Sunday, May 30, 2010

May 30☆

There are a lot of things to do, so I was tired. Today, I was at home because I have to do some homework. For example, speaking homework and secretary official approval. In speaking class, I am preparing an announcement. Our group's subject is about cell phone. We asked 150 KGU students, so it was hard. I made a poster to announce. It was hard to draw a graph but I was glad to finish it.

I'm going to get secretary official approval next month, so I studied today. There were a lot of things I don't know. I can learn general common sense by studying it, for example, manners. The question is a little difficult but I'll do my best.

This evening, I played tennis for an hour with my mother and sister. I think I am making gradual, but playing tennis is a little difficult for me. I want to be good at playing tennis like my sister. I like sports very much, so I felt refreshed. I also like badminton and I want to play it. I had a good time!
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Friday, May 28, 2010

BR 1-10: The Owl and the Pussycat



I read The Owl and the Pussycat. When I saw this book for the first time, I thought this illustration was very cute, so I chose it. Do you think so? I especially like this cat.

The Owl and the Pussycat went to sea in a beautiful pea-green boat. The Owl looked up to the stars above and sang to a small guitar. "Oh lovely Pussy! What a beautiful Pussy you are." the Owl sang and "you elegant fowl, how charmingly sweet you sing" the Pussy sang. They decided to marry and they sailed away for a year and a day.

There is a part I like in this story. When they wanted to a ring, they got to the land where the Bong-tree grows and they met a Piggy-wig with a ring at the end of his nose! It is so cute!! They asked the piggy to give the ring. The piggy was willing to give the ring. It was very interesting.




Reference
Lear, E. (2008). The Owl and the Pussycat. London,England: Usborne Publishing Ltd.
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Happy Birthday♪


May 25 is my friend, Satoko's birthday! So, we held a birthday party and the member is Satoko, Chinami, Ryouko, Kinchan, Saya, Aya, Mizuho and me. At first, Chikako was going to go together, but she couldn't go there because she had a part time job. So, I was sad.

We went to JOHN ROE and I went there for the first time. The restaurant is beautiful and I liked it. We had salad, kimchi-fried rice, pasta, pizza and cake. It was delicious and we enjoyed talking a lot. We were there about three hours, but how time flies!

We gave a birthday present to Satoko. She said "Thank you!", so I was very glad. I had a very good time and I want to go there with my friends again :) Ryoko, Chinami, Kinchan and Aya, thank you for preparing party!! Finally, happy birthday to Satoko!!
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Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Foreign country

I haven't been to foreign countries and there are two countries I want to go. One is Korea because I'm interested in Korea recently. Korea is near from Japan, so I can go there cheaply. I want to eat Korean food because I like it. Also, I want to go shopping. I can buy clothes cheaply.

The other is New Zealand. When I watched on TV, I thought it is wonderful. There is beautiful nature and I liked the atmosphere of the city. I want to go Auckland and Christchurch and they are famous city in New Zealand. I want to see a Sky Tower, so I want to visit their country someday.

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Tuesday, May 25, 2010

About my friends

Today, I met my best friend, Misato by chance. So we had lunch together. She is also KGU student and her department is economy. I had known her since I was a child because we were going to same nursery school. When I was junior high school student, we belonged to same club. It is my best memory with her. We sometimes play together, but I don't play with her recently. So, We are going to go shopping next month. She has long hair and is slender. Also, she is very cute! So, she sometimes appeared in a magazine of Kumamoto. A week ago, I found the magazine, so I was surprised! She is so cute!! We talked a lot and I had a good time.

I contacted my high school friend these days. I'll introduce another my best friends. Her name is Naoko and I called her nao-chin. She lives Fukuoka alone and her dream is to be a teacher of home economics. She is very kind person and she is a good listener. So, I was often consulting her when I was high school student. I am given a power by her when I talk to her. I think she become a good teacher in the future. We promised that I visited her home this summer vacation. I'm looking forward to seeing her! We had called on more than an hour. I had a good time!
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Friday, May 21, 2010

BR 1-09: Story of Unicorns

I read "Stories of Unicorns". Do you know unicorns? I didn't know it and I thought it a white horse when I saw it for the first time. But when I carefully it, it has only one horn! It is said the unicorns is legendary animal in Europe.

This book has some stories. First of all, Ellie and the unicorn's story. The unicorn doesn't like man much, but the unicorn made friend with Ellie. She is a kitchen maid. One day, the unicorn was caught by King Victor, but she set the unicorn free. They are very good friends! I want to make friends with animals someday.

