Blog # 6 Summer Vacation

안녕하세요? 저는 기무라 다쿠토예요.( Hi! I'm Kimura Takuto. )


Have you already decided what to do during summer vacation? I'm taking part in "Gakushuin University Global Campus Asia 2012" and we are going to Korea from August 1st to 22nd. (Information's here.) We are going to visit schools including Japanese one, a museum, some Japanese based companies and an idol production company ( because some of us like K-pop! ). And of course, we are taking Korean classes during the stay. Participants are as few as 8 people, but I'm sure it will be a nice trip.

By the way, we are going to Taegu not Seoul, and stay in Kyoungpook National University, which is very huge school.


↑my passport:3

But Teagu is a little far from Seoul, which is why I will have difficulty in sightseeing in Seoul.So, I would like to enjoy around Teagu and Busan afternoon. If you have ever been there and have recommendations, please let me know^^

blog#6 GREEN FOR LIFE

 Hi everyone, this is Chiaki. Today, I’ll talk about Green smoothie. Do you know it??

Actually, after having entered this university, I gained about 9 kilograms….How terrible it is!!!! This means when I was a high school student, I was about 10 kilograms less person, another person. WOW!!! I have really wanted to lose my weight, but actually I like eating and drinking, so it is hard for me to keep my diet…

About 3 months ago, in April, I could know about Green Smoothie Diet which a Japanese actress YUKA tried and got her weight lost about 7 kilograms within a half year. So, I have started the Green Smoothie Diet since April. It is very easy for me. You need a mixer, water (or milk), fruit (especially bananas) and vegetables, and then you mixed them and drink it before taking some food. I always drink it in the morning or when I am hungry after supper. I keep doing like that every day, I could lose my weight about 4 kilograms within 3 months!!! Unfortunately, my appearance of my body shape haven’t changed, I think I need do some exercise for my appearance.

Here is a site which I often look at.

I could tell you my favorite Green Smoothies, first one is a smoothie which are mixed with bananas, milk and spinach, and the second one is that are mixed with bananas, oranges, spinach, apple, lettuce and water. The latter is famous one.

Green Smoothie Diet is also good for our health, for example, our skin changes good and we could have comfortable defecation, and it is fun because you can make and find what you like. Why don’t you to start Green Smoothie Life, I am sure it would change your life better and happier, you will be able to lead your life with good conditions of your health.

blog#6 Color Contact Lenses

Hi, this is Shoko:)

have you ever wore contact lenses? I think every one have a friend who wear them every day.

Then, how about color contact lenses? Do you have any friends who use them? I guess not so many here in Gakushuin. Over 15 million people in japan are using contact lenses. however we never know exactly the number of people who use color contact lenses because many users do not buy them trough a doctor. But according to the graph, we can say , the number must be increasing rapidly.

we often hear that colore contact lenses are bad for eyes. Is that true?

Unfortunately, there are many eye problems caused by color contact lenses.  The lightest injury is itching and eye redness.  The worst is becoming blind.  According to the survey by NITE in 2004, one thirds of the eye problems have a possibility to be blind. Isn't it so surprising?? I did not expected how scaring it is.

 Also,according to the survey by National Institute of Technology and Evaluation which is called NITE in 2008, teenagers, specifically 15 to 25 year-old people, account for 90 percent of the whole users who have eye problems caused by color contact lenses.This problem is actually close to us, especially for girls.

How do we prevent eye problems?? The most important thing is going a hospital and getting  proper information before using color contact lenses.

I never say color contact lenses are bad things.  I rather like them because of its usefulness and fashion.  Isn’t it so attractive that you can get pretty eyes by just wearing contact lenses?  At least, it is for me.  That is why many young people are eager to get them even with risks.  However, do you really need to be beautiful even at the risk of losing your health?   No matter how much money you have, you never buy it.  Nobody, especially your family and lovers, would want you to be beautiful at cost of  your perfect health.

So, remember to go hospital before using color contact lenses!! And do not buy them trough the internet!!

