Friday, February 24, 2012

Book Review - One-Way Ticket

Sayaka

The title is One-Way Ticket. The author is Jennifer Bassett. There are three short stories in this book. All stories are in the train. I’ll introduce one story. This is the third story. It is the best story in this book.

There is the man. He likes the train. His name is Mr Harris. This is a night train. He saw a man and woman. They are brother and sister. Her brother stole a diamond necklace. She was angry. But he didn’t listen. Suddenly she took a knife and stabbed him. Mr. Harris called a guard quickly. But there was no young man and woman when Mr. Harris came back to the carriage. This is a psychic phenomenon. There were dead 80 years ago. They were ghosts.

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

The Pressures of Being a Student

By Arisa Shimamoto

There are many many pressures of being a student. It should be different depending on a person, and the number of pressures which stdents have also depends on a person. Someitmes, these pressures impede students from having a good school life by too mmuch worrying about them, but on the other hand, they make students work hard to overcome the prssures. Among a lot of pressures, I think the common pressures are to get high grades, keep a relationship, and think about the future.

Effort is necessary to get high grades. If students don’t have high enough grades, they can’t graduate, and their choices decrease. They hagve to study hard every day as much as they can, so that they won’t be such cases. It needs a really strong decision and mind because they know there are a lot more fun things than studying. It’s very difficult to study instead of doing fun things. In addition, their parents expect them to fulfill their potenieal. Most students think about that and they try to live up to their expectations. Sometimes, it could be a big pressure for students.

Students have to care abou tmnay things if they want to keep a relationship. Nobody can spend school life without relying on somebody else. Having friends is important because friends have a big effect. Depending on who my friends are, my life can change, but making friends is difficult for some people. Especially, it may be hard for people who are not talkative. Of course, friends aren’t the same as me and each person has a different personality and opinions. So sometimes, they may argue, but having a relationship with others means including them. Students have to move beyond such situations. Whether students can ge a good relationship or not depends on how they do. That’s why they must have big pressures while they may not realize it.

To think about the future links how students live their life. They have moch possibility and if they keep trying, their possibility can spread more and more. It’s different time when students find what they want to be or what their dream is. If it can be found early, it’s easy to know what to do for that, but some students who can’t find that have to look for what they want to do in themeantime. Sometimes, student don’t have any choice for their future because of parents. Some parents want thtie children to be the same as themselves or grant their dreams which they couldn’t grant. Students like these are charged with their parents’ expectations and pressures. On the other hand, students who have a dream can know what to do, but it will be hard work. They also have parents’ expectations. Parents devote their time, money and everything for their children. So students have to reward such big cooperation.

Consequently, being a student is work. However, nobody can avoid that. In addition, they get a job, it means starting to have more big pressures. Pressures of being a student many be practice for pressures of their future.

City or Country

By Emika Uetake

If I imagine the view of Tokyo, like Aoyama or Shibuya, which are famous and popular cities in Tokyo, I picture that there are a lot of buildings, shops, stuff, and people. These kinds of cities in Tokyo are lighted up all day, so we call them “a non-sleeping city.” On the other hand, my home town, named Koshigaya, in Saitama prefecture, which takes about 30 or 40 minutes from Tokyo city by train, is totally different from Aoyama or Shibuya. There are some rice firlds, many houses, and a few pedestrians. I think this depends on which city you’re are living in, but I prefer to live in the country because there are three better points than city’s.

When I go to Tokyo to shop, I am tired the moment I arrive there and see the number of pedestrians. It is difficult to walk smoothly like in my home town. I’m always pinched by “pedestrians’ wall” one after another. Until I enter a shop, I am exhausted because I broke lots of the “walls.” Although I go there on weekdays, I have to fight with the “walls,” which were made by rich housewives with free time. In contrast, I never feel tired when I am walking on my home town streets. I pedal my bicycle, seeing green rice fields and old Japanese traditional style houses. This is a way of getting rid of stress for me. Places with few pedestrians makes me calm.

If I lived in a city area, I wouldn’t be able to sleep very well because of the noise and bright lights. It is uncomfortable for many people including me to listen to lots of noise. When the bright lights are added to the noise, I am more annoyed. In a city area, they keep on being until every midnight. A country area like Fort St. John, in which I have been, is very quiet at night. I sometimes catch a sound which is a freight train running, blowing the train whistle. In addition, there are enough lights to keep safe exept some events. These lights do not affect us badly and everyone doesn’t feel uncomfortable. Just a little sound and a few lights which need to keep us safe are better point than a city’s.

