College Life

Since I entered again this university, I managed to keep up with classes. Most of professors, in this college, are really kind and nice to me. Also, they are very smart, and there are a lot of things I want to learn from them. In addition, the library is really lucrative facility for me. Over thousands of books make me happy and encourage me to read many genres of books. Especially, I have become to love to read English picture books for kids. Those books that I reading are so low level, but I think that to read from first level book to advanced level book is necessary to understand English for me. Then I hope that nobody sees this blog, I have one thing that I confess. A short while ago, I just had a severe heartbreak. I knew that she is so cute, so inevitably, she has a boyfriend. Hah.., even if someone looks what I wrote, please let me out for a while, please.  

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Dating/Marriage/My Future Family

I'm going to write about my ideal dating, marriage, family. First, I want to date with a woman who is kind, intellectual, and active. I'm not a strong person mentally and physically, so when I depressed, I want her to kind to me. Then if I have a question, or face something difficult, I hope that a kind woman helps me. And I love to do workout, such as running, swimming, tennis, and I do other activities, so if I invite her to do something workouts, I want her to go with me. Second, I want to get marriage with ideal woman that I mentioned before. I want to have 1 boy and 1 girl, maybe it's enough. In our free time, go to a park, and eat lunch in a beautiful Autumn atmosphere. What's more, in Summer season, I want to take them to beach.

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Travel and Other Countries

I have several countries that I want to visit in this world. First, I would like to go to United States. That country has a lot of metropolitans, such as New York, San Fran cisco, Chicago, and so on. In addition not only cities but there are also abundant nature. Grand Canyon, Yellow stone national park or something. Second, I want to go to Taiwan. Taiwan is as large as Kyushu, and there are so many sightseeing spots there. I heard that there are a city which modeled by “Spirited Away”. I only see that town as a picture, but it looks mysterious. Third, I want to visit Germany. As you know, Germany is famous for beer, sausages, and a lot of beautiful buildings and castles. Maybe on October, a huge world famous festival hold in a city. It calls October Fest, and so many people gather in the city to drink a beer. 

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Description of an Entertainer or a Manga/Anime Character

I'm going to explain about my favorite character "Yoko Nakajima". She is a character of "Juuni Kokki (The Tales of Twelve Country). This anime was broadcast about ten years ago. It was based on a novel which written by Fuyumi Ono. That anime must be broadcast from NHK, when I was a high-school student. At that time, I had some trouble with school life, and the programme helped me mentally. One day, the girl, Yoko was kidnapped by an unknown man, and she took away from her real world to another world. Before she went to the strange world, she spent her life for not making dispute with her friends, but after that, she went through a tough experience, and during the hard trip, she against herself in her mind.

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Something precious to Me

There are several precious things for me. The first one is my lovely dog. He is 8 year-old male Dachshund with cream hair and has cute eyes. He has been living with my family for about 8 years since I was in high school. He got old, so he has a problem of his back, so I have to take care of him more. Then I love to wear and collect clothes. In my house, I have a number of clothes, shoes, T-shirts, trousers, shirts and so on. About one third spaces are occupied with clothes in my room. I haven't been bought some clothes recently because of a lack of savings, so in the future, if I get a job, I want to buy clothes. Besides, I have an account of Tumblr. It is a sort of Twitter, I quote a lot of  interesting, fascinating, and funny images, and sometimes quote sentences too. I have posted over 1,000 favorites so far, I like to see them sometimes. I'm keep posting.

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Money

I love money, and I think there is no one else who doesn't like money. Money is necessary for our daily life to spend days. Without money we can't live this world at all, precisely speaking, someone can live, but they can't hope adequate life. I have enough money to buy something expensive because I still college student, and I have only one part-time job, so in the future, if I could become an English teacher, I want to save my salary, and use it my hobby. For example, car, running, date, and so on. In addition, I want to start something blog. I heard that some people use Internet site, and they earn money from ads which attach their sites.
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Cars and Other Kinds of Transportation

When I go to KGU, I usually use my bicycle. There are some good points. First, conserve gas fuel by using it instead of a car. Second, to use the bicycle, I can lose my extra weight, it is really useful way, and it gives me a good health. Then bicycling is remove my stress. Riding in the chilly weather is so comfortable. By the way, I bought a new car, AQUA recently. I had been used other really old car, so when the car came my home, I drove soon with my dog and my parents. The car is absolutely silent. It doesn't make any adequate noise. Also, it doesn't use gas fuel. It's so eco-friendly car. I want to go to Aso or other place with this car. And,
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Clothes and Shopping

I love clothes. I began to buy fashionable clothes since I was 18. I was a freshman in KGU, and there were a lot of students who are wearing cool clothes. Until then, I was interested in fashion, but I had enough money to buy expensive clothes, so I always wore UNIQLO or other unknown brands. So, first, I got a part-time job, and earned money. Second, I started to go to Down town area, and went to select shops, such as BEAMS or SHIPS. Then about a year later, I found a very nice boutique. The shop selects a variety of clothes, shoes, accessories, and so on. Employees who were working there was so fashionable. I admired their fashion. And since then, I keep buying good clothes at the store.
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Something special I did during this vacation

As I wrote on Vacation 1, I went to welfare facility in the latter half of August for 5 days. In those days, I helped people living in the facility with the staffs who are working at. Most of the users were well advanced age and also they had dementia. Because of the disease, they forget everything that I explained few minutes ago. And I had to tell them everything from scratch each time. Of course, I didn't say about that to them, and I didn't write even reports, but to tell the truth, I felt I'm gonna go insane. I had to tell the same story to them more than 30 times.
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Good and bad points about summer

