Friday April 20, 2007 blog assignment

My name is Masahiro Mitsuhashi. I am in the class Economy and Management, Faculty of Humanity.
I was born in Hirosaki, so I am familiar with things about Hirosaki.
I`m going to enjoy my coming four years, so I want a lot of friends!
I`m happy with it if I can make a lot of friends through English 3B class.

nakamura asuka

Hello!I am AsukaNakamura.

The reason why I came to Hirosaki is I want to become a doctor.So,I will study hard.
And I must become a great doctor!

To study English is very important.Nowadays non-native English speaker should use English.I want to comunicate with native English speaker.This class is very useful for me.So,I want to study your fluent English!

I don't know how to use this blog.But I will try my best!

next assignment

I see that most of you have still not posted your self-introductions to the list. Please don't take too long. Not only do blog assignments pile up over time, but they don't help your English unless you do them regularly. Just like regular practice of any other skill, your English will improve if you use it regularly. Remember your written homework assignments and your blog assignment every week! Post to the blog at least once a week. Post messages, not just comments!

This week's assignment will be to tell us how you think we should use the blog, and suggest blog assignments for the class. You can look through the old blog posts from previous classes to get ideas about what kinds of assignments would be good, and you can use your imagination. All suggestions are welcome and some of your suggestions will become actual assignments. Don't forget to comment on other people's suggestions, too. I want to know which ones are popular and which one's aren't. That will help me decide which ones should become blog assignments for the whole class.

Hello, everybody! (^_^)/

Welcome to the IIIB English class blog for the new students of English 3B, spring semester 2007.

We have a lot of work to do in this class, and the blog is not only a way to practice English, it should be fun for you. Please enjoy yourselves here, and don't forget to keep posting messages every week. Look through the previous messages to see how the other students have been doing it.

This first week I'd like everybody here to introduce yourselves to the others. Tell us something about yourself and what you hope to learn in college, especially what you hope to get out of English class and what you would like to do on the blog. This is supposed to be the most fun part of English class, so please use it a lot.

＊My best essay＊

Yesterday, I couldn't contribute to this blog...
It was a kind of error or trouble??

Anyway, this is my last massage for our EnglishⅢＢ class.
I really enjoyed this class and I think I could improve myself in writing.
I'm very glad I could study English with YOU!!
Thank you.

Now, I'll put my best essay.

--------My interests ~Music~--------
There are a lot of things that interest me, but music is the most at hand and interesting for me. The wind instrument started me on music activity. I have been playing trumpet ever since I was a forth grade of elementary school. At first, I couldn’t make a sound well. But I tried hard and about 1 month later, I learned to make a sound. When I was a high school student, my father got me a trumpet! I was so glad to get it, and this trumpet is one of my precious things. Also I love listening to music and singing. I’m a member of the a cappella club (v.e.l) of Hirosaki University now. And I want to be good singer more. And my favorite singer is aiko. She is Japanese rock singer. She writes very sympathetic words and wonderful rhythms. She is really cute and her voice is lovely. Also I listen a lot of songs. Japanese, Foreign, Pop, Rock, Jazz, Classical, and so on. Like this, music is the one of most important part of my life and it interests me forever.

My last assignment

I couldn't write blog almost.I'm very sorry.
Today,I write my last blog.
I like eating very much♪ Eating give me happiness.
So I write about eating.

Have everyone felt it is happy that you can eat any food?
I always feel happiness when I eat some food.
If we have even money,We can eat some food that we want to eat.There are many people that can't do it.Waste of food in developed country such as Japan,America may promote a famine in a developing country.So,we must not neglect food.
We must notforget a feeling of thanks to producer and cook.In Japan,we say "Itadakimasu."before we take a meal.And we say "Gotisousamadesita."after we take a meal.These words is very valuable.But,Actually,people who don't say these words is increasing.It is regrettable. We should say these words to show feeling of thanks.
Do you take a meal as you take care of nourishment balance?
this is very important for us.Because if we take a meal as we take care of nourishment balance,we could become to be healthy.And,we may become not to catch a cold.
Let's enjoy eating☆

Thank you very much,EnglishⅢB class members and proffesor.

Finally,I introduce shop where can eat sweets♪ This shop is "Pink Bear".We can eat annmitu.This sweets is one of Japanese food.It is very delicious! This shop is in Okeyamati.

Last assigment

I rewrite the paragraph on my hometown.
At first, this paragraph was very bad. The grammar was wrong. However, I love my hometown Hirosaki and I write this for last assignment.

Touring my hometown

In my hometown Hirosaki, you can eat delicious foods and enjoy the events on Tsugaru region. First, there are many good crops. For example, apples which are grown in the Tsugaru plain and corn of the Dake area are famous for their taste. They have natural sweetness because each farmland is suitable for each crops. They grow in good soil. The farmers sell their crops in front of their houses, and you had better get these there. Most of such farmers make vegetables and fruits without agricultural chemicals. So, these are very healthy. And there foods are cheap. You can eat good foods cheaply and safely in Hirosaki. Second, festivals are often held in each season. Especially, the cherry blossom festival in spring and Neputa in summer are famous events. In Hirosaki park. There are many cherry blossom trees and they are so beautiful that I can’t describe that sight. In Neputa, Neputa which are in the shape of a fan and bright pass through Dotemachi street. There are people who pull Neputa, play Japanese music instruments. Many audience sit in the street also. Of course, you can join it and you don’t fail to enjoy it. In addition, there are the colored leaves and chrysanthemum　 festival in fall and the snow festival in winter. You can enjoy Hirosaki’s seasons in festival. Let’s enjoy a festival in the season while you eat good food!!







I took these photos in 2006.

Last blog about My favorite singers

I want to introduce my favorite singer Avril Lavigne and Venessa carlton☆
At first , Avril Lavigne is singer from Canada. she has wanted to become singe from childhood . she decided to go to the U.S, and at there i t is said that she got over many difficulties .
finally, she could be able to be popular singer. My favorite her song is 「Naked 」. her express girl’s　feeling
Nowdays ,She released new song ,「 keep holding on」!! Please listen !! you will enjoy it.
Next singer is Venessa carlton ! she was a ballet dancer before singer. She also did hard experience as a dancer, and she turned her way , she became a singer!!! her song express about herself abstractly. I think this way from her experience as a ballet dancer.
both of them over leap pressures or mess. but like them finally efforts will pay off!!
So Let's get over difficulty and shoot for each dream☆

English for my future

I am studing English inorder to be able to
communicate with foreign people .
I want to speak English not only for communication but
for knowing what foreign people think. and wnt to know
others thought. Whatever I could be , English is nessesary!!

my Last blog

I write my best blog.

Hirosaki university is in Hirosaki City of Aomori Prefecture. Hirosaki university has a department of civilization, the department of education, a college of science and engineering and a medical department. Each college has a feature, and aims at educating the talented people who will become a Japanese representative in the future.

