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MR 5 The Mask

2009-01-16T19:01:00.006+09:00

The Mask is action comedy film. VFX is used in this movie.

Characters
Stanley Ipkiss/ The Mask: Jim Carry
Tina Carlyle: Cameron Diaz
Dorian Tyrell: Peter Greene
Charlie Schumaker: Richard Jeni
Peggy Brandit: Amy Yasbeck

Story
　　Stanley Ipkiss is bank worker. He is called “nice man” by all the people who meet him. But actually he is dolt. One day Tina came to Stanley’s bank as a customer. She was so beautiful. That day he was invited party by his colleague, Charlie. Stanley tried to get in the party. But the door guard couldn’t accept Stanley. Afterwards he met Tina. On the way home, he found a mask. When he putted on the mask, he gained power. He scared some people in the night. Next morning, Stanley realized what he did last night. He was afraid of his mask. And he threw it out of the window. But it returned to Stanley’s room.
　　Stanley really wanted to meet Tina, so he decided to put on the mask again. Meanwhile Dorian’s men tried to rob money from the bank. But suddenly The Mask appeared and robbed all money and gone. The Mask went to the party and danced Tina. Dorian got angry about that. He quitted the party and shot The Mask. But The Mask didn’t hurt.
　　　 The next morning, Tina came to Stanley’s bank again. She asked him about The Mask. He didn’t say the truth. He lied The Mask was his friend. Stanley made a plan that The Mask and Tina meet at the park. In the park, Stanley waited Tina. When Tina arrived at the park, she was surprised because there was Stanley not The Mask. They looked sun set together. Stanley said good-bye to Tina and hid bushes and transform The Mask. The Mask tried to dance with Tina again. But there were also the police men in the park. They noticed The Mask is Stanley and he robbed money from the bank. So they tried to catch The Mask. But The Mask moved really fast. So they couldn’t catch him.
Stanley took off The Mask. Suddenly he was called by someone. The person was Peggy. Peggy works writer in Newspaper Company. She watched the truth. She talked to Stanley in her company. But she was also hired by mafia’s boss, Dorian. Dorian took the mask and transformed The Mask. After that Dorian threw Stanley away in the road. The police found him and arrested.
The next day Tina came to jail to see Stanley. Now she knew who The Mask is. She talked Stanley and left the jail. After her left, Stanley heard her scream. When he looked her in the jail, Tina was escaping from Dorian. Stanley wanted to help her. So he decided to escape from jail. He called his smart dog Milo. Milo did good job. He took the key from the police man. Stanley opened door, threatened the another police man, got the car and went to night club to help Tina.
At the night club, Tina was tied by a pillar. And under her legs, there were some dynamites. Dorian was controlling the party. Stanley entered the party and hid. And he tried to help Tina. But he was founded by Dorian’s men. Dorian tried to kill Stanley. But Tina screamed and she said give her one last kiss. Dorian confused but he took off the mask and kissed her. Then Tina kicked the mask. The mask flew a while and Milo caught it. And he changed The Mask. But he saved his master, Stanley. Stanley took the mask and transform The Mask. He won Dorian and saved Tina.
Stanley got Tina’s love. In the bridge, Tina kissed Stanley and threw the mask away.
My opinion
Actually I have watched this move a long time ago. This time I watched this movie with English and English subtitle. Almost I could understand. The mask gives power that who really wants. When Stanley got the mask, he became who he wanted to be. But did he get everything he wants putting on mask? I don’t think so. He got Tina’s love without the mask. The mask helped Stanley to cheer up. In the last scene, he tried to help Tina without the mask. I thought the mask gave Stanley bravery.

MR 4 Toy Story

2009-01-07T09:26:00.011+09:00

Characters Woody: He is one of Andy’s favorite toys. He is the leader among Andy’s toys. His personality is funny and cheerful.
Buzz Lightyear: He is Andy’s new toy. He believes he came from space. His favorite phrase is “To infinity and beyond”.
Mr. Potato Head: He is one of Andy’s toys. He can take off his eyes, nose and mustache.
Andy: He is human boy. He really likes toys and he has many toys.
Sid: He is neighbor boy of Andy. He likes some dangerous things and remodeling toys.

Story Today is Andy’s birthday party. Many Andy’s friends are coming his house with birthday presents. Andy’s toys are curious about Andy’s new toy and afraid of it. The leader of toys, Woody ordered soldier toys to spy. In Andy’s friend’s presents, there were no toys. Andy’s toys are relieved. But Andy’s mother had a surprise present. It was a toy which was a super cool space ranger.
The new toy is called Buzz Lightyear and is soon selected as Andy’s favorite toy. Woody was jealous about that. Woody thinks Buzz is crazy. Buzz believes he came from space, he is a space ranger and he can fly.
One day Woody accidentally dropped Buzz out of the window. Other toys accused Woody, they know Woody doesn’t like Buzz. After that Andy and his mom were supposed to go a restaurant. Andy wanted to bring Buzz to the restaurant. But he couldn’t find him. Woody decided to find Buzz. He could find him, but Buzz was angry with Woody. But they cooperated and somehow could reach the restaurant. The restaurant was an amazing restaurant. It’s like a space station. Buzz misunderstood UFO catcher to be a real space shuttle. He got in that. Woody had to save Buzz, so he got in too. Unfortunately there was a Sid who lives next to Andy’s house. He is a bad boy. He tried the UFO catcher and he got Woody, Buzz and an alien.
In Sid’s house, Woody and Buzz saw many horrible toys. They were made by Sid. He remodeled his sister’s toys making them look horrible. Woody was afraid of that. He tried to escape from Sid’s house with Buzz, but Buzz wasn’t interested in this plan. Buzz realized he is not real space ranger, just a toy. Woody was in a hurry, because he knew tomorrow is Andy’s family’s moving day. If he missed this chance, he never meets Andy again. He persuaded Sid’s toy to cooperate and scare Sid. This plan succeeded. Woody and Buzz somehow could get out Sid’s house. But Andy’s moving van had already gone. They chased the van and Woody could catch that and he found Andy’s racing car toy. He controlled this car to help Buzz. But other Andy’s toy interrupted Woody. Woody fell in ground. But he never gave up. Woody and Buzz used Sid’s rocket. They finally reach Andy’s car. After that Woody, Buzz and other Andy’s toys made up.(498 words/ 15035 words)

