Jun 29, 2012

Essay prep for 1-03a


My language learning story
  • childhood
    • early years
      • mother tongue
        • parents
        • (siblings)
    • pre-school years
      • family
      • relatives
      • neighbors
      • friends
    • elementary school
  • secondary schooling
    • JHS
    • SHS
  • college
  • post graduates
    • overseas experience
    • graduate studies
  • life-long learning
  • skills
    • listening
    • speaking
    • reading
    • writing
  • languages
    • English
    • Japanese
    • German

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Jun 28, 2012

Typing Homework 13: About blogging


It is hard for me to write posts of my blog every week. I have to write 3 posts a week. I think book reviews are very difficult. I feel sleepy when I read books that written in English. However, I like free writing. I make quizzes. I like to draw likeness of entertainer, so I put them on my blog. Probably, it is difficult to guess right answers because my likenesses that I drew don’t resemble true people.

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Jun 24, 2012

BR 1-11: The Ink Drinker

And for the first time in my life, I relished being the son of a bookstore owner. (p. 35)

When I found this book, I was interested in this because a cover of this book was very weird. "The ink drinker" sounds like interesting!

Then, a hero of this story is a son of a bookstore, so I think the son becomes to like reading spontaneously. However, he doesn't like reading. Even so, the ink drinker is very scary... Is he a vampire? I think vampire doesn't drink the ink. They drink blood. I do not understand passage of time well. Finally, the son became a member of ink drinkers. It means that he came to like it namely reading a book. Possibly his father might be the ink drinker, too.

Reference

 Sanvoishn, Eric. (1996). The Ink Drinker. New York, NY: Yearling.
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Jun 22, 2012

COMEDY(^o^)

Hello! Today, I have nothing to write, so I write about Japanese comedy.

I love Japanese comedy. I have begun to be interested in it from the end of third grade at a junior high school. My first encounter with comedy is TUTORIAL. I watched a dynamic image of TUTORIAL. I was shocked by it. I thought "What pleasant comic dialogue they do!". Since then, I came to love TUTORIAL. I was also interested in another comedians. I like PEACE, HEISEI NOBUSHIKOBUSHI, BROADCAST and more now. However, my most favorite comedians are TUTORIAL. I really love them.

My second favorite comedians are RAHMENS. Jin Katagiri is on the left and Kentaro Kobayashi is on the right. Do you know them? Probably I think that almost all people reading this don't know them because they don't appear on television. Well, why do I know them? Because I watched their name on the Internet. I watched 2CAHNEL that is a bulletin board on the Internet. I watched a thread that name was "dreadful NETA". I found a  name of RAHMENS. Many people in that thread said "『COLLECT』 is very dreadful". 『COLLECT』 is a conte of RAHMENS. So, I watched that conte on the Internet. It was very very dreadful! I thought "They are very terrific!". However, it is these days that I came to like them. I borrowed and watched all DVDs of RAHMENS last August. I came to love RAHMENS since then. They make very artistic contes.

I went some live concerts of comedy. I went a live concert on August 15 2009 for the first time. The cast was HIKING WALKING, SHIZURU, Naomi Watanabe and others. We sat in the middle of the third row. The live concert was very excited! Since then, I often went to live concerts. I went for ten times live concerts during these four years. I saw many comedians. I was deeply moved. However, I have never seen TUTORIAL yet. They don't come to Kyusyu very often. I want to watch their comic dialogue someday!! I want to go to Tokyo or Kyoto or Osaka because they appear in theaters over there. By the way, I don't go live concerts these days. I went a live concert of Kentaro Kobayashi. He is a member of RAHMENS, but he has many stages all to himself in every place of Japan. At length, he advanced into the world the other days. He performed his stage in Paris and Monaco. I have drifted away from the subject… After all, I went to his live concerts on January 7 of this year. It was very wonderful. I was impressed by it. Surprisingly, I sat in the middle of the first row!!! It was very very near!! I could see his mole and pore!lol Moreover, I went an autograph session of Jin Katagiri on December 17 of last year. He is another member of RAHMENS. I gave his autograph, took picture, and shook hands with him. I was very happy!!

This is a picture of Jin Katagiri with his autograph(*^^*)↓


I saw member both of RAHMENS, but I didn't see them such as RAHMENS. I want to see their new performance.

Suddenly, I introduce my recommendable comedians!

First is BROADCAST. Kenji Yoshimura is in the left and Fuminori Bouno is in the right. They generally do comic dialogue. I knew them in a consolation match of M-1 grand prize in 2010. Their comic dialogue is very interesting! Moreover, they are very good friend. I also like their such point^^
 
Second is ELITE YANKEE. Minoru Tachibana is in the left and Eigo Nishijima is in the right. They have a height gap of 25cm, but the height when sitting is same as!! Their comic dialogue is excellent! We can enjoy it any time because they make full use of an ad lib.

Then, I feel tired. I wrote a lot things too much! I am going to finish writing(´^ω^`) Please watch Japanese comedy and come to like them! Thank you for reading:)
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Typing Homework 12: About my keitai

I have a smart phone of DOCOMO. I used a cell phone until February, but I wanted to change to smart phone.  I actually wanted to change to iPhone. However, I can't use my micro SD card in iPhone. There are many pictures and movies in it. They are important for me.  I use smart phone everyday. I always send mails, and watch the Internet. I rarely call. I want to continue using this smart phone for a long time.

