http://lang-8.com/298183/journals/rss yusskei's latest journal entries Lang-8 Inc. Thu Jun 20 08:33:07 UTC 2013 Thu Jun 20 08:33:07 UTC 2013 Lang-8 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Lang-8 What aspects could you correct and how about style, component and coherence?
In addition, I am grateful if you suggest rephrases to improve this short essay.

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Question:

People naturally resist making changes in their lives?
What kind of problems can this cause? What solution can you suggest?

My answer:

In general, people are tend to avoid making changes because in many cases, they make people anxious and have them feel stressful.

One of the big problems is prevail of English. Nowadays, English is getting common and people are required to use it in various situations. For example, some companies in Japan introduce English as their common language. From an important business meeting to a casual conversation, all employees have to do in English. It causes that some employees feel very stressful because they cannot communicate well with their colleagues and bosses. Badly, they think that they cannot work there any more and decide to resign.

One possible solution is to make changes gradually. It means that people can cope with small problems by themselves. Take the company which English is used at office as an example, changes could be made in a little scale at first. Introducing English in e-mail is one of the measures, not conducting all conversations in English. After that, important report and conference could be done in English. By doing this, employees will be getting familiar with English gradually and feel less anxious and stressful.

To sum up, changes could be made gradually to avoid people resist it. I believe people can adopt them in usual whenever the changes are small.

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Thank you all the time!

Posted at Wed Dec 05 06:34:56 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/298183/journals/300954226459960903630719841461490133422 http://lang-8.com/298183/journals/300954226459960903630719841461490133422 yusskei Wed Dec 05 06:34:56 UTC 2012
I started studying IELTS. Im greatful if you help me.
The question is the picture. It is writing test and my answe is below.

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The circle graphs show that propotion of five types of household garbage in America in 1990 and in 2005. According to the graphs, there are changes in two categories especially.

First, waste of paper dicrease by 40% in 2005 from 53% in 1990. It is still top reason of US household waste.

Second, the graph shows waste of plastic increases. Although it was fifth reason of US household waste in 1990, it became second reason in 2005.

To sum, we can find that large change in US household waste in 1990 and in 2005 especially regarding paper and plastic. Paper declined and plastic grew.

Posted at Mon Oct 15 01:19:50 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/298183/journals/1729038 http://lang-8.com/298183/journals/1729038 yusskei Mon Oct 15 01:19:50 UTC 2012
Do you agree or disagree with this idea?
"Always telling the truth is the most important consideration in any relationship"

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I disagree with the idea that always telling the truth is the most important consideration in any relationship. The reasons are as follows.

Firstly, telling the truth is not most important matter in relationship. I believe that communicating with each other smoothly is more important than telling the trust to keep or engage relationship. Relationship collapse because of fight. To avoid fight, occasionally not telling truth is useful. For example, children, especially in case of he is higher than teen, haven't to do tell his schedule to his parents in detail. That is because something probably makes his parents concern about you and may cause trouble. Actually, when I back home at midnight, I tell may parents it but not tell why I will be back later. It is comfortable for each other and avoid needless trouble.

Secondly, telling the truth is not important in certain relationship. It is true that being disclosed is good for constructing a relationship, but it is not true that all of relationship need to telling truth. For instance, new teacher feel anxious about his holding first class as same as his student feels. However once the teacher express his feeling, the students get anxious too. The relationship between the teacher and the students will collapse. In fact, my friend stand on the class vigorously as a teacher though she is newcomer who had graduated university just before.

Therefore I disagree with the idea that telling the truth is always most important thing in all relationship.

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Thanks!



Posted at Tue Aug 14 23:51:06 UTC 2012
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I would be grateful if you could assess my writing and give me advise.
I will review on my own, but I want to refer the view of native person.

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The lecturer points two findings about team working.

Firstly, there was "free ride" in some team members when team worked. Some people didn't work well, but they reworded as same to people worked well. The reading states that various individuals who have talent or strengh in each area cooperate and collaborate well. However the study taken place in a company didn't show it.