Next, it is about the clumsy unicorn. Most unicorns are graceful and elegant. But the unicorn of Fair tree Forest wasn't like most unicorns. The unicorn was lonely and the other animals were afraid of it. One day, a hunter appeared, carrying a sack full of animals. He tried to catch the unicorn, but the unicorn did battle with him. After all, he run away and the unicorn helped the animals. So, the animals made friend with the unicorn. I thought the unicorn is strong and gentle.

Finally, it is about the strawberry unicorn. I like this story the best of three. Farmer Jack was very worried about his strawberries. The strawberries needed water, but it is dirty and smells bad. One day, he found there was a unicorn, right in the middle of the strawberries. To my surprise, the unicorn's body became pink! I thought it was very cute! I suppose the unicorn loves strawberries. The unicorn has drunk that water. At that time its horn made the whole stream clear and sweet. The horn has miracle power! This book was so interesting. Please read it!
Reference
Dickins, R. (2006). Stories of Unicorns. London: Usborne Publishing Ltd.
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Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Essay 1-02b: Charm of Rhythmic Sportive Gymnastics

I like rhythmic sportive gymnastics because I belonged to rhythmic sportive gymnastics club when I was junior high school student. In junior high school, there are few rhythmic sportive gymnastics club, so it was unusual. Do you know rhythmic sportive gymnastics? To dance with companion is a lot of fun for me. It is important to exhibit fine teamwork. There are two reasons why I chose it. First, the rule is a little complicated, so I thought I wanted to search it. Second, there is a former player who I liked and I was deeply impressed. Her name is Alina Kabaeva. I didn't know the details about her, so I thought I want to know about her.

First of all, I searched about history of rhythmic sportive gymnastics.
history of rhythmic sportive gymnastics
Rhythmic gymnastics became an Olympic sport in the 1984. Rhythmic gymnastics joined what is now known as “artistic gymnastics”. Historically, gymnastic training has been tied to military training. Several important figures helped change gymnastics from a military exercise into a more modern form of physical training. What we know today as rhythmic gymnastics was most influenced by the work of Emile Jaques-Dalcroze in the 1890s. Dalcroze was a composer and music educator. He wanted to teach his students to understand music by understanding movement. By trying to understand music through movement, they were able to work. Also around 1900, Ernest Idla of Estonia created a scoring system for rhythmic gymnastics. In this way, rhythmic gymnastics became a competitive sport.

Second, I searched about basic rule of rhythmic sportive gymnastics.
basic rule
Rhythmic gymnastics can be performed as an individual event or as a team event. The rules for each event are slightly different. For all events, a gymnast performs on 13-metre-square floor area. A gymnast must use the entire area. Rhythmic gymnastics scoring is done by two panels of judges. One panel scores is on execution and the other panel is scores on composition. The execution score begins at 10.0 and points are deducted for technical faults. The composition score has a maximum of 20.0 points. 10.0 points is for artistic quality and 10.0 is for difficulty. Flexibility, choreography, control, uniqueness, proper technique and effective are all elements that judges score. There are many tools, for example, ribbon, hoop, ball and rope. It is decided that what tool rhythmic gymnast use once in several years.

Third, I'll introduce you about Alina Kabaeva.
About Alina Kabaeva
the 2004 Athens Olympics
Kabayeva possesses high inborn flexibility. She is Russia's most successful rhythmic gymnast to date. She is also one of the most decorated gymnasts in the history of rhythmic gymnastics with 18 World Championship medals, 2 Olympic medals and 25 European Championship medals. Kabayeva, the daughter of Tatar father and Russian mother, was born in Tashkent, Uzbek. In her young teens she moved to Russia. She made her international debut in 1996. In 1998, the 15 year old Kabayeva won the European Championships in Portugal. At the 2000 Sydney Olympics, Kabayeva was expected to claim gold in all around. But she won a bronze medal due to an error. Also in the 2004 Athens Olympics, she finally won the gold medal.

In this way, history of rhythmic sportive gymnastics has not been long since it formed. But it is wonderful sports and there are many wonderful rhythmic gymnasts like Kabaeva. They impress us and I want you watch the Olympic. I really like rhythmic sportive gymnastics and it is attractive sports but there are not so many people who know about it. So, I want many people to know about rhythmic sportive gymnastics. I hope everyone to find it is interesting.




