Royzemi 2009

A VERBAL PLUNGE INTO JAPANESE MARKETS

2009-05-25T10:19:00.006+09:00

Also, originally published, in a much cooler Mac-form at
http://web.me.com/boredinho/boreduniverse/Boredblogg/Entries/2009/5/25_A_VERBAL_PLUNGE_INTO_JAPANESE_MARKETS.html

Japan; Sushi, Sake and Samurais. Still credible associations, indeed.
Tokyo; Crowded subways, Changing sceneries and Contemporary buzz.
This is of course just merely touching the surface of what Japan and Tokyo has to offer. So how can I break the surface? How can I plunge into the wild japanese markets?

Curiosity in it self just doesn`t cut it. Talking with some norwegians about how they see japanese consumer-trends, how japanese markets are developing and how they are different from the norwegian norm, just didn`t prove to be fruitful. So what do I do?I need some terms which can help me explore, a guidebook. Well, no one is going to give me one for free so I just gotta make it myself.

Firstly, I need to understand the dynamics of japanese marketing. I guess that this needs time and consistent efforts over a longer period than just the 72 days I have left. But I have already started. Walking around in Tokyo, checking out the different shops, noticing how the shelving is organized, the Sushi prizing strategy, how the fashion-shops are changing their clothing-line week in and week out. I guess I gotta start somewhere and when I try to understand the micro-picture of it all.

In due time, I wanna come to grips with the great beast of the macro picture. Which involves societal-factors, long term evaluation of what works and what clearly doesn`t and maybe if they have the same criteria for determining success as we have in the west. I imagine that Japan is a country of companies like big monster-like institutions that dominates everything but I haven`t really seen the belly of the beast. I wanna get a look inside of japanese business!

Then comes the plunge, when I have climbed up to the big clip, gazing out on the japanese markets from the perspective of an omniscient eagle(an unreachable ideal, I can imagine). It takes courage, frustration and continuing feedback-loops.

Thirdly, the return to Norway; What can be applied to Norway or even the some western-markets? What represents a window of opportunity or maybe blue ocean of market-opportunity? Cause clearly, the japanese does do a lot of crazy things, but does it work in Norway? And is a success in Japan a success in Norway, or should I go for the japanese failures? This seems like a Mission Impossible to determine, but the difficulty while diminish as my understanding and wisdom develops, but once again hope and hard work are still my only contributions to the process.

Then, I hope, I can return, again and again and over again to Japan, getting inspired and can reinvent myself and being able to get myself some new,japanese mental furniture. This is the dream, it`s not an ambition yet, but a pattern in my life I deeply want to emerge. Going places, seeing things, get inspired, seek wisdom, explore my horizons and get some lifelong japanese friends and companions.

Well, the guidebook didn`t turn out that good I guess. At least I now what I want to explore, but how is still a puzzling mystery. The road is formed while walking, I presume.

iPhone the first smartphone in Japan!!

2009-05-13T17:43:00.002+09:00

Review of a new product “iPhone”

General Information
The iPhone is an internet-connect cell phone designed and marketed by Apple Inc. Its minimal hardware interface lacks a physical keyboard, so a virtual keyboard is rendered on the multi-touch screen instead. The iPhone functions as a camera phone (including text messaging and visual voicemail), a portable media player (equivalent to an iPod), and an Internet client (with email, web browsing, and local Wi-Fi connectivity). Next I will review each functions:

Phone
As a phone, the iPhone is all the same with other cell phone that we use in Japan.

E-mail
The only thing that I was disappointed in the iPhone is E-mail function. The biggest problem for iPhone users is that it does not contain “copy and paste”. So if I want to put someone’s sentences or phone number, I need to rewrite it. Also, a pictorial symbol is not available to use to other company’s phone. However, there are some useful functions that other cell phones do not have. For example, iPhone can use free mail software that we could use in computer such as Gmail or Hotmail. So I can check an e-mail which is received by Rikkyo mail account, and reply it.

Internet service
The iPhone can connect to the internet through “safari” which offered by Apple Inc. Recently, there are some cell phones which could connect to Internet sites that we use in computer, but the price to brows them are really expensive, so most of people just use sites for cell phones. Softbank mobile provide a fixed amount for iPhone users to use all communication services so it is really useful.

These three are the main function as a cell phone. The iPhone has lots more useful functions that other cell phones do not have. The iPhone starts a revolution to cell phone industry. Cell phone industry rapidly improves technology. I am looking forward some amazing cell phones that will be made in the future.

Chocobi for Oyatsu!!

2009-04-30T17:45:00.005+09:00

I AM: Big fun of Takeshi Tsuruno. Nowadays, I'm listening his First Alubum "TsurunoUta" again and again.

What is great about him is....his voice, the way he sing a song. The songs in TsurunoUta is not his original songs, but all the songs are really famous. He sings these famous songs in his style which is really cool. I was touched when I heard his song on TV. And it happened many times.

He is a great singer.

And a nice dad, he said.

I NEED: Concentration. I cannot concentrate on one thing for a long time especially on HW. Easily get bored. And starts to do something fun and then fell asleep. Really need to change this custom. Otherwise, I would be in trouble since this year seems pretty busy.

I WANT: Pocky. Chocobi tastes good, but need pocky.

I FEAR: Horror movies. Hates those. You cannot go to the bathroom or look at the mirror after you've seen the horror movie. There is no benefit from horror.

Infatuation distraction...

2009-04-30T09:03:00.003+09:00

I am: A 23 year old student who hails from quite possibly the bowels of the United States where there are screams of agony, cries of despair, and the scent of fire and brimstone is ever present...

No, I'm from a small town that wants to be big city but just can't jump ahead 5 or 6 years with the rest of the USA. I'm completely infatuated with all things creative, artsy, design-y, and if you just so happen to mention anything NYC, it could be disastrous to your ears as I have a profound love for that city.

I need: More time to anything and everything in my life here in Japan. There is a strange phenomenon in life in which if you have any free time at all, there is a mysterious ethereal vacuum ready to switch on and steal all your time available. My last semester here I had all the time in the world and wasted it away playing video games and drawing. Now, I'm lucky to squeeze in a sufficient amount of sleep every night. I have no regrets about this particular situation, every minute of my day is packed with being around epic people and doing epic things.

I want: Every computer at Rikkyo to have at least the top 30 typefaces in my arsenal. Rockwell, FF DIN, Helvetica Neue, Didot, Futura? Hello? There has never been a chance passed by dear beloved Rikkyo to foil every possible attempt to give any of my assignments any kind of layout structure or follow any rules of typography. If I could, I would take a hammer to the printers in 8403. They also are a formidable foe to my sanity. Also, I want world peace, to be famous, rich, and... yeah I could talk about all that forever, et cetera, ceteris paribus, e pluribus unum, ad nauseum.

I fear: Returning to the United States. I love my country, but I'm not too fond of what awaits me in my hometown... All the great friends I had before I left are all graduated, are graduating soon, or have already forgotten about me. I expect to return to a life of boredom, melancholy and a whole new level of FAIL. Will I be strong enough to conquer this juggernaut of despair that is the midwestern United States? I guess so.

Couldn't Sleep - Presentation

2009-04-30T08:00:00.003+09:00

I am a 19 year old student who loves "keiba". Well, to be honest, it's illegal to bet in "keiba" in Japan when you're under 20, but I guess nobody told me not to so I bet anyway. I have a blog that I write every racing day with my friend in Rikkyo University. He was the one who made me become so addicted to "keiba".

I need to be able to use time wisely. As the time for "ichigen"- the first period is getting closer and closer, and the time I have to leave is getting closer, I just start to think that I need to use time wisely. I just get carried away reading "2chan" or other websites, playing FPS games, talking to people on Skype. Then, when I realize it's always way too late to sleep so I have to spend an all-nighter just by myself. Well, today I had to practice my presentation after I came home from "nomi" which was quite a hard task to do. I guess I really need more self-control and many others.

