BR2-02: Tigger Comes to the Forest

I read Tigger comes to the Forest today. I went to a library and I chose this book because, it seemed interesting. This book is kind of Disney. Do you know Winnie the Pooh? I think most of the people know him. He is a character of Disney. I love this character so much. He is really cute and one of my favorite character. So I enjoyed reading the book to the end.

My favorite scene was Winnie the Pooh met to Tigger for the first time. I liked his reaction. It made me happy. Tigger is a tiger. So Tigger hate honey then they went out to find food for Tigger. When I was a child, I used to read picture books of Winnie the Pooh. I looked back on it with nostalgia. When I read English books, it took me many times. So I want to read them early more.

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My favorite TV show

I will tell you about my favorite TV programs. I love to watch TV. When I am free, I usually watching it. So my pass the time is to watch TV. I have many favorite TV programs especially I love to watch American dramas. My most favorite American drama is HEROES. Do you know it?? It is kind of SF and action drama and it was a great hit in America. It has season 4 now. The story is people save the world who have supernatural powers. The powers are unbelievable, for example, immortal, fly, and herculean strength etc. It was exciting so much. And it is broadcasted at 1:00 a.m. every Thursday now. Of course, I watched it every week. I recommend it!!

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BR2-01: Cinderella

I read Cinderella because it is famous and popular story. And I love Disney. Of course, I knew this story, but I haven’t read this story in English. So I decided to read it. I think that every girls and women love this story. This story is little different from Disney’s story. Cinderella’s truth name is “Ella”. But her stepmother and her half-sisters always treated her as if a slave. She always wore dirty clothes. She got cover with dust and cinder all over. So her name’s origin is “cinder”. I didn’t know the origin. She was poor, but she got married with prince finally. My favorite scene is a dance; because Cinderella and prince meet the place. The story made me happy. I want to read other fairy tales.

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My favorite vacation memory

Now, I will tell you about my favorite vacation memory. I went to Minnesota last July. I stayed there about for a month. Thanks to my host family and teachers, I experienced many things. The most interested thing was swimming in lakes. Minnesota has 10,000 lakes. I couldn't believe that when I heard it. Moreover I rode Motorboat. It was first time in my life and that was so exciting!! I was glad to meet nice Americans and I could make friends. I ate and made American foods. My favorite American foods are chicken, rice crispy bars and meat loaf. My host mother teach me how to make them. If I can I want to meet her again.

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My favorite season

Today, I will tell you about my favorite season. My favorite season is winter, because my weak point is heat. It is very hard to spend nothing an air conditioner in summer for me. Next, winter has many events. I love Winter Vacation, Christmas, New Year’s Day and my birthday. Winter had come; I was really looking forward to coming Santa Claus when I was a child. And I can meet to my relative in every New Year. At that time, I enjoyed talking to them so much. And I like to eat “Osechi”. Do you like to eat it?? It is a traditional Japanese dish. Next, my birthday is January 31. I cerebrate my birthday and I can give my birthday presents from my family and friends, so I like winter.

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My favorite travel

Today, I will tell you about my favorite travel. My best travel was Korea; because, it was first time to traveled abroad for me. I went to there for four days with Chikako and Ryoko last February. It was so nice trip. I saw traditional Korean buildings, Soul tower and many things. I love spicy foods, so I liked Korean foods. I had Yakiniku, Chizimi and Bibinba. And we bought clothes, shoes, cosmetics, foods and many Korean goods. These goods are so cheap and cute. My favorite shops are “Etude House” and “Forever 21”. Etude house is a cosmetics shop. Forever 21 is a clothes shop. It is famous, low priced and fashionable shop. I want to travel to Korea again.

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My favorite club

Today, I will tell you about my favorite club. I don’t belong to a club and a circle now. But, I belonged to volleyball club for six years when I was high and junior school student. So it was my favorite club and the best club for me. I practiced it every day and the practice was hard for me. Moreover we run 5 kilometers twice a week when we were a high school student. But my club member was so nice. Thanks to them, I could overcome the hard practice. And they are interesting and cheerful, so I like them very much. They are close friends even now. Half a year, we go to somewhere. I appreciate to them!!

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My favorite sports to watch

My favorite sports to watch are baseball and volleyball. When I was junior and high school student, I belonged to volleyball club. So my best sport is volleyball. I like both watch and play it. I also like baseball and I like to catch and go to batting center. But, I am not good at playing baseball. So I like to watch it better than play it. I think that professional baseball player is really cool. When I stay Minnesota, My host mother’s son and his girl friend showed me Twins stadium. It was big and beautiful. The Twins is a professional baseball team and Minnesota is a home of it. I wanted to see it long days ago and I was looking forward to visit it. So that was exciting!!!