The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

2009-01-06T17:32:00.010+09:00

Recently I'm crazy about emo music and some acoustic songs. This is The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus's song called "Your Guardian Angel". I found this song from my myspace friend's page. I like The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus's another song called "Face Down". But this song is also nice song. When I listened this song, I wanted to play this song. So I searched this song in Ultimate guitar. This is guitar tab site. There are so many tabs in this site. These tabs are provided by amateurs or pros or someone. Of course I could find "Your Guardian Angel" I picked high rate tab of that song. And I played this tab was hard for me. So I changed tab which is easier one. I could play this song using this tab.

My guitar skill is not enough though, I want to play some my favorite songs in front of audience. One of my plans in Spring break is playing guitar hard every day. Recently my brother, Hitoshi started to play bass guitar again. He plays some blink-182 songs. Blink-182 is my best favorite band, so some day I want to play blink songs with him.(195 words/ 14537 words)

Story Of The Year is coming to Fukuoka!!!! YEAH!!!

2009-01-06T17:31:00.004+09:00

Do you know the band called Story Of The Year??? If you like The Used or some Emo bands, you will like them. Anyways they are coming to Fukuoka on March. Of course I will go their live show. In fact I have watched their live show in Minnesota. It was in warped tour. Each band could only play 30 minutes, but SOTY performed very aggressive and cool. I could see mosh-pit in their live show. I haven't seen before, so it was new experience. I sang along with many fans in warped tour. I have some favorite SOTY songs. They performed "Wake Up" and "Until The Day I Die" in warped tour. These were really good. But they didn't play Anthem Of Our Dying Day" and "Sidewalk". I think these were quiet songs, so it's not good for rock festival. That's why they didn't play. But this time is their live show. I mean its full length show. Perhaps they will play my favorite songs? I don't know... Anyways I really excited about going their live show again. I wanna rock!(182 words/14342 words)

Winter Vacation???

2009-01-06T17:30:00.003+09:00

I wanted to cerebrate new year with family. But I couldn't it! Because I worked at McDonald's from 8:00 in January 1st. It was tough for me. But it was not so busy. Usually from 11:00 to 14:00 is called "Peak". Many people come to McDonald's. But that day was not so many. But from 15:00 to 17:00 was busy. Fortunately I could finish MY work at 16:00. So I was not tired. Why many people come to McDonald's???

After finishing my work, I came home and spent time with family. It was nice. I could eat "Osechi" with my family.

The next day, also I had part-time job from 10:00. I wanted to go "Hatumoude" but I couldn't. I worked very hard at McDonald's.

January 3rd, I worked again in the morning. And January 4th I worked....

Such a boring winter vacation! I worked almost every day. Also I had to write some reports and homework. Is it really winter vacation??? I doubted many times in winter vacation.

But there was a good thing in winter vacation. It was Christmas present from my girlfriend. She lives in Minnesota. So she sent me a lot of gifts even my family's presents. The muffler was very much to my jacket. I was just so happy.

My winter vacation is over. The test is waiting for me. I have to study!(229 words/ 14160 words)

BR2-14 Pocahontas

2009-01-06T13:58:00.005+09:00

In 1607 the English ship arrived in Virginia. The English wanted to start new life in new land. But there were already many people called Indian. They lived many years in Virginia.

The English men were afraid of Indians at first. But they decided to be friend with Indians. The English men gave many interesting things such as little knives, pictures and beads. Indians gave food for The English. But soon The English needed more food and Indians wanted guns. The English didn't want to give guns because possibly Indians will attack with these.

One day one of leaders in English John Smith was caught by Indians. The king of Indians, Powhatan wanted to kill Smith. But Powhatan's daughter, Pocahontas stopped him. Powhatan decided to give Smith to Pocahontas.

John Smith stayed with Pocahontas some days. He taught about English to Pocahontas. Soon they became friends. Powhatan let John Smith go. But Powghatan asked John Smith about guns. They went to Jamestown(English land in Virginia). The English gave gun powder for Indians. Also Smith gave compass for Pocahontas.

But Indians didn't satisfy. They really wanted guns. Some Indians came to Jamestown and tried to steal guns. But they fail. Smith was angry about that and locked the men into small room. Pocahontas came to Jamestown every week. She learnt more about English from Smith. And she loved Smith very much. She said she wanted to marry with Smith. But Smith didn't accept it because she is very young for him.

The circumstance between The English and Indians is worse and worse. The English suffered from shortage of food. They fought and fought. John Smith got ill because of accident. He had to go back home. Pocahontas didn't know that for a month. And she was sad and tried to forget that.