I like country areas because they aren’t filled with lots of buildings or products. I think this is the most favorite point. In Japan, basically, there is a big shopping mall like WalMart in each town, so we don’t have to go to the city with spending a long time. Moreover, we no longer need to go to the city to shop. There is a huge number of stores on the Internet. We can even buy a tank. The Internet has everything we want, and sometimes cheaper than a shop that we go out to. The stuff you ordered reaches you soon. Even if the stuff, for example, clothes didn’t fit us, we can change the size or take it back smoothly. This great invention gives people who are living in a country area a comfortable life.

I like to live in a country area due to the three points. Which do you want to live in: places which there are lots of people, lights, and stuff, and these are always shining or places with a few people, quiet and calm?

Monday, February 20, 2012

Poems

by Pamela
Some of the most wonderful
Fort St. John sights
Are the stars in the sky
And the Northern Lights.

by Takashi
I drink coffee every day
the taste is good
One day I was walking
I crashed into wood.

by Ben
the winter is cold
the weather is dry
I woke up this morning
It makes me die

Friday, February 10, 2012

How I Use Writing

By Maho

Blog: I almost write blog every night. I tell my friends that interesting things in blog. I make friends.

How I Use Writing

By Sayaka

I usually use an e-mail. I send to my family and my friends. I use an e-mail when I want to contact to another person. I sometimes attach some photos.

How I Use Writing

By Chiai Yoshida


I send an e-mail every day for my family and my friends. I write about school, friends, my life in Canada for my family. And I write about each other’s things for my friends. When I meet someone, I decide everything with an e-mail. An e-mail is important for me.

How I Use Writing

By Hozumi Nishi

I use writing on Facebook. Writing on Facebook is very easy to write message to other people and to write a comment on other people’s nmessage where they are and what they are doing or they did. In addition, we can share a lot of information easily. For this reason I use writing on Facebook.

How I Use Writing

By Ryoko Nishimura


I write a diary during study abroad because I want to remember. Study abroad of Canada is one’s life experience. In the future, I will look at diary from study abroad. Then I will remember study abroad vividly. Therefore I write a diary.

I will write a word when I study. I don’t study without writing.

I can express everything in writing.

How I Use Writing

By Erika

I use writing Twitter every day. I write daily happenings and things. I write it more than three times a day because I write comment to other people. And I can communicate with other people. So I enjoy writing it.

I sometimes use Facebook. I usually write at night. Mainly, I write about pleasant happenings.

I attach a photograph. And I write explanation of the photograph.

How I Use Writing

By Narumi Yoshitani

I always use an e-mail to send it to my friends, my parents and so on. I usually use it every night because I have free times more than other times. It is very useful to use it for me. I write various things. For example, important message and easy message. I think that e-mail is essential for every life.

I also use Twitter many times. We can write short message, but I almost don’t do it. I only see some information about my favorite singers, actors, and comedian, and my friends. The Twitter is scary, but I can know many things at once. Also, there is a possibility of communicating with my favorite people because they sometimes reply to message which is sent by their fans.


I use Mixi very well. It is many thing to do. For example, we can write diary, play game, tak part in various communities, and send short message. I think that it is very famous among young people. We know about our feelings or our condition with each other.

How I Use Writing

By Rika Iwasa


Diary: I’m writing every night in Canada because I will not forget what to do in Canada. Sometimes, I use blog instead of diary.

E-mail: I sent e-mail to my family and my firned. For example, in Canada, I sent e-mail about my stay.

Twitter: I write an Twitter about feeling something. These are enjoying, laughing, sad, and I’m telling things.

Shopping list: I write to not forget it. In my case, when I think of wanting to buy something. I write to the list.

How I Use Writing

By Yukari Nakatome


I send e-mail every day. When I wake up in the morning, I always check an e-mail box. I respond to some e-mails. Sometimes I attach a document or many photos.

How I Use Writing

By Mao

I often write Facebook. When I’m happy and sad I write it. So I want to share my happiness and sadness with my friends.

How I Use Writing

By Nahomi Asa


Twitter: I use twitter when I want to tell my feelings.
E-mail: I use e-mail when I tell my information to my parents and my friend.
Shopping list: I write shopping list when I have to buy many things.
Diary: I write diary so I don’t forget daily happenings.
Blog: I sometimes write blog when special things happen.

Thursday, February 9, 2012

What is Boxing for Me

By Takashi

First, I began boxing when I was 17 years old. It’s so recently. The opportunity why I began boxing is my father who was a champion in West Japan. One day, I cleaned my house and found a dusty box. In the box, there are a few newspapers, trophies, and awards. And the newspapers said “The new champion was born! Taka Asuka.” So I began boxing and was taught boxing by my father.

