Help meeeeeeee

Last week and this week, I had many things to do! Tests and reports. I can't finish it... There isn't any useful books in the library because many people are lending them! What should I do・・・？Help-! Well... Il'll do my best.

Oh! Last Friday, I went to Ebisu with my friends. I went to an american bar which has nice mood. I liked the place very much. Then, after we finished eating the big music was played and the funky staff had a birthday cake! I thought the cake was for other person because we didn't have any birthday girls. So I kept clapping my hands. Then the cake came to me and the staff said "It's Ran's birthday!!!!!!!". I got panicked but I was happy so I cried. Everyone(staff and guests) celebrated for me and sang the birthday song. I am a happy girl. My friends planned a late surprise party for me! I really thought I got nice friends.

FIREWORKS

FIREWORKS: We usually do or watch fireworks in summer. It's very beautiful and there are many colors and shapes in each fireworks so you will enjoy it.

*This picture is Singapore National Day fireworks. It's taken from williamcho.

▼VOCABULARY:

THIS is the vocabulary list of FIREWORKS!

There are difficult words but it's important to know so click THIS!

∇VOCABULARY GAME

If you have time to do this game, please challenge it!

It's a word searching game.


▼Reading:

Please read THIS article and answer the questions.

Question:

1. What does sparkler demonstrate?

2. What does firecrackers demonstrate?

3. What are sparklers refer to?

a. snowman sparklers

b. snowball sparklers

c. diamond sparklers

d. silver sparklers

Answer:

1. how to get bright, sparkling light from a firework

2. how to create an explosion

3. b (snowball sparklers)

▼Listening:

Please listen to the movie and answer the questions.

This movie teach us How to shoot fireworks.

Question:

1. What should you do first to set the camera?

2. How many seconds should you set the shutter speed? Why?

Answer:

1. Set the Manual Focus

2. 2 seconds because it will give you a really good exposure.

▼Writing:
Choose one of the fireworks below and tell me which fireworks did you like. Why?
And if you have seen fireworks before, which one was the best? I'm looking forward for your comments.

1.Yodogawa fireworks in Osaka

From MShades

2. Nanakita Park in Sendai(Miyagi prefecture)

From popitz

3. Numazu fireworks in Shizuoka prefecture

From amirjina

4. Minatomirai fireworks in Yokohama

From Me

Thank you for reading!

TOY STORY 3

On Saturday, I went to my favorite artist's live. It was my second time to go in this summer. My seat was near to the stage so I enjoyed it very much!

On Sunday, I went to Minatomirai to watch TOY STORY 3.
I watch the 3D ver. which was subtittled. I recommend you to watch it in subtittle. The story was funny and it was heart warming so I loved it. Some people thinks it's too childish, but I didn't feel like that. It was an interesting movie!! When I saw AVATAR the 3D wasn't good, but the 3D grade up a little in 109 cinema so it was better than before. You should watch it.

Travel plan assignment

http://wikitravel.org/en/Yokohama#Buy

Yokohama

Birthday!!

Last Friday, it was my birthday. I'm 20 years old. OMG!

My friends and my family celebrated for me.

I got present from my sister and my brother and his wife.

My sister gave me Hawaiian jewelry. We chose it for a long time...

It's very cute and I really love it^^

My brother and his wife gave me a T-shirt and a body cream from kitson.

These were also nice! I'm going to use it from now on.

On Saturday, I went to dinner at the high-grade buffet with my family.

The scene was beautiful from there. And foods were very delicious!

I can't usually spend birthday with my family(me, parents, sister, brother) because

my sister don't usually live in Japan so I was glad to spend with them.

Geobeats: New York city

This is a place in the Algonquin Hotel. This hotel is the oldest continuous operating hotel in New York city. It's well known for the N.Y. literary history because you can see many histories and pictures in this hotel. Therefore, many people visit here to experience it. the guess room is clean, comfortable, can do wireless internet access and so on. Also there is a room called Oak room. You can see JAZZ performances and other performances there. It is held 5 days a week so you should go.
If you visit here the cat will welcome you at the desk!

