420W Journal4 ( I went to a concert! )

The group has four menbers. Two are Japanese, and two are Canadian who are brothers. I'm not interested in them before going to their concert. When I walked to my house, I got phone from host mother. She said if you wanted to go Monkey Majik's concert, she had one extra ticket, so you could go. Although I knew the group's name, I didn't know much about them. I was thinking for a while, and said "Yes". That was because I didn't want to waste the ticket. I went to the bar in which Monkey Majik had a concert with my hostfather's friend who is Canadian. There were lots of Japanese who were lining up for entering the bar and they looked so excited. I got into the bar which was not so big but cozy, and blown is the prevailing color in the bar. People came into the bar and the bar became crowded. The time passed, and people was getting fridget, and me too. Then some people in front of the bar shouted crazily, and everyone looked at the stage. Monkey majik was coming! Some shouted, and some jumped and shaked their hands, and some put bunny cap and appeal they were here. The Canadian guy who are old brother wore a snug T shirt and block flat cap, and the other guy wore a goggle on the gray knit cap and casual block T shirt with silver neckless. They were on the stage which was very near from the place I stood. I didn't try, but I think I could touch them if I tried. Their voice was so clear and strong, and even if they were Canadian, they sang in Japanese and they had no accent. The fans including me moved their hands like a wave. I felt we were like run of fish because we unified and moved for same purpose. I never felt such a identification. It was so amazing and was difficult to explain in words, but I really enjoyed it. Before that day, Monkey Mojik was just one of the group in thousands groups all over the world, and now, but now, they makes part of my life!

420W Journal3 ( What I learned in this class )

It has passed one month and a half, which is half of this session. Since the session started, I have learned lots of very useful and logical way to write academic paragraph. Actually I knew something about the skills, because my major is English education and I had chances to study about that. However, what I did in my class in Japan was just reading books which was not specific and boring. While in this class, I could learn many important things, for example, the importance of blainstorming and outline is one of the most impressive thing for me. At first, I doubted if it is useful to write paragraphs even though Eilidh told us it was very important. I thought it was more efficient to use the limited time to write paragraph insted of wasting the time for brainstorming and outline. Few weeks later, I realized my thought was compleately wrong. How easy to write if I brainstorm and write oultine well bofore starting writing! I was impressed!! Eilidh was correct!! The skills not only made the time I write paragraph shorter, but also made me write more logicaly, specific and methodical. I also learned the importance of transition. Using proper transition makes writing more crealy, specific and easy to understand. Especially academic writing, choosing appropriate transition is necessary. These two idea impress me. Today, Eilidh adviced me to use more complicated sentences. I tried to use, but it was difficult for me because of my lacking vocabrary. I realized what I need to do first is to know and try to use transition.