Essay2-05: Learning with computers ~Useful but Pay attention!~

Hello, today I talk about learning with computers. Computers are very useful for our life. They have a lot of useful functions we can't expect and give us so much information, so they are essential things for human beings. We use them for work and also for fun in everyday life. We can get much information we don't know, file information or documents, watch movies and many TV program, play games, communicate with others, and buy and sell something on Internet. There are so many useful functions but also there are some problems, so I talk about these things, and my experience and favorite function.


First of all, I talk about my favorite function. My favorite function in computer is "YouTube" because we can watch many kinds of TV programs or movies or personal videos or animations. There are lots of things we can't understand that is only picture or composition. We can get easily when we watch animated video. And also we can watch other country’s TV programs. Sometimes I watch abroad TV programs in English. It’s so interesting because I can know many things and change my world view.


Next, I experienced that my data vanished!! It made me really irritated. And also my printer didn’t work, so I couldn’t use it although I had to hand out the next day. Computer sometimes don’t work normally, so we need to start working a little earlier, I think. If you use too much time, your eyes and brain will become exhausted, so we also need to take a break some time. These are precautions for proper use.


Finally, I talk about some problems on computer. For example, there are personal information, wrong information, an online bad site like a dating site, and post some malicious slander messages on a bulletin board and so on. We have to nip in the bud these things as soon as possible. To do so, we should have objective eyes; think what is true and what is false. We must not abuse information.


As a conclusion, learning computer makes us convenient when we use proper way. We can communicate with other people and abroad, and get much information. We can enjoy using computers. However, there are many problems we have to pay attention. It needs a common sense act one by one because we can use freely. If we take note, the society will be better and more convenient.

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Essay2-04 : Well-Kept Secret of Kumamoto ~How to maintain the amusement park~

Hello, everyone. Today, I am going to tell you about a well-kept secret of Kumamoto. And the secret is "Asian Park" !! Do you know the amusement park? Actually, I didn't know that. This park is now discontinuing operation but it was a once flourishing in the bubble economy. This was in Arao in Kumamoto in from July 21,1993 to August, 2000 and it's near the MitsuiGreen Land. To my surprise, it cost 44 billion yen! There were many theme parks in the bubble economy. The one example is Tokyo Disney Land which is biggest theme park in Japan. Then I thought why amusement park goes to different ways. On the one hand succeed and the other hand sink in the world. That is why I chose this topic.

Asian Park has some attraction such as "Asia cruise"and you can look around the scenery of the small world riding a boat. And the park also has some miniature figures of remains and castle such as the Taj Mahal, Anghor Wat and The Great Wall of China. You can feel Asia in your body. The admission fee was only 600 yen, so it was popular then. There were 10 thousand visitors every month. I've never been there, so I should have been there once.


In conclusion, It was good opportunity t0 know more about Kumamoto. I didn't know about these things although I live in Kumamoto for many years. Actually I want Kumamoto to build more amusement park like Tokyo Disney Land but I think the good point of Kumamoto is grand beautiful nature, so amusement park is unsuitable. However, the Asian Park's idea is nice, so it need more interesting idea which people can enjoy more and feel at home. I think the most important point of prosperity of amusement park is to make frequent visitors.

Kumamoto has great culture, so it can become more interesting region which other prefectures' people visit many times.

I love KUMAMOTO!!!!!

This is the Link→http://www.tanken.com/asiapark.html

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Essay2-03: Community Life essay ~Emotional Growth~

Hello, everyone. Today, I will tell you about my community life. However, I don't belong to community now, so I will introduce my past community life and that is soft tennis club activity. I have been belonged to a soft tennis club in my junior high school days. My soft tennis club members of our grade were 8 people including me and they were all funny fellows and so precious existences for me. Then I could learn many important things from them and hard trainings. And they are the things that "Don't give up", "Don't lose myself" and "We can do it more than yesterday". Of course I learned more things which I can't explain with my words. However, these experiences trained my mind and I became more stronger, I think.


We had to practice the soft tennis hard every day. It was really hard for me. We had to run in a long distance and say some cheering words in a loud voice while we were training. I felt so tired after the training and had dinner so much. We had to practice under the hot rays of summer and also in the falling snow. I thought I wanted to stop practicing many times in those hard days, but I didn't because I had some valuable fellows of this club. We emulated one another when we felt the training was so hard. They didn't say cheering words but just they practiced hard. It was only action, but it awakened my combative spirit.

