My Best Friends

Good evening everyone! How have you been? I am in my hometown, Miyazaki now. I really enjoy spending with my family and my friends. Today is the last day of 2008! So I am going to talk about recent occurrence.

On the morning of December 27th, I went back my hometown by highway bus. My mother picked me up. After that I had lunch with my family and went to a new shopping mall. It is the largest shopping mall in Miyakonojo.

On December 28th, I went out to eat lunch with my family. After that we went to 31 ice cream shop. We ordered ice creams one another. Then after getting back my house, I and my mother took a walk from my house to the second largest shopping center.

On December 30th, an alumnus of my junior high school and an alumna of my high school took place. In the daytime, an alumnae of my high school took place. It was an only girls' lunch. It has been a long time to see almost everyone, so I was very happy to see their face. Almost all of them has not changed but appearance a little bit. They have become very lovely. Since their characters did not change, so I was very happy and felt relieved. At that time, we enjoyed lunch and chatting with them. We chatted about recent occurrence, present life-style, friends, dreams, love and so on. Whenever I spend the time with them, I am always keeping smile, so my friends are very very funny!!! They are my best friends forever.
After that, the evening that day I went to an alumni of junior high school. I had some people who had not seen for a long time since my graduation of junior high school. Some people go to their university one after another now, and others work as a member of society now. I thought that I want to see in some years.

On December 31th, I spent a whole day with my family. That day is the last day of the year! Every year my family eat soba "年越しそば". My mother's handmade soba is very good! So some time I want to learn how to cook it and cook my soba.



Have the last day of the year!



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BR 2-18: CORDUROY Writes a Letter

I read this book the last time.

I am going to talk about this story briefly...

The main characters in this book are Lisa, her mother, and a bear Corduroy. One day, Lisa thought that cookies don't have enough sprinkles. So her mother suggested her to write a letter for the bakery. Lisa tried to write a letter but she left her room. However Corduroy thought that I can write a letter, so Corduroy wrote a letter and he mailed it in post. The next Saturday Lisa had cookies with more sprinkles. That night, Lisa and her mother went to the theater to watch a movie, but they discovered the lights were out. However she felt sleepy, so she could not write a letter. Corduroy wrote a letter in exchange for her. Also Corduroy posted it. Next time, the lights are turned on. Lisa and her mother noticed it. Finally Lisa wrote a letter for the radio station to request the song "Teddy Bear Bop". After few weeks, they could listen to their favorite song, so they were very happy.

I felt that Corduroy was very kind. Lisa and her mother would be helped, thanks to Corduroy. I thought that "Corduroy" is cloth when we often are able to see in winter. I wonder that bear stand for cloth in winter. So I want to search for that origin. This story was very good for me because it was excited in the continuation. I finished reading this story. You can try it! Please read it.

[269 words]

BR 2-17: ARTHUR LOST in the MUSEUM

I am going to talk about this story. This situation is at ELWOOD MUSEUM.

The story...

The main character is Arthur. One day, Arther's class went to the museum. Everyone entered the museum and Arthur raised hand to quest. Actually, he wanted to go to boy's room, but he was still turned down to be answer. After that he was told where the boy's room, Arthur ran down the hall. He went into the first door. It is dark there. He opened the door, but there is American Indians' room. It was in an exhibition. His friends were all laughing at him in the wall! After that he is also at the Pilgrims' first Thanksgiving exhibition. Finally, he found the boy's rest room! After finishing that, he arrived at his friends. His teacher said, "Where were you? It was so long!" He said, "I was making history."

I think that it was his maze in the museum. He is very interesting. Also he may be popular with his class. He has a nice character, I think. Also it contained humor, so a lot of readers are able to enjoy reading. I have never been to museum such as a large maze museum, so I want to go to a large museum, and explore them. If you know some museum, tell me where.

[222 words]

BR 2-16: Beef Stew

I am going to talk about "Beef Stew". If you are, how image do you hit on?

The Story...

