Diary 2-19: Yummy healthy lunch!

In this early morning, I made my lunch pack as always. It was so easy, because I only packed leftovers of last night into the box. I had a lunch with Hanako and Chie in the bakery.

↑Look above! Here is the pic. From right,
Sweet potatos,
Oden,
Broccolies,
Atsuage(Block of deep-fried bean curd),
Okara salad(Non-mayonnaise, non-potatos)
and petit Onigiris(Noritama and Sekihan)♪
It's really law-calorie! But I was full because it was very nourshing!! Of course, I ate up!

After that, Hanako and Chie listened and checked my speech as rehearsal. I can't perfectly recite the notes yet, so almost I red with seeing it all along.

However, they told me "It's easy to listen, and goo content, I think!! You should only remember left, right?" Yes, I should! I thanked to them well. Well, I do my best . See you tomorrow!!
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Diary 2-18: Toward The Speech Contest!!

Hello guys! Here is my speech below, for tomorrow's Speech Contest!! It has corrected by K.Mukai sense yesterday. She taught me how to speech better very kindly. And I rewrote this again and again. I'm afraid that it's too long to remember though, it's all of what I want to insist!! Therefore, I'm gonna practice hard from now. Then tomorrow, I'll speech with all my heart. Good luck entries and myself!!

※Please try to read it. What do you think?

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"Importance of balanced eating "

Hello, everyone. I’m Emiri. First, I have a question. “Are you healthy?” and can you say “Yes I am!” with confidence?
You may already try to do something to keep your health, for example exercising, sleeping well and balanced eating. Above all, I believe that balanced eating is the best to your good health.

All my family is in pretty good health, and we eat vegetables well, especially my grandpa! He is the shortest, and oldest, but he is the most active in the neighborhood. I’m proud of him best.
Our eating habit is mainly Japanese food that my mother cooked. For example Miso soup, Tsukemono, delicious rice and so on.
They are law-fat, less salt, very nourishing and so delicious! As we eat it everyday, we can keep our health. So we love Japanese food.
And usually I enjoy cooking with thinking of health. When I serve it to my family or friends, they say “Yummy!” with smiling. I’m so glad to see it. So, good food make us healthy, smile and happy!


However today, many people often have imbalanced food in the world, as junk food, instant food and snacks. Moreover, the safety of food is losing day by day. Actually some people died after they ate dirty food imported.
So I’m worried the member of healthy people will decrease in the end. That’s too bad, because if only we have good food, we don’t need any medical doctor.

The other hand, some people seems to come to think better of healthiness of Japanese food. Actually Japanese eating habit is world-famous as the healthiest. I heard especially Australian often eat Japanese food.
They always watch what they eat for health, and eat many kinds of organic food. And Melbourne, in Australia is called “Gourmet City of the world” In there, many multi-national restaurants are crowded. Even though, Japanese restaurant is the most popular among all. When I heard it, I was proud of our food.

Since that, I want to go there to learn English and Australian food life. I want to serve them Japanese traditional food I cooked. As the same time, someday I try to accept Australian taste into my Japanese cooking.

Therefore I came to think naturally, I want to open a natural food restaurant. In there, I serve my original healthy menu. It’s my big dream!!
My grandpa cheered for this dream. But sad to say, last September, suddenly my grandpa is gone. His friend said to me, “He always used to say that health is the most important for me, because I have to live a long life for my family.”
And when his muscular bones appeared from his small body, we were surprised. As the same time, we believed that the bones were made from our dairy balanced eating habit exactly. In the moment, I understand importance of balanced eating and his love for us.

Therefore, in my restaurant, I want to make people healthy, smile and happy, just like my grandpa. As the same time, I insist on how much it is important to have a balanced eating for good health.
Then someday I invite my family in my restaurant, and I tell my thanks for bring me up with all my heart.

Finally, usually Japanese say “いただきます。” before they eat. I think it’s a great habit. It’s what we say to God, mother and food. Such this, I think we should thank to food more, and eat anything without leftover.
Balanced eating makes us healthy. Good health makes us smile. Smile makes us happy. Please never forget this for your good life. Well, in the party after this, everyone let’s say “いただきます。” before you eat.

