My Golden Week Plan

My Golden Week will be busy. I am going to work at a venyl hothouse from Saturday to Tuesday. I will work there from 8;30 to 4;30. I am belong to Tamana club which is volleyball club team. I usually play volleyball about twice a week. On Saturday, after working, I will play volleyball. On Monday, I will meet my friend after a long time. I am looking forward to meet friend. On Tuesday, I will cook over a barbecue with my friend. My Golden Week will be busy, but fun!
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Dinner

Today, I worked at a vinyl house from 8;30 to 4;30. It was so hot in a vinyl house, so I sweated. At 12;00, my friend's mother said "It's noon. Let's eat lunch". We brought lunch, and ate in the shade of a tree. We work in Yokoshima and Yokoshima was surrounded rich nature. So we could breathe fresh air. Then we took a walk, and bought ice cream. We were hot, so I felt ice cream was more delicious.

After working, I helped my mother prepared dinner. My mother said me "What do you want to eat?" I was hot, so I said "I want to Hiyashityu-ka". My mother said "OK! And let's make Inarizushi too". I like Inarizushi, so I was very glad, and said "That's great!" So we made Hiyashityu-ka and Inarizushi. I I cut a cucumber and Tamagoyaki and cabbage into juliennes. Then I filled Age with Mazegohan. I enjoied cooking. We finished preparing dinner after a short time. It looks delicious, and I wanted to eat them earlier. When I ate them, I felt delicious and happy. My father and younger brother said "These are delicious". I was happy to hear that. I will make dinner again.

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Nice day!!

Today, I had a speeking class. First, I talked about my relative's appearance and personality with friend. I said a friend "My cousin is beauty and small, and her personality is friendly and gentry. My uncle is cool and a little fat, his personality is kindly." A friend was surpised and said "Oh really? My grand father is a little fat too." We were surprised and exploded with laughter at the talking. Second, I talked about a card wihch Mr Warterman gave every students. I taked with Syoko. Syoko said me "What are your mother like?" I said Syoko "My mother like cat, because her eyes slant and brown. " Syoko said "I want to see your mother! Does your mother resemble you?" I said "Not at all. But I resemble my father." Syoko said "Me too, I resemble my father too. I also want to see your father." I said "I want to your father too." Then I talked about student marriage with Chisako and Misaki. Misaki said "I approve student marriage. Because They love each other, and they have a right which is they could be married." Chisako said "I agree with you." I said "I objected student marriage. Because they are student, so they should concentrate on study they want to learn." Misaki said "That's right, what is more they will give a person trouble. But they may regret that they were married earlier." We talked about student marriage for few minutes. Then I talked about a lot with many friends in English.

After school, I went to Kamitori to eat supper with my friends. First I went to "Buen" which is restaurant and bar. We were hungry, so ate many foods. And we talked a lot and laughed at talking. Foods were very delicious. What is more, we could make ourself to parfait. There were many foods in Buen. For example, pineapples, mikans, soft ice cream, chocolate, blueberry, choco and strawberry and blueberry sauce and so on. there were too many food to choice. We made original parfait. It was very delicious! And making parfait was fun. I want to make parfait again. We enjoyed talking and eating there. And we laughed very hard.
Then we went to Festa to take a picture. Festa is a game center and there are Purikura in Festa. We took a picture. When we took a picture, we laughed very hard. It was fun.
Then we went to SWISS which is caffe. I ate chocolate cake and drank tea. Chocolate cake was sweet and tea was plain. So chocolate cake muched with tea. The others ate a gelatain cheesecake. It looks delicious. Today, I ate too much so must have gained. I must be a diet.
Then we went to TSUTAYA to rent a DVD. There were many DVDs so we were in trouble to choose a DVD. After all, we rend a horror movie. We went to my cousin's house. My cousin lives alone. On arriving at cousin's house, we removed one's makeup and watched a horror movie with friends. It was horrible. I screamed sometimes. I didn't want to watch it, but I did the whole movies. After went home, I could not sleep(+ +).
Today, I had a very very happy time.
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BR 1-03:The House on the Hill

