I guess I should start

This week's assignment is to post an interesting link. I know lots of interesting links and I should really update my links pages with at least some of them. What could I find that would interest you, though? I've already put some of them on the sidebar to this blog. And next week we are supposed to post links about English. So what to link this week?

Hmmmm, . . .

Since one of you likes Latin, maybe I should link two Latin dictionaries that I like. This one is from the University of Notre Dame in the United States. Notre Dame is famous as a football school, but it also has very good academics. This other one is from the Perseus Project at Tufts University, also in the United States.

After English I studied Spanish first and Latin second, but my real second language is Hausa. UCLA has a very good Hausa program and the link will take you to the UCLA Hausa program. Hausa is taught in Japan at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies and I think at Osaka University of Foreign Studies, but I'm not sure.

Well, everyone here isn't interested in languages (although you do have to study them) but they do seem to be interested in music and movies.

I like all kinds of music, especially American music(s)(I have a small section about music on my American studies links page) but also European and African classical and African folk and pops. I download more and more music, and buy from Amazon.com, because I can't find my tastes in the stores very much here in Japan.

I like to read up on movies at the Internet Movie Database. They have lots of information about movies from all over the world. Did you know that one Japanese movie is in their top ten movies of all time? I've seen 8 1/2 of those top ten movies. (No reference to Fellini's film of that nameis intended, although I do like his films, too.) I only watched about half of "Pulp Fiction" and couldn't finish it, it was too disgusting. Worse than "Pink Flamingos". As they said in Latin, "De gustibus non est disputandum." or "There's no arguing about taste."

◎Writing is difficult!◎

I find writing is difficult. Not only in Engrish but olso in Japanese. I've written randomly until now.
For example, I have written "My memory of the outing" in primary school, long and incoherent ,(and considering now , it was terrible!) as composition.
But my teacher gave me "A"!! What's happen? I just wrote long...long? Her gave me the grade as reward the effort?
In juniior high school, I often used to sammary about my experience or books. But my teacher praised me! (In high school, I haven't wrote without the examination writings.)
So, now, I'm in trouble about writing. I couldn't write with theorical and logistic, I find after I enterd this school. But I think this is an important experience. And enjoying writing is important.
Now? Yes, I'm nice with writing this! (If this writing is grammaticaly right or not is anther...^^;)

I could join this blog at last ! (´～｀；)

I have been in trouble of late because I couldn't join this blog. I tried to sign in again and again, but I always failed. When I try to sign in, I always entered my date that I was sure it's correct. Yet I received messages that told me wrong password, each time I entered. I knew the reason today. I didn't entered wrong password. I made a mistake in username(>_<) I thank my friend and Mr. Philips for your advice.

I love listening to music. And I usually listen to foreign music. My favorite vocalists are Back Street Boys, Eminem, Ben Jelen, Evanescence and so on. Listening to music relaxes me. So music is necessary for me.

★Hello★

First, I'll write about this weekend.
About 1 week ago, one of my friends moved.
So this weekend, I went to her new house with my friends and stayed overnight.
We made humburger steaks, watched TV, and enjoyed chat, e.t.c.
It was very nice weekend!!

Oh!
November 3 to 5 is our university's festival, you know?
Our club (a cappella. 【V.E.L】) will hold a cappella cafe!
We sell some cakes and hot drinks (tea, green tea, coffee) and perform our a cappella songs.
Please come to our cafe!

***My favorite movie and music***

I like action film, SF and history film.　But I don't watch horror film. I watched horror film in the dark music room before. It was so scary!! So I don't like horror movie.

What I like to do with watching movie is to think about its world view and what is the best important thing of the main character. It's very interesting for me.


My favorite music is rock music and I like "zebrahead." Their song is very cheerful. I'll write about them next time. Regrettably, I can't understand the words with listening to their song.
So I need to improve the level of my listening skill.

comment on this week

Nowadays I am little busy, because it is hard to prepare EnglishⅢA Debate on next Wednesday.
I search for references, but I can not find objective essay at all.
I thought again that there are a lot of infomation in internet.

My first blog!!

Hi. My name is Asami ARAI. Nice to meet you.（＾＾）

I`m not good at listening,reading,speaking and writing English. (...All skills!?)
But, making efforts can make me use English.
And I want to study Latin language,so I think it useful to acquire English skills.
I`d be glad for iiib class members and me to get some skills through this class and this blog.
Thank you.See you tomorrow!

My Interest

I write about an organtransplant operation in Ehime Prefecture.
This is a crime that a person mediated for organtransplant for her husband and pay 300,000 yen and a car as collateral to an oragan donor.

The focus of this crime is that an organ was used as an object. In Japan the case hasn't happened. In many countries, the organ transplant with money has made a problem.

Organs never things. So I think we mustn't sell our organs. I have several reason as my basis for my idea.
First when this event occur, the view of the society to the transplant may change.
Second only the person who has money survives when the buying and selling prevails, and the person who not is can be sold internal organs .
Finally even the internal organs of the person who doesn't have the sold intention might be bought and sold.

I worry this event may cause new events. I want you to think seriously how to see organs and treat them .

What I'd like to brog about

This is my first writing on this brog.I would like to brog about my daily life etc.
For example I will write about myself and my family and friends.
I'm not good at writing sentences in English. But I expect to progress of my English writing skill through this brog. So I will write this blog as hard aspossible I can.

Oh, dear! (@_@)

I was going to give an assignment on Friday, wasn't I? Sorry about that. Someone came by my office after class and I had to deal with that. Then there was a problem with the office that I had to deal with (and that's still not finished). Then I was expected to go to the Middle East peace cartoonists talk and exhibition at the 50th Anniversary Hall. Then they had a party for the cartoonists at a nearby shamisen bar and I was expected to go to that, too. Then I had to get back to Akita to see my family. I bought food and wine at Yamaya in Akita and drove back the long way through Hachimantai. I really like the selection at Yamaya.

Hachimantai was beautiful yesterday, and crowded with people taking pictures of the fall foliage. I wish I had more time to see the natural beauty of northern Tohoku. I'm glad I at least got to visit Hachimantai this year. I hope I get out to Towadako or someplace like that this year.

What did you do this weekend? Probably you weren't as busy as I was, but you must have done something besides study English. Even if you just relaxed at home and caught up on your sleep, Please blog about it and tell us what you have done the past few days.