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Thank you for reading:D!!

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PF-2: Second Portfolios

Student ID: 07154

Portfolio for Writing IV,
Section 1a

0.0. Overview

Reviews, Posts, Words, and More 1.0. Essays

Please complete this table with data gathered from essays on your blog. See the Key (below) for definitions of the symbols in row one, and complete columns four through nine with numerical values (0, 1, 2, 3, ...).

1.1. Showcase	Short titles with links	Dates yy.mm.dd	¶	W	C	L	P	M
Website review 08.09.29 (375+ words)	RW2-01;Would you like to be Picasso!?~website review(edited)~ ES2-01;Would you like to be Picasso!? ~website review~	08.10.03	5	416	6	2	3	0
Favorite place(-s) 08.10.20 (450+ words)	WR2-0２; My Holy Town, OHZU~My favorite place~ ES2-0２;My Holy Town,Ohzu~my favorite place	08.10.03	5	789	1	2	7	0
Mrs. Doubtfire 08.11.04 (500+ words)	ES2-03:Mrs.Doubtfire	08.11.04	5	787	8	2	5	1
Community life 08.11.17 (default length*)	ES2-04;Special P.E. class~Community life~	08.11.18	6	284	0	1	3	o
Kumamoto's best-kept secrets 08.12.01 (5+ ¶¶)	ES 2-04; A big magazin's model ~Secret of Kumamoto~	08.12.03	5	285	1	0	3	0
Learning with computers 2008.12.15 (6+ ¶¶)	ES 2-05: Learning With Computers	08.12.11	10	890	0	2	2	0
			36	3451	16	9	23	1

1.2. Best Essay

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

• My best essay is WR2-0２; My Holy Town, OHZU~My favorite place~!!

The reason why, first, this essay is the most informative. Because the assigned topic was what I wanted to write best, and I'm local person in the town. So it was easy to collect the infomation for me. As the result, I could make this essay charming and informative.

Next, I think that photos in this essay are all warm, especially above one. I took the photo by myself. I think the photo expresses that Ohzu is comfortable, country town.

2.0. 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? Please explain.

In a sideber

2.6. Additional reflections on comments
[Please remove these remarks, including the square brackets; then write out your reflections on both giving and receiving comments here.]

• First, about receiving comments. It always mitivate to improve my essay. Thank to many comments, I came to write essay while thinking of blog visitor.
• Next, about giving comments. It's necessary to improve both receiver's and my blog. Because as I give a comment on someone's essay, he may visit and be interested in my blog.
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• 3.0. Book Reviews

3.1. Showcase	Short titles with links	Dates (yy.mm.dd)	Words	Comments
2-01	BR2-01;Do you know Animal regends!?	08.10.09	527	0
2-02	BR2-02; the Fox and the Crow	08.10.22	266	0
2-03	BR2-03: The Little Giraffe	08.11.07	348	0
2-04	BR 2-04; The Dinosaur Who Lost His Roar	08.12.05	611	0
2-05
2-06
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2-11
2-12
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Note: Please calculate and list book review Totals for words and comments without including those from 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? Remember that a complete answer is better than a short answer, focus on your writing, and give at least two reasons to support your assessment.

• [Please remove these remarks, including the square brackets; then identify your best book review, and write out reasons for selecting it here.