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Rikkyo University students

During I stayed MN, I made friends. They are Rikkyo University students. They also stayed there about 3 weeks. Every Monday to Friday, we went to Bethel University. So usual days, my host mother drive me near a caribou coffee shop. After that, Jeff (our driver) picked us up. We rode a van about 1 hour every day. All the students are Rikkyo except Rie, Chika and I. So I made friends of Rikkyo. Their names are Yurika, Narumi, Yuko and Motoi. They major in college is various. Their major is not English, but their English skills are high. I was so surprised at it. Yurika’s main study is social welfare. Motoi’s main study is law. I talked them about many things, for example, dialect, each University, Kumamoto and Tokyo. I want to meet them someday!!!

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My favorite animal

My favorite animal is a dog. Because, I have a big dog!! It is a golden retriever. She is 9 years old, so she is old. But I sometimes take her with a walk and I feed my dog every day. Her name is lime. My younger brother named her. When I was a child, I wanted to have a big dog for a long time. I always asked my parents to get a dog, but I was said from my parents “you are too child to have a pet”. After a few years is passed. When I became 10 years old, my parents came back home with my dog suddenly. I was so glad to meet my dog. I can’t forget the day. I want her to live a long life.

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dream catcher of Ojibwa

Do you know dream catcher?? It looks like a spider’s web and many people believe that if we hang it, we haven’t a nightmare. Because, bad dream get caught by dream catcher. I believe it too. When I visited Indian museum with my host mother and Rie, I bought dream catcher. There is Indian shop next to Indian museum. Many goods are sold and the goods are made by real Indians. So it is too expensive for me, and they are my treasures!! The blue-green dream catcher is made by Indian of Ojibwa. Ojibwa is a member of a Native American people. Many of them live in the United States of Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota and in Ontario in Canada.

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Horseback riding

August 20th, we experienced horseback riding in Wisconsin. It was my first time to ride a horse. I was nerves and felt fear, but I am beginning to understand the knack of horseback riding. Gradually, I become a pleasure. I rode a white horse about 30 minutes. His name is Cheyenne. He is so smart, but he always eats hay. I want to ride a horse again someday!! After I ride a horse, I became to ride like it!!

After we rode a horse, we went to outlet moll. Yuka, Maiko and I went to ice creem shop. I had raspberry ice creem. It is littel expensive, but big and delicious♥

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Moll of America

Today, I will tell you about Moll of America. I went to there with other students in August 19th. I was so excited it, because, I love shopping. There are four floors and it is the biggest shopping moll of all America. It is too called “MOA”, “MoA” and “Mega moll”. It was built in 1992 near Minneapolis international airport. There are 540 shops at least and if people shopping all shops, it will take 24 hours or more hours. It has chapels, school, church, aquarium, amusement park and eight theaters!!!
The number of customers in the past years is forty million!!! It is the most customer of the world. There is 4 another shopping mall next to MOA!!
The number of the worker is ten hundred thousand and two thousand.
I went to many shops, and my favorite shops are “Forever 21”, “H&M”. These clothes are cute and cheap. These shops are famous and popular among young women. I bought three T-shirts, white cardigan, black dress and tunic. We are running while we move next shop, so my legs muscle was pain next day.

After Rie and I said goodbye other students, I went to aquarium with Rie and Rie’s host parents. It is underground of Moll of America. I was so glad to go to there, because I wanted to go to there before long days ago. I saw sharks, jelly fish, sea turtle, sea dragon and other beautiful fishes. I liked sea turtle, because I saw it first time. It is SO big and I moved it.
After we went to aquarium, I bought doll. And the name is “sharky”. It is main character of the aquarium. It is so cute!!
After that we had crepe and shopping about 3 hours. We bought many souvenirs in Minnesota. I went to there only 1 day, but I enjoyed all day long.

Rie’s host parents drove me home. They were kind to me. I appreciate to them!! Thank you!

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Camp~!!!

Last Monday and Tuesday (September 6 and 7th) I went to shichijyo with Asaki, Satoko, Mizuho, Sayaka, Kurumi, Ryoko and Chika. We arrange to meet them in front of the PALCO at 11 a.m.
I was looking forward to go to camp with them SO much!!

First, we took a “prikura”. To my surprise, present purikura machine is very progress. Because, we can gave false eyelashes!!!

Next, we had MacDonald and talked about many things. I thought that they had good summer vacation!!! I talked them about my stay in Minnesota.

Then, we went to Daie, because we have to get some foods. We bought some snacks, chocolate cookies, green tea, juices and some vegetables. And we had crepe!! It was so good!!
We rode a bus about 1 hour and we arrived at shichijyo. Our cottage is big so we liked it.
After a short time, we went to hot spring in shichijyo. We took a bath between about 1 and 2.
After that we had curry rice. It was so delicious. After our dinner, we did tramp karuta and uno. We enjoyed them. We talked many hours until the sun raised. I slept about two hours, but some friends sat up all night.
In morning, we went to “Ashiyu” It made me relax!! Next day was bad rain, but I had good memories and I am happy my spend time here.

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