BR 03 Feel the Wind

Have you felt the wind blowing through your hair? Wind is moving air. Air is what we breathe. It is everywhere around us, even though we can't see it.

This book was written about the wind. What is wind, dou you konw? Wind is moving air. Air is what we breathe. Wind is everywhere around us, even though we can't see it. We can't see the wind, but we can see it move things. And we can hear the wind too. I found that wind made by hot air and cold air change places.When heated air over the Earth rises, coocler, heavier air rushes in to take its place. so the moving air is wind.There are many kinds of wind. Some winds blow gently, others blow fast. Storms like hurricanes bring the strongest winds of all. they are strong enough to knock trees down. Wind is very close to our live. People have used the power of moving air for thousands of years. Making electricity, saw wood and grind grain.In some parts of the world, people have givenspecial names on the wind that blows there. It was surprised me. A chinook is a wind that brows from the Rocky Mountains of the United States. It's so warm and it can melt deep snow in a just few hours. A sirocco is a hot, dry wind that blows from northeren Africa. The wind is on of our life. It's nessary for the earth.(216/3612)

Arthur Dorros. 1989. Feel the Wind. New York: HarperCollins,

BR 02 Henry and Mudge and the Sneaky Crackers

Henry put the spy glasses on himself and the spy hat on Mudge and they went outside.(p.15)

Henry and Mudge watched a TV show called The Man in the Mask. It was about spy He loved spies.One day he saw a spy kit for sale and bought it. There was a spy hat, spy glasses,secret code on a secret card and best of all a magnifying glass. Henry put the spy glasses on himself and spy hat on Madge. Then they went to outside. Around the trash cans Henry found apiece of paper on the ground. After they back to home, he began working carefully. Finally he cracked the code. It means 'Who are you?'He answered and left secret message by the trash cans for a week said 'Meet me here 5:00 Monday'


On monday, Henry met a boy holding the same spy kit with a dog also wearing a hat. They made a club named 'Crackers.'



I think Henry is so active boy. He has ability to take actions as soon as he thought. I want to train my ability to take action with him if I could!!(173/3396)


Rylant, Cynthia. (1997). Henry and Mudge and the Sneaky Crackers. New York: Aladdin Paperbacks.

BR 01 Henry and Mudge and the careful cousin

'Annie stood in the yard. Her dress was frilly. Her shoes were shiny. Her face was worried.(p.11)'

There are a boy named Henry and his dog Mudge. They are waiting his cousin Annie. He is never met her. While they waited for the cousin he gave his dog a brushing. Mudge loved brushing. He rolled onto his back.Suddenly the cousin and her father came .She was dressed up. Her face was worried.She was vigilance. When Mudge went over and kissed Annie, she turned pink. She wiped the dog drool from her cheeks. Henry and Annie were eating lunch with his Uncle and Henry's parents.

After lunch Henry asked her to play Frisbee and they went to out to play.He told Annie how to make Frisbee spin. Then she throwing the Frisbee it whizzed across the yard. She was really good at Frisbee.They played Frisbee until dark.The next day Henry and Mudge said good-bye to Annie. Mudge gave her another kiss however she didn't turn pink.

I was worried about how he could befriend?? it's good that they were good friend at the end. It was surprising that Annie was really good at Frisbee.I want to play Frisbee someday with my friends.(182/3223)

Rylant, Cynthia. (1997). Henry and Mudge and the careful cousin. New York: Aladdin Paperbacks.

About my keitai

I use 'willcom' for my keitai. The good point of willcom is the payment rates. It's very cheap. Of course the function is better willcom than smart phone. However my requests for keitai are phone and email. willcom is no problem about them. I think smart phone is so good and convenience in my life, but it's ultimately said that they don't need in the keitai's function during student. If I become a worker, I would buy smart phone and pay myself.
Now, keitai becomes like our part of body. Some people have two or more keitai. It can't be concider 10 years ago. The age pass so fast.(109/3041)

