short trip to Fukuoka

Today, my father was day off so my family came to pick me up to Kumamoto and we went to Fukuoka. First, we went to the Yahoo dome to go to the Oh Sadaharu museum. My younger sister likes baseball now and she wanted to go there. There was interesting than I expected :) We could enjoy ourselves. We also could see the inside of dome. Tomorrow, there will be held city marathon so many people were preparing for that. After we went there, we went to Yodobashi camera and I got a new camera. Since my former camera's battery run down so my father bought it for me as a early christmas present ^^ I wanted a new one because I will go to Yamaguchi in December so I was very happy!! Thank you my father :)

To be honest, I wanted to back with them to Miyazaki but I had an appointment tomorrow so I couldn't >0To be honest, I wanted to back with them to Miyazaki but I had an appointment tomorrow so I couldn't >0< However, I had a really great time with my family so I'm happy ^^!

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Halloween party

Yesterday, I had a halloween party in my part time job class. Children were really cute!! They were wearing like, witches, superhero, pirates, pumpkin and bat and so on :) Teacher also wearing costume. She was skelton!! haha Children looked very happy and I was also happy and enjoyed very much ^^

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again

I talked on the skype with my best friend the day before yesterday again. We talked almost 5 hours and I desided to go to Yamaguchi where she lives on 25th December (Christmas) :) That day is christmas so we will have a christmas party!! haha Then we will go back to Miyazaki together and on that day, she will stay my home in Miyazaki. We are very excited the day before yesterday and looking forward to seeing her in 2 months ^^

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Cocktail Party !!

Typing HW: My favorite car

My favorite car is my mother's car. I like that car because it is very large and comfortable. I liked the car before that car but it had accident and broken so we had to buy a new one. I was really sad because we have used that former car for 14 years. I loved that car so I felt really sad. Then the new car came to my house. That's white and can ride 7 people in it. I like to travel with that car because we can listen to the iPod's music, can sleep and very comfortable. We traveled Kumamoto and Oita last year and in the end of this year, we will go to the family trip again so I'm very looking forward to traveling with that car.

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Miyazaki

I went back to Miyazaki last Friday night because I had something to do in Saturday.

On Satueday, I talked with my mother until 4:00am. We talked about a lot of things. She is my best mother, of course. I really love my family :)

On Sunday, I of course went to Nichinan seaside. Do you remember? I wrote essay about here ^^ My favorite place. This day was perfect weather and was soooooo beautiful. This season is the most beautiful, I think. When I come here, I am relaxed and feel very light. I want you to visit here!!

On Monday, my father took me to Kumomato. Monday is his day off so we came together. We had lunch and dinner together. We ate sushi for lunch and ate French course for dinner. I was very happy to spent with my father ^^ I so appreciate to him !! Thank you ^^!

I feel better when I see my father, mother and lovely sister ^^ Thank you♪

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Cake smorgasbord

I went to cake smorgasbord on October 11th. My friend stayed my home the day before and we wated to eat so many cakes so we went to the cake smorgasbord which is in Hotel Nikko. There were 10 kinds of cakes. There were not only cakes but also sandwiches, spaghetti and drinks. They were all soooo nice!! really nice!!! We ate too much cakes and soooo full but we felt HAPPY bottom of our hearts >ⅴ<

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October 10th

Our club had a regatta with Kumamoto University. I did, which is called "waterman". That was hard work... Anyway, we won to the Kumamoto University!!!! We were really happy >ⅴ<
At the night, we had party with them. We talked a lot with KU students ^^
I hope our club will win next month again!!

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Essay 2-02a: So I study

I have learned 4 languages; Japanese, English, Korean and Spanish. For me, studing other languages is to meet and know another people in the world. However, at the same time, it's very difficult to study other languages so I didn't imagine that I will be intrested in studying other languages, especially, English.

But first of all, we are Japanese so of course we have studied Japanese since I was a little child and until now in the university to be a Japanese teacher. To be honest, I didn't like Japanese classes until I entered to the KGU because Japanese is very difficult, isn't it? That's why I didn't like the Japanese classes and I liked the English classes in the junior high school. However, since I entered the KGU, I was intrested in Japanese. Japanese is intresting!, I felt. Then I desided to be a Japanese teacher.

