BR2-13 The Canterville Ghost

The Otis family came to Canterville from America. They bought a house called Canterville Chase. The house was scared by former owner. Because there was a ghost in the house. The ghost scares family and some people died because of it. But The Otis family was not afraid of the ghost.

Every morning there was a blood stain on the floor. Mrs Otis cleans it everyday, but it appear everyday. One night Mr Otis didn't sleep because of strange noise. It was chain sound and footstep of someone. And it was coming near to his bed room. Mr Otis opened his room door and saw an old man with eyes red fire and has grey long hair. There were heavy metal chains round his arms and legs. Mr Otis gave the ghost Tammany's Sun Oil. Because it prevents making chain noise. Then Mr Otis backed to his room. But the ghost got angry. Because for three hundred years he has been thought he was the best ghost and everybody was afraid of him.

The ghost made next plan to scare The Otis family. He used three hundred year old armour. He thought even modern Americans will frighten it. But he fail again. One night after The Otis family went to bed, the ghost was walking in the house. Suddenly he saw the most horrible ghost. It had a large head with no hair and round fat face with deathly smile. At first he was afraid of it and hid. But he thought he could be friend. But when he came, there was already no ghost. And one paper was there. It said "The Otis Ghost The only true and real ghost All is false" When the ghost saw it, he was angry again. Next five days, the ghost stayed his secret room. He didn't feel well. The more bad things happened to him. Twins of Mr Otis were not afraid of the ghost and they started to trick ghost sometime. The ghost was shocked and he was gone.

Mr Otis's daughter, Virginia liked go out horse riding with young Duke. When they were riding, Virginia's skirt got a big hole because of tree. Virginia went home to change her skirt and she didn't want to be looked, so she came in a room which is not often used. Surprisingly she found the ghost sitting near the window. He looked like sad. Virginia wanted to get away but she felt sorry for him. So she spoke to him. She got to know about the ghost story and he need to sleep. The ghost had not been slept for three hundred years because of ghost. If someone pray for him and cried for him, the ghost could sleep forever. Virginia decided to do that.

In the evening Virginia disappeared with ghost. The rest of Otis family worried about that. But she came back at midnight with a box. In the box, there were beautiful jewels. She explained what happened to her. The Otis family decided to bring Sir Simon(The ghost) to "Garden of Death".

In spring 1890, Virginia married with young Duke. She wore beautiful jewel from the ghost. And everyone said it was beautiful.(533 words/ 13502 words)

BR2-12 Dracula

This is the famous story. Probably you know what Dracula is. But I don't know the origin of Dracula. Now I finished reading and got to know Dracula well.

This story is from Jonathan Harker's diary.

In 1875, Jonathan Harker went to Transylvania to meet the client. Jonathan's job is to buy and sell houses for other people. In fact He didn't want to go, because he was planing to marry with Mina. He didn't want to leave her. But it was job. Count Dracula wanted to buy a house in England. So he wanted to meet and talk with Jonathan. He called Jonathan to come Transylvania.

On the way to Castle Dracula, Jonathan dropped by a hotel. The people in the hotel asked "Where are you going?" He replied "To Castle Dracula" Suddenly the room was silent. And the hotel keeper's wife gave Jonathan to the gold cross.

Castle Dracula was dark and only one person is living there. It was Count Dracula. He had white head and cold hands like ice, weared black cloth from head to foot. Jonathan spent one night in Castle Dracula. He ate breakfast with Cout Dracula. But Count Dracula didn't eat anything and said you can go anywhere in Castle, but you can't come in some locked room.

They talked about Count Dracula's new house in England. Jonathan's job was done. But Count Dracula didn't want Jonathan to leave. Jonathan had to spend time in Castle Dracula. In the morning Jonathan was shaving, Count Dracula came near to Jonathan and said Good morning. Jonathan was standing at the mirror but he couldn't see Count Dracula in the mirror. He was afraid and cut his himself. Count Dracula was watching it hungrily.

On evening Count Dracula said Jonathan to stay another month. Jonathan went cold when he heard this. That evening Jonathan went to bed, but he couldn't sleep. So he walked around the Castle Dracula. Many rooms were locked, he found one room opened. He came in the room. It has a window. He could see beautiful scenery. Suddenly he saw something black moving rapidly. It was Count Dracula. The room was warm and his room was cold. Jonathan decided to sleep in this room. Suddenly he felt that he was not alone. There were three beautiful women and Count Dracula. Three women wanted to eat Jonathan, but Count Dracula stopped it. Jonathan was closing his eyes, but still awake.

Two nights later Count Dracula said Jonathan to write for Mina. Because to pretend Jonathan is fine now. In daytime Count Dracula didn't appear, so Jonathan searched The Castle Dracula. He found extra room below downstairs. There were many coffins. And Jonathan found one coffin that Count Dracula was lying. In the night, Jonathan heard some work men was coming to The Castle Dracula. Jonathan thought it was chance to get away from here. So he tried to get away, but the door was locked. And he decided to jump off through the window, even though it really high.

At the same time Mina missed Jonathan very much. But she couldn't meet Jonathan at that time. Fortunately her friend, Lucy invited Mina her house that Lucy and her mother are living. Mina went there. Lucy was also planning to marry with Arthur Holmwood. She talked about Arthur. When she talked about it, Mina felt sad because she couldn't meet Jonathan. In the night, Lucy and Mina was sleeping in the room. Lucy walked in her sleep. Next morning Russian ship arrived at the beach. But there were many coffins and one big black dog. There were no people. That evening Lucy walked again in her sleep. When Mina woke up at night, Lucy wasn't there. Mina found Lucy at the churchyard. But something was there in Lucy's back.

After that night Lucy got worse. After two days, Mina got a letter from Jonathan. He was in Budapest. She didn't want to Lucy alone, but she went to Jonathan. Jonathan was ill but he was getting better everyday. Mina got to know what happened in The Castle Dracula through the Jonathan's diary. Mina went to Lucy's house with Jonathan. But they saw Count Dracula in London. Jonathan was afraid.

Lucy was getting worse everyday. Arthur called Professor Van Helsing to save Lucy. But Lucy was dying. Lucy had wounds in her neck. Before she dies, she wanted a kiss from Arthur. But Van Helsing stopped it. Because now Lucy has long sharp teeth. She was becoming vampire. So Arthur decided to kill her.

Van Helsing, Arthur, Jack and Jonathan planed to kill Count Dracula. They searched coffin that brought from Russian ship. They didn't bring Mina. Because it was dangerous　work. But unfortunately Mina was in danger. Mina was bit by Count Dracula. To save Mina, Jonathan had to kill Count Dracula. He chased Count Dracula with Van Helsing, Arthur and Jack. But Count Dracula was clever. He tried to go back to Transylvania. Jonathan and three men waited in Varna. But Count Dracula went different way to go home. Jonathan and three men took first train to Galatz. And finally they found the carroage which is bringing Count Dracula's coffin. They chased and Jonathan stabbed Count Dracula's heart with his knife. After that Mina was recover and could live as a human.(889 words/ 12969 words)

BR2-11 Love or Money

On Molly's 50 years birthday, her family got together in Molly's big house. Molly's husband died last year. Now Molly lives with her daughter Jackie. Molly is really rich. Every her family want to her money.

Jackie loves Molly so much, that's why she lives with her. She is 30 years old and smoker.

Diane is a also daughter of Molly. She wants to be a singer and live herself. Her everything is very expensive. So she really wants money. Actually she had gotten money from Molly. But suddenly Molly said that she no more give money for Diane. So She wanted to kill Molly for money.

Peter Hobbs also came to Molly's house. He is not Molly's family. He was really angry with Molly. He is 17 years old. He had a job and it is a first job for him. But because of Molly he was fired. He really hates Molly.

