BR 1-07: “The Bookstore Valentine”

I read the book “The Bookstore Valentine”. There is a man who Mr. Brown. He had the bookstore. It was called the Black Cat Bookstore. This bookstore sold only ghost books. This story is about his bookstore happened things at Valentine’s Day.

Mr. Brown loved his store, cat and cheese. His cat’s name is Cobweb. Mr. Brown and Cobweb lived above the store. Mr. Brown was busy at Valentine’s Day sale, so he put a help wanted in the window. Then a woman came. Her name is Miss Button. She liked ghost books, cheese and cats, too. Therefore, Mr. Brown was employed to her.

They became getting along little by little. Mr. Brown wrote a letter for Miss Button on Valentine’s Day morning, but he couldn’t give to her. Miss Button wrote a letter for Mr. Brown too, but she couldn’t give to him. However, Cobweb and mice were helped to them, and they could give letter each other. Therefore, at the end of the day, Mr. Brown, Miss Button, Cobweb and mice spent together and happily.

This book’s story continued “The Bookstore Ghost”. Mr. Brown met Miss Button. This story had a happy ending, but I’m interested in continued this story.

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About my keitai

I use P904i of Docomo. My keitai is white. I have used this keitai since I was a high school student. It will become two years in this summer that I used it. My keitai is older than my friends's keitai, so I'm said often to "your keitai looks old." by my friends. Also, my keitai is sometimes strange. Therefore, I think that I want to change new keitai gradually. However, my keitai is easy for me to use, and a lot of pictures and so on enter into it. Therefore, I'm very pleased about my now keitai.

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Essay 1-03: Lilo & Stitch

I watched “Lilo & Stitch”. I watched Stitch, Lilo, Nani and others of this movie’s story and I thought that family, friends and to help each other are very important. Therefore, I’m going to write about family, friends, to help each other and so on.

First of all, Stitch was alone. He judged violent, and he ran away to Hawaii in the earth, so he didn’t have friends and he was alone. He met Lilo and Nani in there then. He broke various things, and he troubled them at first. However, he was lonely alone, so he happened trouble. Also, Lilo was alone, too. She lost her parents in an accident, so she lived on only two people with her sister. And she was seemed a character from her around people, so she was didn’t friends and she was lonely.

Lilo, Nani and Stitch didn’t go right each other at first. They didn’t live together cause Stitch, so their family almost became apart. However, they realized important about family, so they got over various problems. No matter though family is part, family was link each other, but family is happy always go together none the less.

Lilo didn’t have friends, so Nani gave Stitch. They didn’t go right each other. The various things happened with them then, so they realized important about each other. Also, Nani’s boyfriend was getting along with them, so they became getting along more than before, and they got over various things. I thought that there are friends that it is helped in various things. It is important for me to friends.

There were a lot of various problems with them, but they helped each other then. Therefore they were answer to various problems, and they live together happily at the last. I believe that important to help each other when we are in trouble.

Finally, I thought that human relations of family, friends and others are not easy but very precious to us. In addition, I should help each other when there are worry, trouble and son to us. I was given to think that about family, friends and to help each other are very important.

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Using the computer

I was poor at using the computer and I was slow typing computer before. However, I became a university student, and the opportunity increased that I use the computer. For example, I used the computer and I took a class, I typed an essay by Japanese or English on the computer and I made my blog. I use the computer like this. Therefore, I'm not poor at using the computer than before, and I became that I can type fast. I want to I can type more fast, and I'm good at using the computer more than before.

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My favorite movie(s)

I like watching movie since I was a child. I often went to watch to cinema before, but I didn't go to cinema recently, because I don't have money. However I borrowed DVD and I watched recently.

I watched "Lilo & Stitch", "Aladdin" and “High School Musical" last week. My favorite movie is Disney series. I also like Ghibli series, Japanese movie and foreign movie. I want to watch "Rookies" and "Harry Potter" recently. I want to go to watch movie in cinema.

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23rd and 24th

June 23rd

I join the club. My club’s name is Youth Hostel. My club was divided club member into 8 groups, about 8 or 9 people in each. I join 6 group. It was combination group activity day of 1 and 6 goups that day.

I had period 5 period classes that day. We gathered in student union after school. There are 7 people in 6 group and 5 people in 1 group. We went to we can eat as mush as our like the restaurant. We ate a lot of broiled meat, sushi and desserts. We talked about many things, and I became get along with my seniors and juniors. We finished ate, we went to wonder land for take print club stickers everyone. We took print club stickers and did UFO catcher. We were going to go for a drive from the Kumamoto city to Yatsushiro. However, it rained heavily, so we didn’t go there, because we though that we can’t see night view. Therefore we dissolved there. My senior, friends and I went to foot hot spring in Tamana afterward. We talked about that day and we do group activity again.

