2007年6月27日水曜日

Book review 1-10

I read a book “Agatha Christie, Woman of Mystery”.

Many people know her, who is the great detective writer. However, she is not a detective writer at first. This book gives us new information and ideas about her.

First, she was not interested in a writer. One day, her mother said to her to write a story. She tried to write again and again, but nothing made a fruit. Her works were not detective novels but brief stories.

Second, she had two boy friends, who were Reggie Lucy and Archibald Christie. Reggie was a shy boy. He and she made friends over playing golf together. He suddenly asked her to marry him, but she denied his propose. Archibald and she met at a dance party. She finally got married to him.

Finally, when she started writing detective novels was before the World War 1. She went to work in the hospital dispensary, studied about medicines and got much knowledge. She finished writing her first novel and published it in 1920. The title is “The Mysterious Affair at Style”. After that, she went to publishing many works.

I did not know who she was in detail like that. Watching this book, I had interests more about her works. I want to read or watch them someday.

2007年6月26日火曜日

June 26 -Attyo-


'Attyo' is one of my friends. Attyo is his nickname. The real name is secret. We have been friends for about 14 years. He is a university student at Fukuoka now.
He has his own web page “ANPAN!” What do you think does this word mean? It's not a kind of bread. This name has been used for a long time. It is a common word in our world.
When we were 5 grade students in my elementary school, I made a strange character called 'Anpanmen'. Although I gave him the name, he is not people but a man. That was a funny mistake by a little boy.
In those days, a video game which can make RPG (Role-Playing Game) was very popular among my friends. In the game, I made the character as an enemy. When I showed the character to him, he burst into laughing. Since then, I went on making the video game for about six month. The character got very popular in my classmates. It was an amazing thing for me. Then, Attyo asked me to draw this character on a book. I did OK his suggestion. The boom had continued for five to six months. It seemed to be a dream time. “ANPAN” comes from the wonderful event.
Now, the web site got an award and about a half of millions people visit there. The contents are about Pokemon and music of video games. Please come there if you have time.

ANPAN!


2007年6月25日月曜日

June 23



Today, I’ll introduce about one of my favorite web sites. It’s “e-typing”. You can find this site to use a computer search in Google or Yahoo and practice your typing skill with many teaching materials of the site. When I have a free time, I often use them to improve my typing skill.

First, I recommend you take an easy test (Trial test) which put on the first page of the site. You can know your present capability. Of course, you can get a high score and grade if you type quickly and accurately, however, because the standard is severe, it is a little difficult for you to get a high grade at first, I think. You can take the test again and again.

Second, you can practice and improve your skill with many materials put on the right side of the first page. There are “Ranking”, “Business”, “Okuni-jiman”, “Brain training” and many categories.
“Ranking” has lots of sections, “A long sentence typing”, “English typing”, “Ten-key typing”, etc. I think “A long sentence typing” is the best material in them. It needs a patient, accuracy and techniques to type some complex words. It helps you to improve your ability.
“Business” is a material to improve your typing and teach you manners on a business. If you take it, you can kill two birds with one stone.
“Okuni-jiman” and “Brain training” are things like breathers. “Okuni-jiman” sets you questions in a dialect, “Aomori dialect”, “Nigata dialect”, “Osaka dialect”, “Kumamoto dialect”, and so on. In “Brain training”, you solve numerical calculations with ten keys.

Finally, you just repeat these lessons. Harder you try it, better your skill gets.
Computers in Kumamoto Gakuen University also have typing applications. However, why don’t you use this web site? If you have a chance, please visit there!


This is my last result of a trial test.

e-typing

2007年6月21日木曜日

Collaborative Essay -Kumamoto Introduction-

Watermelon
It is a famous vegetable in Kumamoto. Some people mistakes the Watermelon for a kind of fruit. Ueki is the most productive area. It is usually sold in summer, but recently, it pretend to be sold in winter. It tastes very sweet. However, sometime people become troublesome because Watermelon has much seeds inside. Thanks to a new biological technology,
we see a seedless watermelon in a department store these day.


Basashi
Basashi is meats of a horse. This is eaten in many countries, China, Mexico, Italy, etc. It is expensive and people don't buy it very much, but they sometime but it in a celebration. Basashi is resilient food. We usually eat it with soy sauce, ginger, welsh onion, and sometime. Moreover, Tategami is a fatty meat and said the delicious part of Basashi by mavens, and as Reba-sashi and Tan-sashi has no fishy smell, people who don't like something reek of blood can eat them without problems.

Kumamoto castle
Kumamoto has a very famous castle. It is Kumamoto castle. Kumamoto castle was built 400 years ago. It was built by Kiyomasa Kato. He is very famous Samurai. Kumamoto castle is very beautiful,so it is very famous and a lot of visitors come to the castle. It has special stones. It is called Musya Gaeshi. Musya means samurai, and Gaeshi means repelling, so the stones are to protect the castle. I recommend you to visit the castle. I think you can enjoy.