The main characters of this story are Nicky and his mother. One day Nicky's mother has made a lot of beef stew, so he was able to invite friends to eat beef stew. However he asked his friend Alec to come to eat it, Alec had to go to the dentist. So he is not able to go. After that he asked Carla, but she could not go because she did not like beef stew. Then he spoke to Mr. Blake, but he planned to go to eat out. He also tried to ask Officer Gabel, but she could not because she had the birthday party that night. Since he was turned down from everyone, he was very depressed on his way to home. However he saw a postman, Mr. Cone. He handed Nicky a post card from his grandmother. So he invited his grandmother to his house for dinner. Nickey, his mother and his grandmother had a very good time that night.

I thought that this book was written about how to make beef stew. However that was not at all. Actually, I had a question why the title of his book is "Beef Stew". In addition that, I wanted to know how to make beef stew. If I was able to know how to make it, I would have a good idea. The pictures on this book were very cute!

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BR 2-15: SHAWN and KEEPER and the Birthday Party

I like this story. It is about a boy and his dog.
I am going to introduce this book briefly.

The story...
These main characters are a boy, Shawn and a dog, Keeper. They are very good family and also friends. They were born on the same day. So they grew up together. One day, Shawn was going to be six. And so was Keeper. They were looking forward to coming the day. They chose a cake and pinata for the birthday party. Next day was their birthday party. His father and mother prepared for the party. His mother baked their birthday cake, and father decorated party's room. Moreover his friends came to his house to celebrate his birthday. They brought a lot of presents for him. However, when they began to eat dinner, his mother said "The cake is gone!" Everyone also looked for the cake. However, the cake was not found. Shawn thought that Keeper had already eaten all of it, so he hid anywhere. So when he looked for Keeper, he shouted! Suddenly, his dad carried the cake, so it was surprise! He had added Keeper's name on the cake. Shawn and Keeper were very happy and enjoyed the party.

I felt that Shawn and Keeper were very good family and friends. He is loved by their dad, mom and his many friends. When I am a parent, I want to give the party for my children, I think.

[242 words]

BR 2-14: BONES

Good evening everyone! Today I am going to talk about "Bones". This book is written about bones of our bodies. How much do you know about your bones?

Our bones are active to walk, jump, bend our knees and so on. Anyway we move, our bones are helping to go out. By the way, do you think how many bones we have in our bodies? Actually, we have 206 bones in our bodies. Our bones are hidden under our skin. We are able to feel how they form or shape. When we were born, our bones also small. The smallest bones are inside our ears. As our bones grow up, we also grow up. In the opposite, do you know the biggest bones? The biggest bones are in our legs. Our hearts are protected by flat bones in the middle of our chests. Our ribs protect our lungs and other squishy parts. In head, we have skull. It covers brain like a helmet. Inside of skull, the brain is existing. Today, a skull and crossbones means danger or poison. These are very dangerous, I think!
Bones are hard and strong, but we break them by accidents. However our bones can get well, so our bodies are very mystery.
Some animals do not have bones. If we have no bones, we will not be able to catch, run, stretch, grab and so on. Bones are necessary for us to act.

I can understand the words in my body, so it is very convenient book, I think. You can try it soon!

[260 words]

BR 2-13: Watch Your Step, Mr. Rabbit!

Hello everyone! A winter vacation had already begun! How do you enjoy a winter vacation? How was your Christmas? I also enjoyed winter vacation!

Today I am going to talk about "Watch your Step!" This book is very very very easy to read. So I will tell the story briefly...

In the town, there was a Mr.Rabbit. He was walking the street with reading news paper. So he didn't look at his feet. After that he stuck in the street. There was a new road for construction work, so he can't go outside from new road. Everyone there tried to help him. They tried to push him out, but they can't. Next, they pull him out by truck, but he can't go out. Moreover they tried to blow him out, but no! Neither did he squirt out. Finally, people scooped him out by machine. He could do well! However he kept walking with reading news paper. So people followed him. When he arrived at near the sea, one police said "Watch your step, Mr. Rabbit!"

I think that Mr. Rabbit never learn a lesson. Usually people will learn a lesson soon. However, this character is very nice, so it is interesting a little bit. In addition that, pictures of this book are very pretty! So we can enjoy reading!

