Yukata

Today, I have two classes, 1st period and 2nd period. After classes, I went to the Hamasenn which is a shopping mall by motor bicycle.


I got a yukata. Yukata is an informal cotton summer kimono. It was free! I wanted to get navy blue. But the store didn't have navy blue one. So I decided to get white one!!


I bought a bag! I liked it so I want to use it!!!hahaha

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NIKUMAKI RICE BALL

Do you know a nikumaki rice ball? I ate a nikumaki rice ball;) We wanted to eat it suddenly, today!! So we ate it! It is from Miyazaki. It's very good. If I eat a nikumaki rice ball, I'm full!! It is a substantial meal. Though it cost only 300 yen:) I ate walking downtown. Please try it♥♥♥

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DINNER AT IKKENYA

I want to tell you about Last Thursday night!hahaha Please don't say too past! I went to the ikkenya near the KGU. I had 5 classes, 2nd period, 3rd period, 4th period and 5 period. So I was a little tried and very hungry. So we went to the Ikkenya. It's a bar. I'm a under 20 years old...hahaha So I didn't drink alcohol... I'm not sure....hahaha The ikkenya is famous for ANNTONIO;) It's very delicious! Please try it!! The atmosphere is also good. The staff are very kind. I want to eat something there again!

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LUNCH AT FEAL

Today, I went to the down town to eat lunch. I want to go to a restaurant, BUT the srore was packed! So I have to search another one! I decided another reastaurant soon. BUT!! I lost... I couldn't know where the restaurant is. So I have to find another restaurant AGAIN!!! hahaha I don't know a lot of good restaurants. If you know them, please tell me!! haha
So I went the feal. I knew that restaurant when I was a high scool student. I liked the restaurant, so I have been there many many many times!!!



The feal is cheap! today, I chose weekly lunch. That is main dish, salad, bread or rice, soup and something to drink. It cost only 850 yen!! And the feal is famous for various tea. I chose jasmine;) It is soooooooo delicious!! I want to go there again:)

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Cath Kidston

I bought a magazine! That's the cath kidston. Do you know this brand? It's a brand of England. I love this brand but I have never bought something of the brand. Because it is very EXPENSIVE. So I thought, if I have a chance, I want to buy something!!

Today, I went to a bookstore, I found a magazine of the cath kidston! I FALL IN LOVE WITH IT AT FIRST SIGHT;) I decided to buy it:)

What is more..... The magazine contains a small bag, a mirror and a tissue case! It cost 1500 yen! I'm happy to buy it now!! that's one of the my favorite brand!! I have 3 goods now!hahaha

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LUNCH AT OUCHI CAFE

Today, I have 2 classes, 1st period and 3rd period!!! After 1st period, Asaki, Kana, Mizuho and me went to e-campus center to do a typing homework about Golden week.
After that, we went to the OUCHI CAFE near the KGU!!! That is my favorite restaurant!! I have been there to eat sweets before. But I have never eaten Lunch! So I am exited to eat lunch!! I chose an omelet containing fried rice!! It was soooooooooooooo delicious! And it cost only 630 yen!! I am very satisfied;) We talked a lot of things. Now Asaki lives alone. So she cooks meals everyday. And she cooks sweets. So I asked her why you know various recipes. She answered, I always watch at cooking site! So I get URL of that site! I want to try meals sweets like her!!

After that, I took Korean class. It is not easy, but I like that class!! I want to learn Korean more! And I want to understand Krean movies, dramas:)

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Yesterday

Yesterday, it was a very good day!! And I was very happy because I always laughed. I had only 2 classes, 3rd period and 4th period!! So I had a lot of free time in the morning!! I overslept, so I was soooo happy. I don't like to get up early in the morning!! I made a lunch!! It's KATSUDON! It tastes very good. It made me happy!

After I ate lunch, I went to the KGU by motor bicycle! The temperature was very comfortable! It also made me glad.

3rd period is so so. But I talked with Ryoko about Korean men whom we met in Korea in February!!! It was an interesting experience!! We want to meet him again. And we want to say him "Thank you!"

4th period is soooooooo interesting. Our teacher is soooo cute and funny. I couldn't help laughing BECAUSE he is so interesting!! He made me very very happy! I sat the front row with Ryoko. My 2 seniors sat near me!! He often asked some question, "Where did you go to in school trip?" ,"Why didn't you go to Nara? "," Your high teacher is wrong!!" .... And he said "Let's try hiking with a bicycle" hahaha!!! I'm a very happy to take his classes. I'm looking to seeing him next month!!

After classes, I went to part time job. It was very hard. But After work, my boss gave us a piece of cake!! It was very sweet!