Albert is the husband of Molly's sister. His wife, Annie is ill. Annie wants Molly to visit her hospital. But Molly didn't come there. Now Annie is dying. Albert needed money for his wife's hospital fee.

Roger is a son of Molly. He lives in Cambridge, in an expensive house.

Mr. Briggs is the new man at the farm. He wants Molly's land.

Everyone got together and ate dinner and talked. But Molly knew all the family want Molly's money. They talked about everything. But finally Molly got angry and she went to upstairs and went to bed early. After that rest of family member gathered and drank coffee. Each member went upstairs and said good-night for Molly.

Next morning, Diane came to Molly's bed to bring coffee. But Molly was dead. Roger came to Molly's bed too. Diane phoned the doctor. The doctor is family doctor. He knows everything in Molly's family. But he couldn't find the reason why Molly died. Roger called the police.

The police ask questions for each family member. The empty bottle was found in Diane's house. Molly used sleeping tablet. She died because she took many sleeping tablet. Someone putted many sleeping tablet in Molly's glass. Every family hates Molly and wanted her money. But the criminal was unexpected woman. The criminal was Jackie. She loved Molly the best. Why she killed Molly? Because she was given nothing from Molly. And she wanted to marry with Mr Briggs, but Molly rejected that. That's why she killed Molly.

It's a sad story. Always detective story's criminal is unexpected person. All the people want money. Sometime it brings tragedy. (426 words/ 12080 words)

BR2-10 The Withered Arm

I read this book called The Withered Arm. This story is complicated for me. So I don't understand the story, but I will try to write about it...


Rhoda Brook works in Farm as a milkmaid. She works very hard; even she doesn't get enough money. She lives with her son at poor house on the hill. Her son's father is Farmer Lodge. But he got another new wife who is young and pretty. Rhoda is interested in it and she let her son to look Farmer Lodge's new wife. Her son looked Farmer Lodge's new wife and came home and told his mother about the new wife.

One night, two or three week’s later, strange thing happened. Rhoda was staring the dying fire. But she also saw only the picture in her head of the new wife. Rhoda felt tired and go to bed. But the picture of Gertrude Lodge did not go away. When Rhoda went to bed, she was there. Her face was cruel smile and her hand has wedding ring. The phantom sat Rhoda and it became heavier and heavier. Rhoda finally grabbed the phantom's left hand and pulled hard. The phantom fell off and Rhoda sat up.

The next day about midday, the woman came to Rhoda's house. But she is totally different from Rhoda's dream woman. She was kind and pretty. Rhoda's son talked the woman, but Rhoda didn't come out of her house. Two days later, the woman came to Rhoda's house again with new shirts for Rhoda's son and twelve days later came again. But there was no Rhoda's son, so Rhoda talked the woman first time. The woman's name was Gertrude. Gertrude show Rhoda her strange left hand and arm and told about that.

They met on the road again and talked about Gertrude's left arm. The doctor couldn't help Gertrude. So they decided to go to see Wise man. Gertrude showed her left arm to Wise man. Then the Wise man took eggs and did something to it. And put a glass of water and broke the eggs to open. The white of egg went down and changing to milky white color and moving round and round. He gave it to Gertrude. According to the Wise man, Gertrude can see the enemy's face of her. After saw it, Gertrude didn't talk much. The people began to put the word "witch" in front of the name "Rhoda Brook". So Rhoda decided to go away from the hill with her son.

Six month passed, Gertrude's marriage life wasn't happy because of her left arm. She decided to go to the Wise man again. The wise man told the cure. But it was the only thing. It was put the withered arm on the neck of a hanged man. And it must do before he's cold-just after they take his body down. She somehow could come in the jail and touch the neck. But the scream happened. It was not only Gertrude one's but also Rhoda's one. And there was Farmer Lodge behind Rhoda. Gertrude understood. The neck she touched is Rhoda's son. Rhoda got really angry and pulled Gertrude away from the table. Gertrude fell down and she never opened her eyes again. She died three days after.

Sorry my explanation is really bad!(552 words/11654 words)

I can't wait Twilight movie!!!

Hi! Do you know Twilight??? It's originally novel. But this novel became movie!!! I got to know this information from my brother. I usually don't read books. So first, I have no idea about Twilight. But one day my brother told me Twilight. Why he knew Twilight? He is also geek of American bands. One of his favorite bands is Paramore. I also like this band. He told that Paramore made songs for movie. It's called Twilight. He was so excited about that. But movie Twilight will be on screen on April in Japan, America is already showing though... So he bought novel(It's transrated version). And I borrowed it and finished reading. It was fantastic. This is love story between vampire and human girl. But even guys probably can enjoy it!!! This novel has huge teenager girls supports. I want to watch movie Twilight. Above movie is Twilight trailer! Enjoy!(150 words/ 11102 words)

Coffee makes me fat!

Recently I drink coffee every day. It's my new custom. After I came back from Minnesota, I became a coffee fan. I drink coffee after school and after part-time job. My room is really cold, so I need something hot. Coffee is really good thing. BUT there is a problem. Every time I drink coffee, I want something sweets, for example chocolate, cookies something like that. I know it makes me fat. But I really like drink coffee with sweets. I can't stop eating... Somebody help me!!! Actually I gained weight. haha!(92 words/ 10952 words)

MR 3 Romeo And Juliet

This movie is based on William Shakespeare’s same title tragedy.

Characters: Romeo Montague(Leonardo DiCaprio)
Juliet Capulet(Claire Danes)
Tybalt Capulet(John Leguizamo)
Mercutio(Harold Perrineau)
Friar Lawrence(Pete Postlethwaite)
Story: The Montagues and The Capulets hated each other. They fought about little things. Romeo was suffering for his love. One day he and his friends went to the Capulet’s party. Romeo saw a beautiful woman. Romeo immediately fell in love her. Even though she was the Capulet’s daughter, they loved each other. They decided to marry at Lawrence’s church. But Juliet’s father forced Juliet to marry another person. One day Mercutio fought with Tybalt. Unfortunately, Mercutio was stabbed by Tybolt and died. Romeo got angry about that and killed Tybolt with his gun. Because of killing Tybolt, Romeo was banished from Verona. Before Romeo left Verona, he met Juliet. Juliet didn’t want to marry another man. She asked Lawrence to save Romeo. Lawrence had one dangerous plan. Juliet drank medicine to make it seem that she were dead. The Caplets thought Juliet was dead and the funeral was held. One of Romeo’s friends knew this and went to Romeo’s house. Romeo also thought Juliet died. He drank poison and died. Juliet woke up and noticed Romeo and lying next to her and he was dying. She takes Romeo’s gun and kills herself.
It was a really sad movie. This movie’s world is modern. So character’s fashions are aloha shirts. They use guns instead of swords. The last scene was interesting. I have watched old version of Romeo and Juliet. It was a little different ending. In the new version, Romeo could see Juliet after he drank poison. I think one of lessons from this movie is hatred makes sorrow and never makes anything good.(290 words/ 10860 words)

MR 2 School Of Rock

I have watched this movie twice. I like this movie because this movie is about rock. First I want to introduce this movie’s main characters.
Dewey Finn: He loves rock music and formed his own band, but he is left out of his band by his bandmates. He lives with Ned Schneebly. The actor is Jack Black. Rosalie Mullins: She is a principal of Horace Green Elementary. This school is very educated school. She is very strict with children, but in fact she is funny woman. Ned Schneebly: He lives with his girl friend and Dewey. His job is teacher, but it’s not full time job. He is weak-minded.
Story: Dewey was left out his own band. He wanted to play in a band again, but he had no money. One day he was in Ned’s house and got a telephone call for Ned. He pretended to be Ned and went to Horace Green Elementary as a teacher. He had no idea how to teach. At first he only sat in front of the students. But one day he heard the students play. He decided to form a band using the students. He chose his band member from students and taught them rock history and how to play music instruments. All students believe in Dewey’s way. If they win at the band battle, they can get a nice grade. But Ned’s girl friend called the police and Dewey was exposed because he is not real teacher. He ran back to his home. All the students were disappointed in him. But the next day all the students got on a school bus and picked Dewey up to play at the band battle. They did a great job at band battle, but they didn’t win. But there was an encore. They played again. The student’s parents and the principal watched their show and they changed their mind. After all Horace Green Elementary made an After class School of rock.
The lesson of school of rock is to cooperate and do something together and get happiness. First Dewey used students to make own band and do live show on band battle. But he learned the meaning of a true “Band” from the students.(370 words/ 10570 words)

MR 1 Shrek

I would like to introduce about Shrek. Shrek is computer animated American comedy movie.
First I will introduce the characters of this movie.

