Orsay

Now an exhibition of Orsay is comming to the National Art Center Tokyo in Roppongi. I like Claude Monet and Edgar Degas so I wanna visit this exhibition. I wish to have a look at their works directly.

If someone of my friends want to visit, too, tell me so please!
>> official site

Robert Frost's poem2

The Road Not Taken

Two roads diverged in yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that, the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I boubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence;
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I ---
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.


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In this poem, a perplexity to choice a road to be taken and author's decision were described.
Through this work, I felt resignation and cheerful mood for his life. The decision which was done in the past would be never changed. However, he can believe in his past decision to make sense on his future life. Believing in his decision is good to
make himself consent to live happily. This attitude could make all the difference for him.

Robert Frost's poem1

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.

He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.


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Through the poem, I feel a little pressure of living my life. The part,"And miles to go before I sleep," gives me mixed feeling. It is a pressure to live and also sense of
The reason why or what makes me such feeling is the idea included in the poem by the author.
He described some philosophy of living and energy to make his goal to continue his life there.

BOOK #2

Now I'm reading Fukuoh-Jiden. It was writen by Yukichi Fukuzawa. He is a famous person in Japan because he is a pioneer of the civilization and enlightenment of Modern Japan.
He is also the founder of Keiohgijuku University. In this book there are lots of things of his life. It is interesting for me, too someone who is interested in the customs of the Edo area and Meiji area.

Soccer fever..

Last night the inhabitants in the next room of me were sooooo noisy!!X-(
I was waken up by their crazy voice at 3:30 am.!
I'm not so interested in soccer World Cup..
Then I wished strongly that world cup finish up harry!
Soccer fever is too bad to influence around the cases.

strawberry jelly

Recently it is my favorite.8:-)
Yummy!

Today I had a stomachache during the daytime. I couldn't go to university...
But I am a tuter of a junior-high student and the sift was today's evening so I did my work.

Today I sent rapsberry tea and strawberry tea to my fiends. The wrappings were so qute!(But I forgot to take some photos of them..)
Vivid pink ribbons were quite much with the white packages of tea-bags.
Also I sent some madeleines which Chinatsu recommended to me. I hope they get preasure at my presents.

6/19

I went Machida with Chinatsu. It was very hot day.
We wanted to have some cold drink or icecreame. Chinatsu introduced me a cafeteria. The cafe was which I had been to onece with Mai so I was a little surprised at this fortuity.
We odered parfaits. I ate a Japanese style parfait with Japanese black syrup. It was very nice! But the icecream of it was too much for me. I got enough icecream!

5/25

I went to Cafe Sepia for dinner with Yumiko and Chinatsu.
Pizza of prawn which I ordered was so nice! The quantity of dish was enough to be satisfied.
I forgot taking photo of cafe..
The cafe is at Machida. I reccomend there to someone who like Italian foods.

BOOK #1

I have finished to read Buncho/Yumejuya.
Author of this book Soseki Natsume is a famous writer of the modern period in Japan.
His writing style is just like Radio, I think. Reading his books, I'm given image and various feeling which are described in the stories.
His works influenced me in expression and descripetion.

baby panda playing

It's So Cute!!!X-D
I want to hug baby panda! The fur must be soft and nice..

Panda is one of endangered speaces so we have to do preservation. I sometimes rise funds for the movement of preservation of Panda.

RAIN,RAIN,RAIN...

From this week, Kanto area entered the rainy season. This long spell of rain makes me blue..X-(
I like to spend my time reading or painting at a rainy night. Only night..
I hate gettin' dripping wet by driving cares when I walk on a lord on a rainy day. I'm thinking to get a new pair of rain-boots. Today Mai wore cute boots with floral patterns.

FUNNY!

It's verry funny! The name of this fruit is HORNED MELONE. It originally comes from Ethiopian Zone. It can be eaten but is not so sweet. So it is eaten with suger. I wanna observe it actually!

1. How to Be the Perfect Boyfriend

2. http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-make-perfect-cheesecake

3. Pre-listening Questions
1) What do you think “perfect boyfriend”?
2) Have you ever found a man who seemed to be a perfect boyfriend?
3) Where do you want to go to with your boyfriend/girlfriend on a holyday?

4. Brief Summary
This video lecture from videojug.com gave us a good proposal to be a perfect boyfriend. Today, girls need her boyfriend a lot of thing: tall height, nice looks, and of course sweet-temper. However, if such good points are included in him, greedy his girl friend might not be satisfied. Thus, to be the perfect boyfriend, it is needed to acquire some skills which make him more fascinating. Sometimes it is the skill of sports. On the other hand, it is the skill of education. However, through this video, you can learn how to make Cheesecake. The contents: the substance, Pre-heat, Graham Cracker Crust, Cheesecake Filling, Pour and Bake, Chill…the method of making Cheesecake is showed politely. Almost girls like sweets, so try making cake and present your girlfriend (or boyfriend who like sweets) hand-made one! You can be recognized as a perfect boyfriend surely!

