Blog Queation

I did a survey by asking eight questions to five classmates.

Q1. What topic do you think the most interesting?
A. 5 people answered “New Zealand” was the most interesting.

Q2. What do you think the most important for blog?
A. Three people answered “Easy words to read”, two people answered “Research” ware the most important for blog.

Q3. Did you leave comments on good blogs?
A. Five people answered “Yes!”

Q4. How many comments?
A. Three people answered “About ten”, two people answered “About five”.

Q5. What kind of comments?
A. About pictures, links, information.

Q6. Did you become interested in making blogs?
A. Five people answered “Yes!”

Q7. Do you want to continue writing blogs?
A. Five people answered “Yes!”

Q8. Do you search the Internet in English?
A. Two people answered “Yes”, other two people answered “Quite often”, and one person answered “Sometimes”.

Best Blogs in Other Class

No.1 Tu4.325 Takatakatakkaaaa
This blog is very long and has a lot of information. I respect its hard work. Because I was moved by the length of this blog, I decided to try hard to write long blogs.

No.2 Tu4.303 RIRA*DIARY
This blog is very colorful. The design made me read it. Pictures are so cute, I like them! Because I like High School Musical, I enjoyed reading her blog.

No.3 Tu3.904★SMILEY★
This blog is really cute! I love it. The design is pretty and makes people want to read it.

Best Blogs

I think Mari Torii’s Blog is the best blog because it has a lot of useful information and links. In “Spa in New Zealand”, some different points between Japan and New Zealand how to take a hot spring is explained. I think it’s very interesting information! There are also some warnings in the blog, so it’s worth reading. Pictures are also beautiful .

Second, I think Yuka Kato’s Blog is good because it’s very long. In “Summer Vacation”, I could understand how she enjoyed summer vacation. The blog also has a lot of information about Bath in Britain, for example, food, shopping, and animals. I enjoyed reading them. I like Tohoshinki too, same as her.

Third, I think Ayaka Niinomi’s Blog is good because pictures are my favorite. In “Food in New Zealand”, the picture of ice cream is very cute and the blog tells me a lot about New Zealand’s food. Her blog made me want to go to New Zealand soon. I got to know that sea food and fruits are delicious, so I would like to try them.

National Birds in Japan and New Zealand -Speech-

I’m going to talk about birds in Japan and New Zealand. The national bird in Japan is a pheasant. You can watch this bird in all over Japan. A male is 80 centimeters long and a female is 60 centimeters long. It’s hard for pheasants to fly, but they can run very fast. The reason to be chosen as the national bird is that pheasants can be hunted easily and the meat is good. On the other hand, the national bird in New Zealand is a kiwi. The distribution area is on this graph. The size is like a chicken. They also can’t fly. Because a male kiwi makes a nest, in other words, they make houses, the New Zealander calls the husband who helps with housework “Kiwi husband”.

Birds in New Zealand

Tomtit
The Tomtit is a small (13cm, 11g) bird with large head and a short bill. This bird has curiosity to strangers. So they approach strangers by flying or walking. In almost all cases, these birds are male.

Fantail
The fantails are a small bodied (11.5-21 cm long) birds with long tails; in some species the tail is longer than the body and in most the tail is longer than the wing. When you walk in a forest, this bird appears suddenly and flies around you to show off. You may feel dreamy when watching this bird’s flying.

Rifleman
The Rifleman is New Zealand's smallest endemic bird with fully grown adults reaching around 8 cm. This bird doesn’t often approach people, but you can watch it comparatively closely.

Bellbird
The bellbird is found throughout both the main islands of New Zealand apart from the north of the North Island. This bird sings like a bell in a church. So the bird has this name.

New Zealand Pigeon
The New Zealand Native Wood Pigeon (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae) or Kereru is a large bird at 18 inches (51 cm), It is the largest bird in New Zealand. This bird is a little bigger than usual pigeons. Therefore, it’s often eaten in the past.

Presentation Speech ―La Tomatina―

I’m going to talk about some attention of participating in La Tomatina. Participants must not bring dangerous objects, tear T-shirts, you must crush tomatoes lightly before throwing, be careful of trucks carrying tomatoes, and be punctual. The place where La Tomatina is held is Bunol in Spain. Bunol is in the east of Spain. From Narita in Japan, you can fly to Valencia Airport. And from there, you can go to Bunol by train. Let’s go to Spain and enjoy La Tomatina to get rid of your stress! That’s all. Thank you for listening to our presentation. Do you have any questions?

La Tomatina

My group is researching about La Tomatina which is a famous festival in Spain. La Tomatina is the festival that people throw tomatoes each other. It’s held on the last Wednesday of August every year in Bunol of Spain. Around the day of this festival, people from all over the world go to Bunol and the small city Bunol is filled by tourists. In 2007, about 30000 people enjoyed La Tomatina.

In an eve, people drink and dance together. There aren’t any tomatoes yet. In the morning of the festival, participants go to Pueblo Square to eat sweet rolls. Some people already can smell tomatoes. At 9 or 10 o’clock, a winner is decides by the competition that people climb the pole and catch uncured ham on the top. Because throwing tomatoes can’t start until someone gets the uncured ham, this competition is very important. At around 11, throwing tomatoes starts. Participants say “To Ma Te” and throw tomatoes each other. At 1 pm, a tomato battle finishes. At the same time, the city staffs come and wash around Bunol by a powerful water hose. Two hours later, the city is the same as before.

The origin of La Tomatina is a fight of young men in 1945. One of them took a tomato from a greengrocer’s shop and threw it to the other one. On the same day of the next year, the same member gathered with tomatoes. The tomato battle was prohibited same times, but it’s a famous festival in the world now. Participants have to follow these five rules.
1. No dangerous substance
2. Not tear T-shirts
3. Crush tomatoes lightly before throw
4. Be careful for trucks carrying tomatoes
5. Be punctual

Let’s go to Spain and enjoy La Tomatina!