BR 1:01：Cirque du Freak (Book 1 of the Saga of Darren Shan)

This is a true story. (p. 3)

When I was 12 years old, my father bought me this book. The hero of this book name is Shan Darren, so it is the same as the name of the author. He is not good boy, he is very bad boy. He is a liar and thief. When Steve who is his best friend was bitten by a poisonous spider, he was afraid of exposing his error, he kept quiet about the matter. He is the child whom there seems to be really anywhere because I I was drawn into a story.  He became a vampire for helping his best friend Steve, but Steve had a grudge to Darren because he wants to become a vampire. I think that he is so unfortunate but this story is good.

Shan, Darren. (2001). Cirque du Freak. Boston: Little, Brown.

 

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essay 3: my hometown

I was born in Hayato town, Kirishima city, Kagoshima and I grew up there. Kagoshima is in the south of Kyusyu and Sakura island is there. The volcano at Sakura island frequently erupts so we can't hang out the wash to dry. If we do that, we must do the washing again. When we walk out, volcanic ash falls from the sky as well as rain. we often have to use an umbrella. Most of stores sell umbrellas for volcanic ash. The next day when it falls, we can see the bags for the ash at the dump site. In Kagoshima, we dump ash as well as combustible garbage. Moreover, we can buy volcanic ash for a souvenir.

The traditional food of Kagoshima is satumaage, sashimi of raw chicken, shirokuma and keihan. Satumaage is seasoned fish meat with salt, sugar and it is fixed in a form and fried in oil. Satumaage, sashimi of raw chicken is the breast and the thigh of the chicken with soy sauce which we put garlic and ginger in. Shirokuma iscondensed milk on shaved ice and served with fruit such as the canned fruit and adzuki bean jam on the top. Keihan is rice on shredded chicken and omelet cut into strips, shiitake mushroom, cut long green onions, cut seaweed, and we pour soup in it. We often eat when we have a school lunch.

Kagoshima has a lot of hot springs. The especially famous hot springs are Ibusuki and Kirishima hot springs. In Ibusuki, we can take a sand steam bath. In Kirishima, we can take a sulfur spring. Ryouma Sakamoto visited Kirishima for his honeymoon with his wife. This honeymoon was the first in Japan. Hayato of my hometown is enclosed by Kinkou Bay and mount Kirishima. I have played there when I was a child. It is very rural but it is easy to live there. There are a lot of small stores, for example karaoke and sushi restaurants. I like to go cycling around my home town. I love my home town.

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essay 2: my treasure

I have two treasures. My first treasure is my friends. My best friends are high school friends. My special best friend's name is Kei. She and I were in the same brass band club and the same class since we were students in the second year of senior high school. One day I was said nasty things to a person so I tried to tell her my complaints. However Kei told me that I must not say that to her. I asked her why I shouldn’t say it her. She said that it was a new term now so I was a bad person when I fight her and I had a friend that I can talk to about my dissatisfaction. She then said that we were best friends! I was exceedingly glad then. After that we passed time together. She more knows about me than I know about myself. When I moved to Kumamoto, she came my house so she met me. She gave me an album and a letter. I read in my moving car. She said that we are best friend even when we are away from each other.” I cried and I wanted to meet her soon. Since I entered university, we are in contact every day. She knows everything about me. She is my treasure.

Second, my treasure is quite a collection of Kis-My-Ft2. They are a music group. I have their live DVDs and CDs, books, and other goods. When I was a student in the second year of senior high school, I was disappointed in love. I lacked the will to do anything. However I read a magazine of johnny’s by chance in the book store. I saw them, they held me spellbound. After this, I often go their concerts in Osaka and Tokyo, and in Fukuoka. They give me vigor and happiness. When I went to their concert for the first time, I shook hands with Taisuke Fujigaya and Hiromitu Kitayama. I was crying and crying in pain. I couldn’t stop my hands from trembling. I said I wouldn’t wash my hands! I worked hard to buy my collection of their goods. If my house were burning, I would enter there for collect my treasure.

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