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❤Happy Merry Christmas❤

December 24th is a Christmas Eve. Who do you spend 24th, Christmas Eve? I spent 24th, Christmas Eve with my friend. I like spending with my friends, because I can make merry with my friends and chat about girl's talk.

Christmas Eve of this year, we also ate Christmas cake. What cakes do you like? We ate standard hall cake with my friend. Actually we intended to spend that night with 5 persons, but three boys of them had gone to the town to drink and eat, so finally only I and my friend held Christmas party. We sang a lot of songs and did dance together. We had very very very good time! Also I thought that only girl's talk was so funny! It is one of my precious memories.

♥HAPPY♥MERRY♥CHRISTMAS♥

[137 words]

BR 2-12: THE BIG DIPPER

I read this book "THE BIG DIPPER". Do you know it? If you go outside, you will be able to see a lot of stars in a dark night. What do you think "the big dipper"? I have never come up with. So I am going to talk about "the Big Dipper".

We look at a lot of stars in summer and in winter. However they are not always the same. We can see some of them in summer, but others are seen in winter. However, there are some stars that we can see both summer and winter. It is the Big Dipper. To look for it, we can use compass. If the Big Dipper is found, a compass points to the north. Moreover, we can see different kinds of the Big Dipper.

The Big Dipper consists of seven stars; Alkaid, Mizar, Alioth, Megrez, Phecda, Merak and Dubhe. Merak and Dubhe are called the pointer stars. They indicate Polaris, the North Star.

There is also a Little Dipper. It also consists of seven stars. We are able to see a Little Dipper and the Big Dipper at the same time.

The Big Dipper was imagined part of a big bear long time ago by people. They called it Ursa Major. Ursa means bear, and major means big. Also the Little Dipper was part of a little bear. minor means little, so they called it Ursa Minor.

If you imagine that, you will be able to find shapes of them. Let's find them!

[252 words]

BR 2-11: FIREFLIES IN THE NIGHT

Hello everyone! Today I am going to introduce the book "FIREFLIES IN THE NIGHT". This book is written about fireflies. I knew the word "Firefly" for the first time. I could learn what I have not known this time. Anyway, do you often see fireflies? If so, where do you see? I seldom see them recently.

A style of this book is an experience of a girl.
It seems that when fireflies rest, they fold their hard front wings on top of their soft back wings. Young fireflies do not have wings. They live in the ground for a year or two. After that their wings grow, they live above grounds or trees.
It seems that fireflies help people. For example, if people walk around the dark jungle paths, fireflies help them because they send out light. Another one is relate to medical. Once upon a time in Cuba, a doctor used a firefly lamp in his operating room. I was very surprised!

I think that any other creature in the world help people to live. It is so nice circulation. This series of this book tells us a lot of information and knowledge, so you can try it! You will be able to get new ideas!

[207 words]

Portfolio

Student ID: 07157

Portfolio for Writing IV,
Section 1a



(See: Note 1, below)

0.0. Overview

Reviews, Posts, Words, and More

(See: Note 2, below.)

1.0. Essays

(See: Note 3, below.)

Please complete this table with data gathered from essays on your blog. See the Key (below) for definitions of the symbols in row one, and complete columns four through nine with numerical values (0, 1, 2, 3, ...).

1.1. Showcase	Short titles with links	Dates yy.mm.dd	¶	W	C	L	P	M
Website review 08.09.29 (375+ words)	Get a Precious things through Okinawa Tour Get a Precious things through Okinawa Tour (Rewrite)	o8.09.28 08.10.02	5 5	427 605	7 6	1 2	0 3	1 2
Favorite place(-s) 08.10.20 (450+ words)	My Favorite place ~The Kirishima Mountains~	08.10.12	5	486	0	2	7	2
Mrs. Doubtfire 08.11.04 (500+ words)	Mrs. Doubtfire ~eternal love of family~	08.11.01	5	610	9	1	4	1
Community life 08.11.17 (default length*)	Community Life ~Power of Team~	08.11.16	5	588	0	0	0	0
Kumamoto's best-kept secrets 08.12.01 (5+ ¶¶)	Secret of Kumamoto~discovery in downtown~	08.11.30	5	434	0	0	1	0
Learning with computers 2008.12.15 (6+ ¶¶)	Learning with Computers ~A Part of Life~	08.12.14	5	529	0	0	0	0
Totals	---	---	35	3679	22	6	15	6

