The place where my family gather is...

Where do your family gather in your house? The answer is different in each person, but I think most people say it is living room. In my case, the place where my family gather is kitchen. I'm going to talk about kitchen of my house.

One of the favorite places is kitchen. We say kitchen in Japanese "daidokoro" and this word means kitchen and dining room in my family. I think no one dislike kitchen. I like kitchen because there is the most bustling room in my house. I usually get meal with my family, so my family is gathered in the kitchen. We talk and eat there. I often listen to my grandfather's talk or conversation with my little brother in the dinner time. I have a good time then. My grandmother always prepare meals. We love what she cooked and tastes very good.

Also, I think the kitchen always smells good. For example, smell of rice and miso soup hang in the air in the morning. The smell of cooking makes me hungry. I like eating and I am eating whenever I am in the kitchen. The kitchen has many kind of foods and snacks. I often root out something to eat in the kitchen and it makes me excited. I like that feeling.

In addition, I like to cook. In particular, making sweets. I sometimes make sweet because it's my hobby. I'm not good at making sweets, but I really enjoy. My favorite sweets are chocolate cake and florentins. Florentins is French cake that put nuts put which coated with a caramel on a cookie dough and bake it. Recently, I like white chocolate cake. When I cook or make something, my little brother is sure to come and willing to help me. I am happy about that, and cooking something together makes us smile.

Finally, I think kitchen is a most favorite place because kitchen makes my family happy. It is important to eat with the family members facing each other. Communication with own family is also important. I really like eating at home together with my family. I recommend to you eat and talk with your family. The kitchen and dining room is heartwarming and full of smiles place for me.

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Vietnam restaurant

Last week, I went to Vietnam restaurant which is nanpo small kitchen with my friend. We went there for lunch. I have been to there once, but my friend went there for the first time.

I ordered Vietnam pho. Pho is a Vietnamese noodle soup. It is served in a bowl with a specific cut of rice noodles in clear beef broth. You can drop lemon juice into the pho depending on the taste. I think it will be a refreshing taste when I drop it. I like rice noodles! I wanted to eat pho, and I was looking forward to eat pho for a long time. I was really happy to eat pho. I was satisfied.






This is a Nasi Goreng which is Indonesian fried rice. My friend ordered it. Nasi Goreng is fried rice with spices such as kecap manis which is sweet soy sauce, shallots, garlic, tamarind and chilli. Also, it topped with a fried egg. I have eaten it before, I think it was great. She was the first time to eat it. It was little spicy, but she likes it. 

This is a tea. We could choose one from three drinks. I ordered jasmine tea, it was hot tea, and she ordered tea. That tea's flavor was lychee. I and she haven't heard lychee tea. It was very good.

This is a dessert. These were coconut ice cream and waffles. It looks so good!! Actually, these were very delicious!! I was very surprised that how great these are. I have never eaten coconut ice cream such as very delicious. We love it. Waffles were also good taste. I like it so much.

If you want to eat dishes or dessert, you can find this small restaurant near kami-tori. There are some shop, for example, convenience store 7-11, "tuno cafe" and ramen shop. I'd like to go there again and I will try new menu. I recommend this restaurant, so please go there with your friends. I think it will be fun.

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Essay 1-02b: About KGU

We are going to introduce KGU. There are a lot of useful buildings in KGU. And there are many events there. This university has satisfying service.

First, Almost students who come to school without bringing a lunch use the gakushoku. It is a restaurant. There are many dishes there. Gakushoku has noodles, Donburi-mono (bowl of rice with food on top), hushed beef and rice, and curry and rice. Noodles are always fresh because the noodles are boiled upon receiving the order. Some students look forward to the daily lunch special. There are three different menus for each day of the week. And the dishes are very delicious and low-priced. So it is popular for students. Also, bakery is popular for students.

In the bakery, there are many kinds of bread, and the smell of bread is drifting. They like the bread of all types. Especially, pizza is the most popular among the students. There are five kinds of pizzas. All of bread is very delicious and a reasonable price. Every students like bakery very much.

And there is a LAWSON in the university. Students can use it any time. But the register is jammed in the lunch time. A food court is also beside the LAWSON. Students eat in the food court, after buying the lunch in the LAWSON.  Also, there is the yumeshoku that is restaurant in the sangoukan. The restaurant sells the bento. The bento is delicious. Especially, the deep-fried chicken bento is delicious. There are many kinds of bento, but these are sold out if you go and buy late. So, you must go there as soon as possible your class is over.

Second, there is the library in KGU. Many of students at KGU usually study in study spaces at the library. Second year students have a lot of homework and reports, so they make effective use of free time.  The library is spacious and very comfortable, because there has many kinds of books, the computers, and video viewing area.

