Treasure Island

This is a exciting book. One day, the pirate came to Jim's inn. He drunk everyday and he was killed by another pirate. He had treasure isrands' map and he passed it to Jim and told him it's secreat. There are many pirates who aim at map and want to get mountain of gold. He asked his friend doctor. The doctor gathered team for hunting treasure. But in the team, some pirates are hiding. They were planning to kill them and rob their treasure after finding treasure island. Jim heared pirates' talking that they are going to kill them. Finally he succeeded to beat them! Jim is so lucky.

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My name presantation

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My favorite movie

Recently, I watched new movie ‘Unstoppable’. I think it comes to my favorite movie lank 4 or 5. It was based on real story. One day, one train runs without driver. It became more and more faster and if it cannot be stopped it will go off the roads cannot curve at the big curve. The big curve is in downtown. It means lots of people will die. To stop this train, experienced man and freshman will drive another train having probability to be killed. I was so excited. There is no time to close my eyes. It was so exciting movie. I was moving by their courage. And at first, they did not like each other. Through this big emergency, they got closer I think.

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My favorite sweets

I like all kind of sweets, because I am fat girl. I do not have food which I cannot eat. I like chocolate the best. It makes me happy. Because I like sweets, I like to go to sweets buffet. There is a restaurant named ‘Sweets Paradise’ in Fukuoka. I t came from Tokyo last year. As you can see, it is a real paradise. They serve curry and rice, pasta, soup and so on at the same time serving many kinds of sweets. And it is so inexpensive. It is only 1470yen. I have been there twice. It fills my heart. I love the restaurant as their meals are tasty too. You should go to! I bet you like there.

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My favorite important time

I like to go out usually, but recently I have been having very busy days. At the every moment, I have to do something. I live alone, so I have to do all house work by my self, I go to another school, I have lots of home work, I have to work for my part time job. And, I have to study for Eiken and exams! They are going to kill me! I have no time to watch DVDs which alleviate my stress. I like to watch DVDs on weekend. I had not seen Prison Break for a long time. I had very happy days last week when I was in Okinawa. I forgot everything and just playing. Oh god! Give me fun time.

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My favorite color

My favorite color is light purple. I like pastel color, so I like it. Pastel colors look girlish. My character is close to boy, so I want to be looked girlish at least my looking. Recently, I took color coordinate class. Even color you wearing today can change your feeling. So the teacher said if you want to be high tension, you should wear red under wears. For entering college, if you want to calm down, you should wear blue under wears. I agree with her opinion. For losing your weight, you should use blue lunch box because it makes your appetite smaller. And if you use red or yellow lunch box, they make you fat. It makes your appetite bigger.

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My favorite animal

My favorite animal is dog. I like any kind of animal but I like dog is the best. Dog has many bleed. I like dog friendly. They are so cute and I want them to stick to me. I think I like obedient dog like waiting their honor coming back home. In the dog bleed, I like shibaken is the best. I like their faces which seem to start crying. When I was a child, I was afraid of the dog, because I had hard memory of the dog. He might wants to play with me, but I was just afraid of him. He took my flaps and ran far away. I had to chase him by one foot. My neighbor was watching this scene but only laughing and did not help me!

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My name

Hi! I am going to introduce my name. My family name is Oshiro. It means big castle in English. Oshiro is not so famaus in Japan, but is famous in Okinawa. Oshiro is the third prize of family name in Okinawa. Evidence for this, when I was in 12 grades there are 7 Oshiro in my class. And about 8000 Oshiro family in Okinawa. My first name is Sayano. First Kanzi means pure, but I do not know second kanzi’s meaning. My mom named me wanted me to be pure and kind to people. I was usually called Sayano. Some of my friends called me Sa-ya-. And my friends sometimes call me Sayaketsu. My brothers call me Bu-rin. It came from the character ‘Bu-rin’. At the first meeting, people cannot read my name kanzi. My name is not Kiyono! Though Sayano is rare name, there are many Saya and Sayaka. But I have met many Sayano. If I could change my Kanzi name, I want to change this 紗耶野. I think it is more cute than mine. I tried fortune telling of name. It says I am perspective and cooperative but halfway at everything. That’s right! Thank you for listening.

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A Christmas Carol

A main character in this story is Scrooge. He is a old man and mean man. He is known to have cold heart by everyone. He runs his office with friend but his friend was died 7 years ago. Even on the Christmas, he does not celebrate it and goes to bed. In midnight, his friend apeears to his side of the bed. 'You are too mean to people but you have chance to change. Three spirits are going to visit you. You can learn from them.' As his friend says, three spirits visit Scrooge in the night. He sees how people think of him, his employee's poor, his sad future. After seeing his past, present and futere, he starts to change himself. He gets chance to restart the Christmas. He is a nice man now. At first, I do not like Scrooge too. I want my anchestor to send three spirits too. I want to see my future!

