I will look back on a year by remembering to do list I wrote on last May.


I want to get a driver’s license

　　　　　　　　I got a driver’s license during summer vacation. I went to camp in Yamagata to get it. It of the most fun memory in this year.


I want to try hard to learn math

　　　　　　　　I think I could not attain this objective. I failed to earn statistics credit in the spring term. And maybe I failed again in fall term. I cannot excuse.
 

I have to do homework
 
　　　　　　　　I think I do this well. I want do this continuously. 


I want to go to bed early
 
　　　　　　　　I did not do this. On the contrary, sometimes I did not sleep to study for a test. I want study in the daytime not to study night next year.


I want to climb Mt. Tsukuba
 
　　　　　　　　I did not. My friends climbed Mt. Tsukuba during I went to camp to get a license. I missed a big chance. I want to do this next year.


I want to read many novels
 
　　　　　　　　I read some but not many. I made friends with a man who likes novels. So I will tell him to recommend me interesting novels.


I want to work at a part-time job
 
　　　　　　　　I did. But I quit because I broke my right ankle. So now I do not a job. I want to find a new job.


I have to save money
 
　　　　　　　　Maybe I achieved it. I love eating out but sometimes I prevent myself from eating out to save money.


I want not to be infected with norovirus
 
　　　　　　　　I have not been infected with norovirus this year. Norovirus has not spread still this year. I have to be careful in next some months.


I want to buy a car

　　　　　　　　I got a car but I did not buy a car. I could not make money. At last my father buy a car for me. I am thankful and thought that I have to work hard to repay an obligation.


　　　　　　　　I want to make next year better than this year.

・Tim Burton
An American film director, producer and animator.
Characters he depicts are unique and attractive.
Important works: Batman, Edward Scissorhands, Alice in Wonderland

・Mamoru Oshii
A Japanese filmmaker, director and writer.
Worlds he depects are elaborate and intersting
Important works: Urusei Yatsura, Mobile Police PATLABOR, Ghost In The Shell

・Hyao Miyazaki
A Japanese film director, animator andproducer.
All of factors of his works such as story, caracter, world and so on are great.
Important works: Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Castle in the Sky, The Wind Rises

・Hideaki Anno
A Japanese animator and filmmaker.
He is good at depecting feeling of characters.
Important works: Aim for the Top GunBuster, Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water, Neon         Genesis EVANGELION

•Gekidan Hitori

    a Japanese comedian, novelist, film director.

    He is originally a comedian but his films are very moving.

    Important works : Kagehinatanisaku, Seitennohekireki

•Hyakuta Naoki
a japanes broadcast writer, novelist.
He is one of the most popular novelist. His novel focused sport history etc…
Important works : Eiennozero, Kaizokutoyobaretaotoko

•Steven Spielberg
an American film director
Many of his works are SF
Important works : Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Jurassic Park

•Ridley Scott
an American film director
He is known as a highly visual style director.

Important works : Alien, Gladiator

       We will invite people who have something to do with movies or novels. But they have different styles. Sometimes it seemed to be opposite. We want them to enjoy conversation with a man who have different style. So we decided this seating arrangement. For example, one of styles is the style that uses a lot of computer graphics or actions, something impressing to see. They amuse audiences with powerful images. Other one is the style that amuse people with a moving story. People can enjoy a movie without brash images.
       We arrange the seat so that they can talk different type and similar at the same time. They can talk with similar type of people diagonally and put different type people in front or the side of a man. It makes the conversation exiting and long. They can talk about movies involving people around him.
       We can see specialists exchange of ideas.

       We will hold the dinner party in Japanese food restaurant where we can use some items. Thinking about the place, Tokyo is good because Tokyo is more convenient than other place in japan for them, we can choose a good restaurant because there are many restaurants in Tokyo and we can go there. Probably, we don't have to think seriously about what we eat. Among them, there are no problem for food because of religeon.
       We will talk about movies because all of them are wonderful filmmaker. Then, we prepare some items in order to watch a part of or full of movie. We choose some movies which none of them are involve in. Even if the talk warm up and the plan is not necessary for the party, that is OK. The plan is only a means to make the party interesting and meaninghul.