Key:

¶: number of paragraphs five (5) or more sentences in length

W: number of words

C: number of comments

L: number of links

P: number of photos or other graphics
M: number of other media included in post
*: "long enough to cover the ... [communities] you choose," Writing Studio Blog, Preparation for Next Essays, 2008.10.29)

1.2. Best Essay

Selection and Assessment: Which of those six assigned essays do you feel is the best that you've written this semester, and why? Remember that a complete answer is better than a short answer, focus on your writing, and give at least two reasons to support your assessment.

• Essays 2-03 (MR): Mrs. Doubtfire ~eternal love of family~ I felt this written essay is the best that I've written this semester. I have two reasons. First is that I could write main theme as I feel and put together many ideas. Second, I attached many pictures and media(YouTube) on this blog. This "YouTube" is easy to understand how this story is. Anyway, I could write what I want to tell and include a lot of information.
  

2.0. Comments

Showcase	Titles of posts with links	Dates of comments yy.mm.dd	Numbers of words in comments	Qualities of comments**
2.1. Your first comment on your instructor's blog*	---	---	---	---
2.2. Your best comment on a classmate's blog*	Essays 2-03 (MR): Mrs. Doubtfire ~eternal love of family~	08.11.01	53	I answered questions from my friend with accuracy.
2.3. Best comment by a classmate on your blog*	Essays 2-03 (MR): Mrs. Doubtfire ~eternal love of family~	08.11.05	72	She advised me a usage of words, especially how to begin an essay.
2.4. Most comments on:	Titles of posts with link	Dates of posts yy.mm.dd	Total number of words in comments	Qualities of comments**
2.4.1. Any one of your essays*	Essays 2-01 (WR): Get a Precious things through Okinawa Tour (Rewrite)	08.10.02	247	They are very nice and easy to read.
2.4.1.1. When did you respond to those comments?	---	08.10.01	---	---
2.4.1.2. How did you respond to those comments?	---	---	247	I responded each comment, and told about Okinawa in detail.
2.4.2. Any of your other posts*	Mrs. Doubtfire: Brainstorms 02	o8.11.01	40	Her advice was very useful for me.
2.4.2.1. When did you respond to those comments?	---	08.11.08	---	---
2.4.2.2. How did you respond to those comments?	---	---	34	I agreed with her opinion.

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* Current semester comments on essays and other posts
** Please list the most important qualities of comments on each type of blog post. That is, explain briefly what makes them good comments.

2.5. Recent comments display

Does your blog display recent comments from blog visitors in a prominent location, for example, in a sidebar, header, or footer widget? Where, or why not? Please explain.

• ...Yes, it does. My friends' recent comments are displayed in a sidebar.

2.6. Additional reflections on comments

• Giving comments reflection: I can communicate with person to person who I almost don't know about.
• Receiving comments reflection: They are very useful for me because my friends gave me more advices for my writing. Moreover, they made me notice I have never thought. I can get a lot of information from my friends.
  

3.0. Book Reviews

3.1. Showcase	Short titles with links	Dates (yy.mm.dd)	Words	Comments
Example:	Vampire Killer	07.05.16	39	1
2-01	Oliver Twist	08.10.01	262	0
2-02	Jane Eyre	08.10.03	266	0
2-03	Christmas carol	08.10.04	201	0
2-04	The Moon seems to Change	08.10.08	250	0
2-05	How Mountains are made	08.10.24	212	0
2-06	The PLANETS in Our SOLAR SYSTEM	08.10.26	325	0
2-07	Ant Cities	08.10.28	242	0
2-08	Down Comes The RAIN	08.11.04	230	0
2-09	Why I sneeze, shiver, Hiccup, and YAWN	08.11.10	246	0
2-10	What Is the World Made Of?	o8.12.03	211	0
2-11	FIREFLIES IN THE NIGHT	08.12.22	207	0
2-12	THE BIG DIPPER	08.12.22	252	0
2-13	Watch Your Step, Mr. Rabbit!	08.12.25	219	0
2-14	BONES	08.12.25	260	0
2-15	SHAWN and KEEPER and the Birthday Party	08.12.25	242	0
2-16	Beef Stew	08.12.25	251	0
2-17	ARTHUR LOST in the MUSEUM	08.12.25	222	0
2-18	CORDUROY Writes a Letter	08.12.25	269	0
---	---	Totals:	4367	0