Shrek is an ogre. He lives in a swamp alone. The people are afraid of him because of his power. They tried to attack him. But they fail. His appearance is not good, but he has a pure heart, a sense of humor and bravery. His voice is Mike Myers. His Japanese dubbing is Hamada.
Donkey is a talking donkey. That’s why he was sold by his owner. When he ran away from soldiers, he met Shrek and became his friend. He is very talkative and also has a good sense of humor. His voice is Eddie Murphy. His Japanese dubbing is ???
Princess Fiona was trapped in a castle with Dragon. and is very beautiful. But she has secret. When sun goes down, she becomes an ogre. She also can fight and is strong. Her voice is Cameron Diaz. Her Japanese dubbing is Norika Fujiwara.

Plot: Shrek lives alone because the people are afraid of his face, power and anger. Lord Farquaad must find a princess to become the king of his country. One day Lord Farquaad chose Shrek to save Princess Fiona. She is caught in Dragon’s castle. Shrek and Donkey went to the castle to save Princess Fiona. Princess Fiona was disappointed by her saviour. Because of the saviour was ogre. Shrek also didn’t feel good about Princess Fiona because she didn’t like him. But on the way to Lord Farquaad’s castle, Shrek’s gradually changed his mind. He liked Princess Fiona. But Lord Farquaad and Princess Fiona were to be married . At the wedding, Shrek came and told Fiona he loved her. Shrek and Princess Fiona kissed and her curse was broken. Both Shrek and Princess Fiona became happy.

This movie contains many fairy tale characters like Pinocchio, Robin Hood. I was interested in Shrek’s changing feelings. I think it because of Donkey. Donkey told Shrek many things. I watched this movie by DVD. There are many extra segments. My favorite is Shrek in the swamp karaoke dance party feature. Shrek’s character sang and danced with popular music.(365 words/10200 words)

All Time Low

This is one of my favorite bands, All Time Low. What do you think about this band? I found this band from Warped Tour compilation album. I like this kind of pop sound. But I found out this kind of sound is liked by teenage girls. I think this band has huge girls fans. If I say "I like All Time Low" to my American friend, probably I am looked by gay! haha. I don't know why. Anyways this type of bands like We The Kings, Mayday Parade, Every Avenue, Forever The Sickest Kids are supported by huge girls fan. Because they are looks good? Or something... I don't really know. But I like their music. But I'm not GAY!!!!(120 words/9835 words)

Road To Zebrahead Live Show!

Yesterday I went to Fukuoka to see Zebrahead live show. I haven't been live show since September Weezer live show. So I was really excited that.

In the morning, I woke up at 8:00a.m. I slept a long time, beacause I went to bed at 11:30p.m. That day I had 2 classes. One class is Culural Anthropology class and the other is Outline of American literature class. The former class is 2nd period, so I could go to this class. But the latter class is 4th period. I decided to skip 4th period, because I didn't want to late Zebrahead live show.

Before I went to school, I did some assignment. Because the due is Wednesday. But I couldn't finish these assignments! haha. I went to 2nd period. After that I went to library to find newspaper article. I had another assignment. It's for reading class. We have to newspaper article and make quiz. Actually the day before, I was finding it for one hour, but I couldn't find it. But yesterday I could find quickly. It was lucky.

I left KGU and went to prefectural office bus stop. On the way, I bought 2 "Onigiri" and one coke. 12:01p.m, the bus came. This bus is called "Hinokunigou". I got in this bus. It takes about 2 hours to go to Fukuoka. So I was listening to Zebrahead's songs in the bus.

I arrived at Fukuoka. First I wanted to go shopping. Fukuoka is really cool city. There are many fascinating shops. I wanted to buy Christmas gift for my girl friend. I went to Tenjin Core. But I couldn't find anything good. Then I went to Loft. It was nice shop. There were many Christmas gifts. I bought some gifs and Christmas card. After that I went to Vox. This shop has many skater brand and punk rock brand stuffs. I have been there once, when I went to Weezer live show. This shop is definitely my favorite shop. There are FSAS, Hurley, Vans, DCMA, Lowlife and so on. I decided to buy Hurley's jacket. But it was expensive and I have no money. So I withdrew my saving from ATM. Then I bought it. It was hard to buy it, but it was Christmas present for me? haha.

After that I started to go to Drum Logos. It was a live house. Zebrahead live would be held in there. I have lost my way on February. So I thought it takes long time to go there. But it wasn't. I arrived at there really fast. It was still 4:20p.m. The live open at 6:00p.m and start at 7:00p.m. So I returned to downtown to kill time. I went to Mister Donut and killed times. And I went to Drum Logos again. It was still early, it was 5:20p.m. But there was a line for buy tour goods of Zebrahead. Of course I lined to buy tour goods. Every time I go to live show, I buy T-shirts, but it's expensive. It's 3500 yen, so this time I bought muffler towel. It was cool!

6:00p.m, door was opened. My ticket is early number. So I could get in soon. I put my bags in coin locker. And I waited live start. Actually yesterday, there was a opening act. This band is called Illscarlett. But we had to wait almost one hour. Because show starts at 7:00p.m.

Illscarlett live started. They were so powerful. Actually I have listened their music on Youtube. But I didn't think their songs are good. BUT yesterday I realized I was wrong. They were so cool! Guitarist and bassist were so big. And they were playing with dancing! That was amazing. Their music was mixture. And I found a interesting thing. The singer's face was similar to Daniel Radcliffe. haha.

Finally Zebrahead appeared!!! The first song was Hell Yeah! The audiences were crazy. I was close to stage, so I noticed the audiences were coming in my back. Immediately The mosh-pit was maded by the audiences. It was scary. They were attack to each other. So I escaped there and backed a little bit. Every song was really cool! I think there was no time to break. Because their songs are all high tempo! In fact I only know maybe 7 songs? But I really enjoyed. Ali's body was muscularly and cool! Matty has so nice voice. Ben could speak Japanese very well. I think he is the best speaker of them. Ed's powerful drum perform was so cool! BUT I was really impressed Greg's guitar play! His play was really cool. He could play tapping easily. He sometime appeared front of stage and played solo. I respect him! They played my favorite song "Into You" very fast, so first I didn't recognized that. haha. They played "Playmate of the Year" for the last song. They required us to say "FxxK" haha. It was so fun! Because all of us shouted "Fxxk" They responded encore. They finally played "Anthem" and "Mental Health". "Mental Health" is really funny for Japanese because of lyrics. It was so fun! Thank you Zebrahead and Illscarlete!

On the way to bus stop, I dropped in Yoshinoya. I haven't eaten Yoshinoya's gyudon. So It was the first time. It was cheap and delicious. I got in buss. I was tired, so I slept a little. And I arrived at prefectural office bus stop at 11:41p.m and went home. In my house, my mother still awake. I said "Hello~" and went to bath room. I took a bath. Then I still had home work, so I started to do this and finished 2:30a.m and went to bed~. Such a busy day~!(949 words/9715 words)

QP?