Three restaurants and two pairs have it in total in Hirosaki university.One restrunt and one convenient store is in Hontyo campus. each restrunt has specific characteristics.

Bunkyo restaurun has most menu, and the accommodation number flies. And there We can eat a lunch set with 400 yen. There are over 30 menu and every meals are very low-priced. Most student use there in lunch time.

Restaurant in the second floor is called "suko-ramu". In this restaurant we can eat most delisious food among three restaurants which are in Hirosaki university. Curry is most popular among student and every dishes are delisious. But every the price of all cooking is high when it is compared with two other restaurants.

The last one is in Hontyou campus. The name is "Pomme".The mean of Pomme is apple in French. The character of this restaurant is to buy all cooking by selling by measure. So it is difficult to judge how much the price of bought cooking is by the eye measurement. But in this restaurant has special menu. It is a curry and rice. The characteristic is how much quantity that curry and rice increases, a price is fixed. It is very pleasure event for students.

In Hirosaki university, there is an attractive place in others as well.For example, in the library there are many books and we can study under the concentrated condition. And also with many document we can make good report.

If you are intersted in Hirosaki university , please look this site.
http://www.hirosaki-u.ac.jp/

I Like Music ♪

I like listening to music, and I often listen to music. My favorite Japanese singer is B'z. They have been active since 1988. Their songs are often used for many movies and television proglams. Their songs move me and I have one of their albums.

I like western music too. And I often have listened to Celine Dion, Eminem, Back Street Boys, Mariah Carey and so on. Recent my favorit singers are Ne-Yo and Shayne Ward. I like them songs very much. While I am studying , I always listen to music. And with them, I can study English, because I can remember lyrics which I like. Moreover, I can learn many kinds of pronounciation and words.

When I am sad or depressed, I always listen to music. And I cheer up at listening to music. I always listen to music, even if when I study, cook or wash. So I like to listen to music very much.

I had a good time in English Ⅲ B class with you. And I learnd many things not only English but also informations all over the world by Mr.Philips. I 'll continue to study English. Thank you for a good time☆

Sorry, I can't add any picture. So please check links.

***My Trip to Los Angeles***

It was about 3 years ago. I saw a vast, red ground from a plane for Los Angeles.
It was my first trip to foreign country, and I was so excited. Our town had given money to our school, and I could go to Los Angeles.

It was end of October, but it was hot. Los Angeles was a little hazy, because it had just occured a forest fire.

We also went Mexico. It was third day of our stay, and completely different from Los Angeles. The border was surrounded by thirsty wilds and buildings were a little old.

The next day, we went to Universal Studios Hollywood. That day was just Halloweem, end many children were dress or funny costume. I saw a boy who was wearing Spider man's suit! And I could see some scenes or sets of movies, for example, "Jaws".

And the last day, we got on with high school students in Los Angeles. But I couldn't make myself understood to them in Engish well. The only word which I could understand was "I am fifteen." Oh my god!!

This trip influenced me greatly. Of course I thought I would like to visit again, and my interest in foreign country became stronger. So I will try hard to learn English more!!

*I added some parts to my assignment I wrote before.

Thank you.

LAST ASSIGNMENT AT THE BLOG

Next Friday, our English ⅢB class will be finished.
I feel this semester was long, and also feel this was short one. But I believe we can enjoy English ⅢB classes! Why don't we continue to devote ourselves to practice English(^c^)?

Then, as a this week's assignment, I'm going to write a paragraph which was written in November...

Winter has two aspects

Do you like winter? To be sure, many people like winter because of its attraction. But winter also has some terribleness. Think about its good side. Wnter fascinates people with winter sports. For example, you can enjoy skiing and skating easily. These are events of winter Olympics, too, so you'll be able to do and watch these with fun. And recreations made you happy. Why don't we make Kamakura and eat Nabe with friends? You'll find it's interesting to fight with snowballs, too. But there are also fearful matters in winter. If you live in a heavy snowfalling region, you are exposed to the danger of blizzards and to be crushed to death by snow. Even, hard winter may become weapon which kills people. Like this, winter has two aspects, nice and harmful. And many people know this, still like winters.


I really like winter, so I choose this topic.
And this picture shows a petit snowman.
My friend made this pretty snowman and put it on my bicycle's carrier(^^*
Do you like winter?
"Spring" vacation is coming up soon, let's enjoy this"winter" with care♪

My best assignment in this semester.

This is my best assignment!!
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~About my major~

My major, chimistry, has mainly four fields.
The first is organic chemistry that is research on mainly hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen and oxygen. We often compound many substances in this field. As a result, we make chemicals like ethylene, benzene, methane and so on.

↑Benzene model
The second is inorganic chemistry that depends on underground resources for most of research materials that are iron, steel, copper etc. Also, we use many inorganic articles that are useful.

↑iron
The third is physical chemistry that is a learning which calculate the date from experiments. Also, it develops a lot of theory about chemical reaction and so on.
The last is analytical chemistry that is learning to analyze contituents of a solution.
From the above, we can understand that chemistry is profound and interesting.
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If you feel chemistry is interesting, I am happy(^^)v

I'll use English for...

I'm sorry I couldn't write for this blog last week.
Now,let me write about this topic.

In the future,I want to be a elementary school teacher.
In Japan, some schools begining the teaching of English.
So I want to put my knowledge and experience of English to account.

Also I want to use English for various scenes.
For example,foreign travel,internet,
communication with overseas student,and so on.

Last message

OK, it's time for your last blog message. Please put your best assignment from this semester up on the web for the rest of us (and the rest of the world) to review here.

If you can put up a picture, please illustrate your paragraph or essay. Try to find some links that would be good for your essay, too. In other words, make it into an Internet essay, not just a class assignment on paper.

Here's a photo of my daughter and me some years ago when I visited Professor Jan Vansina of the University of Wisconsin. He's from Belgium and is one of the founders of African history.



BTW, my grandmother went to the University of Wisconsin but she didn't major in history, she studied economics. The economics department at the University of Wisconsin was very famous at that time, when John R. Commons was the head of Department.

***I'll use English for...***

I would like to use English for my job.

Because I want to work in foreign country someday.

So I think I need speaking skill at first.


And I have promised my best friend to bring her to US.
She and I had studied English together when we were high school students.

But she is in another univercity and she doesn't study English now.


I'll study hard to go US!

English and Me in the Future...★

I want to be a police officer, because American army has come to my hometown in last year for operating X-band radar. Therefore, it has decided to establish special police box there. So I want to work at there. Police officers who work at there need English ability. If I can be a police officer and work at there, I'll use English. So I need all skills , but especially need speaking skill, I think. Of course,I must speak formal American English.
I also want to trip many countries. I may trip to abroad this spring vacation. But it's not sure.....I want to go !(><)

I want to use English for...

English will become more useful in future. And I want to acquire English skills for my future.
When I guraduate from school, I would like to become a lawyer who can speak English highly. The world of tomorrow is, many people will come into Japan. I think people from Asia will increase, then the problem which involves them will also increase. I want to talk to them when they are in trouble. So I think learning American English is better, because American English is used by more people.
Of course, if I can do it, I'm going to learn both English(^^)b!

my situation...