Next is of course about English. I didn't realize that "I like English!" until I got a perfect score in the first exam of junior high school. I was studying English before I entered the junior high school but I didn't think I like English. I just wanted to study English to talk with my host family in Singapore. Then I got a perfect score and I realized. I really like English and want to learn more and more! Someday, I can talk with my family in Singapore very well, I was thinking like that and I studied really hard with very nice teacher.I also went to the extra English lesson at NOVA but as you know, there closed suddenly so I studied by myself at school. I came to the KGU of course to study English. I want to be a Japanese teacher in abroad so I have to study English very hard. I love English so I study :)

I also learned Korean. That's because, I got Korean friends when I was a junior high school student. I was listening to Korean songs and I liked the Korean singer. Then my cousin received two Korean boys for homestay. We became very good friends and they were like my brothers. Both of them could speak Japanese very well but I wanted to talk in Korean. I studied with my cousin and sister. I couldn't study Korean in junior high and high school so I took Korean in the university. Now I have another Korean friends and I want to talk with them in Korean.

However, I don't have friends who can speak Spanish. I was wondering which language should I take in the university. All 4 languages are difficult for me so I really think about that. Then I heared that Spanish is the 2nd language in the world so I desided to take Spanish. However, it was soooooo difficult for me and that tortured me very much. Teacher says it's not difficult and Spanish is very usual language, but I didn't think so. I couldn't remember words. I think that was because I couldn't like Spanish. I learned that if there is no reason or emotion of like, I can't remember anything. I should have studied Spanish more. I think about myself now.

As I wrote in the first paragraph, studying other languages are to meet and know another people in the world. Everytime I got foreign friends, I feel like I want to study the language that they speak. That's why I study languages. For Spanish, that was really sorry but I think I will meet someone who speaks Spanish someday. Maybe that time, I will study Spanish again. I love languages, especially English. I do my best to speak English and to be a good Japanese teacher!

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Outline post: language learning experience

My Language Learning Experience

• Elementary School
• 3rd~6th grade
• ALT
• 5th~6th grade
• ALT
• NOVA
• Junior High School
• 1st~3rd grade
• ALT
• NOVA
• High School
• 1st~2nd grade
• ALT
• NOVA
• 1st~3rd grade
• ALT
• University
• 1st grade
• 2nd grade
• Japanese
• Home
• Pre-School
• Elementary School
• Junior High School
• High School
• University
• English
• Elementary School
• Junior High School
• Eiken
• High School
• Eiken
• TOEIC
• University
• TOEIC
• Korean
• University 1st grade
• Spanish
• University 1st grade

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Language learning experience Mind Map

This is my mind map of my language learning experience from 0 year old. I've learned 4 languages in 20 years. This is a mind map which shows the languages that I have learned.

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Language learning experience

I have learned Spanish for a year last year. I chose Spanish because I thought it would be useful for me. However, Spanish was difficult for me than I expected. The pronunciation is not so difficult but I had a difficult for translating in reading section. We learned conversation and a little bit grammar in the 1st semester but we started translating suddenly in the 2nd semester so it was really hard for me and I don't have a good image for Spanish because of that. haha

The other language that I have learned is Korean.

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BR 2-04: Heating up

I think everyone knows that the global warming is very serious problem that can make big changes to the earth's environment. I also know it and I'm wondering about the earth's environment. Nowadays, many new high technology manufctures in the market. Those are really high quality and thanks to them, we live in a very convenient world. However, when they get newer, more and more energy are used to get them newer. Is this very good thinf? I don't think so. High quality manufactures make our lives very convenient, but on the other hand, animals are suffering from those high quality manufactures. High quality manufactures and convenient world cause the global warming.

Recently, the climate is really strange, as you can feel, summer comes earlier and winter comes later. That's because of the global warming as you know. This summer was very hot and that was called the "heat wave". There are more hot nights than last year in many places. That's very dangerous for our lives and animals. Everyone knows that, but they don't stop producting new manufactures that cause the global warming one after another. They are trying to less using energy but the global warming will not stop. Human is like a devil. I think all the animals feel like that. We are all destroyer of the earth so we have to try to stop the global warming very hardly and we have to save animals and the eatrh.

Reference
Trussell-Cullen, A. (2007). HEATING UP. Australia: Thomson Nelson.

