My circle activities

On last Saturday and Sunday, there was a training for Takuma festival in a Nishigoshi accommodation. My circle members will sell tapioca at Takuma festival. Then we trained to make tapioca and soft drink.

It was interesting and enjoyable training to me. Some seniors had good ideas and it was to make a smoothie. It was fascinating to a friend of mine and me that the process of making smoothie by using a mixer. Then we took pictures by our cell phones many times. Her cell phone had good camera and she took better pictures than me. We made not only smoothie but also various kinds of tastes. For example, it was milk coffee, hot chocolate, strawberry, vanilla and so on. My favorite taste was vanilla which was made from condensed milk because I like it very much. After we made them, we held a sampling session. We discussed about points for their improvement. I hope that we could make use of the points to the festival day.

After that, we made our store signs and containers for vendors. Then I talked to some freshmen who I had never talked. I was glad to talk to them and became friends with them.

I had a good time with my circle members. I’m looking forward to Takuma festival. (217 words and total 7,596 words)

Romeo and Juliet

JULIET: But if they see you, they’ll murder you.
ROMEO: There’s more danger
in your eyes for me than from twenty of their swords!
JULIET: But I don’t
want them to find you here!
ROMEO: The dark night will hide me from their
eyes. And if I have your love, they can kill me. I prefer to die than to live
without your love.

The reason why I read Romeo and Juliet is this story is important to read (the?) twilight saga. There are many quotations of Romeo and Juliet in twilight saga. Then I wanted to know and read it deeply. Edward and Bella are really similar to Romeo and Juliet except their death.
At first, I thought Romeo was very coward and effeminate. However, he was a skilled swordsman. It was cool but his power became one of causes of tragedy. His love for her was passionate and her love for him too.
It was sad to me that the Capulets and the Montagues settled their differences after Romeo and Juliet died. Even if they did earlier, Romeo and Juliet could continue to live and love each other.
I didn’t know that it was not written as literature for reading but playing. Then, I want to watch the movie both Leonard Whiting and Leonardo DiCaprio played. (218 words)

It was written by William Shakespeare and published by Penguin Books.
YL is 3.4 and 14900 words.

My Favorite Movie

One of my favorite movies is “High School Musical 3: Senior Year.” It is the third work in the High School Musical series and the first and second ones were broadcasted on Disney Channel in the United States. The cast is Zac Efron who played Troy and Vanessa Hudgens who played Gabriella. They are lovers the same as the role. The director is Kenny Ortega. It is not just a musical youth movie. In my view, the movie’s main theme is to find meanings of high school after high school students overcame their conflicted feeling. There are three songs which well illustrate it in the movie.
The first is “Scream.” It is sung by Troy who is the main character. He likes basketball and belongs to a basketball club. He also likes playing and singing. In addition, he loves Gabriella and he wants to be with her for the rest of his life. The song seems to mean that he is likely to be crushed by expectations from his father and want to run away from them. In other words, he is conflicted between the idea and reality. The song well describes the conflicted feeling of high school students.
The second is “Can I Have This Dance.” It is a prom song and sung by Troy and Gabriella with dancing. She thought that it was the best way to break up with him but she keenly felt the importance of him after she separated from him. They sang the song after they took their decisions. The prom is a rite of passage into adulthood. The conflicted feeling in high school life is important to become an adult. The prom in the movie shows that they overcame their conflicted feeling and matured mentally. The song is very calm and fantastic by comparison with other songs. It also means that they are not like children but they are near adults.
The third is “High School Musical.” It is sung by the senior high school students at the commencement exercise. My favorite scene of the movie is their dance to the song at that time. The positive song surely makes viewers happy. At the same time, they dance with refreshed and smiling faces so it is impressive for me. The song describes the students’ own conclusion about the meaning of high school. High school is the best step from which to go forward into the future and graduation from high school is not the end but the beginning. They can only make a first step toward their future if they experienced and overcame their hard feelings.
These songs are features and essential elements of the movie. They help us to understand easily how the characters feel. Moreover the actors dance and sing very well so viewers can enjoy not only the story but also their dancing and singing. It is popular with teenagers but it will delight adults in the same way. After we watched it, we can realize the meaning of high school. They are the reasons why it is my favorite movie. (507 words)