After four years Pocahontas was caught by The English as a hostage. But Pocahontas liked The English. Soon she got some friends. Also she married with English man, John Rolfe. She was happy. Pocahontas, Rolfe and their men went to England. Pocahontas excited everything in England. She was invited by the King of England. And unexpected things happened. John Smith was alive. She met Smith again. But it was a little sad thing. Now she has husband and child. She loved Smith but she can't be Smith's wife. After that Pocahontas suffered ill and died in 1617. John Rolfe came back to Virginia and got married with English woman. John Smith didn't go out from England and got married with anyone. Probably he couldn't forget Pocahontas's sad face.(429 words/ 13931 words)

BR2-13 The Canterville Ghost

2008-12-30T23:47:00.005+09:00

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

2008-12-29T21:55:00.004+09:00

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

2008-12-25T01:15:00.007+09:00

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

2008-12-23T00:36:00.004+09:00

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!!!

2008-12-19T23:45:00.004+09:00

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!

2008-12-19T23:30:00.004+09:00

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

2008-12-10T09:27:00.004+09:00

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

2008-12-10T09:21:00.006+09:00

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

2008-12-10T09:15:00.006+09:00

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

2008-12-08T00:31:00.004+09:00

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!

2008-12-03T00:27:00.005+09:00

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?

2008-12-01T22:26:00.003+09:00

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!

2008-11-30T12:48:00.004+09:00

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!!!

2008-11-28T21:53:00.004+09:00

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

2008-11-26T10:04:00.008+09:00

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

2008-11-26T09:37:00.005+09:00

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

2008-11-26T09:15:00.004+09:00

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

2008-11-25T13:47:00.005+09:00

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...

2008-11-25T01:24:00.004+09:00

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!

2008-11-19T09:50:00.004+09:00

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!!!

2008-11-19T09:10:00.003+09:00

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...

2008-11-18T00:05:00.003+09:00

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"

2008-11-17T23:48:00.004+09:00

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

2008-11-17T23:09:00.002+09:00

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

2008-11-14T23:09:00.003+09:00

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

2008-11-12T11:02:00.003+09:00

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

2008-11-10T22:05:00.008+09:00

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

2008-11-10T21:57:00.007+09:00

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

2008-11-05T09:41:00.004+09:00

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

2008-11-05T09:10:00.003+09:00

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

2008-11-03T22:48:00.004+09:00

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

2008-10-29T09:37:00.006+09:00

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!!!

2008-10-29T09:24:00.003+09:00

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

2008-10-28T18:31:00.002+09:00

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

2008-10-27T23:55:00.005+09:00

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

2008-10-27T23:35:00.005+09:00

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?

2008-10-23T23:00:00.003+09:00

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

2008-10-22T10:06:00.004+09:00

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~~~!!!

2008-10-22T09:28:00.003+09:00

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

2008-10-21T23:53:00.003+09:00

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...

2008-10-20T23:37:00.002+09:00

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

2008-10-20T01:55:00.004+09:00

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!!!!

2008-10-15T09:59:00.004+09:00

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!

2008-10-15T09:41:00.004+09:00

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

2008-10-10T01:39:00.012+09:00

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

2008-10-08T09:46:00.003+09:00

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

2008-10-08T09:33:00.004+09:00

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!!!

2008-10-08T09:08:00.004+09:00

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

2008-10-05T12:04:00.005+09:00

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

2008-10-05T00:06:00.005+09:00

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

2008-10-03T23:39:00.005+09:00

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...

2008-10-01T18:04:00.004+09:00

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)

Lists-1 The Best Act on Warped Tour August 3rd in Minnesota

2008-10-01T10:08:00.006+09:00

It's too old thing. When I was in Minnesota. I went to Vans Warped Tour. It's a punk rock festival. I really wanted to go Warped, when I was a high school student. I watched many bands that day. Here are the lists of best act that I think.

1. The Academy Is...: Actually this was the second time to see them. I have seen them last year of Summer Sonic. On Warped, They performed some new song. Before I went to Minnesota. I checked their new song on myspace. So I could sing along. Their live show was awesome!

2. Angels and Airwaves : This band's members are all star. The members are Tom Delonge(ex blink182), David Kennedy(Box car racer), Atom Willard(former drummer of The Offspring) and Matt Wachter(former bassist of 30 seconds to mars). Its cool isn't it? My best favorite band is blink182. So I really wanted to see AVA's live. My dream came true.

3. Story Of The Year: Wow their live was powerful. The audience made mosh-pit. And they run and run in the circle. I shot the video. It was beautiful.

4. Relent K: This band was the last act on Warped that day. The first song that they played was "Be My Escape". This is my favorite song. And at that time I know only this song. But their music is pop. And piano sound was awesome.

5. Anberlin: Actually this band is my friend's favorite band. So maybe he is jealous of me! haha. Their songs are better than CD's one. So I was surprised. Like "This is live sound!!!"(268 words/1148 words)

Octorber

2008-10-01T09:59:00.002+09:00

Time fries...

Today is October 1st. On September, I worked a lot in my part-time job. I am really tired. But probably I can get enough money to use. Also I want to save money.

I didn't study in September. I need more time to study. So I think I want a strong body which don't need to sleep. Just kidding~. I'll try to make time to study. Also I need time to practice guitar.

So... I do want time!(80 words/880 words)

BR2-1 The Lottery Winner

2008-09-30T17:08:00.005+09:00

This story is about winner of lottery and snatcher. The old woman hit by the young man when she went home. The young man snatched old woman's bag. In the bag, there was a lottery ticket. And this is winning ticket. So he became rich and appeared TV. The old woman watched TV and call the police. The police caught the young man. The young man didn't tell the truth and hired the lawyer. The old woman also hired Lawyer. Everyone wants money. In the end lawyer will get money. Because to hire the lawyar is very expensive.

After I read this story. I felt I'm sorry to the old woman. Money is absolutely her money. I thought this story is not good!

If I get big money, I want to go back to Minnesota~.(135 words/800 words)

Monday...

