Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Summer is my Favorite Season

By Yuka Furusaka

Summer is my favorite season. I can go to sea. I really like swimming in the sea. The sea is totally different from pool. Sea is infinity and I can swim in wide space. I love scuba diving in summer. Scuba diving is so fun! I can see many fishes. There are many beautiful fishes. I am always impressed by beautiful scene of sea. And I like to eat shaved ice. After swimming in the sea or scuba diving, I always eat shaved ice. There are many kinds of shaved ice. For example, lemon, strawberry, melon, powdered green tea. Byu eating shaved ice, my body becomes cool. So summer is my favorite season

Monday, September 24, 2012

Learning a New Language

By Hiroko Fujimoto

It is difficult to learn a new language. Other language pronunciations are difficult to listen to and speak. Sometimes, spelling differs from pronuncitation a little bit. We must write every word many times for learning. Finally, English grammar differs widely from Japanese. A new language is very difficult, so we have to study hard.



My Favorite Season

By Kana Matsushita

Summer is my favorite season. Every summer I go swimming with my friends and after that, we cook over a barbecue and do sparklers at the beach. Students have a long vacation in summer. During summer vacation we can do what we want to do, for example, travel, studying for a certifying examination, and spending time with my friends. Moreover, we don’t have to wear a lot of clothes in summer. So I like summer the best.

My Best Part Time Job

By Mina Tanaka

My best part time job is rhythmic gymnastics coach. I had done it for 12 years. When I retired from school club, I was invited to be the club team teacher. Since then, I am working there as a coach. I teach my students it and think of performance moves for my students. It holds performance event once every year. Sometimes, I dance with my students together. I enjoy everything. It is so fun. My part time job is the right job for me. I want to have to do with my part time job in the future.

My Hometown

By Mina Tanaka

My hometown, Iga City, is a great place to visit. First, there are a lot of old buildings. It is Veno Castle, Haiseiden. And it also has a lot of nature because it is surrounded by mountains. It is called Iga Basin. Second, it is famous for Ninja. My hometown holds Ninga Festival every year. Then there are mnay Ninja dolls in main street. So it is called Ninja country. Finally, there are many good rice and beef dishes and Katayaki. Katayaki is very hard cookies. All things are very good. My hometown has many good things, so you should visit my hometown.

Journal – September 13, 2012

By Kana Matsushita

Today I went to the Pilates class at the Shared Church. Pilates is the exercise combining a muscle training and the stretch. It is like yoga. This time was the second try for me. So the moving was a little bit hard and sometimes I couldn’t understand what the coach said. But it was fun for me. Moving my body is the way of venting my stress. I’m going to jong next class again. And I want to try any other exercise in Fort St. John.

Kyoto is a Great Place to Visit

By Hiroko Fujimoto

Kyoto is a great place to visit. There are many World Heritage Sites. You can eat Japanese sweets that have good taste. The streets are lined with neat rows of stores and historic buildings. So if you have never been there, you have to go!



Learning a New Language

By Mina Tanaka

It is difficult to learn new languages. Other language pronunciations are difficult to listen to and speak. Sometimes, spelling differs from pronunciation a little bit. And we must write every word many times for learning. Finally, English grammar differs widely from Japanese. A new language is very difficult, so we have to study hard.

Welcome to the Fall 2012 Semester!

By Pamela den Ouden

Here we are, back again for another exciting year in the International Department of Northern Lights College. We have a great bunch of students who are already mixing well in the community and making friends with Canadians. Once again, we will be presenting their original writing here at peacezine. blogpsot.com. This is the fourth year that we've had our blog and the number of our blog readers continues to grow!

Please leave us a comment about our postings! It's very encouraging for the students--it lets them know that a real person out there is actually reading their writing.