I want to have Mr. Donovan as my EAP teacher. Well, I can't really be whining about these things, but I'll just say that Mr. Donovan is an awesome teacher and I envy people who get to take his class.
AND, even though some people know who my present EAP teacher is, I can't really write that on the Blog.

I fear that my EAP teacher will read this BLOG!

Nah, not really.
I fear that the time I have to leave has just come and probably Roy Sensei will get angry because I left this blog post 'till the last minute!!

To all my fans,

2009-04-30T05:35:00.004+09:00

I am a tennis player who doesn' t belong to a Rikkyo Tennis Team. I'm also a tennis coach at a club in Setagaya, and right now, I coach from little kids to highschool students who wants to become a proffesional or a top player in Japan. So I have to be very serious whenever I go to the lesson (5 times a week), and always have to be well-prepared in terms of my self-conditioning and what to do in the lesson. I usually get home at around 11:30 pm, and usually go right to bed being totally exausted. But I strongly feel that it is a worthwhile job, so I'm looking forward to continue it until the end of my final year at Rikkyo.

I need a battery cover for my cellphone. Really, this is something very serious and I've been missing my battery cover for about 6 months now. I assume that I lost it in building 8, so if someone finds a black battery cover, please contact me. I will give you a small thank you gift in return (a trip to Hawaii).

I want to travel to many countries and see & feel many cultures. But this is gonna be something very difficult because I'm probably not going to get a long break at my tennis club. I never thought I would have this much responsibility as a tennis coach, but I must find a way to go on a long trip to Africa. Why Africa? Because I wanna see a place that's totally different from our country.

I fear my Rikkyo life would end very quickly. I want to study many things about business in school, and also become a competitive tennis player. There are so many other things I wanna do, so I really have to work hard and do what I have to do each day. But hopefully, I will get a lot of the things out from this zemi. Thursday is my favortie day.

Today is zemi lunch.

2009-04-30T05:26:00.003+09:00

I am a girl who loves KASUGA!! Almost all of friends around me don't understand that... I knew him in the last M-1, then I have loved him!! But, now he is too popular, appears in TV everyday, and becomes a major TV personality. Vaguely that makes me sad. One of my dreams is to meet him, and I look for the person who go to him live together!

I need time!!! From last March,I hardly have been able to have dinner with my family. I tend to make my schedule tight. I will be carefully next month so that I can more sleep, have dinner in my house, relax, and communicate with my family.

I want any dogs. I have never had any dogs as pet in my life. The reson is just my mother don't like any animals. Actually, I am hardly in my house then I will not be able to take care of the pet. I think I want to have a dog when I will bacome a mother and have any my children.

I fear my job hunting. Now is heavy economic crisis, this connects to decrease recruitings of companies. I saw my senior in my starbucks struggled with that, I thought that seriously.

Running out of time...

2009-04-30T02:24:00.002+09:00

I am 22 years old, studying in a business school, and now enjoying life as an exchange student in Tokyo. I am part of those people who have an identity made of different cultures: born in one country and grown up in another one with three native languages, and who have to answer questions like «which country do you prefer?», and have then to explain that we cannot choose. I am an optimistic person who has a lot of hope and expectations about life. I am curious about everything I don’t know. I am also a lazy person who is doing contradictory things: I hate wasting time, but I do waste a lot.

I need to organize my life here, so that I can be on time, to meet people and to have my work done. It is just so difficult in Tokyo, city which never sleeps... I need to sleep more as well. Actually, 48 hours days would be so much better, but still not enough I guess. I need to know how to say no a party when I don’t have time, money, or when I have to be at work early in the morning the next day. I need to have the feeling that I do something with my life and that I learn more everyday.

I want more. I am still looking for something else, new, special, different, although I don’t know what. I want to go everywhere, find interesting places, people, lifes, way of thinking. I guess I also want to know more about myself at the same time...

I fear I will not find what I am looking for, I fear I will end up one day living the kind of boring life that I just don’t want, trapped by my surrounding. I fear I will have to face someone telling me «You see, I told you, you were young and optimistic at that time, but that’s life». But now, I am full of energy and I don’t care. I just fear cockroach...

Lazy Me.

2009-04-30T00:33:00.005+09:00

I am a super duper really lazy person that likes to sleep or stare in space for most of my time. It's not that I hate to interact with people, it's just that I need a lot of time being by myself and having time to think much as I want without any distraction.

I need something that will REALLY REALLY make me interested. Right now I don't have something that I'm really into and therefore don't have a great way of maybe spending my life....
Therefore, I need to find something that will really hook me up and forget that time is passing by.
I want to be able to teleport. The reason is simple if I can telelport, I can go anywhere anytime and not have to worry about the process and time it takes to get to the location. Train is not too bad, but sometimes is iritating with so much people and so much noise.
I fear the future of Japan. Japan has become a great country, but it still faces many problems. Limited resource, meandering economy, unstable politics, and so on. It's true that many other countries face these problems as well, but the problem with Japan is that it doesn't look like the problem is going to get solved by anychance. It's just getting worse and worse. Am I going to be able to get a job?

2009-04-29T23:40:00.005+09:00

A BORED INTRODUCTION

I am a Norwegian 22-year old who comes from the western part of Norway where the deep fjords and the wild, intense and powerful mountains constantly reminds us on how small we are compared to nature. Nevertheless my new surroundings are quite the opposite; subways, heated toilet-seats, men in black(suits) and “便利”-machines around every corner; It´s Tokyo.

I need these three extreme passions to nurture my personality:

1. Sports and the joy of competition and play(Judo,soccer and every other game),

2. Family&friendship(People I respect and love)

3. My constant curiousness for new things and interesting prospects(A company like Apple, a poem or some new knowledge acquired from life experience or from reading).

This has sculpted an intense, vibrant and enthusiastic man that sometimes can be too demanding,sometimes too dreamy and always is too busy and talks way too much.. As Kanye West has put it: “Giving up ,is for me, way harder than trying!” . That goes for me too. I always try to be the best I can, doing the things I love, with people I respect. Now it sounds like I am always competing, but actually I am just living,trying to exist the best way I can. It is like Kevin Costner in the 90`s movie “Bodyguard” said: “You can be who ever you choose to be, it takes an act of discipline, but it can be done.”.

I want to aspire to being a good resource for myself and those social circles I consider myself a part of. I daily look myself in the mirror and let my inner voice decide if I am successful and every time I realize that my potential is far from fulfilled.

I fear that when I am grey and old will regret not taking the opportunities that my heart wanted me to do. Sometimes I daydream about the perfect girl, a girl that has all the qualities I look for,feel for and live for ,but still has the cutest little imperfections that makes her complete. The thing is that I don`t know what the perfect girl is like, I fear that I will give up finding love.......

Beat the Chelsea!!

2009-04-29T22:54:00.004+09:00

I am

I am a guy who really love football. Last night I woke up late to watch the football match. Barcelona is my favorite team and I believed Barcelona beat Chelsea, one of my hatest team. However, the score was 0-0. I felt really bad through out the day.

I need

I need to have more passion to study. Always, I am really enthusiastic at the first few weeks of semester. However, it gradually drop all the time. Does any know how to keep it? If yes, please tell me!!

I want

I want to travel more. I really love to travel all around the world. This picture was taken by me when I went to Barcelona, when I was 18. I was still a high school student at that time. That travel changed me a lot. It was a first time that I went somewhere just by myself. I really felt lonely but it was a wonderful experience. I am planning to visit some Europian countries, so if you guys have any recommend, let me know.

I fear

I fear of snake. I hate snake!When I was in Singapore, I had a experience chased by snake. Can you believe it? Iwas age 3 or 4, and that was really shocking to me. From that time, I really hate and fear snake!

Please join shaved ice party this year!