There were many coaches in my club not only junior high school teacher but also other old coaches who can play tennis very well. They were strict, but these advices were very important for us. We really needed them. In summer vacation, we had to go training camp for three days and it was so hard training for us. We run from the Hot springs dome (温泉ドーム) to Shichijo(七城) tennis court every day and then started training. It was really hot and I got sunstroke. A boy who belong to boy's soft tennis club was taken to a hospital by ambulance. However, we could build up our tennis techniques then, so it was good experience for us. In the last day, we barbecued and we did fireworks. I felt it was so beautiful then.

I was a sub captain of this club, so I have to support the captain and other members of this club. It needed sense of responsibility. I had to say cheering words more laudly than other members and bring the team together. Sometimes we had a quarrel with juniors of this club and then I had to scolded severely to them although I didn't want to say such strict words. Even so, I had to say that because they were all for our club.

As a conclusion, I feel it was really good experiences for me. Actually, I didn't like to plactice it, but after the all club activity, I could get important things and precious fellows, so it was good that I tried to do it hard. We are best friends and even now we gather and hold a drinking party sometimes and talk some memories of our club. The memories are about 6 years ago, but I can remember them vividly because they are my hard but also the memories of the days when I was more younger and full of energy.

This is ”Kikuyo junior high school soft tennis club” Link→http://www.kikuyo.ed.jp/kikuyou-jhs/

[589 words]

MR2-01: Mr. Doubtfire ~Family love is forever~

I watched "Mrs. Doubtfire", and it was so interesting and heartwarming movie. I watched it about more than 10 times when I was a child, so it is one of my favorite movies. I love this movie because I feel familial ties and parental love. Daniel taught all people that there are many kinds of family style, the way of dealing of children, and how important "love" is. I think family is absolutely essential to human beings because human can't live along. Family helps you sometimes and supports you behind your back. Also family gives us peace of mind. I love my family and I think you too. We can learn a lot of things from family and the movie is also taught us many things with humor. So, I'm gonna tell you the three interesting points below.

To begin with, the story tells us the parent's love for their children. The main character, Daniel who has three children went to meet his children so far dress up as a woman. I think ordinary people can't do that. Daniel really wanted to meet his children everyday and watch over them at their side. It's interesting that child need parent and also parent need child. However, Daniel didn't treat his children as he done. He changed his before style and disciplined strictly. I couldn't understand why he did such a thing at the first time, but I thought that his purpose was to gain favor with Miranda and hired by her for a long time and make times to spend his children. The way of discipline is strict, but that contained his parental love for his children.

Next, the way of dealing with children is interesting. Daniel has highly humor and he allow his native sense of humor a loose rein. He always makes children smile. He doesn't treat child as little child but a human. He treats children on a footing of equality and he said "You don't have to play down to children. You just play to them" on this screen. And that is why Daniel is loved by children and other people, I think. If I have children, I'll try to treat them as he said. There are happy people and children always full of laughter around Daniel. He has a feeling like a child, he act just as he think and these are his personal magnetism.

Finally, Daniel taught us that there are many kinds of family style. I have father, mother and younger sister, but there are people don't have father or mother or even family, and there are also many children don't have parent because of highly divorce rate and single mother. It's sad thing for children that their family break up because of only their parent's selfish reason. However, Mrs. Doubtfire taught us "If there's love, we're the ties that bind. And we'll have a family in our heart forever". This is most important words in this story and it's so heartwarming.

In the conclusion, family is special existence, so if family break up, there are the ties that bind. We sometimes quarrel with our family over a matter because family is most closest existence but we have to know that is also most important existence for us. I'll try to remember Mrs. Doubtfire's heartwarming words and take good care of my parents and my sister. If I have my future family, I'll also take care them with love.

This is "goo movie" link →http://movie.goo.ne.jp/movies/PMVWKPD10771/

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Mrs. Doubtfire: Outline 02

This is "Mrs. Doubtfire" outline. My essay needs some photos and Youtube and links.



★Intro

• How I feel this story
• Why I feel it interesting...interesting point
• Main character
• About the story

★Body

• Interesting point 1 (Parental love and feelings)

Went to meet his children so far dress up as a woman. The way of disciplining of children.

• Interesting point 2 (The way of dealing with children)

Make children smile. Treat children on a footing of equality.

• Interesting point 3 (Daniel taught us the important things)

There are many kinds of different families. If there's love, we're the ties that bind.

★Conclusion

• My thinking about familial ties

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Essay 2-02: My Favorite Places in Nagasaki

I'll talk about my favorite places today. My favorite places are Nagasaki city and Sasebo city in Nagasaki prefecture. Have you ever been there? I think you've been Nagasaki city for your school trip before. I love these places because Nagasaki is my father's hometown and my relatives live there. I and my family go there twice a year, in summer and winter. I think that Nagasaki is my second hometown for me. Also Nagasaki city and Sasebo city have a lot of special points. That is why I love these places, so I'll explain three favorite points.