2008-09-29T22:24:00.005+09:00

When I came home, somehow I wanted to listen to this song badly. I don't why... This song is "Streetcar". The band is Funeral For A Friend. It’s funny band name. I don't have CD of this band. So I listened to this song on Youtube. This song's guitar riff is so cool! I wanna try it. I have to improve my suck guitar skill.

Hmm... Today was rainy. I go to school by bicycle. So it was hard work today. I had to wear rain coat. Kumamoto is getting colder. Summer is over. I have to buy new clothes. BUT my wallet is almost empty. Someone give me money! haha. I'm really looking forward to getting pay of my part-time job.(122 words/665 words)

Writing class start!

2008-09-24T09:47:00.008+09:00

From today my fall semester writing class starts. I have to write 15000 words until the end of semester. Wow it seems like hard work. Of course Yes. BUT I think I can do it. Because I got credit of spring writing class. Today I have only one class. Only this writing class and no part-time job~. I can chat!!! Yeah!!! Or skype~. And I will go to movie. Probably I will watch "Hancock". I think it's gonna be awesome. I'm looking forward to watching that. Tomorrow will be busy day. I have five classes and afterward part-time job. I have no time to have fun!!! Oh No~. So, I'll do my best to have fun today. haha.(118 words/543 words)

The Dark Knight

2008-09-12T02:13:00.004+09:00

I watched The Dark Night again. I watched it at Minnesota. Of course there is no subtitle, so I totally couldn't understand. I just enjoyed as an action movie or something? Anyway this movie was complicated, even if I got Japanese subtitle. This movie is long movie, but I wasn't bored that. Because I had to pay attention what people said. I like the words “Why So Serious?" It's joker's part. In Minnesota I heard many times through Benjamin and his friends. They pretend and say "Why So Serious?" I think "The Dark Night" is really good movie. So you should go to theater right now!!!(106 words/425 words)

Cool~~~ Band!!!

2008-09-11T17:04:00.005+09:00

Heeey!!! This band is cool isn't it? I found this band in Warped Tour compilation CD. Their music is so pop! But I like their music! They also covered blink-182 song and Rihanna's Umbrella. This song is "Dear Maria Count Me In" Check it out!(45 words/319 words)

Minnesota Home Stay!

2008-09-10T02:47:00.005+09:00

I spent wonderful days in Minnesota. I miss Minesota so much now. First I'll introduce my awesome host family member.

What should I talk to first...

Mike is my host father. He works telephone company, I think. In fact I didn't understand what he explained. Anyway he is so cool, dandy and he has funny joke sense. He always rides bike to pick up me and go to work. So I almost always ride Mike's bike. It's feeling so good. I love that.

Inga-maj is my host mother. She is Swedish. She sometime talk in Swedish. So I learned a few words of Swedish. Mike and Inga-maj met each other in Sweden and got married there. So Inga-maj's hair is blond. It's typical Swedish. Many Swedish people came to Minnesota a long time ago. So Minnesota has many cute blond girls and boys. That's awesome!

Benjamin is host family's son. Actually Mike and Inga-maj have four children. Benjamin is youngest son. He plays guitar very well. His major is classic guitar performance. It's cool isn't it? So everyday after school I go to Benjamin's room and play guitar with him. He can speak japanese and he likes asian girls. Haha. He is genius and he wanna be music teacher or English teacher. He complains about American education system. So Benjamin and I sometime talk about education. Because I take education program in KGU. I'm interested in American system. But I don't wanna be a teacher anyway. haha. I learned many things from him. Especially music is the most. I found nice bands "DEATHCAB FOR CUTY" and "BETWEEN AND BURIED AND ME". Thank you Benjamin.(274 words/274 words)

The Last post of this semester

2008-07-16T22:54:00.002+09:00

This video is cool, isn't it??? I went to Tower Records and got Story Of The Year's first album "Page Avenue". Above song name is "Anthem Of Our Dying Day". I also bought swimming trunks, goggles, trousers and pencase. I spent 20000 yen, I think. But It's not enough. I have to buy Digital camera, glasses and some souvenir. My wallet will be empty... Oh NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Payday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2008-07-16T00:22:00.007+09:00

Today is payday. So I finished 5th period and went to bakery and spent about ten minutes. After that I went to Tower Record and found two CDs. I got From "First To Last"(From First To Last) and "Black Swan"(Story Of The Year). Oh before that I bought short pants to wear in Minnesota. You know I'm going to Kaigaikensyu!!! Today I went to barber and my hair exactly changed. Haha. Next I went to four used store to get Story Of The Year's first album "Page Avenue". But I couldn't found good one. I found it, but it broke. So I didn't buy it. But I found very good one. It is The Used CD!!! I bought "In Love And Death". Tomorrow is good for me. Two classes canceled. So I'll go to Tower Record again and get "Page Avenue"!!!! Yay!

CD That I Want To Buy

2008-07-14T16:51:00.003+09:00

Today I write the CD that I want to.

Here is list.

1: From First To Last (From First To Last)

2: Phoenix (Zebrahead)

3: Page Avenue (Story Of The Year)

4: In Love And Death (The Used)

5: Red Album (Weezer)

6: Don't You Fake It (The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus)

7: Hours (Funeral For A Friend)

8: Be My Escape (Relient K)

9: Leaving Through The Window (Something Corporate)

10: Sweet Revenge (My Chemical Romance)

Kumamoto Castle

2008-07-12T18:53:00.002+09:00

I went to Kumamoto castle with my family. I have been there a few times, when I was very young. So I forgot everything about Kumamoto castle. The purpose is to explain Kumamoto castle for my host family. I will go to Minnesota July 22th and stay there for a month. I hope my poor English ability improve.