2009-04-29T21:59:00.003+09:00

I am a girl who loves to eat, and eat as much as boys do. I especially like sweets such as pumpkin pies, cheese cakes, milk pudding, and etc. I am not a good cooker (actually, I'm now trying to be), but I can make those sweets. My happiest time is when I am eating. In the summer time, I do a shaved ice party almost everyday. Last year, I often did this party alone, because I am living alone, so please come to my house to join shaved ice party this summer!

I need someone to live with me. Because I am living alone in Tokyo, I feel lonely almost every day except for the day someone come to sleepover. A year has passed since I started my life here, I still can’t get accustomed to living alone. I want someone to talk with me during dinner. Eating dinner alone is not interesting, and food doesn’t taste good. I need someone to wake me up. Sometimes, I can’t get up in the morning even though I set up three alarms with a big noise. I also have a difficult time doing all of housework. However, Iwill think of living alone is good practice for me to be a great mother in the future!

I want to visit my hometown, Hiroshima. Last year, I went back there for three times and each trip was about a week. I thought it was not enough time. Spending time with my family and old friends are precious time for me and makes me feel comfortable. It gives me a lot of energy and makes me feel happy. So, I would like to spend more time there this year and have a rest.

I fear the day when I become a member of society. I'm not ready at all so far, but I have to be ready within three years. Of course, it is important to study hard to be a member of a society, but I think it is more important to have a lot of different experiences such as going abroad, making eternal friend, and talk with as many people as I can.

Giraffe girl's Blog

2009-04-29T18:34:00.003+09:00

I am a crazy giraffe lover girl!! I started to collect giraffe goods since i was 4. Now i have lots and lots and ....of giraffe goods in my room. the picture is one of my collection. i bought it in Paris in this february. And also I'm sweet lover. I'm always eating sweets in my home, in class in anywhere. i love chocolates, potatochips, cookies and ....

I need a TIME!! this semester i'm sooooo busy that i can't find my time to sleep, because i'm now working to save some money for this summer!! This summer i'm planning to go to Cambodia and other Asia countries with my mom. Its a present from me to mom. So i have to work a lot and save a lots of money. But now i really really want to sleeeeep..

I want a giraffe for pet. i know its impossible now but in the future i'm seriously going to have it.

I fear the day i have to leave my home. Lots of my friends are already living by their selves but i can't imagine my lonely life. I can't cook, I can't do my laundry , I can't clean my room by myself.... oh but its coming soon.

can't wait for the Pizza Party... Zemi Lunch.

2009-04-29T16:44:00.002+09:00

I am the active girl. I guess you guys think I am kinda noisy girl ...that's true. However !! I also love to do painting , decolating and making somethings except cooking. lol How cute I am... Do you like the pic I put on this page? This is the pic which I painted when I was in Freshman year of high school in USA. I imagined the view of my hometown Chofu where have both nature and some buildings. I like to make the Zemi T-shairt !!

I need time, money and English skills. Time... I wish I could sleep more. Going school at 1st period to 4the period then having a part time job drive me crazy. Oh I need to plan how I can get through a week. Money...we always need money to make living. lol In this Zemi, I really wish I could get more English skills. Please forgive my poor English at my presentation.

I want ... I can not think of that. If I could get my own car, maybe it is so cool. However, I can not imagine myself of driving alot. So I do not want to have a car. Then what ? I will think it later !!

I fear to leave Japan and study abroad. 'I can catch the words what they say?!' 'I can get some grades there?!' ' How about the influenza of pig ?!' BUT !! the same time I am soooo looking forward to meet new people there and make a living by myself at the dormitory. Please come to visit me when you come to CANADA!!

I appreciate all of my friends

2009-04-29T00:06:00.009+09:00

I am a girl who loves to talk and spend time with people who she really cares about.

I like just to be relaxed. Nothing really special but I think relaxing is important for me. I like going to nice parks when it is nice out too.

Because I was in the United States for two years during my high school year, it is hard for me to keep in touch with my high school frinds. Even I only have few friends from my high school who I still see and talk, I really appreciate people around me now. I am glad that I am here right now and studying at Rikkyo University with my frinends.

I need more time!!!!! I need more time to do my homework, to spend time with my family,to work, to see my friends, and to sleep. I also need time to get my driver's license. I am a little bit lazy girl who still has not gotten her driver's license. If I have more time then I feel like it is so much easier around me. I will be less stressed, and be relaxed by sleeping a lot. I love to sleep so when I'm busy I always think "if I had time...I am definetly going to bed and sleep".

I want a new job. Right now, I am working at one of doughnus store in Tachikawa, Tokyo. I really like wokring there and I love my co-workers. There are not any reasons for my to quiet my job. But, because I have been working for a year now, I feel like I should get a new job and have an experience with other kind of job.

I fear future. Because I have know idea what will happen in the future. But,I will try my best for my future.

What's funny?!

2009-04-28T19:33:00.007+09:00

I AM crazy about pachinko, one of Japanese great culture!!

Lately I do that of Evangelion, which is my favorite. But I never recommend you doing pachinko.

I NEED another cellphone. I have an iphone, which is very high-tech, but in terms of e-mailing, it's not useful at all. It doesn't receive massages when I am at some places in Rikkyo. But I can use the Internet with it then. Don't you think it's strange?? Last week I was troubled very much because of that.

I WANT a driver's license. This summer I am planning to go back to my hometown Hamamatsu, and get it. This summer would be the last chance because I would be busier in the 3rd grade.

I FEAR my University life would end meaninglessly. Last year in EAP I went to Sydney with some of royzemi members and it was fun, but I don't think my English ability improved so much. Including English, I don't want to miss the chances to experience lots of great things in Rikkyo.

I wish I could fly

2009-04-28T10:48:00.008+09:00

I am a 19 years old Rikkyo university student who was born normaly, and who had lived normaly until now.
Interested in Baseball, Tennis, Business, going to another country, and more. From now on, I'd like to spend my time more usefully and try on my interests and have an exciting life. As a first step, I want to travel to another country this summer!

I need chocolate in my life definitely.
I really like chocolate that I often buy before school. And also I always eat chocolate while I'm studying for my exam because It makes me concentrate. With out chocolate, my life will be less delightful.

I really want a digital camera right now.
I want to take picture of my friends, my favorite things, the view, interesting things, enjoyable times....and more. Time goes on and it won't wait for me so I want to save my precious moments in my camera. I'm definitely going to buy one soon but the only problem is that I don't have enough money to buy.

I fear alchohol.
It doesn't mean that I don't like alchohol. Actually I like drinking very much. But some times when I drink too much, I don't remember what I have done and I'ts already morning when I realize. So I don't know what I will do if I drink too much so please don't let me drink a lot.

I think, therefore I am. 2nd blog.

2009-04-28T02:37:00.002+09:00

I am Turning 21 next week. A Business Major. I am 165 tall and 60 in weight. Half Japanese, born and raised in Hawaii. I am a lazy lazy man. I am a carefree Hawaiian, who loves to go to the beach and BBQ. I am not planning on changing the world, but learning to live in it. I am many things, but mostly I am a happy and lucky guy. I am me.
I need I need more time in the week to do the things I have/want to. I need a new email address because i get to much SPAM mail. I need an external memory drive for my laptop. I need to play music at least a few times a month. I need to eat yakiniku often and in large amounts. I need to drop quantitative financing but its past the deadline. I need to find someplace to live that is closer to school and less than what i am paying now. I need to surround myself with people from all walks of life. I need balance. I need to have chocolate. I need to go to the gym atleast 3 times a week. I need more than i thought....
I want I want to be a home owner within the next 10 years. I want to have a meaningfull well paying job that still allows me to spend time with my family and friends. I want to protect the people around me and become a considerate adult. I want to watch more discovery chanel programs. I want to study in another country before I graduate. I want to live much more than 100 years. I want to be in love with the world forever. Also, I want to eat a grilled cheese.
I fear
I fear that life is to short... I fear that i will die not understanding everything around me. I fear that i take for granted the opportunites that i have been given. I fear that my generation has a lot of work to do, and even more problems to figuere out.
Fear was once used as a term for respect. such as "god fearing". In this sense, i fear all, and yet i fear not.