4.0. Blog Layout, Labeling, Linking, & Media

Showcase	Yes	No
4.1. Does your blog display an archive?	o
4.1.1. Does the archive display the titles of posts?	o
4.1.2. Is the archive organized by month?	o
4.1.3. Is the archive at or near the top of the sidebar?	o
4.2. Does your blog have labels displayed in sidebar?	o
5.2.1. Do your labels include these required labels (typed accurately):	---	---
"books" (plural) AND "reviews" (plural)	o
"essays" (plural) AND "portfolios" (plural, without "proto-")	o
"quickposts" (plural, with no space between quick and posts)		o
"links" (plural) AND "media" (plural)		o
"movies" (plural) AND "websites" (plural)	o
"brainstorms" (or "brainstorming"), "essay prep.," AND "free-writing" (or "free-writes")	o
4.2.2. Does your sidebar display other labels?	o
How many other labels have you attached to three (3) or more posts? _20__ 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. about me (77) animations (4) cooking (3) drawing (17) event (3) favorites (8) feeling (38) free-writing (8) gossip (2) introduction (23) items (8) music(jp) (2) Out line (3) pictures (35) plan (3) rewrite (2) shop (1) study. (2) Typing HW (11) world news (1)	---	---
4.3. Links & media.	---	---
4.3.1. Does your blog include photos or other graphics	o
Does your blog profile include a photo or graphic representation?	o
How many of your blog posts this semester include photos or other graphics? __21_ posts including photos or other graphics	---	---
4.3.2. Does your blog include posts with multiple links.	o
How many of your posts this semester include three (3) or more links? __8_ posts including three or more links (including this portfolio!)	---	---
4.3.3. Does your blog include other media.	o
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 the kinds here: ...[Mr.Picasso head]http://www.mrpicassohead.com/create.html ...Official Ohzu website⇒http://www.town.ozu.kumamoto.jp/ ...Ohzu high school official websitehttp://www.higo.ed.jp/sh/oozuhs/gakka/tai.html	---	---
What media content that you originally produced, if any, do your blog posts for this semester contain? Please list and explain each item briefly, and add short links and dates (yy.mm.dd) for reference. ... (short link, date) ... (short link, date) ... (short link, date)	---	---

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

1. ...
2. ...
3. ...

5.0. Additional reflections on your blog and your writing on it
Please feel free to include reflections on both spring and fall semester work, as well as on the content of this portfolio (proto-portfolios, showcases, and reflections).

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6.0. Advice and suggestions for yourself, your peers, and your successors

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Diary 2-17: Star of India

In the day time, Ayaka.T, Manami, Kazue and I went to Kumamoto City to have Lunch. We used to say "I wanna eat curry!" again and again before. So we were looking forward to today!!

The restaurant is "STAR OF INDIA" at Sannenzaka. Ayaka and I ordered "Super ledies set", Kazue ordered "Vegetable Curry and Naan" and Manami ordered "Chicken Curry and Cheese naan"!! All of them were so dericious!!

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Diary 2-16: TOEFL test...

I finished TOEFL test a some time ago. Ummm....sure enough, it was difficult. I always think after TOEFL finished, that "I'm really a lack of study."
I have not confidence in score of today's TOEFL. How I wish I had studied more!!

Well, of course I'll take TOEFL again and again. I don't give up....... I'll make my dream come true........!! See you :D!!

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ES 2-05: Learning With Computers

Intro:
Today, almost schools all over the world adopt learning with computers. In the early days of spread computers, when I was a elementary school student, I had a image that the computer will be used only for business and something difficult.
But computers is being the necessities of life, like a cell phone now. It seems that there are quite a few experienced user even less than high school age.
I think this tendency has both good point and bad point. Let's think about that.

Challenges:
Merit of LWC
>>1. To collect information for your study without text or dictionary
First, Bring some texts for classes, almost students feel "What a bother!" Especially a dictionary is burdensome. Also when you search for information, you have to collect some materials.

But that's a old trend a little. Searching, collecting materials, checking up..., now we could do all of them with only using computer!! It's really convenience. Besides, your baggage become light than before.
Actually, number of information which we get from materials are no match for computers. So a computer is just like a small library.

>>2. To finish your report faster than paper writing(easy to edit)
Next, a eraser is necessary to erase a word written by a pencil. If you want to move a sentence to other newer paragraph, you have to write again the same words after erased many words. And what is even worse, the paper can become dirty when you too erase again and again.
But using computers, you could do such trouble things by only a few click!! So computer is a edit master!!

>>3. To learn with enjoying
Third, there are many websites for studying on the Internet. They are not only formal website as TOEIC or TOEFL website, but just game's websites to train both your English skill and typing skill.

I often use such websites when I want to be carefree while studying. In short, I can do both studying and resting at once. It's so good for us. I think that it is the most typical point of LWC.


