Kendo match

On Sunday, there was a big kendo match in Meiji university. I didn't take part in the match, however, I was able to meet with my friends in my high school, so I enjoyed a lot!!! I wish I can have a match with my friends soon. 

Mirage

Setting...Underwater, future

Conflict...main character vs environment 

Climax...the robot pours the water from the plant        in to his water tank

Symbols...water is a symbol of life

                 plants is a symbol of environment 

Irony...the robot cannot get enough water even   though he is underwater.

Theme...In this video, everything the robot touches is withered or broken, so it is insisting that everything people do has an effect on environment.

Brexit

I'm so shocked to hear that now UK has decided to leave EU. However it seems that many voters are now regretting that they have voted to leave creating new word "bregret". I think those people are unbelievably irresposibleabout decision. I just hope that movement for re-voting would succeed and rest of EU accept the return of UK...

Mirage

This story is about a robot which body is in need of water to live. Conflict is robot vs itself. The climax of this film is when the robot decides to punch a hole in the plant which contains fish-like creature inside for water. Water symbolizes life. The theme of this story is that you often are unaware of things you want being actually around you. This story takes place in water.

Mirage

The main character of this film is a robot that contains water in his body. The water represents life. Without water, we won't be able to live for a long time. He hesitates taking the water from the bud but he ends up sucking it all up. The fish inside nearly passes away but the robot placed him into his body so the both of them can become happy. The theme of this story is to be careful of your actions. One small mistake can expand the cause of a problem.

Rain

I always get a headache whenever it rains. The rain is important for crops to grow but there is no advantage for me. Man, I wish the rain would stop.

Tsuyu

I do not like rain.

Unstable weather

I don't like June because it's a rainy season. The unstable weather and temperature really bothers me and the rain makes me feel dull to actually do something... I wish the rainy season would end already. Can't wait for summer to come!

Mirage

The main character of this short story is an odd looking robot that's always seeking for water. The story takes place underwater and the timeline may be in the future. The conflict is robot vs. itself. Water is a symbol for human desire and longings. The climax of the story is when the robot cut open the fruit-like thing full of water in it and the robot contemplates what to do with the goldfish which fell from it too. The irony is the robot keeps on seeking and longing for water even though it is surrounded by water. Widen your horizon, the thing you wish for maybe there just right in front of you is the main message and our (human's) never ending desire is the theme of the story.

Alone Summer

I don't like long breaks too much. It messes up my sense of time and the days of nothing to do kills me. I rather go to school everyday than to have a summer vacation. If I am at school, I get to see my friends constantly and get to have fun with them. I cannot live without them. Endless lonely summer nughts are coming down to hunt me. Scary!

Mirage

The story is about a robot that desperately seeks water to sustain its life. The setting takes place in underwater. The conflict of the story is robot vs. itself becauase of its body function and how it is fightimg to obtain its supply of water. The story climaxed when it got a fish to live inside its chest water tank. The water symbolizes life. Without it, the robot will not live. The irony is that it is desperately scavenging for water, but it is living in the water. The theme of the story is that it is easy to miss what is around them and often people look far for it, even though they already have what they want in their hands.

Mirage

The setting of this story is inside the sea. The main character in this story is a robot which has a tank in his chest and he need to fill the tank with water to survive. Conflict is robot vs itself. The climax is where the robot cuts open the fruit filled with water and tries to sacrifice the fish for its own desire. The water is the symbol for human desire. The irony is that the robot keeps on searching for the water  even though he is already inside the water.

Mirage

The main character in this story is a robot who needs water to survive. The story takes place inside the deep water. The conflict is robot vs himself. One of the symbol can be the water which represents life. The climax is when the robot got a fish inside his tank. The irony is the fact that robot keeps on searching for water to survive. The theme in this story is that you sometimes need to make a sacrife in order to get what you want.

Exam

I can't believe it's already June 28th. Time really goes fast! I hate the fact that exam will be coming up soon. I seriously need to study to get good scores.

Arizona

Like Maya visiting New York, and Mai visiting Gremany, I am going to visit Arizona this summer!

I used to live in California, but my father now lives in Arizona alone, so I am going to check out his new gigantic house.

I visited once in March this year, but since he moved to a new house, I just felt that I need to go see his house.

I'm really looking forward to it, and I hope summer comes :)

Mirage

The setting of this story is in a deep pool. The main character is the robot who needs water to live. The conflict is the robot VS himself, because he looks all over the place to find water. One of the symbol of this story is the goldfish, which represents life. The climax of this short movie is when the robot finds water in a tree leaf thing, and inside there is a goldfish and they both need water to live so the robot puts the goldfish inside his tank. The irony is that the robot needs to search for water in order to live. The theme is that in order to live on in a harsh environment, we need to sacrifice something in order to get and achieve something else.

Germany

I'm going back to Germany in this summer vacation and I've been counting down the days.

I've kept on studying German but I started to have this problem these days.

The problem is that German and English get mixed up, let alone my Japanese being totally broken.

Grammer is different, so it doesn't cause much trouble but the pronunciation is so messed up right now. 

So when you hear me speak in funny way, please just don't mention it and send me a prayer.

games

Recently I've been playing room escape games. Especially, I like games with nice story. My favorite game is called Kangoku Dasshutu Shoujo Lie. It is quite scary and difficult, the story is really interesting!!!

