writing 05

Types of Environmental Problems

Recently, environmental problems have been more and more serious all over the world. Though many scientists have been studying hard to solve them, they haven’t become better. To solve these serious problems, people should know about them. There are many types of environmental problems and most of them are caused by people’s lives. Environmental problems can be classified on the basis of the place they happen.
First, some of them happen in the air. They are called air pollution. One of the best-known things is the depletion of the ozone layer. It is mainly caused by the CFC gas, also called freon, released from refrigerators, air conditioners, and so on. It destroys the ozone layer and makes an ozone hole. If the ozone hole becomes bigger, people would be bathed in more ultraviolet rays, which cause diseases like skin cancer.
They also happen in the water. One of them is acid rain, defined as “rain or any other form of precipitation that is unusually acidic” (Quoted from Wikipedia). It is caused by combustion of fuel or volcanic activities. It acidifies lakes, makes forests die and liquefies metal. Water pollution and the rise in ocean level are also this type of environmental problem.
Finally, they happen on the land. A typical example is deforestation. It is caused by felling and burning trees. People do such things to sell wood, build new leisure spots, and so on. It not only robs animals of their dwellings, but also increases CO2, which causes global warming. The other problems in this type are garbage pollution, desertification, and so on.
There are still many kinds of environmental problems. All these types of problems listed above are only a part of them. Moreover, all the problems relate to each other. Some of them cause others. Albert Arnold Gore, Jr., an American environmental activist and the forty-fifth Vice President of the United States, said people are responsible for environmental problems now, in his book, “An Inconvenient Truth”. As he said, each person should have responsibility and try hard to solve these problems as soon as possible. There are a lot of things he or she can do for the environment.
Works Cited:
Wikipedia “Acid rain” 28 November 2008.

Wikipedia “An Inconvenient Truth” 25 November 2008.

book report 02

1) MLA CITATION
Dickens, Charles. A Christmas Carol. New York: Scholastic Inc., 1843.
2) RESPONDING TO THE PLOT:
If I were Scrooge, I couldn’t change my mind because I think it is so difficult for everyone to change his or her mind especially being older. So if I were the author, I would change the story that Scrooge’s mind and life didn’t change at all after meeting three ghosts.
In the last page, the book says “it was always said of him that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge.” It was the most impressive for me because it shows Scrooge’s characteristic after changing the best. So I chose it.
3) ANALYZING 7 LITERARY TERMS
1. Setting: The location of the story is London, England. And the time is the middle of the nineteenth century.
2. Point of View: This story is told through the minds and emotions of all the characters. Therefore, the point of view is omniscient.
3. Conflict: There are many conflicts in this story. For example, Scrooge versus his employees, and Scrooge versus his family. The main conflict, however, is Scrooge versus three ghosts because they tried to change his life.
4. Climax: Scrooge was avaricious and hated by the people around him, but finally, he changed his mind and became very kind to everyone. I think it is the climax in this story.
5. Symbol: The symbol in this story is a Christmas carol. It stands for Scrooge’s awaking of human love through his experience with three ghosts.
6. Irony: One of the ironies in this story is that Scrooge had much money, but didn’t have much love. Another irony is that Scrooge changed his mind because of the ghost of Marley, who was a materialistic person like Scrooge.
7. Theme: This story tells us how necessary human love is. After reading this story, I thought that the most important thing for human was not money, but love.
4) REFLECTING ON THE STORY
I was surprised that ghosts changed a person’s life. I think it is impossible in the real life. So I also felt interesting. Scrooge was rich, but always alone. I’m not rich, but never feel alone. At that time, there was strong class consciousness. However, we hardly mind it in my country. The book has already been made into a film many times, but I’ve never seen it yet. I want to see it.
The author was very poor so he had to work at a factory when he was a child. So he wrote a lot of stories as a poor man and tried to change society through Christian human love. I think his life and experience themselves might have inspired him to write the book. I agree with the author’s view of people and life. I also think that love is much more important than money. What I learned from this story is that we can change our life if we can change our mind. I thought we could never change our mind so easily, but after reading this book, I thought we could change it if we really hope to do. I expected Scrooge never changed until he died, but actually, he changed a lot and lived the rest of his life happily.

shibuya

i went to shibuya with marina.

we met at hachiko-mae and went to lunch.
we went to the italian restaurant where we went before.
i ate cheeze pizza and tiramisu. ;-9

then we went to 109!!
weve been there for 4 hours and bought so many...
i was so happy cuz i could get clothes and accessories cheaply.

then we went to dinner.
we ate okonomi and monja.
we both prefer monja to okonomi b both of them were so good.★

after dinner we went to starbucks and talked a lot.

i had a good time then.
shopping always makes me so happy!!! :-D

ginza

i went to ginza with anna.
i hardly do shopping at ginza so i didnt know where to go b anna took me many exiting places! thank u! :-D

first we went to printemps.
we ate lunch. we both ate spaghetti. it was so good!
and we talked a lot. i like both to talk about my self and to listen to my friends. :-)

then we did shopping in printemps. there were so many things which i wanted!
we bought the same tights at dolly girl. its sooooooooo cute!!!