Soooooryyy!!! QP is McDonald's word. It means Quarter Pounder. This burger is new menu in other prefecture. Previously Kumamoto was the only one prefecture which sell Quarter Pounder burger. But it changed. Now every prefecture sells Quarter Pounder burger, I think. So we have to promote this burger. Yesterday I had to learn Quarter Pounder burger again. For example how to make Quarter Pounder?, what is important to make Quarter Pounder?. Then our boss said to me "Show me your operation of making Quarter Pounder". So I made it. After that I could eat it!!! Yeah! It was really delicious!

After job, my part-time job senpai and I decorated McDonald's for Christmas. This year went really fast. This year is almost over. Time flies!(124 words/8766 words)

Lucky!

I got a phone call yesterday, when Hitoshi and I was watching "HEROES". It was from my part-time job boss. Every time I get phone call from my part-time job, I think something bad, for example "Can you work longer? Or can you work Monday?" So I was worried, when I got phone call. Sometime I ignore phone call form my part-time job. haha. BUT this time, it wasn't! The boss said "Your working time changed. Which time do you want to work, form 4:00p.m or 6:00p.m?" When I heard it, I was happy. I was supposed to work from 3:30p.m. I chose form 6:00p.m. So I got 2 hours and half free time! YEAH! I can practice guitar, studying TOEIC or doing home work. Probably I have to do my assignments. All I want is TIME!(137 words/8642 words)

CRAZY THURSDAY!!!

My Thursday is busy. I have 5 classes and part-time job. I will tell you about one day of my Thursday. It's November 27th. Yeah! It's yesterday.

I woke up at 8:00a.m. It takes twenty minutes to go to my university. I had to eat breakfast quickly and leave. First period starts 9:00a.m. I left home at 8:40a.m maybe? I was late first period a little. First period is English literature history. This class is super boring. Always I think different things like... What I want to be?, How to play guitar well, What do I want to do after part-time job... But today was terrible. A teacher gave assignment. I already have some assignment. So it makes me sick! haha.

Second period is Reading class. We learn how to read English news paper. In the class, we have news test. We have to read one article and answer 5 questions. Today's test was the worst record. Yay! Recently I don't study English at all. I should study. haha.

Lunch time: Almost always I go to English Lounge with my lunch box. I want to save money, so I don't buy anything at lunch time. Recently English lounge changed. There are big television, dart, kitchen and computer. Some of my friends was playing game on computer. I watched that. It seemed like fun. So I tried. But it was so difficult for me. Because I'm not good at computer game. I don't have computer games in my house. I'm looks like "OTAKU" but I'm not REAL "OTAKU" haha.

Third period is listening class. Always we listen some tapes of conversation. We separate 12 groups and think about the answers together. Fortunately my group has some excellent students, so I am helped by them sometime. Today also there were some tough questions. I couldn't find answer. But the other student solved the question. Good job!

Forth period is Spanish class. In this class there are only four students. So I can ask questions easily. It's one of good points. This class focuses on conversation. We make some sentences and practice. Oh! This class's teacher is very funny. Always he talkes 20 minutes about everything himself, his thought.

Fifth period is Education psychology class. I failed last semester, so I take this class again. It's required subject to be teacher. Today's class was interesting. The teacher explained some interesting experiments. Pavlov's dog is such a interesting experiment. Today's theme is "learning". Usually this class is boring, but today I enjoyed it.

After fifth period, it's already 5:50p.m. I had to go home quickly. Unfortunately it was raining and I had no umbrella. I got wet. As soon as I backed home, I changed part-time job clothe and ate dinner. I left home at 6:45p.m. It was still raining. I was barely late part-time job. I arrived at McDonalds at 6:59p.m. My work starts 7:00p.m. Today was boring, not busy. I wanted to go home early. But I had to wait until restaurant close. 10:30p.m, our McDonalds closes. After that always we have to clean everything in McDonald’s machines, tables and floor. It takes long time. We finished 11:30p.m.

I went home. The rain is stopped. After backed home, I did 30 push-up and 30 sit-ups. I want to be thin. Recently I gained weight and my stomach is terrible. Then I took a bath. Winter bath is really comfortable. It makes me hot and relaxes. I had to watch Toy Story to write a movie review. I borrowed it rental video store last week, so I had to return it this Friday. I had no choice to watch it on Thursday. I watched it in English and English subtitle. I have watched this movie many times, so it's easy to understand even if I didn't understand English. After I watched this movie, I saw my clock. It's already 2:30a.m. I went to bed quickly.(652 words/8505 words)

Lists 8 My Favorite Lostprophets songs

Recently I always listen to lostprophets music, when I go to school. Their songs have aggressive sound and positive lyrics and cool chorus. I'm looking forward to listening lostprophets new album.

1. Last Train Home: I like this dramatic melody line and positive lyrics. I was encouraged by this song many times. Also this song is my ringing tone.

2. Rooftops: This song is also positive song. I think this song's theme is not regretting life? Anyways this song's chorus is also cool. I tried to sing a few times in karaoke.

3. To Hell We Ride: Recently I listen a lot this song. I like this song's guitar riff. I like Lee(lostprophets guitar)'s play. I watched this song's live version on Youtube many times. I wish I could play this song.

4. Last Summer: Ian(lostprophets singer) said this song is "Growing up" song. This song lyrics is of summer memory like Hanging out with friends. I can imagin this a little bit sad situation easily.

5. Goodbye Tonight: This song also has "lostprophets weapons". Melody, lyrics and chorus.

Most of my favorite songs are from their second album "Start Something" It's really good album! You should listen it!!!(199 words/ 7853 words)

Lists 7 My Winter Pleasure

Today I will introduce my favorite things of winter.

1. Kotatu: I always warm myself at a kotatu. Sometime I sleep in the kotatu. It's really comfortable. I'm happy to born as Japanese. Recently I practice guitar at kotatu. My room is too cold to play guitar.　Kotatu is awesome!

2. Coffee: Recently I drink coffee three times a day. I drink after school, after dinner and midnight. Especially cookies with strong black coffee are the best. Why I changed so? Probably when I was in Minnesota, I always drink coffee in the morning. Americans really like coffee. I got American custom?

3. Bath: Bath makes me really warm. Bath is indispensable for Japanese. I don't want to get cold, so I always take a bath.(126 words/7654 words)

Soramimi

I got to know this video from my friend. It's called Soramimi Award. It's TV program. English listening is hard for Japanese. Sometime Japanese misunderstand. Sometime it becomes funny. This is soramimi. Please check it out.(36 words/7528 words)

Bat man Begins

I watched Batman Begins yesterday. I have watched The Darknight. This is sequel of Batman Begins. The Darknight was really interesting and difficult. I couldn't understand some parts of that movie. So I wanted to find out the story. I decided to watch Batman Begins.

This movie was also difficult for me. But I could understand why Batman was born. Bat represents fear. Bruce was afraid of bat. When he was young, he fell into a hole and he was attacked by many bats. One day Bruce's parents were murdered by poor man. Bruce blamed himself. He decided to learn evil way. He stole something and did many bad things. One day he was arrested. He had to live in jail. But Bruce was helped by Ra's al Ghul. Bruce leaned many things from him. But they had to fight in the end because of difference of idea of justice.

I could find some characters that I have seen in the Darknight. Rachel's actress was different from the Darknight. Ken Watanabe acted Ra's al Ghul's boss. But he died soon in this movie. haha. (184 words/7492 words)

Weekend...

You know, my part-time job is McDonalds. Every weekend I work in McDonalds. Weekend is hard work. Many families come to our restaurant. November 22nd to 24th was holiday in Japan this year. I worked three days this weekend. I was so tired. I think my friends tired too. Many families came, but our restaurant was shortage of worker. High school students couldn't work this week because of semester tests. It was OK. Tests are important for everyone.