May be, I will mainly use English to reseach something.
Also, I will communicate foreigners with English.
However, I need special English to reseach.
For instance, Words that I recently learn are quantity number, orbital, reaction progress, etc.

I can study the special English when I am third years in this university.
I am looking forward to the class from now.

Anyway, I will use English in many cases.

luck

We have only two English classes. Oh, the test will come. It's very pitty.

In the future it is easier than now that we travel around the world. We can go to America,the United Kingdom, French and other countries. The time for moving will reduce greatly. In the near future, we can go to America within 1 hour.

If the situation comes true, the chance we meet foreign people will increase. so we must use English. we will use English for talking. We must learn English and improve English skill until we can speak Englis fluently. So I think the most important English skill is speaking.

And we should learn formal English. British English is being used most abundantly in the country which speaks English. And we, Japanese soeak it easier thanAmerican English for its accent. I think it is easier to learn British English than American English.

So what should we do next?

There will be only two blog assignments after this. I know what I want to make the last assignment, but I want to think of something that will make you want to write comments on others' blog entries. You haven't left many comments on each others' blog entries even this week, although you did leave more comments this time than you have before.

This week I want you to write about how you think you might use English in the future. Will you use it for travel, at work, or on the Internet? What skills do you think you will need to use most? Listening, writing, speaking or reading? What kind of English will you have to use? Formal British, formal American, or some dialect? What special vocabulary do you think you will need to learn to use?

This may take some thinking, because most of you are just starting college, and not all of you have given much thought to what you will be doing after college, much less what kind of English you will be using then.

Some of you may be planning to study abroad. Tell us if you plan to go to an English speaking country, or if you expect to use English in other countries. Some of our students didn't expect to use English when they went to non-English speaking countries, but English is now the world's leading lingua franca, so more and more people are learning it.

thank you a lot m(__)m！！

I wrote "I`ll make efforts to improve my english skills" in this blog.
But ,honestly speaking, i could not do so much(~ ~;).
Despite it, everyone stimulated me.
So i`m thankful to have classes!
Ｔｈａｎｋ you very much(^^)!!

to Ikumi :
I want to visit Nordic countries someday.
Because maybe we can see aurora there,and spend white nights.
It`ll be amazing～!!

to noriko :
I like japanese foods the best(^H^).
Sure I like chinese,italian,russian food ,too.

to Masanobu :
I rarely use PC.
But now we`re needed PC skills as well as english skills.
So I should use PC more like you（>_<）!!

I like all of you!

Now I am impressed with my days of English.
I enjoy this English classes, and my English skills are little improved by this. And everyone, you are quite nice classmates. So I want to say "thank you, I could spend good time because of you".

Now I remember, my crisis in last Autumn.
I was late to hand in the survey paper, which was needed the person who wants to take English classes. I paniced and paniced!! Can't I take EnglishⅢ classes? No, I don't want that!
...After all, the teacher permitted me to join this class. If I couldn't take part in advantage classes? Sure, I wouldn't meet you.
So,I am very pleased to be able to spend these days with you.

That's all...I want to say for you(^^*

☆FOR CLASSMATES☆

Today is January 25th,so we have only a little class left.
How was the EnglishⅢＢ class?
At the begining,I was really nervous
because I had not confidence im my English ability.
How about YOU?

Oh,as Rina saying,
Almost students of this class taking the same EnglishⅢＡ class!
The debate in English was a little bit difficult for us,
but through these debates,we could cooperate each other.

So,I have only a little opportunity to see YOU in this class.
I feel pity a little...
Let's enjoy the rest(^^)

What I Want Ask You.....

I want ask you what food you like the best all over the world .
When I was a junior high school student , I went to Russia . I visit many places and ate many kinds of Russian foods. In those , I like piroshki very much. It is made with the paste which made from flour. And the paste wraps mincemeat , onion and some other vegetables.
It was very delicious. So I like it very much!!
In Japan , we can eat many countries food. Last year , I ate the meet of dog for the first time(^^; If you had eaten some countries food or have your favorit food , please tell us!!

Thank you, everyone☆

We had some debates in EnglishⅢA class.
I am happy because I have talked with almost classmates for that.
I think each of you have some good points in your character.
The debates needed strong teemwork and I think we did it well even if we couldn't win in the debate.
The reason is because all the members supplemented a weak point by his or her good points, and it helped each other.
Thank you for all of you!!

And
we are going to do last debate two weeks later.
Let's make the debate splendid!!


Of course,
I thank all of you in this class☆
The exchange of opinions about each other's writing helps me understand the right way of writing very much.
I hope to see more of you♪

Would I like to say?

Now, I am sitting in front of a PC.
Also, I have many such time in a week.
Recently, our society can not deal with a lot of things without computers.

Therefore, I want to ask you "How many time do you use a personal computer?".

need

First, I answer to Ikumi's question. I want to go to Australia.

I don't like winter but like summer. In this season, the season of Australia is summer.

So we don't afford to remove the snow and can swim sea.

Therefore I wnat to go to Australia.

By the way, I write the theme that "what would you like to say to the others in the class"?

・・・How do you spend holidays? Do you often spend inside or outside?

I often go to Hirisaki civic library and read books and make report.

***I would like to ask...***

I would like to ask you that what the sountry you are interested in?


I really want to go Itary.

Because I'm interested in Itarian cooking and culture, and so on.


So please tell me Why do you like the country.

***My club***

I belong to 2 music club.

One is Hirosaki University's club "LMC", and the other is my dormitory's.

I play the bass and sometimes sing.

Most of my friends are belong to music club.

They are so funny and we have very good time every week.


Next month, I have 2 concerts. But I haven't started my practice yet...

So I have to do it as soon as possible!!!

The next blog assignment

This week I thought I would leave it up to you. What would you like to say to the others in the class? Don't forget that it's up on the Internet, so anyone in the world with Internet access can read it. But mostly it will be read by your classmates, so write something that you think will interest them.

See if you can put something up here that makes the other students interested enough to write a comment to your message. See if you are interested enough in anything the other students post here to write a comment. I'm curious to find out what you think the other students in the class will be interested in.

Next Class.......

Recently, I'm very tired. Because I must be apresent classes after school !! It's very hard......

I want to learn about "Relative Clauses" in chapter13. I don't understand these well...So I am sometimes confused about the way to use relative clauses. In paragraph, we must write without omission. Therefore,I think it is important to know them well. But other chapters are also important. After English ⅢB classes finish, I will read and learn this text by myself.

Next class...

The topic on this week is ...
"Which chapter in the textbook should we do next?" isn't it??

I think the CHAPTER5 is best for us.
Reasons are almost same as opinions written by other classmates.
In CHAPTER4,we learned about Logical Order.
And through the CHAPTER5,we can practice using them.

