One day, when I was a small kid, my mother and I got on a train to go to the city where my relatives were living at the time. We got off the train and we took a taxi to the gate of an interesting building. A gate keeper checked our clearan…

If I chose money or gold, I would choose gold because gold has long history as a bartering tool. If harsh inflation happens, money's value will reduce rapidly, However, the value of gold will remain, more or less, the same. Although gold i…

In winter time, some types of animals hibernate in mountains, while some types of birds migrate from the north to the south searching for warmer place. Frost covers over a land in a cold winter morning. Since I am living in climate which i…

When my town’s franchise baseball team was about to win in the Japanese World Series, I went to a big shopping mall where a public viewing event was taking place. Since I had experienced several public viewing events before that, I had alr…

After the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident, harsh arguments happened. Many people began to think that either we continue to use nuclear energy or we should consider shifting our energy supply to safer energy sources.The electricity s…

Nowadays, especially in suburbs, most supermarkets are not close to train stations unlike in the past because of the motorization. If I go there by my car, it is pretty simple and it doesn’t take much time. However, to reach there without …

12/11, 7:22 AM I used a cellular phone for the first time in my life a long time ago for my job. It was a big and heavy one and it was difficult to carry around. I thought that it was inconvenient. Later, when I was in the monorail, a pers…

Dear Jami,It might be surprising for you that I decided to join the New York marathon this year. I will go to New York close to the race. It would be wonderful to meet you in Connecticut after the race. The race is going to take place 6 mo…

jump the gun = to be hasty, to do something sooner than you should scratch someone’s back = to return a favor to hit the ceiling = to become very angry He often hits the ceiling, so everybody scratches his back so they don’t get into troub…

Contact was based on Carl Sagan’s best seller Science Fiction novel, which was directed by Robert Zemeckis and starred by Judie Foster. Carl Sagan was an actual astronomer who introduced his scientific knowledge in a big hit TV and book se…

Nowadays, rock and roll music has become one of the most popular music genres which means that famous rock bands go on stadium concert tours more often. They have become very prominent social events like the Paul McCartney concert that I w…

5.) Your friend needs some help doing something on his or her computer. Write an email to them giving them instructions and tips about this issue.. Hi! In your previous Email, you asked me about how to update TO Windows 10 AND about my imp…

The dog called Kai-kun is the most popular dog these days because of a mobile phone carrier’s commercials. His role in this commercial series is a father of a family. The other family members are humans but only he is a dog. And he talks l…

One of my all time favorite movies is Contact, which is based on Carl Sagan’s novel. I would like to explain about this movie and its theme in this essay. The author Carl Sagan was an astrologist who introduced his knowledge to ordinary pe…

130,000 people demonstrated in front of the national congress in Japan because the current hawkish Prime Minister Abe and ruling party, LDP, were trying to pass several very controversial bills. These bills are the so-called war bills. If …

One of the most popular recreation areas in my country are the southern islands which is called Okinawa. Japan is vertically long so it has three different climate zones from sub-arctic to sub-tropical. Although most of the land belongs to…

What is the meaning of art? Art can express not only our feelings and emotions but also stimulate our imagination and creativity. Even science, technology and business cannot develop without such things. For example, George Takei shared on…

Hello my decendent, Sometimes, I imagine what future life is going to be but I only know life in the 21st century. I’d like to tell you about that briefly today. One of the symbols of this time is THE IT revolution, it started in the late …

In THE/MY previous writing, I mentioned the reason why Microsoft released Windows 10 for free. In this short essay, I’d like to dig UP this topic further. According to the information on the web, half of MICROSOFT’S PROFIT has been gained …

Dear Microsoft, It is the day when Windows 10 IS officially released. This free upload release has some unsure issues and also it clarifies some problemS which microsoft has these days. Many people are wondering now why it is free for one …

The other day, when I was watching an internet broadcasting show, I listened to your music as BGM. The sound was catchy to me so I asked the broadcaster what band’s songs were playing on the show. He explained that this WAS A currently pop…

I have seen Paul McCartney two times in my life. The first time, it was 20 years ago when he came to my town to play 2 gigs at a big indoor baseball stadium. Before the concert day, he went to watch Sumo wrestling. Tt was a private visit, …

1.) You have just watched a movie you were very excited about but didn’t like the ending. Write a letter to the director suggesting a new ending. Dear Director, I am a fan of your films and I always WATCH AS MANY OF your movies as I can. Y…

Dear friends, Thank you for helping out for developing my English skills through the conversation on Skype. Thanks to you guys help I can brush up on my English, and I have fun time with you guys. Even though we are living far from each ot…

My favorite TV show was Wayne's World, however, I couldn’t watch it because SNL was not broadcasting on Japanese TV. I just watched two movie versions at that time. And I watched some episodes of Wayne’s World after youtube began to be ava…

I was wondering what was inside so I opened the box and I found a small woman there. She said “Thank you for opening the box, my name is Jennie, nice to meet you. I usually live in a magic pot but when I left my pot to go shopping, I got l…