？Questionnaire？

I asked some questions to my classmates! The result is as follows.


1. Do you check other blogs?

Yes. : all

2. How often do you check?

once a week : all

3.How many blogs do you check?

4 times : Erina 5: Rika, Miyu 6: Mayuko 7: Mai

4. What kind of topics did you like the best in your blog?

Movie: Erina, Rika Festival: Mayuko, Miyu, Mai

5. What is the most difficult thing for you when you make your blog?

size of picture: Erina quantity: Miyu content: Mai, Rika information: Mayuko

6.How many comments do you have on your blog?

10: Erina, Rika 12: Mayuko, Miyu 8:Mai

7.What's your main decision to choose a best blog?

pictures, links, information: Erina designe: Rika, Mayuko, Mayu, Mai

8. What kind of homepage did you use? (Japanese/ English/Wikipedia)

all: Erina Japanese: Rika, Mayuko, Miyu, Mai English: Rika, Mai

My FriEnD's BloG★

Everyone provided wonderful blogs each!!! I'll introduce best 3 blogs I like to you. Their blogs are very good, so check them NOW!!!

No.1 Lifesize∞ by Mayuko Matsuda
Her blog's design is so cute!! She used nice pictures and linked many pages. What was interesting in her one topic about Maori is Maori's dancing lylics. She put a translation of it, so I can understand what they say.

No2 Square Pants by Chikako Imai
Her blog is simple and easy to read. And she put some beautiful pictures. I think she is a good desiner!

No3 Joy:-p by Miki Fujiwara
Her blog is simple and cute design. She put a graph in a topic about a climate of New Zealand, so I can know it easily.

Cyclone!!!!!

Cyclone sometimes causes in New Zealand!!!! It's a tropical depression which causes in the Indian Ocean and in the South Pacific. "Cyclone" indicates "depression" or "storm" in English. In New Zealand, sometimes it is called a "tropical cyclone" On the other hand, there is a typhoon in Japan like that. Their characteristic is almost the same. If a typhoon goes to the west over 100 degrees of east longitude (Tokei 100° in Japanese), it becomes a cyclone!!! But directions of whirlpool (Uzumaki in Japanese) are opposite. A cyclone in the southern hemisphere is clockwise(Tokei mawari in Japanese), while a typhoon in the nothern hemisphere is anti-clockwise.


A cyclone is given a name such as Ken, Chris or Mike like hurricane in America.

Why Cyclones Are Named?

It's interesting and I think Japanese typoons should be also given names like that.

If the latest cyclone will occur, you can know the movement of it here!

★How to make a cyclone★

1. A steam is made on the hot southern ocean by the strong sunlight.

2. The humid hot air rises high in the sky, and the ascending current(Josho kiryu in Japanese) is made and a cloud appears.

3. A wind gathers from around as swirling, and a cyclone is made and moves as spining.

Climate of NZ★

New Zealand is blessed with warm climate without terrible heat or cold. Northern area is the Subtropical Zone, and Southern area is the Temperate Zone. The warmest months are December, January, and February. While the coldest months are Jun, July, and August. New Zealand is opposite to Japanese seasons because it locates in the southern hemisphere. I think it is comfortable to live in New Zealand.

But the climate of New Zealand is changeable. Instead of it's summer, it would may be cold suddenly or subtropical low pressure would may come, so when you go hiking or do outdoor activities, you should prepare for sudden change of weather.

The average of highest temperature in summer is from 20 to 30 ℃, and in winter it is from10 to15℃. You can check out a weather forecast of New Zealand here.

Human Tower

Hi, I’m Yuka. I’ m going to talk about origine and clothing.
This tradition started in southern part of Catalonia state in Spain at the end of the 18th century. More especially in the city Valls. The tradition later spread to other region of Catalonia and has become very popular. In Catalonia, this human tower is called “castell” and this means “castle” in English.
And typical clothing consists of white trousers, a black sash, a bandana and a coloured shirts which is a team symbolistic colour. For instance, this man’s team colour is pink!!

Elephant Festival from Thailand

In Thailand, there is a famous festival of elephants! It is held on the middle of November in Surin prefecture from 1999. Surin is located in the east of Thailand. It takes about 4 hours from the capital city Bangkok by a car.

In this festival, about 280 elephants gathered and entertained people. They play soccer or basketball. Maybe if you watch that show, you will be surprised!
In Thailand, Elephants are very holy animal and considered as not pets, but members of the family. They are so intelligent as they can draw their own pictures. If you go to Ayutthaya, you can ride an elephant! Please try it!

Anna and the King

I pick up the movie "Anna and the King" which is one of my favourite movies!
Do you know this movie?
The story of this movie is happened in Thailand.

This movie is remake of an old movie "Anna and the King of Siam".
In 19 century, there was the Kingdom of Siam. (now Thailand) The King of Siam, Mongkut, rejected the colonizing from foreign country and tried to make a new modern nation. In those days, a lot of revolutions for conservatives who tried to protect the old convention and tradition. And one day, King Mongkut invited a British woman to the Kingdom of Siam as a tutor who teaches English to children of the King. Her name is Anna. Although she was cluture shocked about foreign rules, she teached to children hard. And Anna and the King fall in love gradually.

Anna was acted by Jodie Foster and the King was acted by Yun-Fat Chow.
If you will go to MLC, you can find this mivie! try to wacth!