Why Do I Move

Why Do I Move

                
Homework 10                                                    

     This question “Why Do I Move” is the same meaning of “Why Do I Live”. From the poem, I could easily draw a conclusion that moving is living. There can be many reasons why I live. There can be goals I want to achieve, or to feel thrills that can be only be felt when I am alive. But, basically the reason why I live is because I am afraid of death and I like the way I am. The reason why I am afraid of death is because, I do not believe in afterlife. I think that, when we die, and when our brain stops working, our emotions, our thoughts will be gone as well. We would not even be experiencing that we even exited in the world. So I think the basic reason “why I live” is because I am not dead. No one knows when we are about to die. We can die from dieses or we can die from age. There are many dangers out in the society that might kill us. So living in this kind of anxiety, I want to feel, taste, experience many things before I die. I do not want to regret about my life when I die. To sum up, the reason why I live is because I want to feel and learn many things.

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What Do I Desire

What Do I Desire

Homework 9

It is hard to tell what I desire. But being compelled to say it, I would say that what I desire is to be a versatile person. I want to be good at many things or at least able to do various things. Right now, what I am good at is probably math, or some subjects in my major. In the past, I did not have any thoughts about what I should do in the future, or what I should do to spend time wisely. In conclusion, I had no desire of anything. I was concerned about me wasting time, but was too lazy to distribute some time into thinking what to do. So, in the last summer vacation, I finally had some time to think about myself, and also what I should do to live a good life. In order to do it, I made some lists. I wrote down what I want to do, what I should do, and what things that I should do in order to achieve my goals. As I wrote down what I want to do, I felt happiness. I was able to trace down where I am in this society, or what I am right now. And also, I got some hints about  what I my life goal should be.

First, there are several things that I want to desire this year. To line them up, I want to learn to play piano. My mom taught piano to students when she was young. I was also taught by her, but learning piano was a very boring time for me. So I hardly finished 4  books which are the most basics of playing and understanding the piano. But now, I regret my acts in the past. Although, I can play clarinet quiet fluently, I want to learn another instrument that I can play while I sing a song. Another thing that I desire is to acquire JLPT N1 which is the highest level in Japanese language fluency test. An year ago I took JLPT N2, but because of the low score I failed. Since I did not try my best on the exam, it was natural thing to be failed, but this time I will study more harder and achieve my goals.

To sum up, I think why I would like to be a versatile person is because I would like to get envy from other people. To tell from a objective view, what I desire is attention or respect of other people.

Music in my life

Music in my life

Homework 8

     Right now, I listen to lots of music. But, surprisingly, I barely listen to music in the past when I was in a middle or in a primary school. Because of that, when my friends asked me to join in to go to the karaoke, I refused a lot, since I knew not many song to sing. I think there is many reasons why I did not listen or know many music. I guess one of them is because my parents. They did not buy me a mp3 player, and also did not bought me a cellphone, until I graduated from high school. They thought that songs might disturb my studies. Because the lack of devices, I did not know or listen to song so much. After graduating from high school, I had to learn some popular song in order to get along with my peers. Anyways, I do have my favorite song in my life.

     It is “Viva La Vida” by Coldplay. How I knew this music is as it follows. When I was preparing for the university, I listen to “some” music which was not my taste. Since the song were just given by my friend. One day, my friend introduced this song to me. And as I heard it, I loved the beat, and the rhythm, and also the lyrics. Most songs makes me sick when I hear it too many times. But this song was different. Though I think I listened to this music like thousand times, I never got bored. And also the funny thing is that, since I listened to this song a lot, I got good at singing this song. Although I am not a good singer, my friend always compliment me when I sing this song. I guess this song helped me a lot when I am studying. Since it made me focus better, and also made me much more relaxed when I was getting a rest.

     These days, I got into a song named “The phoenix” by Fall Out Boy. Having a slow and quite life in Tsukuba, the strong beat of this song really got up to me. Although I got a poor memory, I memorized it’s lyrics. I am planning to sing this song at karaoke next time.

     In my opinion, the music in my life had started with me going to karaoke. Since I love going to karaoke, I try to listen to variety of music and try to learn some new things.

Link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pL5pJ4wOwXs

My memory of the Great East Earthquake.

My memory of the Great East Earthquake.

Homework7 

     When the Great East Earthquake hit Japan on April 11th of 2011, I was in Korea. I first got the news from the internet. I saw a huge tsunami striking the city, many people losing their homes, friends and families and becoming refugees. But since I was not in Japan, and had never experienced an earthquake before, I could not even guess what it would be like to experience such magnitude earthquake. Hence, although I felt very sympathetic for the people, I was not able to relate to them. Also, since I was not planning to apply for a Japanese university back then, I never thought that story was relevant to my life.

     After the earthquake, one of the big problems that Japan faced was the nuclear power plant. Because of the huge earthquake, the nuclear power plant in Hiroshima broke down and as a result, large part of Japan’s soil got polluted with radiation. During the holiday seasons, many Koreans visit Japan for travelling, since Japan is one of the closest countries. But as many Korean and international media revealed that Japan’s radiation level can be dangerous, I saw many Koreans cancelling their trip to Japan.

     As years passed, I considered applying for a Japanese University. At first I was worried about the radiation. But as I talked with my mentors and Japanese friends, I realized that I was just overwhelmed by the media’s exaggeration. Also, as 3 years had passed already since the earthquake, nearly everything were backed to the normal. Hence, I decided to follow my plan and applied to the Japanese University.