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Golden week

I like Golden week!! I have a lot of free time:) But I don't have any plans. Except part time job... During golden week, my part time job is so hard... Many many many customer comes my part time job place... And I have almost everyday part time job during GOLDEN WEEK! I try my best! I wanted to eat dinner or lunch with my friends from my high school.

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Your family

I'm going to tell you about Yuki's mother! First, about her appearance!! She is tall. She has curly hair;) and her hair color is black... Next I want to tell you about her personality... She is talk able, positive and she talks to herself all times.

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April

April isn't over.lol But I want to tell you how my April is... I'm a sophomore!!!! I'm happy to meet my friends!!


New term began... I took various classes. classes are fun... I'm not sure...hahaha


Charlotte, Fucchi-, Chisato and Mucchan was born in April!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY;) Fucchi-, Chisato and Mucchan became 20 years old!! CONGRATULATION!!!! It's a very important for Japanese people to be over 20 years old. Over 20 year-old people can smoke and drink alcohol...

Many freshmen joined our club!! About 30 people... I have to memorize all names... To memorise person's name is difficult:( But I have to do it!!

I dined out, joined a BBQ, picnic and eat sweets;) I think My April is soooooooooo wonderful! I enjoyed my April!!!

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My favorite thing

My favorite thing is my pocketbook:) I bought it at the AFTERNOON TEA which is a shop in Tsuruya. I liked its design. But it costs 2000 yen!!!!!! It's a little expensive for me...But I can use it for one year. And it's sooooooooooooo cute. I decided to buy it! I did not regret now. I feel happy when I use it!!

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BR 1-04: Magical Animals

I read the Magical Animals. I liked this illustration. I have never seen magical animals. And I wanted to see them. So I wanted to read it.

this book has 4 chapters. if you see its tittle, you can found that this story is about animals. not just animals....MAGICAL animals .
if you read, you can see various magical animals for example
,pegasus, goat-head with terrible horns, and a lion-head which breathed fire. and its tail was an evil-looking snake. and head and wings of and eagle,but the body of a lion......

if you interested in magical animals, please read this book!!!!!!!! I espesially want to see
pegasus. I think there are a lot of pegasus in the world. I want to make friends with them. And I want go to the KGU by them.

Reference
Sims, L. (2007). Magical Animals. London: Usborne Publishing Ltd..

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BR 1-03: The Enormous Turnip

I read the enormous turnip. Because I knew this story. But I didn't read the story in English so I wanted try it. Because I knew this story, I could understand soon. And I practiced to read books in English.

one morning, a farmer went to his field. he want ed a turnip. he discovered one turnip with very big green leaves. he wanted to pick that one. he did pick the turnip but the turnip didn't move. his wife helped but it didn't move. Jack is his so also helped but it didn't move. a dog and cat helped... But it didn't move.... A bird helped ....slowly, slowly, very slowly, very slowly, the turnip began to move. At last, the turnip popped out of the ground. They ate it everyday for a month. the farmer said "Next year I'm going growing carrots"

I think everyone knew this story. But most of them didn't read it in English. So let's try!! I actually didn't know all of English words. And this story is short. So I could read easily.

Reference

Book:Sims, L. (2006). The ENORMOUS TURNIP. America: Usborne Publishing Ltd..

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My favorite fruit

My favorite fruit is orange. Because orange is so sweet. It is very cheap. In winter, I eat it every day. I also like orange juice!!!!! I love orange juice. When I want to drink something to drink, I will choose orange juice. I especially like 100% orange juice!!!! I love it.

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questionnaire

Today, I went to the KGU to write report. Our group member, Nami and Kosei and me gathered the study room at 11:00 am. The report is questionnaire about part-time job. We have to to make 25 questions. It's a little difficult to make them We chatted, chatted, wrote the report and chatted...lol We did finish it!!!!!!

We ate lunch. And we also ate ice creams. Kosei bought them for us. Thank you so much!!!!!! He is soooooooooooooo kind.lol We talked about a lot of things... It was a very good time!!

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My hobbies

I have many hobbies. A hobby is watching movies. I like movies. When I was a high school student, I often went to movie theaters to watch movies. Now, I don't have enough time and money. So I don't often go there. So I watch DVDs at my home. I can relax and it was cheap!! Another hobby is travel. I like to go to foreign countries. I am happy to learn different countries.