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Jun 21, 2012

Essay 1-02c: To enjoy KGU Life

We are going to introduce about good point of this university. There are many good points in this university, for example, students, teachers, buildings, and so on. We think that this university is the most wonderful university all of university in Kumamoto. We have some favorite places in this university. This time, we want to introduce about good point of this university for exchange students.

First, exchange students will need to know is KGU liner. It is bus service of KGU. This service began since this year. You can take the bus which runs between KGU and Kumamoto Station. Surprisingly, a fare is only 100 yen! It is very useful for student.

Second, exchange students will need to know is English Lounge. You can interchange with different country people at there. There several Japanese staff and exchange students and English teachers. I have gone to there only one time. I could talk with many people, especially foreigner. At the time, I had a very good time with my friends and exchange student. Not only you can enjoy with many people, but also you can learn foreign languages. If you want to improve your speaking Japanese ability, I recommend to go to there. The English Lounge is the most suitable place to interchange with foreigner and to improve your speaking Japanese ability.

Third, exchange students will need to know is a convenience store. It is LAWSON. It is on the first floor of the students' hall. It is very convenient. You can buy all-around things there. For example, you could buy a battery in LAWSON if you need to charge battery of your electronic dictionary. They have every conceivable kind of merchandise in LAWSON. When you have lunch, you should come there to buy lunch. You can choose many kinds of foods such as noodles, rice balls, breads, salads, and you can buy many kinds of confectioneries. Confectioneries wait for you when you are a bit hungry. There are many drinks, magazines, stationary, of course. You can do not only the shopping but also the use of the photocopier in LAWSON. There is also a photocopier in MARUZEN, but when you are near by students' hall, you should use one in there.

We gave you a word MARUZEN a little while ago. It is a bookstore on the first floor of  the building No.12. They sell a lot of books, magazines, technical books and comics at there. There are not only books but also stationery and confectioneries. You can read books, magazines at there without buying it.

Forth,  exchange students will need to know is library. The library of KGU is a very big scale. You can do many things there. You can borrow books for two weeks if you want read novels. I often borrow books. It is good for us to read books. You can use a desk, a computer and printer if you must write reports. There are a lot of books becoming the document to write reports. You can watch DVDs if you have a free time until next period. Many kinds of DVD is prepared for the library.There are a lot of staffs in the library. They are all kind. You should ask them if you have some questions. I often go to the library. It is an ideal place to study because it is very quiet. The library is very useful for students.

There are many good point in this university, but we want more elevators. we think we are short of elevators. An elevator is crowded with people who use elevator to go to next classroom, so there are people who is late for class. There are some stairs, but we tired before class if we should go to seventh floor by stairs. It is unfairness for students who is late for class because of couldn't step into elevator.

And we think we need a small bulletin like a guide board. This university is very large and there are many buildings, so many people are lost. When we entered to this university, we were always lost. we didn't know which direction we should go . If there were guide board, we could know direction we should go. Of course, we have a pocket notebook which written building's number, but it is troublesome to take out a pocket notebook. If there were guide boards, we could spend comfortable time.

KGU has a lot of things for us else. Please find and make use of them. We couldn't introduce everything. You will thank to them during campus life. They make you more happy in your campus life!








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I co-authored this essay with Megumi N. We used content from our previous, individual essay posts (1-02b).

Individual essay posts (1-02b)



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Joint essay posts (1-02c)


Jun 20, 2012

Happy happy birthdays!

Hello! The day before yesterday was very wonderful day for me! I am going to write about the day.

The day is June 18. It is birthday of Rina! Besides, June 11 is Kaori's birthday. So, we planned party in Kurobouzu. A member is Rina, Kaori, Mao, Naomi, Mitsuki and me. We are the same class of speakingⅢ. However, Mitsuki and Naomi couldn't go with us. We were very sad. By the way, I had full classes. I took all classes, and I had very important thing to do. I met Naomi's mother after school. I rode her car, and she took me to downtown. Moreover, she fetched birthday cake from a store. I must be thankful to her. Then, I went to Kurobouzu alone. I putted a cake in Kurobouzu. I completed big assignment then. I had plenty of time to meet everyone, so I came home. I had very heavy belongings, so I wanted to leave them. We ware going to meet at 7:20 p.m. I left home at 7:00 p.m. and went to the wait place on foot. We met punctually, and went to Kurobouzu. In Kurobouzu we could eat as much as we like for 1800 yen, so we were full of spirit. We ate and ate and drunk and talked. I felt very very happy time, but I and Mao still had a big assignment. At 8:30 p.m., the light went out and a shop assistant brought a birthday cake for Rina and Kaori! Other customers clapped their hands. Our surprise was success!! I regret that I should have sung a song at that time now.
This is picture of Rina and Kaori and cake.^^↓


We ate the cake, but we already had plenty. We had a hard time to finish eating it. However, the cake was very good!

After we left Kurobouzu, we went to FESTA and took Purikura.


Mao drew a Mitsuki and Naomi's likeness^^ At about 10:00 p.m., we said good-bye each other.

We had a very good day. I was glad to succeed of surprise. Happy birthday Rina and Kaori!(^o^)♥

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