Journal #9

Free Journal!!!

At last, I drove in America!!
The other day, my friend from my high school visited me. We planned to rent a car and go to some famous places around here.

I just got a temporary driver's licence, but it is not the real driver's licence, so I was wondering if I could rent a car or not. As a result, I could rent it with my international driver's license! The car was TOYOTA Corolla, and was a very good car. It was very smooth and easy to drive.

There were so many challenging for me. We didn't have a GPS, so I got lost a lot.
I drove freeway for the first time, I drove at night for the first time, and I drove Down Town LA for the first time. I mean everything was new for me. Sometimes, I felt so uneasy, but everything was fine.

I've done what I felt scary, so there is no more scary thing for me!!
From now on. I am trying to get my own car. I hope I can get a good used car like the car I rented.

Journal #8

In this journal, I want you to reflect on the last 8 weeks of this semester. Do you think your writing has improved? If so, how has it improved? What could you have done better? In the next 8 weeks, what would you like to accomplish? What would you do differently?


I think my writing ability has been improving. Especially this kind of quick writing, which I don't have to think about the structure or grammar, I really feel better than before.
I graduated University 4 years ago in Japan, and I had to write research paper in English. At that time, maybe I learned about thesis, topic, intro, conclusion,,,,, so on, however I didn't remember at all!!! So thanks to this composition class, I could recall how to write the essay properly. I think I have to keep writing in order not to forget again.

Also, I am so lucky because I am taking open university course, and I can use this strategy right away!! What if I didn't learn how to write essay from this class, I think I couldn't find what to do in writing at open university course.

Still I have many problems in writing, so I want to learn more about grammar, how to cite, and so on. Reading good essays would be helpful, so I want to keep reading some reading material everyday.

I can't imagine 8 weeks has passed already!! I have only 8 more weeks.. I have to save some time and do what I should do now!!!!

Journal #7

This week's journal entry is:
1. What is your favorite movie?
2. What is this movie about? What genre?
3. What do you like the most about this movie?
Make sure to give a background information on the movie. Who played the characters? What is the main idea behind the story?

http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi2761621785/

1)My favorite movie is definitely "Patch Adams"!!
I watched this movie when I was high school student for the first time, and I decided to be like him.

Robin Williams played the main character.

2)This movie is based on the true story. "Laughter is contagious ", this is the main theme in this movie. Patch Adams shows the real American medical physician Dr. Hunter Campbell "Patch" Adams. He is not only a doctor, but also social activist, citizen diplomat, professional clown, performer, and author.
In this movie, he realized that most important thing in medical care was warm heart and laughter. At this time, the world did not pay attention to the mental care to the patients, so he got many persecution but he never give up!!!
Now he still alive and teach his method to all over the world.

3) I really like his mentality. He always makes people happy and laugh!!! He really loves patients. I think it is true that physical illness come from mental illness, and today, many people in this world suffer from loneliness, sadness, emptiness, and so on. It is so hard to feel satisfied only with materialistic fulfillment. I want to be like him and I want to make people around me happy!!

Oh, maybe he is in America,,, I should meet him while I stay here!!!