If Santa did some blogging

2009-04-27T23:06:00.007+09:00

I am kind of fat. Luckily for me, I don't exist in the real world (only in Santa world) so I don't get diabetes or heart diseases.

I need a new flying reindeer. Rudolph is getting kind of old... (Sorry boy, but you're slowing everyone down). It would be nice to have one with GPS.

I want a polar beer. They actually do well as pets. More cuddly than what most people might think.

I fear the global warming. I don't really believe in Al Gore, but Mother Earth is difficult to predict (that's why it's called Mother Earth and not Father Earth). If it was Father Earth we would know that it's going down anyways. Where am I going to hide my workshop if all the snow disappears from the North Pole?

This is RyoS

2009-04-27T22:50:00.003+09:00

I am good at cooking.

The reason why I became good at cooking is the influence of my mother. I used to learn how to cook from her, and now it helps me to live only by myself.

I need an electric toaster.

It is because I do not have it right now. I am using microwave oven every morning. In this way, I cannot eat a bread deliciously.

I want a new bed and mattress.

As a bed which I am using now is very old and mattress is very thin, it creaks when I move on it and my body cannnot rest enough. Therefor, I want a new bed and mattress to rest well.

I fear the day I die.

I do not want to die because if I die, I could not do anything. I want to live for a long time and experience many things.

Just for the pleasure of blogging

2009-04-27T22:40:00.011+09:00

What are your top 3 favorite foods?
Sushi, Granny Smith apples and strawberries.

What was the last book you read and would you recommend it, and why? Freakonomics by Levitt and Dubner. The book is easy to read, and I would recommend it to anyone, since you don't need any specific foreknowledge in economy to understand it.

What is the best place you have ever been and why?
It must have been Angers in France. Very idyllic, very French, and good rosé wine.
What was the last movie you watched and would you recommend it, and why?
The last movie I saw was Slumdog Millionaire. I would recommend for those who are interested in a good movie which is not typical American-style.

List 3 things you can see outside of the nearest window.
The JR railway, the supermarket and 7eleven.

If you could meet someone internationally famous who would it be and what would you want to ask them?
I would like to meet Hillary Clinton and ask her when she actually realized that she had lost again Obama. And what was running through her mind at that point.

Name 3 places you have never been that you want to visit.
South-Africa, Cuba and Moskva.

If RU disappeared today, what would you do instead of study?
I would probably do some painting or photographing.

Name three interesting things you keep in your own room.
A pencil case which looks like a panda, a can of crappy Swedish beer (which is not drinkable anymore I think) and a Mickey Mouse melody case.

What are the top 3 things you want to achieve before you graduate?
I would like to go to the Alpes in France and stay there for the entire winter season, save some money and visit my grandparents more often.

If you won ¥1 billion (10 oku) what are the first 3 things you would do?
Build a house, save the money in a fund and give the rest to charity.

If you had a superpower what would it be and what would you do with it?
When I was little I wished I had the ability to speak to animals, so that I could save them from the mean people (= grown-ups) who would torture animals and lock them up in cages. Too many Lassie-episodes I guess.

It's Tackey-!!

2009-04-27T17:21:00.006+09:00

Yesterday, we had no class in the fourth priod, so I had free time unexpectedly! yeah~♪

I went to Kinokuni-ya and get "the 7 habits of highly effective people" It seems difficult..

I AM actress now.

From Februaly, I am a member of Model Production, which is like a company composed of university student.

We make an musical all in English.

Committee, Stage manager, Assistant stage manager, Setting & Property, Make & Costume, Sound, Lighting, Musician and Cast, more than 100 students work on together for one aim, "Make a great stage!"

We have a rehersal 5 days a week and it is so hard.

However it is very worthwhire and precious for me!

The performance is at 世田谷区民会館　on May 9,10.

The ticket price is 999 yen.

So if you can, please please come!

I NEED rest.

Actually I have no holiday from Februaly.

Classes, reherals and part-time job...
I am almost dying.

I wanna drink.

Let's have a drinking party! after the performance.

I WANT to go Karaoke.

My most favorite group is Dreams Come True.

Don't you think Miwa Yoshida's singing is great?

I really love her songs.

So let's go karaoke after Zemi!

I Fear that time goes by.

As I got older, a lot of things around me have changed.
I have to grow, but anyway I live now!!
Enjoying change is important for me now.

Thank you for your reading!

Please don't call me Oyaji.

2009-04-26T21:41:00.006+09:00

I am a huge fun of Ryo Fukawa. He is a Japanese entertainer.

Almost all of the girls I met before didn't like him, but I really like him and want to meet him someday.

Why I like him? =My mother liked very short hair and made me like this picture when I was a little girl. So I was called "Fukawa" at school, and he became a kind of my identity. I can't see him as other people.

I need izakaya.

My favorite foods are izakaya food like basashi, green soy beans, mozuku vineger, bowels and so on. I usually don't drink alcohol, but I often go to izakaya near my house to eat my favorite food. I also go there to meet the owner. He is very kind and he listens to me carefully. There is my oasis.

I want to make a descision quiqly.

I can't decide things quiqly and waste time often. I want to use time much more usefully.

I fear the day I have to choose my way.

Now I'm a second student and don't have to start job hunting yet. But I can't escape from the day. I'm worried wether I could go my aimed way or not. I wonder I would quarrel with my parents about that.

Don't worry, I wont take off my clothes off when I am drunk.

2009-04-26T18:00:00.005+09:00

I am a supporter of Chelsea FC ( Premier League)and Real Madrid CF(Liga).

Why?? These two clubs are rich. Not just rich, they are strong as well!

I need somebody to love. I was just listening to a song called "Somebody to love" by Queen.

The song made me think that I need somebody to love.

I want a house in Tokyo. A place which is close to RU. Now, I use a train called Denentoshi-line ( second crowded train ). This stupid train is always FULL of people and I am sick of going on this train everyday. I advise you to go on this train in the morning!

When I am working, I fear customers who are arrogant. I found out that there are lots of customers who are arrogant in Japan. Since I used to live abroad for a long time, I find this arrogant people very frighting. I want all of those stupid customers to go abroad.

Only simple after completion

2009-04-26T15:15:00.002+09:00

I am: No different from you, afraid of failure and spiderwebs, not a fan of Natto, completely allergic to mold and cats, in that order.

I need: To advance, in which direction I don't know yet, so I move ahead slowly in several, at least one will hopefully pan out well.

I want: Simplicity, comfort, adventure, and a deep-dish, buffalo-wing pizza ( or bbq chix pizza, either will do nicely thank you).

I fear: That at some point either in the past, or future, a tragic lack of information will cause me to make (or have made) a terrible miscalculation, resulting in a massive failure or embarrassment.

Enter the Viking

2009-04-25T17:33:00.004+09:00

1. What are your top 3 favorite foods?

Full turkey Christmas dinner, grilled meat and lasagne with parmesan.

2. What was the last book you read and would you recommend it, and why?

The last book I read is Catch 22, my favourite book by the way. I would absolutely recommend it for its pitch black humour and quirky logic.

3. What is the best place you have ever been and why?

I guess Sæby, Denmark on a lazy summer day. If you can't find peace there, you can't ever :P

4. What was the last movie you watched and would you recommend it, and why?

A movie on the plane to Japan, starring Jennifer Aniston, Owen Wilson and a dog. The rest I don't remember, it was *that* captivating.

5. List 3 things you can see outside of the nearest window.

The train, people on bicycles, a shopping mall.