WONDER

http://www.erikwernquist.com/wanderers/

　　　　
　　　　Watching the short film, I feel that I forgot human instinct. Human beings have been moving across the world to find a better place taking a risk that they cannot be back or they may die in the new place. Our ancestors did not be satisfied with a place where they are and tried to migrate and find new better places. But now, the world is all explored. There may be no more places to live. Especially japan, it is one of the most comfortable places to live in the world. Low crime rate, cutting-edge technology, high income, satisfactory welfare.
　　　　Many Japanese cannot want to take a risk to get a better life. Thy maybe can get a good life staying in japan. Actually Japanese emigrants are not many.But I think some Japanese are wondering the world. One of the cases, they are students studying abroad. I think they are great. They are taking risks to improve themselves in a new place. Lecture of a university is difficult even if it is in a mother tongue. Lecture in English or other language may be so difficult that I cannot understand. I am also afraid of daily life without Japanese. If I got a chance to study abroad, maybe I cannot decide to do. Many foreign students are in university of Tsukuba. Many of them are trilingual. They can speak English, Japanese and their mother tongue. They are also took risks and improving themselves. Great.
　　　　In contrast, to tell the truth, I am satisfied with the life that now I am leading. But after watching this film, I feel that something inside me is waked, the human instinct that I have unknowingly. I will maybe remember the split of ancestor that I am about to forget completely.
　　　　I want to wonder. I want to explore.

How to Quit Job

       This time I will tell you how to throw up part time job. I often hear part time job troubles. And sometimes a trouble is that a student can’t throw up part time job. A student tell manager that he or she want to quit part time job but manager do not allow to throw up. When the student have a lot of test and part time job, he or she may fail to earn credits. Many student have a trouble like that. You know, working student have a right to throw up a job. But not every student can quit job. I saw Labor Standards Act. I will tell you about that.
       There is two kind of working student. The first case student can throw up job easily. But second case student cannot quit in all case. The different of two case is a contract of employment between manager and worker. This is made when worker start job. A worker who are in first case is a student whose contract of employment do not include term of contract or who do worked for longer than term of contract. On the other hand, worker who are in second case is a student whose contract of employment include term of contract and who did not work for longer than term of contract.
       In first case worker can throw up job every time. But the worker must tell manager that he or she will quit job at least two weeks before he or she throw up job. No matter what the manager say, that he or she can throw up job is not banned in the eye of the law.
       In the second case, worker cannot quit job till term of contract pass basically. But in case worker have a reason cannot be helped, for example an injury or mental illness, worker can quit the job. Worker must have a reason that persuade the manager to allow he or she to quit job. In this case, you throw up job and the reason is not suitable, the manager can ask you for compensation for damage. So if you have no suitable reason, you had better not to throw up job selfishly if your manager say do not quit.
       I told about how to quit job. But it is story only in low. Actually, if a worker quit job suddenly, the manager may have trouble. If you come to quit job, please decide that you will quit or not after think about it ethically.

a Conversation between Taro and Bob

 "I have three tests this week. How about you? " Taro asked. 

 "I finished all test. What subject do you have to study for your test?" Bob said 

 " Macroeconomics, statistic and liner algebra. That's crazy."  

 "Oh...that is so bad. By the way, what is macro economics?" 

 "It's kind of economics. We consider whole big market. Not individually decision-making." 

"I have heard about micro economics before, do you know it?"

"Yeah, I learned it in spring semester. It was harder than macroeconomics." Taro
replied 

 "Is macroeconomics difficult?" Bob said. 

 "Yes, it's too difficult." Taro said

 "Unfortunately,you have to study it hard." 

 "By the way, what do you major in?" Taro asked 

 "I major in engineering" bob replied 

 "Wow, what do you want to do in the future?" 

 "I want to be a teacher." 

 "great. what kind of teacher? Physics?" 

 "Mathematic." 

 "Highschool? Or junior high school? elementary school?" 

 "Highschool, because I like JK!" 

 "I love JK too! Where do you want to live in as a teacher?" 

 "Saitama! For I lived there before." 

 "Oh, What's the city?" 

 "Koshigaya city, do you know Lake town?" Bob asked

 "Sorry, I don't know." Taro replied

 "It is a new town which has a lot of nature. There is also a famous shopping mole."

