Friday, July 16, 2010

Flat tire

Yesterday, my bicycle's tire went flat on my way, so I walked home.
Today, I went to KGU by my elder sister's bicycle, because my bicycle is not repaired yet.

It's hot and humid today, isn't it??.
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Saturday, July 10, 2010

ipod&iTunes

There are many people who have an ipod and iphone around me. I also have an ipod. My friend gave me the ipod as a birthday present. My ipod's color is yellow-green and My ipod's capacity is 4 GB, but the capacity is full now, so I erase songs to put new songs in my ipod. I like my ipod.


By the way, do you use iTunes?
iTunes is an application which plays music or video and manages ipod. If there are people who use that, how is your equalizer setting?? I think there are people who don't change the setting. There is a setting called "Perfect iTunes equalizer setting". Now, I'm going to tell you how to do it. First, start the iTunes. Then open the equalizer. Finally, set the following settings from left to right(skip the Preamp section).
db +3, +6, +9, +7, +6, +5, +7, +9, +11, +8 db
I introduced this setting, but You can devise the settings which you like by yourself, so you can find the setting you like.
If you don't know how to setting, please check homepages below.
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Friday, July 9, 2010

Vacation plans

Today, I'm going to tell you about my summer vacation plan.
First, I want to go fishing in river or sea. I seldom go fishing but I have an interest, so I want to try it. Second, I want to do live performance, because I form a rock band with my friends. When I was a high school student, I played the electric guitar in a rock band. However, now I play the bass guitar in the band because there is no one who can play the bass guitar. To tell the truth, I want to play the guitar in the band. Finally, I will keep posting during summer vacation, because I want to post at least 10,000 words in second semester. I watched last years' Portfolios in the Writing class and I knew that last years' students kept writing during summer vacation. The more I publish posts during summer vacation, the easier 2nd semester's class is. I will do my best in summer vacation.
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Done

I had 2 tests on 1st period and 2nd period.
International society and Japan's test was a little different, because my guess missed the mark.
Speaking test was something like listening test. Though it was speaking class test, first we listened to the tape and then answered the questions, so I thought this way to take the exam was similar to listening test.
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Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Exams

I have 2 tests on this Friday, so I must study.
International society and Japan is hard to study because there are so many handouts which is range of the exam.
The other test is speaking class's test. I have no idea what I study for the exam, because there are a only few handouts about recipe.
Anyway, I must study for these exams.
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My favorite place Brainstorms

  • Sea
  • Pool
  • Mountain
  • Baseball stadium
  • KGU
  • library
  • Convenience store
  • Music studio
  • In front of PC
  • My home
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July 5&6

Today, I'm going to tell you about yesterday and the day before.
On last Monday, after the 5th period class, I visited Mr. Blanche with my group members of speaking class because of arrangements for our presentation. After the consultations were over, we prepared what we need in our presentation. After that, we broke up. When I was about to go home, I ran into Yusuke, Shun, Taiichi and Ryouta. They said they would eat dinner together, so I decided to go together. Because Taiichi went home, Yusuke, Shun, Ryota and I went to Hirose to buy the ingredients for dinner. We bought the ingredients and two PET bottles of juices and left for Yusuke's house. After we got to Yusuke's house, we made dinner. Shun took the lead in the cooking and I helped him. We made Rei-Syabu and Mabo tofu. It was fantastic dinner. Rei-Shabu we made the day was the most delicious Rei-shabu I have ever eaten.

Yesterday, Yusuke, daisuke, Otis and I played catch. I was good condition, so I could throw not only fast ball but also slider. Yusuke threw curveball. Otis made wild pitches frequently, so Daisuke ran long distance to pick the ball up. After playing catch, I went to Yusuke's house again. When Yusuke and I arrived at Yusuke's house, Shun was there and cooking cream stew and garlic bread for us. We ate dinner together again. It was also great dinner. After that, we went to KGU's library to study for exam. I left the library at about 22: 15.


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Saturday, July 3, 2010

Tests

Today, I went to KGU to take two kinds of tests.
One tests which I took today is called SPI test which consists of two sections which are the Japanese language and calculation. I was a high school student with math and science major, but I forgot some formulas and ran out of time to solve last a few problems.
Another test is to know my personality by answering many questions. There are too many question, so I ran out of time again. In addition, the test was an exam using a computer-scored answer sheet, so it was troublesome for me to answer the so many questions.
It was troublesome but I went to KGU ON SATURDAY and took the exams, so I want to know the result quickly.
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Friday, July 2, 2010

BR 1-15: Animal Legends

I read Animal Legends. I chose this book because the book title looked interesting.
I was surprised that cats and rats were best friend long ago.

There are 3 chapters in this book. The first chapter is about why cats and rats don't get along with each other. The second chapter is about why monkeys live in trees. The last chapter is about why crocodiles stay in the river.

I recommend this book because all three stories are interesting. I thought I wanted to read books about animals more.

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Reference
Watson, C. (2003). Animal Legends. London: Usborne Publishing Ltd.

Cicadas

Today, I heard cicada's voice in KGU.
I was surprised at that, because it was still in the middle of rainy season.
The cicada that sung today is hasty.
I thought the cicada mistook the timing of emergence because it was hot recently.
When cicadas sing, I usually feel that summer has come, but today, I felt little strange.

When I was an elementary school student, I used to go cicada catching to a park which is in front of my house. I liked cicada catching. Cicadas' voice in summer is too loud, but if there were no cicada in summer, I might feel something is missing, because cicadas bring us the real feeling of summer.
I'm looking forward to hearing the cicadas' voice.
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Thursday, July 1, 2010

Chatmonchy

Today, I'm going to tell you about Chatmonchy. Chatmonchy is a Japanese band. Members of chaotomonchy are Eriko Hashimoto, Akiko Fukuoka and Kumiko Takahashi. The band name has no particular meaning. All members are from Tokushima Prefecture.
I introduce their songs Which I recommend below.

Eriko Hashimoto is a vocalist and guitarist. She is also leader of this band. She called Ettyan. Her birthday is October 17 and she is 27years old. She is very cute. Her voice is so good so her voice makes me relax and she is cute. She began the guitar when she was a 15 or 16 years old. She first copied New Life of Hi-standard on the guitar. Now she uses a lots of guitars. She has Fender Telecaster, Fender Stratocaster John Mayer model, Gibson Les Paul custom and Gibson Les Paul Special. She is cute.

Akiko Fukuoka is a bassist and called Akko. Her birthday is April 16 and she is 28. She is a fun of a band named SUPERCAR. She has Fender Jazz Bass, Gibson V-Bass and Psychederhythum Jass bass type.

Kumiko Takahashi is a drummer. Her birthday is April 10 and she is 28. She is called Kumikon. She was influenced by Tico Torres of Bon Jovi and Dave Grohl of Nirvana and started the drums.

Now, They released 3 original albums and one coupling collection. These are Miminari, Seimeiryoku and Kokuhaku. They released one mini album, chatmonchy has come.

I recommend Koinokemuri, Mayonaka-Yuuenchi, Bus Romance, and Somaruyo, so if you have a chance to listen their songs, please listen to these songs.
I recommend Chatmonchy.

Thank you for reading!!
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