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Typing HW: My favorite place

One of my favorite places is Genting Highland in Malaysia. While I was staying in Singapore for a month in February and March, my host father and his family took me there. There is very cool and so good weather because there is 1,700m above sea level. There is built top of the mountain, takes one hour from Kuala Lumpur. We took bus and had to go up for an hour. It took about 6 hours from from Singapore to Genting Highland. We left Singapore at 10:00pm then arrived there at 4:00am. There is highland resort and many people go there when they are in the vacation, and that time was the vacation so there were so many people when we went there. There are also indoor amusement grounds and casino. I went to the indoor amusement grounds with 6 year child and enjoyed until 1:00am. However, I couldn't go to the casino because I didn't reach to 21 years old. There is also many shopping sentre. Most of men go to the casino and while they are in the casino, women go to shopping. We stayed on the 15th floor of very nice and rich hotel then I could touch the clouds. It was really amazing!! My first experience to touch the clouds so I was very excited :) The climate there was excellent and I really love there and would like to go there with my family next time ^^

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Essay 2-01b: In front of me

Hello. Dou you know where this place in this picture is? You can't see my favorite place in this picture but I took this picture from my favorite place in Winter 2 years ago. My favorite is Horikiri Pass. This place is located in Nichinan seaside and called "Michi no Eki". In English, I don't know how to say but maybe "station of the road".


This place used to be a very famous place for honeymoon in Japan. Here has the parm tree and newly married couple took picture with the tree and pose for a picture. Recently, there is not so many newly married couple but still comes many tourist. This place is nowadays, one of the most famous places in Miyazaki.


Why I like this place is because I can see the beautiful ocean from here. As you can see, in this picture, you can enjoy watching the really huge ocean. This picture is just a part of the ocean.
I like to come here in every weather and season. For example, if it's sunny I of course want to come here because I can see the great ocean. If it's rainning, I also want to come here but I don't know the reason. When it's very cold, I really want to come here. In winter, I can see the most beautiful ocean from here. In winter, the sky is very clear and the sunset is very beautiful. In the night, I can see the moon and the ocean. It's so visionary landscape, moon and the ocean. I can see the such beautiful landscapes.That's why I like this place.


I also like to eat ice-cream cone which is sold in this place. There are 4 flavors; vanilla, mango, shrimp and angelica keiskei(明日葉). I haven't tried the last one but I've tried the other 3 flavors. I like vanilla the best and mango was nice but shrimp was really tasted shrimp so it was a little bit strange. I eat ice-cream cone even in Winter. Of course it's very cold to eat in Winter but I love it. It's sweet and nice.


As you can see, I love this place. When I'm tired or in a hard lot, I always come here to calm down myself. When I'm watching the big and moving wave of the ocean, I feel quite relaxed. I'm not tired of watching the ocean even if I stayed there for a hour or more because the ocean has movement of wave. I feel like my heart became bigger. This place is power spot for me. This place gives me power so I love this place.


Responses to all comments

>> Nozomi
I think it's worth trying keiskei flavored ice-cream.
Please tell me how was it. haha

>> Yuya
Oh, really? You should go there with your family ^^
Nichinan seaside is great place!!

>> Kana
I'm glad you understood how I love Horikiri Pass ^^
In Miyazaki, the sun rises from the ocean so we can't see the setting sun but we can see the beautiful sunset there :)

>>Chihiro
I always go there when I go back to my family home :)
When I go there, I feel really refreshed^^!

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BR 2-03: Scary Movie

I thought this story is about the scary movie but it wasn't. The story was about the escaped spider. I don't like scary movies and spiders eather. I really hate them. When I was a little child, I was a little bit intrested in scary movies or TV programs. However, when I became older, I came to hate them. If I saw some scary scene, I feel really scary and can't forget. I'm living by myself now so I don't watch any scary movies or TV programs absolutely. I also don't like spiders. I've hated them since I was a baby. I really don't like both of them. I of course can't touch the spider so I just can't move, and sometimes, I want to cry when I'm very scary.

Reference
Millett, P. (2007). SCARY MOVIE. Australia: Nelson Australia Pty.

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BR 2-02: New York Cafe

This story is about the future (in 2030). The New York Cafe got an e-mail from S.Fuller. He wants to help people and make them happy.
By the way, do you a favorite cafe? I have my favorite cafe in Miyazaki. The cafe's name is "Ninigi Bakery". The name is "Bakery" but there is a cafe. There is very nice and cozy cafe. It located in the Sheraton Hotel but it's not so expensive. We can enjoy the atomosphere of tourists there. haha The bread there are of course great. I like the hot chocolate and pink lemonade there :) When I was a high school student, I used to go there after school about three or four times in a week. I really love there and so does my family.

Reference
Dean, M. (2000). New York Cafe. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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My favorite travel

I like to travel in Japan and all over the world. I have been to some countries and my favorite country to travel is Singapore. I like there because the street is no rubbish and very safe country. When I went there this February, I went to shopping by myself. I also went to shopping there when I was 10 years old. At that time, I went with my cousin but she was still 14 years old so there is very safe country. I like the Singapore zoo the best. There are so many animals and very huge. I need a whole day to look around there. However, the animals there are very cute and there are also funny shows. I always enjoy watching them.