But let me complain about this weekend's our new boss behavior. New boss is 28 years old young woman. I think she focuses on restaurant's sales. So she doesn't take care of us and customer. For example, at 14:00, I think there were two people to make hamburger, 4 people to take order. The boss used all three counters to take order. Maybe you can't understand this problem. It's absolutely shortage of people to make hamburger. If the boss uses three counters, we will have to make many burgers in short time. But the boss DID!!! Jyun Jyun(My part-time job friend) and I were confused. Fortunately my two great senpais helped us. Finally the boss came and helped. But this situation occurs sometimes since new boss came.

I haven't heard the people who likes new boss. All my part-time job friends, senpai hate new boss. And next March, I will lose some great senpais. They are senior in university, so they are already decided to their full time job. I'm worry about March and next year.

I work for money not McDonalds sales!!!!

Sorry for so much complains... (266 words/7308 words)

Lists 6 My Favorite Blink-182 songs!

I have nothing to write about blog! So today I'll introduce my super favorite band's songs. The band is blink-182. I like this band so much. But blink-182 broke up! I hope someday blink's come back!!!

Here are my favorite songs lists.

1. Feeling This: This song is from blink-182's fifth album "blink-182". I knew blink-182 through this song. One day I was watching MTV, I found this song. I think this song is totally bomb track, even though blink uses fuckin' words!

2. All The Small Things: This song is from blink-182's third album "Enema-of State" Have you ever seen this music video? It was really funny. Blink-182 acted BSB on music video! This song is very easy to play on guitar. So I can play this song!

3. I Miss You: This song is from blink-182's fifth album "blink-182". This song is emotional. I like this sound and lyrics. I like this part. “We can live like Jack and Sally If we want" Do you understand??? These names are Nightmare Before Christmas characters!!!

4. First Date: This song is from blink-182's forth album "Take Off Your Pants and Jacket" I like this song name. It's really direct! I also this song's lyric. If you go to first date, you should listen! haha.

5. Dammit: This song is from blink-182's second album "Dude Ranch" Recently I found my other favorite band, All Time Low covered this song. I like this song's guitar riff!!!

There are more many songs what I like. In fact Choosing 5 songs were hard for me.(261 words/7042 words)

I am super procrastinator!!!

Last night I went back home at 23:40 from my part-time job. I had to write a movie review for writing class. I watched TV about 20 minutes and took a bath. After that I turned on my computer. First I checked Gmail. And then I checked my favorite site to get new information of music or something. And I realized it was 1:00a.m. I started to write a movie review. But my brain was dead and I couldn't think good idea to write about... So I opened my iTunes music library and listened to music. I listened many bands and singers. I listened a little bit old song. This singer was Krystal Meyers. She is Christian pop singer. My brother has her CD. When I was high school student, I liked pop music. I like BSB, Blue, Britney Spears and Avril Lavigne. But now I’m not so much. Anyways Krystal Meyers was kind of nostalgic for me. I listened to music two hours maybe? It was 3:00a.m. So I started to write movie review again quickly and I finished 4:00a.m. It's not healthy. And last night was really cold. I went to bed. Though I was tired, I couldn't sleep soon.(202 words/6781 words)

Hmm...

Next Wednesday, Sum41's best album will be released in Japan. It's for Japan, only Japan. I checked the list of songs. I have 3 albums of original Sum41 albums and one live album also my brother has the other original album... So I have most of the best album's songs except one new song. I'm wondering I should buy or not. It's expensive, 3500yen. But the best album's limited edition includes music video DVD and two live track. In addition, book let is cute, design is lunch box!!! Ah~~ It makes me confuse. (93 words/6579 words)

Preparation of Movie Review "Romeo and Juliet"

I watched "Romeo and Juliet". I have watched this story's old version movie. So I know the story is like. New version was interesting. Romeo and his friend have guns instead of swords. In this movie there were gas station, buildings and many modern things. But basically story is same as old ones. But I found the biggest difference. At almost the last scene, Romeo drinks poison and Juliet wakes up in her sleep. Juliet realizes Romeo drank poison. She looks Romeo, but he is almost dead but still alive. They looked each other one last time. In old movie, when Juliet wakes up, Romeo has already died and they can't see each other's eyes. It was interesting, but dramatic. Anyways this story is really sad.(126 words/6486 words)

BR2-9 The Coldest Place On Earth

I read The Coldest Place on Earth. To be honest, it was not interesting story. This story was real story. Both British ship and Norway ship raced to be the first men at the South Pole. They suffered cold, wind and food. They used many dogs to run sledge. Some people and dogs died because of bad weather. The temperature sometime goes down to -60° Centigrade. The crew was angry against captain. But both British and Norway ship got the South Pole. Norway won this race, because they always paid attention to where British ship is. British were lazy, although they had good motor sledges. British captain and crews disappointed the result and died at the Cape Evans.(118 words/6360 words)

BR2-8 The Witches Of Pendle

I read The Witches of Pendle. This story is about 1600s in England. Jennet Device was poor. In 1634 spring, Jennet was in prison with twenty women suspected as a witch. She had no hope for her future. One day Mr. Webster came to see Jennet.

After Jennet met Mr. Webster, she remembered her childhood. She lived with her mother, sister, brother, grandmother and dog. Jennet's father was dead. It caused the family to be poorer. When Jennet was 9 years old, her life began to change. Her mother and grandmother were ill. Her sister, Alizon went out to get some bread. Jennet followed her with dog. They met fat and rich man. His name was John Law. Alizon asked him to give her money to buy some foods. But John didn't answer. So Alizon asked again. John finally answered but it made Alizon angry. She ordered her dog to get John. John fell down and he couldn't move on himself. Jennet called the villagers. They helped John and said Alizon a witch.

Roger Nowell who was rich and important man in Lancashire came to see Alizon. Jennet's family went Malkin Tower and asked some questions. In the question, Alizon admitted she cursed John. Mr. Nowell wanted to meet Jennet's grandmother. Mr. Nowell and his men came to see Old Dendike. She admitted she is a witch and she can kill the people. Alizon and Old Dendike were caught in Lancaster Castle.

April 10th in Jennet's house, there are many people, Jennet's family and some friends and poor people. They drunk and ate and talked. They also planned to help Alison and Old Dendike and curse the guards.

Jennet was afraid of that. She decided to go Mr. Nowell's house and talk the truth. Her brother, James followed her. Mr. Nowell's welcomed them and gave bread and milk. Jennet told Mr. Nowell to witch. But James admitted he is a witch in front of Mr. Nowell.

April 27th the guards took Jennet's mother and James to Lancaster Castle. Jennet lived with Mr. Nowell. Her life was getting better. But one day Jennet met her family, they were thin and dirty. Old Dendike was already dead.

Unfortunately Jennet was suspended as a witch, because of her family name. She was put in prison. She waited the day she dies. (388 words/ 6242 words)

Answering WEI2

1. What is your usual writing/blogging schedule each week? Where do write/blog?

Mostly I write blog posts on Wednesday. I write posts in class and home.

2. Please look at your first post from Spring term and compare it with what you are writing now. What improvements do you see with your English and what do you think you should work on to improve?

Spring semester's post was not long. I can write longer than before. I need more vocabrary to express what I think.

3. What are your opinions of doing movie reviews? Please talk about the time it takes and the availability of the movies.

It's good to improve not only English writing ability but also listening ability.

4. Please give your suggestions for the class

If I made some mistakes on my blog, I want teacher to correct them or give some advices.


5. Please give some advice to the students who will take this class next year.

Writing blog regularly is best way to　get credit.

List 6 My Favorite McDonalds menus

Today I want to introduce my favorite menus of my part-time job's McDonalds. But remember, my favorite menus changes often. So these are my favorites NOW.

1. TERIYAKI MAC BURGER: I don't know there is a TERIYAKI burger in America. This is nice burger. It includes pork patty, mayonnaise souse, TERIYAKI souse, some lettuces..