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my total

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after Kaigaikensyu

1. Introduction

I went to Minnesota this summer. I think Japanese have many images of American. For example, American eat heavy food each meal, American are independent, and American have cheerful character. What I thought about these images after I went to Minnesota, it is same to Japanese. Japanese are said to be serious and polite. But it cannot say to all Japanese. There are Japanese who have cheerful character, and some Japanese are not so serious like me. It is same to American, there are shy people and there are people who eat less food than me.

2. Difference between American and Japanese thinking

The biggest difference that I thought between Japanese and American is that American do not care others’ eyes. I like this thinking, because I like to try any clothes. I wear short pants and short skirts even if I know I have fat legs. Third weekend, I visited host mother’s mother. It was hot day. They were all wearing no sleeve shirts. I was wearing a T-shirt. They were all surprised at me and said me ‘Aren’t you hot?! ‘You should change your clothes!’ I know it’s rude but I cannot say they are skinny by any standard. They are living simply. Because it is hot, they ware short pants and no sleeve shirts. In the same situation, I was asked ‘why do Japanese girls wear leggings under short pants even it‘s hot out in here.’ To answer this question, we wear leggings for hiding our legs we don’t have confidence in ourselves legs having some worries or just it is chilly outside. They do not know meaning of being ashamed.

One day, I was watching TV show with my host mother. She has young mind, I like to do almost same thing to her. She is 38 years old though. She likes to watch dating shows. The dating show was held in dark. After first meeting in the dark three women and three men, he or she asks to go on date his or her favorite person. Then, if they want to meet again, they can meet a few times in the dark. If they think they want to go on date outside, they decide after looking each other’s appearances under the lights. If she or he still thinks I want to go on date with him or her, they will meet outside and can go on date. Even if they like each other’s character, if they don’t like each other’s looking they won’t meet outside. It is a little bit dreadful show. In the show, I saw a woman who is a model. She has good looking, and she knows it. She said ` I know I am beautiful. I want to be loved by my character, not by my looking.’ When I heard this, I was surprised and asked my host mother. “She said ` I am beautiful.’?” I asked her this question laughing. She answered my question ` Yes’ with her face `why are you laughing? It’s normal.’ Japanese think modesty is virtue. Even if you are smart and you know that you must not take attitude which show you are smart. It will make your position bad. You are probably said your bad things behind your back. In addition, even if you have good looking and you know that saying by people, you must not say ` I am cute.’ These are prohibition words.

In class, our teachers told us American’s attitude for class. For American, It is so rude to chat in the class. I think it is same as Japan, but it is ruder than Japanese think in the U.S. He said `In some classes, if you chat in the class even little chat, you will be told get out of the room.’ Instead of this, asking question in class will please teachers. It means you were listening to teacher’s lecture properly. Even the lecture is held in a big place which contains 200 or 300 people. American students ask questions to their teachers in front of hundreds of people with no hesitate.

The evidence for this, we were asked that ` Do you have any question?’ every after the class. That is difficult for us. Japanese cultures prefer to be quiet and just listen to speaking or lecture. Of course some people are not listening to their speaking. And if speakers say ‘Do you have any question?’’ most of the people hesitate to ask question caring other people’s eyes. I thought that culture cause stereotype of Japanese, ‘Japanese are quiet’.

It is known to almost all of Japanese through dramas and movies, American is good at expressing their feeling. They express ` I love you’ obediently. If they feel stage dramas which they saw they shout ` Wonderful’. The word `tacit understanding’ is showing how Japanese think. Japanese think even if I do not say thing straight, other people will get their feeling only their attitude. It would be not understand by other people in other countries. I think Japanese should follow this custom.

3. Conclusion

To understand people who have different culture and language is so difficult. Even if we think it is normal, probably it is not normal for other people from other country. Through this home stay for a month, I have learned other thinking and should try to communicate to understand each other not worrying make a mistake. And if I was reborn I would be an American.

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podcast episode 5

The fifth episode of podcast is available now.

Christmas Eve

It is Christmas Eve! I like Christmas atmosphere though i have part time job today and tomorrow. But day after tomorrow, I am going to Fukuoka and meet friends. I am looking forward to it. It is the last day illumination in the Canal city. In the TV show, I saw beautiful illumination there. I am excited!! And I was said from my dad I could get christmas present from him. I am happy. I probably get money from him. I am thinking what I am going to buy!

podcast episode 5

I am going introduce Ai Miyazato. she is a professional golf player in Japan. She is from Higasi village. Higasi is near from my home Kin town. I feel a sense of closeness to her. I have heard about her childhood. She was making effort so much. I have liked her since I heard her story. She is the third children in Miyazato family. Their older two brothers are professional golfer too. Her name 'Ai ' was named because it comes top of the dictionary and wished she become top of the golf player. Their family have flourished in golf. My friend was good at doing an imitation of her.