The Used Interview from "激ロック"

2008-07-09T10:28:00.002+09:00

This is my favorite band,The Used. This band was also introduced by class mate. I became The Used fan. In this interview, they are very funny. Please check it out!!!(30 words/

Rare Interview from"激ロック"

2008-07-09T01:46:00.004+09:00

Hey look at above interview. It's Anberlin. My friend introduced this band. I think I really know about recently rock bands. But I didn't know Anberlin. I think their don't often appear japanese magazines or news. So it's rare video. Do you think??? You can see this movie with japanese subtitle!!!(51 words/

Wednes day!!!

2008-07-02T17:19:00.007+09:00

Wednesday is good for me. Because I have only one class, first period. So today I finished first period and went to library and slept and study TOEFL a little bit. After that I bought some foods in bakery and went to English lounge. I spent there. And I went to "Gakkan" to make credit card for Kaigaikensyu.

I finished that and went to Tower Records. I found two CDs and bought. I bought Forever The Sickest Kids and Young and Divine. My brother asked to buy FTSK CD yesterday, so one CD is his CD. The other one, Young and Divine is my new favorite one. I found this band on myspace. I have listened only one song, but the song "Weak Days" was great. So I bought their CD.

The biggest problem is not getting reply from my host family. I am very sad. I'm waiting the mail. Haha.(151 words/10086 words)

Amazing

2008-07-01T00:58:00.003+09:00

In Grammy awards, the big accident happened. Look at the above video! You can see Jay-Z(Beyonce's boy friend),Chester(Linkin Park vocal)and Paul McCartney(I don't need to explain). Do you think about three guys? Jay-Z is king of hip hop. Chester is famous for Linkin Park. Paul is Beatles member. I watched it on Wowow. I was very surprised. Because I know how wonderful they are. I am geek. Sorry.(68 words/ 9935 words)

Essay 7 (A Movie Review)

2008-06-29T13:02:00.002+09:00

I like “Star Wars” series. So I will write about “Star Wars episode 4 A New Hope”. This is the first movie of the “Star Wars” series. I saw it, when I was very young. Those days, I thought Luke Skywalker is the leading role. But it was wrong. “Star Wars” is the story about Anakin Skywalker. Remember it.

“Episode 4 A New Hope” starts the story in the space. Leia Organa didn’t escape the ship of galactic empire. So she sent C3PO and R2D2 to Tatooin. Luke Skywalker found R2D2. And he met Obi-wan Kenobi. Luke learned “Force” from Obi-wan. And they went to help Leia….

Did you see this movie? Many funny characters appear in this movie. Also some vehicles are cool. I like X-wing. Jedi is important this movie and series. Jedi is the knight. They save galactic world. They fight with lightsaber. There are used to be many Jedis. But in this movie, there are only two Jedis. The rival of Jedi is Sith. Sith is “Dark side of Force” and Jedi is “Light side of Force”. So they fight each other.

Darth Vader is used to be Anakin Skywalker. Anakin is father of Luke. In this movie, Luke doesn’t know the truth. Because he heard that Luke’s father was killed by Sith. If you watch all the “Star Wars” series, you can understand it.

Are you interested in this story. “Star Wars” is my best favorite movie. So I want you to watch it. And please tell me how was it!!!(256 words/ 9867 words)

Is this end???

2008-06-25T21:25:00.004+09:00

I finished all exams for exchange student program. Final exam is essay test. We have to write about "Environmental problem" related Japan, Kumamoto and the country where I want to go. Although I am Kumamoto people, but I didn't write about Kumamoto.

Unhappy things continue. I came home and found an envelope. It is TOEFL test result. I was really shocked. Because my score is lower than previous one.

Hahaha... It's over???

No!!! I have last chance. It's July 6th!!!

Before study TOEFL, I have to finish my assignment.

Hmm... Busy!!!(91 words/9611 words)

I've been "Waiting" the day!!!

2008-06-25T20:53:00.009+09:00

Finally Neverstore's second album "Heroes Wanted" released. All songs are great!!! They did great job. And they progressed their sound. In Sweden, "Heroes Wanted" already released in March. I use myspace, so I knew it. So I wanted to get "Heroes Wanted" soon. Above video is "Waiting". It's one of my favorite songs in "Heroes Wanted". Also this song is second single. Today in fact I got other album. It's The Ting Tings. I introduced before on my blog. Actually I didn't listen their songs. Because I am listening Neverstore.

I recommend Neverstore. Please check it out!!!(98 words/9520 words)

WEI 2

2008-06-25T10:00:00.004+09:00

I have been writing blog 10 weeks. This is my first blog. But I am accustomed to writing a blog. Because I use myspace and also write a blog there. I like music, so I usually write about music and put song from Youtube. I introduced many band on my blog.

I think English blog is good for studying English. Because when I write a blog, I use dictionary. Because I don't know the words what I want to say. Therefore my vocabulary is gradually progressing. I have no idea of bad point.

I often see other student blog. I'm in B class. But I see A class blog. I comment their blog, when I read their blog. It's fun to me. They are different from B class. A class student's blogs are colorful and they update their blog almost always. They are good at writing blog. We have to work harder B class!!!(154 words/9422)

June 24

2008-06-25T01:18:00.004+09:00

The biggest event of the day is after 5th period class. Today was japanese interview test. I didn't prepare enough. The result is...

I don't know. I don't care!!! Tomorrow, no!!! today is essay test. I'll do my best. I said it many times.

After test I came home and had dinner. I left home at 9:00 pm and walked to Youme town to see "Indiana Jones". This time I watched this movie with friend of part time job. The movie was interesting. Actually I haven't seen previous one. But I enjoyed it.(92 words/ 9268 words)

Linkin Park vs Paramore???