Demerit of LWC
>>1. Concern of failing our spell skill and Kanji skill
First, as spreading of LWC, it seems to concern failing spell skill and Kanji skill. If a word's spell was wrong, a computer helps us to correct it. Also if we can't remember Kanji, a computer easily change Hiragana we typed into Kanji. It's a convenient function. But it makes our handwriting skill decline.

>>2. Possibility that a important document may go away in an instant
Second, Only one click, computer works well to make a sentence correct better. However, sometimes it causes a emergency.
I have such a experience before. That is, I deleted all my report almost finished by mistake in an instant. After that, I was afraid of a "Black space" button for a short while.

In short, typing can quickly do both correct and delete. It's a big difference between typing and handwriting exactly.

>>3. When we compromise to keep studying, we tend to waste of time by net surfing.
Third, as I told above, we could easily get many various information with using computers. In the fact, some people tend to waste of the time by net surfing. Besides, we are often absorbed in it for a long time. It's the same as just like to read a magazine or to use your cell phone in middle of class. That's no good.
We should don't be long standing it when your free studying.


Useful applications:
>>Searching
I'll introduce two useful websites for searching. First, "Google" !! this is the most well-known searching website around the world. We can get any kind of information from here. http://www.google.co.jp/

Next, "Wikipedia"!! I consider it the greatest net-dictionary exactly. When I can't understand one word, always visit here to know it. I think everyone knows both of them, maybe. http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/メインページ

>>Study English
First, ALC!! All Eibei student train our English skill there. It's really useful for dairy study.
Next, Toeic and Toefl training website!! If you want to regularly use these site, you may have to pay the fees. But, luckily they are set up some trials free. A lot of students who hope to go to study abroad have used them.


Conclusion:
I tried to consider which way is better for today's students, writing or typing. I think it's necessary to use both.

First, the reason why, it is almost one of duty to use computer as a member of society today. As you always train the skill while youth, it will be very useful to get job.

Next, handwriting let brain works better than LWC. Because the hand movement is involved. So, handwriting is easy to remember what we write. Besides, automatic correct doesn't work in handwriting. So we have to remember and write the ward by ourselves.

Therefore, I think Learning with computers is necessary today as same as handwriting. I hope the following society won't be person who cannot write right spell, Kanji and so on.
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OL 2-05; Learning with computers

It's just a preparation for next essay! That is...out line!!

Intro:
Generalize of learning with computers among a lot of students

Challenges:
Merit of LWC
1. To collect information for your study without text or dictionary
2. To finish your report faster than paper writing(easy to edit)
3. To learn while enjoying

Demerit of LWC
1. Concern of failing our spell skill and Kanji skill
2. Possibility that a important document may go away in an instant
3. When we compromise to keep studying, we tend to waste of time by net surfing.

Useful applications:
Searching
Google, Wikipedia etc.
Study English
ALC~power wards~, Typing game's website, Toeic and Toefl training website

Conclusion:
Which is better for today's students, handwriting or LWC?
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BS 2-05; Learning with computers

training
blogging
collecting information
listening
ALC
power wards
TOEFL
website for studying
typing games
society phenomenon
necessary
member of society

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FW 2-05; Learning with computers

Today we could everything with computers. Playing games, collecting information, typing, listen to music, blogging and so on. And what is even better, we also could learn many things!!

Regularly I visit a website called "ALC", and train my English wards skill with Power wards. And sometimes I visit "TOEFL training" website to study, too. Moreover, I also visit some game websites to train my typing skill frequently. These three websites' URL are pasted on a sidebar in my blog. I know it's not only me, but almost my Eibei friends do so.

So we are in a situation which is easy to learn with computers, thanks to KGU. I'd like to keep using computers to train my hands and brain!!
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BR 2-04; The Dinosaur Who Lost His Roar

<~Reason why I chose this book~>

Speaking of the dinosaur, they will roar with laughter. But as to the book cover, a dinosaur looks like timid and minding about his throat. He is a untypical dinosaur, I thought. Also, he's body is pink!! It's cute. Therefore, I chose it.

　<~Charactors~>

Sid, Ross, Ollie, Spike, and Rex!