2. JUICY CHICKEN BURGER: It's a spicy burger. I love spicy foods. It includes spicy chicken patty, myonnaise souse, some lettuces. It's easy to make.


3. BIG MAC BURGER: Recently I eat this burger often. Because I become very hungly in break. I eat this and start work again. But watch out!!! This is high calorie burger. Maybe because of this I recently gain weight. Making this burger is a little bit difficult. It includes 2 meat patty, onions, big mac souse, lettuces, 2 pickles and cheese



Did you find your favorite in my favorite??? There are many burgers in McDonalds. Enjoy eating McDonalds. But be careful of your health!!! haha.(165 words/5854 words)

BR2-7 The President's Murderer

I read The President's Murderer. I think this story is a kind of irony or something.

Story: Alex Dinnon was running in the night. He was running away from the police. Felix(inspector) was chasing him. But Alex somehow could run away from them.

The next morning, Alex was from south of the prison. There were no people. So he decided to sleep a little. But when he opened his eyes, there was an old woman. She said "What are you doing in my field, young man?" Alex said "I'm sorry". Surprisingly she invited him to her house. The old woman's name was Marta. Marta serves some foods. Suddenly she said "How did you escape from prison?". Alex's face went white. But Marta laughed. She wasn't afraid of president's murder. She hated the police. She treated Alex one night.

The next morning, Felix and his subordinate Adam came Marta's house. They asked about Alex. But Marta didn't say about Alex. Felix and Adam didn't get anything. Chief of Police got angry, because the president really wants to put Alex in prison again.

After Alex left Marta's house, he moved quickly. He wondered where to go now. But he were hungry and he had some money from Marta. So he decided to go to shop to get food. There were many people. And he waited behind them. People looked at him, and a man went out quickly. Alex wanted to run but he waited because of starving. The boy came up to Alex and said "There are two police men in the street and they are coming here". But Alex couldn't escape at that time. But the shopkeeper called him and told another door. When Alex get out form the shop, the shopkeeper said "I never help the police-they're all bad".

Alex left for his wife's house. He met his wife. When they were talking, his Olivia(Alex's wife) noticed Alex's hands. Alex's hand was cut　and burned, because he didn't say anything about the president's murderer. In fact Alex was not the president's murderer. The police knew the true president's murderer. They were afraid Alex tells the president's murderer.

The police found the Alex's house. They brought many army’s and went to the Alex's house. Alex decided to leave the house. Of cause he knew there are many police and armys around the house. Alex went out the house. He was shot by army.

Felix was wondering. Felix found out what a cruel the police are. He argued with chief. But the chief didn't listen his idea. Felix disappointed his work and left.(431 words/5689 words)

Last weekend

My weekend started from Thursday because of Takumasai.

On Thursday I woke up at 13:00. Wednesday night I went to karaoke and sang 6 hours with friends from 23:00 to 5:00. After I woke up, I left my friend's house and went to another karaoke. I sang two hours from 14:00 to 16:00. I went back home and ate dinner and went to my part-time job. I worked from 18:00 to 23:30. I went back home, took a bath and went to bed.

On Friday I woke up at 7:00. Because this Friday's part-time job started at 8:00. I haven't worked this early time before. That's why I was very nervous. But fortunately, my senpai helped me. I could finish my first two hours job. After that our McDonalds became busy. And at that time, there were 4 people to work. We worked hard. Somehow we did it.

On Saturday I worked from 10:00 to 18:00. Saturday is one of busy days. This Saturday was also busy day. I wanted to give up from first two hours past. But of course I couldn't haha. I worked 5 hours and 1 hour break and worked again 2 hours. At break, I ate lunch. After that I almost slept. After two hours job was much easier than first 5 hours. I went home and ate dinner and took a bath. Then I turned on computer and checked emails, facebook and mysapce. I got so much information from these. And I started to skype with my girl friend. Every time skype time is happy for me. She lives far away from my house, so I can't meet face to face without skype. I want to thank this technology. I talked 3 hours, I think. And I went to bed.

On Sunday today was family trip day for my mother and grandmother. We left home at 9:00 and went to水俣. On the way we dropped park. I don't know the name of it. But this park was interesting. Every play ground equipment was related New Zealand. My brothers and cousins very enjoyed. Of course I did too. After that we checked in our旅館. Before dinner my father, Hitoshi, Atushi and I went to hot spring of旅館. It was so nice. There were 4 different type of hot spring. This time I bathed two of them. The dinner was awesome. There were almost sea foods, like sashimi and something like that. I ate too much and felt sleepy. So I went back my room and slept 3 hours, maybe? But it was almost 22:00. And next day, I had to get up early. So I went to bed again.

On Monday I woke up at 5:00, because today was fishing day. We aimed cutlass fishes. It was still dark outside. But it was good for fishing. In this fishing, we didn't use rod. We used just line and fish bait. Feeling is important in this kid of fishing. But Hitoshi, my cousin and I were not good at fishing, so we were scold by fisherman. Oh! We rode boat and went fishing. We caught many cutlass fishes and squids. Squids were very interesting. When we catch them, they squirted ink. And we got ink and also boat got ink too. Hitoshi got sick and gave up at first one hour. Probably he slept 2 hours in boat. I got 4 cutlass fishes and 2 squids. After fishing we went back our 旅館and ate breakfast quickly. Because we had to check out at 10:00. And at that time it was 9:00. Atushi and I ate breakfast very quickly and went to hot spring. Because we felt cold. We bathed another hot spring. It was cave hot spring. It was really nice. After bathing, we felt good. We prepared to leave and left ryokan. We went to スペイン館and bought some souvenir. In スペイン館, I could taste many kind of jam and juices. Each was good. I bought some bread for 80 yen each at there. We rode car and left there. In the car, I slept many hours. So I skipped lunch( I didn't want to). We dropped some 道の駅. But I didn't notice, because I was sleeping. But I woke up last 道の駅 that we went. I could see special product of there. And fortunately I could see local amateur band. They covered famous songs, like "Change the world" and some Japanese songs. They were good band. We arrived at home. But today was Monday. I had to go guitar lesson. I couldn't concentrate at lesson. But I did. After lesson, I went back home and ate dinner. I t was delicious. Because it was sashimi that we caught this morning. It was fresh and taste really good.

That is my weekend. It was busy. But trip was special for me. Because recently my family didn't spend together like this trip. We are all busy and we live different time. I live in night time. The others are day time. haha.(861 words/5258 words)

New Boss

My part-time job is McDonalds. I work there 4 times a week. Usually weekend is so busy. Our McDonalds are located in shopping mall. Many families come to our restaurant. In addition, sometime our restaurant doesn't get enough people to run our restaurant. It makes us very busy.

And from November 1st, new boss has been working together. She is 28 years old and beautiful. BUT she is strict. My part-time job friends and I already miss previous boss. He was very big and fat. When I worked with him, I hate him.

I hope I can get used to this new situation.(103 words/4397 words)

BR2-6 Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp

I read Aladdin's story. It's a little bit different from Disney's one, I think.

In Arabia, there is a poor young man living with his mother. He lost his father five years ago and he never works. He is very lazy man.

One day he met Abanazar. He was rich and he said Aladdin to he is Aladdin's uncle. He gave money and good clothe.

The other day Abanazar took Aladdin to out of the city and he used magic and made fire. Suddenly the ground under the fire began to open. Abanazar order Aladdin to take an old lamp, because this lamp is special. The lamp has jinnee (He obeys everything, if you have lamp). Aladdin tried to get lamp, but he first took some fruits, so he couldn't get lamp. Abanazar got angly and closed the door.

Aladdin couldn't get out of the underground. But he remembered the ring that he got from Abanazar and rubbed it. Suddenly jinnee came out. Aladdin wished to get out from here. And he could go home with lamp.