I read "The House on the Hill". Frankly speaking, this book is a love story. But I have never read such a love story. This love story is peculiar. Usualy most love story with a happy ending, but this story is not. The characters are Paul and Maria. Paul is poor and Maria is rich. They loved each other, but Maria's mother was against them marriage. I thought although her mother against them marriage, they will get married. But they didn't. What is more, They disliked each other. I was surprised. This book is easy to read and interesting. I want to read love story again!!
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Movie review

Syourin syouzyo is very cool!

Today, I watched "Syourinsyojo" which I recorded on DVD yesterday. A heroin is Kou Shibasaki. I like her very much. She is cute, I want to be like her. And she did Syorinken in the movie. It was very cool. She also plaied lacrosse with her friend. I have never plaied lacrosse, but I want to play it! "Syorinsyojo" was very interesting. I want to watch movie more!!
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A cherry tomato

Today, I got up at 6;30. And I went to a vinyl hothouse in Yokoshima with my mother. It takes about 20 minutes to go to Yokoshima by car. Yokoshima is in Tamana and have rich nature. Yokoshima is famous for Tomato and strawberry and so on. My mother pluck cherry tomatoes off. So I went to Yokoshima to help my mother and get money. I often went to yokoshima to help my mother. And I work from 8;30 to 4;30. I can get a daily wage of 6000 yen. We take an hour break at 12;00, and 30-minute at 10;00 and 3;00. While we take a rest, we talk a lot with eating many snacks and drinking tea. It is very fun. But recenty, in a vinyl hothouse is very hot and like summer. I sweat profusely, so my clithes were soaking wet with sweat. It is very hard to pluck many cherry tomatoes off. But harvesting made me happy. When I pluck many cherry tomatoes off, I also eat them. It was delicious. After working, I always feel fresh. I think farmwork is harder than any other job, but it is work worth doing. So I like farmwork. And I was glad to get 6000 yen.

After working, I went to meet my younger sister at Johoku high school. My younger sister is in a domitory to play volleyball. So my younger sister plays volleyball hard everyday. Johoku high school is in Yamaga. It takes 30 minutes to go to Yamaga by car. My younger sister came home for the first time in 3 months. My younger sister looks happy. And I also glad to meet my sister after a long time. Then we talk a lot. But my younger sister must return to her gomitory by 9;00, so I and my mother drove her to a domitory. It was fun.
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Hokuryo high school

After school, I had a part time job from 6;30 to 11;00. I went home by train, and I met a friend who is a classmate when I was a senior high school student. A friend said me "I have to go to Hokuryo high school to get paoers, but I don't want to go there alone. Please come with me!" I arrived in Tamana at 5;15, so I had a time, I said "OK!" Then I went to hokuryo high school and met teachers for the first time in two years. I said teacher "Do you remember me?". Teacher said "Of couse! How are you?". I said teacher "Thank you. I am fine!" and teacher said "Do you enjoy your school life and make friends?" I said "Yes! I live a full life. I enjoy my school life and I had many friends. Many people are kind to me." Teacher said me "That's good." I talked with many teacher about a good old memory and my school life. I wanted to meet a class teacher, but she had gone home, so she wasn't in Hokuryo high school. I couldn't be in Hokuryo high school because I had a part time job, so I said teacher "Good bye. I come to here again." It was very fun.