I was unlucky that we couldn’t to go for a drive and couldn’t see night view. However, I was grad that I became get along with my seniors and juniors. I enjoyed that day. I want to do group activity again.

June 24th

I had period 3 period classes that day. I finished school earlier than usual, so I went to go for a drive with my friends after school. We went to Aso. We went to eat bagel. There is bagel house in Aso is very delicious. There are a lot of menu of bagel that house. I chose gratin croquette. It was so delicious. I want to go to that bagel house again, and I want to try to different menu.

We were going to go to Daikanbou afterward, but we went different way, so we didn’t understand the way to there, and we gave up that to go to Daikanbou. We talked that to go to again there absolutely. And we came back home.

I regretted that we didn’t go to Daikanbou, but I enjoyed that I went to go for a drive with my friends. I want to go for a drive with them again, and I want to go to there next time!

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Speaking: My self-introduction

I introduce myself.

Hello. My name is Kumi. Please call me Kumi. I’m 19 years old. I live in Kumamoto, Japan. I’m a sophomore at Kumamoto Gakuen University. My birthday is December 13.

My family is 6 people. I have my grandfather, grandmother, father, mother and older sister. My grandfather and grandmother raise vegetables and fruits in their garden. My father is a office worker. My mother is a woman office worker. My older sister is a aesthetician. We are get along very well.

I have two pets. I have a dog and a hamster. The dog’s name is Sakura. He is shibaken of Japanese dog. The hamster’s name is Cheese. He is Djungarian Hamster. They are very cute.

I live in Kumamoto, Japan. My hometown is Tamana. Tamana takes about one hour by car from the Kumamoto city. Tamana is famous for Chinese noodle, so there are many delicious Chinese noodle restaurants. There are famous for hot springs, and there is a foot hot spring place too. There are a lot of natures in Tamana too.

My personality is my way. I think that I’m little shy, but my friends sometimes talk “You go your way”.

My hobbies are listening to music, watching movies, cooking, making desserts and driving. I got a driver’s license a 3 month ago, so I like to go for a drive with my friends recently.

I like listening to music. My favorite music are rock, pop, hip hop, R&B, and the like. My favorite singers are Avril Lavigne, Michelle Branch, Green Day, Black Eyed Pease, NE-YO, Riahnna, Alicia Keys and so on. I usually listen their songs.

I like watching movies since I was a child. I often went to cinema before, but I didn’t go to there recently. I borrowed DVD and I watched movie recently. I watched “Lilo & Stitch” last week. My favorite movies are Disney series and Ghibli series. I want to go to watch movie in cinema.

My favorite foods are desserts and Japanese foods. I like cooking and making desserts. I often cook and make desserts weekend. I’m good at cooking fried chicken and nikujaga. I’m also good at making cookies, muffin, cheesecake and the like.

I don’t like playing sports, but I like watching sports. I especially like high school baseball. I often went to watch high school baseball games when I was a high school student. I want to go to watch high school baseball games this summer again.

My university life is happy. I study a specialty of English. It is difficult for me to understand English. However, I enjoy study English, and I want to understand and to speak English, so I study English. I join the club. The club’s name is Youth Hostel. This club can travel cheep. There are a lot of people in this club, so I made many friends, seniors, juniors. Therefore My university life is so good.

I was interested in English since I was a child. I often listened to foreign music and watched foreign movies and TV drama before, so I became that I was interested in English and I want to I can speak English. I have never been to foreign country, so I want to go to foreign country, and I want to speak English with spot people.

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BR 1-06: “CORDUROY’S Garden”

I chose the book “CORDUROY’S Garden”. This story is about Corduroy charges in Lisa’s garden.

Lisa planted the seeds in her garden. Lisa asked Corduroy for watch the beans in her garden, and she put him in a chair by the window. However, the dog was digging while Corduroy took a nap. Corduroy thought that “ I have to find more seeds!”. He found some seeds in her under the bed, and he replanted the seeds in Lisa’s garden. He watched the beans more carefully.

The dog came again in her garden for a while, but the man helped Corduroy. Lisa came back from school to her home then. She picked up Corduroy and ran to see. The garden bore fruit, but it wasn’t bean. It was a green pepper. Lisa and Corduroy surprised it, but Lisa was please, and Corduroy was please too. Lisa thanked Corduroy.

I read two books of the Corduroy’s series. Corduroy is cute. If there are more the books Corduroy’s series, I want to read that books.

