☆AMERICAN LIFE☆

This book introduce general informetion of the United States for us. There are map, history, organization of people, food, car, problems, sports, entertainment and so on. There weren't so many new information specially.

Let me show you some new American information in this book for me.

1: Dinner-time for most Americans is 6:00 p.m.

2: About 750,000 people move to the United States every year.

3: Hollywood makes about 570 movies in a year.

4: Jack Nicholson likes to watch bascketball.

5: Nashvill is the center of country music.

Have you known them?!

☆THE WIZARD OF OZ☆

I saw a movie, The Wizard of Oz. I've seen a outdoor play of this story when I was in high school. However, I couldn't understand it at all because it played in English. So I didn't know the story at all till now.

I belong to American literature seminer now and we read one short story this semester. In the story, this song, Over the Rainbow, play a important role. That's why I remembered this story and watched it.

Just like before I found this movie on the website for free. It was made in 1939, but it was great. I cannot believe that it's so old movie!!! It's surprising.

I know most people know the plot but I show you a bit. Dorothy lives in Kanzas. One day she caught a tornade and went into Oz, very wonder land. She meets some witches, has company. And she went to see a wizard of Oz to go back her home, Kanzas.

I liked this story so much. It taught me some important things which I'm easy to forget in my daily life. Usually I never watch musical movies, but I liked it!

☆LITTLE WOMEN☆

I read Little Women. This story is known as Wakakusa Monogatari(young grass story!) in Japan. The story was animated cartoon when I was a little kid. I had plastic sheet of the cartoon! I've watched it but I forgot them.

There are March family, father, mother and four daughters in the book. Their names are Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. They had some trouble, but they overcome them all. In the cartoon, I remember that I liked Beth the best. However, I like Jo in the book. Well, this book is for beginner, so I couldn't see the detail of the story. I want to see a movie or book of it when I have a chace!!! I'm sure I love it.

Spending time with friends☆

I had a two appointment with friends today. Around noon I went to a family reataurant with my classmate near my apartment to talking with her. Actually we wanted to talk about ourselves deeply for job hunting. When we entry for the exam of companies, we need to tell them about our thinking, parsonality and so on. So we kept talking for more than 5 hours. She told me my parsonality a lot. My good point is that I'm a man of observation and tough, and my weak point is that I'm easy to be depressed...how do you think? I think they're true. I'm not sure how it'll be going now, but I hope both of us will be able to have a job which we want.

After 5 p.m. I went out with my friends whom I met when I was in San Antonio and his girlfriend. He was a exchange student as me last year, and he goes to the university in Kumamoto. His girlfriend has come to San Antonio to visit him, so I've known her. First he drove me around the east part of Kumamoto city to show it. Then we went to Karaoke! Both of them like singing very much, and also they are good singer. Very different from me^^; We sang and sang♪ I've not been there to sing songs since last July, so I had a very good time!!! After that, all of us was hungry, so we went to SUKIYA, a restaurant of a bowl of rice topped with cooked beef) . I ordered Gyudon, salad and miso soup. They are good though they cost me only 450 yen. I got full! We talked about memories of San Antonio, friends there. Also I asked them about job hunting because they are senior. They advised me a lot. I want to do my best. Around 1 a.m. I got home. I'd love to meet them again if I'll have a chance!

Today's part-time job☆

I had a part-time job today, so I went the place as usual. And I was doing my daily task. Suddenly, I was asked to go to help my coworkers who are working in next room by my boss. I couldn' t understand at first, but I went to the room. Then I saw they were washing and cutting vegetables!!! I was very surprised because we do office work usually. I asked them why they were doing, and they explained the reason to me. That's because we are going to have a charity event tomorrow. I can't join them, so I totally forgot about that. They were preparing pork and vegitable soup which will be surved to everyone who join it. So, I washed radishes, carrots and taros. After that I peeled them by using a vegetable peeler!(I have no ability to do that by a knife^^;) It took us long a time and we got tired. However, I clould talk a lot of things with coworkers and boss. It was fun and good chance to know each other well. Around 9 p.m. we began to smell cooking them...I felt hungry. After all we finished cooking the soup at 10 p.m.! Cookies and choclates was handed around. Also my boss bought us, part-time worker, a can of hot coffee. We were very happy♪ By the way, I regret that I can't join the event tomorrow and eat the soup we made...sigh(;_;)

The Alamo☆

In the class, I saw the trailers of the movies. I specially chose The Alamo. I've know this story because it's very famous fight in Texas. However, I've never watched it, unfortunately. This movie(Maybe old one) will be shown for free at the Kumamoto City International Center next week. I can't go because of part-time job. However, if you have time, please go to watch it! You can see the schedule from my Kumamoto links on the left side!

I did the exercise on the website. It was not easy, but I could answer all of it after I used the earphone!

English Trailers: http://www.english-trailers.com

☆SLAM DUNK☆

Do you know SLAM DUNK, a series of very popular comic book???

I think everyone as same age as me knows. Of course, not only people at my age. I was addicted to this book when I was in junior high school. I bought all of the book and I was reading them everyday. By the way, I remember this book was made into an amination on TV when I was around 10 years old.

I found this animated cartoon on website as I wrote before and watched them. They showed me theme songs also and they brought me back elementary school. I could watch only 5 stories for free. I want to watch more but that was enough for me. I'd love to read comic books when I go back to hometown^^