Thames Walk

I write about River Thames. The river is running in South England. The length is 346 km. River Thames  was polluted by sewage or industrial wastewater in 19th century. But now, it become to clean because of different cleaning projects. In England many places have "ford" in their names. For example, we know Oxford and Stafford. The "Ford" means the shallow place in the river or lake. People crossed River Thames by walking on the ford when they had no bridges. From this background, people gather near the ford and it became the big city.

Weekly Journal 10

This weekend I participated in Japan student surfing championship. The conditions was bad , it was cloudy or rainy. I lost at semifinal and got the 6th place. Because I am really frustrated, I practice hard and I will win next time. I am looking forward to summer vacation.

Music and Theatre

I want to write about Amy Winehouse.  She is a singer songwriter  of jazz and R&B.  She was born in 1983 in London, England. She sung about love, sadness and anger with very passionate lyrics. I like her husky voice and romantic melody.  A lot of her songs is listened to all over the world. But she died for only 27 years because of drug and alcohol addiction. Many popular singer died at 27 years old. The strange death is  called "the 27 club" and feared. Unfortunately, she became the member of the club. I hope that many people keep to remember her and listen to her songs.

Weekly Journal 9

Last sunday, I went to enoshima with my friend. Enoshima was very crowed because of holiday. Because the weather was pretty good, I swam in the sea with only shorts. Many people looked fun at the beach. At the evening, the sunset was vey beautiful.

Football Commentaly

This is the final race of mens 100 meter breast stroke in Atene Olympic.
the battle start finally. In 5 lane, Japanese Kosuke Kitajima  started very nice and quickly. It was  fast reaction.
He is leading the race and turn at 1 place now. He is good position at the first 50m.
In 4 lane, Brendan Hansen is catching up. Kitajima is swimming with strong stroke.
Last 5 meter, it is dead heat. ....
Kitajima finished 1st place!!! It is amazing.  Congratulations!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITQXiO1nfto

Weekly Journal 8

My feel good song is " kiseki" by GReeeeN. This song was released in 2008. At that time, I was 11 years old. This song was used as the thema song of the drama and movie "rookies". It got the first place at the Oricon chart. It have catchy melody and very impressive lyrics. I often listen to this song when I want to cheer up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwTinTO0o9I

Weekly Journal 7

Three weeks ago, I went to Hakone with my friends. In the morning, I have classes at Hiyoshi. So I arrived at Hakone Yumoto station in the afternoon. I had lunch in soba shop. After lunch, I bathed in hot spring and took a sauna for a hour. I sweat much and refreshed. I ate sushi at dinner. It was the great trip!