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labels

books, brainstorms, drafts, essay prep., essays, free-writing, graphics, links, media, movies, outlines, quickposts, reviews, typing, websites

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BR 1-02:Stories of Mermaids

I read "Stories of Mermaids". Mermaids is Harmony. She is very good at singing songs. Her mother is sick so she want her to cure. but the medicine, polka dot seaweed only grows in the Pirates' Graveyard. She went there to find medicine. She found it but she was caught. But she is a very good singer. Her songs made people change...And she is great person so she solved problems.
Every evening, she watched the humans whirling and spinning at the dance hall. She longed to join in. King Neptune said her "I will grant your wish for one week, then you must decide whether to keep your legs or your tail" she met a fisherman, Dan. Dancing with him was the only thing that made it worthwhile. one week later... She have to decide. She likes living as a mermaids but she don't want to apart him... but King Neptune has a good solution. She had a tail instead of legs - and so did Dan!!!

I liked it because the story is happy end!! If you like happy end, check it. I want to be like her. Because she sings songs well and swims well. Bacause I read this book, I want to go to the sea to see her.

Reference

Sims, L. (2006). Stories of Mermaids. America: Usborne Publishing Ltd..

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French toast

today is rainy. I had no class in the forth period. so Asaki and Satoko and Chihiro and Mizuho and me went to the OUCHI CAFE near our university.

We ate French toast. It cost only 400 yen. It was so sweet!! and I liked it!!!

We talked a lot of things... It was the girls talk!!I want to talk more... But we had fifth period...

If I have a chance, I want to go there!!

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NINOMARU PARK

I picnicked at the Ninomaru park with club members, Bata san, Saki san, Akina san, Miho san, Mariko, Maika, Hanako and Asami. I ate a lot of snacks. I especially liked a big melon bread!! It was good taste. Try it!!! I enjoyed myself.

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one day trip

During staying in Canada, I took a one-day trip to Seattle, America. I went to Seattle to watch a baseball game. Speaking of Seattle.... the Seattle Marines!!!!! And ICHIRO♥ I have seen him before.When I was a child, our family went to Kobe to watch a baseball game. I saw him there so I have seen him twice. He is very cool.


The game was Seattle Marines vs New York Yankees!!! So Ichiro, Jojima and Matsui were in the safeco field at that time. And Jojima hit a home run the left-field stands. Ichiro hit too. It was so exciting.


I sung the take me out to the ball game. I have never sung with a lot of people before. It was a good experience!!!

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STANLEY PARK

I want to tell you good place in Vancouver! STANLEY PARK !!! It's very big. Many people go to there to take a walk or go jogging or take pictures or go cycling.... I went there many times. One day I took a walk with my friends. I found squirrels and raccoons. Squirrels are very fast. So it's very difficult to take pictures. Raccoons are very cute! I have not seen them before so I was happy to see them. There are a lot of wild animals!! If you like animals, go to there!!!

One day I and Mariko(one of my friends) hired a bicycle and enjoyed cycling. It was very fun.

The stanley park is so beautiful!!!!!!!!! I recommended the place.

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Speaking 3 classmate

I talked to Aoi. She is 19 years old. She lives in Koushi. She likes basketball. Her club is Shaji. She has a boy friend. Her boyfriend is cool and tall.

I also talked to Miku. she likes soccer and tennis. She has two hobbies. First, she like lifting with a soccer ball. Second, she likes talking with her friends. She have been Italy. She stayed there for one month.

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Music I like

I like music! My favorite group is the EXILE. The group has 14 persons. All member are men. I think that most of Japanese girls like them. Their voice are so good. Their ballade are wonderful. I like thier songs, tiamo, chu chu train, lovers again and HERO.... Their dance performance is also great. I want to see them. And I want to go to their lives. It's very difficult to get their live tickets because they are so popular. But I want to go there! If you get their tickets, Please ask me to go to their lives!!!!!

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Essays 1-01b: Who I am

Hello! My name is Chikako. And my native language is Japanese. My birthday is in December and I’m 19 years old now. I go to KGU as a college student.

I like sports, for example, soft tennis, football and baseball. I belonged to the soft tennis club when I was a junior high school student. I practiced very hard. I played soft tennis everyday.

My hometown is Kumamoto which has very good places to visit, and I especially like Kumamoto castle, it is very cool and Kumamoto’s pride. I will show you a lot of pictures about Kumamoto.

There are four in my family, my father, mother, brother and me. I love my family. My father is a bank clerk and my mother is a housewife and my brother lives in another prefecture to study business management. My father is a banker. He works very hard !!! My family is very interesting and wonderful so I’m proud of my family. How many people is your family?

I am very interested in travel. I have been to Korea and Canada. I went to Korea in the December the year before last.　My favorite place is MYONDON in Korea. Because I can buy a lot of things there!! My favorite Korean food is broiled beef!!! So delicious. Try it!!　I went on a homestay visit to Canada last summer. I stayed there for one month. I had a very good time and I found that to learn about different cultures is interesting. What are you interested in?