After working, I went to MacDonald and bought a vanilla shake and a chicken. It's cost was only 200yen. It was very cheap. Then we went my friend's home. We gathered on friend's home, and met aftere a long time. Those present were a graduate of the Hokuryo high school student. We talked a lot and laughed loudly at the talking. Then my friend's brother bought us ice cream. We were grad!! To my surprise, Ice cream my friend's brother bought were HargenDattu!! Its were expensive. We said "This is delicious! Thank you." I ate taste of strawberry ice cream and it was delicious. Then I said "Good bye. I will meet you sometime." Then I went home. Unfortunatery, we had a heavy rain. But I want to meet my friends. I had a nice time.
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Bad Day

Today, a cold was worse(+ +). But it seems that my friend was cought a cold by me. I'm sorry... So I will go to hospital to see a doctor again tomorrow. I wish I could get over my and my friend's cold. What is worse, I had a headache. I must work tomorrow. I feel like crying. Someone help me~!
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My hobby

My hobby is playing volleyball. I have played volleyball for nine years. Playing volleyball with my friends is very fun. I play it twice a week. I am belong to volley ball club team. Practice is sometimes very hard, but I practice hard to play volleyball better. After play volleyball, I feel fresh. Sports is good for helth. I like watching volleyball too.
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Music I like

Music I like is "Bad Day". It is sung by Daniel Powter. A reason why I like this music, the lyrics always encourage me, and a singer's voice make me relief. Especially I often listened This music when I was unhappy. For example, when I made mistake at my part time job, I was tormented by human relations and so on. And my friend presented me with this music's CD when I was a student preparing for an examination. So this music is valuable my memory.
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First class

My first class, I was a little nervous, because I didn't take a lesson for a long time because of the spring vacation. But I could take a lesson with my friends, and KGU's professor was kind to student, so I enjoyed taking my first class and I can study hard with relaxed. I will study harder from now on.
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Doughtnut and ramen!!

Today, a cold was better than yesterday. But I overslept, so I hurried to ready go to school and I could get on the train barely in time. There were too many people to move in the train(+ +). When I took a writing crass, I recorded my voice. It was fun.

After school, I went to Kamitori to go to The mister doughnut. Because all doughnut in mister doughnut were only 100yen now. I bought a strawberry doughnut and chocolate doughnut. It was very delicious.

Then I went to Azisen ramen. Today was 22th. The day 22th is called "Hu-hu no hi" in Japanese in Azisen ramen and Azisen ramen is only 300yen on the day. There were many people in Azisen ramen and the waiter said us "Please let me have a little more time", so I waited a moment. Then I ate ramen with my friends. It was very nice.

Today was interesting.

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A boring day

Today, I was absent from school because of a cold. I had a cold worse(+ +) So I rest quietly in my bed. It was very very boring(; ;) But a cold is painful. Today, I was going to go to a fashionable restaurant for lunch with my friend.But I could not go there because of a cold. So I was sad. But my friend sand me an e-mail. It was said "Are you OK? Take it easy." I was happy to read that. I went to a hospital which is near my house in the afternoon. Then I saw a doctor and got some cold medicine. After return home, I ate supper a lot, and took some medicine. I wish I could go to school tomorrow. Today was very boring day.
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Momijimanzyu!!

Today, it rained intermitntlyac. I don't like rainy weather and I cought a cold (+ +). So today was hard for me, but my friends said me "Are you OK? Take it easy." I was glad to hear that. And I thought friend is my treasure.

After lunch I ate Paishu witch is bought at KGU's bakery. I like Paishu very much, so I eat it almost every day. Then I went to Maruzen to buy Hoshiume. I like Hoshiume too. And it is very cheap. The price of Hoshiume is only 30 yen!!

I had a crass of speaking from 16;20. First, I talked about my vacation with Chikako. Chikako said me "Where did you go?" and I said "I went to Hokkaido" Chikako was surprised and said "Really? I envy you. When did you go? and with who?" I said "I went to Hokkaido on March with my friend and I ate Jagabutter there." Then I said "How about you? Where did you go?" Chikako said "I went to Kagoshima On March." I said "Who did you go with?" Chikako said "I went there to go to an aquarium with my friend" I said "Oh did you go to an aquarium? I envy you!" Talking about our vacation was very fun. Second, I reported to Yurina about Chikako's vacation, and Yurina reported to me about Saki's vacation. To my surprise, Saki went to an aquarium too. I enjoyed talking in English. Finally, I watched Mr. Tomei's video. It was difficult to follow what he says. I want to Hawaii, because the hote is near the waikiki beach and I can eat both Hawaian and American dishes. Then I like shopping very much, and I can go to Downtown which is shopping area.