(*All of them are dinosaurs)

　<~Interesting points~>

1.The hero in this book is Sid. He loves to romp around, anyway. Crashing, climbing, splashing etc. So such his crazy behaving is one of the highlight of this book.

2.When Sid's throat hurts, to cure it he eats a spoonful of honey, drink some warm water, and go to bed. It's funny because his act is indeed the act of human getting a cold. This scene is the highlight, too.

3.In the climax, Sid's friends are captured by SOMEONE. Then he tries to help them alone. What is the way...?

　<~The plot of story~>

　1.Once upon a time, a rowdy dinosaur Sid lived in a big forest. He liked crashing, climbing and splashing. But most of all, he liked scaring other dinosaurs to play a prank.

One day, he saw Spike picking berries. But Spike didn't see him. Sid crept up behind Spike, and gave a ROAR!! Spike's berries was squashed at all. "That's not funny, Sid!" said Spike. Sid just grinned and stomped on his way.

Sid played such pranks on his friends Ross and Ollie after another. All of them got angry. But when Sid got home, his throat hurt.

　2.The next day, he tried to play the same pranks as he did yesterday. But he could only CROAK...

Spike laughed and said "Ha, ha. You've lost your roar. You can't scare me any more!" Sid went in the red face, and went away.

It was the same result also about other two friends. So they all laugh at Sid.

　3.Sid hated like being laughed at. Also he hated like having a sore throat either. Then he ate a spoonful of honey, drank some warm water, and went to bed early.

The next day, Sid's throat was better. He decided to visit Spike, Ross and Ollie. "I'll say sorry for scaring them," he thought.

　4.He looked for them throughout the ground, but they were not anywhere. when he though "It's funny, strange...," he saw some footprints. The footprints were too long to think they are Spike's. They were too wide to think they are Ross's. And they were too deep to think they are Ollie's.

Sid followed the footprints. They led to...a huge dinosaur, called Rex!!

　5.Rex had taken all of Sid's friends for his dinner. Sid wanted to scare Rex. So he had only one way to do so. You know, That is..., Sid crept up behind Rex, and gave his biggest, strongest, loudest ROAR!!!!!!

"Wooooooooooahh!!" Rex was terrified.He ran off and didn't look back. "Three cheers for Sid!!" "Hurray for Sid! His mighty roar saved us from that dinosaur." cried the others. The four dinosaurs all got along. So all is well.

　<~Feeling~>

　I admire Sid's braveness when he scared Rex. Because Rex's size and rugged looks were do not rank with other dinosaurs. Only at last, Sid was a man among men, I though. Because of that, the early he looked foolish all the more.

I wish Sid will be more good dinosaur little by little. And I want him to save his friends again and again when they are in danger.

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ES 2-04; A big magazin's model ~Secret of Kumamoto~

Do you know "SLAM DUNK"? It's the most popular Japanese comic of basketball. A lot people read it had started to play basketball. Because basketball wasn't popular in japan before the comic was published. The comic is loved not only by Japanese, but the nations of the world. Of course, I love it best!!

Its heroes are "Syohoku(=翔北) high school basketball team", and the coach is "Anzai(=安西)". He looks just like Mr.Kernel of KFC!! The character is so charming and kind, but secretly really strict like a devil! His wise is so famous among alomost Japanese athletes, that is "When the moment you give up, the game is over."

Surprisingly, there's a rumor that the model is a former basketball's coach in Kumamoto Kokufu high school!! I don't know who started such a rumor, but it's a well-known story.
However, I have never seen him. Also many my friends. So it seems to just a gossip.

The cartoonist is from Kagoshima. And he also used to play basketball for a long time. When he was a high school student, he acted as a captain of the basketball team. So I guess that he saw the coach when a basketball much was held, it seems. They say that among kyusyu area, Kumamoto is a prafacture where is the site of a hard fought battle. I think so, too! Actualy, I have seen a lot of great babsket players in Kumamoto, when I was on the active list.

I guess that in Kumamoto, there are more many models who are basketball player in this comic. I hope so. And I need to see the Anzai sensei's model someday.
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