Mt.Aso
Mt.Aso is very famous sightseeing spot in Kumamoto. In addition, it is also one of the symbols of the Kumamoto. It has the biggest Caldera in the all of the world. The Caldera was made by the 4 big explosion about from 90000 to 300000 years ago. The tourists visits there to see it and many product sold in shops, to feel the calm atmosphere, and to dip in a hot spring. There are many spas in Aso because Mt. Aso is the big volcano.

Mitsui Greenland
Kumamoto has a very good and enjoyable amusement park. Its name is Mitui Green Land. It is in Arao city, it takes about 1 hour to go there from Kumamoto city. It has very special rides, especially I recommend to try Nio. Nio is very fast roller coaster which max speed is over 80 km!! I have ridden it once, it was very fun but it was too thrilling!! I think it has worth trying once, so when you come to Kumamoto, go to Mitui Green Land and try to ride it!!

WEI 2

How many words
in Week 1(April 11 to April 17): (233 words)
in Week 2(April 18 to April 24): (897 words)
in Week 3(April 25 to May 1)): (740 words)
in Week 4(May 2 to May to 8): (473 words)
in Week 5(May 9 to May to 15): (341 words)
in Week 6(May 16 to May 22): (1200 words)
in Week 7(May 23 to May 29): (222 words)
in Week 8(May 30 to June 5): (965 words)
in Week 9(June 6 to June 12): (474 words)
in Week 10(June 13 to June 19): (925 words)
Total words up to this point: (6470 words ) [2586 + 3884]

How many posts
in Week 1: (2 posts)
in Week 2: (6 posts)
in Week 3: (6 posts)
in Week 4: (3 posts)
in Week 5: (2 posts)
in Week 6: (6 posts)
in Week 7: (1 post)
in Week 8: (4 posts)
in Week 9: (2 posts)
in Week 10: (4 posts)
Total posts up to this point: (36 posts) [25 + 11]

Are all your posts labeled? Yes
Do you have a label element in your sidebar? Yes
Do you have a picture in your self intro? Yes
Do you have a feed in your sidebar? Yes
Do you have a list of links that feature links to 4 other students' blogs? Yes
Do you have Kumamoto Links in sidebar? No
Do you have other links in sidebar? Yes
Do you have reviews on Amazon (linked to from blog)? No
Do you have listmania lists on Amazon (linked to from blog)? No
Do you have any wiki or similar contributions (linked to from blog)? Yes
Do you have advanced media (Slideshare, Bubbleshare, etc.)? Yes

Link to your book reviews here
Review 1-01 (193, fair) http://manatuki-april.blogspot.com/2007/05/book-review-1-1.html
Review 1-02 (202, good) http://manatuki-april.blogspot.com/2007/05/april-24th-book-review-1-2.html
Review 1-03 (101, bad) http://manatuki-april.blogspot.com/2007/05/book-revie-1-3.html
Review 1-04 (176, fair) http://manatuki-april.blogspot.com/2007/05/book-review-1-4.html
Review 1-05 (221, good) http://manatuki-april.blogspot.com/2007/05/book-review-1-5.html
Review 1-06 (406, good) http://manatuki-april.blogspot.com/2007/05/book-review-1-6.html
Review 1-07 (381, good) http://manatuki-april.blogspot.com/2007/05/book-review-1-07.html
Review 1-08 (323,good)
http://manatuki-april.blogspot.com/2007/06/book-review-1-08.html
Review 1-09 (297,good)
http://manatuki-april.blogspot.com/2007/06/book-review-1-09.html

Link to your essays posted to your blog here
Essay 01 (200, fair) http://manatuki-april.blogspot.com/2007/05/essay-1-self-introduction_21.html
Essay 02 (237, good) http://manatuki-april.blogspot.com/2007/05/essay-2-japanese-culture.html
Essay 03 (222,fair)
http://manatuki-april.blogspot.com/2007/05/essay-3-my-favorite-animal.html
Essay 04 (223, good)
http://manatuki-april.blogspot.com/2007/06/essay-4-memorable-day-in-my-life.html
Essay 05 (240,good)
http://manatuki-april.blogspot.com/2007/06/worst-day-in-my-life.html

How many posts with link(s):with 1 picture/photo: 5 [4+1]
How many complex posts? (at least 2 links and 1 photo): 4 [3+1]

Comments
How many comments are there on your blog? 11 comments
Have you made at least 8 comments? Yes
Please link to the 8 comments you think are best.
http://shout-a-battle-cry.blogspot.com/2007/05/my-favourite-japanese-rock-band.html
http://shout-a-battle-cry.blogspot.com/2007/05/my-favourate-food.html
http://shout-a-battle-cry.blogspot.com/2007/05/puyo-pop.html
http://7th-tunes.blogspot.com/2007/05/mah-jongg.html
http://tbb19801.blogspot.com/2007/05/english-service.html
http://kiluregrumbling.blogspot.com/2007/05/golden-week_05.html
http://aoi-rav4.blogspot.com/2007/05/typing-test.html
http://invincibleteamhawks.blogspot.com/2007/05/my-hometown.html
http://invincibleteamhawks.blogspot.com/2007/05/may-3th-baseballgame.html

I made 9 comments.

