Some of my exchange students' friends♪

　Especially my closely friends who came from Asia, South Korea, Vietnam will come back to their country during from February to March. Many of my them will soon go back, so I promised them to go out when I finished take tests. My vietnam's friend, han chan told me to go to Vitonam's cafe. I know where is this shop, it's near Kokai shopping street. I wanted to go there long before, so now I'm really looking foward to go there with her.

Another friends were came from Korea. One is Min chan, I was her host family when she came to Kumamoto. Another is Unhi chan who was taking same Japanese grammer's class. I haven't many times to go out with them before, so I'm very happy to meet them before they'll go back to their country. I would like to make a good memory with them.(148・2105words)week18 (10551words)all

Coming of age day☆

　I had a "Coming of age day 's ceremony" on January 11. I got up 5:30, went to a beauty salon shop at 6:00 a.m. After that I went to make up artist's shop at 7:10 a.m. When I came back home, one of my friend was coming with her mother. My mother is her friend, and my mother can dressing. So they were my house. We went to prefecture's hole by car at 11:15. There were many people, I met many old friends. Many of them are living in another prefecture, so I was so glad to meet them again. We arrived there later, so we were taking pictures with my friends outside of hall. After that we ate griddled octopus dumpling near the hole. First we're worry if food fall down on our kimono. But it was safe for eating slowly. I went to my grand patrent's, uncle's house to show my Sunday best after that. I was very happy to see everyone's smile.

In the evening, I had another event, it was a paaaaarty of my junior high school. I was really happy to meet many closely friends. They called me, talking a lot and took a picture. Especially I was surprised at boy's changing than before. They were taller, face was also little changing. But I found them who they were . Many of them are also going to another prefectures, but I felt I was lucky to live in Kumamoto then. Because they had to back to the place where they are living, and it took costs for a round-trip fare. The party finished very earlier as I expected. My friends invited me to go to another shop, but I had a part time job the next day's morning. So I went home earlier. However some of friends gave me an e-mail. It was an invitation of having a good time. Recently I haven't sent e-mail to them, but I felt that we are connecting after graduate, and it will also keep forever. (339.1957words)week18 (10403words)all

English test♪♪

　I had a Eiken, Practical English Proficiency Test at this university's high school on January 24th. I took a test of grade pre first. I have not much time to prepare it, but I studied for the test the day before. I thought it looked hard for me before I grapple with it. But once I studied it, it wasn't so hard for me as I expected. One of my friend who belongs same department also came there. If I have a lucky, I hope to get it this time. My goal is to take first grade during I'm a KGU student. If I couldn't pass this grade this time, I will try it again next time. (118・1615words) week18 (10064words)all

Tea ceremony event☆

We have already decided two events of my club event during spring vacation. On Feburary 1st, we will have a party of see you for finishing all tests. We'll eat dinner and talking each other. The day is also my father's birth day, but we'll cerebrate him the day before, on January 31. I'm sorry for him, but I would like to cerebrate him by my handmade present. Another is a trip to Oita. We will join package tour and stay there one day. The plan is going to visit to a street of bean curd, a beer factory and so on. １１ people in my club will go there. Now I'm happy, because many members decided to join this trip. I'm really looking forward to go to this trip.(130・1500words) week18 (9946words) all

I have ten tests☆

　Recently, test has begun. I have ten tests this time, but it will finish tomorrow. I am busy now for not only tests but also reports. Japanese Grammer's class's one finished, but I have two reports till tomorrow. The day before yesterday, I had three tests. It was hard for me, because they were German, French, and Japanese. Once I studied French deeply, it was interesting. But it took many times for me to understand. So I couldn't study deeply German at that time. I finished 8 tests untill now. I have only two tests tomorrow. So I would like to study deeply if I finish my homework. (108・1370words) week18 (9816words)all

January 17th♪♪

　What is the day on January 17th? It is Lauren 's Birth Day!! I was her host family when she came to Kumamoto, so I sent her a present on January 17. It was my favorite strawberry roll cake of A bon marche. This shop is near my house. I wrote about it before on blog. If you want to know the shop, please check my blog. I went to her dormitory in the afternoon. She pleased at my present. I told her "Please eat it with your friends" The next day was test, so I told her "Let's go out after I will finish tests" I was also happy to meet her at that time, because her Japanese level was up than before. I'm looking forward to meet her during spring vacation. (133・1262words)week18 (9708words)all

Honors English Seminar IV( News Review) Version2

News Review

JAL was the most authentic airline company, but this fact changed a few months ago. The airline filed the Corporate Reorganization Law to a Tokyo district court. This is a matter of interest for me, because I hope to get a job as a flight attendant. So I'm afraid that the same problem will happen in other airline company, in the near future.

