NAGASAKIYA

Do you watch the TV program, "tonneruzu-no-minasan-no-okagedesita" ?? Today's gests of kuwazugirai are Shun Oguri and Mirai Shida. I was looking forward to watching this program because kasutera of Nagasakiya was introduced. Nagasakiya is a famous confectionery in Oomuta. Surprisingly, Shun Oguri introduced it. There are both the Japanese sweet and the Western-style cake in Nagasakiya. The representative Japanese sweets of Nagasakiya are kasutera, hatsushima and tiragimonaka. These are very popular as excellent cake of Omuta. Hatsushima is the Japanese sweet which used the bean jam of the egg yolk. Tairagimonaka ware two kings. They are adzuki bean filling and powdered green tea filling. A rice cake is in these.These are very delicious. kasutera is 1200 yen. hatsushima is 100 yen. tairagimonaka is 100 yen. You can buy them from here!! http://www.nagasakiya-om.co.jp/ [132 words]

Caught a cold

Today is very bad day because I caught a cold. I haven’t checked my temperature with a thermometer. I think I may have a fever. I have a sore throat yesterday but I didn’t know the change of my condition. When I got up this morning, I had a bad condition. However, I went to university with all my might.
I am going to leave the university early. I have to go to university tomorrow whatever happens because I have to take the test of speaking in English. I may be not able to study for test today. After I come back home, I’ll eat dinner and take a medicine. And then, I am going to go bed early. I worry about the test tomorrow.
[125 words]

Club trip plan

I belong to Accounting Research Club. I became a leader of planner. We go to camp somewhere two times in a year, spring and summer. So, we are going to go camp in February or March on camp of spring. So, I have to decide place where we go. I went to Miyazaki and Aso. We had a good time there.

And, I considered where to go. I think that I want to plan to go to the place where we have never been to yet. And then, I want to do that we have never done. I have to success this trip as a leader of planner.

I’ll ask club members what they want to do and I want to know their opinion. In my opinion, I want to go to sightseeing.
[133 words]

Table tennis

I had free time unusually yesterday. So, I went to a citizen gymnasium in Omuta. I thought that I wanted to do table tennis. And my younger sister wanted to do, too. And then, we went to play table tennis there. I had mother take us to there by car. Surprisingly, it was 210 yen in two hours per a table. It was very cheep and we could borrow rackets and a table tennis coin. So, we played for two hours there with my mother and my younger sister. My younger sister has never played table tennis. I teached to her how to play to her because she didn't know anything.

After we played table tennis, we went to game center in Arao. There are a lot of people. First, we didn't think that we couldn't park my car because parking area was full of car. I was very surprised. We didn't play much time. After then, we went to Kousendago. Kousendago is okonomiyaki in Omuta. I was moved with the taste of okonomiyaki. I haven't eaten it since I was a high school student. I know the taste of Kosendago.
[191 words]

Portfolio for Writing IV, Section 1c

Student ID: 07115
Portfolio for Writing IV,
Section 1c


(See: Note 1, below)

0.0. Overview

Reviews, Posts, Words, and More

(See: Note 2, below.)

1.0. Essays

(See: Note 3, below.)

Please complete this table with data gathered from essays on your blog. See the Key (below) for definitions of the symbols in row one, and complete columns four through nine with numerical values (0, 1, 2, 3, ...).

1.1. Showcase	Short titles with links	Dates yy.mm.dd	¶	W	C	L	P	M
Website review 08.09.29 (375+ words)	Website Review "Chiristian Riese Lassen"	08, 9 ,22	2	392	5	1	1	0
Favorite place(-s) 08.10.20 (450+ words)	Essay: My favorite place	08,10,15	5	456	2	0	0	0
Mrs. Doubtfire 08.11.04 (500+ words)	MRS. DOUBT FIRE	08,11,04	4	262	12	0	1	0
Community life 08.11.17 (default length*)	Community Life	08,11,16	4	288	0	0	0	0
Kumamoto's best-kept secrets 08.12.01 (5+ ¶¶)	Secret of Kumamoto	08,11,30	5	243	0	0	0	0
Learning with computers 2008.12.15 (6+ ¶¶)	Essay: Learning with computer	08,12,14	6	370	0	0	0	0
Totals	---	---	26	2011	19	1	2	0

Key:

¶: number of paragraphs five (5) or more sentences in length

W: number of words

C: number of comments

L: number of links

P: number of photos or other graphics
M: number of other media included in post
*: "long enough to cover the ... [communities] you choose," Writing Studio Blog, Preparation for Next Essays, 2008.10.29)

1.2. Best Essay

Selection and Assessment: Which of those six assigned essays do you feel is the best that you've written this semester, and why? Remember that a complete answer is better than a short answer, focus on your writing, and give at least two reasons to support your assessment.