After crass of speaking, I went home, but the train was delayed about thirty minutes because of rainy weather. Then my friend brought me a souvenir of Hiroshima. A souvenir of Hiroshima was Momijimanzyu. I like it very much, and it was very dericious. I ate it with tea.

Today was hard for me but fun.

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My friend's birthday(^ ^)

Today was my friend's birthday, so I and my friend held a party to celebrate my friend. First, I went to cake shop, and bought birthday cake. My friend likes chocolate, so I bought chocolate cake. Then we went to Jagatanipark which is big park and in Tamana. We took many foods which we made at home. There are many tables and chairs in Jagatani park. On arriving at Jagatani park, we sat dawn, and started to eating.I made Tamagoyaki and Onigiri. My friend said me "Tamagoyaki you made is very delicious!" I was glad to hear that. Another friend said me "Your Onigiri is dericious, but too big to eat all" Many foods we made was very delicious. Then I and friend said friend "this cake present for you from us". My friend was surprised and said us "Thank you!! I am glad. It looks delicious. Let's eat together!". Then we eat cake together. It was delicious : )

We went to Ashiyu which is in Tamana. Asiyu is popular with the people of the district. Sometimes different local people come to Ashiyu. I often go to Ashiyu with my friend. Ashiyu make me feel at home. Asiyu is very good!! If you come to Tamana, please go to Asiyu.

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BR 1-02: Good Night, Good Knight

I read "Good Night, Good Knight". It was more difficult than "THE BOOKSTORE GHOST" which I read 5days ago. The characters are three little dragons and a good Knight. Three little dragons are lived in a dark cave which was in a dense forest, and they were very lonely in their deep dark cave. A Good Knight kept watch. He watched from a crumbly tumbly tower which was on top of a very tall wall. One night the Good Knight heard a very loud roar, and he found a little dragon. Then he gave a drink of water, read a story and sang a song for three little dragons. I thought a Good Knight was kindly. I like him. And three little dragons were very cute. I wish three little dragons really existed, and I want to meet them. Usually dragon have an image which is fearful or strong, but this three dragons who gets lonely easily and cute. This is a heart warmong story, but little boring. Because there ware many same sentences in this book. But I like this story.
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Shopping

Today, my mother and I was holiday. So I went to youmetown hikarinomori to shopping together. We left home at 12;00. First, we went to cousin's house to give meny cherry tomatoes. I met a cousin after a long time. I talked a lot with a cousin. It was fun. Then, we left cousin's house at 1;30. Then we arrived at hikarinomori at 2;00. There were many cute clothes, and I tried many clothes on. I like trying clothes because I feel like I am a fashion model. Then I found a very cute bag, but I spend money on clothes so largely that I couldn't it. I was sad and regreted spending too money. Then My mother bought bag for me!! I was glad and grateful to my mother. I thought I must tighten my my purse strings and I must work harder. Shopping was very fun.

Then we went to STARBUCKS. My mother likes STARBACKS's coffee and cake. So I drank a cup of coffee, and my mother drank a cup of coffee and eat a cake. After a short time we ate an omelet containing fried rise at Omuricetei which is an omelet containing fried rise's specialty store. I and my mother like Omuricetei, so we often go there. It was delicious.