Also I think it is better for us to do the page 51 to 53 again
at the beggining of class.
We would finished these pages as a home study...but
I think that look back about Logical Order before we study
the CHAPTER5 is more effective!

My bad! m(__)m

I didn't realize classes were cancelled on Friday for the entance exam Saturday and Sunday.

I went to a Union party tonight and got drunk. They told me there are no classes tomorrow. (I had wondered why there was a party on Thursday.) So there is no class tomorrow. I will have to figure out a blog assignment for this coming week. I can't give you a regular writing assignment for next week. But I can give you a blog assignment. But not now. I'm drunk, and I have to go home. My doctor has already told me I'm drinking too much, but that's Japan, there are all these 'nomikai' to go to.

(@_@) WATCH THIS SPACE!

(as they say in America) and you will find the blog assignment when I sober up.

(Tomorrow when I am sober I will try to come up wiht another blog assignment for you.)

next lesson

The article of this blog in this week is "which chapter in the textbook should we do next".

I think we should study in order. In a textbook, it is being explained to turn that it is important.
If we study next chapter , we will have to use the previous skill we have learned.

So we should study along the textbook. This helps us get new English skill or technics in writing reports.

I think we should learn chapter5. It's my idea.

Should do next...

My opinion about "which chapter in the textbook should we do next" is easy, we simply do Chapter 5 Kinds of Logical Order that the next chapter.
"Why do you think so?"
It is simply, too! Because, most textbooks are constituted as we do from the first page.
Therefore, I think we should do chapter 5.

Let's go on in order

I think we sould advance CHAPTER 5 , because I find to proceed in order is better. If we do other chapters, we may lose textbook's content. Such as "~in CHAPTER 7, you have done the~" no, we haven't done(^^; Although we acquired some English skills, so we can manage any chapter, but methodical learning is important, I feel.

And I have a question. When is the next English ⅢB class? Next Friday, thare is going to held The National Center Test for universities, in our school. So many classes are canceled(not every classes). How about English ⅢB? If we don't have class on next Friday, I am relax...because I don't have to write paragraph hurriedly...

There are too many examinations in short term(>_<)!

Class started!

I left Ibaraki on December 7th and I returned safe to Hirosaki.
Before I left,I was really worried about the weather in Hirosaki.
Especially about storms and snows!
But the weather in Hirosaki was not so bad.
Of course,it is much colder than my hometown...('-';)
I glad we have a mild winter this year(^~^)/

So,the vacation ended and classes started.
How are things with you?
I really really have to do a lot of homeworks...
And I need to study hard because I have examinations near at hand!

I will do my best!(^^)

I'm addicted to making cakes★

　　　　　　　I have never made any cakes or confectionery so far.
In my parent's home, there isn't oven and microwave oven, because it is said that food which use microwave oven is not good our health before. So I don't know how to use microwave oven when I started live alone. Therefore I really worried whether I could use it safely without breaking it when I used it first(^^;
As I become accustomed to use it , I wanted to make cakes for the first time. So at Christmas day , last year, I made a cake. It was verry fun!! I became like making cakes. During winter vacation, I made some kinds of cakes three times.
I'm busy recently, so I can't make cakes. In spring vacation, I want to make them.

one day

From Tuesday, we start classes. Oh, our winter weekend ended.It's so sad.

But we have only one month to study classes include this English class.
We have to take the endof term test and pass them.
The first grade in the university becomes an end in three more months.

Let's enjoy the rest of the day!

Start classes(-_-

We started classes since this week.
I spent an irregular life in this winter vacation, so I am bad condition now(^^;
The bad condition is... sleeping, having a thick head, etc.
However, I gradually return to the good condition.
I try many studies this year, too!

Happy New Year

I returned to my hometown for ten days.I saw my old friend and played with them.We went to shopping and Karaoke.We enjoyed our holidays very much.Of course I spend many time with my family.Since new year's dsy,I often went to shopping with them.I bought many things what I wanted.For example,a jacket,shoes,and books.
I think that I had nice holidays!

A Happy New Year♪

Long time no see.
First,I'm sorry that I couldn't write about my life.
In winter vacation,I went to my hometown.It's Makubetsu in Hokkaido.It was so cold.The minimum temparture is 13 degrees freezing. But there weren't snow.
I ate a lot of delicious food.For example,New year's special dishes,zoni,light meal of soba tradisionally eaten on New Year's Eve...etc.
And I went to New Year's sale.I bought many clothes.I enjoyed shopping.
I relaxed in my home.I could get the most out of a holiday.
See you next class.

Greetings from Atlanta!

I'm here at the annual meeting of the American Historical Association. I'm seeing a lot of old friends and meeting a lot of new ones. Unfortunately I'm not giving a paper myself, but I did find out I'll be giving a paper in Britain this year. In the meantime Atlanta is beautiful. I wish I had more time to explore the city and see some of the historical sites. But I have to be back for classes next week.

I dropped my computer going through airport security and cracked the screen. That was a good excuse to replace my laptop, which was already about 5 years old, and get a new one with wireless and a camera. So I've taken my own picture, used the hotel wireless to get online, and uploaded the photo to this blogpost.

SEE YOU ALL FRIDAY!!! (^_^)/~~~~

***Happy New Year!***

Hello everyone. How did you spend your New Year's Day?

I went shopping and spent a quarter of my New Year's gift...

I know that I was foolish, but money is the thing which should be used!!(>o<;)


Our school begin soon, so I have to do my homework.

And this month, I think we will have some exams.(--;)

I hope we will pass!!

***Before New Year***

I'm sorry that I couldn't tell you about my life Before New Year.
I didn't have a computer which can use the Internet.

I worked at a cram school (juku) as a teacher.

I teached English to some students.

And all of them are junior high school students.

One student asked me every classes that "how much do you get?"

Of course I couldn't tell him truth, so I said to him "I earn one hundred million yen."

He was very surprised and said laughing "really? It's so high!!"

He was very funny student.(~~;)

Happy new year!!

Finally the year 2007 is coming!
I wonder the time passes fast.
We have few classes but let`s enjoy it (^^)

I relaxedly stayed at home during my winter vacation.
It was nice days because I could clean out my room and helｐ my mother in preparing meals.
Of course I went out,too♪
Oh, I heard if you spend money on New Year`s Day as beginning of a year,
　　　　　　　　　　　you will lose fortune of money at the year.
Did you know it??
I believed it,didn`t buy anything.
I think it`s a only superstition...(＾＾；)
What else supertitions do you know ?

I came back to Hirosaki

I spend New Year's Day in my parens' home. Our family celebrate from Desember 31, so I had eaten a lot of delicious food. Of course, I ate soba for seeing the old year out and the New Year in. During shougatsu , I repeated eating and sleeping. I mean, I spend this year's shougatsu sleeping.......So, I really worry whether I can get up early when university begins(^^;

I came back to Hirosaki today. Now I listening to music as I write this. Maybe , in this night I'll watch movies*＊*＊*This winter have not very much snow. It is unnusual but I'm glad it's easy to walk.

