Book review #4 Magic school bus; lost in the solar system

I read the magic school bus series again. I think I'll read all of the seires that our library has.

At this story they're going to the planetarium as a trip day. But when they get there, it was closed. On the way back, the bus tilted back and the they heard the engine roaring. They were going through the atmosphere. The earth was getting smaller and smaller. First they stopped at the moon and played around. Then they went to the sun. They said that the sun was hot. I think everybody knows that. Next they went to Mercury. This planet was dead. It was sun baked planet. Then they got pulled to the Venus. This planet was covered with yellowish cloudwhich is called sulfuric acid. Under the cloud it was like a desert and hot. As they came close to the Mars, In this planet, its so big that the canyon is long as United States and the volcano is three times tall as earth. Next they went to Jupiter and Saturn but jupiter is made of gas so there is no land. saturn is one of the most beautiful plant and it is famous for the ring. This ring is made from rock, ice and dust. And finally then went through Uranus and Pluto and came back to earth.

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Book review #3 Magic school bus inside the body

I read the magic school bus series again. This time, we’ll go inside the human body.

At the beginning of the story the class room teacher propose to study about “ourselves”. They tried to go to a museum for the trip. Though they took their lunch at the park. And they were time to go and everybody got in the bus Arnold, one of the student were daydreaming and was eating a snack. At once, the bus started to shrink and was going down a dark tunnel. They were going under esophagus. Soon they dropped to the stomach. Ms. Frizzle drove the bus to the bottom of the stomach and then they got absorbed to intestine. At the intestine, it was covered with villi. In the villi, they are tiny blood vessels. They went through this blood vessel to the heart, lung, brain, spinal bone and to the muscle. During the drive, they were attacked by Arnold’s white blood cell. When they were running they got to a huge open space. They were in Arnold’s nose. Suddenly they heard a deafening sound like “Ah-aa-aa-ah!!” Then they heard “Choooo!!” They blast from his nose as a sneeze.

They got back from Arnold’s body and met again. They said “Where were you!?” at the first moment.

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Costco

Today, we went to Costco with my friends. We gathered around 9:30, got on the high way with Vellfire. We borrowed Voxy at first but the people who used before me had an accident or something so the rent-car-shop rent me Vellfire. The fee was the same so I think it was very lucky, though it was too big.

First we went to Hakata station to go to Krispie Kream. It's a doughnut shop and its very sweet. Everybody will buy doughnut in a box so I bought it 2 box. One box has dozen in it.

Then we went to Costco. We had to go back to Kumamoto earlier so we had shopping very fast. One of my friend was the first time he been here so everything looked fresh. We bought pizza that looks like Zabuton and Dr.Pepper 4 boxs. The meat that was sold in costco tasted so good that we want to have a yakiniku party one day.

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School of Rock

The summary of the movie, School of rock

The main character is Dewey Finn. He’s a rock singer and plays guitar but he lives with no special plans. He‘ll dive into the audience from the beginning of the song, he lives without paying the rent. He lives in his own apartment with Ned Schneebly who is a substitute teacher but Dewey won’t pay anything. But one day he got fired from his own band. So he wanted to have his own band and money. Then he intercepted a call to Ned saying they need a teacher as soon as possible. Dewey pretended he is Ned and became a fake Mr. Schneebly (Mr.S).

The school he’ll work at is a private school and everyone studies a lot. But Mr.S only taught rock as a school project. He divided the kids so the right person has the right job like a player, singer and for the background. They had many problems keeping this project secret. They set a camera to keep it secret from the principle, they soundproof their class room and did other things. When the principle came. Mr.S did the class very noncommittal. They went on a short school trip without letting anyone know. At the theater they tried to play this as a last memory. They pretend they’ve blood disease and don’t have so much more life. But on the other hand Dewey was getting confidence and trust from other teachers especially from the principal.

Finally the payday came. But the $20,000 went to Ned and thanks to his girlfriend, the school realized that he’s fake. Now everybody is upset. He became perverse but the kids came to pick him up to go to the “Battle of the bands”. The school is in a panic because the children are missing though soon the parents and the teacher realize that they went to play rock ‘n’ roll. When the play begins everyone was impressed how well they played. They couldn’t win the prize but the audience, especially the parents and the teachers, were very proud of it. While the credits were showing they sang as an after school activity and looked very happy.

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Very Cold

This morning was very cold. I'm surprised that I woke up and attend to the first class. I think Ohzu, where I live was colder than Kumamoto so I think I want to praise myself. I had to wear a coat, but when I coming to school, I saw elementary school kids walking to school with short sleeves and short pants. I wonder why they could go outside with that light cloth.

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Planning to go to COSTCO

We're planning to go to COSTCO this weekend. Costco is like a supermarket but it’s a wholesale supermarket. And the thing that it sells is from abroad. There're some products from Japan but everything is big. Let me give you an example, like potato chips: Consommé flavor will weight a kilogram and costs ten thousand yen. It’s cheaper than buying many potato chips in Hirose or other convenience store or else.