Using the computer

My opinion about using computer is positive. The computer becomes one of our life now. We can't do at least short essay. Computer is very convenience for us. On the other hand computer causes a lot of programs and troubles, because it can lead to the world and bad sites regardless young or old. The important point to use computer is to be fractionated by myself. If we accept everything because of our ignorance, we would suffer great damage. We need the truth and wisdom to live our life. We have to management and protect ourselves imparticular this year to survive this age.(103/2932)

Introduce my friends

I introduce my friends. They are the same age. We are very good friends like sisters. Other then me they are from Kagoshima. The are as a 'satsuma ogojo' it means a Kagoshima's woman who has a pleasant disposition, friendly and core. The person of firm character. One of my friends has a special skill, that is impersonation. It's similar to the person. I think she has a big talent and power of observation for the person. May be I can't do like her. Another my friend is an office lady. She works every day from morning to evening. I emulate her because we are the same age, but her works every day. She is good at playing sports especially basketball, so she is a sore loser woman. I think it's good character. She is small height. There are 15 cm height difference between her and me.

We all have different character each other. It's good that we are very interesting while talking because the talk couldn't stop. if nobody stop us we continue to talk each other. However once in a while we don't match each other and a little anger, but the time past we are all reflect on and permit each other.

I think we need the best friends who can speak genuinely and anything. If we don't the friends we can't support each other and fall some day. I think we should be admit and touch with the good faith each other.
If the a person would be fall, the other should give her a shoulder. Then if the circumstance would be reversed they could help and walk together. I think the people can walk continuously.

I don't know we can live together indefinitely, but we may split some day. However the distance would be far our heart leads continuously, I think that's OK. Our heart would never leave in the future.(316/2829)

Dear my hostfamily

Hi, my name is Mariko N. Please call me Mari. I'm a student of KGU. I'm in the 4th I'm 23 years old.I major in languages especially English, but I studied German and Chinese at the past. I want to speak with foreign people in many languages.

I like sweets, so I sometimes go to sweets shops with my friend. When I go to your country, I want to go some sweets shops with you. In addition , I like sports. I used to play volleyball and tennis in my youth, so I want to play sports or do some active things during my stay.
Now, I belong to the sports club in my school. We play soccer, volleyball, or basketball and so on. We are very good friends like real brothers. There I can challenge many things including my poor things.

I introduce my family and my home town. There's my father, mother, a young brother and two young sisters. I love my family. Then I live in Kumamoto in Japan. Do you know where it is?? It's in Kyushu, west part of Japan. My home town is hot town. There is Mt Aso which has a caldera of the world's most. If you come to my hometown I would take you for sightseeing.

I'm interested in foreign countries, culture and language. I want to speak and know how they think and feel. I want to know about your family and I want you to know about me too. During my stay, I want to get along very nicely with you.(262/2513)

My favorite movie

I would introduction my favorite movie. It's 'Mother Teresa' have you ever seen this movie? It's about Mother Teresa's life who is a Nun. It starring Olivia Hussey. She said that she had wished to play the role of Mother Teresa for a long time. The reason why I like this movie is her life moves my heart. Mother Teresa was believe in god and her living lesson was came from the passage from the Bible. She served to a small man as she serve to god. She helps poor people who abandoned by society. It's impressed me that she always pray to god. I want to live my life not only for me but for everyone and save many people.(121/2251)

Foreign countries

I'm interested in foreign countries especially culture. I want to know and research about Korea now. I have been to Korea some times, then Korea has very different cultures. When I go to Korea first time, I was surprised that Korean toilet can't wipe clean the toilet paper . There are many churches and there are red cross on the roof top. it was unfamiliar sight in Japan. I was surprised that almost half of the Korean is christian in Korea so there are a lot of churches in Korea. To know the culture of the country is important things to go there and talk with that countries man.I want to go many countries in the future.(119/2130)

My other class

My other classes are education, government and western history. They are difficult but interesting to study. I want to study education more. department in KGU and we could study many things in this school. For example, I could study about welfare a little although belong to language department. I think it should be appreciated our learning environment. I study about how to study English in my seminar. It's very interesting to study and research. I have handed out the short essay to my professor but I want to continue the research about it. I want to study more in my life.(104/2011)