     I got accepted by the University of Tsukuba and came to Japan last year. Since then, I experienced numerous earthquakes and now I have little guess of what it would have been like for those who experienced the Great East Earthquake. Also, my senpai told me that they got so scared that they decided to quicken their conscription date. Additionally, those who were to start their first year in 2011 were recommended to enter the university in the year after. After hearing such stories from the people around me, I was able to rethink about the situation and felt great empathy for the victims. 

If I Were A Girl

If I were a girl, I would be glad about the fact that I do not have to be conscripted, since every man in Korea is conscripted for two years. I would like to spend those two years meaningfully, such as travelling the world, work to save some money or learning new things. I believe that two years are very significant time that I can use to experience and make self-improvement.

If I were a girl, I would spend lots of money on cosmetics. Although many of my male friends tell me that spending money on cosmetics is a waste, this is not true for girls. All my female friends buy lots of cosmetics such as creams, lipsticks and foundation. I think by using such cosmetics, my skin can be rejuvenated as well as look better.

If I were a girl, shopping would also take a big part of my life. I heard that for girls, no matter how many clothes they have, it is never enough for them. Also, since the fashion trend changes every season and every year, I have to keep up with the latest fashion to be the most fashionable person in the country.

If I were a girl, I would go to the idol concerts every weekend, and find joy of being part of the fan club member. Also, I would be very busy for one of my favorite idols birthday. I would write him letters and send him presents as well. Additionally, I would buy a super expensive camera so I can take photos of him anywhere.

If I were a girl, I would take many selfies, and take pictures of my foods. I would get very angry if somebody eats the foods before I take a photo of it for my social network. Since a small change in the lighting of the photo is important, I would spend another hour editing.

If I were a girl, I would always watch out of my weight and try to stay fit. I would try to limit eating greasy foods or eat after eight at night. But, I would make an exception to chicken fries and pizza, because the pleasure of eating those two delicious foods is greater than going on a strict diet the next day. 

Mr.Cellphone

Homework5

Date5/29

     Mr. Cellphone has the most tiresome work in the whole world. He never gets a chance to rest. He is always very busy checking the mail box, messages, missing phone calls, as well as constant updates of news and other information that his master desires. But, his work does not end there. He has to wake the master up, play with him, talk to him, and even sing for him every day. When he tries to fall asleep, his master feeds him forcefully so that he can work the next day for all day long again. It’s sad because he knows that he cannot be lazy, since every year he will be competing with younger and more powerful workers. He knows that if he falls behind, then his master will desert him anytime he wants. Being Mr. Cellphone is hard. 

Defining features of Bangladesh

Homework4

Date: 5/22

Defining features of Bangladesh

Bangladesh is a country located in Southern Asia, between Burma and India. The country was originally known as Bengal, before the independence war led by Awami Leauge (AL). With the support of India, Bangali won their independence in 1971, which led to the creation of the nation, Bangladesh. However, Bangladesh experienced multiple changes in their political regimes post-independence. The government faced series of military coups, which resulted a military-backed government (BNP) in 1975. Since then, the Bangladesh government alternated power between AL and BNP. Nevertheless, in December 2008, the Bangladesh government became a fully democratic government and has been a democratic country since. The country has made a great progress in many areas, in particular in economic development, however it still needs much development in human resources.  

Bangladesh has a tropical climate with mild winter (October to March), hot, humid summer (March to June) and humid, warm rainy monsoon (June to October). Approximately 60% of the country’s land is arable and most of the country is situated on deltas of large rivers flowing from Himalayas. These geographical factors give Bangladesh many advantages in farming, and hence the country specializes in agriculture. Around half of Bangladeshis are employed in agriculture sector with rice as their main harvesting crop. Also, more than half of their GDP is generated by this sector as well. Another prime industry of Bangladesh is the garment industry. Garment industry makes up 80% of the nation’s exports, surpassing $18 billion. Additionally, the garment industry is known to be very resilient against series of factory accidents and strikes. The agriculture industry coupled with the garment export have contributed greatly to the increasing nation’s GDP. 

Bangladesh is a severely overpopulated country that has a population of more than 1.6million - world’s 9^th largest. The main religion of the country is Muslim, however Hindu also takes a big part. The average life expectancy of the people is 70.65 years and ranks 150^th in the world. Compare to other developed nations, the life expectancy of Bangladeshi is quite low as evident by the relatively small expenditure on health of 3.6% of GDP 2012; ranks 169^th in the world. Bangladesh has a very low GDP per capita of $3400PPP (180^th lowest in the world). Likewise, many people are landless and are living on and cultivate flood-prone land. However, waterborne diseases are prevalent in surface water, and hence putting people at risks of many bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, typhoid fever and more. Additionally, due to use of commercial pesticides, Bangladesh is experiencing clean water shortages. Despite these difficulties, the school life expectancy is average of 10 years both for girls and boys and unemployment is quite low of average of 9.3% for both male and female (105^th world rank).

   

           Bangladesh is a country known for its bountiful agricultural industry and beautiful garment productions. However, the country still needs much improvement in human development. In particular, education (literacy rate), clean water access, and sanitation facility access needs urgent improvements. In conclusion, with the benefit of the country’s geographical location and human resources, Bangladesh is a country of hope and dreams.

Bibliography:

"The World Fact Book." Central Intelligence Agency. Central Intelligence Agency, 13 May 2015. Web. 19 May 2015.