My sister

Last Thursday, my sister came to Japan. She usually lives in California now.
Her height is lower than me but she is a good sport woman!She plays soccer, surfine, rugby and so on. She is low so when she plays rugby and gets a tackle from others she gets a spot.
In fact, she has a big spot on her left eye LOL.

I got some gifts and snacks. I got a T-shirt which brand is Abercrombie.
I was happy to have it because it's expensive to buy it in Japan.

On Saturday, we went to spa and had a foot massage! It was nice and we enjoyed it.Also, we watched the soccer game at night which was Argentina vs Germany.The game was awesome! I was supporting Argentina but they lost...
On Sunday, I went to my favorite artists concert. It was hot! I'm going to their live 4 times this year. I'm looking forward it.

World Cup!

Last Thursday, I went to the record of TV show which is called KARAKURI TV. There is a famous perfomer named SANMASAN. He is cool and I like him. And there were many artists and perefomers too. The TV show was fun and I enjoyed it very much.
After that, I went to my friends house. We talked for a long time that night so we slept only an hour. At the same time, the world cup game which Japan vs Denmark was started but I couldn't watch it because my friend didn't let me to watch it. I got angry but talking was fun so I watched the game when I went back to my house. I recorded the game so I could watched it! That day was hard because we just slept only an hour and went to school and studied until 16:20. I was sleepy.
Whatever, Japan won so I'm happy! The each goal was perfect and great!

movie review

This is my movie review at imdb.com.

http://imdb.com/title/tt0245429/usercomments-750

TRAVEL UNIT

I'm planning to go to N.Y. with my couple friends next year because we searched about N.Y. in the presentation class and felt strong to go there!
We will make our own detailed plans because we can't move free if it's a package deal.I want to communicate with many people in N.Y so I prefer a shoe-string budget.Also I want to feel their culture, but I'm afraid to eat things there so maybe I'll be safety first.

Here is my flight details.
The plane will depart Tokyo at 7:20 p.m. in Feb 10th and arrives N.Y. at 6:10 p.m. It takes about 13 hours to get there. It's non-stop so I just need to sit and wait until it arrives, but it's an economy seat so maybe I'll get tired.
The airline is American Airlines 168. It costs 9,4653 yen.

When looking for a hotel, I prefer Nice Hotel Facilities (pool, restaurants, gym, etc.), Good Service (Check in / front desk) and Nice Atmosphere & Design because I want to enjoy my trip in the hotel too.

SO I'm going to stay at 2 types of hotel. Feb 10-13th, I will stay at Doubletree Guest Suites Time Square hotel because the location is great. It's center of the Theater & Restaurant Districts.

Last day, I want to spend at a high-grade hotel so I chose Hilton Garden Inn Chelsea because the rooms, the location, friendly staff, fresh air, foods and etc. are great!

Things to do there.
Feb 12-14th, visit around Manhattan.
We will visit Central Park which is the biggest park in N.Y. And also we will go to Empire State building which is the highest building in N.Y. At night, we wil watch broadway musical. The dance is exciting there. After that, we will go to a bar and communicate with people.

*The picture was taken from Stuck in Customs' photostream.

movie review 2

Spirited Away is one of my best movie that I saw.

It was made in 2001 in Japan. It is called Sen to chihiro no kamikakushi in Japanese.This movie was written by Hayao Miyazaki who is one of the famous writer in Japan, but recently he is known all over the world. His studio Ghibli warms people's heart very much.

The main character in this movie is Chihiro. The story begins in the car.

Chihiro is moving to the new house with her parents. On the way to the new house, there was a traffic jam so her father plan to shortcut between the forest. Then there was a tunnel. They get off the car and pass the tunnel, next there was a long path so they pass it again.

After that, there were some opening-restaurants. Chihiro's parents were hungry so they start to eat, but she didn't eat. She roam around and noticed that something is strange in that place because faceless spirits are walking around as night falls. She suddenly go back to her parents place but it was late. Her parents changed to pigs.

