kojima. Please call me "kojiaya" , like "kojiharu"(^^♪
I live in Kawasaki city. Before that, I stayed in Thailand for 5 and a half years because of my father's job transfer, when I was 2-7 years old. Thailand has a wonderful tradition and culture!! Thai food is also delicious. It is not too much to say that Thailand is my second home.

Also, I stayed in Cairns, Australia to study abroad for one year when I was high school student. As a result of that, my English score in high school was soooooo improved\(^o^)/ but now, not... 

Let's enjoy our IE3 class\(^o^)/\(^o^)/

Machida city

Hello! This is Tatsuya Matsukawa.
Though this is my second contribution, I'd like to introduce myself (I should have done it at first…)
I live in Machida city with my family. Although called it's in Tokyo, it is very calm place and it is surrounded by Yokohama and Kawasaki city like a detached territory.
I went to a metropolitan high school near Machida station. It's near the station and prep schools so I was able to study very comfortably and conveniently.
Someday, I want play and eat lunch or dinner with you!

My profile

Hi.  My name is Taiki Ogawa, please call me Taiki.   Let me introduse myself.  I was born in Hukuoka in September 16 in 1991.  After one year, I moved to Yokohama with my familiy.  Since then, I have lived there for twenty years.  I belong to a music club in Aoyama Gakuinn University, and next week, I will perform at Sagamihara Festival.  My part is drums.  I like to play the drums very well, and I practice every week.  I like to listen to hard rock and heavy metal, so I usually perform these. If you like these, let's talk about it.

Hello

Hi! My name is Tatsuya Koizumi. Nice to meet you!
My hometown is Tokyo, and this place is very nice and convenient. But Tokyo has some bad points, for example very noisy and dirty. I want to visit many places in Japan, and compare Tokyo with a place where I visit. Though I want to go abroad, before then I would like to travel around Japan. If you go some places in Japan, please tell me what is the place.

Thursday, September 27, 2012

:)

Well, I totally forgot to write this blog...

Hi, I'm Minako :) I live in Tokyo since I was born.
I can play tennis, golf, basketball, and lacrosse. Basically, I like sports. Instead, I can't play any kind of instruments...how sad... :(

There is one thing everybody can know who is Minako.... I'm the tallest girl in this class! It's easy~

Hello!

Hi, this is my first comment on this blog. First, I want to introduce myself to the class and to Mr. Armstrong. My name is Alon Nagata and I was born in the Philippines. Alon means "wave" in Tagalog, which is a first language spoken in the Philippines. I used to live there for about 17 years and I came back to Japan when I was in the second year of high school. Japan and the Philippines are both great countries and I consider both countries as my home country.

My hobby is to watch American dramas on DVD and my favorites are "The O.C." and "Gossip Girl". These are both about teenagers struggling and overcoming their lives through friendship, love and other things. I also like to travel and visit foreign countries. If anyone has recommendation what to watch or where to visit, please let me know.

See you tomorrow!

Oh my God!!

 I have fever now. However I have a very important IE3 class tomorrow, so I have to attend it! In order to do so, I go to bed a little earlier than usual. See you tomorrow.

Evening Service

     Our dorm have an evening Service every Monday or Thursday. Today we had dinner with the minister and after that, she gave us a sermon. It was about peace, so it made me think about the diplomatic issue about Senkaku archipelago.

Hello!


Hello ;)  I’m Erika Innami.
I’ll introduce myself as you did.

My hometown is Aichi, Toyohashi which is
famous for chikuwa and arm-held fireworks.
It's very nice place!
Now I live in Huchinobe alone.

 
My hobby is watching movies. I love Twilight series.
I’m looking forward to last episode!!!
And I like cooking, too :)
I cook breakfast and dinner almost every day because I live alone.
At first, I think cooking is troublesome but now I enjoy it!


See you tomorrow!

Yesterday and today


I had only 1 class yesterday. This class was Japanese history.  I had no friends in it because this class start in the second semester. However, I made friends with girl who sat next to me, so I was happy yesterday.

Today I had classes from 1 period, so I'm very sleepy now. Recently there was a sudden drop in tempereture, but today was warm. Like this day, I want to go walking. I like fall, but spring the best. What season do you like the best?

We have IE3 core class tomorrow! Let's enjoy it!!

How to make sea urchin eggs

I heard an interesting rumor 3 days ago.
We can make sea urchin eggs by mixing a pudding and some soy sauce.
Yesterday, i prepared a pudding and soy sauce and had a fearful experiment.
I was looking forward to eat sea urchin eggs because i have never eaten them.
I don't want to eat them just because they are very expensive.
But i thought i could make them cheaply.