Mirage

The main character of this story is somewhat bizarre looking robot who is constantly seeking water to fill in the tank in his torso. The robot's empty torso sybolises never ending desires of human and the water represents things we desire to collect endlessly. The robot toils to find more water droplets and finds a bud which seems to be filled with water but at same time supporting another form of life inside. He hesitates but decides to take the water. He finds a small fish inside the bud and soon regrets his actions. He picks up the and puts it in his torso. By doing so his thirst for waters finally seizes.

Mirage

The main character of this story is a weird looking robot with a tank inside his body. He can not live without water in his tank and that's why he tries to look for water whenever he runs out of it. This story takes place underwater. The conflict of this story is the robot vs himself. The climax of this story is when he got the fish to get in his tank(stomach). The symbol is the water representing air. We cannot live without air and water is the case with him. The irony of this story is that he cannot realize he's in the water and keeps looking for water so that he can survive. The theme of the story is that people often lose sight of what is around them when they start to focus too much on something else.

NY!!!!!

Hi guys how are you doing?
I'm visiting Newyork this summer and I'm super excited!!!!!
I've never gone back since I left. I really never had the chance to.
I'm going to visit with my family and already looking foward to it.
NEWYORK, I'M COMINGGG SOON <3

Hot Days

Hello there.
Do you like summer? I do like summer but not heat.
These days I cannot spend days without air conditioner. And also, ice cream.
Now I am very scared utility cost and my weight. My friend told me that when she stop eating ice cream for a month, she lost 3 or 4 kg.... You can tell how scary ice cream is!!
If you have any good idea to survive this hotness and ice cream craving, please tell me. I really need your help.
See ya.

Mirage

This story is placed under the ocean. A robot which has a tank as his stomach tries to gather water from something to live. Conflict of this story is that a robot VS himself. There is only one character exist in this story so that he had to fight against himself and loneliness. When he got a fish into his stomach is the climax of this show. I  think water symbolize blood. For him, water is almost same importance as blood like we do. Irony is that he has to keep looking for water entire his life to live longer. Theme is that you do not have to kill something else to survive.  

Mirage

The settings of this short film is inside the water, probably on the bed of a pool or artificial pond. The sun is shining and it's a beautiful day outside the water.
The conflict is with the main character, the robot vs himself.
The sunshine above the surface of the water symbolize the happiness that is so close to you yet, you cannot reach. In contrast, the bottom of the pool being dark and grey expresses the main character's helpless feelings. In addition, when the robot finally finds peace in his mind after saving fish by picking it up into his water chest, the chest glows in orange light symbolizing the hope and the happiness.

Irony of the story is that in spite of him actually being in the water, he cannot see it and keeps on searching for water to survive.

The climax is when he finally finds the great source of  water after his long journey, he realizes there is also a living thing inside the bud filled with water. Yet, he takes the water out of the bud to survive as a fish comes out gasping for water. He then starts to feel guilt and regret what he has done. He picks up the fish and puts it into his water tank. By doing so, he finally releases himself from his eternal desire and finds himself swimming in the water.

The theme of the video is people often search for what they think they are looking for but when you take a close look you would realize you already have everything around you.

Mirage

The main character of this story is a robot who needs water to fill his glass chest to live. He gets water from plants by squeezing the stems. This story often lacks connection between scenes. For example, he was walking under the sea, but suddenly, he was climbing a huge stems of some plants. I think that it is his imagination which shows his desire for water. In the end, he finds a big water doloplet looks like a tomato. He knew that there is a living thing inside the doloplet but he had  to get water because he was dying. After getting the water from it, he met a fish which he decides to let it to live in his chest water. This story is about endless desire. Youngwoong Jang, the director of Mirage is also known for the director of Ice Age.

Swimwear

Today, I bought a swimwear at American Eagle for summer camp of ski circle. But I want more bikinis so maybe I'll buy them in Victria's Secret. The bikinis are on sale because they are closing the section. So you should buy them as soon as possible!

Sunday

I absolutely love weekends but recently I seem to have a problem. The problem is that I can enjoy Saturday but can't enjoy Sunday as much. Why? Simply because I hate the timetable on Monday...

Sunday

Today, I had lacrosse practice from 6 in the morning to 8. We did the beep test and we all got exhausted. I think most people dislike the beep test when once you are finished with it, you feel happy and refreshed.

Varmints

This setting of this short film is in a place with lots of green. The main character is a creature which actually looks likes a rat. In the beginning, the main character and all the other creatures and plants are living peacefully but then one day, other creatures starts destroying the nature and builds towers and factories. However the creature saves a single piece of branch and saves it and looks after. Soon after, one day the city gets polluted and makes it hard for the creatures to live in the city. At the end the tree branch starts creating bubbles and it turns out to be a jellyfish. Everyone escapes and it saves the creatures.

Sleep is necessary, but school is...?

