My favorite contry!

Yesterday, I went to lecture about Australia. I want to go Australia in order to learn English and Australian culture. Australian teacher came to my university, and he had a lecture. It was so exciting for me because I love Australia!!

At first I will explain about why I love Australia. When I was high school student, I went to Australia with home stay. I had never been to foreign countries, so I was so excited. There are many beautiful sky and sea, many animals that we can't see in Japan, many people who are kind and friendly, and so on. The most impressive things for me was Rottenest island. I was moved that every thing were beautiful. Sky, sea, plants... It was so amazing! I could see the animal that you can't see only in this island. It was so cute.(Picture is that!)I could relax there and I liked Australia more than before.

Therefore, I think I want to go to Australia as exchanged student. It was so difficult because I have to pass the exam. However I want to see many things that I never seen, and I don't notice, by own my own. It is boring hearing about it. Seeing is believing.

So, I went to listening ti explanation about going abroad to Australia, and asked some questions to Australian teacher. I could know about important things. More things I hear, more interested In I have. I have to study not only English but also culture in order to enjoy going abroad.

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Confused!!

I had a writing class today. In writing class, I have to use computer. I was so confused it because I am not good at using computer. No, it was not only computer. I am not good at using electronic products. This time, I will explain about it.

I have broken a lot of electronic products. For example, Cleaner, TV, cell phone, rice cooker, and so on. People often say I made mistake how to use them. However I did not do anything wrong. I just used them! It is true. That mean I don't know the reasons why they were broken. Therefore, I don't like using computer because I can't understand it. It is too difficult for me.

However I know computer is necessary for my future. It is difficult to get a job without using computer. Computer is so convenience that we can work efficiency. I guess, I must not avoid it! If I can use it easily, I can like it. The writing class is important for me. My teacher teach me about it in writing class. He always help me. His advice is easy to understand, so I can keep trying.

I will write blog more often in order to increase opportunities that i touch the computer. I want to improve this blog more, and overcome my weakness. I will attend the class hard and keep trying since now!

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My Fantastic Memory

I went to freshman camp on April 12 and 13. I didn't go it last year, so I didn't know what I should do or how to lead freshmem. However, it was good for me. I will talk about this experience.

The first day, I went to school at 8:40, and carried the baggage. And then I went to Nishigoshi, where we had stayed, because I had to clean the kichen and rooms, wash the dishes, and so on. I washed so many dishes. As soon as we ate lunch, I had to prepare dinner. We would make carry rice. I cutand heat so many vegitables for the first time. We made over 100 students's carry. I had never made so many carry, so I was so surprised how much carry were there. We made carry without problems.

After that we had a chance to talk with freshmen. My group had 8 members. At first, we could talk a lot smoothly, but after thirty minutes, we didn't know what we should talk about. I could talked with exchanged students because I know them and we are friends. On the other hands, freshmen was not used to speaking English and they didn't know exchanged students. I thought a lot about it and tried to keep conversation. My group leader help us, so we could overcome it barely.

However, another problem happend again. We failed to boil the rice. We needed more water. One part of rice was too hard to eat, so we couldn't surve enough dinner to freshmen. I was so sad because I didn't notice our failure. This is the lesson for the next year, I thought.

Last day, I woke up at six o'clock. I had to prepare for breakfast. We made ingredient for sandwich. We cut tometos, cucumber and lettuce, bake the sausage, boiled eggs. We could do it more smooth than last night. What was better, everyone could enjoy it. I was so happy. During recreatin, we had to clean the all of dishes, and cleaned the kitchen. After that, we took pictures with group member, and left the Nishigoshi.

Finally, we went to Aso in order to pick the strawberries. It was rain a little bit, but I didn't mind it because the strawberries was so sweet. Although I didn't eat lunch, I was full because of so many strawberries! I was so happy, so I forgot that I had been tired at that time. After a while we gave up eating strawberries, so we looed for strange strawberries. We found long strawberry, twins, and so on.

I was really tires to do it, but it was good training for me. I thought what I can do for other people, talked with many friends, OG, exchanged students, and so on. I couldn't have such oppotunity in the daily life. I was interested in other contries more than before, and I think I try to cook more. This is one of my special memory in university life. Finally I want to say thank you to all of teachers, freshmen, and staff who attended this camp. I had great time because of you.

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My favorite movie ( book review1-09 )

Do you know E.T.? Maybe everyone know the movie because it is so famous. I watched it when I was a child the first time, and I watch it sometimes even now. Therefore, I read E.T. this time. It was written in easy English, so I could read it at once.