Reference
Website:
Blog Editor , Rhythmic Gymnastics: Sport and Art. dance here. Retrieved 18 May, 2010, from http://www.dancehere.com/rhythmic-gymnastics/.

Website:
Amy Van Deusen, Olympic Gymnastics: Rhythmic Gymnastics Rules & Judging. About.com: Gymnastics. Retrieved 18 May, 2010, from http://gymnastics.about.com/od/majorcompetitions/a/rhythmicscoring.htm.

Website:
Alina Kabaeva. WorldLingo. Retrieved 19 May, 2010, from http://www.worldlingo.com/ma/enwiki/en/Alina_Kabaeva.

Website:
Alina Kabaeva. WorldLingo. Retrieved 19 May, 2010, from http://www.worldlingo.com/ma/enwiki/en/Alina_Kabaeva
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Animals

I like animals and I especially like a dog. I like a big dog, for example, golden retriever. It is very smart, so there are many guide dog for the blind. The face is so gentle, so I like it very much. I want to have a dog someday because I can't have a dog now. My grandmother has had a dog before. The dog's name is Marin and she is 'shibaken'. I often play her when I visited my grandmother. She is very smart and she took to me, so I was glad. We often took a walk together without a dog collar and she follows me! I like Marin very much, but she dead a year ago. I was so sad.
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My other classes

I have ten classes other English classes in the spring term. My favorite classes are American history of literature and the Korean language. American history of literature is interesting because I hardly knew about American novel. It is interesting different from Japanese novel. Also, I watched some movie in this class. I like watching movies, so this class is fun.

The Korean language is also interesting because I interested in Korea. The Hangul alphabet is very difficult to understand, but I'll study hard. The teacher told us about Korean culture, so the class is fun.

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Sunday, May 16, 2010

Essay 1-02a: An English Website Review

I searched rhythmic sportive gymnastics. How I found the sites; search for rules, history, Olympic and famous player. There are some reasons why I chose it. First of all, I belonged to rhythmic sportive gymnastics club when I was junior high school student. I got to like to dance very much, but the rule is a little complicated, so I thought I wanted to search it. Second, there is a former player who I liked and I was deeply impressed. Her name is Alina Kabaeva. I didn't know the details about her, so I want to know about her.

At first, I searched world rhythmic sportive gymnastics federation. I'll introduce to you about history and rules.

Rhythmic gymnastics became an Olympic sport in the 1984. Rhythmic gymnastics joined what is now known as “artistic gymnastics”. Historically, gymnastic training has been tied to military training. Several important figures helped change gymnastics from a military exercise into a more modern form of physical training. What we know today as rhythmic gymnastics was most influenced by the work of Emile Jaques-Dalcroze in the 1890s. Dalcroze was a composer and music educator. He wanted to teach his students to understand music by understanding movement. By trying to understand music through movement, they were able to work. Also around 1900, Ernest Idla of Estonia created a scoring system for rhythmic gymnastics. In this way, rhythmic gymnastics became a competitive sport.

Rhythmic gymnastics can be performed as an individual event or as a team event. The rules for each event are slightly different. For all events, a gymnast performs on 13-metre-square floor area. A gymnast must use the entire area. Rhythmic gymnastics scoring is done by two panels of judges. One panel scores is on execution and the other panel is scores on composition. The execution score begins at 10.0 and points are deducted for technical faults. The composition score has a maximum of 20.0 points. 10.0 points is for artistic quality and 10.0 is for difficulty. Flexibility, choreography, control, uniqueness, proper technique and effective are all elements that judges score. There are many tools, for example, ribbon, hoop, ball and rope. It is decided that what tool rhythmic gymnast use once in several years.


Next, I'll introduce you about Alina Kabaeva.Alina Kabaeva is the former player of Russia. Her performance is so wonderful.

Kabayeva possesses high inborn flexibility. She is Russia's most successful rhythmic gymnast to date. She is also one of the most decorated gymnasts in the history of rhythmic gymnastics with 18 World Championship medals, 2 Olympic medals and 25 European Championship medals. Kabayeva, the daughter of Tatar father and Russian mother, was born in Tashkent, Uzbek. In her young teens she moved to Russia. She made her international debut in 1996. In 1998, the 15 year old Kabayeva won the European Championships in Portugal. At the 2000 Sydney Olympics, Kabayeva was expected to claim gold in all around. But she won a bronze medal due to an error. Also in the 2004 Athens Olympics, she finally won the gold medal.

