The Double

I watched the trailer for The Double, a movie starring Richard Gere. It starts in the US on October 28th.

It's Cassius. He's back. 

Cassius is dead...This is not his work - Then prove it.

This is not his work. 

Blog stats September 26th

94 + 82 + 29 + 65 + 15 = 285 words

My holiday 1

This year's summer holiday was all too short! I spent most of August marking exams and attending meetings, and making some preparations for a presentation in September. Then in September I went to the U.S. to do some research in New York, and to meet some people in New Jersey. I also did a presentation in Kyoto. Then last week my friend from my university days in the U.K. came to stay, so we went to Aso and Fukuoka. His field is civil engineering so he was very interested in Acros and Canal City.

94/285 words

Movies in autumn/winter

I watched a trailer for The Double. It's about a retired CIA agent played by Richard Gere, who is brought out of retirement to solve a murder that was apparently committed by a famous Soviet assassin. It looks very exciting and I want to see it. I don't know when it will come out in Japan.

I also watched the trailer for Abduction. This is about a young man who lives an ordinary life but then he is told that his life has been a lie.

I watched the trailer for The Double, a 2011 movie.

It's Cassius. He's back.

Cassius is dead.

He's dead.

This is not his work.

We'd like the two of you to work together. 

 

 

 

Abduction

I watched the trailer for Abduction, a 2011 movie.

What if you discovered your entire life was a lie?

You're going to kill each other.

There are only 4 of us. Two of us are dead.

There's a leak.

Whoever these people are, I have to stop them.

I want confirmation.

Listen to me, Nathan. We're going to find you. - Not if I find you first!

Abduction. In theaters September 23rd. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Welcome to Writing 4

Hi everyone, nice to see you again! Please check out the outline for Writing 4.

Please have a listen to my second podcast episode, about KGU.

Link format:

Women's Soccer

Although everyone is very excited about women's soccer, I am more concerned about the English Premier League. It seems that Manchester United have renewed their side quite effectively, Liverpool have bought a lot of expensive players, and Chelsea and Arsenal don't have any major changes yet. Manchester City look a little unsettled.

Podcast tips

No spaces in mp3 filenames, please!

And no uppercase letters!

In your blog, add a link to the file in 2 places: in the body of the post, and in the enclosure link field.

Exam

The content of the writing exam will be as follows:

1. Your final declaration for word count, post count, and so on;
2. An original short essay.

Some notes:

• 1 is the most important part. In order to do it quickly, you should prepare a Blog Stats post the day before the exam. Then you can copy the figures from that post onto the exam paper.
• The essay question will be a new one, but it will be similar in some ways with the essays you have done this semester. Watch out especially for simple errors such as santangen no S, and matching singular and plural. Also remember that, in general, a singular noun has an article!
• You can use the Internet to look up information for the essay. But don't spend too long collecting information. Get a few bits of interesting and relevant information, and spend most of your time writing and checking your writing.

Women's Soccer, and other matters

As you probably know, Japan won the women's soccer World Cup. They played the US in the final and won on penalties. Their performance will hopefully serve as an inspiration to the men's team, under coach Zaccheroni.

In the English Premier League, Liverpool have been spending big in the transfer market, while Arsenal look like they are going to lose more than they gain.

Red Gyuu

As you know, yesterday I had a hamburger made from Aso aka ushi. So today I drank a Red Bull. Maybe I will give birth to some red veal soon.

APA reference practice

Daynes, K. (2007). Aladdin and his magical lamp. Usborne.

Mason, C. (2008). Macbeth. Usborne.

Aka ushi

Yesterday, I went to Yagogawa with my family to get our rice milled. Then we went to Aso to eat some sweetcorn and finally we went to Miyaji station to eat a red beef hamburger with demiglace sauce.

Class of July 11th, 2011

On today's menu:

1. Juppun ha Juubun
2. Second-semester typing (notice from Mr Tomei)
3. A note on blog tags (labels)
4. Revision of APA reference format
5. Creating and recording your 2nd podcast episode
6. Blog stats ( Post before class of June 21st.)

Make sure you do your blog stats before July 21st! Also, make sure to finish recording your 2nd podcast episode, and save it in your folder on the 学内私書箱 server, before July 21st.

Also, don't forget to check the Writing Targets!

The number of book reviews for this semester is 12.

The exam is on August 1st.

You can start second-semester blogging on September 1st.

Baskin Robbins

Baskin Robbins is the most famous ice cream speciality store in Japan. (In fact, I don't know any other chains of such stores, though there used to be a single store in Kengun.) During the summer months, they have a special sale allowing you to buy 3 scoops of ice cream for the price of two. Yesterday, my wife said "Hey, let's go out", but she didn't tell us where. But we arrived at Baskin Robbins in Kengun and we all had 3 scoops. I had Love Potion 31, Oreo Cookies, and Caramel Ribbon. Actually, the seasonal flavours available now don't interest me so much. (May favorite time of year is spring when they have Burgundy Cherry.)

Under-21 Football

Last night, as I mentioned in my previous post, Japan's Under-21 team played a match against Kuwait. This was their 2rd round qualifier. These 2nd round qualifiers are played in two legs, and last night's match was the first leg. It was in Japan. Generally, it is more difficult to play away, so it is generally considered important to win the home leg. If the total number of goals for the two teams over the two legs is the same, the team with the most away goals wins, so, just as the away team wants to score, the home team wants to avoid conceding any goals.

The result was 3–1 to Japan. It was a good result, though Japan was a little disappointed to concede a goal, especially after looking so much better than Kuwait throughout the match. Ohsako (from Kashima Antlers) played pretty well. I think the away leg will be held on Thursday in Kuwait, and I hope it will be televised too.

Father's Day

Yesterday was Father's Day. I am very busy these days with work, so I had to go to Kumamoto University for the whole day. But I finished work early, in order to get home by 6, and when I got home my wife said: "Hey, let's go out to eat." So we went to a nearby restaurant that sells "kushi katsu", and we had a nice meal there. When we got home, I discovered that my wife had recorded a soccer match for me to watch. I hadn't realised that there was a match so this was a nice surprise. Moreover, the match was very nice. It was a qualifying match for next year's Olympic Games, between Japan and Kuwait. Japan played very well and won 3–1.

Wizard of Oz

I've just finished my first podcast episode, about the Wizard of Oz. Please check it out!