6. If you could meet someone internationally famous who would it be and what would you want to ask them?

I would ask Jim Carey to stop making movies.

7. Name 3 places you have never been that you want to visit.

Island, China, Canada.

8. If RU disappeared today, what would you do instead of study?

Go home and work some more before next semester? :P

9. Name three interesting things you keep in your own room.

A tennisball (I don't play tennis), a large coffee cup (but I do drink coffee) and a nintendo dsi (with a kanji dictionary in it).

10. What are the top 3 things you want to achieve before you graduate?

I would like to get a job before I graduate, find a decent place to live where I study, and maybe get engaged :O

11. If you won ¥1 billion (10 oku) what are the first 3 things you would do?

Scream out "Holy Sh**" 50 times! Invite some friends over to Japan on first class and treat them to a Kobe beef dinner. Upgrade my wardrobe.

12. If you had a superpower what would it be and what would you do with it?

To be able to run like the wind. I wouldn't do anything in particular though, probably go jogging more often, but that's it.

Picture taken by Orlando Calvo, permission to use it granted.

Kobe beef... *drivel*

Blog

2009-04-23T11:49:00.002+09:00

1,What are your top 3 favorite foods?

Ramen, Curry, Kakinotane.

2,What was the last book you read and would you recommend it, and why?

3,What is the best place you have ever been and why?

New Jersey, because the neighbors are nice.

4,What was the last movie you watched and would you recommend it, and why?

The Bedtime Story, It's not that great but kinda entertaining.

5,List 3 things you can see outside of the nearest window.

The street, flowes and a wall.

6,If you could meet someone internationally famous who would it be and what would you want to ask them?

Steve Jobs. I wanna ask why hes so good at presentations.

7,Name 3 places you have never been that you want to visit.

Australia, Kyoto, Osaka.

8,If RU disappeared today, what would you do instead of study?

I'd probably be staying home playing computer games.

9,Name three interesting things you keep in your own room.

A projector, a computer, and a stuffed animal I keep from birth.

10,What are the top 3 things you want to achieve before you graduate?

Be able to be accepted for a job.

11,If you won ¥1 billion (10 oku) what are the first 3 things you would do?

Buy a better computer, better speakers and bet a lot of money on horse racing.

12,If you had a superpower what would it be and what would you do with it?

I always dream of having superpowers but realize in the end that life would be boring with them. So my superpower will let me live a normal life.

Aloha E

2009-04-23T01:55:00.003+09:00

1,What are your top 3 favorite foods?

Medium Rare Rib-eye Steaks, Rice Krispie Treats, and Buffalo Wings.

2,What was the last book you read and would you recommend it, and why?

"Oh, the Places You'll Go!" Dr. Seuss

I would recommend this book to everyone. It gave me a lot of courage to follow my dreams.

3,What is the best place you have ever been and why?

Hawaii. No where else on Earth knows what "Aloha" means.

4,What was the last movie you watched and would you recommend it, and why?

Juno. I would not recommend this movie. I've spent better money.

5,List 3 things you can see outside of the nearest window.

An old woman walking, a Bike Shop, and an orange tree.

6,If you could meet someone internationally famous who would it be and what would you want to ask them?

Dave Chappelle. "What would it take for you to do another season of the Chappelle Show?"

7,Name 3 places you have never been that you want to visit.

Bermuda, Montego, Kokomo.

8,If RU disappeared today, what would you do instead of study?

I would take the day off, have yakitori and ice tea on the roof, read a book and get a tan.

9,Name three interesting things you keep in your own room.

Daily Multi-Vitamins, an Ukulele, and an Eyelash Curler.

10,What are the top 3 things you want to achieve before you graduate?

Climb Fuji-san, release a CD, and find something I really want to do after i graduate college.

11,If you won ¥1 billion (10 oku) what are the first 3 things you would do?

Drop out of school, get a financial consultant, and buy a premium health insurance policy.

12,If you had a superpower what would it be and what would you do with it?

I would be The Brain, and i would solve lifes greatest mysteries, and understand the universe, useing my powers to gamble and make a living, never telling anyone I have a superpower. I might also consider writting a few books, being on Oprah, and spend my free time making grammy nominated films.

ABOUT MY SELF

2009-04-23T00:22:00.001+09:00

1,What are your top 3 favorite foods?
strawberry, chocolate, and sushi

2,What was the last book you read and would you recommend it, and why?
"I hate the young" by Rika Kayama. This is a psychological book. If you are interested in pshchological, you had better read that once. This is very easy to read.

3,What is the best place you have ever been and why?
Toredo in Spain. The city is too historical. It seemed to do timesrip.

4,What was the last movie you watched and would you recommend it, and why?
"Amadeus" This is the movie of Morzart. And I like it too much! Because, simply I play classic piano, of course the pieces of Morzart. But also you can enjoy the movie if you don't know about him at detail.

5,List 3 things you can see outside of the nearest window.
Tokyo tower, moon, and a lot of high buildings in Tokyo.

6,If you could meet someone internationally famous who would it be and what would you want to ask them?
"Madonna" what is your happy?

7,Name 3 places you have never been that you want to visit.
India, Russia, and Paris

8,If RU disappeared today, what would you do instead of study?
I would spend the last time with my family.

9,Name three interesting things you keep in your own room.
comics, some dolls of POOH, and big shell

10,What are the top 3 things you want to achieve before you graduate?
trip the countries(at least five), speak English well, and becoming adult as person.

11,If you won ¥1 billion (10 oku) what are the first 3 things you would do?
buy my house, invest, travel around the world with my family.

12,If you had a superpower what would it be and what would you do with it?
make a "DOKODEMO DOOR". If there was that, we don't have to be late!

Please call me tackey~♪

2009-04-22T23:43:00.002+09:00

What are your top 3 favorite foods?
my favorite foods are milk tea, tiramisu and potato.

What was the last book you read and would you recommend it, and why?
The last book I read is "Story teller"
I recomend it because this book has many short stories and each is written by a different author.
So you can have taste of many kinds of stories. It is very good.

What is the best place you have ever been and why?
The best place for me TDS because I can escape from the real world and just enjoy it.

What was the last movie you watched and would you recommend it, and why?
The last movie I watched is "Sister Act 2."
I really recommend it. Because it is a musical movie, you can enjoy not only the story but also gospel music. Please watch it.

List 3 things you can see outside of the nearest window.
I can see the roof, street lamps and a cat.

If you could meet someone internationally famous who would it be and what would you want to ask them?
I want to ask ANNA SUI how to develop the products that is so aattractive for ladys.

Name 3 places you have never been that you want to visit.
Spain: I want to see the Alhambra Place.
Iran : I want to see Meidan Emam, Esfahan.
Italy : I want to see many churches.

I attached photos of Meidan Emam and Italy. They are so beautiful, aren't they?

If RU disappeared today, what would you do instead of study?
I would practice singing, dancing and acting for the performance.

Name three interesting things you keep in your own room.
aroma set: It heals my fatigue.
previous dialy: it is sometimes interesting that read what I thought before.
bed: I can really relax on it. I can sleep in 5 minutes.

What are the top 3 things you want to achieve before you graduate?
getting used to do presentation

using English naturally

absorbing anything as much as I can.

If you won ¥1 billion (10 oku) what are the first 3 things you would do?
I would save some money for future, use it for my fimily and friends and donate some.

If you had a superpower what would it be and what would you do with it?
I would stop time and go to Never Land.

About Myself

2009-04-22T22:31:00.002+09:00

1. What are your top 3 favorite foods?
French Fries, Tempura, Sushi

2. What was the last book you read and would you recommend it, and why?
"100 ic."
It's a book about great business models, so good for study.

3. What is the best place you have ever been and why?
Barcelona- everything in the city fascinated me.

4. What was the last movie you watched and would you recommend it, and why?
Red Cliff part 1- I am interested in Chinese history so it was fun!