To begin with, Nagasaki city has many beautiful views. As you know, Nagasaki is a city of hills and there are many houses which are built on hills. The view is like a fairyland, so it's nice looking. I think people can't believe it that most people live in Nagasaki can't ride a bicycle because of hills. Actually, my father couldn't ride bicycle until he came to Kumamoto. Most people in Nagasaki walk the hills. I think that it's good exercise for people. When I go there, I walk the hills with my cousin for exercise. The night view is also beautiful. It called "The night of $1,000,000"! You can see it on Mt. Inasa. The view is romantic, so I think you'd better to go there once with your boyfriend or girlfriend. We can see beautiful sea near my relative's house and there are many ships lighted up. The sea smell is very nice, so I like this place.

Next, I think that Nagasaki has international culture. There are lots of foreigners in Sasebo city because there is US military base, so when I walk the city, I see foreigners many times. I always think "Is here abroad?". There are many foreign shops and restaurant in Nagasaki city because of Dutch village and China town. I sometimes go there and have a lunch with my relative.The Chinese foods and sea foods are very delicious!

Nagasaki is the stricken area of atomic bomb, so there are atomic bomb archives and peace monument. Nagasaki think much of "peace" than any other prefectures. That's also why I like this city.

Finally, they have original culture. There are many interesting festivals. For example, Syouryounagashi which is launching a paper lantern or votive offering on a straw boat onto the water to see off the spirits of one's ancestors on the last day of the Bon festival. I go this festival every summer. The fire crackers are really noisy, but it's interesting. Also there is Okunchi festival and you can see the Dragon Dance. It's so wonderful festival, so I want to see again. I like Nagasaki dialect. My father and my relative talks in Nagasaki dialect. It's different from Kumamoto dialect and the intonation is also different. It's very interesting!

I suggest you to go Nagasaki city and Sasebo city at least once. Nagasaki is romantic and international place, so I think you'll become like them. I'm going to go there in this winter, so I'm looking forward to go there. I love Nagasaki city and Sasebo city!!

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Favorite Places: Outline 01

My favorite places are Nagasaki city and Sasebo in Nagasaki.

★Intro:

• Why I like these places
• When I go there
• How I feel
• About my relatives
  

★Body:

1. First favorite point of Nagasaki (Views)

• houses
• night view(Inasayama)
• sea view (nice sea smell)- ships
  

2. Second favorite point (International culture)

• Many abroads (US military base in Sasebo)
• Many shops(Dutch village), restaurant (China town) - delicious foods (Chinese, sea foods)
• atomic bomb archives, peace monument

3. Third favorite point (Original culture)

• shouryounagashi
• Okunchi festival (the Dragon Dance)
• lots of hills
• Dialect

★Conclusion

[91 words]

My Favorite Place

My favorite place is Nagasaki because my relatives are there. There are my father's home town, so I go there twice a year, in summer and winter. I love this place because the night views are very beautiful and it called "The night of $100". I think that is good name! We can see beauiful sea near my relative's house and there are many ships lighted up. It's so wondeful place. I wanna go with my boyfriend next time.

The place also has amusement park called " Housetenbos" . I've been there many times, so I like there. The fire works in night time is wonderfull and very romantic. Also many chulips are so cute. That's second nice point in Nagasaki.

Nagasaki has so many up hills! I think people can't believe it that most people live in Nagasaki can't ride a bicycle because of hills. Actually, my father couldn't ride it until he came to Kumamoto. Most people in Nagasaki walk the hills. I think that it's good excercise for people. When I go there, I walk the hills with my cusin for excercise.

I love Nagasaki!!!!

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My favorite fall activity

I love music and playing the piano. I think fall is the best season for listening and playing music. I don't play the piano in my house these days, so my fingers are lazy. I want to challange new piano music. I like Chopin music, so I'll try his new music.

Also I love listening to music, especially classical music like orchestra. I'll listen to a lot of classical musics with CD and I'd like to go to orchestra concert this fall. I was used to go concerts in my childhood, I don't go these days. I'd like to go and feel "fall".

[109 words]

Essay 2-01: Rewrite of WEB site review: Travel Memory is Treasure

Hi everyone. Long time no see! Did you enjoy your summer vacation? Did you go somewhere with your friends or family or boyfriend or girlfriend? I think some people went somewhere and made great memories. Some people took many beautiful pictures and talked about their memories with big smile. I think travel memory is treasure of your life because you can experience and see many things. If you stay only your home town, you can't see places which has great view.