When Aladdin came home, he slept many hours and woke up. He felt hungry. But there were no food. He thought to sell lamp and gave it to his mother. His mother rubbed it. And jinnee came out. They ordered to bring some foods. Jinnee brought many foods with gold plate. They ate and ate and sold plate. They gradually became rich.

One day Aladdin saw a beautiful woman. She is daughter of the sultan. Aladdin immediately fell in love with her. He wanted her, so he gave some jewels for princess Badr-al Budur through his mother. But to marry with princess was difficult. The sultan required more beauty jewels with gold plate, forty slave girls and forty slaves. But Aladdin did because of lamp. And he married with princess.

Abanazar got to know about Aladdin and got angry again. He went to Arabia again to get lamp. When Aladdin went hunting, Abanazar came to Aladdin's palace and asked to exchange new lamp to old. Princess exchanged Aladdn's old lamp to new. Abanazar moved away quikly and called jinnee. He ordered to move Aladdin's palace, garden and princess to Morocco.

After hunting, Aladdin was very surprised. There was no his palace, garden and princess. Moreover the sultan said to Aladdin “If you can't find princess in 30 days, you are killed". Aladdin cried, but he thought his ring and rubbed. Jinnee came out and took Aladdin to Morocco.

Aladdin met princess and told "Please you must give him a drink with sleeping powder". After Abanazar came back, princess gave him drink. After five seconds, he fell asleep. Aladdin called jinnee and killed Abanazar.

Aladdin and princess came back Arabia and lived happily in their palace.(462 words/4294 words)

Gabe Saporta

Hey! Do you know Gabe Saporta??? He is Cobra starship's singer. My brother, Hitoshi really likes Cobra starship. So I borrowed CDs from him and listened. This band's sound like... Hmm... pop, dance? Anyway this band is nice. And I want to introduce Gabe Saporta. I think his fashion is interesting. He usually wears purple hoodie, skinny pants, base ball cap and sun glasses. He used to belong to another band. It is called Midtown. I listened to Midtown music on Youtube. I was surprised he had performed Fuji Rock festival!!! Fuji Rock festival is one of the biggest festivals in Japan. I want to go there someday. Anyways Midtown music is totally different from Cobrab starship. Why Gabe changed so dramatically???


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Holiday!!!

From day after tomorrow, school festival starts. I don't belong to any clubs. So I have no school. I'll do part-time job instead of school. And I still have many things to do. I have to write 3 reports, read some books, power words and watch DVDs that I borrowed from my friends. I don't think I can finish all the things. In addition, my family will go to Minamata for short family trip. Of course I will go there too. My holiday is not TERUE holiday haha. I need a lot of time.(94 words/3709 words)

BR2-5 The Omega Files

I read The Omega Files. This book has three short stories. All these stories about EDI(European Department of Intelligence)'s member Hawker and Jude. They experienced many amazing things.

London, England

Hawker and Jude went clubbing to find Johnny who knows about a drug company's mystery. They could meet him and Johnny told the Drug company tests new drug to human. But Johnny is dead...

Loch Ness, Scotland

Hawker and Jude went to Loch Ness to find monster, but it's not Nessie. Actually this monster killed animals. But Nessie doesn't the village people say. Hawker and Jude spent there some days and finally met monster. In fact this monster was made by scientists who are studying near Loch Ness. And monster ran away and lived Loch Ness.

Galapagos, Ecuador

Hawker and Jude went to Garapagos island Because there's something strange going on. At there many people are leaving Isabela. Because they are afraid of spaceship. Dr Jim Miller is studying about this at top of mountain. But this island has many volcanos. Hawker and Jude could meet Jim. They warn to Jim. Because volcano is very active. But Jim didn't leave this place. After Hawker and Jude left, volcano erupted and Jim became missing. He went to another place using spaceship or dead? Who knows?

Although this book is level 1 (Easiest level), I couldn't understand these three stories. My English ability really sucks!!!(233 words/3615 words)

List 5 My favorite Mom's home cooking

1. Spaghetti meat sauce: This is really tasty. I love that. But there is an interesting story. When I went to Minnesota, my host family made spaghetti meat sauce. But it was really similar taste of my mother's. In addition, my host brother, Benjamin said "My father's meat sauce is the best in the world!". If he say so, MY mother's also best in the world!!!

2. Hamburg steak: I think every kid like Hamburg steak. I do too. Sometime my mother put cheese on it. It's so delicious.

3. Miso soup: In fact I thought should I choose miso soup for my favorite? Because sometimes my mother's is taste really good, but sometimes taste bad. But I like her potato miso soup. It includes potatoes, carrots, seaweed and something. I think my mother's miso soup is really healthy.

I want to thank my mother, every day's breakfast, bentou, dinner! And happy birth day!(154 words/3382 words)

BR2-4 The Adventure Of Tom Sawyer

I read Tom Sawyer's story. I know it's really famous story. But I haven't read before.


Tom is very naughty boy and kind of clever. One day Tom and his friend, Huck went to brave to see ghost. But there weren't ghost, but instead they saw the accident. They saw fight. And one guy was killed. But killer wasn't arrested. The other guy was taken to jail.

One day Tom, Joe and Huck went to Jackson Island and spent one night. But villagers thought they were dead. And funeral for them was held on. At the funeral, Tom, Joe and Huck came back village and everybody was surprised.

The other day, Tom and Huck were finding treasure. Tom found an old house. They came in and heard men's voices. It was Injun Joe. He is killer.

At the time Tom's friend Becky's birthday party, many children went to picnic. After that Tom and Becky went to cave. But they lost and Tom touched someone's hand in the cave. It was Injun Joe's hand.

After Tom and Becky got out the cave, Injun Joe's dead body was found. Tom and Huck went to the cave again and found a treasure of Injun Joe. And they became richest in the village.(209 words/3228 words)

EMO?

Hey! Do you know EMO??? I like Emo music and fashion. I tried to be emo boy fashion, but I couldn't wear skinny jeans because my leg is fat! YEAH!!! haha. I searched Emo on Youtube. This video was so funny. I couldn't stop laughing!!!

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VMA2008

Do you know VMA? It's MTV Video Music Awards. I watched a part of it. My brother, Hitoshi recorded this year VMA. Because this year his favorite band Paramore performed at VMA. Hitoshi also likes American bands and British bands. Paramore's performance was awesome! Check it out~!

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Oh! No~~~!!!

I caught a cold yesterday. Now I haven't recovered yet. Yesterday at Outline of American literature, I felt bad. I went back home and went to bed quickly. Unfortunately yesterday I have a part-time job. I didn't want to go, but I had to go... I went back home at 23:50 maybe? And I thought I had to do my writing homework. And I stayed up late and wrote movie review and lists. But I didn't have to write movie review. Oops! Fortunately I have no part-time job from today to Frisday. I hope my condition get better.(98 words/2927 words)

Lists 4 My Favorite Star Wars Characters

I really like Star Wars. In my room, there are 20 Star Wars figures. I am definitely GEEK! haha. This time I'll introduce my favorite Star Wars Characters.


1. Luke Skywalker: He is Jedi and his father is Darth Vader. I like his personality. Through episode 4 to 6, he grew up dramatically. First, his emotion is so weak. But he learned Force from Yoda. He became an excellent Jedi and won the Empire.

2. Anakin Skywalker (Darth Vader): He was the strongest Jedi. But Palpatine(Empire) invited Dark side. He became Darth Vader and killed many Jedis. But after all he turned light side because of his son Luke. I sympathize with Anakin, because he became Darth Vader for helping his wife Padome.


3. Obi-wan Kenobi: He is also Jedi master. He is earnest. He taught Force for Anakin and Luke. He doesn't like vehicle. It's cute.



4. Darth Maul: He is Sith. He only appeared episode 1. He is killed by Obi-wan Kenobi. I like his lightsaber. His lightsaber is interesting. Basically lightsaber has one blade. But his lightsaber has two!!! That's really cool!