Be beautiful in a safe and healthy way :)

Blog#5 Black Swan

      Good evening, I am Fumiya. Tonight,I would like to recommend you "Black Swan"(2011) directed by Darren Aronofsky. Before explaining about this film, I want you to know why I chose this.  As you may know, I am an ameteur hula dancer. On July 29th, I will participate in National College Hula Dance Competition 2012 for sections of group and solo, both. That is why I want to raise my morale with the maximum effort by the end of this month. Needless to say, I know how to be a good dancer, that is a daily practice, but also I think that there are something I cannnot toughen up by only daily practices, so I asked my coach. Then, she told me that besides dancing hula, watching movies about dancing is a good way to deepen your expressions on hula, it may makes your hula more aggressive and emotional. To polish my hula techniques further, I chose "Black Swan".


      The story is about a ballet dancer, Nina (Natalie Portman) who lives in New York, she lives with her mother. Her mother also belonged same ballet company which Nina goes now, but she had to gave up her dream halfway because she became pregnant when she was 28, that baby was Nina. That is why she leave her dream to Nina since her daughter was born, she gave Nina special education of ballet, it made her become an honor ballet dancer, but her ballet is just straight and sensitive, not sensual or wild. One day, she applied for an audition for a cast of Swan Queen. That role have to act White Swan and Black Swan both. Her image fit perfectly for White Swan, but she does not fit Black Swan at all because she is too pure, gentle and delicate for that role. However, Nina wanted that role no matter what, so she persuade her dance director, Tomas. She was asked about her love and sexual experiences because those were neccesary to be the Black Swan , and she was kissed by him. She was so surprised and refused him, then she bite his lips. By this action, he found out her potential to act Black Swan, he chose her as new SwanQueen. Since she was chosen, she was burdened by her mother's pressure, the dance director's scolding,her colleagues's enviousness and her hallucination due to stress by those. Even she was concerned with those distresses, she never gave up. That is why she could give the first public performance of Swan Lake perfectly, but she was assailed by hallucinations at her dreesing room, she thought that she killed her collegue, Lily. However, it was just hallucination, actually she stabbed her stomach with a broken piece of her mirror. Still, she acted perfectly until she finished her performance. This story ends with her lines which "I was perfect",then Lily found out that she was losing her blood badly and Tomas called the ambulance.



     I felt fear because this film's description was grotesque, like losing blood. I felt it was like a horror movie, but I was impressed by Nina's soul for dancing so I could feel passion and learn what should I do as a dancer is not only daily practice, sometimes I need myself to bring to bay, for appearing on a stage like a big scale hula competition which I will partcipate in.  By watching this film, I started thinking more about hula, practicing more. Ithink it was very precious film for my hula life, I will make extra special efforts for that competition thanks to "Black Swan".  If you are interested in dancing, or having experiences as a dancer, you should watch this.

Mia 

Blog#5 "The Box"

Hello, this is Shoko. Today i would like to introduce a mystery film which is named "The Box"(2009). This movie is directed by Richard Kelly.

The story is really interesting. Norma Lewis(acted by Cameron Diaz) who is a teacher and Arthur Lewis(acted by James Marsden) who works for NASA are really close family with a young son.   One day Norma finds a wooden box right in front of the entrance. It is a button with a letter which says an men comes tomorrow. On the next day, a men who has no left side of the face comes Norma's home then explains about the box. If she push the button, she will get 1 million dollars. However, someone she does not know will die in return. After that day,unfortunately economical situation of the family is getting worse and worse so that they need money to keep their life. She decides to push the button and receives money as a rewards. Norma and Arthur notice this is what they must not do. Although they try to give the money back to the man, he never receives it. He just says"unfortunately, the button was pushed."  Since that day, many strange things happen around them. As they involve those happening, they gradually find out what is happening and who the man is. Suddenly, their son is kidnapped. The man comes to see them and tells the son became blind and deaf. If they want to help him, Norma has to be shot by Arthur. This is a really difficult decision for Arthur. But finally, he shoots Norma to help son at the same time, the button is pushed somewhere. 

If you were Norma, can you push the button? To be honest, I might push it because by  temptation of money even though this is not right thing to do. Once you have done, you never can be back the life before you done. This film tells such a right thing which we often forget.
Basic story of this film is really simple and easy to understand but short. That is why the director had to add a sub story to make this film longer and that makes this film complicated and boring. I like this movie though,  it could be much better if make the main story deeper.

Here is an official trailer.

You can also check further information here. please check it if you are interested:)