My Favorite Movie

One of my favorite movies is “High School Musical 3: Senior Year.” It is the third series of High School Musical and the first and second series were broadcasted on Disney Channel in the United States. The cast is Zac Efron who played Troy and Vanessa Hudgens who played Gabriella. They are lovers as well as the role. The director is Kenny Ortega. It is not just a musical youth movie. In my view, the movie’s main theme is to find meanings of high school after high school students overcame their conflicted feeling. There are three songs in the movie which describes it well.
The first is “Scream.” It is sung by Troy who is the main character. He likes basketball and belongs to a basketball club. He also likes playing and singing. In addition, he loves Gabriella and he want to be with her for the rest of his life. The song seems to mean that he is likely to be crushed by expectations from his father and want to run away from them. In other words, he is conflicted between the idea and reality. The song well describes the conflicted feeling of high school students.
The second is “Can I Have This Dance.” It is a song of prom and sung by Troy and Gabriella with dancing. She thought that it was the best way to break up with him but she keenly feel the importance of him after she separated from him. They sung the song after they took their decisions. My feeling of prom is a rite of passage into adulthood. The conflicted feeling in high school life should be needed to become an adult. The prom in the movie shows that they overcame their conflicted feeling and matured mentally. The song is very calm and fantastic by comparison with other songs. It also means that they are not like a kid but they are near an adult.
The third is “High School Musical.” It is sung by the senior high school students at the commencement exercise. My favorite scene of the movie is their dance to the song at that time. The positive song is surely make viewers happy. At the same time, they dance with refreshed and smiled faces so it is impressive for me. The song describes that the students’ own conclusion about meaning of high school. It is that high school is the best part to step into the future and graduation from high school is not end but beginning. They can only make a first step toward their future if they experienced and overcame their hard feelings.
These songs are features and essential elements of the movie. They helped us to understand characters’ feeling easily and nicely. And another thing the actors dance and sing very well so viewers can enjoy not only story but also their dancing and singing. It is popular with teenagers but it will delight adults in the same way. After we watched it, we can realize the meaning of high school. They are the reasons why it is my favorite movie. (515 words)

Cha-men

Yesterday, I made a cha-men of "Shikairou." Shikairou is a famous restaurant in Nagasaki and birthplace of chanpon. When I went to Nagasaki, my family was going to have a lunch at Shikairou. However, it is a popular restaurant so we had to wait more then one hour. Then we decided to give up to wait in a queue. I really wanted to have the cuisine. Then my mother bought a restaurant quality food to go for me.

It was easy to cook and delicious. I want to have it at Shikairou someday. (92 words)

Speaking ~questions~

It is ten questions about "a mini mall at KGU."

1. Do you think a mini mall is needed at KGU?
2. Where do you think is the best place for a mini mall?
3. What kind of mall do you expect? ex. AEON, SATY and so on.
4. Do you want to work there?
5. When do you want to use a mall?
6. Do you think our school life will be better if there is a mini mall at KGU?
7. Who do you want to go there with?
8. How often do you want to go there?
9. What is the scale do you expect?
10. Do you want a mini mall to open on weekends?

That's all!! (111 words)

Anne of Green Gables

Marilla looked at Anne’s unhappy face. “I can’t give Anne to Mrs. Blewett,” she thought. “Wait,” she said. “First I have to discuss things with my brother, Matthew. He wants Anne to stay with us.” Anne looked at Marilla in surprise. Then she jumped up and ran across the room. “Can I really stay with you at Green Gables?” she asked. “Did you really say that?” “I don’t know,” said Marilla. “Now sit and be quiet.”

After I read “Anne of Green Gables,” I became to love Anne. She was really an honest and thoughtful girl. At the beginning of the story, she was poor because Marilla said that she didn’t want Anne. Anne had experienced unhappy life and she wasn’t needed every time. So it was good to her that Marilla and Matthew decided to stay with her. She was too honest so she made mistakes sometimes. However, I think it is one of her strong points not weak points. Her green hair made me surprised because it was impossible to be green hair. I wondered what color her hair was. It may not describe in detail. The book ended at the scene which Anne and Gilbert became a friend. I thought that he loved her. Then I searched about that, I had my expectations met. She got married to him. I want to read the original book. (229 words)

YL is 2.4, 8000 words. M.L.Montgomery and Penguin Books

Last Saturday

My cousin's wedding ceremony and wedding reception were hold in Nagasaki. My cousin's husband is from Nagasaki so they hold there. The wedding ceremony was hold at "Oura Church" or "Ouratensyudo" in Japanese. It is the oldest church in Japan and it is a national treasure.