Today, I would like to introduce my favorite web site. This is JTB travel web site. http://www.jtb.co.jp/kaigai/ I love travel and love to watch pictures of foreign places, so it's good site for me. Actually, I haven't booked these tours using this site, but I want to may be next time! My mother always booked by advertisement. It's one of way to book tours. However, booking by web site is more easier than calling, I think. Here is the another good point. The good point of this web site is that we can book a hotel or day in advance in the web site. You only click the button and decide the dates you want to start traveling. When I see the many beautiful pictures in this web site, I became to go to travel. If you want to travel, just click the button. It's easy to book if you have a time.

Also it has places and profitable tours recommended by JTB. If you don't know which package tour is the best, you click the button and compare the cost or special treatment. Besides, there are some theme "resort with picture", "theme park like Disney land", "travel for students" and "course in a foreign language in a country where it is spoken". They are also good point for traveler because there are many kinds of traveler. So we can choose one tour by our purpose.

If you don't know what should you bring for the travel and how to do a traveler's check or anything you don't know about the travel, the site tell you what to do. The site contains all about travel, so it's very useful for us. I'm planing my traveling now and I want to go Hawaii again with my younger sister because I have a time in my collage life. However, I don't have much money, so I need to make money. It'll be our first abroad travel on our own, so we have to learn how to get air plane and check places, shopping mall and so on using this site. I think I'll be very nervous but it is my now pleasure!

If you want to go somewhere, I reommend you to go Australia or Hawaii because there are lots of Japanese and cute shop! If you were lost, you'll be able to ask anyone. So I think there are good place to spend on your vacation! You're student now, so I think that you'd better to join the tour for student. You can travel more cheaper than adult. I think it' kind for student's wallet! Look at this page. http://www.jtb.co.jp/gakusei/

Make your own plan for traveling and have fun your precious traveling!! Good luck!!
http://www.jtb.co.jp/kaigai/

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Essay2-01: WEB site review ~Travel Memory is Treasure~

Hi everyone. Long time no see! Did you enjoy your summer vacation? Did you go somewhere with your friends or family or boyfriend or girlfriend? I think some people went somewhere and made great memories. Some people took many beautiful pictures and talked about their memories with big smile. I think travel memory is treasure of your life because you can experience and see many things. If you stay only your home town, you can't see places which has great view.

Today, I would like to introduce my favorite web site. This is JTB travel web site. I love travel and love to watch pictures of foreign places, so it good site for me. The good point of this web site is that we can book a hotel or day in advance in the web site. You only click the button and decide the dates you want to start traveling. When I see the many beautiful pictures in this web site, I became to go to travel. If you want to travel, just click the button. It's easy to book if you have a time.

Also it has places and profitable tours recommended by JTB. If you don't know which package tour is the best, you click the button and compare the cost or special treatment. Besides, there are some theme "resort with picture", "theme park like Disney land", "travel for students" and "course in a foreign language in a country where it is spoken". They are also good point for traveler because there are many kinds of traveler. So we can choose one tour by our purpose.

If you don't know what should you bring for the travel and how to do a traveler's check or anything you don't know about the travel, the site tell you what to do. The site contains all about travel, so it's very useful for us. I'm planing my traveling now and I want to go Hawaii again with my younger sister because I have a time in my collage life. However, I have to make a money and check the places and shopping mall. It is my now pleasure.

Make your own plan for traveling and have fun your precious traveling!! Good luck!!
http://www.jtb.co.jp/kaigai/

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Walking Process!!

Do you walk in a proper posture? Walking on in a bad posture makes your feet and back badly and cause many bad influences. If you master the walking in a proper posture, you’ll be able to walk smartly.
The merit isn’t only one. It reduces the stiff shoulders, lower-back pain and knees hurt. And relieve the constipation and your muscle and skin will be fine and you can sleep well. Waist down, baste up and hip up are also the merit.
Then, your feelings will be happy and get positive thinking. Walking makes your life happier. Here’s how.

First, you’ll change lightweight clothing. And it’s important to choice your shoes. The point is fit your feet and absorb damage. It needs room about 5 ㎜~1㎝ between shoes and toes.

Second, supplying the water is also important. You’ll prepare a mineral water or sports drink. The temperature of the water is about 10 degree.
Before walking, you drink one glass of water slowly before 30 to 60 seconds.
In a walking, you drink water regularly and slowly. You drink water per 15 to 20 seconds.

Now, I’ll teach the proper walking. You straighten your back and hold your hand lightly and bend your elbow lightly. You pull in your chin and gaze into the distance. And then, you straighten your knees and toes.
You should always land from the heel. Then, hill, middle, and pull the ground by your toe.