Secondly, decision was not made quickly. Passage states that the response in group is quick because the number of people is involved in it and group can move quickly. However the study showed that decision was not made quickly because there was difference of thought in each members and they couldn't get agreement an then group couldn't move forward anymore. The lecturer conclude the project failed because the team working didn't work well.

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Posted at Sun Aug 05 23:03:46 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/298183/journals/1613392 http://lang-8.com/298183/journals/1613392 yusskei Sun Aug 05 23:03:46 UTC 2012
Firstly, access is convinient. As I use the Air Asia, I will leave Japan on 11pm and I will be able to reach Kuala Lumpur 6:30am. It sounds good for short tripper to spend a time as long as possible. As well as outward, return is also convinient. I will go back to Japan 2:30pm from KL, arrive my home towan on 11pm. It's itineary is fantastic!

Secondly, it has a nice beach around there. Though I will reach KL, my final porpose is Cheratin. Cherating is said that like a nice beach and favored sight by backpacker. A beach always makes me relax and I really love it.

For these reasons, Kuala Lumpur is sound good for me and I can not wait it.
If you are or will be in there in that time, let's hang out!

Posted at Mon Jun 11 10:29:20 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/298183/journals/1525065 http://lang-8.com/298183/journals/1525065 yusskei Mon Jun 11 10:29:20 UTC 2012
*Sample Q3.
Nowadays, food has become easier to prepare. Has this change improved the way people live?
Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

*My answer
What we prepare food easier has changed our live in various ways especially for woman. It helped woman though mostly, woman has been in charge of cook in family all over the world

Firstly, a grocery supermarket helped woman to offer a variety of food steadily. Woman could buy variety of food every time and they could serve a meal to their family.

Secondly, precooked food or restaurant reliefed woman from cooking that is heavy burden for them. Woman could enjoy a reisure time or could work more as they like.

Therefore what we prepare food easier has changed our live in various ways especially for woman who is in charge of cooking.

Posted at Tue May 22 23:12:05 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/298183/journals/1490767 http://lang-8.com/298183/journals/1490767 yusskei Tue May 22 23:12:05 UTC 2012
*Sample Q.2
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Parents are the best teachers. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

*My answer
I have agreement with the statement because parents have a lot of chance to teach to their child especially early age child. My opinion is based on following two reasons.

First of all, parent are the person who know their child the most. Parents see their child since child was boen. Parents know child's character and trait so they can advise child accurately.

Secondly, parents have a time with child. Especially when child is early age, parent are with child in long time. So parents have a time to teach a lot of things to child.

Hense, I think parent are the best teachers especially when child is early age.

Posted at Tue May 22 15:33:14 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/298183/journals/1490354 http://lang-8.com/298183/journals/1490354 yusskei Tue May 22 15:33:14 UTC 2012
*Sample Q1.
People attend school for many different reasons (for example, expanded knowledge, societal awareness, and enhanced interpersonal relationships). Why do you think people decide to go to school? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

*My answer
I think people go to school to earn variety of experience, especially college students. My statement is following the two reasons.

Firstly, college students can earn a knowledge of field in their major and minor. It is useful in time they seek a job.

Secondly, college students can earn a relationship to a lot of people. College is melting pot because it is composed to people who is from variety of states or other countries. Hense college students face to cultual gap and it makes students character unique and students life meaningful.

Therefore I think people go to school especially college student in below reasons.

Posted at Mon May 21 22:44:09 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/298183/journals/1488869 http://lang-8.com/298183/journals/1488869 yusskei Mon May 21 22:44:09 UTC 2012
The reason is very simple and only one, for study abroad.
Study abroad is my near dream and my thought is following two reasons.

First of all, I aspire to learn a English. I have worked as a member of PR (Public Relations) Agency for a two years. My clients are consistently Japan brunch of foreign or international company. Many business person who can use and speaks English well are in there and they are charge of important jobs. For two years, I strongly feel needs of English in Japan. For instance, recently I am replaced a account, means client in jargon, because I have high score of TOEIC. I feel many space or chance of jobs remains in English needed fiels.

Seconds, I try to study PR and Media in depth. Since I have worked two years, I feel that the knowledge of PR and Media are more needed. I challenge every day through the work but, at any timing, I want to learn it logically.