 "Hahaha it sounds like Tsukuba." 

 "As you said, this town looks like Tsukuba." 

 "Yeah, I have never see it but Tsukuba has also nature and big shopping moles. It sounds like Tsukuba."

 "Where do you live now?" Bob asked

 "I live in Ushiku. How about you?" 

 "I live in tsukuba. How is Ushiku?" 

 "Ushiku is next to Tsukuba. It is so-called a bedtown." 

 "Does Ushiku has a famous place?" 

 "Yes it has Ushiku Daibutsu. It is the biggest statue in the world." 

 "Number1 in the world!, how big is it?" Bob asked

 "120 meters high." 

 "Oh,it is so big. Have you ever been to there?" 

 "Of course." 

 "Great" 

 "Does your city have something?" 

 "JAXA." 

 "Oh, I like space ship!" 

 "JAXA has a rocket, do you know it?" 

 "Really?! I want to see that!" Taro screamed 

 "May I show you it?" 

 "Yeah, I want." 

 "Wait for a minute, I will bring it to you."
 
 "Thank you. Do you want to go to Ushiku Daibustu?" Taro asked

 "Yes I do, I want to go"

 "I will take you there someday."

 "thank you. I look forward to you doing that."

 "Do you want to take a trip? I want."

 "I want to take a trip, but I don't have money to do it." Bob replied

 "Oh, you know, I am rich. I will pay your cost. Don't worry."

 "You are so nice a guy."

 "Yeah I know. Where do you want to go?"

 "Okinawa."

 "Why?" Taro asked

 "Because, I feel like going to Okinawa"

 "Umm...I want to go Hokaido. Because I want to see Saporo Yukimasturi." 

 "Oh... My class start in 5 minute. I have to go"

 "Bye."

the Summary of Paper, "Automobile Marketing Strategy as Seen in Advertisement Keywords"

Summary
Automobile Marketing Strategy as Seen in Advertisement Keywords
Author: Ayako TANIGUCHI
http://iatss.or.jp/review/33-3/pdf/33-3-06.pdf

       Now, all over the world, motorization has been progressed. Automobiles are very convenient. It would be one of a reason. But it is thought that there are other reasons. These are symbolic or emotional reasons. Symbolic means that some kinds of cars may represent owner’s power, or wealth. Emotional reason, some people feel it attractive or comfortable driving a car. People decide a way of move taking account of not only convenience but also these reasons. So car companies have been advertised emotional and symbolic. To the contrary, it was appeared that people choose a way of move taking account of only convenience when they choose public transportation. 

       It can be seen in sales copies that how the advertisement have been changed and different between car and public transportation advertisement.
       About car advertisement, in 1960s main key words are mainly functionality. People may think of cars as just a way of move. But in 1970s the words that emphasized add value, for example beautiful, sharp and envy, appeared. We can see that cars that were getting more symbolic and emotional vehicle. In 1990s the words that means car’s functionality have descended. More casual and emotional words was increasing. And in 2000s a new kind of words appeared, environmental words. And cars have been vehicle that shows owners personality.
       About different between cars and public transportation, advertisement of public transportation has a peculiarity. It does not appeal the attraction of move. It appeals the extraordinary event. For example the words, season, traveling, sea, chilly blossoms, memories　and dream, are used frequently. It seems that railroad corporations are targeting the unusual plan. It does not promote using public transportation. It propose the purpose of use. This indirect way of advertising is seems very characteristic and interesting. I can say this is special point of public transportation.

Mutabal, Syrian Cuisin

ingredients

• 2 to 3 medium eggplants (about 3 pounds total)
• 2 to 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1/3 cup tahini
• 2 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed
• Juice of 2 lemons (about 1/2 cup)
• Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

preparation

1. Preheat the oven to 450°F. Rub the outside of the eggplants with olive oil and place them in a roasting plan. Roast the eggplant until the skin has charred and the interior is tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Let cool.

2. Peel and seed the cooled eggplant, roughly chop the flesh, and then transfer it to the bowl of a food processor.

3. Into the processor bowl add the tahini, garlic, lemon juice, some salt and pepper to taste, and a few teaspoons of cold water. Process the mixture to a coarse paste, adding a bit more water as needed to allow the mixture to blend.