Next is the way of breathing. The beginning of the walking, you breathe in, in and out, out. And after you breathe in, in, in, in and out, out, out, out. Let’s take enough oxygen.
I recommend you the walking early in the morning because it’s not hot and you can refresh. After the training, your body and brain wakes up and you can eat delicious breakfast.
When you walk in the morning, you should check your health and you shouldn’t walk with an empty stomach. It’s good to have light food like a banana, yogurt and sports drink. Also you should stretch.

Walking process are these things. First, you check your health and eat light food and stretch; Next, you drink water slowly before 30 to 60 seconds; Then you walk in the proper posture; And finally, you drink water per 15 seconds.

I’ve also walked last summer and I felt so refreshing. The point of continuing is one, you have purpose; two, you make your own rules; third, you look for your favorite places.
Changing course is good and take some picture is also good idea.

You can do it! You make your walking style and have fun! Walking life makes you beautiful and healthy and makes your life happier! Let’s try it!

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More About Me

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Student ID:07101
(last five digits of
your student no.)

Portfolio for Writing III,
Section 1a [or] 1c
(See: Note 1, below)

0.0. Overview

Reviews, Posts, Words, and More

[embed your proto-portfolios here]

(See: Note 2, below.)

1.0. Essays

(See: Note 3, below[.])

1.1. Showcase	Short titles [+ links]	Dates (yyyy.mm.dd)	¶	W	C	L	P	M
Self-introduction 08.04.20 (250 words)	More About Me	2008.04.09	0	313	2	0	0	0
Movie review 08.05.04 (300 words)	Essay2:SHREK~The important thing is not one's appearance but character	2008.05.01	5	478	0	0	1	0
University life 08.05.18 (350 words)	"Essay"3: My University life ~ It's hard but important!~	2008.0516	5	539	7	0	1	0
Another review 08.06.01 (400 words)	Essay 1-04(amusement): Love Fantasy	2008.0602	5	502	6	0	3	0
Language learning history 08.06.15 (450 words)	Essay1-05: My Language Learning History ~ Learning Languages make my world broaden!"~	2008.06.11	6	763	3	0	1	0
5th essay Slideshow 2008.07.06	Self intro presentaion: All about Me	2008.07.06	6	111	0	1	14	1
Totals	---	---	27	2,706	18	1	20	1

Key:

¶: number of paragraphs five (5) or more sentences in length

W: number of words

C: number of comments

L: number of links

P: number of photos or other graphics
M: number of other media embedded

1.2. Best Essay

Selection and Assessment: Which of those essays do you feel is the best that you've written this semester, and why? Please remember that a complete answer is better than a short answer, and give at least two reasons to support your assessment.

• I feel the best essay is Essay1-05:My Language Learning History~ Learning Languages make my world broaden!" because it is good chance to think about my history and I could remember my memory well, so I could write the details.
  And thinking my history gives me some courages and I can get enthusiastic.
  

2.0. Comments

Showcase	Titles of posts with links	Dates of comments (yyyy.mm.dd)	Numbers of words in comments	Qualities of comments**
2.1. Your first comment on your instructor's blog*	Wow?! you don't read this?	2008.04.22	77 words	good!
2.2. Your best comment on a classmate's blog*	"SUMMER☆"	2008.07.08	52 words	friendly rivalry
2.3. Best comment by a classmate on your blog*	Currrrrrry and rice:9	2008.07.08	49 words	friendly rivalry
2.4. Most comments on:	"Essay"3: My University life ~ It's hard but important!~	2008.05.16	321 words	many questions and friendly
2.4.1. Any one of your essays*	"Essay"3: My University life ~ It's hard but important!~	2008.05.16	321 words	many questions and friendly
2.4.1.1. When did you respond to those comments?	---	2008.05.21	---	---
2.4.1.2. How did you respond to those comments?	---	---	137 words	contains detail and answer one by one
2.4.2. Any of your other posts*	Homestay in New Zealand	2008.05.14	43 words	kind and cheerful
2.4.2.1. When did you respond to those comments?	---	2008.05.14	---	---
2.4.2.2. How did you respond to those comments?	---	---	30 words	cheerfully

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* Current semester comments on essays and other posts
** Please list the most important qualities of comments on each type of blog post. That is, explain what makes them good comments.

2.5. Recent comments display

Does your blog display recent comments from blog visitors in a prominent location, for example in a sidebar, header, or footer widget? Where or why not?

• I locate the new comments on the top of my blog display because if someone comment me, I can see it soon.
  

2.6. Additional reflections on comments

• I think giving and receiving comments are very interesting because I can communicate with other student or someone I don't know and exchange a lot of information and give encouraging or something. I became to think that I want to know more about others. They have a favorable influence upon me.