5. Yoda: He is very little. But he is one of greatest Jedis. I think he is really funny. He usually uses stick to walk. But when battles occur, he jumps and moves very quickly. Why does he use stick? I don't know.
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At Today's class...

At American literature history class, I learned William Faulkner. One of his master pieces was "As I Lay Dying". When I heard this name, I thought I know this name! I know As I Lay Dying as a band! After I came back home I searched As I lay Dying on Wiki. It says As I lay Dying was quoted by William Faulkner's novel! I got it! I'll never forget As I lay Dying both novel and band. And I want to read this novel someday!


This is their song. Nice guitar riff!!!(93 words/2601 words)

BR2-3 The Monkey's Paw

I read The Monkey's Paw. It was strange mystery story? I don't know. Mr. White, Mrs. White and their son Herbert were living together. Mr. and Mrs. White were old. Herbert was born, when Mrs. White was nearly 40 years old. This family was poor. So they really wanted money to live.

One night Mr. White's old friend Tom Morris came to the house. They drank and talked about Tom's interesting story. Actually Tom was in India as a soldier. He met many strange things at there. Tom talked about the monkey's paw. The monkey's paw can make three wishes. But also when it is used, something bad occur.

Tom left the house. Mr. White got the monkey's paw. He made a wish for thirty thousand pounds. But nothing occurred at that time. All they thought the monkey's paw was not true. But next day Herbert went to his work. In the afternoon, one well dressed man came to Mr. White's house and said. Your son is dead because of machine. And he gave information. The company will give thirty thousand pound.

Mr. and Mrs. White cried a lot that night and made another wish. They wished Herbert's come back. After that they heard some noise. They went downstairs and opened the door. But nobody was there.(217 words/2508 words)

Finally!!!!

Finally today is paycheck day! I'm really happy. Because I have no money right now. I have to pay 10000 yen for mother, 10000 yen for my guitar lesson and cell phone fee and bring back to 15000 yen for my another bank account. haha. And... How much can I get this month???? I don't know. I want to buy clothe today. So after this writing class I go to ATM and check my account and go to store!!! I wish I could get enough money to buy clothe...(89 words/2291 words)

Prepare to School of Rock movie review!

I have watched School of Rock before. Today I watched special feature in writing class. We saw music video. I like this movie's original song. It ROCKS! Jack Black's voice is so cool! Is he actor or rock singer? I think if he forms a band, the band is gonna be really cool band. Anyway I like rock music. So I think this time's movie review is easy for me. I can write about my favorite thing! Lucky! Hey! But I have a question. Why don't they make School of Rock 2???(92 words/2202 words)

Lists 3 my favorite cool guitarists

I like music. Especially rock is the best. But there are many genre. I usually listen punk, emo, screamo, hard core and metal. I would like to introduce my favorite "IKEMEN" guitarist.


1. Lee Gaze: He belongs to lostprophets. This band is my favorite. His guitar technique is great and his fashion is so cool!!!


2. Ryan Ross: He belongs to Panic At The Disco. I like his fashion. And his chorus is so nice!!!



3. Billy Martin: He is guitarist from Good Charlotte. He has own clothing brand. It's called LEVEL27. His fashion and playing guitar are really cool!


4. Jade Puget: He is AFI's guitarist. His playing is so powerful. You can check it on Youtube. And his hair is so cool!


5. Ryan Phillips: He is Story Of The Year's guitarist. He is also powerful. He plays guitar with jump.(142 words/2110 words)

This weekend

This weekend, I will join English weekend. I have joined last year. It was so much fun. That's why I decided to join this year. On English weekend I have many chances to talk to exchange students. It's good for me. I wanna improve my English ability.

Fortunately Monday is holiday. It's "体育の日". But I have TOEFL test and 7:00pm I have guitar lesson. It's a little bit busy. But I have no part-time job on Monday. So it's fine!(85 words/1968 words)

Prepare to Shrek movie review 2

Shrek's DVD has some extra features. I just watched Shrek in swamp karaoke dance party feature. It was funny. Many characters sing along some famous songs like "Dance to the music". Recently every DVD has special feature. But Shrek's features were funny. I also could see international dubbing featurette. It was funny. If you have time, you shouldn't miss special feature. Probably there are a lot of funny stuffs.(69 words/1883 words)

Nice day!!!

I've been waiting today! Finally TAI's CD release today. I really like TAI. I have seen their live show twice. In Minnesota, I could watch their live show. They played some new song, "About a girl" "summer hair= forever young". These are awesome. In the US their CD already released August 19th. I was jealous. Japanese fans have to wait until October. But today is finally!

After this class, I want to cut my hair. Now my hair is terrible. I hope my hair will be better...

Probably I will go to Drum B9. I want to get live show ticket of Ken Yokoyama. He is one of famous punk rock guitarists. And he is coming to Kumamoto. I wish I could get a ticket...

This is my Wednesday(129 words/1883 words)

Prepare to Essay 1

I just finished to watch Shrek. In chat room of writing class, we discussed "What is your favorite character?" And the most popular character was Shrek. I agree that. But some people said "I like Shrek. Because Shrek's Japanese dubbing is Hamachan". I watched Shrek in English and English subtitle. So it's kinda hard to understand the story. BUT I like Shrek's English voice. Shrek's voice is Mike Myers! I like Austin Powers. It's a one of funniest movies that I have ever watched. If you haven't watched before, you should watch! haha.(93 words/ 1754 words)

Lists 2 websites that I use a lot best 5

Today I will introduce my 5 favorite website. I use my computer every day. Especially I use at evening and mid night the most...

Here is my favorite website

1. Gmail: I check it every day. Because I registered many sites using Gmail. So when I check it. I get to know everything what happened today in my registered site. Also we can chat on Gmail. It's useful but sometime Gmail gets crazy. Watch out!


2. Myspace: I used it a lot. I can check my favorite bands and some new bands all over the world. And also I can comment the band's page. So when I went to band's live show or the band uploaded new song, I commented a lot. I think my space is the most usuful music website maybe...


3. Facebook: In this site I can share my pictures with friends. And I can also check what are friends doing? That's awesome!


4. Barks: It's a music news site. I check it everyday and get new music news.


5. Youtube: When I want to watch music video or live video, I use this page. There are a lot of videos.(194 words/1661 words)

BR2-2 The Elephant Man

This is real story. After I read this book. I searched it on wikipedia.

This story is about Joseph Merrick. But he was called "Elephant Man" because of his ugly face. He was in a shop as a creature. The people payed the money for shopkeeper to see "Elephant Man".

One day Dr Frederick Treves found this shop and saw "Elephant Man". Next day he took Merrick to his hospital. He looked at his head, legs and body very carefully. Dr Frederick gave Merrick to card. After that Merrick went to shop. Next day Merrick and shopkeeper were gone.

Two years passed. Suddenly Merrick backed to London. Dr Frederick collected the money for Merrick's home using The Times. Many The Times reader donated money for Merrick.

Gradually Merrick became famous. And many visitors came to Merrick's house. Moreover the queen of England came. Everybody smiled and enjoyed the time with Merrick. Merrick was happy.

But one day Merrick tried to sleep like a normal man, but because of his heavy head, he broke his neck and died.(177 words/ 1467 words)

I'm relieved...

Today I came home early because I have only one class. And this is writing class. So I went home 11:00am, maybe~.

I checked BARKS. It is music news site. And it said "Travis Barker left the hospital" I was really happy. Because I worried about him very much. Because he is blink182 member. And now he belongs +44. He has own clothing brand "Famous Stars And Straps". I have some Tshirts of this brand.

He had airplane accident last month. In the plane there were six people. Four people died and two survived. So Travis and DJ AM were only surviver. But they burned badly. So they entered hospital.

When I got this news. I was worried. Because I still look forward to reunion blink182. But if Travis died... I didn't want to think about it.

Anyway this is lucky day!(142 words/1290 words)