I wanted to travel somewhere...

I am still in my parents' home(^ ^;

Ah... everyone, A HAPPY NEW YEAR!! But, it is January 4th today(;^^A

Now, I went to Sapporo city in Hokkaido last week and took some pictures.

This is a clock tower and is one of famous landmarks.

This city has a festival that is called "white illumination" now.
The following pictures are in this festival.





How do you like these pictures? These are beautiful, aren't these?

This year it snows little in Hokkaido.
Is this the effect on global warming?
Hmm... I don't know. That's all!

Though it is a New Year holiday...

Though it is a New Year holiday,
I went to the University today.
I take the English phonetics class in the pedagogy
and this winter vacation's assigments are lisning to English and practice reading with a cassette tape.
This morning, I tried to listen to it.
However, a cassette tape didn't say anything...
"What's happening!?"
I opened the audio player's cover and found the tape had snapped!!!
"Oh...I must get a new one."
I send E-mail Mr.Noro right away and went to the University.



I got a new one a littele while ago☆
By the way, my personal computer remain breaking,
and I'm writing this in Kamidote square because the university's library is a New Year holiday★
Umm...I'm tired today..

Come back!!

Happy new year!

Do you think it is too late to say that word?

But new year has come and start. We have to change our minds and make new goals.


I also write to Ikumi's topic.

I often use NHK radio program. In the program, there are more than 5 grades; Lowest class, intermediate class, higher class, for the practice, listening class and more.

We listen at them from AM6:00 to AM 6:45 and from AM11:30 to PM 00:00 and from PM6:20 to PM7:35.

We need chance to listening to spoken English.

This is my idea.

We have only 3 days for holiday. Let's enjoy the rest days.

Happy new year!! :)

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

How are you doing?
First,I'm sorry I haven't contribute to this blog for a long time(;_;)
I return my hometown on December 27th and I staying Ibaraki still now.
Ibaraki is really really warm:)
So I'll be frozen if I go back to Hirosaki...

The left picture above is my sweet cat.
Her name is Myah.It is very simple,isn't it?(^-^;)
Next one is the pacific ocean.
I paid a visit to a shrine yesterday.And this shrine is near the ocean.

Oh,yes,I'll reply to Ikumi's topic.
While I studying English,often I can't understand and pronounce the phonetic sign well.
In that sort of case,THIS SITE is very helpful for us.
If you have such a difficulty,please check it! :)

Good afternoon! I'm in Hokkaido now, with my family. The way to come back to home was very long and tired(×_×; I never want to return my home! ...I thought that every time, but I like my members. So I'll back Hokkaido next long vacation, too.
Oh,this picture is my loving dog! She is already old, but in winter, she gets well. And we go to walking, walking, walking...and fell asleep(^^
It is my pleasure to spend my time with family, but I don't forget my classes♪I had very difficulty to find EIKEN site. Because I don't have any classes(...no,I...I have forth-class only!...maybe.),so this site was perfectly out of my mind. Then, my brother told me to search this site. If you want to listen past exams, you can use here. You may study TOEIC or TOEFL now, but if it seems to interesting, please jump and check it!

Have a nice holidays!

I'm in my parents home now(^_^)/

I am in my parents home as this message's title.
I came back on December 22, so we have previous English 3B class on that day.
If you know this, You must seem to surptise.
Now, I enjoy life in this place.
I think to go to somewhere.
If I take a good picture, I want to up this blog.

Now I remember, what is this week's blog assignment?
Hmm... The way to learning English about listening practice on the internet.
How is NHK ONLINE English?
I think that this site is for Japanese.

My Way Of Learning English

I'll recomend Ikumi's question.

I think listening music is one way of learning English with fun and effectively. I like foreign music very much. And I listen many kinds of music. Especially, Celine Dion's music are easy to get lyrics. Back Street Boys , Ben Jelen , Daniel Powter and so on.....Now, I wanna say about Daniel powter. He was brought up in Canada. He can't write, so he always remember sentences wich have beautiful sound and makes them one song in his heart. His songs make me feel happy. And I like his song's melody with piano. Sometimes, his lyrics are difficult to understand, but we can under stand his feeling which are included each sentences. In short, you can learn English with your favorite foreign musics. We can know many expression by lyrics.

Another way is wacthing movies and TV programs. In movies, English is sometimes spoken very fast. I think it trains our ability to understand spoken English. By English TV programs we can learn pronounciation and word which is populer and used frequently now.

We can also use Internet for learning English. Making friends with international syudents is good too. But it is little difficult...(^^; And we should reffer Mr.Philips's opinion.

To learn English and other languages, I want to study abload if it is possible.....☆"

Still

I still live in Hirosaki city. I'm going to go back to my hometown at 28th.

I am doing spring cleaning now. As my room has only six mats, I don't have much things and cleaning is very easy.

When I cleaned my room, a familiar thing was found.

I found my University notice of success in the examination of Hirosaki university. It is not good thing that I forgot the document.But I found it. If I don't get it , what am I doing now? Another university student? A student unable to enter a school? Or an office worker? I can't think about it.

I found my Secret savings. I get 30,000 yen! I get!I get! Money has come!･･･Sorry. But I was very pleasure to find a large sum of money.Money is very important, I think. And I use this money to buy new CD.

I found my previous table tennis racket rubber case. I'm doing table tennis. So I collect rubberof racket. "What rubber is best for me" is still my biggest problem.

・・・Then I restart my cleaning.Bye

Listening practice

One of you asked me about listening practice on the Internet. I came up immediately with the following URLs, butf if you have more, tell us about it, either in the comments or in the blog itself.

Voice of America, especially for Special English.

(They have Hausa for listening practice, and other languages too.)

BBC and BBC News especially the World Service.

And finally, the largest directory I've found of Internet radio, including all kinds of music as well as all kinds of talk radio (or as they say in British English, "speech radio"): Shoutcast. You can search Shoutcast for almost anything imaginable.

Gaius julius Caesar

I watched movie which title is "Julius Caesar" in this March because I was in a hospital two weeks.
The movie seems to be a play and old.
And there wasn't a caption.
I understood little content...
The name Julius Caesar often appears in the text book on world's history.
(Did you take the course in high school?)
My image about him was a strong conqueror.
In the movie, however, he is descrived as a democratic person who is brave and kind.
Maybe, in the textbook, there are things which aren't written.



I am interested in history.
I watched "Troy", "Gradiateur"(Marcus Aurelius Antoninus appears in beginning!), "Peal Harbor", "King Arthur", and so on.
So, I want to read more books and watch more movies on history.
Do you have some recommends?

In addition, I read all volumes of "The Lord Of The Rings" in Japanese.
And I looked into John Tolkien.
I will start reading it in English★
Um..It will be a long jorney...

***Topic/how do you learn English?***

I would like to look for the way of learning English which is effective and interesting (if possible.)

I have been learning English for 6 years, but I don't think I can speak English well.

I want to have confidence in my ability of speaking English before I graduate this unibersity.