I really like rhythmic sportive gymnastics but there is not so many people who knows about it. So, I want many people to know about rhythmic sportive gymnastics. This is a good chance! I hope everyone to find it is interesting.

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Saturday, May 15, 2010

Outline for Essay 1-02a: Rhythmic Sportive Gymnastics

Introduction

  ・What sites are about; Rhythmic Sportive Gymnastics
  ・How I found them; searched for rules, history and Olympic
  ・Why I chose the one(s) I did:

      One on the world association and one on Olympic


World Rhythmic Sportive Gymnastics Fedaration

  ・(Site map: FreeMind)
  ・History
  ・Rules


Olympic


  ・(Site map: FreeMind)
  ・famous player


Other websites of interest about rhythmic sportive gymnastics

  ・List
  ・Features
  ・Sections
  ・Highlights


Conclusion


  ・Summary of selections
  ・Summary of highlights
  ・Recommendations to readers

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Friday, May 14, 2010

Rhythmic Sportive Gymnastics: search terms and short list of possible sites

Search terms

rhythmic sportive gymnastics, rule, Alina Kabaeva, Athens, Olympics

Short list of possible sites

About rhythmic sportive gymnastics

basic rule

About Alina Kabaeva

the 2004 Athens Olympics
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Rhythnic Sportive Gymnastics: Free-Writing

I like rhythmic sportive gymnastics because I belonged to rhythmic sportive gymnastics club when I was junior high school student. In junior high school, there are few rhythmic sportive gymnastics club, so it was unusual. I don't have a pliant body, so it was hard for me, but I got to liking it. To dance with companion is a lot of fun for me. There are group and individual and I have taken part in the game. The practice was hard. It is important to exhibit fine teamwork. There are many tools, for example, ribbon, hoop, ball, and rope. I practiced ball very hard. The uniform is leotards and it is very cute. The rule is complicated; there are technique which we have to do and the points decides by the difficulty of the technique. Aiso, power of expression is very important. Alina Kabaeva is the former player of Russia. She won a gold medal in the Athens Olympics. Her performance is so wonderful.
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Sports: Brainstorm

sports
Olympic
baseball
soccer
tennis
swimming
volleyball
rhythmic sportive gymnastics
ball
ribbon
hoop
dance
uniform
leotards
club
rule
team
competition
cheer
companion
practice
hard
fun
hot
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Wednesday, May 12, 2010

How I study English

First of all, I read a book published in a Western country. There are some words I don't know, so it is a little difficult, but it is a good way to study English. Second, I watch a movie. I can enjoy studying English and I also learn many phrases. Finally, I learn English conversation. Now, I'm practicing to speak English fluently. I think it is important to talk to a lot of people in English. Also, I want to make a friend of foreigner someday.
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010

May 10th

I had two classes yesterday and the fifth period is Speaking class. In this class, we are examining about a theme. Our team is examining about a cellular phone. We have to ask some question to 150 people! So, I'll do my best.

After that, I took an lecture with Chikako for three hours. It is official approval of a secretary. Yesterday was the first day and I learned about color for the first time. I could learn a lot of things I didn't know. There are about ten thousand colors and the color influences us. There are some image each color, for example, red means passion, green means peace, orange means cheerful and so on. What color do you like? Red and pink and green are fashion color of this year.
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Sunday, May 9, 2010

A Souvenir


Yesterdy was part time job day. There was study and training for two hours. I had a discussion, but I'm not good at discussing. So, I was so tired. After that, I worked for six hours. At first class, there is a girl who is in the first grade. She is little and very cute. To my joy, she gave me a souvenir!! It was a key ring of dog and dolphin. It is so cute and I was so glad! She told me about trip to Oita. She went to an amusement park and she enjoyed there. I was happy to hear her story. I had a good time.
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BR 1-08:The Secret Garden



Reference:
Hodgson Burnett, F. (2007). The Secret Gargen. London: Usborne Publishing Ltd.

I read The Secret Garden because I thought it was interesting. There was a girl and her name is Mary Lennox. Her mother and father died. When Mary arrives in her uncle's gloomy house on the moors, she feels forlorn and lonely. But the house is filled with exciting secrets and behind an old ivy-covered wall is a garden. It was Mrs. Craven's special garden, but she died and the master was so unhappy, he buried the key and went away. The robin helped her to find the key to the secret garden. One day, she was inside the secret garden. It was a mysterious place. There were withered grass and rose branches trailed the walls, but it isn't completely dead. She met Dickon who know the details about a plant and animals. Every day they worked in the garden. I like a flower very much because I feel relax. I want such a garden someday! One day, Mary listened a tearful voice. There were a boy who is weak and his name is Colin. He is Mrs Craven's son and they are cousins. Mary encourage him and I was deeply impressed by her voice. Mary and Dickon took Colin to the garden and he tried to walk. Every day Colin grew stronger and his father was very glad.

