flu

Hi, this is Hitomii from EDC 3.

How's it going? I feel many classes are interesting, so I've never slept in class this semester:D I really concentrate on classes! plz forget that i didn't bring my homework for Mr. Pals's class.

Swine flu is known all over the world. Some countries are effected. You know, Mexico is the worst. Unfortunately, many ppl killed by swine flu. We should wash our hands and gargle after coming home. Take care of yourselves!

Do u why swine flu is named "swine flu?" I wonder "pig flu" is easy... Or it means some animal which related with pig will also effect us? There are some different nuance between English and Japanese :(

A cherry blossom-viewing party

Hi everyone! This is Miori.
Today was terrible day... wasn't it? So heavy rain!! Did you stay dry?

However, the day when I joined the BBQ party under the cherry blossoms was nice day!!

It was little bit cold, but cherry blossoms were really beautiful. I felt that spring is coming.

But... I wonder that everyone looked blossoms? Most people did their best to eat and drink!

Have you hold cherry blossom-viewing party this year?

BOOK

hi. this is Natsumi from EDC3.

i read "Persepolice-the story of a childhood".
this story is about young gril in Iran and Islamic Revolution.this is autobiography.

Marjane Satrapi was a very powerful gril in Iran. she had led very happy life. there were not many strict islamic rules. she had gone to international school and there had been boys and grils in the school. however, Islamic Revolution changed her life. International school was closed and a lot of islamic rules appeared. she tried to do what she want to but Islamic rules and people in Iran did not allow it. Finally she dicieted to go to France.

i enjoyed reading Persepolis not only as novel but also as textbook about Isamic Revolution in Iran. there are a lot of infomation about Islamic Revolution and modern Iran history in this book. Persepolice has three other series. Please try to read the other series too.

a book review

Hi, this is Hitomii.

I read a book named "About a Boy" in this vacation. This story's theme is love. There are many kinds of love, I think. For instance, romance and family love.
Will is a single man, and he doesn't want to have any responsibilities. He had never worked even though he is thirty-six years old. His father left royalties for Will, so that's why Will can live without having a job.
One day, he met a good-looking woman, Angie. He wanted to go out with her, but she is a single mother. They went out for half a year, however, they broke up. Will wanted to meet single mothers, so he visited a group called SPAT (Single Parents - Alone Together). He pretended to have a son.
Will met Marcus there. Marcus is 12 years old, and his mother has some big problems. Fiona, Marcus's mother, tried to kill herself. She got better, but Marcus concerend about his mother more than before.
Marcus ditected a lie which Will made in order to join SPAT. At first, Will and Marcus weren't good friends, but they got friendly gradually. However, Fiona became sick again. Marcus asked Will to help her, but Will's answer was not good.

You can also watch this story. I haven't watched movie, so I'll try it. I hope you guys will enjoy this story :)

SAKURA

hello again!!
this is Tomomi from EDC3!

Did you go to see cherry blossom?
I did with my boyfriend lastweek. The weather was great!
we had good time seeing the flowers.

BUT!! do you know the saying "pudding rather than praise" ?
ofcorse I enjoyed some food too** we had some dumplings made with cherry blossom.

mmmm..nice!!!

I love to while away a day...

guamming!

Hello world!! I'm Tomomi from EDC3(2?).
I'd like to tell you about my spring break.
I went to Guam with my mom for 8 days. We stayed at a hotel located at little bit far from the main street because we went to Guam to get relaxed!!

I reallllly enjoyed staying there. Everyday I swam in the sea.
This is a secret but I got sun tanned and my hip is like I am always wearing swim suites.

anyway, I love Guam!!!!!!!!!!

book book

Hi! This is Tomomi. For spring homework, I read “the mosquito coast”.

This story is about a man and his family.
Allie was a clever, independent man. There was nothing that he cannot make or fix. Moreover, all he says and all his opinion were quite right.
Because Allie was out of patience with bonds in America, he decided to move into a jungle to get a freedom.
As you can predict, the life in a jungle was not so easy. Gradually he turns into strange…

At first, I thought just “oh what a troublesome dad he is …” but after I finished reading this book, I realized there are more things that I have to think about; how surroundings change us, how easy human’s heart break, how easy to lose trusts.

This story is not happy or funny. However, this story makes me be reflected.
I recommend you to read this book. I am sure that this story is deeper than you expect.

Kyoto!!