My favorite singer group is EXILE and I think they are very hot! What I like the most about them is their voice. I love EXILE! The group has a lot of people.... I don't know names of all members...lol But I like it. I love their songs..HERO, ti amo, chu chu train and lovers again.....I don't choose what song is the best.

My favorite season is summer and I think summer is very fun. I’m happy to stay your home this summer. It is so hot or cold in your town? Should I bring jackets? I’m looking forward to seeing you. See you soon.

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beach

I am going to tell you about one of good memories in Vancouver. I went to small beach with my friends in Vancouver. I forgot where there is.lol It's very small beach. And many tourists don't know. So almost people go there are locals. We bought something to drink and We watched sea long long long time. We just did that. We could relax very much. I want to go there again but I don't know how to go there.lol

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BBQ

Last weekend, I enjoyed BBQ. It was a club activity. There are a lot of people ...about 60 people, of course, include freshmen. We ate meat, vegetable and some saury!!!!!lol The taste of saury is good^^ Please have a barbecue to eat saury.lol

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host family and share mates

Last summer, I went to Canada. I stayed there for one month. My host family is very warm. Shelly, Gordon and two dogs. I'm lucky because my host family and share mates are soooooo good. I want to see them again. I want to communicate with them easily. I have to study more hard!!!!!

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I♥CANADA

I went on a homestay visit to Vancouver, Canada. I had a lot of precious memories. I want to tell you more detail later^^

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BR 1-01:Cinderella

I read Cinderella. this story is about a woman. she has a lot of thing to do because her stepmpther and stepsistersarer are very strict. one day they are going to go to Ball. Ciderella want to go there. but they didn't allow what she said. Cinderella cried... then her godmother appeared. and she is a fairy. she can do magic. in the place of the pumpkin stood a beautiful golden coach. the mice were transformed into fine white horses. the lizards became footmen. her rags turned into a dazzling dress of gold and silver. on her feet was perfect pair of little glass slippers. godmother told her "you must leave before twelve, because my magic will begin to fade". Cinderellas went to Ball. a prince asked her "may i have this dance?" she enjoyed herself.but it's almost midnight. she pulled away from prince and ran across the dance floor. he have lost her. but he discover her glass slipper.the next morning,prince came her house. and "one of my girls will fit this shoe, and then she'll be queen" Cinderella slipped on the shoe. it was perfect fit. and she became queen.

I liked this story. I became happy. if you like love story, read it!! I have known this story because the story is very famous in the world. I want to be beautiful woman like her. But I don't want to have stepmothers and stepsisters.

Reference
Davidson, S. (2005). Cinderella. America: Usborne Publishing Ltd.

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strawberry tart

I met my friends, Masae, Rikako and Ayumi. We were same high school next to KGU. And we were classmates. Our classmates are very close so we miss our high school life.
When we have gradusted from high school, I have never met them. Because Ayumi lives in Yokohama and Rikako lives in Fukuoka... Masae lives in Kumamoto but we are busy...So we didn't them. So I'm happy to see them.
We ate very delicious sweets. I ate a strawberry tart, soooooooo delicious. i want to eat again.

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first classes

i took a lot of classes. my favorite class is Korea. i like Korean food, Korean movies, Korean actors... i am very interested in Korea. so i am happy to take Korea. i think that writing class is very hard. because i don't have opportunity to write blog, what is worse in English. but i want to do my best. and i enjoy it.

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Essay 1-01a: Who am I

Hello! My name is Chikako. And my native language is Japanese. My birthday is in December and I’m 19 years old now. I go to KGU as a college student.

I like sports, for example, soft tennis, football and baseball. I belonged to the soft tennis club when I was a junior high school student. My hometown is Kumamoto which has very good places to visit, and I especially like Kumamoto castle, it is very cool and Kumamoto’s pride. I will show you a lot of pictures about Kumamoto.

There are four in my family, my father, mother, brother and me. I love my family. My father is a bank clerk and my mother is a housewife and my brother lives in another prefecture to study business management. Our family is very interesting and wonderful so I’m proud of my family. How may people is your family?

I am very interested in travel. I have been to Korea and Canada. I went to Korea in the December the year before last. I went on a homestay visit to Canada last summer. I stayed there for one month. I had a very good time and I found that to learn about different cultures is interesting. What are you interested in?

My favorite singer group is EXILE. I think they are very hot! What I like the most about them is their voice. I like their all songs. So I can't choose the best one.

My favorite season is summer and I think summer is very fun. I’m happy to stay your home this summer. It is so hot or cold in your town? Should I bring jackets? I’m looking forward to seeing you. See you soon.

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