Typing 2nd - 14 "high school memory"

I had commuted a high school Kumamoto Gakuen University. My first memory is school trip. I went to Taiwan. In my high school, we could choose a place which we want to go to. We chose it of Hokkaido, Tokyo, Nagano and Taiwan. I wanted to go to foreign country. We saw many noted places in Taiwan. We went and saw Kokyu museum, so big valley and Taipei 101 building. My favorite place is Taipei 101 building. It was the highest building in 2007. I was surprised at the elevator. It went up at so high speed. We also had many Chinese dishes. My favorite dish was Syo-ron-pou. We made them ourselves, after we were taught by cook. The trip made many good memories.

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December 24!

I enjoyed with my family and friends on December 24. I’m not a Christian, but I enjoy on Christmas Eve.

I made a cake with my friend. We can’t bake sponge cake ourselves, so we bought a ready-made sponge cake. We made whipped cream, and decorated sponge cake with whipped cream, strawberries and saku-saku panda. Saku-saku panda is my favorite confectionery. We put them on the cake. I could make cute cake.The taste is also nice. The fresh whipped cream was so soft, and the chocolate taste was good. The cake is easy to make, but I enjoyed well.


In the night, I had a dinner with my father, mother and grandmother. My mother challenged to make paella. Paella is a colorful Spanish dish. I like seafood, so I love paella. Mother’s paella was also so good. There were sashimi, green salad and deep-fried chicken in the dinner. I satisfied them, and I could not have all of them.

After the dinner, we had a Christmas cake. It was so cute cake. The surface was soft white-chocolate mousse, and the inside was soft raspberry and blueberry mousse. Macarons put on the outside. I think that the cake looks like a UFO.

I enjoyed Christmas Eve. I am a Buddhist, but I celebrate Christmas every year. The fact is so funny. Christmas is one of my favorite day for a year.

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Essay 2-03a “Students Now and Then”

Today, I’ll tell you about now university life and the life in 25 years from now. I’ll introduce my present life in Kumamoto Gakuen University in order to explain now university life at first. And, I imagine what university life would be like in 25 years from now. I will make a comparison between the two lives in terms of some same subjects. The subjects are about study and life mainly.


First, I will tell you about university life now. I study English in the university. I get up around 7 o’clock, and I go to university by motorcycle. Students mostly go to school by bicycle, motorcycle, foot, bus and train on weekdays. I go through hardships in the morning in winter because it is so cold. I think that I want to go to sleep for just five more minutes. Everyone may think the same in cold day.


After I arrive at university, I come in a classroom. There are many classrooms in university. I must go the classroom which be appointed by office. People inexperienced in university life will have some trouble, for example freshmen. A teacher and many students are in classroom. The class that I especially want to introduce is my listening class and my reading class. In the listening class, teacher plays a cassette and a video. We listen to the English, and we answer questions. Teachers mostly use blackboard and whiteboard. In the reading class, we study how to read English-language paper. We study it with textbook and newspaper. If I find the points and my mistakes, I mark and write in points by color pens. I practice memorizing with handwriting.


In the time except classes, I spend time to on having a lunch and reading the library etc. In lunch time, some have a lunchbox which be brought from their homes, others have a lunch in cafeteria and bakery and buy a snack lunch in convenience store. I often go to the library. I read books and find books about subjects that I learn in classes. There are many books in library, but I sometimes have troubles with searching for books. And in the library of KGU, there aren’t many novels, despite there are many books. I want to read novels. I want to add to many genres books.


In 25 years from now, university life will probably change significantly. The science and technology in the world will improve, and university life may be influenced with the evolution. I think that student will study on the Internet. Teachers make examinations with e-mail, and students answer with e-mail. Those all processes will be made in internet. Students have own PC or iPad with micro camera and microphone. Teachers and students talk each other with them. And students will chat with students all the world easily. Students will have to study English and other languages harder than now.


Students study in internet, so they need not to go to university every day. Their university life will greatly change. There are only a few buildings, because many classrooms don’t need any more. In the buildings, there are offices. Students study at home, so they won’t go through hardships in the morning in winter. They go to school once in a while for the sake of exchange with other students.


Library will change too. I think that electronic books will become popular in the world, and library of university will come to have many electronic books. A download area is in the library and the library’s web site. Students download free from library’s PC in the library, or from web site at home. But on the other hands, they read paper books too. People notice the important of paper books with electronic books.