I had a nice time.
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Niboshiramen

After school, I had a part time job from 7;00 to 11;00. Today was very busy, but I worked hard. After working, I and my friend were hungry, so we went to eat Niboshiramen. Do you know Niboshi? It is said dried small sardines in English. I have heard Niboshiramen is very dericious, but I have never eaten it. So I was bubbling with expectation. Niboshiramen is made in Niboraya which is in Shimotori. Niboraya was small, but Niboshiramen was very dericious!! this picture is Niboshiramen. Usually most ram is greasy, but Niboshiramen is light : ) To my surprise, after eating, we could eat Zousui which is made with left soup!! It was delicious too, but we were full (+o+). If you never eaten Niboshiramen, please try to eat it!! You must like it. I want to eat it again.

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Eating is happy : )

Today, I missed a train : ( So I got on a next train. I was late for 1stcrass. On arriving at crass room, I met my friends, and I took lessons togeher.

After school, I went to Centerriver witch is a humburger's specialty restaurant with my friends. And today was the day all I could eat humburgers for 2000yen. I like a humburger very much, so I was looking forward to eat many humburgers, but there were no humburgers when we went to Centerriver(;_;) I was disappointed. Then we went to Kamamado witch is restaurant. We could eat various food for 2000yen. There were all kinds of food in Kamado. For example, a steak, a an agedashidofu, takoyaki, mentaikoudon, an omelet containing fried rice and so on. So I was captivated. We have eaten many foods for two hours. I felt happy : ) My favorite food is a menntaiko udon. Mentaiko udon is one of this picture. It looks delicious. I like eating, but recentry I gained weight. So I must be a diet.

Today, I had a nice time.

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sweets

Today, I finished my class at 14;30. Then I went to Kamitori with my friend Ayaka by walking. We could go there by bus or a municipal streetcar, but getting on bus or a municipal streetcar cost us 180yen or 150yen. So we went to Kamitori by walking and we could save a little money. But we are tired. We met our friend Yayoi the moment we arrived. Then we went to 31 which is ice cream shop. 31 was having a sale today. Seven ice creams were only 500yen. We were captivated by many ice creams. Then we ate seven ice creams together. All ice creams were dericious: ) My favorite ice cream is Banana and chocolate ice cream. Because I like Banana very much. Today, we had a part time job's interviewing at 5;00 so, we had to leave 31 the moment we finished eating. After a part time job's interviewing, we went to swiss which is a cake shop. I ate a gelatin cheesecake and Ayaka and Yayoi ate a paishu. Those were delicious: ) While we were eating a cake, we tolked a lot. We had a very nice time. Then I and Ayaka return to KGU. Today was a circle activities day. I am belong to Golf club. I participate in a circle activities. Then I got home at 12;00. Today was very happy, but tired: (

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Essay 1-01b: Dear my hostfamily

Hello!! My name is Manami S. I’m nineteen years old and a KGU student which is in Kumamoto, and I’m from Kumamoto. I go to KGU by train. It takes about an hour to go to KGU. I want to speak English better, so I study English with my friends at KGU. English is very difficult for me but I study English hard!! Pronunciation of English is especially difficult for me.

By the way, do you know about Kumamoto? Kumamoto is part of Kyusyu and there are rich nature and clean water in Kumamoto. I think a noted place of Kumamoto is the castle of Kumamoto which is called Kumamoto-jyou. It s built by Katou Kiyomasa in 1607. It is very cool and famous all over Japan. If you come to Japan, please go to there. A special product of Kumamoto is Karashirenkon. Are there Karashi in America? Karashi is like mustard and very spicy. Renkon is a lotus root. Karashirenkon like that a lotus root is filled with Karashi. I don’t like spicy food, so I don’t like Karashirenkon, but Kaashirenkon is a famous food and popular in Kumamoto. If you like spicy food, you must try it!!

By the way, how many people are there in your family? I have five people in my family. I have my mother, father, younger sister, younger brother. I hope I make friends with you.