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"Lilo & Stitch"

I watched “Lilo & Stitch”. I have watched this movie before. I went to watch to cinema, so the movie brings me back old memories. I became like Stitch since I watched this movie.

Stitch was made by a Dr. Jumba Jookiba. It was judged that Sutitch was ferocious, so Sutitch run away in Hawaii. Stitch meet Lilo and Nani in there. Lilo and Nani are sisters. They lost parents in an accident. There were various plobrems for them, but they got over that plobrems, and they became family afterwards. They lived happy as family in Hawaii.
I watched this movie and, I thought that family, friends, help each other when we are in trouble and the like are important.

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N member

They are my friends in my club, and sophomores. We are all good friends. We call this member "N member". We went to eat dinner after school the day before yesterday. This member gathered the first time. We talked about various things. Also, that restaurant was so delicious. It was very happy that time.

We moved different restaurant afterwards, and our other friend came. We talked about a lot of things too. We had fun. We made up a plan for this member gather again. It was happy for me to this member gathered. I hope that I hang out with them next time.

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Liro & Stitch

Liro & Stitch

Friendship

• Liro and Stitch was getting along
• They lived together in friendship
• They helped each other

Friendship in real life

• We helped each other when we are in trouble

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Essay 1-01c: Dear host family

Dear host family

Hello. My name is Kumi M. I’m 19 years old. I live in Kumamoto, Japan, I’m a student of KGU. I study English at university. I joined the club “Youth Hostel” club in the university. We go for a trip and stay at the youth hostel on vacation.

It takes about one hour and a half to go to university by train and bus everyday. The university is in the city, but there are a lot of fields around my house, and it’s very rural. My town is famous for hot springs, and there is footbathing place, too. I go to there at least once a month. There are many other good places also. What kind of place is the place where you live in? And what is your town famous for?

I have six people in my family. I have my grandfather, grandmother, father, mother and older sister. My grandfather is 87 years old. He is full of vigor. We all get along very well. How many people in your family?

I like to watch movies and listen to music. I like movies of various genres such as comedy, love story, action, suspense and drama. I often listen to rock and pops. I especially like Avril Lavigne and Green Day. I have been to their live took place in Japan. I also like to cooking and making desserts. I often make Japanese food, cookies, cheesecake, muffin and other desserts. Another thing I like is to hang out with my friends. We go shopping and go for a drive when I go out. I usually do it when stay at my house or on holidays. What do you like to do? And what do you do it stay at your home holidays?

I’m interested in foreign country since I was a child. I wanted to go to the United States, Canada and the UK, so I’m glad that I’m going to go to the United States. I want it to be summer vacation soon. I’m looking forward to going there and to seeing you.

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Hard day

I got up at 6 o’clock, and I left my home at half past 7. Because it was supplementary class from 9 o’clock, so my friends and I went to school by car. We took supplementary class from 9 o’clock to half past 9.

We took the TOEIC from 10 o’clock afterward. It was difficult, so I regretted that I didn’t more study. I hope that it is the result that is better than the last TOEIC. I took the TOEIC, and I though that I have to more study English.

We ate lunch at cafeteria after TOEIC finished. I chose a bowl of rice with a pork cutlet.
I ate it for the first time, but it was delicious. Besides, I ate at cafeteria for the first time in a long time, so I felt delicious more.

I hung out with my friend of my high school after left school. I was glad that I saw her for the first time in a long time. We talked about a lot of things. I want to see her again.

It was hard today, but it was happy for me to today.

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Sad

I bought the new digital camera the other day, because I fell for president’s goods of cash. I made use of it, and I bought the new digital camera. I’m so happy. I use this, and I will take a lot of pictures.

It happened shock for me today. It is that the overseas class was canceled, so we can’t go to America. I’m very incredible and sad.

I knew that there is course of that overseas class in Kumamoto Gakuen University when I was a high school student. Therefore I thought that to go for the absolutely overseas training when if I went to Kumamoto Gakuen University. I have never been to foreign country either, so I was very looked forward to going to America. Accordingly I’m so sad that I can’t go to America.

There is problem of influenza, but there is the person who looked forward to like that. Therefore the person who wants to go should let go to America.

I can’t believe yet that it, and I can’t give it up. I want to go to America!!!!!

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BR 1-05: "Happy Birthday, THOMAS!"

I read “Happy Birthday, THOMAS!”. This book’s story is about Thomas’ birthday.

Thomas and his friends work hard every day, but Thomas didn’t want to work that day, because it was Thomas’ birthday. He wants a party, presents, and so on. However, Sir Topham Hatt said, “Everybody is busy, so you must work today.” Therefore Thomas worked hard, but no one says, “Happy birthday.”, and presents. At the end of the day Thomas headed home. He though that it wasn’t busy for me today.

