Showing posts with label essays. Show all posts
Showing posts with label essays. Show all posts

Sunday, December 14, 2008

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.
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Sunday, November 30, 2008

Secret of Kumamoto

I researched about family names in Kumamoto because I am interested in and I want to know them. I think that there are family names that exist in only Kumamoto prefecture. I want to know the family names and origin.

The family name that exist most in Kumamoto is Tanaka "田中". Second is Nakamura “中村”. Third is Matsumoto “松本”. Tanaka is the old topography family name that came into existence in a meaning that lived in the field. Kansai and the Sea of Japan side have many this family names. Nakamura called Motomura (Hongo) Nakamura for a de-centralized village. This is kyushu of representative family names. Matsumoto is the place where deified pines grow thick. There is a lot this in West Japan with the progenies such as Kanmu Heike clan (Ise).

Next, I introduce unusual family names. 禿 "Hage", 早起 "Hayaki", 父母 "Hubo", 鳳凰 "Houou", 地下 "Chika", 続 "Tsuduki". Especially, Hayaki and Houou is rare family name. These family name exist in only Kumamoto. And, Can you know how to say "一"?? This is "Ninomae". It's so funny name.

There are rare family names exist more in Kumamoto and in the other prefecture, too. I compare it with other prefectures. The North Japan has much Sato family names; "Kanto has much Suzuki family names"; "Kansai has much Tanaka family names". Furthermore, most family names are 佐藤 "Sato" in Japan. Second is 鈴木 "Suzuki", third is 高橋 "Takahashi".

I am interested in family name more. I want to research about family name in Fukuoka.
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Sunday, November 16, 2008

Community Life

I am involved with various people and live now. The place where I live of now are the university, my house and the workplace. At each place, I get to know with many people and live together. The human relations are serious things. However, the people whom I am concerned with are very good people.

For example, I spend most with a friend at school. They are cool very much!! There are few friends who can be close to me without the same subject at a university, but there is the place that we can be involved with many people without a class by the school life. It is a club. I can make friends with the people who cannot get to know at the normal in the club while I spend a university life. Especially, It is good that I can associate with not only the classmate but also younger and older persons in the circle. In the circle, I can learn human relations and, top and bottom relations. All are close and live happily.

I comparatively have few neighborhood acquaintance. I can be involved with a lot of people if I want to be concerned, but am very particular. And I am involved with a lot of people in the workplace. At first, there is the friend of the workshop. I have worked for 2 years at a cake shop. There are eight employees without me. One is a part-time worker in that. She is the same age with me. I work happily together.

I can get to know with various people and I take good stimulation from them and live. If I am active positively more, the ring of the friend will spread more.
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Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Essay: My favorite place

I have favorite places. I like to spend my free time in my house. However, I like outdoor, too.
I like to watch TV. I sometimes rent DVD from rental shop and I watch DVDs at home. The time that I spend at home makes me relax. What I do at home are watching DVD, singing, drawing, cooking, reading books and excising.

My best place is my house. In the indoor without my house, I like the car, too. I like driving. The ride comfort of the car is very good. I become very sleepy when I sit in the seat next to the driver. In addition, I run a car and like watching outside scenery. It is very pleasant that I listen to music while going for a drive.

In addition, I like Home Town outdoors. My hometown is Omuta. There are few people in Omuta. Time goes by slowly and Omuta is very quiet place. I often walk in Omuta recently. It is very comfortable to take a walk in this season. Because wind was too comfortable on the holiday of last week, I took a walk for about 1 hour. Furthermore, there is the mountain where a star looks good in Oomuta. I see a night view clearly, too. It is scary to go to the mountain at night, but it is a very good place. At the mountain, I can watch the beautiful thing, the air is clear, pure and cool, there are few people, and a heart feels at ease by being surrounded naturally. My hometown has many good place.

Furthermore, I like the town of Kumamoto, too. Kumamoto is a city with a property in contradiction to Oomuta. I like places with a few people with stillness like Oomuta, but like Kumamoto city, too. There are many people and shops. The town is always full of many people. It is a very good place to play. I am happy just to walk the downtown. There are various shops in the downtown. Two years have passed since I begin to come to Kumamoto city to study at KGU.However I have not Known about Kumamoto city in detail. I went to shimotouri and Kamitouri, but there are many shops I have never gone. I want to go to all shops alone till I am satisfied when I have a free time. Then I want to find favorite shops in Kumamoto.


Last week, I walked in kumamoto city after school, too. I walked from KGU to Kumamoto station. It takes me one hour to get to the station. I felt that kumamoto city is good place at that time. I like Omuta and Kumamoto. My favorite place is in Omuta and Kumamoto!!!