I mixed a pudding and some soy sauce.....
I have never seen such a fearful and uncanny thing.

I ate.....
It tasted awful.

I will never eat sea urchin eggs at sushi restaurant.
If you want to eat them, you should go there instead of a fearful experiment.

Sweeeet foods

I was lucky today!  Two members of my club  that joined earlier than me brought confections.

I was excited because I like sweet foods very much.  One bought doughnuts for other circle member and the other give us some milk chocolate bars.  These were very nice.

The day like today could last forever!

Hi!!

Hello everyone! I'm Kensuke Iitsuka. This is my first time to post.

I'll introduce myself. My hometown is Izumo, in Shimane Prefecture. My house is close to Izumo Taisha Grand Shrine. It's great and solemn, so you should visit someday! Now, I live by myself in Fuchinobe. I have my parents, grandparents and a older brother. When I was in elementary school, I joined baseball club and when I was in junior high school, I belonged to track & field club. Then when I was in high school, I belonged to volleyball club. What I want to say is I love sports! My hobbies are listening to music, watching soccer games on TV, etc. As for soccer, England Premier League is the best!

See you tomorrow.    

Hello

Hello! My name is Shunto.


Yesterday I joined my tennis circle ! We often play tennis on Wednesday.

It's been a long time since I played tennis. So it was hard for me to hit the ball. But soon I get used to it.

After we finished tennis, I went straight back to home. I take a shower and then slept.


Today I woke up early in the morning but I felt sick. I took my temperature and noticed that I have a fever !

I decided not to go university today and rest for the tomorrow. Now I'm been getting better than morning because I slept enough.


Tomorrow I have a P.E. in the morning. I'm not sure if I can joined the class but I will try my best.


See you guys tomorrow !


Hello

 My name is Naoki Muramatsu.I was born in Kumagaya,Saitama and live in Tokyo now.There are 4 people in my family, my father, mother, younger brother and me, and we have shibaken whose namedSumire. I have been playing soccer since I was about 6 years old, and still love it. My hobby is listening to music.In the future, I want to be an international person and work in foreign countries. To do so, I have to study English now and I'm going to work hard in this IE3 class!

because of PE...

Hello everyone! I'm Tatsuya Matsukawa.
I can wright this blog because the principle of education class was over so early!
In the third period, I had a soccer class so I'm very tired.
I'm not sure if I can do my best in the next class, IEⅢ listening.
Everybody, let's do our best!!

hello ;)♪


Hello. I'm Yuki Koide. This is the first time to log. I'll talk about my favorite classical ballet for introducing myself.
 
My hobby is dancing classical ballet and I started it when I was three years old, at the ballet studio near my house. I don't belong to some ballets now, so I don't dance as well as professionals who belong to them do.....but I love it!
 
I have four stages a year. last Friday, the dancing program on December 9th was decided! I became dancing the Kitori's grand pas de duex in the story of the Don Quixote!!! do you know the program? It is hard for me to dance well because I am physically weak regardless of the long adagio. however, I'd like to practice hard in order to approach professional dancers.
 
If you are interested in ballet or some stages, let's talk about them!

Part -time jobs

Hello, everyone.

Yesterday was part time job. I'm a marking assistant of Kumon. I worked about five hours yesterday.
Children are so cute, but some of them are difficult to concentrate on studying. I surprised that one kindergartener is going to challenge Eiken 5th Grade in October. I hope her succeed.

 Now that I'm working at Kumon once a week. I want to continue working and know the society.  This job is not always fun, but valuable for me. I'll try harder both school work and part-time job.

Thanks for reading.
See you tomorrow!
hi. i'm Ikumi:)

can everybody read this post? i had lots of kinda troubles joining this blog so... 

anyway i'll write about myself as u all did.
i'm now living in Yokosuka, a coastal city next to Yokohama. it takes about a little less than 2hours from there to get our university.

i like listening to music, watching movies, hanging out with my friends... anything that makes me happy;)

and i have a part-time job at a Doutor coffee shop near my home.
its been almost 5 months since i started this job. its quite fun.


looking forward to studying at this class with u guys. and i'll try doing my best, Dr. Armstrong:)

see you on friday!

Sagamihara Festival

Hello, I'm Kenichi Takahashi.  I'm a member of a band club and belong to five bands.

My part is vocal and guitar.  I practice guitar and singing for Sagamihara Festival.  It's difficult to sing English song; I'm not good at pronunciation;-(  I will perform Red Hot Chili Peppers and My Chemical Romance and so on.  Do you know these bands?