Please link to your best non book review, non essay blog post. Why do you think it is your best?
My best review is here.
http://manatuki-april.blogspot.com/2007/06/book-review-1-08.html
Because I like this story and characteres. It's a fantastic comedy play written by Shakespeare.

Please link to your best comment on another blog. Why do you think it is best?
http://shout-a-battle-cry.blogspot.com/2007/05/puyo-pop.html
I chose this. the reason is that I like this too. I played it over and over again, I do not make great progress. I want to play it like him.

2007年6月19日火曜日

June 19-2


I watched a movie today. The title is “The adventure of Sherlock Holmes”. The story is “The Red-headed League”. It is one of the famous stories that the Conan Doyle wrote.
A company employs person who has the red-hair. The work is to copy contents of a dictionary. An old person who ran a pawnshop passes the oral examination, and begins to start the work. One day, he goes to his office, and finds a paper on the wall. “The Red-headed League was dissolved.”
The old man thinks it is strange and visits to Holmes’ house. Sherlock Holmes thinks about the strange case for an hour, he goes to a library, and finds the case has something to do with a bank robbery. Then, he draws a deduction that some member of the company plots to brake in a big bank “from the ground”! His deduction is correct, and Holmes and cops arrest the criminal people.
I wondered that he thought that the criminal people broke in the bank from the ground. In the film, there was one scene that Holmes struck a ground with his stick. He checked the echo. He felt actually the echo. If there is an echo, the point under his foot is hollow. Then he thought that someone was digging under the ground. Therefore, he knew the plan of criminal people. How wonderful his deduction is!
I want to see other stories someday.

Wikipedia
Drama (Japanese ver.)

June 19

I have been ill for 5 days, so I am very tired and uncomfortable. In addition, as I have a strong cough, I can't speak well. Yesterday, I went to a doctor about the sickness. He said it was a cold or the mycoplasma pneumonia. As I did not have any advance knowledge about the disease, I took a look about it, and could find the cases. People cannot find it easily and soon because it does not cause any special things at the first time. Though the infect ability is not strong, it is a kind of virus. The doctor recommended a blood test to me, but I decided to see how things go for a while. It may be just a cold, but I must be careful about the illness. However, I also have to be careful for a while. I will go to a doctor anytime soon.

2007年6月18日月曜日

Essay 5 -The worst day in my life-

The worst day in my life was April 29, 1997. I was 9-years-old, and I went to my friend’s house.
He had a big dog that was called Benn. Benn was usually peaceful, so I liked him and used to feed him. I played with him and my friends outside. On eating sweets in his house, a brother of my friends went to him to give water. Then we heard the brother’s screaming. Benn bit his hand! His mother cured his hand in a hurry. I saw the dog, and I seemed somehow he was glad. He perhaps bit him for a joke, but the damage was serious. I was afraid and I decided to go home earlier than usual, so I went through the garden and put my hand on the handle of the gate. Then, Benn noticed me and ran toward me. I was frightened his action and I bumped my head on the wall. To make matters worse, Benn mounted me. I feared what he did next and I was worried about my safety. Thanks to the help of the friend’s mother, I could go home.
Once bit, twice shy, I did not be bitten by him, though. Since then, I do not like dogs. Just watching is OK, but I can’t touch them. The communication with dogs or other animals is a little difficult. The trauma will not heal soon. I am still afraid of dogs now.

2007年6月13日水曜日

Book review 1-09

I read “Frankenstein”. It is SF story, and the most of the people may know this story. Although I heard the title, I did not know the details of the story. Therefore, I read the book. I was surprised to hear that Frankenstein was not a name of a monster but a scientist.Frankenstein is born in a rich family and spends his life without problems. However, his mother dies when she gives birth to a baby boy. He curses at the fleetingness of life. He decides to study chemistry to find an eternal life. Many scientists blame his theory, but he continues his study with a note which a professor wrote. He gets a dead body which lost a leg and another leg from the other dead body. He attaches a leg on the dead body, and delivers an electrical shock to it. Then the dead body starts moving. His experiment is successful, but he abandons him because the creature has the ugly face, and other people deny his existence. Therefore, he vows to have vengeance on Frankenstein, and he kills Williams who is a little brother of Frankenstein, his friends, and his wife. Frankenstein also dies of extreme debility. The monster is lost in the northern land.I think this story is tragic one. The monster is the unhappiest creature in the entire world. He is abandoned by his birth parent and learns only to hate and how to kill someone. Human beings fear a something strange or unknown, therefore Frankenstein escaped from him, but the left person suffers from the loneliness. If such unknown creatures come to the earth, do you think that people can get along with them? I do not any ideas, but it may be an important thing in our future.
Wikipedia

