I had a slowly winter holiday. In January first, I ate Ozouni in the morning which made by my mother. My family’s taste is soy souse and salt. I like it very much. In January first and second, I met relatives who is mother’s side and father’s side. I talk with my cousins. I have little cousin who are 6 and 3 years old. They asked me to play. I was exhausted. In January 5^th, I paid a visit to temple with my boyfriend. We went to Soujiji. It is located in Tsurumi. I didn’t pick a fortune strip because I was afraid of picking a worst.

My hopes in this year is maintaining health. The most important thing is be in good health. Don’t you think so? Let’s move! Let’s have a good sleep! Let’s eat vegetables more!

Christmas is my boyfriend’s birthday! So I’ going to make a cake but I’m poor at cooking. I’ll be in trouble…

I’m planning a going to Asakusa in the end of year. I’ve never been to Asakusa. I think there is very lively. I’m excited at this plan. I’m also excited at getting Otoshi-dama!!!!!

 

There are single-sex schools and co-educational schools. They have advantages. In single-sex schools, you have a lot in common with classmates. Your topics of conversation, value systems, ways of thinking are similar. You can talk freely in class. You can also concentrate on studying and club activities. In contrast, you can encounter ways of thinking more in co-educational schools. You will learn how to talk, treat and cooperate with the opposite sex. These are some of the differences between single-sex   schools and co-educational schools. When you choose schools, you should carefully consider the good points and bad points of each school.

Do you know “Akihabara”? It’s a popular and famous place in Tokyo. Akihabara is a major shopping area for electronic, computer, anime, and otaku goods, including new and used items. There are cultures of Otaku in this place. Do you know Otaku? Otaku means people who are crazy about comic books, animations and pop idols. There are many such people in there. A small concert are often taken place in there so Akihabara is always crowded with people. Akihabara often send a new item for nation-wide. For example, Moe-kei(萌系), densya-otoko（電車男）and meido-kissa(メイド喫茶). These were made in Akihabara. However I have never been to there!

I’m Saki Nakamura. I live in Yokohama. There are a lot of Nakamura, my surname, in Japan. It’s a common name.  What is common surname in America?

I think American TV dramas and movies are pretty interesting! These are very popular in Japan. I watched ”Prison Break”. Is it also popular in America? Do you watch Japanese TV dramas or movies? Recently Nicole Richie is well considered as a fashionable woman by Japanese young girls. I also think so. How do you think about her? Vulgar? Stupid? Please tell me a Japanese famous people in America.

See you.

 

When teachers want to know the results of a quiz soon, they sometimes tell students to swap them paper. This way which swapping one’s papers is common in many school. However, there are proponents and opponents with regard to this issue.Main proponents are teachers. They think it is the quickest way to check students’ results. They can also save time. Proponents say that this practice stimulates students. On the other hand, opponents think studens’ privacy have to be protected. There are some students who don’t want classmates to know own record. Thus, there are proponents and opponents. People should be careful in deciding which stance to choose. 

I am often angry at my brother, friend or boy friend.  I am quick-tempered. Anger is my main stress. When I feel stress, I often talk with my sister. We talk anything, for example, about fashion, family. That is the way I relieve some of my stress.

Human beings have the ability to learn. Then do dogs have this ability? To answer this question, Pavlov used his dog to perform an interesting experiment. In this experiment, whenever food was put before the dog a bell was rung. Pavlov maintained that several weeks. One day, after several weeks, a bell was rung, but food was not put before the dog. A bell was rung, however, the dog began to salivate. When a bell was rung, the dog thought dinner time. The results clearly showed a dog has the ability to learn.