my favorite : animal

My favorite animal is dog. I have a dog named Hina. Hina came to my home in March. My family wanted to have pets, and my mother saw dogs appearing in the newspaper, and it said it would give one to you in free. My mother called to the owner soon, and received a puppy. She was a crossbreed dog. We hesitated what is the best name for her, and we thought. She was born on March 3. It is what is called Hinamatsuri in Japan, so we decided her name to Hina. She was small at time of the beginning, but she raise a little bit. If I come back my home in late night, but she wake up and welcome me. Sometimes I sleep together in my bed. I love her so much.

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my favorite : magazine

Let me talk about magazines. I like to read comics, books, and magazines. My favorite magazines are BLENDA, and JELLY. They are fashion magazines. The reason why I like them has some reasons. First, the style of fashion of them matches my fashion. I like cool, smart, simple, mode, and black clothes, and often wear them. Especially BLENDA, the clothes appearing on it are so cool, so I use them as a reference. I go shopping in the downtown, and my favorite blands are EMODA, MURUA, EGOIST, GYDA, and SLY. Second, I like all the models appearing on them. They are smart, cute, and beautiful. The two magazines places japanese top models, and overseas model and gossips. If I have a time, I always read them. I want to be more fashionable.

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my favorite : place I've been

My favorite place I have ever been is Okinawa. This prefecture is like southern countries. I went to Okinawa when I was a junior high school student. My mother has a friend since junior high school and wanted to go and meet her and her family, so we traveled. I took the plane for the first time. It is warm and mild in Okinawa. We stayed at the hotel for three days. The sea is near the hotel, and we swim very well. The sky and sea were so clear and blue. I was happy to be able to go to a Churaumi Aquarium. I like aquariums very much. This aquarium is famous around the world. If I go there someday, I want to take my best friend or boyfriend. I enjoyed the travel so much.

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my favorite : sport to watch

My favorite sport to watch is soccer. I like soccer very much. When I was a junior high school student, I see the soccer game on TV. I watched the All-Japan High School Soccer Championship Tournament. It is held every winter, so I am looking forward to it every year very much! I have heard Ohzu high school is strong for soccer, and it is veteran school and my longing school. I decided to take a high school examination of Ohzu, so I was happy to pass that. Ohzu soccer players are very cool. The play style is very cool and smart, and also appearance and face are good. They win the game many times, so they are super star in my school! I proud of Ohzu soccer club.

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elementary school memory

I will talk my elementary school memory. I had a lot of things, but memorial thing is club activity. I belonged to a badminton club, because I was invited by my friends. In fact, I was straying which is better badminton or basketball club, but I liked badminton better, so I decided. I was good at playing sports, but I cannot play well for the first time. I was mortifying and repeated practice repeatedly. While it was, it turned out that I became skillful little by little. Although I became the best student and my number of times of a game has also decreased, but I had never won the victory. Whenever I lost at a game, I was mortifying, and I cried. Then, the last game suited before graduation in March. I was able to win the victory in its game. I was greatly glad with the partner. That was my special memory.

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Something special I did during vacation

I did many things special during this summer vacation. I worked a part-time job, but used spare time, and met friends in high school and university, and boyfriend. First, after finishing the test of spring semester, I did a party with members of circle. I was very pleasant to have played with the member after a long time. Next, my boyfriend visited my house for the first time. He has never been to my house, so we drove because we have free time. He was looking like happy to my pet, Hina, and also she was happy, too. After that, we went to Takamori Spring water tunnel near my house. It was very cool, so we felt good. In addition, I went to my friend's birthday party, festival, and so on. But my favorite memory during vacation is traveling in Oita with my boyfriend from my birthday to next day. We went to Umitamago aquarium, Yufuin, Kijima Kogen Park, and the sea. I can't explain with words how that was happy and special.

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my favorite : music

I will talk about my favorite music. I listen to almost all of genre of music. I like the Western music better than J-POP. I like Nicki Minaj, Justin Bieber, Justin Timberlake, Bruno Mars, Chris Brown, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, and so on. As the Western Music, my favorite musician is One Direction. They are not only good at singing, but also have smart face. Especially, Louis is my type, so he is very cool! As J-POP, my favorite musician is Namie Amuro. Among all of the singer in the world, I love her very much. She is not only cute, but also cool and beautiful. I have ever gone to her concert. I cried because I was so happy to see her. I will go to her live tour in Fukuoka this winter, so I am already looking forward to see her.

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Learning with computers

Learning with computers has good points and bad points. For good point, using the Internet is very useful. If you want to research something, you will understand better. On the other hand, using computer is bad for our eyes. Using it too much may make eyesight down. In addition, it has automatic translation system. It is useful, but it is not good for you.