3.0. Book Reviews

3.1. Showcase	Short titles with links	Dates (yyyy.mm.dd)	Words	Comments
Example:	Vampire Killer	2007.05.16	39	1
1-01	BR1-01:GIRL against the JUNGLE	2008.03.14	265	0
1-02	BR1-02:Pocahontas	2008.04.09	253	0
1-03	BR1-03:Wizard OF Oz	2008.04.26	361	0
1-04	BR1-04:The Nutcracker	2008.04.27	303	0
1-05	BR1-05: Nate the great and The MUSHY VALLENTINE	2008.05.13	230	0
1-06	BR1-06: The Baby Day	2008.06.02	253	0
1-07	BR1-07:Gran	2008.06.08	282	0
1-08	BR1-08:Pirate Adventure	2008.06.09	260	0
1-09	BR1-09: The Barbecue	2008.06.23	207	0
1-10	BR1-10: Rain, Rain, Rain!	2008.06.27	219	0
1-11	BR1-11: Houses Then and Now	2008.06.29	218	0
1-12	BR1-12: Mike's Lucky Day	2008.07.01	166	0
---	---	TOTALS:	3,017	0

Note: Please calculate book review words and comments totals without the example (above).

3.2. Best Book Review

Selection and Assessment: Which of those book reviews do you feel is the best that you've written this semester, and why? Please remember that a complete answer is better than a short answer, and give at least two reasons to support your assessment.

• I feel my best book review is "BR1-11: Houses Then and Now" because I thought many things about houses and I could understand the differences between old house and new house. The book told me a lot of knowleges of the history and how technology developped. I got to like my house more and more.
  

4.0. Blog Layout, Labeling, Linking, & Media

Showcase	Yes	No
4.1. Does your blog have an archive?	○
4.1.1. Does the archive display the titles of posts?	○
4.1.2. Is the archive organized by month?	○
4.1.3. Is the archive at or near the top of the sidebar?	○
4.2. Does your blog have labels displayed in sidebar?	○
5.2.1. Do your labels include these required labels (typed accurately):	---	---
"books" (13) AND "reviews" (3)	○
"essays" (8) AND "portfolios" (1)	○
"quickposts" (11)	○
"links" (2) AND "media" (8)	○
"movies" (2) AND "photos" (25)	○
4.2.2. Does your sidebar display other labels?	○
How many other labels have you attached to three (3) or more posts? _43_other labels attached to three or more posts	---	---
Which labels, and to how many posts each? Please list those labels instead of www, xxx, yyy..., and list numbers of posts instead of n, m, o... (in parentheses), below. Opinions (37) photos (25) DiaryEntries (17) Book reviews (13) Typing Topics (13) Languages (11) QuickPosts (11) Essays (8) Introductions (8) medias (8) Jobs (7) Homestay (6) amusements (6) Familes (3) Musics♪YouTube (3) reviews (3) MoviЁs★i like (2) OtherReviews (2) YouTube (2) animations (2) Links (2) Portfolios (1)	---	---
4.3. Links & media	---	---
4.3.1. Does your blog include pictures or other graphics?	○
Does your blog profile include a picture or graphic representation?	○
How many of your blog posts this semester include pictures or other graphics? _25__ posts including pictures or other graphics	---	---
4.3.2. Does your blog include posts with multiple links?	○
How many of your posts this semester include three (3) or more links?* _0__ posts including three or more links (including this portfolio!)	---	---
4.3.3. Does your blog include other media?	○
How many of your blog posts this semester include other media? _8__ posts including other media	---	---
What kind(-s) of media have you included in posts this semester? Please list them here: ...You tube ...Slideshow ... The Left brain or Right brain Test	---	---

4.4. Overall presentation

What have you done to enhance the overall presentation of your blog? List and explain the three most important content, formatting, layout, or other presentation changes or enhancements that you have made on your blog this semester.

1. ...Font: I try to use different font color and size if I want to remark the words. It become more easier to read.
2. ...Colorful blog and many gadgets: I made colorful blog and put many gadgets because it's cheerful and happy and the gadgets has many information.
3. ...Informative contents: I added my own thinkings or opinions or feelings in the contents. And sometimes I gave some information for others using medias.

5.0. Additional reflections on your blog writing

• ...I thought it's hard to write a blog everyday because I do a part-time job until night. It's good chance for me to write English freely, but I don't know my mistake of my English contents. I want some advices for my wrong content.

6.0. Suggestions for your peers and successors

• ...I think it's important to enjoy writing blog, so write something you like or interesting things is one of the good idea to keep posting.

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Notes:

1. This portfolio template derives from the templates for Writing IIIc and Writing IVc portfolios (2007-08).
2. Please use the same code in section 0.0 that you used to embed your proto-portfolios in the footer of your blog.
   