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Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Learning Language My History

I have been learning languages since I was a child. I had a lot of chances to learn language without Japanese until now. As a result, I have been learning English now. I will introduce my language learning history. It goes without saying that the first language I learn was Japanese. I might learn Japanese from my parents and my grandparents when I was a baby. They spoke to me a lot of words in Japanese and I could get understanding of Japanese.

When I was a child, I had good environment to learn Japanese. My parents buy toy for learning “hiragana” for me. The toy is like a wooden puzzle of hiragana. I liked it very much and I always played with it at home. I think I could learn hiragana through the toy. In addition, I could learn at preschool from my teacher, my friends and TV for children. I like to watch TV. Especially my favorite program was “Okasan-to-issyo”. I watched the program every day. I think TV is important part to learn languages.

I began to learn Japanese more from I had entered elementary school. At first, I learned reading and writing of hiragana. Next, I learned reading and writing of “kanji”. I did not like to study kanji. I did not do homework for kanji. So, I am poor at kanji now. I thought I should have studied kanji more when I was a elementary school student. I regret now.

I am majoring in English. I learned English for the first time when I was in the 6th grade. I thought it is interesting to study English. I was surprised by difference between English words and Japanese words. I was interested in English soon. And then I began to learn English in cram school because I wanted to learn English more. So, I was learned English by teachers of cram school. However I did not like to study so much and I had quit it before I entered a junior high school.

I learned English at junior high school and high school. I came to want to learn English in learning English at schools. So, I wanted to go to a higher school. When I was a high school student, I learned Chinese by Chinese teacher. I interested in language itself. So, I learned Chinese. I could not learn Chinese so much because I studied for a year. However I found my dream then. I entered to University to learn English more.

When I was 1st grade of university, I studied French. It was difficult to study French for me but it was interesting language. French differ with English. I think French is more difficult than English.

I want to learn a lot of languages besides English, Chinese and French. For example, Korean, Spanish. And I want to learn English, Chinese, French more, so I want to be person who can speak a variety of languages. I should study more to such a person. I need to study not only at school but also at home.
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Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Amusement ground


There is an amusement ground near my hometown. I live Omuta in Fukuoka. The amusement ground is Arao in Kumamoto but Omuta and Arao adjoin. So, I can go there easily. The amusement ground's name "Green land". I have gone there many times since I was child. I went with my family when I was child and I went with my friend on foot as a high school excursion. I can go there on foot and even by bus from Omuta station. I went there last year on club activities and then I went yesterday too!!

There are many attractions. At first I introduce rolling coaster. The popular roller coasters are "the Milky Way", "The dinosaur roller coaster" "NIO" and "Mouse Spin" . Milky Way is two kinds of the roller coaster. One is a standing coaster and Another is the sitting coaster. The dinosaur roller coaster's full length is 1,664m. This is length of the biggest in Japan. The roller coaster which can get a thrill most is NIO. I think that it is the scariest roller coaster. My favorite roller coaster is Mouse Spin. This coaster is not scary. While a vehicle spins around, turn sharply and accelerate and go down. It is like a roller coaster of coffee cup. The popular attraction is Ferris wheel besides a roller coaster. This is popular among couples. Because a bottom is with transparence, there is the Ferris wheel which scenery looks like from the step. In addition, there is the haunted house, too. The scariest haunted house is "horror tower". There was it at the high position in Greenland, and it was taken up on TV.

In addition, besides an attraction, various events are held in Greenland. The hero show is held frequently. "Kamen rider KIBA VS Kamen rider Den-o" is held now. This is popular among children.

There is a hotel beside Greenland and can stay and come to play. There is the ultra man rand that is popular among boys. There is a hot spring called Yayoinoyu and "passca world" of a big game arcade. I enter the hot spring and am relaxed and can play at a game arcade after having played in Greenland.


In Greenland, fireworks go up on the Golden Week and the last day of the year. The fireworks are very beautiful. Greenland is crowded with a family and couples then.
The person who still has not been to Greenland please try to go out to play once. I think that you can make a good memory. 
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008

University Life

I am 2nd grade student of KGU. I go to University by train from Fukuoka. It is very hard life for me to go by train. I have to get up earlier than other students who live in Kumamoto. But, it is my way I chose. I entered this University because I wanted to study English more. So, I study English hard. I began to read foreign books and listen to Western music since I entered the University. I think I am getting much better in English.



I like the English classes. The English classes is pleasant for me. Especially, I am getting listening comprehension. I think that listening English is more difficult than writing, speaking and reading English. So, I am getting to listen to English recently. But, I am not good at subjects except the English classes. Economics and human rights theory are difficult for me. I want to study only English, but I do my best and study them.



I have good friends and circle member. This is the best reason I can enjoy my university life. I think I want to go to University because I can meet them. If I did not belong to circle, I would be boring. Circle activity are on Wednesday and Friday after school. There are few numbers of people of the circle I belong to, so we get along well. Circle activities are playing together to cement a friendship. We play bowling, go to karaoke, Play billiard and sometimes study.