Hi, everyone. I'm Kasumi from EDC3.
Last week, I went to Kyoto with Natsumi for a day.The main event was Miyako-odori that Maiko and Geiko performanced very well. I was really impressed by their high educated performances. What is more, Cherry blossomes at Maruyama Park nearby Yasaka-shrine was amazingly beautiful!!! I saw the scenery in the daylight, though I guess it shows us a different face in night time.

By the way, there is my favorite temple called Kodai-temple which was build for Hideyoshi Toyotomi. His wife Nene had lived here and I think she was a very modesty woman because of the atmosphere of this temple. There is a big cherry blossom in the garden in the middle of this temple.

This was first time to go to Kyoto in spring. Kyoto is very exciting place whenever I visit!!!

Four Weddings and a funeral

Hi, this is Rika from EDC2!

During spring vacation, I read "Four Weddings and a Funeral"!

This film was made in 1993 and very popular.

This is a story about love.

Charles (main character) finds what is love and who is his lover when he goes to many wedding parties.

He is unmarried man, but he has had a lot of different girlfriends.

Charles doesn't really fall in love any of them.

This is very finny story, but there is sadness too in this.

Charles's friend dies suddenly.

Charles get shock and he is also teached by this.

"Four weddings and a Funeral" is a story about Charles, but also his friends story.

His friends finds their girlfriend or boyfriend in wedding parties.

I think this story is also teaches wedding is not only the way we get happiness.

OH NO!!

Hello. This is Miharu.
Today I surprised about Rika’s mail.
The mail’s details are “we have some homework in EDC.”

“OH MY GOSH!!”

Why I missed to catch this very important information!!
I want to cry about my listening ability.
BUT!! I will never give up!! I decide to try hard to the end!!
Then I remembered that yesterday’s promise of my friend who has same part time job with me.

Friend : “Please work Sunday instead of me because I have some homework.”
Me : “O.K. I will do for you.”

HOW kind am I!! (…although I have homework too.)
So I did part time job. Good job! And now is 22:13. I have to submit before 0:00.
I will write 2 kinds of diary “travel to Paris” and “travel to Hawaii.”

WOMEN IN BUSINESS

"WOMEN IN BUSINESS" is a book I read during this vacation which introduces 5 famous women in business around the world. I really enjoyed reading this book because they are/were made hopes for every women in the field. One of them, Anita Roddick, who is also such a nice woman, founded a store named The Body Shop which sells body creams, body soapes, perfumes and cosmetic items.

Anita thinks that business is not about making money. Actually, she shows people that business can help to make the world a better place. She changed the cosmetic industry. Her concept of opening a shop was to sell a good product and offer a good service. As she said, she made natural products which was cheaper than the products that any other cosmetic companies made.

Anita's concept is not only selling natural products, but also helping the earth. She started working as a group Greenpeace to stop companies putting waste and poisons into the sea in 1985. In addition, Anita made a business with Kayapo in Brazil to product oil and sell it for cosmetic.

Her business has been getting growth now because of the needs of customers. You can see lots of The Body Shop in large cities in Japan and the other countries. I think Anita is a new person who think a way to help both nature and women, and she made another way for women to live in business.

IN PARIS

Hello. This is Miharu again.
First, I will write about my travel in Paris with Eriko who is student at SUAC and majoring in international culture.

First day, we went to supermarket and bought food and cooked strange food.

Next day, we explored in Saint-Malo. A row of houses and streets are so beautiful!!
we went to many places. Mont Saint-Michel, La tour Eiffel, Triumphal arch, Louvre museum and so on. Also we ate escargot and SO BIG macaron. These are delicious. We could really enjoy the trip!!

IN HAWAII

Hello again. I’m Miharu.
I will write about travel in Hawaii. I went with my family, father, mother, grandmother and grandfather. I went Hawaii after 2days when I came back from Paris. So I had very hard time. We went Hawaii because my grandmother and grandfather’s 50th wedding anniversary. My sister is working in Hawaii so we could meet her. We could enjoy and my grandmother and grandfather could enjoy and feel happy so I’m so happy too.

book

Hello everyone. I’m Miharu.
I would like to introduce a book named “Through the looking-glass”.
It is oxforf’s level3.
I think everyone knows Alic’s story. This story is also Alic’s story. I didn’t know that.
This story is very strange. One day, Alice was talking with black cat and she guess how world in the mirror. Then she went to in mirror. In the mirror, all things were alive and this world like chessboard. She knew she can become queen so she went many place to become queen. There are no common sense and she met many strange living things. At last she could become queen but it is dream.
I could enjoy this story. I know some part of this story but many don’t know part. I felt any things will happen when I read the book. However I don’t want to go in the mirror. It is so horrible!!

funny NYC

Hi, this is Hitomii again!
I looked lots of funny things in NYC. I want to show you some of them.