What food is the most famous in America? I often eat hamburger in Japan, and like it. Do you often eat hamburger too? The staple food of the Japanese is rice. How about American people? I want to learn about American culture a lot, so please teach me anything and everything. I have never been abroad, so I'm looking forward to going to America and meeting you!! See you...
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BR1-01: BOOK STORE GHOST

Today, I read "THE BOOK STORE GHOST". It was in KGU's library and interesting story. The characters are Mr.Brown who likes three things: ghost books, cheese, and cats, and a cat that is not like other cats. She don't like fish, but loves cheese and mice, and mice. Mr. Brown don't like mice, but there are mice in his house. Then various occurrences is happened, and Mr. Brown make friends with mice the grace of his cat.
It was interesting, and cute illustration. If you have not read it, please read it!! It is easy to read.
I was tired and I feel sleepy(++). What is worse, I must leave home tomorrow early in the morning, so I go to bed \(~0~)/. See you!!

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My school life

Today, I woked up at 8;00. Then I made a lunch. I often make my lunch. It is fun, but I often overslept, so I often can't make my lunch(^^;). One of the aim of this year is making my lunch everyday!! And if I have enough time, I want to make a lunch for my brother. I think making a lunch is saving money. Because if I don't bring a lunch to KGU, I have to pay at least 500yen for lunch. I will stick with it!!
Then I got on the train from Tamana to Suizennji. I come to KGU by train everyday. It is far from Tamana to KGU, so it takes about an hour and harf hour and I am tired(++). What is worse, recently, many people get on the train, so I can't sit on the sheet. But if I meet my friend, I talk with my friend in the train. It is fun!! And I often listen to the music in the train. Going to school by train is hard, but sometimes I feel pleasantly(^v^)♪.
I had a test in speeking today. I taked a test with Aya and Yui. I was nervous a little. First, we talked about sports. I said "I like baseball", just then, Aya said "Me too, did you watched WBC?" I said "Of course! It was very interesting and I was exciting!!". Yui said "I like baseball too. I like Soft Bank team and Nakajima player. Do you know Nakajima?" But I and Aya didn't know Nakajima player. Second, we talked about travel. Mr.warterman said us "Please talk about which country do you want to go.", so we started to talk about trip. Aya said "I want to go to Pusan". I said Aya "Why do you want to go to Pusan?". Aya said "Because Pusan is cheap and near from Japan". I said "I see, but I want to go to Hawaii, because the hotel is near the waikiki beach and I can eat Hawaiian and American dishes." Yui want to go to Hawaii too. Then I said "I like shopping very much, so I can go to Downtown shopping area! Do you know Downtown?". Aya and Yui said "Yes, I know!". And Aya said "I have been to Downtown." I was surprised. What is more, Yui said "I have been to Hawaii too!". I said "I have never been abroad, so I envy you(><)!". Then Mr warterman said "Stop!", so we stoped speaking. We enjoyed speaking in English.
Return, I had Ayaka drived to the Kumamoto station. She often drive me to Kumamoto station. Thanks Ayaka(^0^)/
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one day

I had a part-time job from morning to evening. I work at Jusco. Working is very hard for me(++), but I must work to earn money. Especially, today is very busy because of holiday. Many people usualy come to Jusco on a holiday. I worked hard not to fail.
After part-time job, I went home and my mother said me "let's go to Reika". Reika is ramen shop. I often go there with my famiry. As I was hungry, I said my mother "OK!". Then we went to Reika, and ordered two ramens. An unforeseen occurrence happened. To my surprise, a fly was in my ramen(><)! And what was even worse, I have eaten most of ramen. But I could eat ramen free. Have you ever experienced that like happening? If you never experienced, be careful!!
After that I went to my friend's home. There are two pets in my friend's family. They were very cute. There are no pet in my family, so I envy my friend. I plaied with my friends and two pets. Then I enjoyed talking with my friend. We talked about a lot. I had a nice time.
I went home, and I watched Red clif at 9;00. Did you watch? Red clif was interesting and exciting!! If you didn't watch Red Clif, I recommend Red Clif to you(^^). Red Clif part Ⅱis now showing, so I will watch it!!
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Holiday