2008-06-23T23:48:00.003+09:00

I found this video on Youtube. This song is mash up. Two songs remixed, "Faint" and "Crush Crush Crush". If you know these original songs, maybe you can enjoy.

Tomorrow is japanese interview test. I have to prepare.(38 words/9176 words)

Lucky???

2008-06-22T12:44:00.004+09:00

Yesterday I checked part time job schedule. I found I don't have part time job from Monday to Friday. It makes me happy. Because this week is also busy. I have many things to do this week.

First, Japanese interview test and essay test for exchange student program. Second I want to finish my culture anthropology assignment. Third I want to study for Toefl test. Last I have to read literature for class.

Hmm I'll do my best. F××k ya!!!(80 words/9138 words)

Vindicated / Dashboard Confesional

2008-06-20T00:54:00.004+09:00

I see this band name, when I read liner note or interview. Some my favorite bands say that Dashboard Confessional influenced their music. So I checked Dashboard Confessional on Youtube. It was good. I want their records. This song is "vindicated". Please listen!!!(43 words/ 9058 words)

Presentation

2008-06-18T09:13:00.006+09:00

Book review 1-10

2008-06-18T00:49:00.005+09:00

I read "Christmas In Prague". This story is touching.

In 1957, one woman and her baby tried to over the border between Czechoslovakia and Austria. But she failed and killed by the guard.

In 1995, England, Jan lives with Carol and Josef. Carol is Jan's wife and Josef is Jan's father. Carol received letter. It was from Oxford Orchestra. They need harpist. So Carol decided to join concert in Prague December 24th.

Carol joined rehearsal. After that she went shopping to buy some present for Jan and Josef. When she went street, she saw unbelievable person. The person was Jan. But it was impossible. Jan was still in England. But Carol called his name and across the street. Then accident occurred. Carol hit the bus.

Carol was saved. Because the man took her to hospital. Jan and Josef came in Carol's room. Josef noticed the man who is similar to Jan. In fact he is twin brother of Jan. So Jan has another brother. Jan's mother was died in 1957. But her son was survived.(175 words/9015 words)

Essay6 (2028 Self Introduction)

2008-06-17T12:19:00.002+09:00

Hi. I’m Takashi. My life is wonderful. Now, I am traveling around the world because of my job. I’m working a music magazine publishing company. I’m an interviewer. Mostly I interview foreigner. Because I like foreign music and I studied English over 25 years.

This job is amazing. Because this job makes my dream come true. I met many musicians whom I wanted to meet them and I respect them. Their stories are interesting. And I can use my English ability on interview. Also I can get along with musicians and join their party or something. Bad points of this job are irregularly. I travel around the world, so I have to stand my jet lag. Many musicians are late interview. So I have to wait until they come. But I don’t care about this.

On holiday, I do my hobbies. One of my hobbies is playing guitar. So I practice guitar and sometime make own band and play. Also I go live show and get crazy. So my life is surrounded by music. Another hobby is watching movie. Especially I like SF movies. It is same, when I was kids.

So now I’m almost forty. I’m becoming like my father. What is called, I’m becoming fat man. I have to work out. But I’m busy. I can’t make my time to work out. I live in Tokyo alone. I often buy food. I think it is one reason. Anyway I’m fine and my music life is still going on until I die. (253 words/8840 words)

I can't wait Neverstore new record!!!

2008-06-15T13:55:00.003+09:00

June 25th...

Neverstore new record release!!! It is called "Heroes Wanted" I'm looking forward to listening this stuff. This video is "LYD". It is from previous record "Sevenhundred Sundays" This song makes me Neverstore fan. Please listen! "LYD" means Live Your Dreams. Cool isn't it???

You can study Spanish using this video!!! hahaha(50 words/8587 words

Yesterday...

2008-06-15T13:30:00.004+09:00

Yesterday I took TOEFL test for exchange student program. I think listening section was more difficult than TOEIC. But on the whole, I could do better than TOEIC test.

After that I went to "Success Academy" to apply next TOEFL test with my friends. And came back KGU and watched Japanese Speech Contest. Many exchange students participated this competition. Winner was Kim Danny!!! Congratulation Danny!!! He spoke about "Dialect". It was so interesting story and he spoke japanese very well.

Next, I went to "Issi~'s house" and watched MGS4. It was amazing video game. And I went to dorm with friends and talked exchange student. I can't speak English, so I listened their talk.

Over 24:00, we said good bye to exchange student and got out dorm and backed "Issi~'s house" And I played EDA with Chusong. I'm not good at play video game, but this game was easy. And fell a sleep...

Thank you Issi~. I had a good time.(160 words/8537 words)

RIZE live in Kumamoto

2008-06-15T13:02:00.004+09:00

It was June 13th. After 5th period, I got out classroom quickly to go to Drum B9. Drum B9 is live house of Kumamoto. And I've never been before. Drum B9 was small and too close the stage.

Today's live was RIZE. RIZE is japanese band. Actually I don't like japanese band. I don't know why. RIZE members are three. Because guitar member withdrew. So Jessie(vocal) had to play guitar alone. But he played well. He played some heavy guitar riff. Other members were also good.

I didn't know much about RIZE music. But I know three songs "Pink Spider" "Kaminari" "Why I'm Me". When they played these songs, I got crazy and put my hands up and scream!!!

I was impressed by Jessie's words. He said about recently world affair and sang "Heiwa". He is interested in society, I think.

After live show, I could shake hands with Jessie!!!
I was lucky!!!(152 words/8377 words)

Interview test (Did you scream your heart out???)

