BR-01, The Song

A man is singing and playing the guitar.(p.1)

Have you heard a sing from the room next to yours? This story begins with that situation. This is not only a love story, but also a sad story. If I were Lucia, I could not stand this situation. I think I am going to keep crying like her if I realize he has got a girlfrined. The point I think she is so strong is that she goes to his concert and stands in front of him even though he cannot realize her. When I got the last part, I felt so sad because she is looking at him with smiling. It is not fair that he could make his dream come true, but Lucia is not even realized by him. I hope she is going to be happy with someone not Daniel. That is sad too though.
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Tomalin Mary(2003),The song, Harlow : Pearson Education

My junior high memory I hate

Most of my junior high memories are so good, but there are some things I don't even want to remember. One of them is memory of my club activity. I was belonging to a basketball club which was so strict and tough. One thing that I hated was to run for a long distance. When we couldn't use inside of the gym, we had to run around our school. We run 1 kilometer and then take a rest for one minute and do same thing like ten times. Basically I don't like running so that practice was so hard for me. Also, I was a captain of our team so I needed to get everyone together. Some of my teammates were not happy if I said something they did not want to do so it was the hardest thing I ever experienced to tell them what to do. They were usually nice though. (153)

Toy Story

Have you got a feeling that no one likes you? Woody, who is a cowboy toy belonging to a boy named Andy, thinks he is the best friend of Andy. One day, however, a brand new toy, Buzz, shows up at Andy’s house. Andy starts to play with Buzz more often than Woody and Buzz becomes famous among Andy’s toys too. Everyone likes Buzz. Woody feels so lonely that he decides to get rid of Buzz somehow.
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I think Woody is just sad because everyone including Andy has liked him for a long time and that makes him do such a bad thing. I myself have felt that kind of feeling so I know how he feels. When I was three years old, my little brother was born. My mom had always been with him and took care of him. My dad said I suddenly started crying for no reason so he was so confused. I don’t remember exactly what I did, but I do remember I was just sad because everyone seemed to consider only my brother. I believe this is how Woody felt. Also, I think the other toys of Andy should have thought about Woody more carefully. They have been with him for a long time, but they begin to wonder whether he is right or not as soon as Buzz comes out. If I were one of them, I would try to trust him more.

At the end, Woody and Buzz get along with each other and Woody realizes Buzz would be his best friend. I was so happy when I saw the scene where Woody and Buzz share a wink because I realized they won’t be alone anymore unless they leave each other. (288)

Presentation day

Yesterday, I had two presentations. One of them was for speaking class and I talked about myself with 10 slides. I am going to write down my script.

Hello my name is Amara, from Turkey. Do you know where Turkey is? This is a world map. Can you see the red part? Here is Turkey. And then this is a map of my country. Actually, here, Ankar, is a capital city of Turkey, but the biggest city in my country is Istanbul, where I live. My favorite place to go is Sultanahmet Camii. This is a kind of temple and so famous all over the world. So if you go to Turkey, you should visit there. Next, I am going to talk about food. Did you know Turkish food is one of three great cuisines in the world as well as French and Chinese. I will introduce to you "kebab" which is my favorite food. Kebab is grilled meats on sticks. After grill it we slice them off. I recommend you to eat them with yogurt sauce. It is so delicious. My job is to sell "Nazar Boncugu." This is a kind of talisman. They protect you from evils by watching around you. That is why they look like eyes. You should get one! Finally, I am going to talk about my hobby. My hobby is dancing, especially Turkish belly dance, which is so sexy. And the guy who is playing the violin in this picture is my by friend. He is so good at playing the violin. Thank you!

To listening to the other classmates' presentation was so fun and interesting. Everyone is from different country and each of them has unique points. It is supposed that some of classmates will give presentations next week so I am really looking forward to that. (304)

My favorite movie

I have bunch of favorite movies because watching movies is one of my hobbies. So this is a difficult question for me, but I can say Disney movies are my favorites. I watched almost every Disney movies and I love Lion King especially. First time I saw it was when I was six years old. My father gave it to me as my birthday present, but that was only in English with Japanese subtitle. I was so mad at him because it was boring to watch a movie with subtitle at that time. However, when I was around ten years old, I tried to watch that and it was so excited. I watched it so many times and learned to watch it without subtitle.(122)

My favorite sport to watch

I like to play basketball, but my favorite sport to watch is different. I often watch baseball game on TV. This is because my father loves baseball and he watches baseball game on TV every night so I learned to watch it. At first I was not interested in baseball, but I went to Fukuoka stadium to see a game when I was 12 years old. That got me like watching baseball games. Although I don't know much about the rules or favorite player, I always watch one when I have a time. My favorite team is SoftBank Forks because the game I watched in a stadium was theirs. Every time I hear their song, it reminds me of the exciting memory.(122)

My favorite season

My favorite season is summer because there are lots of things we can do during this season. In summer, I have three things I really want to do. First, I want to eat ice cream whenever I want to. In winter I barely want to do that because it is too cold to have ice cream. Eating ice cream in summer is awesome. Second, I think most of people want to go to sea. Sun and sea are perfect situation to have fun. Finally, fire works are considered as the best thing to do in summer. I believe it is the most beautiful thing and Japanese culture. But I did not do two things besides eating ice cream. I am so sad and regretting a little bit.(127)

My favorite place I've been

My favorite place I have been is California. I have been there twice last year. First I went to San Francisco with my friends. That trip was crazy because we drove all the way. It took almost 24 hours to get there. At that time, heavy storm came around even in a season of thanksgiving. We drove snowy way in the night. That was one of the scariest memories. However, San Francisco was really good place. I thought I wanted to live there. Its climate is great and they have sea. Next I went to Los Angels and went to Disney Land and Universal Studio. I had so much fun with my friends, but it cost a lot to me. I want to go there again if I get enough money to go.(130)