then we went to gucci buildings!!!!!
as you can see in my blog name, i love gucci!!!!!!
i was sooooooooo happy cuz there were so many gucci things around me!
this time i didnt buy anything b now i have a lot of gucci things which i really want!
ill buy them all if i got money...
i have to work hard!

anyway i really had a good time then.
i wanna go to ginza again.
thank u anna ★
i wanna go shopping and to lunch with u after examinations!

shinnnenn-kai #2

after school i went to machida with my friends.

i and one of my friends were very hungry so we went to an-an, a yakiniku restaurant first.
an-an is our favorite cuz their yakiniku are so cheap and good! :-)
an-an opens at 5 p.m. b we arrived there 10 minutes before.
so we had to wait in front of the door...


finally we could enter and eat a lot.


after that we went to ducky duck cafe to eat sweets!
i ate millefeuille with cafellatte.sooooooooooooo goooooooooooood!!! :-D

then we went to starbucks.
i drank lavender earl grey tea latte for the first time.
i really like it!
we talked a lot with drinking tea.

i was so happy b i always ate too much...
i have to go on a diet! lol

happy birthday★

january 7th was my sisters birthday.
she became 17 years old. so young!!! lol
ill be 20 next april... i dont wanna age any more.
we ate cakes which we bought at our favorite cake shop in machida.
it was so good!! :-)

btw i havent given her a present yet.
i dont have time to go shopping and an idea what to give her...
ill go shopping to buy something for her as soon as possible.

shinnnen-kai★

i met with my junior high school friends again!
there were some people whom i hadnt met since graduation b they all (including me...) hadnt changed at all since junior high school!!!

we had quite a good time talking about our junior high school days.
we ate and sang a lot till morning. lol

i wished i could be back to my junior high school days...
anyway i wanna meet and talk with them again!

lunch♪

i went to lunch with my high school friends.
we meet at least once a month since graduation.

we went to "piatto", an italian restaurant in atsugi.
of course i ate pizza!!

after eating we talked a lot.
we had talked for five hours!!!

i was happy to eat and talk enough.
im looking forward to next meeting. :-)

tds!!!

i went to tokyo disney sea with my friend!!!
she is my high school friend and has been in america since last summer.
she came back to japan this winter vacation and really wanted to go there.

btw, i prefer tds to tdl cuz the atmosphere is better and it has many delicious foods and more exciting rides for me!

one of my biggest purposes to go there was to see duffy, a teddy bears character!!!

when mickey had to go to the ocean leaving minnie alone, minnie gave duffy so that mickey never felt lonely.

i like him the best of all the disneys characters cuz he is sooooooooo cute!!!
b unfortunately i couldnt see him and he is so popular that his goods were sold out...

we met at sagamiono 7 a.m. and arrived at tds at 8:30.
i thought it would be crowded b there were not so many people.

we rode many rides like the tower of terror and journey to the center of the earth so many times.

tower of terror

journey to the center of the earth

really excited!!!
then we ate lunch at yukatan. so delicious!

we also ate sea salt flavored ice cream at mermaids ragoon.
i really like it!

the night view of tds is really wonderful!!!

we saw a performance called "BraviSEAmo!" sooooooooo beautiful. :-)

after that we saw fireworks though it is winter now.
sooooooooo great!!!

i was so tired b i had a really good time then.
i must see duffy and buy his goods next time!!!

shopping★

i went to shopping at my town sagamiono!

there are two big station buildings called "station square".
everything is there so i often go to do shopping.



they had the new year's sale so i could buy the shoes which ive wanted for a long time!!!
i got it much cheaper than usual. i was so lucky★!

at dinner i ate kimchi-nabe.

it was so delicious!
i like not only sweets but also hot food. how matter hot the food is, maybe i can eat it!

sukiyaki party★

my friends came to my house!
we ate sukiyaki (b i forgot to take its picture...)
it was so good!

after eating it, we talked and played card game etc. til morning.
we went to asa-mac in sagamiono.
then i saw them off at the station.

as soon as i got home i went to bed and slept til evening.
i spent a good time. i want them to come to my house again! :-)

new year's day

i went to enoshima to visit shrine and see hatsuhinode (the sun which rises on the new years day).
one of my friends took us there by his car.

this is what i ate the first in 2009. an "oden-can"!!! my friend gave it to me.
it is available near my house.
i ate it for the first time b it was not so good for me...
i like convenience stores' oden better.
what is ur favorite in oden?
my favorite is a chikuwabu (i dont know what we say in english).


we arrived at enishima and visited the shrine first.there were a lot of people though it was already over 3 a.m.
we threw money into an offertory box and drew an omikuji.
my fortune was "sho-kichi", which was the worst of us all. :-(

on the way to the enoshima beach, we saw a juggler!!!
i had never seen such a juggling.
and his performance was great!!!
he juggled three sticks on the unsettled foothold. awesome! lol

then we waited for rising the sun on the beach.
it was soooooooooooooooo cold.
we were so bored that we started playing card game even on the sand!
i know we were so crazy. haha

finally, the sun rose!!!!! it was so beautiful!!!!!! i was so happy to see it.