3. The essays section (1.0. Essays, above) derives from Proto-Portfolio 2-02 (2008)
   

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Do you have beautiful skin?

Good evening, everyone! Today, I’ll introduce the new product of special cosmetics.
Skin, this is very important part of human beings, especially women always worry about rough dry skin and hope to keep their beautiful skin forever, I think. This is a fact of all over the world commonness.
Are you the person who always say, “Oh, gosh! My skin is dirty and terrible! … Ouch! I popped a pimple again. This is why I don’t have a boyfriend for twenty years.”
Don’t worry! It helps you! If you try it, you can say good-bye to your terrible skin and then, you can get healthy, moist and beautiful skin.
So I’ll introduce the specifics of new product. This product is ‘eterrite’ lotion and red color is so cool and charming, isn’t it? ‘Eterrite’ is a word of French and this contained two meanings. ‘Eternite’, this means ‘eternity’ and ‘qualite’, this means ‘good quality’. And this supports your energy of your skin care that keeps your skin healthy. It was developed in order to adapt to the decrease of female hormone go with aging, and a bad influence of environmental stress. This lotion’s concept is that “make your skin complete freshly” and make your moisture balance complete after you wash your face.
The point is it containing the plant extract. It makes your horny layer softly and keeps smooth skin.
And then, it’s different from former lotions to containing the ingredients that are Flavosteron and Bioseract. Flavosteron is a soya extract and it containing isoflavone that working like female hormone. It prevents rough dry skin and keep your skin moist. And Bioseract is an aloe-bera extract. Aloe-bera have been used as a remedy of burn or wound since B.C. Other lotions are not containing them, so it’s a special point.
If you go to travel and you feel inconvenient to carry it, there is a compact lotion here. This is compact, so it’s convenient to carry.
When you feel luck of moisture, you give the moisture of lotion to your skin.
Then, two weeks later…” Hey! Who are you? Your skin is beautiful. Oh, this is me?!...Wow! There are so many love letters! Unbelievable! Thank you ‘eterrite’ lotion!!”
This is her Cinderella story but it will happen to you. I hope you to keep your high quality skin with high quality skincare and keep your skin freshly and beautifully forever.
Good luck!

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Essay1-05: My Language Learning History ~ Learning Languages make my world broaden!"~

I will talk about my language learning history. I speak Japanese because my mother country is Japan, you know. I began to speak language when I was a baby of 10 month of age and sung a Japanese tulip song " 咲いた咲いた" when I was one year old. My parent said "You started to speak language early." I was not interested in English or another language when I was a elementary school student. A English teacher who taught me English when I was a first-year student in junior high school changed my mind and then I became to be interested in English. This is the beginning of my language learning history!

The class was so interesting and we sung many English songs such a Beatles' song, Carpenters' song, "country road" and so on. I like the class and the English teacher because it made my world broaden. The teacher went abroad to teach Japanese to other country's student, so I was so sad and said good-bye to the teacher. In my second-year, it changed my history big. There was a chance to go abroad!

My junior high school has a program to home stay in Australia. I had no brave to go abroad then, so I was not going to run for the program. And yet, my best friend asked me to run for the system together. I wrestle with the choice whether go or not. I consulted with my parent and my parent said " It is a good chance for you! You should apply for the home stay program!! Encouraged by the parent's words, I decided to apply for the program and wrote an essay and was interviewed in English and Japanese. Then I was elected by Kikuyo town and was dispatched. First, I couldn't speak English well with my host family or students in class because I was nervous and I can only speak English such as "Hello! My name is Nozomi. I am a junior high school student and I can play the piano". A week passed, I became I want to talk more with my host sister but I didn't know how to speak English more. I was so vexed with I couldn't speak English well, so I thought I should study English more and I want to be a person who can speak English well and talk more with other country's people. This is one of my reason that I study English. And it was a very precious experience for me!



I participated in English recitation contest, so I practiced English pronunciation everyday. My English teacher always teach me pronunciation zealously, so I and my partner took second place in Kikuchi county and we speeched on the stage in front of the whole student body. I was so nervous then, but I tried to do my best. It gave me a confidence of speak English. I think having confidence is one of the important skills for me. I studied English more in my high school days, and I became I like learning English more and more.

In my university life, I encountered new languages, Spanish and Korean. It was difficult to learn because I've learned only English until then, so I needed to change my thinking for grammar or pronunciation or words. However, I like to learn them because if I can speak them, I can make friends more in other countries and then my new view of the world opens up. Now I want to learn them more and encounter other languages such as Chinese or French or something like that. I participated English speech contest and I really sometimes joined the English lounge. I took a TOEFL and TOEIC course in after school or spring vacation to master English skills.
How I study English is I take a radio English conversation program, I watch movies in English and I study English to get high score in TOEIC.