I thought Mary was very kind girl and the power of nature was so wonderful. I was pleasant to this story and illustration. I want to go to the secret garden!!
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Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Food/eating habits

Every morning, I usually eat rice, miso soup, fermented soybeans, and yogurt. I often eat fruits, especially an apple. Sometimes, I eat toast substitute for rice. For lunch, I eat my lunch every day. I have my mother make a lunch every day, so I hardly buy some food for lunch. There are many dishes, for example, deep-fried chicken and an omelet. For supper, I eat some food which my mother made. Main dish is usually meat or fish. I like salad very much, so I always eat it for supper.
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Tuesday, May 4, 2010

May 4th☆

Today, My grandmother and my aunt and my cousin came to my house. My aunt and my cousin live in Fukuoka. We took they to Kumamoto castle. They visited for the first time. Kumamoto castle has a wonderful stone wall. I went up on the top floor and it was very high. The view from there was splendid. The inner citadel was restore and it was so beautiful. They were pleased, so I was glad.

I bought two flowers and the color is pink and orange. I plant them at once.

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Miyazaki



Yesterday, I went to Miyazaki with my family. I got up early, so I felt sleepy. It took about three hours. At first, I went to the Island of Ao. Have you ever been there? It is very beautiful place! There were a lot of people and it was hot. The sea was so beautiful and the wind was pleasant!! I saw the sea after a long time. I like to look into the sea very much. I also went to the Aoshima Shrine and I pay a visit. After that, I had a mango ice cream. Miyazaki is famous for mango. It was so delicious!

Next, I went to the Udo Shrine. There was the main shrine into a cave, so I was suprised at it. It was cool and pleasant in the cave. I had a very good time!!

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Saturday, May 1, 2010

Movie♪

I went to Kurea to see a movie because today was 1000yen! There were a lot of people. I watched Nodame Cantabile and I wanted to see it. It was very interesting and the music was wonderful!! There were a lot of classical music, Chopin, Beethoven and Ravel and so on. I have played Chopin's music before and I like Chopin. When I saw the movie in the movie theater, it was very powerful. So, I was impressed the music. I like playing the piano, but I don't play the piano these days. I wanted to play the piano because I saw the movie.
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BR 1-07:The Old Woman Who Swallowed a Fly



Reference:
Horne, S. (2008). The Old Woman who swallowed a Fly . London,England: Usborne Publishing Ltd.

I read "The old Woman who swallowed a Fly". When I saw this book's title for the first time, I was surprised! I was interested in this story. There was an old woman who swallowed a fly. I don't know why she swallowed a fly. That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her. When I imagined, I became so unpleasant! She swallowed the spider to catch the fly. Also, she swallowed a bird, a cat, a dog, and a goat!! Her belly grew bigger, but she didn't die. Finally, the old woman swallowed a horse! She's dead, of course.

This story made me surprised, but it was very interesting. Also, the illustration is very cute and colorful, so I liked it very much.
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BR 1-06:The Boy Who Cried Wolf


Reference:
Mackinnon, M. (2008). The Boy who cried Wolf. London,England: Usborne Publishing Ltd.


I read "The Boy who cried Wolf" today. When I saw this book, it looked like interesting. This story is about Sam, some sheep, the villagers and a wolf. Every day, Sam takes the same old sheep up the same old mountain. He watched them from morning until evening and every day was the same. Sam was lonely and he was so bored. One day, he had an idea. He ran down the hill to the village. "A wolf!" he shouted. "A wolf has come out of the forest!" Everyone ran up the hill with him. Of course, there was no wolf. The villagers were angry, but Sam just laughed. He repeated any number of times. A few days later, a wolf did come out of the forest, but nobody believed him. So, the wolf had killed some of the sheep.

If I were Sam, I would was so bored. So I can understand that he is bored, but I think it is bad to tell a lie. I can't forgive a lie and I will angry because I can't believe. Do you forgive a lie? A message of this book is no one believes liars, even when they tell the truth.
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