I'll recommend if you go there you should but a beef jerky. The amount will be maybe four or five times bigger but the its also then thousand yen.

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W4 My favorite drink is Coca-Cola

My favorite soda is Coka-Cola. It is because it really relaxes me when I drink. I usually drink when I’m exhausted. So the sugar and the caffeine will make me revive. I think everyone who likes to drink coke will put it in a cup of a glass, add some ice and drink it. I like this way but in my way, I’ll squeeze a lemon in side. This way the coke will get more refreshing. I heard in United States, there’re some vanilla Coke, cherry coke and also a lemon coke!! So my idea has already adopted even I didn’t know. Maybe I can rapport with coka-cola company. And beside coke is a good medicine for the one who has headache, especially migraine. The sugar and the caffeine will prevent them.

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Books

I have to read many many books in this few weeks. All of the books will be written in Japanese so I can't write it as a book review. The book is about human rights and the other one is about the truth of the enviornment problem.

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5-5 Natume Yu-jinntyou

Do you know an anime that calls "Natume Yu-jinntyou"? Well, I don't know!! This anime's stage is in Hitoyoshi so we when to some places that have relation to this anime. First we went to a old bridge. I don't think anything is special for me but for the one who saw this anime, this bridge appears during the story. They look very exciting but I didn't feek anything. It was so rural. Then we when to a shrine. This one also appears during the opening movie. This shrine is so small so that we couldn't realize where it was. But this shrine is like a shrine for the people who like this anime. All of the votive picture was concern about this anime.

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5-4 At Hitoyoshi

At Hitoyoshi, first we when to Hitoyoshi station. We went there because we thought we would be lucky if we see the SL Hotoyoshi. And there was!! It has just arrived from Kumamoto and the train was in the turntable. I was nice if we came by train but there's only one train in a hour so it's very inconvenience. And also it's seem to be like a mechanic clock is famous in Hitoyoshi. So we waited for maybe about 15 minutes. It was about one o'clock. Then a very showy, loud, old lady came out. The she started to explain the detail of the clock. She talks very loud when is the best place to see during the clock is working.

Next we went to "Aoi Aso Jinjya". We didn't have an exact propose but we there was a festival so we went to see what was happening. That day was a Health sport day so there were Sumo and Kendo tournament games. And also there was a Japanese archery and old people was "shooting".

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Essay:Toy story

Taiichi Sakumoto
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The main characters are Woody and Buzz. Woody is like the leader of the toys from the
beginning. On the other hand Buzz came to Andy’s house as a birthday present. Andy is the master of the Woody, Buzz and other toys. Woody is a sheriff doll and Buzz is a space ranger. First when Buzz came to Andy’s house he persisted in thinking that he was a space ranger, not a toy. He says he can shoot by a laser but it’s only a light bulb and he also says that he can fly.

Woody and Buzz can’t be friends because of the difference of the way they think. So
Woody tries to eliminate Buzz from Andy’s house. He thought to use other toy to drop Buzz from the window and it worked. Woody really meant to but as a result he eliminated Buzz. Now the friends of the original toys are in revolt against Woody. Soon, Andy came to the room and took Woody to Pizza Planet. Meanwhile, Buzz shadowed Woody. They met in the car but of course they start to fight. While they were fighting, they got separated from Andy. Woody followed where Buzz wenta, but in the “UFO catcher”, a kid name Sid who destroys toys, they were “kidnapped”. At Sid’s home, Sid thought to explode Buzz with rocket firework. Buzz was depressed about he couldn’t escape by flying. Then Woody encouraged Buzz to go back to Andy’s and be Andy’s toy again. Finally these two toys cooperate to escape. They made friends at Sid’s home who also cooperate and punished Sid by acting in front of Sid. Woody said to Sid that “We toys can see everything. So play nice”. From now on Sid is afraid of toys. They said good bye to Sid’s toy and began to go after the moving truck. First they ran after the truck. although Sid’s stupid dog came after the truck. This dog bit Buzz and he fell from the truck. So Woody opened the truck and put out a toy “RC” and drove to help Buzz. But the other toys were still angry to Woody. They throw Woody off the truck. Now it looks like despair but they have a secret weapon; the rocket firework. They put the fire on and flew. They first dropped RC to the truck and then they flew straight up to the sky. Soon the rocket exploded. Buzz looks like he was flying but he says he is falling with style. They soon fell into the Andy’s car and went to their new home. Then it was Christmas and the present was a puppy.
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5-3 Driving to Hitoyoshi

Today, we're going to Hitoyoshi by the car I rent. I woke up quite early to pick up the guys. We promised to meet at 10am but I got more than 30 minutes early. So I went to Yuki's house and drank coffee and talked for a while. When it was around 10, we went to pick up the other guys and went to the highway. Driving a big car was very exciting. 5 people were in the car but I didn't feel any stress while I was driving. On the way, we were talking about many stupid things and so on. But the time we went near Hitoyoshi, I went through Hitoyoshi!! I forgot that I will get off at Hitoyoshi!! So we went to Ebino Miyazaki. Soon as we get off the highway, we went to seven-eleven and had a few minutes break, get on the high way again and finally, we could get to Hitoyoshi. So I had to go through Higo tunnel and Kakutoto tunnel at least 3 times which the lengh of the tunnel is 6km!!