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Monday

The day before yesterday, I ate lunch with my club mates. I had classes on the second and fifth period so I had a lot of time until the fifth period. We talked about many things during the lunch time. After that, we went to bakery and were talking until the fifth period has started.

When I came home, I went to the super market to buy for dinner. I made dinner and I talked with my best friend on skype for over 3 hours ^^; haha When we talk on the skype, we usually talk more than 3 hours but it's not talking sometimes. We watch the same TV program or call someone different person on the cellphone or do funny face and so on. Time goes very speedy. When we cut off the skype, we both feel sad because each of us living alone.

I like my best friend because I can talk everything to her and when I'm in trouble, she encourages me. She doesn't say anything but I am encouraged just talking with her :)

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BR 2-01: Happy Christmas

Do you like christmas? I really love christmas!! It makes me excited and happy. There is also another reason that I love christmas. That is... my mother's birthday!! Her birthday is 24th December so we have christmas party on the 24th every year. I make a cake for her every year. Last year, I made buche de Noel (French cake) for her. I sent some pictures of cake and she chose that so I made that. This picture is what I made last year. In this book, there is a recipe to make this buche de Noel. I made by different way and it was very difficult to make it because this was the first time to make a roll cake for me so I was worrying about making mistakes. However, I could make so I was soo happy and I was glad that my mother and family liked it very much ^^ I'm looking forward to making cake this year too!!

Reference
Escott, J. (2000). Happy Christmas. Essex: Person Education.

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My new ID

(This is a homework for speaking class)



Hello, nice to meet to you^^ My name is Aba and I'm from South Africa. I live in the capital city of South Africa, Pretoria. As you know, there had the World cup this summer. I couldn't go to the stadium but I enjoyed the atmosphere of World cup :)
My job is a doctor. It's very hard work for me but I like to help people so I'm proud of myself. My hobby is camping and camping is very good for relax because we can stay in the nature. Please try it!!
However, I don't like to spend money because I want to buy my own house some day so I'm saving money now.

Today, I met 3 people. They are Adila, Mari and Alex.
First, Adila is from Egypt and she's a politician and her hobby is watching movies. She likes action movies. However, she doesn't like hot weather.
Next, Mari who is from Germany. She is TV announcer and she also likes to go camping so we talked a lot about camping. She doesn't like alcohols.
Then, Alex. He is also from Germany and he is a journalist so he has been to so many countries. I envy him. He like driving and doesn't like dentists.


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Essay 2-01a: In front of me

Hello. Dou you know where this place in this picture is? You can't see my favorite place in this picture but I took this picture from my favorite place in Winter 2 years ago. My favorite is Horikiri Pass. This place is located in Nichinan seaside and called "Michi no Eki". In English, I don't know how to say but maybe "station of the road".

This place used to be a very famous place for honeymoon in Japan. Here has the parm tree and newly married couple took picture with the tree and pose for a picture. Recently, there is not so many newly married couple but still comes many tourist. This place is nowadays, one of the most famous places in Miyazaki.

Why I like this place is because I can see the beautiful ocean from here. As you can see, in this picture, you can enjoy watching the really huge ocean. This picture is just a part of the ocean.

I like to come here in every weather and season. For example, if it's sunny I of course want to come here because I can see the great ocean. If it's rainning, I also want to come here but I don't know the reason. When it's very cold, I really want to come here. In winter, I can see the most beautiful ocean from here. In winter, the sky is very clear and the sunset is very beautiful. In the night, I can see the moon and the ocean. It's so visionary landscape, moon and the ocean. I can see the such beautiful landscapes.That's why I like this place.

I also like to eat ice-cream cone which is sold in this place. There are 4 flavors; vanilla, mango, shrimp and angelica keiskei(明日葉). I haven't tried the last one but I've tried the other 3 flavors. I like vanilla the best and mango was nice but shrimp was really tasted shrimp so it was a little bit strange. I eat ice-cream cone even in Winter. Of course it's very cold to eat in Winter but I love it. It's sweet and nice.

As you can see, I love this place. When I'm tired or in a hard lot, I always come here to calm down myself. When I'm watching the big and moving wave of the ocean, I feel quite relaxed. I'm not tired of watching the ocean even if I stayed there for a hour or more because the ocean has movement of wave. I feel like my heart became bigger. This place is power spot for me. This place gives me power so I love this place.

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