5. List 3 things you can see outside of the nearest window.
Buildings, Parking lot, Restaurant

6. If you could meet someone internationally famous who would it be and what would you want to ask them?
Zinedine Yazid Zidane-Play soccer with me!!

7. Name 3 places you have never been that you want to visit.
Egypt, Machu Picchu, Whistler

8. If RU disappeared today, what would you do instead of study?
Get a licence plane

9. Name three interesting things you keep in your own room.
Dali's painting, an autograph of Totti, Espresso machine

10. What are the top 3 things you want to achieve before you graduate?
Presentation professional, English, save 1,000,000 yen

11. If you won ¥1 billion (10 oku) what are the first 3 things you would do?
1,buy a flat in Tokyo
2,Buy a Car
3,investment

12. If you had a superpower what would it be and what would you do with it?
I can fly like a bird, and fly all around the world!

about myself

2009-04-22T19:19:00.002+09:00

What are your top 3 favorite foods?
Loco Moco, chocolate chip icecream, and a milk pudding.

What was the last book you read and would you recommend it, and why?
I read '50 Things That Should Change The World'.I recommend this book,because this book tells us real sad things that is now happening in the world.

What is the best place you have ever been and why?
Hawaii, because we can swim in the beautiful sea all year.

What was the last movie you watched and would you recommend it, and why?
'Love Actually' . I don't recommend this movie, because situation changed a lot and I fell in sleep during this movie.

List 3 things you can see outside of the nearest window.
buildings, trees, and clouds.

If you could meet someone internationally famous who would it be andwhat would you want to ask them?
Cyril. I want to see his unbeliebvable magic in direct.

Name 3 places you have never been that you want to visit.
Spain, France, and Italy. I want to see beautiful buildings and eattheir traditional foods.

If RU disappeared today, what would you do instead of study?
I'll go back to my hometown, Hiroshima, and have a vacation there.

Name three interesting things you keep in your own room.
Pictures, Sweets, and three clocks.
Pictures are for not to feel loneliness, sweets are for my reward, and three clocks are for not to be late for school.

What are the top 3 things you want to achieve before you graduate?
Fluent English, honotific skills, and cooking skills.

If you won ¥1 billion (10 oku) what are the first 3 things you would do?
Eat all flavors of icecream in 31, let my parents to have a trip to abroad, and give rest of the money to poor children in the world.

If you had a superpower what would it be and what would you do with it?
A power that I can fly, and I'll fly to school everyday.

ABOUT MYSELF

2009-04-22T18:52:00.002+09:00

1. What are your top 3 favorite foods?

Potato , olive, chocolate

2. What was the last book you read and would you recommend it, and why?

“A WOMAN IN CHARGE”- Report of Hillary Clinton.

Interesting but little bit boring.

3. What is the best place you have ever been and why?

Phuket-So beautiful and everybody is kind!!

4. What was the last movie you watched and would you recommend it, and why?

Changeling –story was quite serious and sad but I liked it!! I will recommend it .

5. List 3 things you can see outside of the nearest window.

Sky , Sakura, Shinjuku’s buildings

6. If you could meet someone internationally famous who would it be and what would you want to ask them?

Michelle Obama- I like your fashion so much!!

7. Name 3 places you have never been that you want to visit.

Egypt, India, Greece

8. If RU disappeared today, what would you do instead of study?

Travel around the world

9. Name three interesting things you keep in your own room.

Giraffe stuffs, broken chair, magazines from all over the world

10. What are the top 3 things you want to achieve before you graduate?

English, presentation skil, cooking ,

11. If you won ¥1 billion (10 oku) what are the first 3 things you would do?

❶Stay at the giraffe hotel in Kenya 　

❷Start a new business

❸Buy the house I lived in Iowa

12. If you had a superpower what would it be and what would you do with it?

Control the time!! Travel to the past or future and cheat some ideasJ

ABOUT MYSELF

2009-04-21T23:34:00.003+09:00

1.What are your top 3 favorite foods?

-riceballs, yakiniku and jello

2.What was the last book you read and would you recommend it, and why?

-"Company that wants to value in Japan" (japanese) by Kouji Sakamoto. I extremely recommend this book to all business major students. It mainly talks about CSR, and explains how important it is by bringing up 5 "good" companies as examples.

3.What is the best place you have ever been and why?

- USA. I learned many things in America.

4.What was the last movie you watched and would you recommend it, and why?

-Don't remember. I don't watch movies at all.

5.List 3 things you can see outside of the nearest window.

-my bike, neighbor's house, and concrete everything.

6. If you could meet someone internationally famous who would it be and what would you want to ask them?

-Definately Ichiro, and I want to ask him how he handles his pressure.

7.Name 3 places you have never been that you want to visit.

-China, Brasil, Bangladesh

8.If RU disappeared today, what would you do instead of study?

-Play tennis.

9.Name three interesting things you keep in your own room.

-my Lupin the 3rd collections, suppliments, and ... comic books...i guess.

10.What are the top 3 things you want to achieve before you graduate? 7

-study as much as possible, go to a national tennis tournament, and get a good TOIEC score.

11.If you won ¥1 billion (10 oku) what are the first 3 things you would do?

-build schools in poor countries, give half to my family, and save some for the future. Actually, I don't know how to use that much money.

12.If you had a superpower what would it be and what would you do with it?

-Stop all on-going wars and global warming. And make a peaceful world.

THIS IS ME!

2009-04-21T19:31:00.005+09:00

1.What are your top 3 favorite foods?
- curry ,omelet,and pizza

2.What was the last book you read and would you recommend it, and why?
-Happy Birthday, it was a heart touching story

3.What is the best place you have ever been and why?
-Grand Canyon, the view there is great all you have to do is not touch the squirrels there they have rabies....

4.What was the last movie you watched and would you recommend it, and why?
-Howl's Moving Old Castle, I'm not really a movie fan but his storys has many things it wants to tell people throughout the movie.

5.List 3 things you can see outside of the nearest window.
-Fujimidai station, Family Mart, and Koban

6.If you could meet someone internationally famous who would it be and what would you want to ask them?
-Roger Federer, whay are you so good at tennis?

7.Name 3 places you have never been that you want to visit.
-Italy,Korea, and France

8.If RU disappeared today, what would you do instead of study?
- work and play

9.Name three interesting things you keep in your own room.
-penguin doll, bucket full of coin, empty box

10.What are the top 3 things you want to achieve before you graduate?
-improve my writting skill, make more friends that will last forever, and improve my english

11.If you won ¥1 billion (10 oku) what are the first 3 things you would do?
-bang my head against the wall to check that I'm not dreaming, gather friends and have a party, and buy a house.

12.If you had a superpower what would it be and what would you do with it?
-Go back in time and do my life all over again.

What I am

2009-04-21T16:55:00.003+09:00

1.What are your top 3 favorite foods?

-sukiyaki,sushi,tempura

2.What was the last book you read and would you recommend it, and why?

-the last book i read is "Akihabara @ deep" Written by Ira Ishida, and I'd like to recomend this book because it is using unique phrases and also the content was so interesting.

3.What is the best place you have ever been and why?

-UMSL, where I went last summer. It was a real fun spending with friends for 3 weeks.

4.What was the last movie you watched and would you recommend it, and why?

-I watched the "inconvenient truth" and I'll recomend this movie because it has a strong message ageinst the environmental issue.

5.List 3 things you can see outside of the nearest window.

-Elementary school, river, Ito-Yo-kado

6.If you could meet someone internationally famous who would it be and what would you want to ask them?

-I'd like to meet Ichiro Suzuki and ask what he feels about having pressure from many people.

7.Name 3 places you have never been that you want to visit.

-Australia, Tuvalu, China

8.If RU disappeared today, what would you do instead of study?

-work hard and visit another country.

9.Name three interesting things you keep in your own room.