I woke up late today, therefore I missed the class. Many regrets. I will make sure to put on that annoying alarm next morning. Goodnight zzzzz

Varmints

The story takes place in a land where there are plentiful of greenery and countless of living organisms exist. The appearance of the main character is presumably male and has rabbit-like ears. These creatures of the green land were living peacefully until the darkness appeared suddenly in front of them. The green land got contaminated by the dark and everything except for one tree branch that main character saves died. He then starts to investigate the dark and finds out it was a city with full of air pollution. He moves into the city with the tree branch and starts growing it. One night, the pollen of the branch gets blown away by the wind and scatters to the city, which later leaves a huge white and soft object onto many buildings. As the time goes on, the pollution in the air gets even worse, which starts to sicken people of the city and some of them faced death. The main character gives a part of the tree branch to a girl he meets, but then his branch started to die off. Many more people started to die due to pollution and the white object on the buildings began to become larger. That white object transforms itself to become a jellyfish-like organism. Then it started to suck all the living species into its body. As they got inside of the creature, they see a land full of greenery which resembles of what an earth should look like and they became free from the pollution. This could happen to us in the future if humans continue to ignore the environmental issues and pollutes the earth.

Singing

Last week, I officially got into a club called United Rythm Carriers, the group that sings songs, from gospel to pop song. I really wanted to get into URC, and now I'm really glad. I love singing, and I'll keep practicing.

Varmints

It is a film directed by Mark Craste in 2008. It was about destroying the environment. The theme, I believe, is the revenge of nature. Varmints are the animals live in the nature. When the Varmints are in the nature they look healthy, but when they are kidnapped to the city, they all seems to be exhausted and are all looking down. The big white balls and creatures that looked like jellyfish seemed to represent zoos, or reservations.

From today

On Sunday, my younger brother left to Spain, and from today, my parents are leaving to Spain. Which means, I have to stay home with my elder brother. However, my elder brother doesn't come back home so much, so I can spend freely for several days!!! 

Aerobics

Recently, I started aerobics to loose weight. It is really hard that you have to keep on moving for 45minutes. But it is fun to dance to music! I wish I can loose weight until summer and wear cute swim wear!

sleepy

I have been participating in Equestrian club quite a lot recently and I'm enjoying it so much but the only problem is it makes me so tired in afternoon classes. Then when I get back home, I'm not tired at all at home! I need find a way to blow off sleepiness and sleep tightly at night instead! any ideas?

Varmints

This film takes place in a nice field filled with green grass and trees where creatures that look like rabbits live in. One day, other creatures came and destroyed the field by constructing tall buildings and polluting the air. Before the it was all destroyed, the main character, which is one of the rabbit-alike creatures, hardly managed to save the branch off of the tree and he took care of it the whole story. As the pollution becomes severe, the disease starts to kill all the creatures that live there. However, shelters that take form of jellyfish come out of the branch he took care of and saves all the main character's kind of creatures. Theme of this story, is that destruction of environment will one day end up in elimination of all creatures.

Grand parents

Last week end I went to my grand parent's house. My grandma made eat so much as she does every time I have meal there. However, my grandma makes awesome meal.

Vermints

The main character is an animal who loves plants, and he was living peacefully with his fellow. But one day, his peaceful life surrounded by many plants suddenly ended, since other species started to build many skyscrapers. All the plants expect one branch withered, and the town started to be polluted. However, since the main character took care of the branch, he and others who also took care of plants got save at last, but the world outside didn't stop being polluted. 

I think this film wants to claim that environmental problems occurre because of human's fault, and the one who suffer from that is not only human, but animals and plants. 

Rainy days

I hate the weather these days....
It's raining hard but hot and humid...
I wish the sun was out...

Varmints

This short film starts off by a dog like creature living happily on a grassland where it's  full of nature. However, a group of other creature comes to destroy the environment by creating towers and tall buildings. The dog tries to save the nature and took off a branch and ran away home. He tries to take care of it, but the environment gets worse and worse. Then one night, the tree branch started to create bubbles and it eventually turns out to be a jellyfish. Everyone escapes into the jellyfish, so they won't  get sick.

Varmints

This story starts in a field of nowhere. The main character is a rabbit like animal that walks on two legs. One day a dark shadow came twords the field and was invaded by skyscrapers. Just before everything was demolished, the main character managed to gather some soil and take a branch from the tree. Day by day the pollution of the city gets worse the animals starts to suffer. One day a jelly fish looking ship saved the animals and they were able to live just like the day before invasion. 

Varmints

  This story begins in a halcyon greenland. The main character is a male creature which looks like a rabbit and a raccoon mixed up. One day, the nature gets destroyed by the buildings and factory smokes. he managed to take a branch at the last moment. As the air pollution gets worse, animals begin to die. In the end, the glowing seed which came out from the varmint's branch, saves him, the other animals and the nature.

   This story is really inspiring. I think the director wanted to tell us that never give up. The nature is getting destroyed at this moment but is we keep trying to bring nature back to life, it will eventually succeed. 

Charlie and The Chocolate Factory

On Sunday, I had a nice dinner with my friend. In the restaurant, movie was on TV. Guess what! We succeeded to watch a whole movie " Charlie and The Chocolate Factory".  I really enjoyed yummy meal, some drinks, nice conversation and the movie. What a nice Sunday night!
I hope you had a good one too.

Varmints

This story starts from middle of nowhere. There are only beautiful nature and a creature which has two rabbit ears and a tale. One day, many dark bigger creature come with pulling fuge skyscrapers. Before they destroy everything, main character succeed to get one branch. As city gets worse and worse from contamination, creatures get sicker and sicker. Suddenly, something which is similar to jellyfish come down to save creatures and they live happily ever after. 