In these days, we couldn't expect clearly recession ridden industries, so I can't decide yet what to do after I graduate. But we cannot say there is no life without perplexity. Now I have hesitation in my life, but I'll go with a forward-looking approach. Of course, to get money enough to live is important in a life, but life is only once. So I will decide my future to my heart's content.(137・1129words)week18 (9575words)all

Honors English Seminar IV ( News Review) Version1

JAL succumbs to self-inflicted wounds

By Jonathan Soble FT(The financial Times Limited) .com

January 19, 2010 6:24 a.m. EST 

Tokyo, Japan (FT) -- "I'd like to take a pistol and shoot every JAL executive of the last 20 years," says Hideo Fujiwara, an otherwise gently spoken 72-year-old.

The former pilot flew for Japan Airlines, which is filing for bankruptcy on Tuesday, for 34 years but will see his monthly pension shrink by 40 per cent to Y140,000 ($1,546) as a result of its bankruptcy.

"It's not about the money, it's about dishonest management," he says. "JAL was unprofitable but executives thought nothing of taking Y100m retirement bonuses."

JAL's wounds are indeed mostly self-inflicted. Like many Japanese groups it expanded recklessly in the 1980s, buying resorts, golf courses and shopping malls that plunged in value when the country's real estate bubble popped the following decade.

Management has often been fractious: one chief executive quit in 2005 after a series of safety lapses damaged the company's once-shining brand; another was forced out in a boardroom rebellion the following year.

Yet other elements of JAL's story are familiar to airlines worldwide. A cluster of external shocks over the last decade -- from September 11 to SARS, to soaring fuel prices and the global financial meltdown -- have left it battered. Government handouts are believed to be the only reason it did not fail sooner.

"JAL has always had the protection of the state, so it could put off making hard decisions," says Motoshige Itoh, an economics professor at the University of Tokyo. While big US carriers such as United Airlines, US Airways and Delta Airlines went through court-protected restructurings in the first half of the 2000s, it took the financial crisis and recession to finish off JAL.

Osuke Itazaki, a veteran airline analyst in Tokyo, says the restructuring plan being imposed on JAL by the Enterprise Turnaround Initiative Corporation, a state-backed corporate rehabilitation fund, should put JAL on a sound financial footing.

JAL is to cut 15,700 jobs, or a third of its workforce, sell dozens of non-core businesses and, through bankruptcy court, force its banks to write off much of its Y1,440bn in gross interest-bearing debt. Retirees have already accepted an average 30 per cent reduction in pension payouts, and current workers' benefits will fall by half.

"The question," Mr Itazaki says, "is whether things like management culture, strategic direction and quality will improve. Simply fixing JAL's finances won't solve those problems." Either way, the airline is likely to slip below All Nippon Airways in revenue terms in the next several years.

The government recently named Kazuo Inamori, the 77-year-old founder of the Kyocera technology group, to oversee the turnaround effort as JAL's next chief executive, replacing Haruka Nishimatsu, a career JAL insider.

One of Mr Inamori's first decisions will be whether to retain JAL's partnership with American Airlines and the OneWorld alliance or defect to Delta and its SkyTeam group, both of which are wooing the Japanese carrier. "This is a huge decision that could determine the future of JAL," says one official involved in the restructuring effort.

The decision, expected in the next few weeks, will say a lot about the sort of airline JAL managers and the government expect to emerge from bankruptcy. Delta -- whose approach is favoured by the transport ministry and many JAL executives -- already has big hubs in Tokyo and nearby Seoul, unlike the more Atlantic-focused American.

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  JAL was a big airline until recently, but it changed in few months. The airline filed the Corporate Reorganization Law to a Tokyo district court. This is a matter of interest for me, because I'm considering another airline company as my future. So I'm afraid that there will perhaps be a same happening, not only JAL but also another airline in the future. I felt it from apprehensiveness about an uncertain future.

   In these days, we couldn't expect clearly the future of Japan, so I still can't decide what to do after I graduate. But I feel no one's course in life is without doubts, so I'd like to try to think carefully now not to regret later. Of course, to get money enough to live is important in a life, but my life is only one time. So I will decide my future with attach importance to my heart and vision.  (718・992words)week18 (9438words)all

                           

Podcast No.5☆

 Have you ever used dinghy? I haven't, but it looked like interesting. So I would like to try to use it. After I read this story, mum's action made me warm. Please look at "Mom to the Rescue" (38・274words) week18 (8720words) all

Restaurant, speaking♪♪

　I'll introduce about four restaurants. We are taliking which restaurant is good for us to eat from now. So my opinion will mention too.

Mario Brothers' Pizza and Pasta

・cost : 15 dollar with two pizza! 10 dollar, lunch buffet.
・dishes : Food is Italian, Pizza and pasta. There are a lot of menu, too large pizza, cheese, tomato, 24 delicious pizza
・Points： Price is smile for us! Mum makes foods, so It takes a time to make it. Location is downtown, it takes only 3 mintes in work from third avenu. Lunch time is from 11:30 to 14:00.