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Fireworks :))))))

I went to a firework festival held in Yatsushiro with my boyfriend. I thought there must be crowded because of people and cars, so we left home early a little bit. That place were crowded very much as we expected. There were many street vendor's stall, and we had yakitori, tapioka drink, and ices. Fireworks' launching was going to start at PM6:00, so we waited for a long time. It was started, and we were impressed! Fireworks were big and beautiful very much. It lasts for two hours.

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BR 2-12 : The Story of Castle

“The jester told stories and everyone laughed and sang well into the night.”

“What I need is a castle!” said a lord one day. He needed somewhere safe for his knights to live. He said we should build by a river to have water, near trees to have wood, and we’d better add an extra strong fort, just in case we have to retreat. So he decided to put the fort on a hill, and he built the very first one. It was made by wood. His idea spread soon, but there are some questions. What was it like to live in one? Why did people need castles, and castles go out of fashion?

You will see the facts and answers reading this book. This book tells us fabulous story.

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Sims, Lesley. (2004). The Story of Castle. London, England: Usborne

BR 2-11 : The House of Shadows

“To their delight, their house was now a grand mansion, inherited from their ancestors.” (p.63)

 

The main characters, Kit and Ned have to move their new house alone. It is a mysterious house. The letter from the house calls their parents away, but Hallows Grange is ordinary home. At night, swirling mist reveals glimpses of its shadowy past. Kit glanced across at a mirror, but saw nothing. “It’s as if I’m not really here, maybe I’m a ghost in this house.” In fact, many shadows and ghosts live in this house. Finally, they can get along well with shadows.

If I were Kit or Ned, I never do that activity like researching the facts of strange house because I am afraid of them. And I don’t want to face the shadows or ghosts!

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Dolby, Karen. (2004). The House of Shadows. London, England: Usborne

BR 2-10 : Cinderella

“It’s all your fault for having such big feet.” (p.47)

 

It is a famous story, so I want to read again and know the detail more. I have read this fairy tale when I was a child. If you are a girl, you have ever might respect her.

She was daughter-in-law, and treated as servant by her stepmother and sisters. One day, a Felicity came to her, she turned Cinderella to wear a beautiful clothes and shoes, but she lost one of the shoes. A prince found her and marry with her finally.
I think that stories of happy end make people smile and feel good. I want to be like Cinderella.

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Davidson, Suzanna. (2004). Cinderella. London, England: Usborne.

Essay 2-02c: My Work Place

My favorite place is my work place. I work a part time job at Osaka Osyo in Hikarinomori. It is ? first place where I began a part time job. The office is not widely, but ? mood calms down. I started to work before being a student of the university, and I wanted to earn my spending money by myself. The reason why I selected this work is I just like Chinese food. So about one year and seven months have passed since I ? ? work at Osyo.

The place is located on Hikarinomori. There is a big shopping mall, and the name is "youme town." This is one of the most famous shopping centers in Kumamoto. The work place is in its first floor. In first floor, there are a grocery store, bakery, some clothing stores and accessories stores, and some restaurants. Osyo lines up end of the "restaurant city." So many customers come in.

It is easy to go there by driving my car. I go to the university by car, so if I am going to work, I will go on the way to back home. This place is gotten between my house and university. On weekend, I go to there from from my house, and it takes about thirty minutes more. Sometimes it takes less than an hour when it is traffic congestion. Sometimes I see off and meet on return my colleagues to her housse if it is rainy. When I am tired, I don't want to drive. I think that dinner after working is very delicious.

Osyo is China restaurant. It offers Chinese food. Of course, the most famous cooking is pot-stickers, and this is called Japanese-gyoza, too. Next to this, noodles are popular, and Chinese-style fried rice is eaten by guest. I like Chinese food very much, above all, my favorite food is pot-stickers. In addition, at Hikarinomori store, it establishes a drink bar, so people can drink freely. There are soft drinks, hot drinks, tea, coffee, and so on.

At my work place, many people exist, for example, regular employees, working adults, house wives, young people subsisting on part time work, and student of technical school, beauty school, high school, or university. Counting the number of the employees, about thirty people work at there. They are so kind at all. Having nothing to do with thinking about our ages, we are getting along well each other. We often eat out after working, and go to karaoke with members. In fact, since I started this work, there was nobody who is acquaintance with me. So I was very nervous, but I was helped much.

In addition, I can take a brake while working. If it is on weekend, I am usually given two hours or two hours and thirty minutes in the afternoon. Because weekend is so busy, so a manager says, "you should provide for peak time of night." On weekday, if there is little guest, I am often thirty minutes. While rest time, some employees eat desserts, sleep in office, others listen to the music. All of them may be tired, so everyone has to relax.

There are many good points about Osyo. If you come there as a customer, you can eat delicious Chinese food . If you work at Osyo, you are not going to feel bad. The work are not easy, but it is worth working very much. I was happy to select this placa as a part-time job. You will like this place, so please come in!

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