I feel happy after watching this show. This world is very similar to our world because we have a issue about contamination. Also, people get sick from that. In this story, happy ending exists. That made me relieved. In our world may be able to fix this situation. I hope it gets better soon. 

Varmints

The story starts in a grassland where there is nature all around. The main character is a creature that looks like a racoon. He was living happily surrounded by beautiful nature which he loves but one day, other creatures started to destroy nature by building factories and skyscrapers. However, he did manage to save a piece of branch which he starts to look after. As the story progress, the pollution gets worse and animals seems to be struggling with the dirt. Later in the story, a miracle happens and the brach that was being looked after produces a big bubble, turns into a jellyfish and the beautiful nature is back again. I think what this story wanted to tell us is that nature is connected to humans and we should always take care of them.

football training

I returned home from training an hour ago and I'm very tired. The training is held in Fuchinobe so it's quite far from Aogaku and from my house. Anyway, better get my homework done and sleep.

I hate this century

I really hate 21st century that we're living in.
The reason is clear, I am not in love with those electronic devices as much as all the other people are.

I don't wanna twitter, I don't wanna Facebook, I don't wanna post pictures and hit like!

Anyway, it seems that I can't help but use those apps these days.

I'm an addict after all I guess.

Varmints

The main character is a raccoon-like creature and the world he once lived which was full of nature with a beautiful blue sky suddenly turns into a horrible dirty world contaminated by factories and ugly buildings. As he grows weaker and weaker from the air pollution, he finds a girl who appreciates nature . In the end, they both succeeded on fleeting this ugly world.

I assume those raccoon-like creatures represent humans in the real world. How he grabbed the tip of the tree to preserve it really touched my heart. I never really gave much thought to environmental problem before just because it is nothing I am familiar with. All my life I have been in the city where there are plenty of natural parks as well as skyscrapers and modern buildings. People say that global warming is inflicting the earth and it is us to blame . Yet, I never believed their theory and kept on believing it is just this phase that comes once in a couple of centuries that the star starts to get vulnerable like all the other stars in the universe. However, by watching this video I changed my mind to 180 degree. Just because I cannot see the problem close to myself does not mean it is not really happening now threatening so many people and animals. If it is not us the humans who can save the planet and what else could? I strongly believe that this amazingly well created short film must be spread all over the world so that everyone can see and realize how wrong we are to treat our planet in this way. This made me realize this is no joke but the reality we are facing.

Book report

On my last book report, I read a book called 'The notebook' by Nicholas Sparks. Since I really liked the book, I wanted to read another book by the same author.
I have finally chosed to read a book called 'A walk to remember' and I'm think of watching the movie as well.

Finals

AMAZING series. Congrats to the Cavs on their first franchise championship. I have to admit the work Lebron And his teammates put in to this achievement. Even though the warriors lost, I learned that going through many struggles in life will lead you to glory. Will be back next year!

Varmints

This story takes place where there is nothing except for nature. The main character of the story is a rat look-alike creature(male perhaps). One day, all of the sudden, many other rat look-alike creatures were dragging buildings and factories to the place where the male was living happily. Somehow he manages to save a tree branch to look after. With all the pollution from the factories, everyone becomes sick but one day, a jellyfish-like creatures comes to gather all the people in the city to rescue them. They end up in a place where everything was normal, where before the buildings and factories were brought. The main character was even able to meet his destined partner again. This film teaches us how the future might look like if we do not conserve our resources.

reunited

Last weekend, I reunited with a friend of mine whom I was friends with since 2003.

Talking about our childhood and our lives was pretty exciting.

I hope I can reunite with them in the near future again.

Varmints

This short movie starts off in a place in a grassland where there is a lot of green. The main character is a small gray animal who loves nature. One day, other creatures started building skyscrapers and factories and destroyed the lovely nature. However, the small gray animal took a piece of branch with him, and kept it safely in his room. As the pollution got worse,the animals couldn't keep on living in the dirty city. I  the end, the branch the small gray animal kept made a big bubble and inside it was nature. All the animals moved into the bubble, and lived happily.

The movie tells us that polluting nature is nothing good.

And the cavs win

I am so happy because my favorite team in NBA has won the NBA champions!!!
Big big shoutout to the cavaliers players for making my day today!!!

varmints

This film was about a creature that looks like a kangaroo and his struggle to preserve nature. One day he was living a happy life in a place filled with green grass and trees. However, a group of other creature comes and destroys the nature by building tall towers and factories. The creature managed to save a tree branch and he starts to take care of it. One night the tree branch makes bubbles from its leaves and those bubbles eventually grows into a jellyfish-kind of sanctuary. As the pollution gets worse and worse the creatures get sick and sick. Therefore, they need a new place to live in so they escape into the jellyfishes.
The main theme of this story is that if you don't care about environmental issues, our future will be doomed.

Sleepover

Today, I'm having a sleepover with my childhood buddy and I'm so excited.
I've known her for 12 years now and she's the one who used to teach me Japanese lol
Anyways, have a nice day guys x

Vermints

This story takes place in a place with lots of green where the main character - a boy who looks like a rat/rabbit live. At first, he was living peacefully with all his friends and plants, but then one day everything gets destroyed and these other creatures start building buildings and the place suddenly turns into a smoky dirty city. He however saves a single piece of brunch and this brunch turns out to be the key to this story in the end. The creatures gradually become sick and the city gets polluted. But then one day, the plant that he had been tending explodes and he gets back the place where he lived. This story tells us how our future is in danger and how we need to focus more on environmental issues.