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Rent-a-car 5-2

Since we decided to guide John to Hitoyoshi, we need a car to go there. First we thought we should go by train because that would be more easy, more comfortable and more cheaper. But checking the final destination, it was far from Hitoyoshi station. So we borrowed a car. We're going by 5 people so we need a large and has more power so I can drive the high way smoothly and comfortable. My car can only ride 4 people so we can't go by my car.

At 18:00 I went to the rent-a-car shop to get the car. I wonder what kind of the car I could drive. And when I get to the shop I saw LegacyB4!! I didn't wonder I could drive such a nice car so I was very happy. And also the equipment was amazing!! This car had cruise control which the car runs without stepping on the accelerator. If I set 100km per hour, the car will runs at that speed. And also it has "Padle switch" which you can shift up or down from the streeling while. I would be very exciting drive.

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http://www.subaru.jp/legacy/b4/

Guide John about Kumamoto 5-1

First of all, let me introduce John to you. He's a host family of my friend Yuki. Yuki stayed with John in Minnesota last year. It was the short stay during the summer vacation. He likes Japan and had came to Japan few times especially in Nagasaki. I heard Nagasaki and his town are sister city.

I've been met him before last February. At that time, I thought it was the first time he has came to Kumamoto, but he wasn't. He has already came to Kumamoto few time and had been to Aso, Kumamoto castle and other places so I had nowhere to guide.

But this time we're going to Hitoyoshi. Actually, we already went to Hitoyoshi but I'll write it later.

Before he came to Kumamoto, he stayed in Nagasaki and watched "Nagasaki Kunchi". He has been to places where I've never went before; including Akihabara. He also went to "Maid Cafe" there. I not so interested in Akihabara but if someone will take me there I would go!

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Changing my car's muffler

Yesterday, I changed my car's muffler to a different one. I bought from Honda and the mechanic worker changed it intead of me. Honda didn't ask me about the wages so I was very happy.


The photo below is the picture before we work on. The color of the car is diffrent but it was kind like this.





After we changed it, now it looks like this. I think I like it!!


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W3 My favorite animal

My favorite animal is a dog. I like dogs because most of them are very obedient and a good boy. I heard that the “dogs are the men best friends”. I think that word suits the relationship between dogs and human. Though I haven’t had a dog before. My younger brother and I always say that we want a dog but my mother hate the smell of the dog so we never kept it. But the neighbor has a dog so we sometimes go to meet that dogs. Some dogs are very cute but others are stupid but funny. This stupid dog thinks his the boss of the family but he’s so old that he can’t walk back to home by himself.

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Earthquake!!

I had a big earthquake last night. The center of the earthquake is Kikuchi where its near my home. Our seismic intesity was 4 and shaked a lot. First, the impact came from underneath and few second later the house shacked to the right and left. Maybe 20 seconds; I felt very long time shacking.

After the earthquake ends, the nation wide news said "Ohzu" and "Nishihara" had especially Kumamoto and Kikuchi and so on so I felt very strange.

But there's one thing that I'm still wondering. I heard many planes and chopper flying all night. When I look out side the window, I saw so many planes and chooper, it was very bright in the sky. I wonder who and why they were flying.

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BR ②Majic school bus and the Electric Field trip

I read The Majic school bus series again. And this time, the books sub title is "The electric field trip". Let me tell you about it.

At the beginng pf the story, Ms. Fizzle's niece visited class. Ms. Fizzle is the main character and the teacher and the driver of the school bus. And then, they started to explain about the electricity. First of all everything in the world are made from atom. And these tiny parts of the atom are called "electron". Then, when the electron travel to another electron, we call it electricity and you get power.

In this story, they will became a electricity. They will study how electricity will be made and how they will come to our outlet. First, they went to a fuel buring plant and shrinked into coal chute. After they burn the coal, they went to the steam pipe. They traveled very fast becaused of the high pressure. Then they flew through the turbine's blade and to the generator. Now they are 24,000 volts and travel through the electric wire and to the houses. By the time they got to the peoples houses, they got into 220 volts. They traveled to many many electric product and came back to school by been electricity.

I think this book was interesting too. It wrote about what you should do at the lighting storm. From the book, it says DON'T stay outside. DON'T use the telephone. DON'T use electric appliance. And finally, DON'T go near the water.

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A persimmon

I went to harvest persimmons with my family. The trees grows near a construction company so we went through the company's premises. I felt a bit sorry. Though I have to climb up to the tree and cut down them. I climbed maybe about 5m and then sat on a branch and used a long scissor.

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Changing my cars room lamp

Today I changed my car's indoor lamp. The color of the brand name lamp looks like orange so I changed it to a white LED lamp. It looks very elegant and so I like it. It's not so bright and absolutely I can pass the automobile inspection.

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