Winter vacation has come now! Though I still have a lot of things to do, i'm really happy because I don't have to spend my time to commute.
There are a lot of things that i wanted to do but couldnt. So i'd like to do them.
And, thank you for your very yummy cookies Airi!!
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Friday, December 23, 2016
Winter vacation
Monday, December 19, 2016
Yusuke Habu: news article Toasty travel by Yomiuri Shinbun
Today I would like to talk about " Passengers chat while warming themselves under a kotatsu heater in a special car running on Sanriku Railway Co.'s Kita-Rias Line along the coast of Iwate Prefecture, which was damaged by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami."
When I saw this article, I was surprised to hear this because I have never heard a special car where you can warm yourself under the kotatsu. If I had a car like that, I would be very happy because not only I feel warm in winter, but also I feel safe and comfortable.
Yusuke Habu
Friday, December 16, 2016
crape with masamichi
Survey
she's american.
Starbucks failed me.
I think I'm gotta find another job. Everything is going to be alright.
after class
birthday surprise
My friends and me gathered early time and prepared cake, gifts and so on.
We made oreo cheesecake and it was so delicious!!
My birthday friends were really pleased our surprise:)
comcrepe
I want to put a picture of crepe on this, but I can't!!!!!!!
On the top of the crepe, there is buryure and it's so delicious!!!
I recommend you go there..
Part time job
Super Friday!
logorama
irony: logos were fighting against Mcdonald to save the world, but the battle finally collapsed the
world.
theme: I thought the theme is about fight among enterpraises to attract people's attention. they are all
trying to pull opponents legs but they choke their neck by themselves.
dinner
Subway's character
After school
Yusuke Habu: news article English words to be added to stop, slow signs by daily yomiuri
Today I would like to talk about stop and slow down signs in Japan. They added English on them for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympic games in 2020.
I think it is a great thing to add English on the stop and slow down sign. Now I would like to talk about my reason.
Not only because it is good for foreigners, but also I think it is good for Japanese too. The reason why I say this is because I think when Japanese people see a language which is different for them, I think more people will feel like stopping unconsciously. Because we have interest in different world country and language. Most of the people think it is cool to be in touch with different languages.
Yusuke Habu
The Shape of Voice (comics)
archery tournament
logorama
Conflict: nature vs artificial world
Theme: Being selfish will destroy our world in the end
Cave of blue
Thursday, December 15, 2016
My grandmother's birthday
J. cole's new album
Wednesday, December 14, 2016
Fantastic beasts and where to find them
Tuesday, December 13, 2016
Yusuke Habu: news article AI may help answer Diet questions
The article is about " The government is examining how artificial intelligence could be used in administrative work, such as creating rough drafts for Cabinet members to use when answering questions during Diet deliberations according to sources."
Through this article I was surprised to read this because I never thought AI would contribute to Japanese society or Japanese political field.
I think it is a good idea. However, we should not create a emotional AI. We must be careful when programing it so we should make the AI that helps people's works or lives.
Yusuke Habu
Monday, December 12, 2016
Yusuke Habu: news article A golden year
This article is about " Seihan Mori, head priest of Kyoto's Kiyomizudera temple, writes kanji on Monday that can be read as "kin" for gold or "kane" for money. "
I thought writing kanji that describes the year is wonderful because when I saw this kind of news, I always feel I achieved something in the year. It is a great thing. I hope it continues in the future.
Yusuke Habu
doing homework
Xmas and new year so soon
Christmas party
There are many programs and we enjoyed a lot!
Especially, contest of Mr. and Miss was an exciting! I also have a schedule of Christmas party with my friends this weekend, so I am looking forward it :)
Sunday, December 11, 2016
Logorama
My friend's birthday
Happy birthday my friend!! She became 20th. I hope her 20th gonna be the greatest year ever.
Now, we don't have time enough, but I want to take her dinner as she said:)) Actually, I want to hang out with her more. I know she is busy, and she is making a lot of efforts in her club now. So I want to support her as she has supported me all this time.
I like her personality, and I really respect her.
I'm so glad to be your friend:)<3
Friday, December 9, 2016
Part-time job
logorama
PARIYA
Logorama
Irony: After driving so fast, Macdonald dropped into crack. And many characters also dropped.
Theme: In our society, a lot of companies control our lives and it might destroy the world in the future.
logorama
logorama
irony: Everyone in the city was living peacefully at first, then McDonald's ruined the city's atmosphere. however, a big earthquake occurred and destroyed everything but two people.
theme: Recent commercial world can be broken easily.
Varmints
Yusuke Habu: news article Japanese students' rank falls in reading, rises in science
For last week blog entry, I have explained why students score math and science higher than before.
However, today, I would like to talk about why students didn't score reading more than before.
I think that is because probably we nowadays have the tendency to find out the answer quickly.