Miyazu

・cost: reasonable
・dishes: Japanese, Yakiniku, Sukiyaki, Sushi, Okonomiyaki. Healthy food, mount of vegetarian.
・Points: New little Japanese restaurant, most popular downtown Japanese restaurant. Costomers 4% off. Japanese food is low colony, healthy.

Pico de Gallo

・cost: reasonable price
・dishes: Mexican, shrimp tacos, fried ice cream, tartilla chips. There are great beer, food, dink.
Especially international beer, wine selection, made in Mexico and America is great!
・Points: The place is only 20 minutes outside of town. There are a lot of parking near by street. This restaurant is as a best service in the world in Travel America. Music and landscape is good, there are a live performance.

Mandarin Palace

・cost: It need spend little more than usual.
・dishes: There are more than 60 dishes, famous mandarin duck, sesyuwan beef.
・Points: Iron chef make foods. The only ten minutes by car, location is in beautiful natural forest. Mood is also good, music, funtacly costume. (236words) week18 (8682words) all

Podcast No.4☆

　Have you read "Alice in Wonderland" ? I like adventure, and this book is like "Alice in Wonderland"! The children are taking their's chance of doing in the Garden (29.66words) week16 (8446words) all

Podcast No.3☆

 One day, the children saw a hot air ballon. Mrs may wanted to ride it! Just then the school needed money to buy new machines, and Wilf had a good idea of the ballooooon!   (37words) week16 ( 8417 words) all

Chinese friend☆

　I ate lunch with my chinese friend last Sunday. I met her at YMCA's party, but I was busy. So it was first time to go out with her. I thought she was as old as I. But she is autually two years older than I. So I was surprised at this thing. We were talking, eat pasta and pizza at my favorite restaurant. She told me a lot about China. There are many visit places in China, so I would like to trip to China someday. (88・660words) week15 (8380words)all

Essay 2☆ My favorite animal♪

　 My favorite animal

I love animals and I like dogs very much. Now, I don't keep pet in my house. Because my house is an apartment building, so we can't keep pet. But I sometimes see an owner is walking a dog in the park. I always feel that if my house were a detached house, I could keep dogs. I like to stroke a dog which has abundant hair. Especially, I like a golden retriever. If I buy a dog someday, I want this one. When you entered Kamitori from Namikizaka, you can see a pet shop on the right. I sometimes go there, and I'm looking at puppies. They were very cute like a baby of human.
My favorite puppy is a toy poodle. It is really like a doll, and it has a coat of curly hair. My mother's friend has a toy poodle, a female. I haven't seen her, but my mother met her, and her picture was very lovely. If I become old, I want to keep this one. Because it is like a doll and a baby.
I haven't kept dogs before. But I sometimes watch news about pet shops. It was a miserable condition for puppies. Some pet shops open till late at night, so puppies can't sleep enough. Many of them will grow with serious mental disabilities. I felt really was sorry for them then. So I would like to keep dogs lovingly till their last moment, if I have dogs.

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I' m preparing for a coming of age ceremony☆

　I went to a salon after school, there was a customer. So I was waiting till she finished to cut her hair. A consultation about my hair style began from at 7:00 p.m. Finally, my hair style decided at 8:00 p.m. The ceremony is on January 11th. Now, I'm looking forward to join this event! (325words) week15 (8045words)all 

A Happy New Year♪♪

　Hello,everyone! How was your New Year? I had a very good time of it! My oldest sister is good at cooking, so she made some dishes of these picture. Her cooking is very creative and interesting. The most funny food was the middle one of these pictures. It put a bamboo skeweres on a pineapple. I love foods not only them but also my grandmother's, and especially I like mixture of boiled and mashed chestnuts , soup containing mochi, vegetables and other ingredients, popular at the New Year. How about you?? My sister, brother, mother, and I were playing a card games! We were playing so into " a multimillionaire" , and played till 1:15 p.m. The next day, we ate traditional Japanese food prepared in advance for consumption during the first day three days of the New Year and containing various specified ingredients. My grandfather always orders it, the amount is so much, so we can't finish to eat it in the course of one day. Finally we took them to home.

We visited three shrines, Kitaoka shinto, Honmyou temple, Fujisakiguu shinto in the New Year's afternoon, so there were not so many people. My aunt, grandfather's sister bought me griled corn and Umegae mochi at Fujisaki shinto. I was very happy beacause of my favorite foods. After eating dinner, I played card games with my family. My grandmother was strong as I expected. We always play "Kirifu", and I almost lose it to her when I go there every time. But we had a very nice time in the New Year. I feel this year will be good than ever. (270words) week15 (7990words) all