I sometimes want to go back home as soon as possible because I am tired and my house is very far from University, but I have time when I do not want to return to the house. The worst point of my University Life is that my home is very far from the University. I'm beginning to feel the stress of going by train. I cannot be in Kumamoto till late at night. I want time to play with my friends more. It is difficult to play with my friends after school because I do not have much time. I have to get on train. If I missed the last train, I could not go back home.



I have part time job on Saturday and Sunday. So, I cannot go to Kumamoto to play with my friends. I have been to Kumamoto city area only five times. I want to go shopping there and know well Kumamoto city and shops. I want to know what shops there are. I have to work to go shopping there. I need much money to spend University life. I usually buy bread at bakery at lunch time. And I spend much money to join the circle activity. That is way I have to work more.



I'm leading a happy University life.

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Sunday, May 4, 2008

MR1-1 Shrek

I watched “shrek ” on DVD.
I remember that shrek is not animal or humankind.
He may lived some fancy town by himself. One day, He happened to special donkey, he can talk. Donkey said, ”will you stay with me together? ” First, Shrek said “No.” But at last, he said “Yes.” So they lived with. One day Shrek and donkey went to a king who is small and want to married a princess. When they came in the castel, king’s army. They can save a princess. The king is very glad to that things. But Shrek also likes her. The princess is very beautiful during the daytime. But she also look like a monster. At the night.
Title Shreck
Characters
Homes
Personalities
Dreams, Goals
Main
Shrek
Donkey
Fiona

Minor
Dragon
Pinocchio
Snow white
Story
Beginnig
Shreck lived in the side of the marsh alone. Shreck is the monster that an appearance is ugly. But He has a gentle heart. The villagers were afraid of him. And they were going to send him away. One day, People caught the characters of the fairy tale, and the people sold them to a government official. Then, Shrek met Donkey. The Donkey is sold to them again, too. He was not sold luckily. So, characters in the fairy tale ran away to the marsh where he lived in. It was an act of the Lord Farquaad. Therefore Shrek was reflected on a trip with a Don key to meet Lord Farquaad to get back the place where they live in,
Middle
Farquaad should marry Princess Fiona to succeed to the throne. Princess Fiona was kept in the castle where the dragon lived in. Farquaad said “If you fight against a dragon with him and can save Princess Fiona, I promise to return the character of the fairy tale”. That is way they went for adventure.
Turning Point
They helped Princess Fiona from the castle. Then they returned with her. On the way, the Donkey watched a surprising thing. It was the moment when Princess Fiona changed it into an ugly figure. Her figure was an ugly figure such as Shrek. She made this truth a secret to him. Because she loved him. But by misunderstanding of Shrek, Shrek yearned for Fiona unpleasantly. They send Fiona to the Lord Farquaad, and a wedding ceremony begins after all. They could not understand each other well, but they yearned for each other.
Climax. Shrek went to the marriage ceremonial hall to stop marriage. The citizens laugh to see a figure of Shrek but Fiona turned into the same figure again, too. Then he told her his feeling to love her. Then they shared a kissed to turn Fiona into an ogress permanently. But she did not. However, Shrek said that Fiona was beautiful.
End
They got married!!!
Themes
Friendship
Love
Feelings
It is very good movie. I have seen almost Disney movies. It is the most interesting movie. This movie makes me happy. Characters of this movie is very pleasant. Especially the Donkey has a very good character and is the person that indispensable to this story. As Disney movie fan, I was able to enjoy it very much because many Disney movie's characters appeared. And, it is easy for me to listen English used in this movie. I want to see other Disney movies I have never seen.
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Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Writing Placement essay for Writing 3

Hello, my name is Chie. I am a university student. I like English and study English every day.
I spend about two hours going to University by train every day. My friends were very surprised. It is hard for me to get up early, but I'm not bored on a train. I like that time because I can look at the passing views from the train widow and I can listen to music with the "ipod" which my father bought for me recently.

I live in Omuta, Fukuoka. Omuta isn't a big city and there are not many places where we can play and go shopping, but I like Omuta city. I like to go for a walk in Omuta city at night. I climbed to the top of the Amagi mountain for the first time in my life. I could see the whole city and sea. The scene was very beautiful. I became liked Omuta city more. Amagi mountain is my favorite place. I will recommend the mountain if you come to my city. Do you have some favorite place? Why do you like that place?

Finally, I introduce my family.
There are four people in my family. My father, my mother , my younger sister and me. My father is funny, so he often tells jokes and makes me laugh. My mother is funny and tender. My sister is younger than me by five years. She is very wise. I like her. I love my family. Do you love your family?  
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