-Baseball, handicraft I made in middleschool,a stuffed rabbit hangig on from the light.

10.What are the top 3 things you want to achieve before you graduate?

-Be able to speak english more fluently, visit many countries, make many friends

11.If you won ¥1 billion (10 oku) what are the first 3 things you would do?

-Buy clotehs, Buy a car, pay back all the money that my parents spent for my school.

12.If you had a superpower what would it be and what would you do with it?

-I wanna go back to when I was a elementary school student and chose a middle school which is a coeducation school.

Who is Dai??

2009-04-19T23:25:00.004+09:00

1. What are your top 3 favorite foods?
- Bagel, Orange, Ra-men

2. What was the last book you read and would you recommend it, and why?
- "La Sombra Del Viento" by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
it was fantastic. if you are interested in mystery, im sure that you will enjoy it!!

3. What is the best place you have ever been and why?
- Bali. Great place for vacation. Everything is cheap.

4. What was the last movie you watched and would you recommend it, and why?
- "ChangLing"
I didnt know that there was such an sad event before. It was shocking but the movie was really touched.

5. List 3 things you can see outside of the nearest window.
- light, tree, and the Moon

6. If you could meet someone internationally famous who would it be and what would you want to ask them?
- Angelina Jolie
"Why are you so attractive?"

7. Name 3 places you have never been that you want to visit.
- Korea, German, Bolivia (Uyuni)

8. If RU disappeared today, what would you do instead of study?
- Visit my friend in Korea, because he will be in the army this June.

9. Name three interesting things you keep in your own room.
- Puzzle (Howl's Moving Castle, Laputa, and Majono takkyubin)
planning to buy the next puzzle ASAP.

10. What are the top 3 things you want to achieve before you graduate?
- Bookkeeping Level 2, Visit Uyuni, Ollies and Air to fakie (snowboarding tricks)

11. If you won ¥1 billion (10 oku) what are the first 3 things you would do?
- Buy a house in Bali, gather friends from all over the world and have party, Build a resort hotel in Kuta

12. If you had a superpower what would it be and what would you do with it?
- Manipulate the time
Go back to 1992~3 and return the rubber ball that i steal from Kyo-hei.

The Way To Know About Me

2009-04-19T15:07:00.022+09:00

1. What are your top 3 favorite foods?

-My favorite foods are inarizushi, edamame and basashi.

2. What was the last book you read and would you recommend it, and why?

-"Supermarket Mania US Tour"

This book has much imformation about American supermarkets. I would like to recomend to read it because you will be able to know about the history of supermarket and each characters of supermarkets in America.

3. What is the best place you have ever been and why?

-Los Angeles, America.

When I was a high school student, I went there to study for a month. Then Janel, my hostmother, teached me many things I couldn't study in Japan. This experience changed my life and made who I am today.

4. What was the last movie you watched and would you recommend it, and why?

-"Okuribito"

I really recommend it. This movie discribes about death in Japanese style. You might guess this movie would be boring or somber, but it has a lot of humor and emotional scenes.

5. List 3 things you can see outside of the nearest window.

-I can see sky, convenience store and parking area.

6. If you could meet someone internationally famous who would it be and what would you want to ask them?

-I will chose Mashi Oka. I would like to ask him how he polished his acting skills and became very famouse in such a big country, America.

7. Name 3 places you have never been that you want to visit.

-Tailand, Cambodia and Paris

8. If RU disappeared today, what would you do instead of study?

- I wold like to trip all over the world and visit rocal supermarkets.

9. Name three interesting things you keep in your own room.

-I keep boomerang, tooth of my great-grandmother and melted candy.

10. What are the top 3 things you want to achieve before you graduate?

-I want to do good presentation in English, be more confident and save money.

11. If you won ¥1 billion (10 oku) what are the first 3 things you would do?

-First, I would like to buy my own house, get my parents from Osaka and live with them. Scondly, I study using lest of the money. Finally, I introduce aimed oversea supermarkets into Japan or tie up with them.

12. If you had a superpower what would it be and what would you do with it?

-I would like to get a superpower of understanding the languges all over the world. I will use it to make frends from any country or work.

About Myself

2009-04-18T23:15:00.002+09:00

What are your top 3 favorite foods?
-chiken, ice cream, salad

What was the last book you read and would you recommend it, and why?
-a book about psychology
I reacommend to read if you feel sad or angry becasue by reading a book about psychology it may can help you feel relaxed.

What is the best place you have ever been and why?
-Victoria,Canada. It was the best place I have ever been and I really recommend everyone to go there because Victoria was so great. I just can't explain how beautiful there are...but the downtown was like TDL!

What was the last movie you watched and would you recommend it, and why?
-"No Reservation" I recommend to watch it because the story is very moving and able to learn a lot about our life.

List 3 things you can see outside of the nearest window.
-cars, roads and trees

If you could meet someone internationally famous who would it be and what would you want to ask them?
-Chanel Gabrielle. Because I really respect and love her the way of her life.

Name 3 places you have never been that you want to visit.
-Egypt,Paris and Heaven

If RU disappeared today, what would you do instead of study?
-I would like to travel all over the world.

Name three interesting things you keep in your own room.
-Hello Kitty, teddy bears and sports goods

What are the top 3 things you want to achieve before you graduate?
-finish my make-up in 10mins, able to understand CNN,ABC etc. news, be more professional

If you won ¥1 billion (10 oku) what are the first 3 things you would do?
-save half of it, raise funds, set up my own brand shop

If you had a superpower what would it be and what would you do with it?
-a superpower that I can do everything I want
I would like to do everything I want like flying!

Things about Ryo S

2009-04-16T21:56:00.003+09:00

What are your top 3 favorite foods?
- yakisoba, hamburger, and udon.

What was the last book you read and would you recommend it, and why?
- The last book I read was "Kanikousen" by Takiji Kobayashi. I would recommend this book because we can learn how people should act in a bad condition from this book.

What is the best place you have ever been and why?
- Boston is the best place where I have been. I had lived in there for one year when I was 5 years old. In Boston, seafood is very good, and there are many beautiful nature. Also I love there because, in a winter, they have a heavy snow and it was fun for me to play with the snow when I was a child.

What was the last movie you watched and would you recommend it, and why?
- "TAXI 3" was the last movie I watched. I recommend this movie to people who love car chasing movie also people who love comedy because there are many car chasing scenes and jokes in this movie.

List 3 things you can see outside of the nearest window.
- house, vacancy, and tree

If you could meet someone internationally famous who would it be and what would you want to ask them?
- I want to meet Bill Gates and ask him how he worked hard to make Microsoft and why he thought when he came to found it.

Name 3 places you have never been that you want to visit.
- Liverpool, Vienna, and Barcelona.

If RU disappeared today, what would you do instead of study?
- Go back to my parents' homeand play soccer with my friends in Fukuoka.

Name three interesting things you keep in your own room.
- CD player, clock, and gum.

What are the top 3 things you want to achieve before you graduate?
- Make good friends, critical way of thinking, and spirit of entrepreneur

If you won ¥1 billion (10 oku) what are the first 3 things you would do?
- Buy a plece to play futsal or soccer, use for mahjong, and contribution.

If you had a superpower what would it be and what would you do with it?
- If I had a superpower, it would be the power that I can move 500 times faster than normal people. If I had this power, I could do many thing in sort time and efficiency will be great.

My characteristics

2009-04-16T21:46:00.003+09:00

What are your top 3 favorite foods?
= zaru soba, okonomiyaki, takoyaki

What was the last book you read and would you recommend it, and why?
="Yougishya X no kenshinn" it is very interesting how people falls into love easily.

What is the best place you have ever been and why?
= The best place I have ever went was Dubai. I was amazed with the number of the stores in one shopping mall.

What was the last movie you watched and would you recommend it, and why?
= Sono hi no mae ni. this is a Japanese movie which talks about family love.