She run to the path and cried. Then a boy named Haku found her. Haku promise her to help her. He suggest to go to the strange big building to work. That building is a bathhouse for Japan's spirits and gods.

Everything were strange there to Chihiro but she keeps searching the mysterious why her parents changed and how can she help them.

Do you think she can find the way home....?

This movie is a kind of family, fantasy and adventure story. It tells us how valuable is to help your important person. If you like a heart warming movie I really recommend you to watch it. Well...it's a little childish movie so maybe it sometimes make you boring. If you watched this in a different language instead of Japanese, I want you to watch it again in subtittled because you can feel more reality! You must watch it once.

Dance Festival

I went to my favorite artists dance festival on Saturday.
The event was held at ZEPP TOKYO which is near Odaiba.
There were four artist groups, w-inds., DA PUMP, Lead and Daichi Miura.Their dance were so cool and interesting.
Before the festival, I went to the mall called "Venus Port". It was SALE so the things were cheap but I didn't buy anything.
Well... the festival was so fun so I was satisfied.

On Sunday, I went driving. I drove the car because I got my drive license.It was my first time to drive far but it was fun. I need to practice more because my car is too big!!

Movie Review

One movie I want to see is TOY STORY 3. Here is some reviews:


Author: toughsoulja from United States
"This is such a good film. It has the laughs, magic and best of all the entertainment. The new characters in the movie feel like they were in the previous two films... worked well in the movie."


Author: pharoah6905 from United States "Pixar knows how to keep the story fresh, and entertaining. They kept the entire crowd laughing ...and mixing in gasps of fear whenever anything happened to the main characters. The visual effects are simply stunning, like nothing you've ever seen before, with lots of great cinematography."

Author: Cheze Studio Critic from United Kingdom "I saw a special screening, i got to say, it wasn't that good as i expected. The movie is about 1 hour 40 50 minutes. Good Points: Good Animation ,Voice Over was fabulous. Bad Points: Bad Story plot...molly is still so small, around the age 8 or 9."


Based on the review, I still want to see the movie. They said that this story keeps us laughing and the characters are funny. It's bad to hear that the plot isn't good but that depends to each so I'm going to see it!

About my weekend

Hello, everyone. I'm going to tell you what I did in weekend.

On Saturday, it was so sunny so I went to the park with my dog.
My dog is toy poodle and its color is brown. He is so cute!

On Sunday, I went to the hospital which my grandmother stays.
She looked fine so I felt happy! After that, I went to eat lunch with my family.
At night, I had a party with my English classmates. They drunk so much.
We talked about each others love story and so on. It was fun! I like them very much.

That's all.

1. What kind of movie?
It's a musical and comedey movie.

2. Setting:modern America

3. Characters: The key characters are Troy and Gabriella. They are couple.

4.Conflict: As seniors in high school, Troy and Gabriella struggle with being separated from each other as college approaches.

5. What happens?
Troy, Gabriella and rest of their classmates participate in the school's final musical show. They show their experiences, hopes and fears about their future.

Check out this movie!

Guess this movie!

Author:Kristine Johnson & Jessie Nelson

*** Dawson has the mental capacity of a 7-year-old. He works at a Starbucks and is obsessed with the Beatles. He has a daughter with a homeless woman; she abandons them as soon as they leave the hospital. He names his daughter Lucy Diamond (after the Beatles song), and raises her. But as she reaches age 7 herself, ***'s limitations start to become a problem at school; she's intentionally holding back to avoid looking smarter than him. The authorities take her away, and *** shames high-priced lawyer Rita Harrison into taking his case pro bono. In the process, he teaches her a great deal about love, and whether it's really all you need. Written by Jon Reeves

Introduce

My name is Ran Oikawa. I'm a second grade student in the international studies. I have been in N.Y, so I like English and I'm planning to visit other countries someday. I like to travel.
My blog's name is "ranchi", I chose this name because I was called in this way when I was in junior high school. But, you could just call me Ran.
I'm not thinking what to write, but I'll write a different topic each time. I think I'm going to write about my daily life.