It was really great ceremony. I could meet my cousins who I didn't see for a long time. It was good to me to talk with them.

Then, we attended the wedding reception. It was held near Oura Church. Her husband's friend was making really funny speech and it made me happy. The banquet was great and I ate almost all of them. I couldn't have those dinner normally.

After that, my cousins, family and I went to a hotel. It was located along hillside so it had a great view.

I had a wonderful time! (142 words)

my favorite movie

High School Musical 3: Senior Year

ハイスクール・ミュージカル／ザ・ムービー

Cast: Ωac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens 

Director: Kenny Ortega

Country: USA

Language: English

GRATIN AND GRATIN!

These days, I wanted to cook and eat gratin very much. So I decided to cook two kinds of gratin. One was udon gratin and the other was potato gratin. On last Tuesday, I cooked udon gratin which I had never eaten. It was really easy to cook because it took only fifteen minutes to cook and ten minutes to bake. After the gratin was baked, I eat it soon even if it was hot. It tasted good and it became one of my favorite dishes. I wanted to eat it by many people.

I cooked potato gratin yesterday. The way of making it was almost same as udon gratin because I made some white sauce. The gratin was delicious too, I regretted because I didn't felt enough after I finished eating it. I want to try to cook various kinds of grain!! (144 words)

M.T.H #18 ~Buffalo Before Breakfast

Jack looked back at the vast herd. As far as he could see, there was
nothing but buffalo.
Now Jack knew for certain they'd come to the time before the white
settlers and soldiers had arrived, before the end of the great buffalo
herds.

In this story, Jack and Annie were not in danger. In stead of them, Black Hawk who was their friend was facing danger. He seemed to show his bravery to them but he couldn't do that.

It made me feel sad that the number of Bison was decreasing because of immigrants. Black's family saved Bison to restrict hunting. Fortunately, some people realized the fact that Bison was likely to die out. It was a good story to recognize the selfishness of human to animal anew.

Random House, YL is 2.5~3.5 and 5,172 words. (124 words)

A staff of wedding

Yesterday, I worked as a staff of wedding at KKR. It was a first time to work and I became tense. I went there with a friend of mine, Noriko. She introduced it to me because of lack of the staff. I wanted to work at a wedding hall for once so I decided to go there.
After we arrived, we were said to wear a Chinese silk dress! I was very surprised because I had never worn it. Then, she taught me to pour champagne into glasses. It was difficult not to spill it. After I practiced to do that, the work started. I was get into a panic but I had to work. Unexpectedly, I made a mistake to greet guests. Sometimes I was warned to find something to do by myself but I could finish working without big mistakes. It was a great opportunity to me. (148 words and total 5,295 words)

Speaking ~homework3~

For a big presentation

The membership of my group is Misaki, Sanae and me.
Our first choice of the topic is stores; mini-mall. The second is entertainment places. Finally, the third is coffee shops. That's all. (35 words)

The Wish Fish

One day, he catches...a magic fish! The fish gives Bob and Bet three wishes. "I wish to be a rich," says Bob.

Bob could catch a magic fish but his greediness made him back to be an ordinary man. This story said that greediness took a chance to be a little happier because Bob and Bet could be a rich if they didn't became greedier. (64 words)

these days

These days, I cook the dishes by myself. it is more days of a week than last year. I am crazy about potato recently, so i often use it. one of my favorite recipe is potato with onion and winner. it is very easy to cook and delicious. I make it once a week. I want to try to potato gratin soon. when I first found the recipe, it made me want to cook first. it seems that it is needed much time to cook, so I want to try it on weekend or holiday. I also want to try to make udon gratin because I have never eaten it and it sounds interesting for me. there are a few recipe of it because it is not a famous dish. (130 words)