So I want to know everyone's way of study.

Hirosaki University.

This time,I want to introduce my favorite places in Hirosaki university.

First,the 3rd floor of common education building.
Our club usually singing at 310 classroom.
So I always go up the stairs near the teller of a scholarship.
After going up,please turn right and we can see the window across from us.
At this time,the view of this window is nice!:)
Oh,yes,please visit there AFTER SCHOOL.
Brcause the lighting of christmas tree is beautiful!

Second,the student hall.
You can find there on the 1st floor of common education building.
There is also near the terrace.
Oh,I love terrace too!
At terrace and student hall,you can eat,enjoy chat with your friends,and so on.
And our club sometimes practicing at student hall on the weekend.

In addition to this,there are a lot of nice places in our university!!

HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY IN SPRING

The scenery most I like is cherry blossams in Hirosaki university.
Hirosaki is famous for chrry blossams and Castle Hirosaki. I have been there every year. When I just entered Hirosaki university, I saw cherry blossams there. And I became look forward to university life with it.
I like cherry blossams very much. And foreign professor's house which are sorrounded with cherry blossams is very beautiful scenery. It is my favorite place.
Christmas will come soon. So we can see Christmas tree in Hirosaki university. It's make me feel happy. I recomend you to see it from the inside of general education building. Especially the scenery from the second floor is best. I wish the tree will be more tall and cherry blossams will bloom more.

Caffeteria

I want to show about storongpoint of caffeteria,
there are a lot of menu , you can eat what youwant to eat at
cheap price☆ and you can eat vegetable a lot,
and there sweets corner!! this corner also has menu,
but you have to care about calorie for your health
Please come to caffeteria!! new fleshman☆

About library

Today,I will wright about library.
When I have no class,I often spend many time in the library.That is the place where is very quiet and there are a lot of books.I often do my homework in the library,because there is good place to concentrate and there are many material.In fact,I use library every time when I have to do a report about grammer.It helps my studying very often.
And,I like reading simply book in there too. As has been mentioned,there is the very quiet place.Moreover,air is conditioned every day.And there are chairs and desks to sit down,to read books and to study.So library is very good place to read books rightly.When I am free,I buy books in seiyou store and to go library to read the books.
In fact,there are many kind of and a number of books.So it is fun to looking them around.

GOOD SIGHT

One of the thing what I like in Hirosaki university is, the sight from the 4th floor at Common Education Building. Sometimes I have to go the 4th floor, because of my class timetable. I used to think "How hard this is to go up the 4th!?". But, one day, I looked down the campus from there, casually...and I feel relief at the sight.
People are walking, talking, standing and eating with smile or serious face.
I like human. So I am in modern society course. I remember.
From then, I am looking forward to seeing from the 4th floor.
In the daytime, sometimes we can see beautiful blue sky nearly than on the ground. After sunset, we now can see pretty decolation lights with Christmas tree. I like the reindeer ornament,very much(*^^*)
Of course, views from other place are also good. For example, the sight from the Faculty of Science and Technology building is very high, so you can see more far.
My relax time is with ordinary schoollife.
How about you to look the view from here?

The class in arts

I had been in the art club for six years and I am interested in arts.
So, I take the class of the world in arts. It is a theme subject.
In the class, we can learn Japanese arts from the ancient Jyoumon to the modern Meiji　and watch many pictures.
Japanese arts are very dynamic and interesting. We can get various imaginations when we watch that. I am moved every time! Especially, I think Jyoumon culture and Edo period are great. About Jyoumon, you can know it at Kamegaoka cultural center in this university.
Not only the history about Japanese arts, but we can also learn the way of looking something.
The professor says, “The right way of watching is very important in arts and in daily life. Let’s watch anything in much detail! Discover something and thinking about that!!”
The professor is very kind and the arts which she painted are wonderful!
I am looking forward the class every week.

place in Hirosaki university

I learn Monday in Hontnyou campus, and learn in Bunkyo campus from Tuesday until Friday. So I'm not familiar with Honntyou campus.I want to introduce Bunkyo campus.

I often bought books in Seikyou store. I bought them to use for my reports and my hobby.
We can buy books at the 5 % off price. Sometimes we can buy more than 3 books at the 15% off price.We can buy every sort of books with Seikyou store.

I want to know the excellence of library in Hirosaki university. There are many collections of books in that library. And, the book which is not there can be borrowed from other universities.I often use the library to read psychological books, medical books and the books of philosophy. To use them we can make good reports.

I often use these place in this year. I suggest you use these places.If you use these places, your university life will be better.

The way to live delightfully in Hirosaki University!

I don't belong to club, and I am not active.
However, I understand that the two of ways to live delightfully for about eight monthes!

First, you use frequently the dining room, and you talk to the cashier!
If you continue to do that, you can naturally talk to the cashier!
In fact, I often talk to her about daily life.

Second, if you hates noise, you should use the library.
This library is very interesting, because there are a lot of books that technical books, news papers, magazines and so on!

For the aboves, we can enjoy university life without relation to other people.

University Life

I guess the only things you all have in common is that you are all students at Hirosaki University, and that you are all Japanese. Usually I have at least one exchange student in English classes, but not this time. You have a wide range of other interests, too, and that has meant that there are not many comments from you on other students blog entries.

Some of the other things you have mentioned are good, and I will probably ask about them later. But the best suggestions are all about leaving messages about university life, what interests you about this university, what you have learned about seminars, places to go, people to see, things to learn, little secrets of university life. I used to tell new freshmen at my own university that it took them four years to find out what was going on, and then they left.

Tell each other what you would like them to know about Hirosaki University.

I want to discuss about,

I want to discuss about countrys and trips!
Everyone of our class may have their favorite countrys which they want to visit someday. So, I think it interesting to discuss about one country that someone likes, and rest of us will look over there. And we'll find the country's sight, history, spoken language, etc...and we'll feel "Does he ( or she ) like this country? Why? ...Oh, I see!"
Such contact seems to be nice,doesn't it?

HOW ABOUT DISCUSSING WINTER SPORTS

I like skiing very much.

I grew up in Aomori, so I have been skiing since I was a child. In Aomori, some elementary schools teach students skiing. Therfore we can go skiing as a phisical class. I enjoyed it very much.

But my family don' t like skiing. And I can't go skiing. So I will go skiing with my friends next year. And I will try snowboarding!! I'm looking forward to it.

Do you like winter sports? If you like, what winter sports you like? I want to know it.

My opinion.

Similar to Masanobu and Rina,
I think it is better fou us to
decide some topis and exchange comment.
We writing an article every week now,
but almost nobody leaves a comment.

I want to talk through this blog about...
Let me see,
For example,about classes,our university,club,
respective hometown,and so on.

Anyway,topics which is at hand for us is better,I think.

***007 CASINO ROYAL***

I watched the movie "007 CASINO ROYAL" last Saturday.

It was very good movie, and I like it.

In this story, James Bond said like...


