Friday, November 27, 2009

Podcast of the movie Memoirs of a Geisha


A wonderful movie, narrating moving stories.



Pleas listen to the introduction.

It was the Thanksgiving

Yesterday was the Thanksgiving day, for which my american friends made pumpkin pies specially on the day before yesterday and again yesterday again. As I hardly had enough time to cook with them together, it was still a lot of fun to watch how they made it while I was have my dinner.

It was the first time that I had got to know and watched the process of making a pumpkin pie by my own eyes, so it turned out to be very interesting to me, though it seemed to take a great deal of time to make it.

I got a bite of the ready-to-eat pumpkin pie from my friends two hours and a half later after I had finished eating my dinner and went back to my room. It was really tasty, delicious and palatable. I had my first piece of pumpkin pie of my life at the age of 20 in Japan!

Thanks to my friends for giving me a piece of Thanksgiving pumpkin pie!

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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Simple script of the essay

What do you know about the fabulous mysterious Japanese traditional art--Kabuki? Want to know more about Kabuki and the life of Geisha artists? Why not give the movie Memoirs of A Geisha a try? The famous masterpiece is a 2005 film adaption from the novel written by Author Golden. Made by a great director and acted by glorious actors, it will definitely get you addicted.

This story will take you deeply into the outstanding world of geisha. You will be surprised at the difficult journey the young girls go through to become successful geisha, the agony they have to bear, and the happiness they enjoy . Yet at the same time, the alluring art of dance will be a feast for your eyes. You can hardly help watching it again and again, once you have finished it for the first time. 

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Friday, November 20, 2009

Outline of the essay


  • Movie title and other details
  1. Title: Memoirs of a Geisha
  2. A masterpiece of film adaption of a novel with the same name
  3. Well-known directors and producers, and outstanding actors
  • Themes:
  1. Movie theme: Display the whole life experience of a geisha, the Japanese traditional art of Kabuki and life of the artists as Geishas and the change in Japanese society in the background of the World War
  2. Moving parts: A little girl's persistence to become a geisha and to pursue her love, the courage and strength to live through hardship and challenges 
  3. The life of Geisha artists: Geishas are artists who have to live a life with agony as well as beauty, and can only be a half wife.
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My Travel-plan to Cambodia and Vietnam Came Down to an Abortion

I had been looking forward to the trip to Cambodia and Vietnam in the winter vacation planned by my seminar professor so much that when I got to know that it turned out impossible for me to go any more this monday because of the time-consuming visa-application procedure, I felt extremely disappointed. I had always hoped to obtain more knowledge about the life there in the south-east area since I know little now and it seems interesting to me to get to know more about other places.

However, now it appears possible for me to go to Okinawa with my friends during the vacation, which was supposed to be unrealizable by my friends invited me because of the seminar trip.

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Friday, November 13, 2009

My Hard trip to the English Examination

In order to take the early express-way bus to Fukuoka to take my English examination, I had to get up unbelievably as early as 5:50 in the morning. Without having breakfast, I flied up my bike and hurried to the bus stop, where I wallowed my breakfast when waiting for the bus coming.

The express-way bus trip cost me about one hour and forty minutes, during which I felt sick and threw up twice, having my stomach empty up.

At the arrival of Fukuoka, fortunately I successfully found the city bus stop and reached the examination building safely, when there was one hour left before the start of the examination that lasted for 2 hours.

I was too tired after the exam to have my lunch and decided to go back immediately.
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Friday, November 6, 2009

Our Bus Tour to Miyazaki

It was a fantastic day when we enjoyed ourselves in Miyazaki on October 29th. With beautiful scenery, tasty wine and delicious cheese, Miyazaki appears to be a fantastic resort.

The bus trip was organized by the School International Center aiming to welcome the newcomers to the dromitory. Miyazaki is famous for its great Gorge, which turned out to fascinate us a great deal.

We started off at 9 in the morning. On the bus we did self-introduction. We had our lunch on a higher plain of a hill, while overlooking the charming scenery below, with little wind blowing by. The Gorge turned out to amaze, fascinate and entertain us.
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The Takumasai School Festival

Garnished with seeming palatable ingredients, the food got to be a typical of the Takumasai. It was the first time that I had managed to experience Japanses school festival.

Together with my friends in the dormitory, I hunted for alluring stuffs for my stomach, which impressed me a great deal, tasting different kinds of food, listening to lively band songs and taking lovely photos. There were so many types of delicious food that we felt it would have been great if our stomachs could have been much more bigger. The food impressed us most was named "agepan ice", which was a sweet bread with ice cream in the middle of it. We followed the long queue and waited for our turn for about 15 minutes, and yet we felt it worth a wait ultimately.

The Festival had been arranged to last for 3 days from October 30th to November 1st. However, on the last of the three days, it rained unexpectedly. After all, it was a really impressive and successful school festival with left me with a precious memory of Japan.
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Our Halloween Zombie Walk

On Octber 30th, some of we exchange students, together with a few of our Japanese friends, entertained ourselves and the Japanese citizens with a shocking Zombie Walk.

Worn with dreadful make-up and weird costumes, for which we prepared for an hour or so, we started off from the dormitory, the destination of which was downtown. After the arrival at Karasima Park by the city train, the parade was set off. Our trip was straight along the Simotori and Kamitori, scaring and surprising people about. Not only did the people there screamed "sugoi", some of which even recognized that it was for Halloween, but, to my surprise, a girl shouted "kawaii".

We had a very good time there, ended with cute photos and films.
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