• [Please remove these remarks, including the square brackets, then identify your best essay, and write out your reasons for selecting it here.]
  

2.0. Comments

Showcase	Titles of posts with links	Dates of comments yy.mm.dd	Numbers of words in comments	Qualities of comments**
2.1. Your first comment on your instructor's blog*	0	0	0	0
2.2. Your best comment on a classmate's blog*
2.3. Best comment by a classmate on your blog*
2.4. Most comments on:	Titles of posts with link	Dates of posts yy.mm.dd	Total number of words in comments	Qualities of comments**
2.4.1. Any one of your essays*
2.4.1.1. When did you respond to those comments?	---		---	---
2.4.1.2. How did you respond to those comments?	---	---
2.4.2. Any of your other posts*
2.4.2.1. When did you respond to those comments?	---		---	---
2.4.2.2. How did you respond to those comments?	---	---

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* Current semester comments on essays and other posts
** Please list the most important qualities of comments on each type of blog post. That is, explain briefly what makes them good comments.

2.5. Recent comments display

Does your blog display recent comments from blog visitors in a prominent location, for example, in a sidebar, header, or footer widget? Where, or why not? Please explain.

• ...
  

2.6. Additional reflections on comments

• [Please remove these remarks, including the square brackets; then write out your reflections on both giving and receiving comments here.]
• ....
  

3.0. Book Reviews

3.1. Showcase	Short titles with links	Dates (yy.mm.dd)	Words	Comments
Example:	Vampire Killer	07.05.16	39	1
2-01	Pinocchio	08.08.01	271	0
2-02	The Emperor's New clothes	08.08.05	264	0
2-03	Stories of Ghosts	08.08.17	224	0
2-04	Stories of Princes and Princesses	08.09.21	152	0
2-05	Romeo & Juliet	08.09.29	315	0
2-06	Sleeping Beauty	08.10.06	417	0
2-07	The Fox and the Stork	08.11.12	108	0
2-08	The Gingerbread Man	08.11.26	75	0
2-09
2-10
2-11
2-12
2-13
2-14
2-15
2-16
2-17
2-18
---	---	Totals:

Note: Please calculate and list book review Totals for words and comments without including those from the example (above).

3.2. Best Book Review

Selection and Assessment: Which of those book reviews do you feel is the best that you've written this semester, and why? Remember that a complete answer is better than a short answer, focus on your writing, and give at least two reasons to support your assessment.

• [Please remove these remarks, including the square brackets; then identify your best book review, and write out reasons for selecting it here.]

4.0. Blog Layout, Labeling, Linking, & Media

Showcase	Yes	No
4.1. Does your blog display an archive?
4.1.1. Does the archive display the titles of posts?
4.1.2. Is the archive organized by month?
4.1.3. Is the archive at or near the top of the sidebar?
4.2. Does your blog have labels displayed in sidebar?
5.2.1. Do your labels include these required labels (typed accurately):	---	---
"books" (plural) AND "reviews" (plural)
"essays" (plural) AND "portfolios" (plural, without "proto-")
"quickposts" (plural, with no space between quick and posts)
"links" (plural) AND "media" (plural)
"movies" (plural) AND "websites" (plural)
"brainstorms" (or "brainstorming"), "essay prep.," AND "free-writing" (or "free-writes")
4.2.2. Does your sidebar display other labels?
How many other labels have you attached to three (3) or more posts? ___ other labels attached to three or more posts	---	---
Which labels, and to how many posts each? Please list those labels instead of www, xxx, yyy..., and list numbers of posts instead of n, m, o... (in parentheses), below. www (n) xxx (m) yyy (o) zzz (p) ...	---	---
4.3. Links & media	---	---
4.3.1. Does your blog include photos or other graphics?
Does your blog profile include a photo or graphic representation?
How many of your blog posts this semester include photos or other graphics? ___ posts including photos or other graphics	---	---
4.3.2. Does your blog include posts with multiple links?
How many of your posts this semester include three (3) or more links? ___ posts including three or more links (including this portfolio!)	---	---
4.3.3. Does your blog include other media?
How many of your blog posts this semester include other media? ___ posts including other media	---	---
What kind(-s) of media have you included in posts this semester? Please list the kinds here: ... ... ...	---	---
What media content that you originally produced, if any, do your blog posts for this semester contain? Please list and explain each item briefly, and add short links and dates (yy.mm.dd) for reference. ... (short link, date) ... (short link, date) ... (short link, date)	---	---