I have a tight schedule.  There 's never enough time; I deeply feel that.

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Heloo*:)


Hi! Mr.Armstrong and IE3 class’s everybody!

 

My name is Asuka Fujisawa.

 

I live in Chiba prefecture and my house is near to Tokyo Disney Resort. I can go to Disney within 20 minutes driving car!!!!!! However, it is very far from my house to Fuchinobe campus.

 

My hobby is playing sports, shopping and watching the movies(I love Harry Potter Series).

 

Now, I want to go to Italy, because I have never been to Italy and Italy has very delicious food such as pizza and spaghetti.

 

Nice to meet you!

Hello!


     Hello! I'll introduce myself.  My name is Mizuho Iitsuka. My hometown is Ibaraki prefecture. There are a lot of nature in there. I live alone in Machida now. I feel homesick everyday.

     My hobby is cooking. Especeally I like making sweets. When I was a elementary school student, I wanted to be a pastry cook, so I often practiced making sweets. I also like shopping. There is no good shops around my house in Ibaraki, but now there are a lot of nice shops near my house! I'm very pleased about it.

     I'm sure that IE3 class will become very nice! Let's enjoy this class!!

    
    

HELLO:)


  Hello! This is Yuuna Suzuki.

  I live in Ibaraki prefecture. It's quite far to Sagamihara Campus so I regret not having made a decision to live alone in April:-(
  I like reading fashion magazines, shopping, listening to music, and playing the oboe.
 
  I belong to the orchestra club of Meiji University. I spent many many times to practice for this circle activities and play with members this summer vacation! What circle or club do you join? and what did you do this summer vacation?

  I'm poor to write something in this way, but I'll try to post on this blog as many as possible. This class blog is very nice! I'm looking forward to seeing your interesting story XD!!
 

uhhh...

hi. 
I've gotten a cold and a fever for 38.1℃ yesterday, but now gonna be better.
thanks for my mom, injected a garlic smelling vitamin lol
maybe, the cold stem from my hard schedule and the sudden gap of thesedays' temprature change, u know.
so take care, u guys.

Monday, September 24, 2012

The autumn concert of my club

     I’m a member of AGU gospel choir. Last Saturday we held the autumn concert in Shibuya. Though the studio was small, there were so many audiences. Singing in this concert, I felt joy. Some members sang solo parts. I’m so shay and not so good enough to sing solo parts, so I didn't sang solos this time. But next time I want to sing solos.

Hello!

 Hello! My name is Keiko Watanabe. This is my first post on this blog, so I'll introduce myself.

I'm from Chiba prefucture and now I live in Nagareyama City. It takes about two hours and twenty minutes to get Sagamihara Campus. It is hard for me to get up early in winter, so I want to buy noisy alarm clock.

My hobbies are playing the piano, listening to music and radio. I love rock music.My favorite bands are L'Arc~en~Ciel, Janne Da Arc and BOOWY. If you like rock music, let's talk about many things.

I want to enjoy IE class!  Thank you for reading. See you!

Self-introduction


     Nice to meet you, Dr. Armstrong. And longtime no see, my class mates. My name is Maya DEGUCHI. I’m from Fujimino city (it’s close to Kawagoe city) in Saitama prefecture. Now I live in Schoonmaker Dormitory in Sagamihara Campus.
 
      My hobby was Playing the piano, but now I cannot play it well. I’m interested in Reading novels, visiting museums and listening music. I’m a fan of Sherlock Holmes series and Harry Potter series. I also like works of Michael Ende and Erich Kastner, both of them are German author of literature for children.

    I used to visit a museum every Sunday. I went Ueno to see the exhibition of Inca empire last spring vacation. There were many colorful clothes. I was surprised they hadn’t faded at all. My favorite artists is Leonardo da Vinci, Vermeer, Klee and Picasso.

     My favorite singer is Lady Gaga. I was impressed with the massages in “Born This Way”.

   Let’s talk about it, if you have interest in common.

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Helloooo!!!!

Hello, everyone. my name is Kyosuke Takada. Please call me kyosuke or kyoro.
This is the first time to comment on this blog, so I'll introduce myself briefly.
I came this university from Gunma Prefecture(the center of Japan, i think),
and I'm living alone now.
Actually, I'm not used to city life.
My hobbies are watching and playing sports (especially soccer and basketball), sleeping, and cooking.
I love reading comics, such as one piece, dragonboll, detective canan, ahiruno-sora,
and so on.
I like meats and vegetables(except for tomato and eggplant), and i don't like any fishes
because i'm very tired to remove tiny bones in them.

Let's enjoy IE class!!!!