As you can see, I imagined and compared between university life now and 25 years from now. I think that the present life and the life in 25 years from now will very different, because life in 25 years ago and present life are very difference. I imagined all people will come to use computer devices and internet anytime, and student’s life will be influence with them. But nobody knows what the future in the world will be. Perhaps progress of technology may exceed my hope. I’ m not a student in 25 years from now, so I want to see my children’s university life if I have children.

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Typing 2nd -13 "watch to sports"

I haven’t been to watch to sports. I didn’t have any interests, but I had excited experience the other day. I went to KK Wing to watch a soccer game with my mother and cousins. I watched a home game of Roasso Kumamoto. Roasso is football club in Kumamoto. I have a kinswoman who belongs to Roasso FC and teach soccer to children. We got invited to the game by her. Roasso won the game 3-0. I could watch the moments of goal, because I was watching near the goal post. Supporters were growing livelier with red collored wears and flogs. I was surprised at the big cheerings. I enjoyed watching soccer. I think for the first time watching sports is so good.

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Outline: University life essays

◆In 25 years from now
◇Study
・Online
・PC
・iPad
◇Life
・a few buildings
・few student
・Library
・electronic books
・Paper books
・Friends
・Chat -all over the world
・Overses student
◆Now
◇Study
・Classes
・Textbook
・Blackboard
・Self-study
◇Life
・Meal
・Cafeteria
・Bakery
・Library
・Friends

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Mind map: University life

Quick post: Uni. life about 25 years from now

I imagined university life in 25 years. I think that there are no people in university. For a cut of cost of land, there is only an office in university. Students study in Internet. They will use devices. For example, personal computer and iPad.

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Quick post: Uni. life (now)

I had no reason that I entered KGU University, because I was in a pinch. I have been to Seijo University in Tokyo in 2008, but I cannot enjoy the university. I was melancholic and depressing in those days. I couldn’t go the university from autumn. And I dropped the university. I worried about my future for some months. And in winter, I decide on entrance to KGU University. When I entered this school, I didn’t have any purposes. But I enjoy everyday. I didn’t like English last year, but I came to like English now. I want to study English hard in next year and the year after next.

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Book Review 2-13 “Clothes Then and Now”

I read “Clothes Then and Now”. In this book, history of clothes and fashion is introduced. I have been interested in clothes and fashion. I always enjoy them. Today, I will introduce about them of old days and now.

In primitive age, there were no shops, of course. People produced their clothes themselves. They killed animals for food, and made clothes from skin of animals. The clothes helped to keep them warm and protect them from scratches and insect bites. Clothes of animal’s skin are still sold at shops. People buy them, because they are fashionable and help to keep warm.

But some people think it is wrong to wear skin from animals, because clothes from skin lead to too much hunting. In fact, some wild animals are in danger of dying out, so hunting these animals is prohibited by laws in many countries.

In this book there were lots of surprises. The most surprising bit of information about clothes was "People have worn uniforms for thousands of years."(Julie, 2007, p.20). I don’t know that there were uniforms from that early day. I knew the origin of uniform is clothes of nurses. I think certainly he or she is a nurse when I see a person who is wearing uniform of nurses. And somehow, I am tense up when I see a person wearing uniform of policeman. I think uniforms are very convenient when people show the work and what school they go to.

I like fashion, and I always want many clothes. But I knew one truth about clothes. It is that there are many people make our clothes by hand somewhere in the world. Moreover they are working for low wages. Clothes sold at shops are very brilliant, but I think we must not forget the fact.

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Reference

Julie, Haydon. (2007). CLOTHES Then and Now. Melbourne: Thomson Nelson

News Quiz 2

I made some quizzes, because I am learning about way to reading newspapers in Reading Class. I made these quizzes after I read newspaper "THE NIKKEI WEEKLY". I quoted this news from THE NIKKEI WEEKLY on November.