Probably this is created by the rising number of cram schools. Cram schools teachs us how to solve
the problem related to the test, not to think deeply about one big topic or material.
Yusuke Habu
Thursday, December 8, 2016
meet
Yusuke Habu: assignment logorama
Conflict: company vs company ( They fight each other.)
Climax: Nature has destroyed all the companies.
Symbol: Company symbolize people. And the whole town symbolizes human society.
Irony: Humans were fighting each other and the environment got worse and worse. As a result,
the nature destroyed everything.
Theme: Conflict can cause destruction of enviroment. Moreover, probably thinking about ourselves
too much will lead to a disaster unless you don't think about other things like nature or the
environment.
Yusuke Habu
varmints
Setting: in a future in a city dominated and polluted by human.
irony: though people in the city has been destroying the natural and city they were destroyed. Meanwhile, though the main character hesitated to destroy the natural and city, he was saved by natural.
Theme: don't fight against the natural and save natural. Otherwise I will be punished by natural.
Conflict: human versus natural.
Symbol: the mass mortality of human symbolize what we would face in the future if we keep polluting the earth.
varmints
strawberry daihuku
Then, I have an interesting memory about strawberry daihuku. My classic Japnese teacher at high school also loves it. She always used it as an example of noun when she explained the grammer. For example, she said "Ichigo daihuku nari~." Her way of saying was very funny, so I won't forget it forever.
A lot of plan
Varmints
Conflict: urbanized world vs natural world
Irony: As the world is civilized and there are increasing inorganic substances, the living things come to be in poor health, and the scenery filled with beautiful green are replaced by the polluted area where everything has darkish, threatening gray colors.
Theme: It pays a high price for us to civilize our lives too much. When our lives become more convenient and urbanized, a lot of things are turned to be unorganized. But this video shows living things can't live without organic substances. So we can lose precious sources to live healthy when an eager desire for developed standard of lives blinds us.
Wednesday, December 7, 2016
Detroit Institute of Arts Exhibition
Tuesday, December 6, 2016
Imagine Dragons
Radioactive is very famous song for them. Their characteristics of music is playing music with many
kinds of drumming instruments, that makes their music more emotional and exciting.
Also lead vocal Dan's characteristic voice make you being addicted. If you don't know, let's try listening!
Monday, December 5, 2016
Yusuke Habu: news article Let's go to the museum/ World of packages contains plenty of surprises
Today I would like to talk about this article.
Through this article, I realized the depth of museums. Before I read this article, my image of
museums were different. That is, a place where you can see old historical things. For example,
dinosaur bones or swords from long time ago. When I think about it now, museums are
extraordinary. It gives you information of the history or the quality of the product or a thing.
Yusuke Habu
Driver's license
practice for the play
Sunday, December 4, 2016
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Friday, December 2, 2016
Varmints
Reunion with English teacher
He is an English teacher whom I met in California 3 years ago. I joined English program in the U.S few weeks, and he worked at there as a staff.
We've been keeping toutch each other and finally he visits Japan.
Actually, in this summer I also meet up with my Germany friends who I met in that program.
I really happy to have friends who I can keep in toutch and meet up with though it's been 3 years!!
Varmints
The creature is alone and loves nature. One day lots of tall skyscrapers were built and the nature was destroyed. He kept a little branch and water it. He saw a girl who looks similar to him. The industrialisation made the air polluted and the branch was dead. People started to get ill and die because of the toxic from factory. He tried to rescue the girl but couldn't find her. Some sort of jellyfish-like shelter evolved which kept some grass finally took him in. He could breathe in the jellyfish again.
Setting: anything in industrialzing city
Conflict: the varmints vs society
Climax: the When the city was too polluted to live, shelter evolved and started to rescue the varmints.
Symbol: the varmints symbolise human beings
the skyscrapers symbolises industrialisation
Irony: The varmint tried to keep the last branch alive but the city was too polluted and it died.
Theme: industrialisation is important but we should get along well with nature.
Varmints
What will happen in the future?: The animal might be able to live peacefully in white ball with nature. However, the collapse would not stopped. He(she) can live peaceful if she look away from destroying.
What does Varmints mean?: Varmints literally mean thing which harm around. This title is that varmints show destroying urban development.
Varmints
Irony: Although that main character tried to save nature, another creatures destroyed them.
Conflict: person vs nature
Climax: the main character escaped from the artificial city.
Symbol: the plant is hope for the future
Theme: We have to cherish nature
varmints
Setting: maybe in the future, where nature is all replaced by buildings
Irony: it's an irony that the main character nearly died because he tried to help others.
Conflict: industrialization vs nature
Climax: the main character escaped the artificial city, thanks to the substance released from the plant.