Movies

By Amandeep Dhillon

There are many kinds of movies in the world like romantic movies, comedy movies, and heroic movies. We can watch all types of movies in different languages. All types of movies are the part of entertainment. If we get bored then we can watch a movie. After watching a movie we feel better than before. We can learn many things from movies. We can learn how to face problems in our life. We can learn how to get success in our life. We can learn knowledge from movies. We can see many things which we can’t see in real life. We can visit many places which we did not visit in the life. I watched many Hindi and Punjabi movies. I love Punjabi movies. We can watch movies in our house or we can watch movies in the theater. When I used to study in my university then I watched Mail Karade Rabba movie with my friends in the theater. At that time we enjoyed it a lot. I love this movie. The day before yesterday I watched “Yar Anmulle” movie. This movie is made in my university. This movie reminded me of my university days. Now I started to watch English movies. Last Sunday I watched an English movie with my husband. This is a funny and romantic movie. I can’t get the whole movie but I like this movie. I got this movie better than before. After watching this movie I am glad because this movie encourages me to watch English movies. In the end we can say that movies are good for increasing knowledge and entertainment.

Education

By Amandeep Dhillon

In these days, education plays a very important role in our life. With education we can get a good job and respect from other people. There are many types of education in the world like science, arts, computer, commerce. Firstly, I want to explain about science. If anybody does science, then they become the doctor, the engineer, the teacher. In this type of education we can get a good salary. Secondly, I want to explain about the arts. If anybody does the arts, then they become the teacher, the manager in a bank. From all types of education we can get a good job and we can enjoy our life our own way. From all types of education we can learn many things. Firstly, we can learn manners how to behave with other people in a society. We can learn how to face the problems in our life. We can learn how to get success in our life. We can learn to do hard work. In the end, we say that education is necessary in our life.

Jobs

By Amandeep Dhillon

There are many kinds of jobs in the world like blue collar jobs, white collar jobs, professional, pink collar jobs, and green collar jobs. Firstly, I want to explain something about blue collar jobs. These typs of jobs are related with labour. The white collar jobs are related with office work. The jobs of the teacher, the lawyer, and the doctor are called professional jobs. The jobs done traditionally by the women are called pink collar jobs. The jobs related with the environment are called green collar jobs. All types of jobs are very important in our life. With the job we can get anything we want. We can make our family happy if we have a good job. We can give the good things to the children.

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

My Bedroom

By Tanja Stoll

A bedroom should be a comforting, relaxing and calming room. Unfortunately, my bedroom is not yet. It will need some work done because the walls are dark green and the carpet is a very ugly brown. Not really the colors I would choose. But at the moment, we have to live with it.

In that dark chamber right beside the door is a drawer with a lot of knickknacks on it, right beside the next door which is the entrance to the closet. On the opposite wall is our bed with nightstands on each side. On the left side of the bed is, thankfully, a big window. On this window is a huge Dreamcatcher, made by my brother. It has lots of pearls and feathers on it and hangs right upon the furnace, which makes the feather move. I really like to look at that. It helps me to relax and fall to sleep.

Underneath the window and on the right side of the bed are two chairs. Not for sitting down; we use them for our clothes.

On all the walls are pictures and photographs of us, our son, and the animals and pets we had and have.

As soon as we will paint the walls and change the flooring, I will like my bedroom.

A Trip to Muncho Lake

By Tanja Stoll

Every year we travel at least for a long weekend to Muncho Lake. This time, I really like to be able to see the lake as long there is plenty of snow and ice.

That would mean to travel up there in the spring break would be a good idea. A week should be long enough. I could stay there for much longer, but Niclas will be bored after a week.

Usually we just drive to Muncho Lake, having plenty of little breaks and enjoy the way as much as the stay. Sometimes we load our old camper on the back of the truck and take the dogs with us. But not always. Like sometimes before, this time we will rent one of the little cabins right at the lake. They are a little more expensive, but much more comfortable. And the dogs will stay with the house sitter and the horses. So, we will have a “real” time off.

But I’m going to miss them. When we go with the camper, Niclas and I wake up early in the morning and walk with the dogs around for hours. We are never getting tired of this. Well, maybe not “never.” But staying at the lodge can be great fun too. We still get up early, letting Dad sleep and exploring the lake and mountains, watching the little airplanes starting and landing on the lake. After breakfast we drive up the highway to the Liard Hot Springs and soak ourselves in there until we are almost “tender.” Most of the time we see the wild buffalo, and of course, other wildlife. But the buffalo are our favourites. I remember the first time I got so scared by those huge creatures. They just walked on and beside the road, sniffing our truck and looked us right into the eye. Now I’m much calmer, but still have the greatest respect when the buffalo are coming closer. I just hope we will see them again this year.

Muncho Lake and the Hot Springs are our favorite “close” place to go.