4. Adjust the seasoning with salt and pepper to taste and serve.

from: http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Eggplant-Dip-Baba-Ghanoush-51121500

from : http://blog.livedoor.jp/syria_travel/archives/422953.htm                      http://www.phoenixtour.jp/osaka/syria-dish.htm

       Syrian food is very similar to Lebanese. Syria is in the Middle East. Lebanon is a country, which is next to Syria. Syria and Lebanon was a same country. The Syrian food, Mutabal is called Babagaghanouj in Lebanon.
       In Syria there is many foods, which use sesame, lemon, olive oil, yogurt and herbs.
       Syrian meal has to have meze. Meze is kind of appetizer. It is consisted of vegetables and pees. Mutabal is one of the foods in meze. People usually eat it with breads. It is so delicious that you can’t stop eating in this way. Mutabal is mainly made from eggplants. Eggplant help eater to avoid cancer and improve health for example it is effective for healing mouth ulcer, gastritis, pneumonia and arthritis. Eggplant may help Syrian health.
       At first, I was interested in Mutabal because of the picture of this. It looks so beautiful and delicious. I think seeming of foods is very important as taste. I think good appearance makes meal delicious. Mutabal is good from such a viewpoint.
       As I look up Mutabal online I know it is very healthy. And what interest me the most is that It is basically containing no salt. I think it is have something to do with Syrian climate. Syria is an arid region. To take salt makes a man want water to make salt in body thin. But once maybe it is not easy to get enough water. So Mutabal can have been a popular cuisine. That stimulated my imagination.

Trip to Bahrain

    We are going to Bahrain, a small island country. It is famous for its sandy climate peculiar to Arabian countries. We need to get on a plane to go to the country and it takes about thirty two hours. Before getting on a plane, of course we need to reserve a boarding ticket. So we fly to the country by the plane from Srilankin aviation. It costs 110,880 yen. We reserve it at DeNA TRAVEL. We need also a VISA. We buy it on the internet, which costs 7 BHD = 2,020 yen with a credit card.
    We need to prepare for our luggage suits for its Arabian culture. We need to cover our skin when entering to a Mosque. So though it is hot country, we bring some long T-shirts and pants. And it is important to make a reservation of hotel. We should stay at some hotel at Manama.
    On arriving at Bahrain, we are to catch a taxi and go to Bahrain Fort. It is revealed that this is erected in 1522 by Portguise. It is selected as UNESCO world heritage in 2005 . We can see the legacy in the wall.
    The next day, we will visit Tree of Life, which stands alone in the middle of desert. It has not been known that where the tree get water from.
    Oil Museum and No.1 Oil are said to be the first place at which people found some oil well. This is the starter of oil era of Arabia peninsula. In the museum, many pictures and tools to dig the well are displayed.
    Next day, we will go to Manama Souq. Souq means bazaar in Arabian. Many old shops in this street. Manama Souq has the area where noble metals shops, clothes shops, and spice shops are gathered. So we should buy some souvenir here.
    Next day, going to Rashid Equestrian and Horseracing Club. It is big enough for this horseracing club to accommodate 3,000 people. However, because Bahrain is Muslim country. To bet is banned. So we only see the race but the its king himself is keen to raise the thoroughbreds.
    Next day, we are going to Bahrain National Museum, which. h is the one of the largest in the Middle-East Asia. There are a lot of artifacts, which show that Bahrain has a very long history dates back to the Paleolithic era. They display many kinds of archives about the Bahrain’s culture, the lifestyle before industrial development and fauna and flora in the island.


Day 8

    We will go Grand Mosque (Ahmed Al Fateh Mosque. It is the largest mosque in Bahrain. It is so large that 7000 people can play at once in the mosuque. And we, sightseer can enter and see the mosque almost freely. We can even take a picture in it. A guide will tell us about Islam sometimes in Japanese. This will be a great chance for us to experience Islamic culture.

from://www.beautifulmosque.com/al-fateh-mosque-manama-bahrain/


Day 9 and Day10

    We want to stay Novotel Al Dana Resort Bahrain on the days. It is not a very big resort hotel but have a private beach and pretty good for us to relax. Maybe a long, two weeks, trip makes us very tired. We will need a rest. I want a break. So we will make us ourselves at home in the hotel. Near the hotel, there are some good restaurants. We will be not inconvenienced taking a meal. It will be a great fun to look for a favorite restaurant exploring the street around the hotel.