Symbol: the plant the main character had is a symbol of hope
Theme: nature will win in the end
Vermints
Conflict:the creatures vs the industry
Climax:The main character was going to die of the toxic air, but the big flying object like jellyfish helped him. He was sent to the inside the object and his fellow.
irony: The main character tried to stop the pollution by growing flower, but it didn't work soon.
theme:We should not poceed the industrialization too much and we should cherish relationship with others more than the industrialized society.
symbol: the plant that he growed symbolized the hope to recover the environment.
Yusuke Habu: assignments Varmints
where is a land. ( At the beginning it was a land where there are no creations of rabbits.
But 5 minutes later, it becomes a city.)
Conflict: Rabbits vs nature
Climax: In the city, the jellyfish kind of thing sent the rabbits who really care about the environment
and make a place what it was at the beginning for them.
Symbols: Rabbits symbolize human, and the jellyfish kind of thing symbolizes the heart of the person
who really wants to protect nature.
Irony: The rabbits destroyed the land which was full of nature, and eventually they all got sick
because of the air pollution.
Theme: Do not give up, do not lose hope. When you wish something and do your best for it, the light
will come for you.
Sometimes it seems little things are meaningless for the environment or anything, but these
little things sometimes create a magnificent thing in your life or society.
Concert
Varmints
Dinner Time!
Conflict: The main character which is struggling to protect nature conflicts with other creatures which build a strange building at cost of nature.
Climax: The main character succeed to escape from hostile environment and live, being surrounded by nature.
Symbol: Very “world” in this story is the symbol of our real world where people try to improve the technology at cost of nature.
Theme: Main theme of this story is simply the importance of nature.
Varmints
Conflict: the creature vs the environment
Symbol: the flower is a symbol of loneliness of the creature
Climax: when the creature came not to catch up with the change of the environment and were dying, he was saved by a shelter, which looks like jellyfish.
Irony: when the creature tried to help other one out, the other one was probably alredy saved by a shelter and conversely he was left behind and found himself in a pinch.
Theme: the creatures cannot manipulate the environment freely, so they need to prepare for the disaster as much as possible.
Hello December
I still have many things that I want to do by the end of this year, especially I really want to do rafting.
Rafting is the reisure sports which down the river by riding raft.
Also I want to go to Disney of this season. Maybe I can go there next week, so I am looking forward it!!
Exhibition of Japanese Calligraphy
Fantastic Beasts
Airi and Mayu invited me to go with, so I was very happy. The story was a little difficult to understand at first, but it was great and the quality of CG was wonderful. Some beasts was very cute. I love Eddie Redmayne who acted as the main character in this movie. To tell the truth,that was the main reason that I like this movie.If the next series release someday, I will watch it.
Thursday, December 1, 2016
Tohoku no shingetsu
Disney sea
A concert
Yesterday I went to Tokyo Dome to join the concert held by EXO. EXO is a korean male group including chinese. It was my first time to join EXO's concert so I was really exited!
Another good point is that I could meet my friends science high school after a long time.
Yusuke Habu: news article Students mark record scores in math, science
When I saw this article, I was shocked that students nowadays are good at math and science.
I think this is happening because many people start to think things with numbers.
It was very interesting.
Yusuke Habu
Library
For me, It is really defficult do my studying at home because I become relaxing in there and I can't to do anything about studying. And also cafe is helpfull place to focus on studying for me. Where is your best place for your studying?
Varmints
Conflict: Nature versus City
Symbol: Plant that main character grew is the symbol of the mind that people take care about nature and how to save them. And creatures are symbol of people who started to live in the city and stop
Climax: When many creatures was dying by pollution of city, seeds comes from the plant was be coming the shelter like jellyfish, and they started to save some people who take care plants. Finally, people who was saved started living in the jellyfish shelter.
Irony: People who is living in the city started to be suffered from the pollution. But even they are dying, they can't stop living there and continued to follow the way of catastrophe.
Theme: When people are living in high developed city, they can't stop their life and continue to keep their life but also their life is emitting polluted gas. That is ruining the world little by little. So, we need the thinking to take care nature, and live together. This way of thinking can help the future of people and the earth.
varmints
A little unknown creature is a kind of scientist. One day, other creatures (but they are looked like him) started to make building. Then the field became just artificial town. He started to live there, but he was not satisfied with new life, so he kept studying and bringing up a plant. Eventually, thank of the plant, the creatures evacuate from polluted environment.
literary terms
setting : may be in the future, somewhere.
conflict : the creature versus the society
symbol : varmints- creatures are symbol of human. humans don't like this environment but we don't know how to fight against it and try to figure it out.
climax : when some objects looks like jellyfish got bigger and they became shelters.
irony : even he tried to save his friends, it seems that he could not be helped (finally, he was helped and get into the jelly fish.)
theme : taking care of natural thing can be a key to save environment even it is small and most important thing is human relationship.