Today

I got up at 7:15 this morning. I left home at 8:40. I didn't have breakfast, so I went to McDonald’s to have breakfast. I had big breakfast and a hashed potato. I went to McDonald’s after a long absence. I bought salt bread and melon bread at the bakery near my house. This salt bread is very salty and delicious. There are many kinds of bread and Danish pastry. Especially, salt bread and curry bread are very delicious. I love them. There were 4 classes today. I felt sleepy. I had dinner late. I have to get up early tomorrow. I intend to go to bed early.

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My favorite place

My favorite place is of course Kumamoto city. I have been living in Kumamoto city for 21 years. There are a lot of famous places in Kumamoto city, and vegetables are very fresh. I have visited Kumamoto Castle twice. I like Kumamoto's people very much. Also, Kumamoto's water is very clean and good. I like Canada, too. Why? This is why my relatives live in Canada. They came to Japan 4 days before for sightseeing. My parents brought them to Amakusa to have a meal with them. I wanted to go, but there were four classes on Mondays. I was very shocked. However, I went to eat yakiniku with them. I love Kumamoto city. I really want to live in Canada, but I want to live in Kumamoto city forever. I would like to go to Canada after graduating from KGU. I like horse meat, but I don’t like mustard lotus root. I can’t eat it because it’s too spicy.

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My favorite desserts

I love sweets. My favorite sweets is cream puff, ice cream, soft ice cream, éclair, roll cake, chocolate cake, baked cheese cake, unbaked cheese cake, American cheese cake, pudding, a strawberry shortcake, parfait, panna cotta, fruit tart, mitsumame topped with bean jam, cookies, doughnuts, shaved ice, sorbet, almond jelly, fruit jelly, ice candy, chocolate pie, Frappuccino, and the others. I like apple pies, but I don’t like apple pies of McDonald’s. I don’t know why I don’t like apple pies of McDonald’s. I sometimes buy dessert at the convenience store, Baskin-Robbins, and the supermarket near my house. I don’t want to gain my weight any more. My parents told me not to buy some desserts. I think that is natural. I don’t like soft sweet bean jelly and sweet bean jelly.

                                                                                                               

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My favorite colors

Today, I want to introduce about my favorite color. I like blue, red, green, yellow, orange, pink, purple, black, sky blue, light green, and brown. I sometimes wear yellow, blue, and pink T-shirt. The glasses that I always wear are red. I am wearing glasses for shortsightedness. I wanted to wear red long-sleeved kimono, but I wore light green and light blue long-sleeved kimono at the time of coming-of-age ceremony and wedding ceremony. I like bright colors very much, but I don't like dark colors. I wear black T-shirt today.

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BR 1-07: “NURSING”

“Mental Health”(P.14)

I read this book today, and the title of this book is “NURSING”. What do you think about nurse? Everybody knows that nurse is a person who takes care of patients. In this book, a lot of people have mental health problems at some time in their lives? What is mental health? Mental health is not just the absence of mental disorder. It is defined as a state of well-being in which every individual realizes his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to her or his community. I didn't know what mental health was. My older sister-in-law works at the Saiseikai Kumamoto hospital as a public health nurse. I do not understand the feeling of a nurse, but I think that a nurse is very serious. Also, nurses cooperate with doctors and thinks that they must never let patients die. Do you know Florence Nightingale? She is a British nurse. When I was a junior high school student, I read her book. 

My older brother was going to aim at the doctor, but he works as a radiologist now at the hospital. They look very busy. I don't want to be a nurse and a doctor. I choose this book and think that it was very good.

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A Davies, Paul. (2002). NURSING. Oxford. Oxford University Press.

BR 1-06: "Seasons and Celebrations"

“Valentine’s Day” and “Thanksgiving” (P. 4, 14)

I read this book yesterday. The title of this book is “Seasons and Celebrations”. There are four seasons in Japan, and there are many kinds of celebrations all over the world. What kinds of celebrations do you like the best, and why do you like it? How many celebrations do you know? I think that the most important celebration for American is “Thanksgiving Day”. Do you know this celebration? The date of “Thanksgiving Day” in the US has changed three times, but it is now the fourth in November. In Canada, it is now the second Monday in October. As for this celebration, it is the large-scale dinner party that many relatives and friends gather for on the modern Thanksgiving Day and is placed with one of the important family events in the US. How about “Valentine’s Day”? People send each other Valentine’s cards, chocolate, and the other things. However, there is the person to give cookies and cake, a muffler recently without being particular about favorite chocolate. The point that point that it is often found to give from a woman a man and most of the thing to give it are limited to chocolate is a big characteristic on Japanese Valentine's Day. This is a very interesting book. I always celebrate Christmas, New Year's Day, and Valentine's Day with my family. 

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Maguire, Jackie. (1997). Seasons and Celebrations. Oxford. Oxford University Press.

Essay: 1-05 Best or Worst day(s) in your life

Hello! Today, I want to introduce about the best day in my life. I have been studying English for 14 years, and I had been to Washington Foreign Language School for 12 years. When I was a junior high school student, I participated in an English Recitation Contest for three years. There were two English teachers in junior high school, and they were very kind to me. There were more than 100 students. It was scheduled every school year. I was very nervous when I stood the on stage, but I was able to speak calmly. I was not able to win a gold prize, but it was an amazing experience to me. I like studying English. I studied English harder and harder. I want to go to Canada after graduating from KGU. I want to meet my relatives, too. These are best days in my life.

I want to introduce about worst day in my life. When I was a high school student, I didn't like Japanese history. I didn't like my Japanese history teacher. The result of the exam of Japanese history was the worst. I had to take a make-up in that subject. I had cheated on the examination. I thought that I would never be found by the teacher. The teacher took away my answer sheet, and I was considered to be cheating. I was subject to a 2-week confinement to my house. I was very shocked. I was not able to take even the examination for my designated school recommendation. I was not able to participate in the chorus club, and I was not able to participate in the chorus contest. I was not able to join the sports festival, either. So I began to go to juku. I studied desperately, and I was able to pass the examination of this university. This is the worst day in my life. I don’t want to remember that, but it is a memorable day for me. 

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