Note: Please calculate and list book review Totals for words and comments without including those from the example (above).

3.2. Best Book Review

Selection and Assessment: Which of those book reviews do you feel is the best that you've written this semester, and why? Remember that a complete answer is better than a short answer, focus on your writing, and give at least two reasons to support your assessment.

• BR 2-06: The PLANETS in Our SOLAR SYSTEM I selected this book review as a best review. I have two reasons. First is that I learned one of science in English. This book was contained a lot of information, so it is very useful for me to know. Second is that I decorated this review colorfully to see easily. So I can check knowledge easily again and again.

4.0. Blog Layout, Labeling, Linking, & Media

Showcase	Yes	No
4.1. Does your blog display an archive?	○
4.1.1. Does the archive display the titles of posts?	○
4.1.2. Is the archive organized by month?	○
4.1.3. Is the archive at or near the top of the sidebar?	○
4.2. Does your blog have labels displayed in sidebar?	○
5.2.1. Do your labels include these required labels (typed accurately):	---	---
"books" (plural) AND "reviews" (plural)	○
"essays" (plural) AND "portfolios" (plural, without "proto-")	○
"quickposts" (plural, with no space between quick and posts)	○
"links" (plural) AND "media" (plural)	○
"movies" (plural) AND "websites" (plural)	○
"brainstorms" (or "brainstorming"), "essay prep.," AND "free-writing" (or "free-writes")	○
4.2.2. Does your sidebar display other labels?	○
How many other labels have you attached to three (3) or more posts? _27__ other labels attached to three or more posts	---	---
Which labels, and to how many posts each? Please list those labels instead of www, xxx, yyy..., and list numbers of posts instead of n, m, o... (in parentheses), below. Book Reviews (53) Photos (40) Writing Essays (25) Diary (19) My Things (19) Writing (15) Typing Test (14) Quickposts (12) Media (11) Studying (11) Miyazaki (10) Friends (9) Events (8) Free-writing (8) Science (8) Movie Reviews (7) Favorites (6) Lifestyles (6) My hometown (6) Sightseeing (6) Links (5) My family (5) High School Days (4) Summer (4) Amusement (3) Brainstorms (3) My Best Friends (3) Outlines (3) Blogging (2) Computer (2) Family Trip (2) Other Reviews (2) Plane (2) Portfolios (2) Reviews (2) Summer Vacation Plans (2) Travel (2) Website Reviews (2) ♪You Tube♪ (2) Cellular phone (1) Classes in University (1) Dance (1) Foreign Countries (1) Languages (1) Lists (1) Mother's day (1) Music (1) Others Post (1) Secret (1) Self Introduction (1) Tests (1) Transportation (1)	---	---
4.3. Links & media	---	---
4.3.1. Does your blog include photos or other graphics?	○
Does your blog profile include a photo or graphic representation?	○
How many of your blog posts this semester include photos or other graphics? _19__ posts including photos or other graphics	---	---
4.3.2. Does your blog include posts with multiple links?	○
How many of your posts this semester include three (3) or more links? _5__ posts including three or more links (including this portfolio!)	---	---
4.3.3. Does your blog include other media?	○
How many of your blog posts this semester include other media? _4__ posts including other media	---	---
What kind(-s) of media have you included in posts this semester? Please list the kinds here: ...YouTube ...Web sites	---	---
What media content that you originally produced, if any, do your blog posts for this semester contain? Please list and explain each item briefly, and add short links and dates (yy.mm.dd) for reference. Nothing especially	---	---

4.4. Overall presentation

What have you done to enhance the overall presentation of your blog? List and explain the three most important content, display, formatting, layout, or other presentation changes that you have made on your blog this semester.