There are 3 good points about summer. First, you can go to a beach or a river, and play with water under the sun with your friends. Next, there are several summer festivals in Kumamoto. A lot of stalls must be there, and you can eat delicious foods and enjoy some interesting shops, also fire works will make you excited. Third, long university vacation allow students to chance to study. Then the only bad point about summer is hot. When I go to somewhere else, if sunny day, I use my bicycle to conserve the gas. Because of the sun, I sweat and sometimes feel dizzy. I love fall and winter.
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How I study during the vacation

First, I have to set a clear goal. For me, that is to get grade pre-1 and 1 on STEP and over 900 on TOEIC. Second, I need to prepare some good reference books for the test. Then I must tackle with those books intentionally. In addition, in order to get used to long English passages, reading English newspapers are indispensable. Besides, it requires English hearing ability to take the exam, so I need to listen to English web radio as much as possible. However, watching American TV dramas sometimes would be better. Daily natural English conversation with English subtitles could be help my comprehension.
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What classes I will take next term

First, I'm going to continue to take some classes that I have to take for my graduation, such as English speaking, writing, and reading. In addition, I intend to take The Method of Translation, Introduction to English Studies, and The Measurement for TOEFL and TOEIC. There are also some classes along with teacher's license. Before start autumn semester, I must change or adjust some classes that I was thinking to take this semester because I took too much classes in spring semester. As a result, I couldn't get good grade. To avoid the same mistake, I need to choose what classes are relevant or irrelevant.
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My vacations plans/preparation

More than a month have already passed since the summer vacation began. I'm totally forgot to write typing homework. So, I'm gonna write about what I was planned to do before the vacation. I had been thinking about studying TOEIC and STEP, and actually it went well at first. However, in the latter half of August, I had to go to a welfare facility near my home as a part of getting teacher's license. That made me engage it for five days, and after the experience, I had to write report about that. And now I started studying again to prepare for the next STEP test.
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Vacation plans

This summer vacation, I'm going to study English harder than before because next year, I will go to my old high school as an English teacher. To conduct a class by using in English, I need to use English fluently, so I have to get grade 1 on EIKEN, and also get over 900 score on TOEIC test. I'm planning to go to the library everyday, and read English newspapers, and doing reference book. Besides, I will quit my part-time job in August, so I will free from stress. I want to enjoy running, swimming, and other athletic sports.

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About my keitai

I'm going to write about my smart phone which I bought about four years ago. It was HTC's high spec model at that time. At first, it was able to connect Internet, and watch Youtube swiftly, but now it has became useless. Every time I connect Internet, it communication speed is very low. It really annoying me. In addition, my phone bill a month is so high, so now I'm considering revising my price packages, changing new smart phones or “Galapagos” cell phones. I hear that the old-typed cell phones are cheaper than smartphone. Hmmm, how should I do?

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Using the computer

Using the computer is necessary for us to live in this highly-developed information society. Past few years, it has been changing the environment surrounding us. To get a job, students are required to use a computer freely, at least, students have to acquire how to use “Microsoft Word and Excel”until graduate the university. What's more, students need to comply with rules of social networking services, such as twitter, facebook, and so on. When you use them, you have to take care not to make a careless remark.

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My favorite movie(s)

My favorite movie is “Devil wears the Prada”. I looooove the movie, it is the best movie I've ever seen so far in my life. There are three reasons why I love this movie.

First, there are so many gorgeous performers appealing in that movie, such as Anne hathaway and Meryl Streep. I love Ann's big beautiful brown eyes, and Meryl's silky silver hair, of course their performance is excellent!

Next, the theme of that movie, is “choice”. In that movie, Anne plays Andrea Sachs as a principal role, she often makes an excuse, “I didn't have a choice”, to everyone and herself. However, she overcame it finally. I like the process of reaching a decision which existing in her mind until in the later part of the story.

Finally, a theme song which using in the movie, “Suddenly I see” sung by KT Tunstall is really good. I often listen to the song.

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Foreign countries

The foreign country where I want to go most is U.S. Exactly, there are a lot of fascinating and interesting countries around the world, such as Germany, England, and other western countries which has a beautiful sight, culture and history. In addition, especially, the countries regarded as developing countries rapidly are so intriguing. However, I want to visit U.S., and see a town full of energy, like New York or Los Angeles. What's more, I want to see a great nature, such as Grand Canyon or Yellow Stone National Park.

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My other classes

This spring semester, I have about 18 classes. Don't you think too many classes do you? Actually, It's killing me. However, some classes are so interesting, for example, Public Speaking which conducted in English by Prof. Sato. His way of speaking is really gentle and his pronunciation is easy to understand. What's more, he is very kind to everyone, he is a respectable person. On the other hand, I don't say the name of the class, but I have a class that I hate the best. I think students who attend the class understand that the teacher look down on us, so I don' want to his class.

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How I study English

I usually get up 5 a.m. and turn on my computer, then I read aloud the online version of BBC, Japan Times, and other English newspapers. Next, NHK radio conversation starts at 6 a.m. so I put my recorder in front of an audio speaker. While I going to KGU, I listen to the program that I recorded. In my spare time in KGU, I go to the audio visual room, and do English Central or Power Words.

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