They use the computer for writing blogs and doing Power Words that is a vocabulary study. Also, they usually use video viewing area when they have free time. Watching movies are one of the tools as language learning because they watch the moves with English subtitles or foreign moves without Japanese dubbing. Now, they are busy to do their homework, so they have not watched the videos since they were a first year student. If they don't have any homework, they want to watch the videos in their free time. Students can read the books, and study there. The library is convenient place.

Third, there are LL room and e-campus center in KGU. Students can borrow the workbook of the TOEIC and TOEFL in the LL room. Moreover, student can borrow the DVDs in there.  And there are study rooms. Students also can use PCs there. In the e-campus center, there are many PCs. Student can make the reports and PowerPoint, etc, using the PCs. And Students can borrow the notebook computers. They can use it at home. So, the university is good learning environment.

Also, there are pleasant school events in KGU.  For example, takumasai, freshman camp, field day, and so on.
Takumasai is school festival. Many clubs opens the stall. The stalls sell the crepe, takoyaki, yakisoba, etc.  And the concert of some music club is held. Famous guests also comes the festival.  It is very pleasant.

The freshman camp is an event of only eibeigakka. Students can make some friends and get along with them in the camp.

After school, many of students go to part-time job or their club. Some of them have two part-time jobs and have part-time job 5 or 6 times a week. Other students have a part-time job twice a week. They are really busy, but they have purpose theirs own. For example, someone wants to go on a trip with my family. Others pay own school expenses or save money!


There are a lot of club in this university. Kinds of clubs are music clubs, athletic clubs, culture club, and so on. Students who are in the music club are very busy to practice their band. They sing a song and play the musical instruments. Other students who are in athletic club are also practice their sports, tennis, basketball, soccer, tae kwon do, and swimming. Another clubs’ activities are playing outside, traveling home country or abroad, studying economic, and so on. They spend very busy school life but also find fulfillment in their school life.



Content for this joint essay came from previous blog posts: 

Sakata, Karin. (2014, 05, 22). The university Life [Web log post]. Retrieved from http://rin2882.blogspot.jp/2014/05/essay-1-02a-university-life.html

Toyoda,Haruka. (2014, 05, 23). At KGU Life!!!  [Web log post]. Retrieved from http://hrk34.blogspot.jp/2014/05/at-kgu-life.html

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Lunch time!!

Last Friday, I went to "Ouchi cafe" to eat lunch with my friends. I went to there for the first time, so I was looking forward to go and eat.

This is lunch C set, curry and rice with many color vegetables. I didn't eat this, but my friend said it is very good.

This is lunch A set, potato croquette enter whole egg over demi-glace. I ordered this menu. Outside of croquettes were crisp and demi-glace was very delicious.

This is a pudding dessert. Cinnamon and vanilla ice had been topping. Caramel sauce was bittersweet and pudding was very soft. I think this pudding is the most delicious in that I've ever tried. I want to eat again.












This cafe has daily lunch, so you can enjoy whenever you go. I like cooking and atmosphere of the cafe. I want to go again. Please try to go there because it is very good place. This cafe is near the University. I recommend you going on a weekday.

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Essay: School Life

Many of students at KGU usually study in study spaces at the library. Second year students have a lot of homework and reports, so they make effective use of free time. The library is very comfortable, because there has many kinds of books, the computers, and video viewing area. They use the computer for writing blogs and doing Power Words that is a vocabulary study. Also, they usually use video viewing area when they have free time. Now, they are busy to do their homework, so they have not watched the videos since they were a freshman. If they don't have any homework, they want to watch the videos in their free time.

In the lunch time, students who come to school without bringing a lunch go to the cafeteria or bakery. They like all menu of the cafeteria and the bread of all types. Cafeteria has noodles, Donburi-mono which is a bowl of rice with food on top, hushed beef and rice, and curry and rice. Noodles are always fresh because the noodles are boiled upon receiving the order. Some students look forward to the daily lunch special. There are three different menus for each day of the week. In the bakery, there are many kinds of bread, and the smell of bread is drifting. Pizza is the most popular among the students. There are five kinds of pizzas. All of bread is very delicious and a reasonable price. Every students like bakery very much.

After school, many of students go to part-time job or their club. Some of them have two part-time jobs and have part-time job 5 or 6 times a week. Other students have a part-time job twice a week. They are really busy, but they have purpose theirs own. For example, someone wants to go on a trip with my family. Others pay own school expenses or save money!

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Eating habits

I had eaten each meal before university student. I sometime don't eat dinner when I started my part-time job. I usually finish my job at around 10 o'clock. I think it is too late to eat dinner at that time, so I always worry. I eat something low in calories in order to conceal the stomach is empty. Also, I sometime skip the breakfast. I think my eating habits is disturbed. I must change my eating habits.

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