X reunite!!!!!!!!

Today, I was surprised to know "X-JAPAN" which is one of my favorite bands will reunite when I watched "Mezamshi TV", one of TV programs in every morning, in this morning. I was so happy to hear the news because I thought the band was never able to reunite for the death of the guitarist, hide. The fun of the band including me never thought that the band could not reunit without hide and that the band without him was not "X"!
That is why YOSHIKI who is a leader of the band decided to sampling hide's sound, which means using sound of guitar which hide was playing! Awesome!

This is the news on TV.

Fireworks in my home town

Fireworks displays were held in my hometown, Yatsushitro on October 20th and this year is the 20th show of annual event. A lot of the workmen from around Japan participate this exhibition every year and they display their own fireworks and compete in the event.
I found some different type of fireworks in the event and learnt that. For example, "Star Mine" in Japan or "Mine" in other country is firework which is displayed consistently, so the type of firework is like a star. Also "Jyugoudama" (10号玉) means the large of the firework, so the large is about 330 centimeters. Last, I watched "Music fireworks" which is desplayed with music.
Anyway, those fireworks were so beautiful, so I had some pictures.

This is the video on you tube.

English Weekend

I took part in "English Weekend" with my friends last weekend. "English Weekend" is held every year and for deepening friendships with exchange students. We stayed overnight at hostel in Goshi town, talked with each other, played games with English, having a barbecue, going to a hot spring resort, took a tour of beer factory, and so on.
Thus, we had a nice time and got along with each other.

I'm as busy as a bee!!!! 2

I lead a busy life.I have not changed doiing a lot of homeworks such as doing lesson plans, making note for a speech, writning book reviews and reports, and more!

Movie Review 1

“Toy Story” is a Disney CG animated movie, which was released in 1995 and is known as a first full-CG cartoon.

Andy (John Morris) like his toys. Woody (Tom Hanks), a cowboy toy, is his favorite toy, so he always play cowboys with his toys. In this story, toys speak and act secretly. Woody is a leader of Andy’s toys and is happy because Andy plays with him but things have changed. Andy’s birthday is coming so he gets a new toy, which is Buzz lightyear (Tim Allen). This toy is the latest action figure so children want him. He has a lot of functions, such as having a laser gun and wings, some buttons, so Andy like him soon. Woody doesn’t like that because thinks he thinks Buzz deprives his business. In fact, Andy prefers Buzz to Woody, so Woody envies Buzz. Then, Woody pushes him from a window. After that, Woody and Buzz are taken by Sid (Erik von Detten), who is a cruel boy. They meet Sid’s toys which are mismatched. In his room, Buzz has a lapse of confidence because he watches TV commercial about himself. He believes strongly that he is a “space ranger”, so he doesn’t listen to what Woody says, but he knows that he is not a “space ranger” but a toy which is made in Taiwan. However, they cooperate with each other and get back Andy’s home. Then, further problem is happen. Andy has already moved. They work together again. At that time, Buzz can fly actually, so they come back Andy’s hand safely.

This movie is exactly what the title says it is. I think “Toys move and talk in secret” is a dream which everyone has in childhood, thus most of adults also enjoys this movie. What impressed me most is a scene that Buzz knows his real identity. When Buzz who was depressed can fly in the final scene, he says that was falling with style to Woody.

Of course this movie is interesting to adults, but this is still children’s movie. I mean, adults predicts what happen next. For children, this movie is very good because this is a full of dream and adventure, so kids are interested in this film and can learn important things.

I'm as busy as a bee

These days, I have a lot of homeworks such as doing lesson plans, making note for a speech, writning book reviews and reports, and more!
I'm tired within the first week in this term.

Book Review 2-01

I decided to read this, The Secret Garden, as the first book in Autumn semester.
The Secret Garden is famous as a novel written by Frances Hodgson Burnett and is considered a classic of children's literature now.

Mary Lennox was a sickly, sour-faced little girl who was born in India to wealthy British parents, who was father who was very busy with work and didn’t come home, and was mother, who was very beautiful, spent all her time going to parties, so an Indian woman, Kamala, was paid to take care of the little girl. She was always giving orders to Kamala, who had to obey. She never thought of other people, but only of herself. In fact, she was a very selfish, disagreeable, bad tempered little girl, who was lonely.

One very hot morning, something strange was happening when Mary woke up. In that day, cholera epidemic made her an orphan, that is, her parents passed away suddenly and Indian servants ran off, so no one was in her house and thought of Mary. She hid in her bedroom an sometimes cried and sometimes slept. When she woke up the next day, the house was silent. Then, men were in her room and they were very sad about this tragedy. After that, they found Mary. At first, she was taken to an English family who had known her parents but she hated their untidy house and noisy children, and preferred playing by herself in the garden. One day, she was sent to an isolated country house which her uncle lived in in Yorkshire, in the north of England. Her uncle, Mr. Archibald craven, was also bad tempered, had no friends, got a crook back, and was horrid.

While Mary lived a lonely life in Mr. Craven's house, she found out that it is happy to play in the garden and to relate bards. In the garden, she found another garden surrounded wall. Another garden was closed by Mr. Craven because an incident happened. Moreover, her deceased aunt, Mrs. Craven loved another garden. Mary searched about the entrance of the garden because she cared about trees and flowers in the garden. Then, she finally found the key of the entrance and entered there. She felt the garden was like alive. She met Dickon and decided to revive the garden as of old with him secretly. They found being happy to do that. Also she met Colin, who was her cousin. He was sickly in his bones, so he had never been to outside and he didn't have his parent's love like her.

In the end, Mary, Dickon, and Colin seized back childlike emotion

I think this book is cheerful for readers when we feel some anxiety such as living and loving.