2008-06-11T22:27:00.003+09:00

Today I had interview test. It was not good, but not bad... But I regretted that I couldn't tell enough what I thinking about going abroad. "But there's still tomorrow,forge~t the sorrow, and I can be on the last train home♪" This lyrics is lostprophets "Last Train Home" I still have chance to go abroad as a exchange student. I'll do my best. First this Saturday I take TOEFL.

This video is "Rooftops". Lostprophets song.

"Standing on the rooftops, everybody scream your heart out♪"

(60 words(except lyrics)/8225 words)

The Used!!!

2008-06-09T17:55:00.003+09:00

Are you angry??? I want to ask Bert McCracken (Vocal of The Used). Haha. It's joke. I admired The Used. Because they can sing not only scream songs but also emotional songs. I found this band from other student blog. I was lucky to find nice band. Above video is "Take It away". They are performing on Warped Tour. Warped Tour is punk rock festival. I wanna go Warped!!!(69 words/8165 words)

TOEIC testoooooooo!!!

2008-06-07T15:18:00.004+09:00

I took TOEIC test today. Unfortunately, I had a stomachache during listening section. I couldn’t concentrate this time. I am sorry for that. This time TOEIC test seems to be easy, I think. But I couldn’t answer last question. My ability is poor. I can't read and understand fast so far. I have to study more. First, I have to make time to study!!! Next week TOEFL test is waiting for me. I have to prepare it. And I pray to my god not to be a stomachache. Haha.(89 words/8185 words)

Book review 1-9

2008-06-07T14:01:00.004+09:00

I read "Remember Miranda". It is story about twisted love story.

Cathy is alone. Because her parents is died and she has no brother or sister. She wants to be happy. She undertook a job which is to do house work. The family members are Mrs. Harvey, Tim, Susan and Duncan. Duncan is Tim and Susan's father. He often goes to London because of his work. But his wife, Miranda is died before. This family has some secret.

Duncan went London. Cathy met Nick. Nick was nice to her. But Duncan and Nick hated each other. One day Cathy and Nick went to dinner. When Cathy arrived Harvey's house, Mrs. Harvey knew that Cathy and Nick went to dinner. She was angry. But Cathy could't understand it.

Duncan came home. One Friday Cathy drove away from Beach House past Nick's farm. Just then, she saw Nick's landrover. He was driving so fast. She was afraid of crashing against his car. The car stopped and Juliet got out Nick's landrover. Juliet is Miranda's sister. Juliet said Nick "Remember Miranda" Cathy didn't know relationship of Nick and Juliet. So Cathy was sorry about that.

Cathy went to library and searched about Miranda. She read newspaper of Miranda. But she didn't understand all. She only knew Miranda fell down the stairs and Duncan was questioned by the police.

Cathy phoned Nick to meet and ask about Miranda. Duncan also came later. Nick and Duncan quarreled about Miranda. In fact, Miranda loved Nick. Nick loved Miranda's sister Juliet.

Cathy came home with Duncan. Mrs. Harvey told them truth of Miranda. She was afraid of leaving Miranda from Duncan. So she pushed Miranda from stairs, but she didn't want Miranda death.

Secrets were confided. Cathy decided to live Duncan.

Sorry for bad review. It is difficult for me to describe this story this time.(309 words/8096 words)

Blink-182/All The Small Things

2008-06-06T22:34:00.003+09:00

This is my favorite band, blink-182. This video is so funny. Because blink-182 members pretend to be back street boys!!! Have you ever seen BSB's "I Want It That Way"??? If you watch this video, you will understand what I saying. Blink-182 did good job. They pissed off BSB. I'm sorry for BSB fan. But I read Kerrang magazine. It said that. But I liked BSB. I met them, when I was junior high school student. BSB invited me American pop music. I was grateful that. But, my music taste changed. Now I really like rock music. Especially, punk rock is great. Blink-182 is the best!!!(106 words/7787 words)

Can you pronounce these words???

2008-06-05T01:44:00.003+09:00

My myspace friend sent these words. It is that...

''Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers?
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
.''

Hahaha... It's really difficult, I think.
She is Malaysia people. Her school teaches these words.(59 words/7681 words)

The Academy Is...

2008-06-05T01:15:00.006+09:00

I finally got The Academy Is... first record!!! It is called "Almost Here". I ordered this record using internet shopping. Why did I use internet shopping? Because this shopping can also get extra something. I got a live photo of TAI!!!

I am remembering the time when I went to Summer Sonic07. Before that, I had never watched live show. So it is memorable day in my life!!! First I saw TAI on Summer Sonic. I felt "This is live show, f××kin' amazing". William Beckett (vocal of TAI) was very tall. I was surprised. And he was handsome. The other members were also handsome.
They are working for next record. So I want to say "Good Luck".

Above video is "Classified". I like this song. You can also my blog side bar. Please enjoy!!!(134 words/7622)

Essay-5 (Worst Day In My Life)

2008-06-04T09:43:00.003+09:00

I am thinking back when I was the worst. I think the worst day is when I fail the entrance examination of Hituyuyukan high school. I felt very sorry for my parents and blamed myself. My family didn’t show disappointed face, but I realize they wanted to cry. But I cried in my room. I have to tell my teacher the result of exam. I am also sorry for my teacher. I have no choice to go to Kokufu high school.

My high school life was so bad. I didn’t want to go to high school when I was high school student.Kokufu high school life was boring for me. And most of all students lack motivation. But I met great teacher in Kokufu and learned many things. Maybe I studied harder than now. I’m really appreciated my teacher. Thanks to him, I passed the entrance examination of KGU. And I also had to say thank you to my family for support me.