How study English

There are a lot of way to study English. I study English by listening singing English music and write down the spell. I think that the point to study English is to be fun and love.Then you'll want to learn English more. Another way to become a good English speaker is making friend with foreign students and talking with them. During the communication your English skill become higher. It's very practical method to study Language not only English but other languages. I think English study isn't just memorization. When we use English, it will be more effective. (101/1907)

Food/ eating habits

Food is very close to our health. We should keep good eating habits. However in this age espesially young people break turbulent their eating habits.They often skip breakfast in the morning. However breakfast is very important diet because that work to stimulate the brain and improve the temperature. It's important to start the day.Then we should consider what we eat. There are a lot of foods around us because of the globalization and there are a lot of junk foods or cup noodles and sweets.However there contain many additives in them. It's not good for health. If we eat them every day, our body would tattered in the future.We should be careful from now.(120/1806)

My hobby

My Golden Week plans was so good. I went to Amakusato camping with my friends. We row the dragon boat in the Anakusa's sea. It was heard to row however it became a agood memory. We play dodgeball game in the gym. We play soccer game in the rain. The game was more incandescent because of the weather. In the evening, we made and play a short drama by each team. It was so funtastic night. The camp was very good for everything. It was unforgettable days. In the GW camp, our bonds became deeper and we each made good memory in Amakusa.(104/1686)

Music I like

My favorite music is Korean music. There are a lot of korean music in Japan, however I like gospel music is number one. The gospel musics have strong power and the meaning of words is so deep and music is so good. I think songs have some power because some people said that their desiese were healed by sing or listen songs. It's very amazing because they healed without oparate. The power can't see to our eyes, however there are power of god. I want to practice gospel songs in the korean and song some day. Thank you.(100/1582)

My favorite hobby

I like dancing!! I started dance since enter to college. Before to start, I don't like dance so much because I was too shy to dance in front the people. I changed my shy personality. Now I danced with my friends in front of over 100 people. It 's my joy to force the people who watch my dance. I found that when I challenge the poor things I could change my personality more ideally. It' very important to build character formation. When challenging to poor things, there are steep road every time and many people give up the road. However, I believe that there is necessarily visible light at the road ahead. If I catch or not is upon me.(121/1482)

My favorite color

There are a lot of color in this world. My favorite color is white and pink in the color. The reason why I loke the color is white is so cleanliness. I once heard there are only white in the heaven. Heaven is so beautiful world, so I want to go there. However, white become dirty quickly so I should be keep clean every day.
Next why I like pink is pink is very cute. especially, I prefer pale pink. Pale pink is so cute. Of course vivid pink is also cute. I have many pink goods. I like my pink clotheses. I think the color is important because there showes people's personality and mood. When feel good I natulary choiced bright colors. However when I feel bad I choiced dark color. It's wonder for me. If there is a man who I don't know, but he likes red I anticipate he is hot man.(158/1361)

My favorite sport to watch is soccer. It's very exciting!! I have heard that soccer ground is the life for me. There jammed everything for life. When I heard the story I was impressed, because it was so grand and deep. Since then, my perspective views of soccer game was changed and I feel it is more fun. In addition I think that soccer trains not only our physical but also our mental. I think that the real soccer bplayer has strong physical and strong mental. In the game, there bare a lot of enemy and they really heading to score a goal. Winning to them, the player has to be strong. I think there are many things to learn from the player.(122/1203)

My favorite country is Korea. Korea is very close to Japan, but there are a lot of differences. For example, food is so different from Japanese food. Korean like hot food, and they spisy level is very high. When I go to Korea I ordered sea food noodle. I knew that it's hot food, however when I eat it was too hot to beat!! I felt that the sense of Korean is very different and they really likes hot food. Next, Koreanhas hot heart. They are very hot to what they do and they have the pride for themselves. I think Japanese is passively but Korean is actively. I emulate the positive action. Thirdly, Korean is deep humanity and friendly. Theire family ties are so deep. They cherish their parents.(134/1337)