"I don't like single woman."

(He like married woman.)

But he was so single-minded man.


Not only his love but also his fight was interesting.

He act rashly, so I couldn't expect the next.

Contrary to all appearance, Bond seems to be simple.

He was often cheated by enemy. And he ran each time.

...He was poisoned and also robbed of monney and betrayed.

He had a terrible time!!! I felt pity for him...


Be sure to watch the movie, and you'll know 007's trouble.(^-^;)



ps
I didn't know why there was the word "ROYAL" in this title.

So I looked it up my dictionary.

"ROYAL" means not only "connected with or belonging to the king or queen of a country", but also "known about by few people."(more secret than top secret)

My interest and topic to discuss

I am intrerested in Ballet☆I had been practiced ballet from 4 to 16 years old,At now I want to do it again. but It cost a lot of money for Ballet shoes ,costume and school fees so on. because I can't do ballet now, I want to enjoy Ballet with pictures or

Let's exchange information

I want to exchange information.
For example, about lectures, a part-time job and club activities.
It seems to be interesting to give an opinion about current topics each other.
If we do so, exchange of opinions between classmates will become more active.
Especially, I want to know lectures which others take and your recomends.

About future blog assignments.

We just discuss about something...
In this blog, we talked many things, but these are always finishing with individual opinion.
I think that we should discuss about our university(Hirosaki university) if we want to continue discussing.
For instance, the view whose we look from Faculty of Science and Technology No.2 twelfth floor is beatiful, and so on.

Would you like this suggestion?

Ah...

. It is Dcember 14th. So new year will come soon.

What did I learn in university. What did I get in university. Can I get many good chances to meet people? Did we grow up?

So I suggest this theme; The thing you got in Hirosaki university in this year.

For example

I get new friends! They give me very good time. They teach me study. I sometimes seek them to do my homework especially physics. I'm poor at physics. The time I meet them is very happy. I want to think a great deal of them.

But I have awrong effect by them. It is the time I study has been decreased. It is very serious!I have to study more and more.

How about this theme?

（・' ' ●

I suggest talking about "the season Ｉ most like".
Some people like summer,some don`t so much.
Everyone has each tastes ,also every season has different characters.
And there seem to be people came from various region in this class.
So I think we can talk about it interestingly!


Ｆrom here this is the topic of last week...(@_@；)
I like snoopy which looks so cute!
As one of the reason i like him,
I often read his comic in the newspaper we have subscribed a long time.
In this site,you can read the comics with fun!
But ,for me ,it`s hard to understand even with a dictionary.

What do YOU want for the next assignment?

Please suggest topics for future blog assignments. What would YOU STUDENTS like to discuss here? What should I do for the assignment(s) over the winter vacation? What topics do you think would generate the best discussion here? That's the assignment for this week, to suggest future assignments for the next weeks, for the rest of the class.

My interests

First, I like cats very much and I have a cat who is called Chape.
(Chape means Cats in Tsugaruben.)
And this site tells me a lot of information about cats.
the Cat Fanciers' Association
We can also look pictures of cats.
Second, I am interested in music.
I tink I want to sing in English.
In this site, we can see a video about singer's interview, read world music news, and so on.
Y!music
There is radio too.

★Sites about my interest★

Hi!
I'm interested in music and I had been playing the Trumpet,you know.
So this time,I'll link the site about Trumpet and orchestra bamd.

First,This site.
This is the homepage of Sergei Nakariakov.
He is one of my favorite Trumpet player!
He can do the "Cycle Respiration". Do you know this?
In other words,he can both of breathing and playing at the same time!!

Second,This one.
I'm sorry,this site is written in Japanese(;_;)
But I hope you can enjoy it!
This is the site of my favorite band.
Several player of them was my instructer(speaker) when I was a high school student!

I LOVE HERSHEY'S!! (>ω<＊)

　　　Do you know HERSHEY'S? It's american chocolate. I love it very much!

The Hershey's company make many kinds of chocolate. And there is very big theme park. In there, we can eat very delicious chocolate dessert. Moreovere, there are many hershey's characters. I think they are lovable.(´ー｀＊)　I want to meet them. Someday I'll visit there and eat all kinds of dessert!

HERSHEY'S chocolates are also selled in Japan. So we can get them easily. Why don't you taste it?
http://www.hersheys.com/

I love reading books.

My hobby is reading books.Especially,Itend to read novels.As long as that is novel,I usualy read every type of them.For example,detective story,science fiction,love story,and fantasy.
When I went into the hospital,I had too much time only to be sleeping.So I started to read books.From then,reading has been my hobby.I like music too,but my best is reading.

This is the site that is about the one of my favorite novelists.
http://www.jkrowling.com/
I think you know about her,bedaus she is very famous.Harry potter series are loved by a lot b people around the world.I love them to.

***Winter Vacation***

I think... This winter vacation is very short!

I'll work at part time job the beginning of vacation.

After I will go back my home, and sleep, eat and sleep!!!

...And work again.

This year, I made friends with many people. I hope that I can enjoy next year, too.


By the way, I'm going to watch the movie "007 CASINO ROYALE." I can't wait!!!☆

About my hobby or interest?

One of my hobby is chemistry and computer (I wrote about this into my profile).
My interest is same that, but this time I want to write about chemistry.
Recently, I especially interest about organic chemistry in part of chemistry.

Hmm... I interest this site:Organic Chemistry Portal.
This site have a lot of comments about chemical reaction!
There is "Diels-Alder Reaction" (I studied about this reaction in University) in these reactions.
Therefore, I just use this site, and I will be able to study both Organic-Chemistry and English!!
This is an efficient way!

My interest is making...☆

I found making cakes is interesting in my junior high shool days,affected by Mother. She sometimes makes steamed cake, and I looked her with interest. So I asked Mother to teach me how to bake cookies(it was...oh, I was in primary school!) Then, one day she bought me a cooking book about cookies, sweets and cakes! From this time, I made some good cakes, and made many failed cakes(x_x;)
But maiking cakes is charming!
When I'm waiting for baked it until golden brown, I'm excited.
When I'm decolating the cake with cream and fruits, I feel very good.
And when friends eat and say "good", Wonderful!!
So, I love it.

These sites have nice pictures, so I want to make them someday. But between Japan and America, scales are different. Because of this, I'm very sad, not to use thise recipes soon...

King Arthur Flour:gorgeous and beautiful
all recipes:pretty and complaisance
What's Cooking America:unique and American

Don't you know?

My interest is medicine.
I sometimes use Japanese Medical site to study.
But the site I know about medicine is not English site but Japanese site.
So I find English Medical site in this opportunity. And I found a good one!

It is here.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/

This is a site my senior told to me. It is very useful because it has much information about medicine! And the informatoin about health is much!

But it is too difficult for me now. I understand not all what is written.

Because I am poor at not only medicine but also English.

Then I use this site in order to improve Medical and English skill.

