June 20th

This weekend, I was looking forward to go back to my hometown because I wanted to see my mom, sister, and dogs. However I had a practice, and I also had to go to shinkan of baseball club, so my mom said, “Why don’t you come back next time?” I really wanted to go home on the weekend, so I was sad

A rat for Mouse

Jojo and mouse get new pet. It’s a hamster named Jumbo. Jumbo is a boy. Everyone loves Jumbo. However Mouse doesn’t really like Jumbo because he is so shy and hides all the time. Mouse wants another pet, and he says, “We should have our own pet.” Jojo wants to have Jumbo all to her self so she agreed. Mr. Macdonald takes Mouse to a pet shop. They look at rabbits, fish, birds, gerbils, guinea pigs, and chinchillas. However Mouse doesn’t want these animals. Mouse sees a rat. Shop keeper says that rats are the one-person pets. He really likes it. Mouse buys the rat, a ladder, a wheel, and some food. Mouse shows the rat to his family. Mom is very surprised. Mouse names the rat Ricky. Ricky has never bit Mouse. Ricky plays with Mouse. He goes everywhere with Mouse. Mouse shares his meals with Ricky. Ricky sleeps in a cage right next to Mouse’s bed. However Ricky is not nice to other people. When one of Mouse’s friends tried to pick him up, Ricky bit the Mouse’s friends. Mouse’s friends are afraid of Ricky. They say that Mouse should take Ricky back to the pet shop. However Mouse thinks Ricky is not bad because he has told everyone that rat is a one-person pet, so he might bite others. Then everyone understands. After that, no one tries to touch Ricky.

Jojo makes the TEAM

Jojo is a girl. She is teased by some big boys. They say that she kick a football because she is just a girl. She is annoyed. She kicks a ball hardly. The ball goes further than she thinks. She has amazing kick. Now, she can play soccer with big boys. Jojo is good at playing soccer. One of the teachers called Mrs. Ambrose says that they are going to take part in a soccer tournament. They make two teams. Team A is the best team. Players from top class are in there. Team B includes some younger player and two kids from her class. Mrs. Ambrose says, “One of them is Ravi.” Ravi is the best player in the class. Everyone knew that Ravi would be chosen. Then Jojo is chosen for the other one. Girls have never been chosen for school soccer team. Jojo is very happy. After that, she goes out to play soccer with boys, but they don’t play soccer with her. They say that Jojo is too good for them. Ravi is playing soccer with them, but they don’t let Jojo play soccer with them. They are so mean. Jojo is angry. Some of the boys go to park to play soccer. They promised Jojo to help her when boys are being stupid. However the next day, they didn’t need to because their teacher did it for them. Then all of the boys helped her practiced for the soccer tournament. Jojo is very happy for them.

June 18th

I have a meeting on every Thursday. I always have meeting at eight o’clock. I usually go home after school, eat supper, and go to school again. About 20 people from KU, KTU, KU, SU, and KGU come. We talked about summer institute. We are going to have a summer institute during summer vacation. We talked about 2 hours. It was difficult to decide what to talk on summer institute. Student councils of the 5 universities are going to come. We do some recreation. I’m looking forward to the day.

KIMINI YOMUMONOGATARI

I watched a movie which is called Kiminiyomu monogatari. It’s called Note book in English. The actless was very cute! When I was a High School student, I really wanted to watch it, and finally I did. However I was so sleepy, so I fell asleep. The next day, I watched it again. I was sleepy again, but I tried to stay awake. It was a good movie. An old man tells a love story to an old lady. The story is about them. The old lady remembers the story and the old man. They loved each other. However the next moment, she forgets about the old man again. I was so sad.

May-23rd, 24th, 25th

We made an expedition. We went to Chiran in Kagoshima to have softball games. We left school at 10:30. We went their by school bus. One time, 5 minutes after leaving school, one of the boys said, “stop!” Everyone wandered why. The boy who said stop said, “I want to poop.” Everyone laughed. Then the bus stopped, and he went into a store to poop. Anyway, it took about three hours to get Kagoshima. The first day of the expedition, we just had a practice and opening ceremony. During the players are practicing, I was preparing for the opening ceremony with another team secretary. The next day, we had two games. It rained a lot, but we must have the games. It seemed difficult to play in the rain. After eating supper, we were busy to do the laundries. The last day, we had two games, again. It was a kind of nice, cloudy day. The last game was KGU versus FU. We had never won FU. Players were very excited. It was a good game. They were very close, but we lost. Players were chagrined at loosing the game. In the fall, we have same softball meeting. I hope they win.

Goodbye, hello

Alex and his younger sister Daniela are shopping for their mom’s birthday present. They go to inside of a mall. Daniela is looking at the CDs, and Alex is snowboards. They don’t care about each other. There is a little girl with a shopping cart. The little girl doesn’t notice Alex, and she hits Alex with the shopping cart. He falls into the rack. The little girl says sorry, but Alex is very mad at her. A woman who wears red sweater comes to them. She is little girl’s sister. She asks, “are you ok?” to the little girl. The little girl says, “I’m okay.” Then, the woman in red sweater says, “say sorry to the man.” The little girl says sorry to Alex, and the woman in red sweater says sorry, too. Alex thinks the woman in red is very beautiful. Alex says, “I’m okay.” They smile each other. Alex wants to know her name, and he wants talk more, but she says bye, and she goes away. Alex follows her, but her mother comes, and the woman in red gets into the car. He is very sad. One day, Alex is in his class. He is always thinking about the woman in red sweater. His teacher tells that the class has a new student, and the student’s name is Jenny Martin. She was the woman in red. She remembers Alex, too. Alex is very happy.

Sarah's surprise

The main character is Sarah. She starts to work at a café which is called The Lagoon. Mrs. Hayes is working at there. She introduces Sarah to Ji-sung. He works at there, too. Mrs. Hayes explains about some machines, drinks, and food. Then she goes out. Ji-sung and Sarah are in café, now. A man comes, and he asks where Mrs. Hayes is. Sarah says, “she is out.” Then the man says okay, and he takes some sandwiches and an apple. Sarah is very surprised. She doesn’t know what to do. After the man leaving the café, Sarah and Ji-sung calls for a police. Sarah tells about the man to the policeman. A police comes, and Sarah tells about what the man, who took the foods, looked like. Then Mrs. Hayes comes back to the cafe. Sarah tells about the man to Mrs. Hayes, too. The man, who took the foods, comes again. The man was Mrs. Hayes’s husband.

MOTHER TERESA

Mother Teresa’s name was not Teresa for her first eighteen years old. Her name was Agnes. She had a older brother. And a older sister. Agnes’s birthday was August twenty-sixth in 1910. Her parents were from Albania, but they lived in Skopje. They were rich because dad did well in his work. However suddenly he died. When father died, Agnes was only eight years old. Agnes’s sister and brother were too little, too. Their mom loved them a lot. She worked for children, and she did well. They were still happy. The family went to church every week. They prayed for god every evening. Agnes wanted to do something for god. When Agnes was eighteen years old, she decided to be a nun in India. She said good bye to her friends and her family. She didn’t see them again. Then she was called Sister Teresa. It took seven weeks to go to India. She was very nice to everyone. At first, she wasn’t a good English speaker, but after two years, she spoke English fluently. She taught children in nun’s church. She didn’t listen to music. She didn’t go shopping. However she was happy because she could live for God everyday. She helped many poor people. Mother Teresa became famous. Many people wanted to help mother Teresa to help street poor people. Mother Teresa got the Nobel peace prize.