1. ...I often changed font size of important words or phrases to see easily, and colored main points to emphasis.
2. ...I attached some pictures on my posting to make people imagine about posting contents.
3. ...I made lists each under the posting, so everyone will be able to understand what was written about.

5.0. Additional reflections on your blog and your writing on it

Please feel free to include reflections on both spring and fall semester work, as well as on the content of this portfolio (proto-portfolios, showcases, and reflections).

• ...I wanted some more advices for my writing. If so, I may have improved my writing more, I think.
• ...My writing style was the same as spring semester work, so I should have made another idea and make more time to write.
• ...It was nice chance to write or think about daily life or free-writing.
  

6.0. Advice and suggestions for yourself, your peers, and your successors

• ...To write about your interests or daily freely is very important because to write what you are interests will be continue and keep writing. So you will not feel "I don't want to write".
• ...It's important to see your friends' blog because you will find other ideas you couldn't come up with or how to write. You will get more information about writing contents or decorations.
• ...I should write regularly, because to keep writing will be a part of my daily life and think about English. If not, writing skill will not improve still, I think. Keep going is very important.
  

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♥Happy Flight♥

Hello! How's it going? I am very busy writing papers, working, and so on. I have a lot of things to do. However, I went to go to the movie theater for pastime on the evening of December 11 with my friends. We watched the movie "Happy Flight". Now I am going to talk about it.

"Happy Flight" is a movie relate to an airline world. This movie tells us about cooperation, an importance of communication, and relationship between person and person, I think. Also it contains humor and comedy, so I really enjoyed this movie.

The story...

There is the huge airport where a lot of people go in and out of. Several hundreds of airplanes come and go all day in the sky. There were a lot of people about charter flight for Honolulu of one day. Pilot, cabin attendant, grand staff, controller, operation center, mechanic and passengers prepare for the departure of the appointed time each. These situations were described his movie. Especially, the people who love airline world will be interested in this movie. Let's watch this movie if you are interested in!

[187 words]

Essays 2-06: Learning with Computers ~A Part of Life~

Hello everyone! Today I am going to talk about learning with computers. Now we are alive in a lot of computers, aren't you? Our life is surrounded by computers now! I think that computers are a part of our life any more. It is not too much to say "No computers No life". That is because we use computers for work, study, communicating with people, getting information, researching, watching movies, listening to music playing games preserving file or date and so on... So they are very necessary for human being. Computers have also a lot of functions such as MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. So I will talk about learning with computers.


To begin with, I am going to talk about communication through computers. Do you use computers to contact with people? We often use cellular phone to contact with people. However we are able to communicate with people through computers. No matter where we are, we can check E-mail. In other words, computers connect all over the world. We learn how to communicate with people through E-mail. I mastered how to attach file or pictures with E-mail. However there are some problems. It is that we cannot predict when answer will return. When we want answer soon, we get into trouble if an answer doesn't return. That is the way, some troubles will happen.


Next, it is about Internet. We can get a lot of information from Internet. If you have things you want to know, you are able to research by Internet. Internet provides us much information. And we also exchange new information, I think. Also probably almost all of students love to use "YouTube". It belongs to Internet and we are able to listen to music and watch movies. If you don't have TV, DVD, and CD component, we can listen and watch many programs with "YouTube" in Internet. There are variety programs such as kids TV show, animations, videos English animations, dramas and so on... I watch and listen another country' programs, so it is possible to get new information I have never known.


Finally, computers have convenient functions such as MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and so on... I often use MS Word when I write paper. I often began to use MS Word since I entered my university. So I learned how to write papers, how to operate soft with using MS Word soft. Besides, Excel is also necessary in our life. Especially it is necessary in office. We will learn how to write graph. In writing class, I practiced typing practice through typing tool and playing English typing games. These help us with typing rapidly. We learn a lot of things from many computer functions.