Now my life is happier than when I was a high school student. Because KGU students are very friendly, have high motivation to study English and there are no mathematics classes. I do dislike math. I made some good friends. They study English by way of speaking exchange some students. I respect them.

I learned three things from the worst day. First, I have to study harder. Second, I don’t want to regret in my life. Third, I realize my parents support. So I’ll do my best. And I make a good day everyday.(256 words/7488 words)

Essay-4 (Memorable Day in My Life)

2008-06-04T09:39:00.001+09:00

I couldn’t forget the day, when I experienced the live show. It was last summer. I went to Summer Sonic in Osaka. It is one of the biggest rock festivals. That day I saw many bands and artist. I arrived at the place in ten o’clock. The show already started. There were six stages, food area and goods shop.

First I went to goods shop and saw T-shirts. But I couldn’t find good one. On the way I was through the main stage, The Puppets was singing. After that I experienced first live show. The band was The Academy Is. I knew only one song, but they were so powerful. It was absolutely better than CD. I knew that it was live.

I saw many bands after that. But the best live show on that day was Sum41’s show. I was impressed. Because I always listen to Sum41’s song and I knew a lot of song. And in front of me they were playing my favorite song. The audience sang, danced and jumped. I’ve never seen before such a scene. That day I had a very good time.

It was a memorable day in my life. That experience influences my music life. After that I became a rock geek. I go live show often. But when I go live show, I have to go other prefecture. Because the most of overseas bands don’t come to Kumamoto. It’s my worry. But I want to see live show. Live shows make me crazy and give a power. I get of my stress there. I was lucky. Because I met the live show at Summer Sonic.(273 words/7232 words)

Essay-3 (My Favorite Animal)

2008-06-04T09:37:00.001+09:00

In fact, I can’t imagine favorite animal in real world. I’m a still stupid kid. I like SF movies. For example Star Wars and Nightmare Before Christmas. These movies have many original characters. In Star Wars, Most of all characters are alien. Nightmares before Christmas’s characters are ghost. I’m a Star Wars geek. So I can say many Star Wars character. When I was junior high school student, I wanted to appear Star Wars movie. Anyway, maybe I like creature. It’s difficult to choose one. But this time I will decide.

I like Ewoks. They appear Star Wars episode 6. And they really play an active. Ewoks are like a bear. So they are cute. They say “yau yau”. They live Endor forest. Endor is subtropical climate. And there was war, called the battle of Endor. Of course Ewoks fight with Jedi. They fight using a spear, stone and arrow. I think Ewok is wise. Ewok’s life is similar to the Stone Age.

The reason of I like Ewok are below. First, they are Star Wars character. Second they have cute eyes, hands and cry. Do you think of me? Am I stupid? But I am that guy. I said before “I like SF movies”. That’s it.

So I chose Ewok. If you like bear, you maybe like it. Before that, If you haven’t seen Star Wars, you should see right now. I recommend it. Many fantastic creatures appear in this movie. I hope you like it.(247 words/6959 words)

Essay-2 (My Treasure)

2008-06-04T09:31:00.004+09:00

My treasure is my CD collection. I have over sixty CDs. I started to correct, when I was junior high school. Those days, I didn’t have enough money to buy CD. So I bought maybe only three CDs. I grew up and became a high school student. I had money more than when I was a junior high school student. I used to buy a CD in a month. And now, I buy CDs at least one in a month. Some time I buy five CDs in a month.

Why CD is my treasure? Because I like listening to music badly. Maybe I’m a geek of music especially America and British rock. Most of all my CDs are America and British rock music. I don’t like Japanese music. I don’t know why. I always listening some songs. “No Music, No Life” is true.

Now music is bought by down load from computer. I don’t like such a way. And I some time hear music illegality down load. We should not do it. We should respect musician and pay some money.

Exactly, CD is expensive and plastic is not ecology. But I like CD. CD includes booklet. It is written lyrics and some information. Especially Japanese edition includes translation and liner note. When I buy a CD, I look forward to reading liner note. It doesn’t with down load music. So I support CDs. I will keep on buying CD. I think it is one of my hobbies. I want more CDs. The aim is one thousand.(256 words/6712 words)

Essay-1 (Self Introduction)

2008-06-04T09:27:00.005+09:00

Hello, my name is Takashi S. I’m studying English at K.G.U. I’m 19 years old. I like listening to music and playing the guitar and base ball. I’m very interested in America. Because music, fashion, people everything is awesome. Especially, I like American rock music. I listen everyday.

I met foreign music, when I was high school student. Those days, I came home and immediately turn on the T.V and watch MTV. One day I came back home and put on the TV, one song sounding. The song is “I Want It That Way “. This is Back Street Boys song. When I listen the song, I was really shocked. Because I have never listened such a beautiful song. Then I’m getting crazy about American pop music.

But turning point came. That is starting playing the guitar. It changed my favorite music. I became a rock geek. Fortunately, my uncle is rock geek too. He recommends some bands, so I added knowledge of rock. Now, my favorite music is punk rock and favorite band is blink-182. American music changed my life. And lyric is more sophisticated than that of Japan. American music invited English word.

That’s why, I became to like English. In the future I want to talk to world people using English. I’m using myspace and communicate with rock fans in the world. But I want to live surround English. And I want to experience American life style. I have never been abroad. So I am a little scare.

I’m working McDonald’s as a part time job. I’m very interested in McDonald’s U.S.A difference compare with Japan. American culture mixed many countries. Do you have traditional food in America? If I were there, I’ll try. I want to try different culture food. In Japan, I can eat different culture food, but it is japanized. I want to eat the home of food. There is what I want to do in America. See you on America.
Takashi.(328 words/6456 words)