Hense I want to go study abroad near future and I learn English here. If you support me, I feel be grateful with you!

Posted at Wed May 16 23:20:54 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/298183/journals/1480480 http://lang-8.com/298183/journals/1480480 yusskei Wed May 16 23:20:54 UTC 2012
In my office, English is used commonly. There are many e-mail and document in English but, today English emerged suddenly in different situation. That was a telephone meeting.

A telephone meeting is meeting over the telephone literally. Every attendants don't gather to the conference room but are in their desk. A presenter show attendants an agenda and presentations through the intranet and he speaks over the telephone wich we attendants can hear it.

If you imagine that it will be done all in English, you would also imagine that it's hard to catch up with to Japanese. That's true. And unfortunately, since we could not use intranet because of technical trouble, we did it by only telephone and power point today.

It is very difficult to catch up with to me because of two reason. First, attendants are all native English speaker. They speaks English very fast rather than my iPod. Second, I listened English through the telephone. Listening through it is more difficult than listening in face to face because I can't see speakers face or body language. So it is difficult to understand tone of speaking.

Overall, that is good experience for me and I decide to study english more harder.

*picture attached is license by StevenErat

Posted at Thu May 03 03:39:07 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/298183/journals/1456950 http://lang-8.com/298183/journals/1456950 yusskei Thu May 03 03:39:07 UTC 2012

One time, I told you that I love the art and the space of the art. Today, I also write about it and introduce great art museum.

Towada Contemporary Art Museum is in Towada City, Aomori Pref, Japan. It contains many notable contemporary art works. For instance, Ron Mueck from Australia, inges idee from Germany, or Yayoi Kusama from Japan.

The reason why Towada Museum is nice is not only the museum itself, but also around there is also full of art. Many art works are in street, park or yard of the museum. The art is disclosed and the art is not special. That is why Towada Museum is great and the reason you must visit there.

*Towada Art Center
http://towadaartcenter.com/web/towadaartcenter.html

Posted at Sun Apr 29 23:01:25 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/298183/journals/1451254 http://lang-8.com/298183/journals/1451254 yusskei Sun Apr 29 23:01:25 UTC 2012
It start from April 28 to30 and once agan, from May 3 to 6. If 2 days in center of them is day off too, you have 9 consecutive day off!! Actuary, my colleague will take a paid holiday tomorrow, and amazing long holiday come on.

What I want to say in this post is only one thing. I don't want to wake up tomorrow :|

Posted at Thu Apr 26 14:58:00 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/298183/journals/1446093 http://lang-8.com/298183/journals/1446093 yusskei Thu Apr 26 14:58:00 UTC 2012
Though I don't understand art, I love art museum. I am favor with space of art rather than art itself. The Watari-um Art Museum is one of my favor museum. It is small but very simple and united. It always holds interesting exhibition.

Now, exhibition "Turning Around" is being held. Some famous artist is featured, for example JR from France, Adbasters from Canada, VOINA from Russia and Chim↑Pom from Japan. For more information, JR won the TED prize in 2011 by presentation "Use art to turn the world inside out".

I was very inspired by this exhibition. Perhaps I watch the JR's TED video every day. It is awesome.

*Watari-um Art Museum: Turning Around
http://www.watarium.co.jp/museumcontents.html

*JR's TED prize presentation: Use art to turn the world inside out
http://www.ted.com/talks/jr_s_ted_prize_wish_use_art_to_turn_the_world_inside_out.html



Posted at Wed Apr 25 16:04:17 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/298183/journals/1444489 http://lang-8.com/298183/journals/1444489 yusskei Wed Apr 25 16:04:17 UTC 2012
2 weeks ago, I went to Kanazawa city in Ishikawa pref, Japan. In there my friend and his girlfriend taken me interesting places. One of them was Chirihama Drive Way.

Since "hama" means beach in Japanese, Chirihama Drive Way is beach on witch we can drive by own car! We drived on beach by my friend's girlfriend car. Sometimes stopped it on shore line and talked with him or walked with him feeling good sea wind.