Vermints

The story takes place on an imaginary place where creatures resembling rats or rabbits dwell. The main character is one of them, presumably male. The land is full of green at the begginig of the story. However, another group of creatures invades the nature by building skyscrapers and destroying all the green. The main character somehow manages to save a small brunch of a tree from the invasion.
Pollution begins and all the civillian become infected with respiratory disease. But then the piece of brunch he saved and raised produces spore like substances which transforms into a utopia, where they are free from pollution and dark cities. This story warns us about near future where we may suffer from excessive industriallization and pollution and forced to live in a shelter because the Earth is no longer inhabitable.

Vermints

This story takes place in a rural area where creatures look like rats live.
At first, the place were sorrouned by nature and green land but one day, the rats started to build tall buildings and destroyed the environment.
One of the rats which loves nature saved a branch from a tree before it destroyed. This branch is a key of this story.
The polluted environment erodes the rats gradually. They are dying.
But later this story, the branch saved their life by recreating green land and nature.
This story threats us the loss of peace and quiet.

Circle activities

I have been having trainings with people in ski circle for this 2 months. But I realized that there are only twice trainings are left. We will finish doing circle activities this week because we have final exams next month.
It's so sad but I'll do my best for finals.

second book report

For my second book report, I chose The Catcher in the Rye. Kosuke told me the book is decent so I'm very excited. I'm going to start reading tomorrow.

new football boots

Yesterday, I went to kichijoji to buy new football boots because my boots broke in Chiba where I had a training camp last week. Ptactice is on tomorrow so I'm hoping I can play well with my new boots!

summer

It has been so hot these days and we can tell that summer is coming soon;))

Do you guys have any plans for summer yet?

Although I am expecting that my summer holiday will be pretty much occupied with lacrosse, I am looking forward to doing something fun!

weekend

Hi, everyone:)

How was your weekends?

I had korean classes on saturday as usual, and today, I went to to-ho university to have the game with them. It was the first time for me to take part in an official game, so I got nervous and I couldn't be satisfied with my play at all.

Hope I can improve like our senpai:)))

day off

It's been weeks since I had a day off...
Although I enjoy having busy days to keep me going but it's quite nice to have a quiet break once in a while. So now I'm in a cafe drinking iced tea thinking about next book report.

So how do you guys spend your day off?

book report

As the next book report is coming in a month, I started to look for the book.

Today, I will go to the book store to see if there are any books that interest me.

Hope I can find the good one:)

Spanish

My younger brother is 10 years old, and he is a member of famous soccer team. Since his team won the game, they are going to Spain and have a match there. So my mother told me to teach Spanish to him, because I am taking Spanish class in university. But I just started studying Spanish so I just taught him "Lo siento" which means sorry in English. I hope he will enjoy his match in Spain!

Kantou Gakusei

The largest intercollege Equestrian game (All Japan Student Championship or 全日本学生) is approaching! It's quite tough that I may have to absent a couple of classes for this but I'm so excited to see the Senpais on the big stage. Next week we have Kanto Qualifyers so they are becoming slightly agitated...So scarry when they are stressed. I guess it can't be helped in Taikukaikei clubs. I'm learning something new everyday!

Book report

For my second book report, I'm considering to read "the animal farm" or "A Christmas carol". Previously, I read 1984 written by George Orwell, and I felt very difficult to read, but the content was really interesting, so I want to challenge his other novels. However, since it was very difficult, I don't know if I can understand or even finish reading, so I chose a Christmas carol for my second choice.

Prison restaurant

Last night I went to so called prison restaurant!!
It is actually a themed Izakaya, and inside totally looks creepy and so much fun :)

You should all go there because once in 2 hours there is a horror attraction that all the monsters come to attack you while you are eating ;)

Book recommendation

I have two super interesting book to recommend for your book report!
One is called "Time traveler's wife" and the other is "Husband's secret".
Seeing is believing so you should just try to watch a movie and if you like, you should proceed to reading ;)

Trust me, they are just so juicy you'll like it!

Book Report

Im thinking about reading a book called the Giver by Lois Lowry for my next book report because I've heard it's a good book, but I'm still looking for other books to read...

Weekend

I had classes on Saturday as usual and worked part time.
On Sunday I went to a Studio with my friends to practice for the live concert we have next week :)

I pretty much had a great weekend

7/10

Since the beginning of May, I've been taking walking lessons. There is a big fashion show coming up in July, which I'm going to take part as a model. I've never taken such experience before. Though the lessons are exhausting, now I'm really excited.

Book report

For the second book report, I'm thinking of reading either The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, or Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier. I'm looking forward to reading the next novel!

My first dance showcase in university circle

Last Saturday, I performed at the party presented by student organization.

2nd book report

For the next book report, I am thinking about reading 1984 by George Orwell, but I am afraid that the content will be intellectually challenging.

Book Report

I still cannot decide whether to read "The Blade Itself" by Joe Abercrombie or "American  Psycho" by Bret Easton Ellis. Both books seem very interesting to read and I like the setting of them.

