Minnesota life ~7.24.2012~

    Today I got up at 6:30, every morning I have to get up early, so I am always sleepy. Today also host sister took me to the meeting places. In a van, we talked a lot of things, for example what they did with their host family yesterday and what they ate at house, everything. The time was fun for me, I like the time to talk with my friends.

    Today, a Japanese women who live in America and got married American came to school and told us about America that she felt. She was very funny and kind us. She told me that what Americans like Japanese food, and it is Karaage. Her talks was very interesting and good for us.

   

   After that we took lunch, and today's menu was hamberger and tomato soup and salada. After lunch, Linda Anderson talked us about international and intercultual health. She is professor of nursing, and I learned about jet lag. I have to drink a lot of water and sleep a lot. She said that jet lag will continue for two weeks.

   After that we tried cooperative games with proffessor Joel and Linda. we played a lot of games, and competed with 4 teams. I was in the orange team, and our team became a champion. It was very fun!! After the games we played Bethel Scavenger Hunt. I didn't know where is it, so I asked Bethel's student and teachers. They were very kind and told me to the place. And I could know about Bethel university.

   Come back home, I was doing homework in my room. Then older sister knocked my room, and she invited me to go to lake. And we prepared and went to lake near house, it took about 20 minutes. While we riding in the car, we were singing and dancing together! Arrived at lake, we swam and ate American sweets lying on the beach.

   At night, my host mother and brother had a job and younger sister went to her friends home. So I and older sister ordered supper. We ate big pizza and two pastas and fruits. I was full and I couldn't eat all.

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Minnesota life ~7.23.2012~

   Today I got up at 6:30 and ate American cereals and homemade juice which was not used chemical seasoning. They were very good. After that my host sister took me the Caribou coffee shop, because the coffee shop is our meeting place. We gathered and went to the Bethel university by Jeff's car. 

   First, we went to the Bethel college tour with Joel and took ESL class.  Bethel university is very big and we could see the wonderful natural view, there is a big lake in the university and the university encircled by the natural. It is a very beautiful college.  After that we ate lunch, today's menu were tacos and salad. There cafeteria is beautiful and large.

    Afternoon, we took a school bus and went to the Mississippi river and rode a river boat. We enjoyed a river cruising. There were a lot of tourist.

    When I came back in home, I talked my host mother about my family and different from American house and Japanese house, and Japanese sweet and meal. And she told me about her job and host brother and sisters. Many house of America have a basement and there does not build of apartments so much, because America is a large country and they have a lot of ground. So many people in America build own big house and they have a large yard. I live in apartment in Japan, so I showed pictures of my house for my host mother, and she said "it is so cool"

     Today's supper is pasta and bread and fruits, my host family likes fruits so mach. I enjoyed American life!



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MR2: Drum line

　This story describes the growth of a boy who concentrates his passion into a marching drum. This story’s main character is Devon. He has a genius for the drums, and he entered A&T University as a scholarship student. He is a conceited and egocentric person. So he conflicted with many people at many times. He especially conflicted with Sean who is an older drum leader. One time Devon and Sean confronted, and Devon won the argument. After that Devon took a brash attitude. One day, from Devon’s provocation that was too much, his university and a rival school got into a fight during the game. And it was found out that Devon didn’t read musical scores, so he had lied to get admission. So Lee who is director of A&T University’s marching club was enraged and Devon had to leave the marching club. But Devon wanted to continue playing the drums, so he visited the rival school which scouted him and he told his intention to transfer. Then the director of the rival school, Wade, gave him a condition instead of admitting him. The condition was that Devon has to tell Wade about A&T University club’s covert plans. Devon was disappointed with the director and he woke up. Devon was changed his attitude, and he began to study to music score.

   My favorite scene is when Devon and Sean were reconciled. Sean taught Devon how to read a music score, and Devon attended classes and studied hard. This scene had no exchange of dialogue, it had only music. I like the constitution, and I was moved.

    Devon grown as a human and suddenly played in the drum line of the finals. Through the story I felt Devon’s growth as a human. And this movie told me the importance of cooperation and mind to value friends. Nobody can live alone.

    This movie was made by Charles StoneⅢ in America in 2002.

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My favorite musician

 

 

My favorite musician is FUNKY MONKEY BABYS. They are 3 member in the group, the member is funky Kato and Monkichi and DJ Kemikal. Their songs are very good； they sing songs of many types. My favorite their songs are Kokuhaku and Atohitotsu. When I was high school student, I belonged in baseball club and I was care taker in the club. Atohitotsu was the theme song of our last year's tournament. So there is a particularly memorable song for me. Their songs make me happy, cheer up and bittersweet. I like the words of their songs. Last year I wanted to go to their live, but I couldn't. So This year I want to go to their live.


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