From: http://www.agoda.com/novotel-al-dana-resort-bahrain/hotel/manama-bh.html


Day 11

    We will go King Fahad Causeway. It is a toll road between Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. A very long bridge among the sea. Near the halfway point of the bridge, there is a tower with observation deck. I think the view from the tower is so beautiful. And we can have a meal at the restaurant in the tower. It will be elegant time.

From: http://www.habibtoumi.com/2011/01/04/190000-people-drive-into-bahrain-over-new-year-weekend/


Day 12

    We will go to Bahrain pearling trail. Once, pearl fishing was a Bahrain’s large industry. Now it is a run-down industry but Bahrain pearling trail is became a UNESCO World Heritage. It is a road where there are building cluster which pearl fishermen used for harvesting or transaction. We can see former prosperity of pearling.

From: http://heritage.brookes.ac.uk/projects/current/bahrain-bu-maher-fort/


Day13 and 14

    We will buy souvenirs. We will go to Al A’Ali Shopping Complex. In this shopping mall, we can buy brand items free on tax. In Japan, consumption tax was raised. So it is a good chance for us to buy expensive goods. And we will buy souvenirs for family and friends in japan.

From: http://www.hajihassan.com/view.php?page=Al-A%27ali_Shopping_Complex

“If I knew that what I know now”

Today, I will writing about some stories.

①   

When I was a fourth grader, I have two close friends. I was with them every day in school. And we often played together after school. We are very intimate. But one day, this good terms are broken.

On that day after school, we are together as usual. Then one of the two friends and I make fun of the other. We did not intend to make him angry. We meant as just a joke. But he got very angry and went to home. Now if I think about it, it is natural that he got angry because he was a child. He was too young to appreciate that it was a joke. I was in the wrong. But we two was a young too. I cannot understand why he got angry.

“Hey! It was just a joke. Why so angry he is!”

I got angry too. So I did never apologize. And did not talk with him.

And before long, I began to play soccer. I joined in a soccer team. So I came to be friends with team mates. And more often I was with them than with the two friends who I had been close to before. I had not apologized to him and talked with him since the day I make him angry.

One day, I heard that he had moved to the next town. I had not known that before then. And I regretted that I did not make it up with him. I lost a chance to beg his pardon.

If I had known that he would move, I would apologize him and make peace with him.

②  　

           Until quite recently, I believed that the larger also serves for the smaller. I think it may be truth. But now, I know it is not every time that it is truth.

For example, about closes. When I believed the larger also serves for the smaller, I thought larger cloth is better because if I grow or gain weight, I can put on it. It is truth but I did not know how grotesque it looks that I wear a too large clothes. So I bought size L or O clothes. I have many large clothes in my home. But I do not want to wear them. It was a waste of money to buy many large clothes.

           If I had known that wearing large clothes looks strange, I would not buy such clothes.

③  　

When I enter college. I heard that a bike is essential for a student of Tsukuba University. So I went to a bike shop and buy one. I bought a bike which did not have gears because I wanted to save money and thought that I would not ride a bike so often. I did not know that I would be kicking myself.

Now, I know how often a student of Tsukuba University ride a bike and how many slope I have to go up in Tsukuba. It makes me tired to ride a bike with no gears.

If I had knew that I would buy a bike which had gears.

Ukraine news review

News URL:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-05-22/ukraine-deaths-in-clashes-with-pro-russian-separatists/5472190

 Summary:

More than 17 Ukraine soldiers were killed by pro-Russian separatists in clashes near the Donetsk, Ukraine crisis. Now Donetsk is in a hands of separatists. The video recorded a battle was uploaded on YouTube. Dozens of separatists tried to enter Luhansk from Russia and battled with Ukrainian border guards. Mr. Putin, the president of Russia, asserted Russia has a right to intervene in an issue about Russian-speaking people and supports separatists. Russia seems to be invading Ukraine and undermine Ukrainian democracy. And he is criticized by people all over the world.

 from: http://www.cnn.co.jp/storage/2014/04/14/c9dbcb8eb1cc8eaa6d6564b307be0eb7/donetsk-ukraine-pro-russia-rally-cnn.jpg

 Review:

We are in Japan, where there is never a civil war in that someone die. And I believed that most of European countries such as Ukraine is peaceful like japan. So I was shocked to know many people was killed in Ukraine crisis.