The picture attached is my favorite one. My friend was in driving seat, his girlfriend was in next to him and I shut a picture from back of them. It remembered me the mexican movie " Y tu mamá también" ,"And your mother, too" in English. Maybe it has a scene looks like the picture, young people is in car at near beach. That feels me special.

If you will visit Japan and will go to Kanazawa, It could be better for making a excursion to Chirihama.

Posted at Tue Apr 24 14:57:02 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/298183/journals/1442354 http://lang-8.com/298183/journals/1442354 yusskei Tue Apr 24 14:57:02 UTC 2012
Somedays ago, I found a nice magazine in bookstore. "CORNER" is its name. CORNER was published in first time from publisher, Espre, inc. in this April. Subtitle of this issue is "Life with Running West Coast Report".

So it introduces people living west coast of United States and their lifestyle with fine pictures, good texts, beautiful design. In article, some people interviewed and everyone said "Running is interstring and healthy!" with his and her smile. It makes me think "Running at West Coast could be nice! I wanna go there!".

Though I don't have read yet, the other of interview, magazine introduces Nike's bland story or historical people or shoes. Actuary, product you can see in magazine is all Nike and advertisement is also. So I wonder this magazine tie-ups to Nike.

Anyway, this is awesome magazine and I recommend you to read one time at least. If you are runner or Nike lover, must not miss it.

*Note:
Original made by Japanese is in my blog: http://presslibre.com/tsubuyaki/magazine/

Posted at Sun Apr 22 13:47:58 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/298183/journals/1438631 http://lang-8.com/298183/journals/1438631 yusskei Sun Apr 22 13:47:58 UTC 2012
Do you know the story grandfather and memo that has spread in twitter at around 2010. One day a man picked up a book from his grandfather’s shelf. When he opened the book, he found a short memo. It says “welcome my grandchild, I think you grow to be worth reading this book and I am so delighted”. A man said it was very heartwarming and he was delighted too.

※You can read a article regarding it.
Internet Watch: http://internet.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/yajiuma/20100106_340549.html

Surprisingly similar event was happened in my life some days ago.I got a book “The House on Mango street” at The Book Cafe Rawai Phuket in my last year’s summer trip.

※Please refer to: http://presslibre.com/travel/phuket/bookcafe/

Recently I read again and I found a sign. It says “to Kristine with LOVE your father Felipe”. I said oh my god! and it reminds me of that story. I feel father’s love is common all around the world and I wish I would be so.

Posted at Sat Mar 24 08:20:47 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/298183/journals/1380519 http://lang-8.com/298183/journals/1380519 yusskei Sat Mar 24 08:20:47 UTC 2012

I love traveling, especially beach and sea area in our Asia. I went to Phuket, Thailand last year and I enjoy very much. Most notable thing is book cafe that is much inspiring. This post tells the story.

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Phuket is free-bike city. So you can drive a bike or scooter to not only the west side -beach & guesthouse area-, but also to the south area -nature remains more-. Perhaps it happens good luck.

The Book Cafe Rawai Phuket is book store that deals used books. People can sell own books or exchange it to other book. They have variety of books that traveler from all of the world have read and sell. Nice selection!

Book store’s exterior and interior is so awesome that have colorful fabris and it offers good atmosphere. Woman in store is also nice. I sent a mail later, “Can I up your picture to my blog?”, and she replied that “Yes you can put the picture on your blog. please send me the link when you have done it.” It good news for me though I have no idea who write it.lol

That day -September 2011- I exchanged my William S Barrows “Naked Lunch” to Sandra Cisneros “The House on Mango Street”. That was good decision and I brought everywhere in my trip, guesthouse, beach or dinner.

It was awesome book. Storys is interesting, human-warned and funny. It was difficult to understand every for normal Japanese, but I loved parts and parts. I thought who bought it? American or European? in where? It was precious time for my trip.

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I recommend it hardly when you go to Phuket!
(Japanese version: please refer to http://presslibre.com/travel/phuket/bookcafe/)

Posted at Sat Mar 10 17:17:58 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/298183/journals/1357579 http://lang-8.com/298183/journals/1357579 yusskei Sat Mar 10 17:17:58 UTC 2012