Chat with my dad

Last night I video chatted my father for the first time since I moved to Japan. It had been over 5 months since we talked, so there was a lot to talk about. My father is in college now and doing a project on perceptions of a youth of mixed-ethnic heritage regarding the cultural identity, therefore I was the good subject for him. I had a very good time talking to him and hope he does well with his classes.

Book for Report

I am planing to read I, Robot or Charley, but I'm not sure yet.

Tuesday

Today might be the last game of the year. Lets end this series in Oracle... DUBS.

When going to sleep...

I often can not fall asleep without listening to music.
It doesn't matter what genre of music it is, but I pretty much always have to have some sort of sound when I go to bed.
Is this just me or is anyone else the same?

If you are the same, what music helps you sleep best?

Even if you aren't the same, I'm curious. What type of music does everyone listen to?

Part time job

I'm planning to start my part time job from July, but I haven't decided what to do. What do you recommend and what do you not recommend?

Book for next book report

I'm planning to read "Franny  Zooey" by J.D.Salinger. But I also have some interest in "The lord of the flies" I think some one is already starting to read that book but I don't know for sure...

Flute

I used to play the flute when I was junior high school. Recently I had the chance to play it. It's been 4years since I stopped playing so my mouth really hurt. It was still fun though so I might start playing it!!

Next book report

For my second book report, I'm thinking about reading Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin or So B It by Sarah Weeks. I've never read these books so I'm excited to read it!!

book for the next book report

I'm still not sure what to read for my next book report but I want to read something that will make me feel emotional. The last book I read certainly made me feel emotional and I had great time reading it.

Part time job

I seriously need to get a part time job because I'm so broke right now ;( I applied to this restaurant in Shibuya but still not sure whether they have hired me or not. I'm going to find out tonight and I'm pretty excited (but nervous at the same time).  I really hope they hired me!!!

Book for the upcoming book report

I still haven't decided but thinking of reading a book that has something to do with human relations. I was thinking of reading "lord of the flies" because I have read it and watched a movie in the past but I'm still not sure.

Book for next book report

I have not decided a book yet but I decided author. I am thinking to read novel from Jane Austen. I read "Emma" by Jane two years ago. From that time, I was obsessed with her novels. The reason why I start thinking to learn English Literature was her. Her writing brings me into the another world that I will never experience. She wrote books interpret, critique and comment upon the life of the British gentry at the end of the 18th century. I am so excited to write about her and telling you how amazing person she is.

coconut oil

Hello everyone. How was your weekend?

Today, I want to talk about coconut oil. I found out about coconut oil about two years ago. Since then, I just keep adding that into everything. When I cook something, I use coconut oil instead of olive oil or sunflower oil. You can use coconut oil for your body, face, even hair. Also, I put that in coffee, soy milk, pasta, etc. Coconut oil is very good for your health!
If you know any good recipe for coconut oil, please let me know.

Thank you.

  

Book for the next book report

I haven't decided my next book yet, but I'd like to read a romantic story like The Vow or Dear John. Both of them are filmed few years ago and acted by my favorite acter Channing Tatum. So this time I'd like to read that in novel.

Lunch

Yesterday, I had lunch with a friend of mine, Akane.
I met her in Toefl Seminer when I was a high school student.
She goes to a college in California but now she came back for summer vacation.
She is very nice and charming person. One of my dream is to go shopping with her in California.

Book for the new book report

I am still thinking of the new book I am going to read next. There are too many books to choose from but I want to read an interesting one like the last book I read.

Rain and part time job

Today I didn't have lacrosse practice due to rain so I was able to sleep more today. 

 

Also like Mai, I also found a part time job and I started working from last week. I did enjoy it but I think I will get very busy and tired if I work too much.

Part time job

I finally found a part time job!

Now I can save money for the summer:)

There are a lot of things to remember, but I'll try my best.

Book for the book repot

I borrowed "Flower for Algernon" from Mr. Armstrong.

I saw this play in Japanese, read the Japanese version of the book, and watched the Japanese TV drama before.

So, I think I am going to choose this book, however, I am thinking about reading "The notebook".

movie

Hi, I watched "konan"tonight. 

I don't really watch anime, though Konan is somehow my favorite.

I never miss watching new one every spring, so I am looking forward for the next one from now!:)

Euro 2016

Euro 2016 began day before yesterday in France. It's a big football competition to decide the best team in Europe. I will support England since I used to live there but they drew with Russia 1-1 yesterday so I'm quite upeset. I'm hoping they can win the next game and eventually become the champions of Europe.

good weekend:)

Hi, I watched senpai playing lacrosse for the first time today.

Although I do not completely understand the rules yet, I learned a lot and I got inspiration by their playing.

Tomorrow, the lesson was canceled due to rain, so i will probably wake up late:)))

sporty weekend

I watched Euro soccer and a basketball game in the weekend.

book for the book report

I am thinking of reading either the lord of the flies or the the catcher in the rye.
I thought i would like to read the catcher in the rye because my friend kosuke read it for the first book report and it sounded very interesting.

book for next book report

I am thinking of reading  "The curious incident of th dog in the night time" This book is first person narative written from perspective of an autistic child who is actually genius of Math.

However, I am also thinking of reading "To kill the mocking bird" or "Lord of the flies" as they are very interesting too...