2007年6月12日火曜日

June 10


June 10 is my birthday. I am 20 years old now!
Yesterday, I went to Spora which is an amusement park with my circle friends. We played bowing for 3 games and I got 130 points on average. I was tired. After that, we went to a Japanese-style bar at Shimo-tori and celebrated the people who were born in June. I was very happy, and enjoyed the party with drinking and eating delicious meals.
Today, I got up at 8 a.m., ate my breakfast in a hurry, quickly finished dressing, and helped my mother and grandma to work the family business. All of my families are tired for it. As I did not hope something special, so we had a long break. We had supper at 7, and we ate Sushi at home. Although there was no special thing, I like a peaceful life. Therefore this birthday was a good day.

Book review 1-08


I read “A Midsummer night’s dream”. It is written by Shakespeare. It is a comedy play.

At the first scene, the characters are Lysander, Hermia, Helena, and Demestrius. Lysander and Demestrius like Hermia, but she likes Lysander. Helena likes Demestrius, but he doesn’t like her. Egeus who is Hermia’s father forces her to marry with him. Of course, she does not want to follow that idea. Then she runs away with her real lover, Lysander.

At the second scene, the runaway lovers are in a forest. On the other hand, Puck who is a fairy and Oberon who is the king of the fairies are also in the forest. Oberon quarreled with his wife, Titania, so he is bad-humored. Then, he lets Puck to fetch a flower to make a magic pill which is similar to an aphrodisiac. The person who takes it, he/she falls in love to the other person that he/she watches at the first time. As the result of it, Lysander and Demestrius begin to like Helena. However, Helena is confused by the situation. What is worse, the confusion involves other people. Finally, Oberon let Pack lift the curses, and each couple re-realizes the love each other. Lysander loves Hermia and Demestrius loves Helena. The couple of fairies are reconciled.

After that, a great party for a wedding of Theseus and Hippolyta is held, and each couple’s happiness is celebrated.

Although I have read Shakespeare’s works once or twice, I had thought that his works were tragedies. In this experience, I found that his works were not only tragedies but also comedies and historical play. This work is comedy one, and the atmosphere of the world is very different from the other works. The proof is an appearance of fairies. The other works that he wrote do not appear such fantastic characters. He had various talents, I think. If you read this book, you would change your view for him.

2007年6月4日月曜日

June 2

I did a volunteer work today. I went to Shoubu-no-Sato.
This is a customary festival, and some circle of Kumagaku also joins this festival. Of course, I have joined this twice at this time. In the first joining, I was in charge of selling curry and rice. In this year, I took charge of selling products made by the people who living in a facility.
The working time is eleven to eleven-thirty and twelve-five to three. As a staff gave me two coupons of curry and rice and drink, I ate them well. There are many refreshment booths, for instance, fried chickens, wieners, souvenirs, flea market, and so on. I bought some cookies for my family. It looks so delicious. Unfortunately, however, I did not take any pictures. In the afternoon, after I returned my business from my rest time, I was in charge of cash register. Having experienced it hardly, I could not find soon what I should do. With advice from other assistants, I accustomed myself to clear an account.
Finally, we danced “Banzai dance”. It is also the customary dance. It connotes the big success and the prosperity. I had a wonderful time. I want to go there again in next year.

Essay 4 -A memorable day in my life-

A memorable day in my life is when I was 3rd grade in my junior high school. There was a big event.It was English recitation contest. It held in October twenty-sixth, 2002. An English teacher chose three or four people to entry this contest. I had joined it twice. Therefore, it was the third time if I joined. I hesitated about the joining because I had a high school examination in this year, I was very busy to study many subjects. However, a friend of mine who also joined this contest twice said to me that we should participate in it to proud of our activity. Then I decided to join it. Finally, the representatives are only 2, me and my friend. The limited time was 5 minutes. We practiced again and again. The day, October twenty-sixth, finally came. There were about 8 groups from other towns or cities. I was a little nervous, but I had a confidence to beat them. I believed myself till the end of the presentation. As the result, we got second price. We were very happy. After that, we presented our recitation at a school festival in fall. Then I had never stood on the stage in such a situation. Thanks to the contest, I could have such wonderful times. Therefore, the day is my memorable day.

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