As a conclusion, computers are very useful and necessary for our life. Computers are a part of our life any more now in the world. As I said in this essay, computers have many tools and functions. So we will get some kinds of skills from computers. However computers have some problems such as computer virus, relation with E-mail and so on... So sometimes pay attention to computers! Especially, I want to master how to use computer more.


[529 words]

Free-writing for Next Essay

When we use a computer, we will learn about something about computer. For example, when we research for anything with Internet, we are able to learn or get new information and a lot of thing s about computer. With using computers, we are able to learn how to use Words, Excel, and so on. We will get many skills by using computer soft. If we often use computer, we will accustom to use it. Moreover, if we have a lot of problems, computer helps us, that is to say we can research anything no matter when I am trouble in.

[100 words]

Brainstorming

Learning with Computers

• Internet
• Blog
• Research
• Power Words
• Difficulty
• wikipedia
• Typing
• Information
• Music
• Physical strain
• Posture
• Video chat...Skype
• Websites
• Web applications

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BR 2-10: What Is the World Made Of?

Hello everyone! I read this book. This book is written about a lot of matters of world. Usually I don't often think about what the World is made of, so this title was interesting for me. I am going to introduce this story now.

Do you know three matters on earth? It can be solid, liquid, or gas. All matter, everything on earth, is either solid, liquid, or gas. Some solids are hard, but others are soft. All solid hold their shapes unless we do something to change them. If a lot of toys are liquid or gas, we don't play them. Suppose to you want to drink soon. If water is hard as a block, you cannot drink soon. When we take a bath, water freeze, and we could not take a bath. So, that solid, liquid, and gas are divided is very important for our life and play an important tole.

I think this book tells us how to explain a lot of process on earth in English. Also we are able to learn many words such as small bubble, water vapor, ice cube and so on... It makes use of any scene. Moreover it is very easy to read. I am going to look for other stories from now.

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Essays 2-05: Secret of Kumamoto~discovery in downtown~

Hello everyone! How's it going? Recently, it is getting cold and cold, isn't it? Anyway, do you have recommendation spot? Or do you have your favorite scene? I know my recommendation or secret of my hometown, Miyazaki. However, to tell the truth, I am not familiar with Kumamoto, much less secret of Kumamoto. However, one day, when I went to downtown in Kumamoto, I discovered that nobody knows thing as a secret of Kumamoto. I think that it will become a secret of Kumamoto and my recommendation. So today I am going to talk about best scene of Kumamoto Castle from downtown.


To begin with this secret of Kumamoto, from where do you often view Kumamoto Castle? Some people may see it from anywhere in downtown, and others may go to Kumamoto Castle directly, I think. I also see it no matter where I am able to view Kumamoto Castle. However, when I stopped watching for the signal of downtown which is crossing Tsuruya and New's to change to green, I discovered best scene of Kumamoto Castle. It is that Kumamoto Castle where we can see from the corner of Tsuruya is very beautiful! It is a point to stand in the front toward Kumamoto Castle.


Next, Kumamoto Castle is different in scenery of every season from the corner of Tsuruya and is beautiful. In spring, we can see it surrounded by cherry blossom. In summer, contrast with the trees of the fresh green and Kumamoto Castle is splendid. In autumn, we feel that colored leaves and Castle seem Japanese style. In winter, when it snows in Kumamoto Castle, we look like scene of the movie. Each of season we are able to feel the revolution of the four seasons.


Finally, this secret will be attractive for people, I think. Suppose you are asked from interviewer, "Please tell me your town." Then you answer the question, "Kumamoto Castle where we can see from the corner of Tsuruya is very beautiful! It is a point to stand in the front toward Kumamoto Castle. Please see it at least once!" Perhaps you will arouse interest. Also it will be your favorite spot where you can feel seasonable variety.


I think that this discovery will not be known a lot of people. I find such a discovery at just a moment. If you go to downtown in Kumamoto, please stand in the corner of Tsuruya toward Kumamoto Castle and gaze at it each season. I am sure that you are able to feel seasonable color and you will want to introduce it as a secret of Kumamoto!


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