Q1. Which country’s royal prince got engaged the other day?
A1. United Kingdom’s royal prince

Q2. What are new mobile devices that fuse mobile phone and portable computer?
A2. Smart phone

Q3. Who is the democratic leader in Burmese?
A3. Aung San Suu Kyi

Q4. What international conference was held in this month in Yokohama?
A4. APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation)

Q5. What is the Japanese space probe that took out substances of an asteroid?
A5. Hayabusa

Q6. Which country received emergency financing by IMF?
A6. Ireland

Q7. What power is the epoch-making new scooter of Yamaha moved by?
A7. Erectricity

Q8. What are banks of gigantic organization? For example, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc and Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
A8. Mega bank

Q9. Who is present chief cabinet secretary in Japan?
A9. Yoshito Sengoku

Q10. What is system that employee can be paid time and money off work for children’s care and welfare?
A10. Parental leave

As you can see, I tried to choose news from various subjects. Reading newspaper is difficult for me, so English-language paper is more difficult. I learned English-language paper this year from spring. I knew that there are some rules in news paper, and I can read a little now. Reading class is going to finish soon in January, but I want to read English-language paper voluntarily from now on.

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New part time job!!

I started new part time job in a café which named yoru-café(夜café). I was interviewed about 2 weeks ago. I had been attracted by the job in café. I was so happy when I heard a notice of my employment by a company. Yoru-café is in Nagamine. I live near the café.


Yoru-café is like a restaurant. People can have many dishes. For example, curry, spaghetti and omelet containing fried rice from lunch time to 2 o’clock in midnight. Of course, there are many menus for tea drinking. For example, blend coffee, tea, parfait and cake. In night, people can drink beer, cocktail etc. It also likes a bar.

I’m still not good worker. But want to memorize this work.

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Typing 2nd -12 "Elementary school memory"

I’ll tell you about my elementary school memory. I especially remember when I was in the fourth. I got along with a boyish girl. I was influenced her on fashion and play. I wore boyish clothes. For example, bottoms have patterns of camouflage and never wear skirts. We played soccer and did in a sandbox outdoor. We never played house and did with dolls. I thought that she was active and so cool. But when we became the fifth, we were parted classes. Somehow she and I drifted apart. Recently, I met a friend, and I heard "She become a real man". I was very surprised the news. She was a boyish girl but she also heart as a boy.

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News Quiz 1

I made some quizzes, because I am learning about way to reading newspapers in Reading Class. I made these quizzes after I read newspaper "Daily Yomiuri". I quoted this news from Daily Yomiuri on October.

Q1. Where did China send 3 ships to observe on October 14?
A1. Senkaku Islands

Q2. What is official name of “COP10”?
A2. The 10th meeting of the Conference of the Parties.

Q3. Where did anti-Chinese hold a demonstration?
A3. In the front of the Chinese embassy in Tokyo

Q4. Which airport internationalized and became bigger?
A4. Haneda Airport

Q5. What awards did Mr. Negishi and Mr. Suzuki receive?
A5. Nobel Prize in chemistry

Q6. What use was banned in Tokyo, Osaka and Fukuoka while riding bikes?
A6. The use of ear or headphone

Q7. Where the city did the mayor collect 460 thousands signatures about dissolution in?
A7. Nagoya city

Q8. What disease do medical specialists urge to be vaccinated as a precautionary measure in this season?
A8. Influenza

Q9. Where will Mitsubishi product small cars from 2012 in?
A9. Thailand

Q10. What major consumer credit firm decided to file for bankruptcy protection on last month?
A10. Takefuji

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Typing 2nd -11 "Circle/club"

I don’t belong to any circle at university. But I belonged to tea ceremony club in high school. We gathered and practiced tea ceremony once a week at a tea house. Tea ceremony is Japanese traditional culture. We learned it from an expert of tea ceremony. In the practice, we fold legs under ourselves and close eyes at the first. We meditate and compose. And we start to practice. We divide mates into hosts and guests. And the hosts make tea for guest by turns. Guests drink the tea and eat Japanese-style confectionary. Hosts and guests have strict processes and manners. I think tea ceremony is difficult. Somehow, I calm down and feel comfortable when I practice tea ceremony. I want to take part in tea ceremony someday.

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Typing 2nd -10 "Dish"

My favorite dish is chikuzenni. Chikuzenni is food boiled and seasoned in Chikuzen/Hakata. It is often served as a special dish for the new year celebration in Japan. But I eat it all year around. And I am great with serving chikuzenni. I’ll introduce plain recipe. First, you should saute chicken, carrot, lotus root, burdock, shiitake mashroom and taro in a pot. Second, pour water in the pot. Third, season them with dashi, sugar, soy sauce, Japanese sake and sweet sake. Finally, simmer them over medium heat for about 30 minutes until vegetables become tender, and mix them occasionally. I explained all process of cooking chikuzenni. I can it without seeing recipe. I think that my chikuzenni is probably nice.

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