Find a site about your hobby or interests

I was looking at your self-introductions from the first class, and I noticed that most of you had interesting hobbies and interests. This week's assignment will let you tell the rest of us about your interests and hobbies, and help you learn English, too.

Please find a website in English that relates to your interest and or hobby. Introduce us to the rest of us. Tell us why you found it interesting, and whether it is something that you will continue to visit. Be sure to link the site so we can click to it. You should be learning how to write links into your webspages and blog entries.

I'll start. I like Africa, and I like to get news about Africa. I have a links page about African Studies on my site. But my site for this assignment is AllAfrica.com, a news site with stories from and about Africa. I even have a page on my site from AllAfrica.com, which has stories about Nigeria, and stories about US-African relations, as well as the most recent stories from the continent.

Let the rest of us know what you can find in the way of a website in English about your hobby or other interests.

Oh my GOD !

My personal computer was broken last midnight!!!
I couldn't open the Internet Explore.
So, I didn't post blog...



Now, I show you my plan about my vacation.
First, I want to ski.
I was 3years old when I started skiing.
I like skiing very much!
If I have enough money,
I want to go to many ski ground in Aomori prefecture.
For example, Owani, Moya, Ajara, Iwaki, Hyakuzawa, Ajigasawa...
And If I have a chance, I want to try snowboarding.
After skiing or snowboading,
it is nice to go to hot springs.
I will refresh very much!
Second, I want to study Engkish properly.
I want to take TOEIC next year.
I aim high score☆
And, I want to improve my oral skill in Engkish.
I need a friend who speaks in English.
Can I meet such foreigners in a church?
I have to listen to, write, read, English every day
in order to speak in English fluently when I see them.

I must enjoy playing with friends and studying English!^^

I have'nt written in this biog for a while.I'msory for my forgetting to write it.
Today,I will write about my plan what to do in my winter vacation.First,I will be very lazily at my house,and read a lot of books.Second,I will play with my friends to go to "Karaoke",to play video games,and to go to shopping.Finaly,I will study English and German.
I want to do alot of thing,so I must be going to spend meaningful time.

I can`t make out where the picture shows except that that`s a hot spring(＾-＾；).
Hot spring... makes us warm and relaxing,so it`s very good for this cold season.
Ｂｕｔ be careful not to fall asleep at bathtub and catch a cold !

Ｉ`m planning a trip to Sendai with friend during this winter vacation.
Shopping in the city is a good choice ,but I want to visit some sightseeing spots.
Although I have been Sendai several times,never been to such places.
But I don`t have much money,it is still "a plan"(-_-;).
I must make efforts by myself for the realization of my plan!!

See you~♪

Ｈｉ☆☆

I belong to student commitee of Hirosaki University cooperative society.We will hold sukiyaki party in student's cafeteria tomorrow evening.Cost of participation is 500 yen.I will preside on the party.Let's take part in the party♪
Christmas almost comes.I'm looking forward to spend happy time.I want to eat delicious cake☆（´∀｀；）

Snow!!

Today, we had a fine snow. And the ground are covered with snow now.
I can't believe it!('△';)
My friend said me that this snow will continue for five days.

This weekend, I went to see a movie.
I watched ７月２４日通りのクリスマス.
Do you know this movie?
It was so nice, peaceful and pleasant movie.

By the way, let me write about my plan for winter vacation.
My plans are still uncrean, but I want to go back my hometown!!
But the winter vacation of hirosaki university is a little bit short for me...
After I return, I'll pay a visit to a shrine on New Year's Day.
Oh, also I want to go shopping with my local friends!! :)

My Plan Of Wintter Vacation

It's december from tomorrow. And wintter vacation will come soon. I'm looking forward to it. But I have no plan yet. Maybe...I'll go back my grandparents home. However I will spend Christmas with my friend.
　　　If it is possible,I want to go Tokyo Disney resort!! I went to there in this summer. I really enjoyed it!! And in Christmas, there are very beautiful and special illumination for Christmas. So I want to go there. But I don't have enough money. Someday I want to go there again.

I'll returan my Hometown

I'm going to spend this Xmas with club members and friends. Then, I'll return my hometown,Kitami, and going to Onneyu to enjoy onsen too. So I'll welcome new year with my family,but I should come back Hirosaki soon! I feel unhappy that I cannot have much time with my loving family,but to meet university's frends is also my delight(^^
I'm looking forward to Xmas party!

Only I feeling bad, because of many reports and examinations(x_x;)!

***Movies for Christmas***

The suitable movies for Christmas are "Home Alone3" and "Mickey's Christmas Carol".


Home Alone3

A boy who were chicken pox and stayed home found a group of robbers. He decided to catch them to protect his town.
The boy is very smart and cute! And the movie is very funny.


Mickey's Christmas Carol

A very stingy old man, Scrooge, meets a ghost. The ghost reclaims him from his mind which is full of sarcasm, and Scrooge spend happy Christmas.


Both of two are very heart-warming story, so why don't you watch them with your friends or family?

***Amazing Grace***

Watching the documentary, I knew that how people have kept loving and singing this song. One womam said that both of her mother and father had been singing the song, so I understood that Amazing Grace has been popular among people.

It seems that Amazing Grace started being sang on original malody from 60s. I was impressed by people who were singing the song happily.

Assignment about English Site,Movie and winter Holiday

I want to introduce my favorite EnglishSite,EIGOJIN. This site inform us news of Hollywood Sters in English . So we can know informations and learn English. I wish everyone enjoyed it. Next,I have been touched by the Movie about Amazing Grace！The story of this movie teachs us how wonderful twonderful the Life we spend is. I think we should more appreciate life or people around us like lyricist. Third, Winer Vacation will come soon☆　I have a lot of things to want to do, playing with my friends in my hometown,
Shopping,spending with my family etc.But I have to also do study and save oney . Because Happy times go rapidly★Things to do is more important in vacation.

Hmm...

Winter vacation's plan...
In fact, Hirosaki University's winter vacation is shorter than my high school.
Therefore, I will only back to my parent's home, may be.
However, I will be able to eat a lot of delicious foods (christmas cake, rice cakes boiled with vegitables, etc...)(^^;
So I satisfy only this plan!

Prof's picture is... I don't know because I have not very knowledge about hot springs, but I look like that it is deep in the mountains there.

My plan

I'm a student. So I don't have enough time to visit anywhere until spring vacation. Winter vacation is too little and I have to stay my hometown. Please give us free time.

If I have time to visit somewhere, I'll go to Hokkaido. I went to Asahikawa but I didn't enjoy at all because of tournament of table tennis. I went only place for the meeting and hotel. I didn't eat Asahikawa noodle and go to Asahiyama zoo and buy anything. So the travel was too bored.

But I don't want to visit there during winter.I'm good at winter. I like summer. Winter in Hokkaido is very cold. So I don't want to visit; sorry to people who come from Hokkaido.

I want to travel but I can't do that now. Please give us free time.

Oh! I forget! I have a good plan.I'll goto department store to buy winter clothes with my friends in Aomori city, my hometown.