E.T. was a short form of "extra-terrestrial". One day, one of them was separated his friend to the earth. He was alone, so he asked plants what he should do. Then he met one boy, named Elliott. Elliott was afraid of E.T. at first, but he was interested in E.T. gradually. He wanted to stay with E.T. However E.T. had to go his star. E.T. tried to contact with his friend, but he couldn't. He became sick and what is worse, scientists found E.T. and took him laboratory. E.T. got sick worse, and his heart stopped moving. Everyone, even Elliott, thought E.T. was dead, but he just contacted with his friends. Elliott noticed it and he took E.T. his spaceship.

It was story of friendship. I think friends is so important to our life. Elliott and E.T. were different, but they were good friends. They had to separate and it was so sad, but their heart were so close. I think people can be happy if they have many friends. However, even if I have only one friend, I am happy when our heart is connected. I have friends who I can't meet easily, but I understand them and they also understand me. I can talk everything to them and they talk many things to me. I feel our heart were connected, so I am so happy. I want to help each other and be friend forever. I can know how wonderful friendship is after reading this book.

This book was not difficult, so I recommend you this book.

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Witting Placement essay

Dear my family,

Hi, how are you? I am Mio. I am from Kumamoto which is the south of japan. I am studying English at KGU because I want to speak English well and travel around the world in order to see many cultures history and so on. This summer's home stay program will be a big step, so I am looking forward to going to New Zealand.

How many people are there in your family? There are four people in my family, a father, a mother , a sister who is younger than me, and me. My sister is good at playing tennis. She runs faster than me and hits the ball stronger than me.My family always supports me, so I want to write about them now, but I will talk about them to you when I meet you.

I like reading books, swimming, and Japanese paper craft. Japanese paper craft is called "origami". I can make cranes, wreaths, and so on with paper. Do you have interested in origami? If you say "Yes", I will bring them for you. Let's make it together!

I am interested in your culture. Would you tell me about it when I visit you? I'd like to learn not only English but also New Zealand's culture and habit. I think Maori people have a great culture. I heard they have a rugby team which is consisted of only Maori people. They dance traditional dance with opening their eyes wide and stamping their foot before the game, don't they? I learned about it from one movie, whose name is "White Rider". When I had watched the movie, I was so excited. I noticed there are many cultures which I don't know or have never seen. Maori's culture is one of them, so I want to see it with my own two eyes.

I have never been to New Zealand. I can know about New Zealand only from pictures or books, but the more pictures I see and books I read, the more I like. If I go New Zealand, I can like your country more than now. I'm not good at speaking English, so I will bother you. However I will do my best. I want to meet you as soon as possible. I'm looking forward to meeting you.

Sincerely,

Mio

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Ring of Bright Water ( book review1-08 )

I read the book again. This time, I read "Ring of Bright Water". This book was written by Gavin Maxwell.This story was his own story. He lived with the animals. Especially, he told about his otters in this story.

He was born in Scotland. However, he lived in Camusfearna in this book. He moved there because he has interested in nothing when he worked in London. There were nothing in Camusfearna. The nearest village was about eight kilometers away, there were few people and mountains, islands, and sea. He had a dog at that time, but he was so old, so he was dead soon since he moved there. He thought he didn't want any animals any more. However he felt lonely. Then he met an otter because of his friends. He bought the otter and named Chahala. She was so friendly, but he was dead because of poison of food. He was sad but he could find another otter, named Mijbil. He lived with the otter for a year and five days. He could enjoy life with Mij. Mij was not interested in him, but more times he lived with his owner, more friendly he became. They could even travel by plane and train until Mij was dead. Last otter was Edal. At that time, he had a lot of animal friends.

I felt the otters were so cute. This story was almost talked about otters and pictures were also otters. I could read how otters were cute! They are unusual animals, so I can't have them. However I really want to have them after reading this book. Then I respected the author. He lived in Camustearna where were no furniture, electronic products and so on. He lived with nature. That the reason why he could live with the otters, I think. They could live free and comfortable. It is slow life that I dreamed. It is difficult to come true, Bbut I hope I can spend the time relax like them.

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My Family and Other Animals ( book review1-07 )

I will write book review. This time, I read "My Family and Other Animals". This book was written by Gerald Durrel and this story was true. I was surprised because his life was so interesting.

He lived in England, but his family had usual illness. His mother and author had bad colds, his brother had a problem with his ears, and so on. One day, his oldest brother suggested to move to the countryside, and they did it. The author met a lot of good people and animals. Some people gave him animals or taught him about them. He sometimes brought dangerous animals to his house, like scorpion, snake and so on, so his family thought it was bad idea. However he liked animals, he brought animals again and again. New house was too small to live with many animals, so they moved many times. Finally, he established zoo.

I think this story was talked calmly. Sometimes, happening was occurred but I was tired to read. I want to live with many animals, but I don't want snakes and scorpions. It was really unconfortabe for me.

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