4.4. Overall presentation

What have you done to enhance the overall presentation of your blog? List and explain the three most important content, display, formatting, layout, or other presentation changes that you have made on your blog this semester.

1. ...
2. ...
3. ...

5.0. Additional reflections on your blog and your writing on it

Please feel free to include reflections on both spring and fall semester work, as well as on the content of this portfolio (proto-portfolios, showcases, and reflections).

• ...
• ...
• ...
  

6.0. Advice and suggestions for yourself, your peers, and your successors

• ...
• ...
• ...

TODAY is MY BIRTH DAY

Today is my birthday!!! I was very happy because many friends celebrated my birthday. I thank club members, loving close girl friends, friends of boy and my family. I have never been happier♪♪ I love them!!!（●＾o＾●）

First, my grandmother took me out for lunch yesterday. I drank alcohol with her. It was very delicious. I thank her very much. I do hope she live a long.

Dear, club members. I ‘m sorry that I can’t join club activities. I’ve got problems. I want to play with them, too. It’s not only problem of monetary and time. I was very happy with our presents. I use them carefully. I love you!! Especially, the hand mirror of frog is very cute. I intend to use it naturally, too. And mug of banana. I washed it at once. I always drink coffee from morning till night. No day when I don’t use mages. So, I’ll drink coffee with this mag. Thanks★

I liked white scarf very much. I like white. This is very pretty. You know my taste very much. I’m happy. And kumano-pooh-san, I tried to wear again after I came back home. This suits me very much. Thank you!!!

And then, I played with my friends. I went to “Swiss” to have lunch for the first time. I ate carry rice. And we ate cakes. I ate “petit Noel”. This is chocolate and raw cream cake. It’s very cute and good taste. After lunch, we went to karaoke♬
I was satisfied with singing. I could sing a new song of Mika Nakashima. Her new song was very good. I want to sing the song again. I spent good time!! Let’s go to karaoke again.

And, I always thank R. very much. I love you～(●＞3＜●)-chu★ I use the necklace carefully. And my close friends, I thanks very much.

I spent good night time, too. Thank you for taking me a good restaurant and a good night view place by car. I can see very beautiful night view and stars. Kinpozan is famous for its beautiful night view. It was good place. Thank you for accompanying with me until after midnight.

I can spend a good birth day. I thank all of them.

[390 words]

Essay: Learning with computer

I have a computer at home, but it is not mine. All of family members use it to play, study and research. Someone use it everyday. Computer is very useful. I use computer at house or school everyday, too.

When I was a junior high school student, I began to use computer on the class. It was the first time for me. When I was a high school student, I learned how to use the computer in earnest. Fist, I learned how to type. It was difficult for me to type with the key board without looking the position of key. So, I learned to type easily. And then, I study how to use "Excel", "PowerPoint", "word" and so on. These are very useful. Especially, I often use "word" for making reports. Besides I knew about Internet. I learned how to research on the Internet.

And now, I use computer everyday to study and research. I often make reports and I study English with computer. We can do the English, game on the Internet and improve my English skill. It is very helpful. I sometimes use the translation system. When I don't know how to translation, I use it. It is very useful and helpful. I'm fun to learn English thanks to this system.

I often use computer except studying. I see various site. Blog is fun. I can know various thing, feelings and ideas. Especially, I like see diary. It is interesting. I don't know how people write them, but the writing tells me idea and feelings themselves.

Then, I use computer to research to something. I can know a lot of information of the Internet. For example, affairs of Japan and the world, show business news, weather forecast and favorite something.It is interesting to use Internet.

However, I learn fear of computer, too. We can know a lot of and various thing on the Internet. Information are flooded. We have to get correct information from a lot of information. There are mistaken information, too. We learned to choose correct information in the a lot of those from the computer. It is difficult to ascertain. Computer is very useful if don't mistake a use.
[370 words]