List 3 things you can see outside of the nearest window.
= House, school, park

If you could meet someone internationally famous who would it be and what would you want to ask them?
= I would love to meet Jose Mourinho. I would like to ask him how he lead the team to success.

Name 3 places you have never been that you want to visit.
= Spain,Egypt, China

If RU disappeared today, what would you do instead of study?
=Travel around Japan.

Name three interesting things you keep in your own room.
= Clock, Computer, Mp3

What are the top 3 things you want to achieve before you graduate?
=Good presentation skills, knowledge, Friends.

If you won ¥1 billion (10 oku) what are the first 3 things you would do?
= I would use the money on food. Also, I would buy my parents what they want. Finally, I would like to save it.

If you had a superpower what would it be and what would you do with it?
= Reading peoples mind. I always wonder what my friends think.

About myself

2009-04-16T16:06:00.004+09:00

What are your top 3 favorite foods?
-samon, chicken and melon

What was the last book you read and would you recommend it, and why?
-'Gakuseigai-no-satsujin' by Keigo Higashino
I do not recommend this book because it is a little boring, but I strongly recommend his other books.

What is the best place you have ever been and why?
-Ballarat, Australia (the suberb of Melborne)
I went there to study English when I was 17. It has plenty of nature and my host family there was very kind.

What was the last movie you watched and would you recommend it, and why?
-Red Cliff
I do recommend it!! I like the history of Chinese Sangoku-shi, but I believe people who
do not like it will be able to enjoy it.

List 3 things you can see outside of the nearest window.
-many houses, Sanks and a hospital

If you could meet someone internationally famous who would it be and what would you want to ask them?
-I want to ask Barak Obama about his story of the Presidental race, and his policy as well.

Name 3 places you have never been that you want to visit.
-Paris, New York and Dubai

If RU disappeared today, what would you do instead of study?
-I would sleep all day

Name three interesting things you keep in your own room.
-Plasma cluster HD (a kind of high-tech air cleaner), strange-shaped speaker (don't know its
name), and PSP

What are the top 3 things you want to achieve before you graduate?
-passing in FP, scoring over 700 in TOEIC, and studying in USA

If you won ¥1 billion (10 oku) what are the first 3 things you would do?
-I would quit the university, build a very gorgeous house and gamble.

If you had a superpower what would it be and what would you do with it?
-If I had a superpower that makes me move wherever I want instantly, I would go to
all places I want to.

about myself

2009-04-16T15:14:00.002+09:00

1,What are your top 3 favorite foods?
My favorite foods are Udon, Sushi and Reimen.

2,What was the last book you read and would you recommend it, and why?
The last book I read was 'P.S. I love you.' I borrowd it from Eriko's sister. I really recommend it to girls because it was the cute love story.

3,What is the best place you have ever been and why?
I love traveling around and I love the place in California. There are the house whichi my family lived , the school which I went ,and the beach where we were used to go. They all remind me my childhood.

4,What was the last movie you watched and would you recommend it, and why?
I went to moveis yesterday and I watched 'the Bed Time Story.' It was so fun adn made me laugh alot. Also it gave me an idea that we are all different so we do not have to be another person. I am ME!!

5, List 3 things you can see outside of the nearest windows.
In this room, there are no windows. But there supposes to many buildings.

6, If you meet someone internationally famous who would it be and what would you want to ask them?
Mickel Jackson. I would like to ask him how many times you had plastic surgery?

7,Name 3 places you have never been that you want to visit.
I would love to go Okinawa, Cambodia and Greece.

8,If RU disappeared today, what would you do instead of study?
I love to hang out with my dogs. taking them to walk would be fun for me.

9,Name three interesting things you keep in your own room.
I love E.T. So there are 3 E.T. dolls on my beds. They are so unique and one of them speak.

10,What are the top 3 things you want to achieve before you graduate?
I want to brush my English skills up through ROYSEMI and studying abroad, learn about Business more and be best friends forever with my friends.

11,If you won ¥1 billion (10 oku) what are the first 3 things you would do?
I think I should use all of money as soon as we get it. First I want to buy my own house in Tokyo, to go traveling around the world and if I have children I want to give the rest of money to them.

12,If you had a superpower what would it be and what would you do with it?
I want to be like a Spiderman who could save citizens.

about myself

2009-04-16T15:00:00.002+09:00

1, What are your top 3 favorite foods?
My favorite foods are: Shabu-Shabu, Soup, and Sukiyaki

2, What was the last book you read and would you recommend it, and why?
The last book I read was called "My Sister's Keeper" by Jodi Picoult. This book does not have happy ending but I would recommend this book because this is a kind of book I have never read before.

3, What is the best place you have ever been and why?
Michigan state in the United States. I was just visinting one of my host family' family. It was not an expenceive fancy place or anything. It was just one of houses in Michigan stante in country side. I still remember how beautiful it gets at night. The sky is filled with many starts. I never seen that many starts in my life.

4, What was the last movie you watched and would you recommend it, and why?
"Into the wild" I would not recommned this movie because it was very sad and depressing. The story was based on a person, actually lived in this world.

5, List 3 things you can see outside of the nearest window.
From my nearest window, I see: Building 4, tree, and Sky.

6, If you could meet someone internationally famous who would it be and what would you want to ask them?
I would like to meet President of the United States, Obama. I want to ask them what he was like when he was about my age and what he was hoping to do for his future.

7, Name 3 places you have never been that you want to visit.
I want to visit: Hawaii, Greece, and Ireland.

8, If RU disappeared today, what would you do instead of study?
I would spend more time with my family, friends, and boyfriend.

9, Name three interesting things you keep in your own room.
In my room, I have: a piano, a big picture flame I got it from my friends when I was in the State, and a Japanese doll.

10, What are the top 3 things you want to achieve before you graduate?
I want to achieve: pass Eigo Kentei, get a licence for cars, and visit many places as I can.

11, If you won ¥1 billion (10 oku) what are the first 3 things you would do?
If I won 1 billion, I would do: build a house, travel around the world, and get a dog with a lot of foods so that I don't have to worry about buying it again.

12, If you had a superpower what would it be and what would you do with it?
If I had a superpower I want to able to fly. If I can fly, it is good for the Earth, and I can go wherever I want to go.

Starting Meme

2009-04-15T21:37:00.003+09:00

A meme is an internet phenomenon – although some people think it's a bit silly. It does give us a chance to easily start blogging. Answer the following questions as completely as you can. I will do the same:

What are your top 3 favorite foods?
What was the last book you read and would you recommend it, and why?
What is the best place you have ever been and why?
What was the last movie you watched and would you recommend it, and why?
List 3 things you can see outside of the nearest window.
If you could meet someone internationally famous who would it be and what would you want to ask them?
Name 3 places you have never been that you want to visit.
If RU disappeared today, what would you do instead of study?
Name three interesting things you keep in your own room.
What are the top 3 things you want to achieve before you graduate?
If you won ¥1 billion (10 oku) what are the first 3 things you would do?
If you had a superpower what would it be and what would you do with it?

The first zemis

2009-04-09T16:59:00.004+09:00

I'm in the process of putting together the first syllabi for the zemis this year. The Year 2 and Year 3 zemis in the first semester will concentrate on presentation and research respectively.

For Year 2, the main aim will be to get everyone comfortable with presenting in a variety of situations and formats.

For Year 3, we will concentrate more on information search, organisation, and writing. By the end of this year, part of the work we do will be applicable to a graduation dissertation, so it has a double-value.

Both years will learn how to quickly find, absorb and then organise data and information. You will also get plenty of opportunity to undertake critical analysis, and also to add a bit of personal creativity.

The biggest difference with last year is that this year we will have a greater emphasis on use of the web, both for information retrieval and for personal marketing. Blogging and other tools are useful and common use for students outside Japan, so they should be the same here too.