5. Vocabulary List
1) Pre-heat: (V) to heat an oven to a particular temperature before it is used to cook something
2) Crust: (N) the hard brown outer surface of bread
3) Melt: (V) if something solid melts or if heat melts it, it becomes liquid
4) Pour: (V) to make a liquid or other substance flow out of or into a container by holding it at an angle:
5) Garnish: (V) to add something to food in order to decorate it

6. Post-listening Question
1) Which point is most important, do you think?
2) There are some a little difficult contents of the order. Which point do you feel most difficult to understand?
3) Do you want to try it?

Alice in Wonderland

After school, I was asked to go to the movie by Chinatsu. Also with Haruka, I went to the movie in the news; Alice in Wonderland.
It was my first time of 3D movie. Badly my nose was pressed by my glasses and the 3D glasses! Next time I watch 3D movie, I should wear contact lenses.
The story of Alice in Wonderland was interesting! I wanna wacth again.. My favorite character is Queen of White. She is so beautiful!
I'm looking forword the DVD on 8/4 of this summer.

6／4

Today, after school, I went to go shopping with Chinatsu because I wanted to buy a birthday present for Yumiko. So I asked Chinatsu to come with me and help me to choose a good one.
After going around some shops, I found some cute hair bands. There were three types of coloring and I was made unable to make a decision which one I should choice. Then Chinatsu made an advice for me and I chose white one. Unfortunately, it has already been wrapped so I can’t put any photo of it. The colorful flower pattern on a white background will go well with Yumiko’s hair color. Next time when we see, I’ll give it to her. I want her to be glad.

IE writing iii - About 4R

At the present time, there are lots of problems of the natural environment and one of the most important is the destruction of forests. Forest accounts for a quarter of the land all over the world but it is being decreased by economic or living activities of human beings. The causes of destruction of forests are mass deforestation for mass-use of woods to make wooden products or for fuel, devastation of forests by acid rain and drying up forests by global warming. According to Kinoshita, forests’ areas have been reduced, without stopping. The forests’ area of the world has decreased to about 7,000,000ha from the ordinary gross area between 2000 and 2005. To solve the problem of the destruction of forests, Ms. Wangri, who is the vice-minister of Ministry of the Environmental of Kenya, puts forward 4R. It is divided into four activities; Refuse, Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.
The first activity to solve the destruction of forests is “Refuse.” Recently, buying in a shop, commodities have excessive wrapping, for example cling-film, tray of expanded polystyrene or plastic bag. Polyethylene which is made into these packing materials gives rise to dioxin which is noticed as an environmental issue. Dioxin has serious harmful toxicity and it causes the biological concentration. Thus, to reduce the quantity of expanded wrapping, the point of refusing unnecessary wrapping is important.
The second activity to solve the destruction of forests is “Reduce.” Reducing garbage is promoted in various places. In a super-market, lots of refill, especially of shampoo or cleanser, can be bought. Recently refill-packaging is made from some methods which have no risk to give rise to harmful substances, so after refilling an origin vessel, the empty package does not need much fuel for disposal. It is better to increase no more excessive garbage.
The third activity to solve the destruction of forests is “Reuse.” Up to now, it has been seemed usual to buy newer things when things became antiquated. However, in modern times, it is considered as importance to repair things which get a little break-down and continue to use them. Currently lots of companies provide some services to repair their products for nothing against the first trouble.
The fourth activity to solve the destruction of forests is “Recycle.” This word is well-known today. A dustbin for recycling can be found everywhere easily. To recycle resources, throwing away and grouping garbage is needed. Its activity leads more smooth and effective utilization of resources.
In short, there are four “R” activities to lead the problem of our essential forests to the solution. These activities have been taken more notice by the people of late years, but in present circumstances, there is not enough action by an individual. The serious crises, destruction of forests or global warming are drawing near to our earth every moment. It is an important need of human to solve these problems. 4R is one of the easiest measures which we can carry on and help to solve the blessing of nature.

Poster session

Today we had poster sessions. I and Sonomi intoroduced Cold Stone Creamary, an icecream shop. I was very nurvous, also Sonomi, too. Our presentation was not so smooth but we did. Our poster was good!
Others' poster sessions were interesting. Especially the first group after lunch did quite uniquely. One of this group member Roco hug a big doll of Duffy and imitated the voice of Mickie. The voice was so cute and funny! This group used gathered plastic tapes to represent the feeling of Sprash Mountain.
Kie and Chinatsu's group had a presentation about diet and exercises to lose weight. I want to lose weight so the results of their resarch will be varuable for me! I'll try the exercises straight away, this night. Also, I'll try cooking the healty soup with much vegitables.