I read some other articles. Throw these article, I knew that it is a war between western Ukraine and eastern Ukraine. Western Ukraine has Chernobyl nuclear plant, that cost 10% of national budget to keep. In a contrasting situation, eastern Ukraine has Natural resources. So eastern Ukraine want to attain independence. And western do not want eastern to do. And there also may be ethnic problem. This is Ukraine crises,that I know.

It seems that western Ukraine will come to be poor if eastern become an independent country. I think it is bad and eastern had better not be independent.

I think it is no good that Russia intervene. Russia has too strong power. It may bring about cold war, vs America, again. It is natural that Mr. Putin is compared with Adolf Hitler. This time, the article says Ukraine soldier was killed near Donetsk.

I can only say that there is no use of death. I think it makes more confrontation. I want to both side to avoid a battle.

I want to do

I want to get a driver’s license

              I live in Ushiku, so it takes me more than an hour to commute to the university. I am so tired going to the university from Ushiku every day. I have come to stay overnight at a friend’s apartment. For now, he is willing to allow me to stay there, but I think he will come to dislike it. If I learn to drive, it will be much easier to commute from Ushiku. I am planning to go to driving school in Chiba or Hokkaido with my friends in my senior high school. I think there are a lot of pleasing things in Hokkaido but it takes higher cost than Chiba. We are discussing where to go. Wherever we will go, I am looking forward to this trip.

I want to try hard to learn math

              I am belong to College of Policy and Planning Science. I am science student. So I have 6 math classes in a year. But unfortunately I am not good at math. It have been the cause of worry before I was a university entrance examinee. It may hard to get all credits. However, I think I can change by trying hard. And I want to learn to use math to solve a social problem.

I have to do homework

              I expected that college students have little home work. But actually, I have lots of homework. It makes me stay up late, be tired and sick. But I must do it to get credits. And I believe it makes me succeed in my life. I will try hard.

I want to go to bed early

              Lately, especially since I became a college student, I am apt to stay up late. Often, it is because I have an exam next day or because I stay friend’s house. But sometimes I stay up late doing nothing. Watching videos I don’t want to watch on YouTube, reading not interesting article on the Internet, watching boring programs on TV, etc. It makes me reluctant to get up early and sleep during class. I want to change a bad habit.

I want to climb Mt. Tsukuba

              I climbed Mt. Tsukuba when I was an elementary school student. I remember a view from the top of the mountain is so beautiful. I think this mountain is not too high and not too low, just right for me and my friends to climb.

I want to read many novels

              When I was a junior high school student, I love reading novels. I read many novels. But when I was high school student, I forgot a delight in reading novels. But recently I remember it. I can experience someone’s life throw it. It gives me new knowledge, values and idea. So I love it.

I want to work at a part-time job

              Many college students work at a part time job. I also want to do. Because I want to get many. I think it is a chance not only to get money but also to get to know a variety of people. If I don’t do it, maybe, all most all people I meet are student of University of Tsukuba in my university life. If I do, I can meet various people, a college student who goes to a different university, high school student or an adult. I think it is good social study.

I have to save money

       I use more money than I expected. At this late I will use all money I have. I try to find a cause keeping account. And I find that I use too much money on eating out. I think it is easy to reduce the number of times of eating out. I will try do so.

I want not to be infected with norovirus

              I was infected with norovirus last March. I had strong headache and felt like throwing up. I could not eat anything three days. I want never ever repeat it. So I will make a point of washing my hands before a meal. I will also be careful about influenza virus.

I want to buy a car

              Unless I get a car, it is no use having a driver’s license. Recently, I told my father I want a car. My father told me that he will lend me money to buy a car and I have to pay back this money by myself. So I have to earn money. I want to buy a used and not too old minicar. Used car is cheaper than new one. Too old car may be much cheaper but it costs very much to manage it. Often, used minicar is more expensive than bigger one but it has good mileage.