Looking at the selection I have chosen so far, I think I like sad stories....

Weekend

I finally have a chance to go back to Nagoya. I'm very excited to see my friends. I'm sorry Mr. Koshikawa....

Stanley Pickle

This story takes place inside the house standing in middle of the field. A man called Dtanley Pickle lives there with his clockwork parents. Conflict is Stanley vs himself. Climax is when the girl runs away because Stanley gave her a clockwork dead bird. Irony is Stanley thought that girl would be happy by making the bird move again but she didn't. The theme is life cannot be controlled by human. Life comes to an end and you can't deny that destiny. Stanley shouldn't have done that.

Craving for a good movie

Recently I discovered that I haven't watched any movie for a very long time.
I figured out that the reason I've been avoiding movies is I get way too emotional after watching them.

You see, if I watch a movie with sad and bad story certainly I feel depressed. But the thing is, if I watch a movie with a very happy plot, I get depressed as well because I can't stand to watch any happy people having their "happy, magical life"

Am I being too cynical??

Stanly Pickle

This story takes a place in a house standing in the middle of field.
I assume this is in a conflict of person vs himself.
Climax of this video is when Stanley finally buried his parent's dead bodies and set himself free.
The dead bird the misterious girl had in her hand was black and symbolizing something ominous.  It could be heralding the terror she would experience by Stanley's weird act.

Irony in this story is his parents are in fact not real human anymore but just machine he created so that he won't be alone.

I figured out this theme of the video is, "It is better to live a real life alone than livening surrounded by fake people "

Boiled vegetables

Recently, my younger brother makes boiled vegetables. From before, he loved making something, but this time he wants to show us since he learned a recipe at his elementary school. Actually it tastes so good so I'm eating those boiled vegetables every day!!!

Stanley Pickle

This story starts from am9:00 in the middle of nowhere. In the house, son, his father and his mother live happily. Conflict is He VS himself because he is too shy to go outside. Climax can be all machines are broken. Machine means his mother and his father which he made up. Symbol of this film is gear. Time passes. People glow up. Irony is that he tries to fix everything but there are some that you will never fix up. Theme is natural is best. You cannot get happiest from machine.

Stanley Pickle

Setting...A house by the forest.

Conflict...Stanley vs himself

Climax...When Stanley shows the fixed bird to the girl, she screames and runaway.

Irony...By the girl's attitude, he finally makes his mind and leave his house.

Symbols...bird=nature, clockwork=mortal

Theme...There is no eternal life.

My friend

My friend came at house and started weeping about her being dumped while I'm doing my homework. I ended up finishing my homework at 4 in the morning.

Stanley Pickle

This film takes place in rural area. The characters in this film are Stanley Pickle, his parents, and the girl who he falls in love with. The climax is when Stanley shows the mechanically revived bird to the girl to relieve her from sadness. To his surprise, the girl freaked out and ran off to the forest. This is also an irony because that is the opposite of what he expected to happen. The theme of this story is that real life happiness cannot be made artificially.

Meat or Pork or Chicken or whatever

recently, i've been translating a japanese menu into english (for the restaurant i work at).
the restaurant is a yakiniku place so the menu mostly has the parts of a cow as the name of a dish. カルビ into bone-less short rib, ホルモン into organs.
translating all this is ok, fine, sure - but memorizing it is just...
all the staff already had to memorize the whole thing in japanese, but now in english? please.
but we have to do it anyway, since we're paid for it :P

seems like we're going to have a lot more fun with this picture down here...



from http://eikaiwa.dmm.com/blog/english/meat/

Sometimes

Sometimes I just want to go somewhere far away into the countryside.
Go somewhere where the sky is clear and the stars are visible.
And just stare at the stars and forget about everything else.

Stanley Pickle

The film is taken place in a house in the countryside.
The main characters are Stanley, his robot parents, a girl and a robot bird.
Stanley falls in love with a girl whom he thinks is beautiful.
The conflict - Stanley vs himself.
Symbol -  humans representing freedom and creativity whereas the robots are limited to what they can do and are emotionless. Also the bird may be a symbol of connection.
I think that the theme is the diffuculty of relationships between one another. That loosing something which was close to you is diffucult but there is a need to accept death. And also that life doesn't always go as planned.

Back to the Future

Last night I watched one of my favorite movies of all time Back to the Future. My absolute favorite scene from the movie is when Marty McFly starts playing Johnny B. Goode at the prom night. I was hugely influenced by that scene and it is the reason why started playing the guitar. Rock On!

Stanley Pickle

The story takes place in the country side where Stanley lives in the house with his robot parents. The conflict of the story is person vs. himself. The story climaxes when Stanley finally meets the girl and brings her a robot bird to make the girl happy. Symbols of the story are humans and robots, which means that humans have freedom and creativity, however robots are limited to what they can do and emotionless. Irony is the fact that Stanley feels comfortable living with fake parents locking himself in the house, however he demands to be free and be like other humans. The theme of the story is human relationship. He does not know how to communicate with other humans, because he only interacts with robots and toys, however he had made his first step.

Stanley Pickle

This film takes place in the countryside, in a small house. The main characters in this film are Stanley, his parents, a girl and a bird. Stanley falls in love with the girl and he thinks that she is beautiful. The conflict is Stanley VS himself. The climax of this story is Stanley stops his parent moving and brusies them. I think the symbol in the story is the bird. The bird represents the connection between Stanley and the unknown girl. The theme of this story is people shouldn't do things they don't know much about and the other theme is life is hard to control.