after that, i got home and ate zoni which my mom made.

it was so good. :-D

i like rice cake so i ate it a lot.

anyway, i hope we all enjoy in 2009!!!

tired...

ive written a lot!
so i was tired and i wanna go to bed cuz i have to wake up early.
ill write this continuation as soon as possible!
good night. ★
see u tomorrow.

nanchu★

i met with my junior high school friend.
first we planned to go to the sea b we couldnt go cuz my mom used the car to go there...
he really wanted to go there b actually i dont wanna go cuz it seemed sooooooooo cold!
so we ate dinner at sagamiono.
we ate and talked a lot.


three hours later we went to seven eleven where our common friend works.
he worked hard there!!!


then we met three of our friends and went to another place.
we spent there til 5 a.m.
their talking were really funny!
i wanna be a friend of them forever!!!

nanchu saiko---★

illuminations

i went to tama center to see beautiful illiminations with my friends.
it was soooooooo beautiful though christmas ended... haha

this is sanrio puroland. its near tama center station.have u ever been there? there are many sanrios caracters.
i love kitty!!! there are so many kitty's goods in my car.
i used to go there with my mom, dad and sister when i was a child.

after seeing illuminations, we ate dinner at js garden where i worked a year ago.

it is a good italian reataurant. thats why i worked there.

its my favorite italian restaurant so i want u to go there once and if u want, i can tell u my favorite!

we ate pizza and pasta. of course it was soooooo goooood!

then we came back to sagamiono and wenｔ to karaoke again.

of course we sang til morning. i can feel so happy when im singing!

no music no life♪♪

yakiniku again

i had my hair dyed at a beauty salon.
my hair color became much darker b it returned lighter soon...
ill try it again! i really want dark hair!!!



then i ate yakiniku with the members of impish.

we ate a lot.

after that we went to jonathan to eat sweets!
our friend worked there.

then we went to karaoke and sang til morning.

in the morning we ate breakfast at mcdonalds. i ate pancakes.
i really like asa-mac!!!

i ate too much again...
i never wanna gain weight...

Quater Pounder!!!

i met with my friend at noon.
we have been best friends since junior high school.

we know each other very well! i can tell my everything to him.

and his mother works at the cafeteria in AGU!

we hadnt seen for a long time, so we talked a lot!
we talked each other about university life, our common friends, etc...
i was so happy to hear he enjoyed himself a lot. :-)

at evening, i went to work.

after that, i went to mcdonald with my high school friends.

the one who lost card game paid for all of us! thanks a lot!

it was the first time for me to eat quater pounder. it was so good.★

as soon as we finished eating it, we played card game again.
the another guy who lost bought mcflurry for us! im lovin it♪

after that, we went to one of thems house.
we made takoyaki!!! however not octopi but sausages were in it. haha

it was so good b we ate too much...
in addition, one of us made his original "banana cheeze cakes" for us though no one was hungry...

after that, we spent playing card games.
then we watched "rennai shashin". have u ever watched it?!
i really like its story and hiroshi tamaki a lot!!!!!!! he is sooooooooo cool isnt he?!

when it finished, it was already morning!!!
as soon as i got home i went to bed and slept til evening...

anyway i had a good time.★

dinner at "bashamichi"

i went to eat dinner with my family.
we went to the italian restaurant "bashamichi", where ive wanted to go for a long time.
does anyone know about this restaurant?
it takes only 15 minutes from my house.

there, i ate pizza--------------!!!
it was sooooooooooooo gooooooooooood.★
i wanna go there again and take u there!!!

shibuya♪♪

i went to shibuya with my friends.

first, we went to an italian restaurant to eat lunch.

i ate pizza. i really love italian food, especially pizza. i can eat pizza every day!!! lol

then we went to karaoke.

we have sung for over four hours b i didnt think i sang enough..
i wanted to sing more and more cuz i really love to sing! i can sing songs all day!!! lol

after that, we ate dinner at shinjuku.
we ate and talked soooooooooo much there!

lastly, i ate this zennzai as dessert.
i like to eat, especially sweets!
of course i also love to talk with friends! i cant stop it. haha

i arrived at sagamiono at 11:30 p.m. and my junior high school friends asked me to meet.
i was so tired b i went to meet them cuz i wanted to do!!
we stayed a restaurant in sagamiono til 3 a.m.
i laughed all the time cuz they were so funny!

i got home at 3:30...
i really got tired b really had a good time.

YAKINIKU!!!

i went to a yakiniku restaurant in machida with my friends.

we ate so much cuz we could eat delicious yakiniku cheaply.
and we talked soooooooooo much!!!

it was very fun. :-)
i wanna go to dinner with the same members again!

A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

long time no see. how have you been?

from now, im gonna write articles about my winter vacation.
i took a lot of pictures for them.

this winter vacation, i went to so many places with so many friends!
i think it was the busiest winter vacation in my life!! lol
i got home and went to bed in the morning and get up at evening almost every day...
anyway, i really enjoyed my winter vacation a lot!