Today is the first holiday in a long time, so I cleaned my room. First, I put a room in order. Then I found many pictures which I took in the old days. Some pictures was took when I was a child attending kindergarten. When I was a child attending kindergarten is not what I am today. It may be natural, but I felt miraculous!! It was interesting to look many pictures. Second, I vacuum-cleaned my room. I don't like vacuum-cleaning, because a vacuum-cleaner is noisy. I vacuum-cleaned after a long time. Lastly, I wiped the floor. Then it is a fine day, so I aired futon and a sheet. After I cleaned my room, I felt fresh(^0^)!
I helped my mother make supper. Todays supper was curry and rice and a ham salad. while I was talking with my mother, I made supper. Making supper was very fun. Today's supper was delicious!! When I can find the time, I try to make supper again!!
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flower viewing

I went to see cherry blossoms in a Hinomaru park. First, We bought a lot of food in Hanshin which is called "Depachika".For example Takenokogohan, Kurigohan, Korokke, sarada, rusk and cookiesyu-for dessert and so on. I bought Korokke whose taste is Nikujaga, because I like Nikujaga very much. There were many dericious and many kind of foods in Hanshin, so we were captivated by many delicious and kind of foods. We arrived at Ninomaru park and we spread a sheet under the tree. Then we ate a lot of food and drank a tea and talked a lot on a sheet. To our regret, the cherry blossoms had fallen, but we had a very nice time there\(^^)/.
After flower viewing, we went to "Namikizaka" to shopping. We don't usually go there, so I felt fresh!! Then we discovered cute shop. There were cute clothes and more over, every clothes was cheap. We were excited. As a shop assistant was friendly and interesting we readily makes friends with a shop assistant. We bought a bag of a different color there. I bought a bag whose color is pink. It is very cute(^0^)! To my surprise, the bag's price was only 300 yen!!
After shopping, I said good-bye to my friends, and I went home.

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Spring vacation

My spring vacation was very busy but very fun. I worked at farm about twice a week, because my mother works there and I harvested many cherry tomatoes. It was very hard for me to harvest cerry tomatoes, but I worked very hard. I could get 6000yen for a daily allowance. When I got money, I was very happy. On March 27, I went to see cherry blossoms in a park with my friend. I talked a lot and ate many delicious foods under the cherry blossoms. I had a nice time.
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Essay1-01a: Dear my host family

Hello!! My name is Manami Sakamto. I’m nineteen years old and a Kumamoto gakuen unversity student which is in Kumamoto, and I’m from Kumamoto. I go to Kumamoto gakuen university by train. It takes about an hour to go to Kumamoto gakuen university. I want to speak English better, so I study English with my friends at KGU. English is very difficult for me but I study English hard!! Pronunciation of English is especially difficult for me.

By the way, do you know about Kumamoto? Kumamoto is part of Kyusyu and there are rich nature and clean water in Kumamoto. I think a noted place of Kumamoto is the castle of Kumamoto which is called Kumamoto-jyou. It s built by Katou Kiyomasa in 1607. It is very cool and famous all over Japan. If you come to Japan, please go to there. A special product of Kumamoto is Karashirenkon. Are there Karashi in America? Karashi is like mustard and very spicy. Renkon is a lotus root. Karashirenkon like that a lotus root is filled with Karashi. I don’t like spicy food, so I don’t like Karashirenkon, but Kaashirenkon is a famous food and popular in Kumamoto. If you like spicy food, you must try it!!

By the way, how many people are there in your family? I have five people in my family. I have my mother, father, younger sister, younger brother. I hope I make friends with you.

What food is the most famous in America? I often eat hamburger in Japan, and like it. Do you often eat hamburger too? The staple food of the Japanese is rice. How about American people? I want to learn about American culture a lot, so please teach me anything and everything. I have never been abroad, so I'm looking forward to going to America and meeting you!! See you...
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