In conclusion, to learn English or other languages make my world broaden because I can communicate with different country's people and know other culture and thinking. To know other country is to know my country because I can find the differences between Japan and other. I would like to find a job using English or contact with abroad. I'll go abroad more and make friends with all over the world. In my future, I'll travel the world and get knowledge. In order to communicate with other smoothly, I'll try to study English and other languages more harder!!

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Essay 1-04(amusement): Love Fantasy

Today, I will talk about one of the special amusement park, Disney Land and my memory of going there. Amusement park is a very interesting and exiting place, isn't it? I love amusement park, especially Disney Land since I was a baby. I went there about eight or nine times with my relative or my lovely cousin or my family. When I went there, I felt that I want to go Disney Land again!!! So I love to go Disney Land.

Disney Land is fantasy, dreamy and exiting place and give all people dreams and emotions. I think that people who went there, might think that they want there again with their precious person. Disney has many animations and interesting, funny, lovely characters, so to meet them makes us glad and happy. There are many characters like mickey mouse, Minny mouse, Donald Duck, Pluto and other characters like Cinderella, beast, Aladdin and so on. It makes us as if we are in the animated cartoon.

I read a biography of Walt Disney when I was a junior school student, so I will talk about him a little. His hometown is Missouri state and he was interested in drawing a picture and art when he was a child. He draw a picture of nature and animals while he study in the school. When he was a junior high school student, he became to interested in taking picture and written to a newspaper. He also went to a technical school of art in night to build up his techniques of art. He loves performance and mimic of Charlie Chaplin. He had never give up his dream, so his dreams come true.

When the opening ceremony of Disney Land, he made such speech, "I hope Disney land will be the place which give people a happiness and adults and children can experience adventure and wonder of life and can create some cheerful memories." I think he is a grate dreamer and hard worker, so he could give dreams to world people. Also he has a mind of a child, so Disney Land has many points of child view. I think it's important to have a mind of child because most adult forget their child mind and can't think flexibly. Such being the case, Disney Land becomes the place which everyone enjoy the place.

My family also love Disney Land, especially my dad! When we met Mickey mouse in his house, dad greeted Mickey mouse with a grate bear hug and said," Hi! Mickey! I'm glad to meet you!!" We enjoyed attractions and show. In the show, we danced with many people and characters. It's so nice time and I really enjoyed the time with my family. In the park, everyone is my friend. I want to go there again with my family or friends or my dear person. And I hope I will not forget my mind of child, and have many dreams like Walt Disney. I love Disney Land!!!

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"Essay"3: My University life ~ It's hard but important!~

I will talk about my university life. My university life is very hard for me because I have a lot of things to do such as doing blogs, some homework, movie reviews, book reviews and so on. In addition to these, I take a course of a certified travel consultant and it also gives me many homework. I do a part-time job in Hikarinomori's Japanese soba restaurant in about four or five days a week. After the part-time job, I back home and do a blog. Actually, I have to do homework and study of the course but I'm always sleepy at the time. That is why I have little time to do these things.


I think now, sophomore is more harder than when I was a freshman. It is more harder than before, especially, required subject such as writing and reading and so on. I think now, I didn't study hard when I was a freshman. Then I thought that if I do these hard works everyday, I will be able to build up my strength. And in addition to this, I think I will be able to manage well to find time to doing these things. This is very important ability for the future when I go out in to the society. I will tell you about what I challenged before and what I do now in university.

In December, I participated the English Speech Contest in this university. I participated a English Recital Contest in Kikuchi County when I was a junior school student with my friend and we took second place. I was very glad to this and I think it was a grate experience for me to gain confidence. I remembered the experience, so I decided to participate the contest. I was very nervous to speech in the presence of a large company but my experience help me, so I could speech in a loud voice. Then I could win the victory! The experience gives me more confidence.

In this summer, I am going to go New Zealand and study English and communication. I agonized over whether or not to go study training for abroad before. Then I thought it's very good experience for me to study other country, so I decided to go there. I plan that I will study the things I can't study in Japan, such as culture, life style, environmental protection and communication style. I went to Australia because of my home stay when I was a junior school student but it is only two weeks, so I want to study them more. I hope this experience will give me English strength.

There are a lot of things to do now and I feel hard and sometimes I don't want to do anything,but I think these experience helps me in the future or someday I confuse something. That is why I think I will try to be filial to my experience and chance. I will study more harder than before and I will challenge in everything I can do because the way my feels will become my vitality. I want my university life more fruitful, so I will do my best!!

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