Blog#4 "The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes"

 Hi, this is Chiaki Tochihara. I'm going to write about one of the famous detective movies "The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes" (1970) sometimes called "The adventure of Sherlock Holmes". I'm surprised because Takuto wrote about Sherlock Holmes but I'm sure there are about 60 works (full-length novels 4 and short novels 56) which are all series of Holmes written by Arthur Conan Doyle. He was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes but I have never read or watched these stories, but instead of this, I have ever read one of his novesl " The Lost World". So, this is the first time that I watch series of Sherlock Holmes and this movie threw me into ecstasies.

*Arthur Conan Doyle

This story is...
  In London, something left by Dr. John Watson ( who is a companion of Holmes and a recorder who records some difficult cases which were solved by Holmes) which had been prohibited to open for 50 years after death of him is being opend at a vault of a bank. That was a record and a case of their (Sherlock Holmes who is famous for a great detective and Dr.John Watson) community life. But, it was really related to their private life, so it had not been opened for a long time. This is the story.
  Holmes has been boring because there was no interesting cases. However, one day evening, a beautiful woman who was wet was sent to Holmes's house by a horse-drawn cab. She lost her memories so she doesn't know what she is and where she is from and so on, because she dropped into the Thames, but Holmes affirms that she is Belgian and her name is Gabrielle. Next morning, her memory is restored and she said that her husband who is a mining engineer invented a pump of air, but she've received no word from him once since he joined YONA & Co..So they go to YONA & Co., but there is no people and there is a vacant place but instead of these, there are a large amount of canaries. And then, Holmes and Dr. Watson go to see Mycroft Holmes who is older brother of Holmes, and he said to them that it is better to get a request from Gabrielle off their hands. However his advice makes them excited and Holmes reasoned the key to solving the question is located in Loch Ness in Scotland, and Holmes, Dr. Watson and Gabrielle go there.
There are three key words which help to solve the case, which are a graveyard, an old castle and a letter of invitation from Mycroft. I don't write any more because I want you to enjoy and solve this case of the story.
  This story is great, interesting and the last is a little romantic. My favorite point and scene is this movie uses the Loch Ness Monster, Nessie for their shape of submarine. I like this story and I colud enjoy solving the case of Gabrielle. Please watch it !!
I'm sure I watch other series soon :)

Blog # 4 " Sherlock Holmes"

Hi! This is Kimura Takuto.

We watch " The Big Sleep" , a detective story in the class. So I would like to write about a famous movie related to detective. This is " Sherlock Holmes". But as there are many movies about it, I am going to talk about one made in 2009. ( Information is here .)

Its story goes like this; Holmes and Watson struggle to solve mysterious incidents caused by an occult sorcerer, Lord Blackwood, who is trying to ruin England. Lord's tricks are so magnificent and unbelievable that many people in the movie think they are really magics or curses. One of his amazing trick is this; after caught, sentenced to execution for his murders, and entombed, he revives and goes on frightening England people. But Holmes and Watson disprove his tricks and prevent his ambition.

Its sequel was broadcasted in 2011 named Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadow, which unfortunately I haven't watched yet.

By the way, I have heard a kind of anecdote from one of our high school teachers that Holmes was able to engage in incidents as a private detective since he succeeded in investing and had much money. Is this true? If you know or have some ideas, please let me know!!

Blog2# Trip to Minatomirai :)

            Hi there, this is Fumiya. I went to Minato-mirai with my friend, Satsuki on June 4th. She took me there by her bike; I rode on a bike together for the first time! It was so interesting, thrilling. Firstly, we went to Colette mare, it is a large shopping mall in Minato-mirai. They had a summer sale, so I bought a skirt. That was exactly what I want! So cute! After shopping, we had lunch at Starbucks. When we were eating our sandwiches, staffs brought us samplings of their new products, “Mango Pudding Frappuchino”, it was so cute and yummy!

                                              This is a picture of the sampling!


Then, we went to Anpanman Museum in Yokohama, I was used to go there when I was a high school student! I like there so much,because the characters are very cute. Someone may think that I am childish, but I don't care. LOL

at the entrance of Anpanman Restaurant

Also, there is a bakery of uncle Jam, his bread are so cute! Here is a picture of those.

  

After enjoyed at Anpanman Museum, we went to Manyo Club, it is a big spa in Yokohama. My friend,Satsuki is a worker at there, so she gave me a free ticket! We enjoyed bedrock bathing for 2 hours, and also we enjoyed watching a wonderful night view from a foot bath which is located on a roof of Manyo Club! We stayed there for 6 hours, we  could relieve our stress and be satisfied completely! If you want to be relaxed, i suggest you to go there.

It is a room of 'Aka', they also have 4 different types of rooms for bedrock bathing.  

The view from there was awesome!!!! You should go there :)

Me Ke Aloha,

Mia

Blog#2 :Volunteer

Hello, this is Shoko. Today, I would like to talk about a social issue, because my last topic is kind of shallow.

I am taking an international development course at Waseda University. In this course, students learn various problems which developing countries face, how serious those problems are, what organisations tackle with the problems, and so on.

Trough this class, I read a book which is the title of "世界をちょっとでもよくしたい". This book introduces 3 stories about students in Waseda university volunteer group. I would like to focus on the 1st story which is about street children in Borneo. 

A cover of the book ↓

By the way, where is Borneo?? The answer is here. ↓

Borneo is an island and it is famous as a resort area where many tourists come in every season. It sounds like a fine place to live. However Borneo has a huge street children problem. Because Borneo is not a rich country, it cannot help those children economically. Also, the government actually has not so much interest in this issue. The main reason is that most street children are illegal. Although the government tried to get them back to their countries, they come back again and again. This is because their home　countries, specifically Sarawak and Sabah, are much more poorer than Borneo. In those countries they can get only a tiny food everyday. 

Waseda volunteer group which is named "Borneo Project(BP)" decided to help street children. They had an image that skinny children standing on a street alone with sad face and there is no hope and no happiness. They prepared some games. One student practice magics. They thought that is a way to make children laugh and happy.

Their image was totally wrong. Street children were smiling and look fine and happy. 

What is volunteer? Is it giving games and showing magics to make children laugh? Obviously, it is not. If the member of BP just disappointed to Borneo's situation and changed a place to do work, I think it cannot be called volunteer work. We must not do volunteer to satisfy ourselves. We have to think what people need first. However it is not enough. We also must not spoil poor people. Just giving food or money is really easy, but it does not help anything. How can we help they as a student? What can we do for them?

Through a long time discussion, they determined to help not only street children but also people in Borneo. They found a huge garbage issue near an immigration settlement. Tons of garbage were thrown on a beach where the settlement is close to. The main cause is people's way of thinking about garbage. In order to fix the situation, they planed a play related this problem. It was an easy way to tell what they thought for everyone especially small children. Their play was succeeded. Everyone enjoyed their play and understood how garbage is bad for environment and their health. After saw the play, people in the settlement started to clean up the beach.

What can we do for poor people? I know there are many answers. I think what BP member did is one answer. Of course, we cannot pay a lot of money to build their home or to take care of them for whole a life. We also cannot change any laws or government to protect them. It sounds like we cannot do any thing. However, in other words, we can do any thing if it does not cost any money or relate to law or government. Doesn't it sound like we are more freer than adults? I think we really are.  So, why don't we think about volunteer a little bit seriously??