Sleepy

Just finished my homework and finally I can go to bed... I'm feeling exhausted. Good night and see you guys tomorrow.

And then there were none

On Thursday I had a chance to watch the movie of the novel I'm reading for the book report next week. The content differed so much that I thought I was watching the wrong film, but it turned out that most of the films published had some arranges.

Dirt rally

Last Saturday I went to Chiba to support the senior students practice the dirt rally. I had a chance to get on board on the senior students car and it was really thrilling.

Stanley Pickle

The story takes place in a suburb of somewhere,surrounded by nature. The conflict of this story is person vs person. The climax is when he notices the women out side the house. He then fell in love with her. The symbol of this story is the bird. It becomes a connection between two people. But sadly it didn't go so well. He tries to fix the bird to impress the her but once he showed her the bird, she rejected it. The theme of this story is that what you think as a normal thing is sometimes not common for other people.

The fan and the flower

The story took place in a room of a house, where there was a fan on the ceiling. A plant was brought to the room. The problem was that they had a distance between each other. The climax is when the flower starts dying due to lack of watering. The fan spun as fast as he could and made  a hole in the ceiling. From the hole, rain came in and the flower was able to live again.

The theme of this story is love because at the last part the flower changed it's shape to a fan looking flower, not to forget about the ceiling fan.

Stanley Pickle

This story takes place in a small town in the countryside. The characters are Stanely, his parents, a girl who he falls in love with, and a bird. The conflict is Stanley vs. himself. The climax is when his parents stop moving and buries them. The irony is that he thought it was the right idea to rebirth the bird, but the girl got scared and ran away. I think the bird represents life. The theme of this story is that there are things you can not control. In this case, life.

Stanley Pickle

This film takes place in the countryside in a small house. The main characters are Stanley who has never left his house before, his parents, a bird and a mysterious girl. The conflict is Stanley vs himself. The climax is when Stanley's parents stops working and Stanley buries them. I think the bird is a symbol of life. The irony is when Stanley revived the bird and thought the mysterious girl would be pleased, turns out to be the opposite and the girl runs away feeling scared. The theme in this film is that life won't last forever and we have to make the most of it while we are still alive.

Night shift

I am staying at the stables tonight for night shift to feed the horses.
It's actually quite exciting but since everyone is already in bed, I should go to bed now...
It's going to be early morning tomorrow!

Stanely Pickle

The story is set in the small house in the countryside.
The main character is Stanely a young man who never have left the house in his life.
The conflict is Stanely vs himself. At the climax all of his mechanical friends stops moving and he sees the real world for the first time in his life. In the story, the bird is the symbol of life and nature.
Irony in this story is what he believed to be life and love have actually never has existed, and he burries his family. The theme of the story is value of life cannot be produced artificially.

UVERworld 16th anniversary

Today is the 16th anniversary since my favorite band had organized.

My friend failed to get the live tickets for the UVERworld concert...

I love their songs, and I am desperate to go see them again.

Talking about Japanese rock music, I also love ONE OK ROCK.

Does anyone else like Japanese rock music?  

stanly pickle

This film takes place in a small house in the countryside.

The conflict is stanly vs. himself.

The climax is when the bird, mom, and dad stops working.

One of the symbol is the bird which represents life.

The irony is that what Stanley thought would cheer the girl up, ended up scaring here away.

The theme of this film is that there is no eternal life, and that we have to face the sadness of losing something.

avicii

I'm so jealous.

stanley pickle

The film takes place in a country side. The character are Stanley and his parents and the mysterious girl. The climax of the film is the part when Stanley buries his parents. The irony in this film is that Stanley thought it was the right thing to revive the bird but it wasn't. The conflict is Stanley verses himself. The symbol in this film is the wind-up spring which represents life. The main theme is that life destiny cant be chosen by human hand.

Stanley Pickle

This story takes place on the countryside, where it is surrounded by nature. The conflict of this story is person vs person, Stanley vs himself. The climax is where he sees the women out from his window. He then starts to have feelings for her. One of the symbols of this story is the bird. It becomes a coneection between Stanley and the women. Eventually, it turns out in a bad way. He tries to fix the bird to empress the women but once he showed her the bird, she freaked out and ran away. The theme of this story is that some things should just be left alone. In this case, it's the bird.

The fan and the flower

The story took place in a room, where there was a lonely fan. A flower was brought to the room but the problem was that there was some distance between them. The climax comes when the flower starts drying and dying. The fan spins faster than it can and opens up a hole in the ceiling, so that the rain can give water to the flower. 

The theme is love. I think the fan represented the cycle of life.

Starbucks

Today I went to Starbucks with a friend of mine. We worked on an assignment together for about 6hours. I've still got lots to finish. This weeks gonna be a long one.

Time Flies

Hi, guys. How's your life in this university?
It's already June, which means 2 months have passed since we entered Aogaku.
 In this 2 months, a lot of things happend and that changed me a lot in a good way( I hope).
Although Aogaku was not my First choice university, I'm glad that I enrolled this university and met you guys and other friends. I'm exciting what will happen and how I change in 4 years.