1. I found a monster chocolate-chip cookie, but it was normal size.














2. The signal shows "STOP," however, people think it shows "go ahead carefully."














3. The Statue of Liberty CAN move.














4. I went to UNIQLO, but it was a little bit...














5. You know, St. Patrick's Day is 17th March. I were in NYC that day, so I watched the parades. Many people and animals wore clothes something related Ireland. Kind professors showed us a funny movie, so I show you cute pictures.































I took pictures more. Please ask me if you want to see.
Talk to you later :D

NYC

Hi, everyone! This is Hitomii.

How was your spring vacation? Your blogs show me that you had really good time :) I also had so great time. I went to NYC for a week. Some GOOD students went to foreign countries as study, but I went there for sightseeing. It was the first time for me. I mean everything was fresh because I had never been to abroad! Of course, I had never taken flights. I used JAL this time. The flight attendants were kind. However, I was surpeised because they talked to me in English. JAL is Japanese company, so I wondered the crews were Japanese :(

I met a sempai at JFK Airport. She went to same high school, and studys in US now. She guided me for many famous place. She taught me how to get on subway, go shopping, check where we are, and so on. I felt I got a good tour guide for free ;) However, I visited some place by myself. It was a great experience.

The trip gave me a lot of memories. I wanna go NYC again!!

Book

Hi, I’m Natsuki.

I would like to introduce a book. I read “Cranford”. The level is 4 of Oxford.
The story is the life in the small English town of Cranford about 150 years ago.
The rules of society were different 150 years ago, but people stay same. Their clothes are not fashionable.
The town has one rule “Do not talk about being poor.”
Characters are Miss Jenkyns and Captain Brown and his daughters……
Women are powerful than men in the town. Many troubles happen in the society, but they can solve on their own. I could enjoy the story and some characters were really cute.

Flower Park!

Hi, everyone!! This is Yumika. Uni starts soon! Are you ready for this semester?
I bought new stationary for this semester:D
I went to Flower Park with my friends a few days ago. Have you ever been to there. I went to there in many years. It was really nice sunny day and we enjoyed beautiful flowers!!
I could see lots of cherry blossom and tulip:).
I ate a ice cream cone. and the ice cream's flavor is cherry blossom!! mmm.. it was good, but i'll never try it again...haha. If you have a chance to visit Flower Park, You should try sakura flavor ice cream cone!! Thare is lots of cherry blossom flavor foods like cupcakes and tea.
My spring vacation was really great one<3
I'm looking forward to seeing yu guys soon in class!!

Steam Locomotive

Hi, I’m Natsuki.

I rode on steam locomotive (Oigawa railway) with my friends about one weeks ago.
I rode on it when I was a kindergartner.

We made own lunch and eat it under cherry blossoms. Those were at their best.
The day was little cold, but many people rode on the SL.
They took pictures for the train because SL is really cool and tare train. I could enjoy the day.

Concert!!

Hi, I’m Natsuki.

I went to the Dreams Come True concert with my mother on March 29.
I could get the tickets. I was so surpreised.
The concert took place in Ecopa. It took about 25 minutes from my house by car.
Then, we bought some tour goods like a scarf towel.

Our seats were arena, so I could see the artists with the naked eye. Miwa Yoshida was really powerful and Masato Nakamura was so funny.
The concert was wonderful. I would like to go the concert again.

Fukui prefecture

Hi, I'm Rika from EDC2!

I went to Fukui prefecture where my father from.

There was very cold, but I wore very thin clothes so I always shook my body.

However, when I saw my cousin's children, I got well!!!

My father has 1 old brother and 1 old sister, and his brother's son got pretty son and daughter!!!

They are very cute and small like doll!

When I stayed my father's parents' home, I played with them all the time!

They wanted to play same toys, so sometimes fighting together who plays the toys first.

Their favorite toy is "Anpanman car"!!

However, They were very good sibling and I was healed by that!

It was good to stayed at Fukui!