A famous person from your country who went to America
Ayado Chie was born Osaka in1957. She graduated high school in Osaka and soon after she went to America. Her parents like jazz music so she interested in it. Jazz was born in America. The best jazz musicians in the wold are in America. So she learns it in Los Angeles. She didn't think she become aproffessional jazz singer. She likes playing piano and sings a song in public. She married there with an African-American. He was jazz musician too. She has a son. But she got a divorce because of domestic violence. She came to Japan in 1991. she debuted in Japan in 1998.

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12th December

My topic is taking lessons outside school. I asked 6 classmates these questions.
Have you ever been to take lessons?
Yes (6)
No (0)
When did you start to take lessons?
3-5 years old (6)
6-10 years old (0)
11-17 years old (0)
What kind of lesson did you take?
Amusements {draw a picture, play the piano etc} (3)
Studies {academies, conversation in English classes} (3)
What are the reasons?
At families’ suggestion (4)
At own will (0)
Your friends started it (1)
*There are one person wrote both.
Did you develop a special ability?
Yes (1)
No (5)
I was surprised that everybody took lessons, and everyone started taking a lesson at 3-5 years old. One person said that she is taking 3 or 4 lessons. She started when 3 years old, and keeps up now. I had a lot of lessons, when I was 8 years old, but I had many more than her. I don’t take a lesson now. The reasons are that I don’t have any time and I have to work part-time job. I went to many lessons outside school. I think this isn’t good, because I was very busy then. But my mother maybe wanted me to have many experience, and she maybe wanted me to have many friends. At that time I was shy in front of strangers, so my mother was worried. Even if we start to take many lessons since childhood, almost all the people didn’t develop a special ability!! It is very wasteful. They are very young so they don’t know what they want to learn, I think.

November 28th

My topic is Christmas day. The season change from autumn to winter. These days, I want to give Christmas present to my boyfriend and Korean friends. Last year, I spent the day with boyfriend and he gave me a Christmas present. This year, I’ll spend the day with Korean friend or boyfriend and he will give a Christmas present. I asked 6 classmates these questions about their Christmas day.
1. Who do you spend your Christmas day with?
2. Do you get present every year?
3. How do you spend the day?
4. Do you eat cake on that day?
5. Do you believe in Santa Claus?

These are the result of my questions.
1. Who do you spend your Christmas day with?
A. Friend (4)
B. Lover (1)
C. Friend and lover (1)
2. Do you get present every year?
A. Two people said “Yes, Every year.”
B. Another people said “When I was elementary school student gave it but I don’t give it now.”
3. How do you spend the day?
A. Go out (5)
B. Stay home (1)
4. Do you eat cake that?
A. Yes (6)
B. No (0)
5. Do you believe in Santa Claus?
A. Yes (4)
B. No (1)

I was　surprised that they don’t exchange　Christmas　presents with friends. I don’t have boyfriend,but I hung out with friends and exchanged present.　I was surprised that one person said “I spend with friends and lover.” She is busy and I realized that if she spends Christmas Eve with friend, then she spends Christmas with lover.

November 21th

私は今日、英語のレポートの書き方や動詞の使い分けを学びました。
書きなれないから、難しく感じました。

October 31th,2008

1. You can eat it at “matsuri”. It’s matsuri. It’s festival. It’s have many kind of it. Example, thanks for Autumn get food etc…. The days not decide. Everywhere have it in all Japan. Many prefectures have different of climate, so crops be completed time are different too.
2. It’s yakitori. It’ made of chicken.
3. First, cut chicken. Second, sprinkle pepper and salt on it. Third, it put in the stick.　Fourth, we grill it.

October 24th,2008

My name is "mi-chandesu". My hometown is Nara prefecture. It's near Osaka. I live north of Nara. It's famous for "Houryuji-temple".This picture is "Houryuji-temple".The picture from ww6.tiki.ne.jp