Thomas arrived at home. Sir Topham Hatt opened the door to the shed then, and lights went on. There were all Thomas’s friends. They said “Surprise!” “We were busy,” said his friend. That mean was making a party for him. It was a wonderful party, and there were presents, and so on. Thomas was very pleased.

I surprised that there are Thomas’s book in library. The Thomas’s story brought me back old memories. His friends surprised for him, and he was pleased. I was pleased, too that I read the scene.

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Foreign countries

I want to go to foreign countries. I have never been to foreign countries yet. I'm interested in foreign countries since I was a child. I watched American TV, and I listened foreign music when I was a child. Therefore I was interested foreign countries.I have a dream that I travel many places of foreign countries. I especially want to go to America, Canada, England, France, and Africa.I take overseas course class, so I will go to America in this summer. I'm looking forward to going to America.


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How I study English

I'm poor at English grammar, so I do that I read text book, and I study exercise book.
I like foreign music, so I listen to English songs. While I'm listening, I read English words. I usually listening English songs while I stay room.
Anything else, I watch foreign movie in English. When I watch the movie subtitle of English.
I also never fail to check English words when I don't understand English words.

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Food/ eating habit

I usually have Japanese foods in a breakfast, but sometimes I have bread and so on. I always have box lunch in lunch. It is made by my mother.
I often make a dinner weekend. I help my mother, and I make it by myself. I make desserts, too. My favorite foods are Nikujaga and fried chicken and the like. I like Japanese foods. My favorite desserts are cookie, muffin, and cake. I like almost desserts.

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Golden week plans

My golden week plan is I'm going to hang out with my friends. I got driver's license recently, so that I want to go for a drive with my friends, and I'm going to go for a drive with my family.
Another plan is my seniors, my friends and I will have a barbecue. I'm looking forward to have a barbecue everyone. I want to it to be the golden week soon.

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My hobbies

My hobbies are listening to music and watching movies. I watch various genre movies, but I especially like genre movie is foreign movie. Another my hobbies are cooking and making desserts. I often cooking and making desserts on the weekend. I'm great cooking is fried chicken, and great desserts are cookie and cake. I'm glad that can make delicious food and delicious desserts.

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Music I like

I like foreign music. My favorite singers are Avril Lavigne, Green Day and Michelle Branch. I have liked their music since junior high school. I become bear up when I listen to their music. I have been to they live. Their live performance was very powerful and wonderful. I went to they live so that I like their music than before.

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First Classes

First classes of I became second-year student was tired. Because I took classes for a long time, but I enjoyed that I took subject first time. I thought that classes of second-year student difficult and hard than freshman. However there are many interesting classes for me. I want to good at English, so that I want to work hard to study English.

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Spring Vacation

I enjoyed spring vacation. I went to Fukuoka stay overnight with my club member. First day, we went to eat for Chinese noodle in Dazaifu, and went to Kitakyusyu afterward. We stayed at there. Second day, we went to Space World. I took many attractions, and my friends and I were very enjoyment in there. This trip is the best memory of spring vacation for me.

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Birthday

It was my friend’s birthday today. My friends and I prepared birthday present and birthday cake for her. My friends, my club members and I gathered in student union at lunch break. We made it a secret to her.

In our club, there is a practice to fling a birthday cake at the face of the person of the birthday. We sang birthday song when she came. We flung a birthday cake at her face. However, I thought that I was little afraid of it was done such a thing, but it was very funny. We gave birthday present for her afterward. I was grad that she was very pleased.

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The anniversary of the foundation

It was holiday last Friday, because that day is the anniversary of the foundation at Kumamoto Gakuen University. So I had a barbecue with my club member in riverbank at shirakawa under the kokai bridge that day. My seniors and I prepared from the day before. For example, cut vegetables and so on.

My club member gathered about 50 on that day. I ate meat or vegetables a lot. , I felt it even more deliciously, because I ate with everyone. The lot was taken afterwards. It was preparation goods for freshman and sophomore by junior. I didn’t fell easily the lot, but I fell for president’s goods!! That was T-shirt and 5000 yen of cash. I fell the lot for the first time, so I was grad!!

It was finish, we cleared up, and we went for a drive afterward. We went to sea in Tamana. The evening sun was so beautiful when we arrived at there. The evening sun set then, we shot off fireworks on the beach after dark. My seniors, my friends, and I ate supper, and we came home thereafter.

I could enjoy that day!! I was grad that I fell the lot. I want to the digital camera now, so I think that I buy the digital camera. I was happy that I had a barbecue, and I could go for drive with my club member, either. I want to go for drive to somewhere else again.

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