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About my bicycles (2)

My grandpa bought a new bicycle for me when I was five years old. It was my first bike, whose wheel size was 18 inches. In Japan, we ...
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Jan 31st 2012 20:05
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About my bicycles (1)

How many of my bicycles were stolen? I was stolen my bicycles more than five times in my life so far. I have been stolen my bicycles ...
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Jan 30th 2012 08:22
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I thought Billy Jean is a man who is wearing a black hat and a black jacket.

Yesterday was Sunday and I stayed at home watching YouTube music videos. I watched Michel Jackson's "Billy Jean" after a lo...
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Jan 23rd 2012 10:46
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I thought PR (ピーアール)(public relations) is the abbreviation of "propaganda".

Sometimes people misunderstand something for a long time. In my case, there must be astronomical numbers of misunderstandings, which I...
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Jan 21st 2012 13:28
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Internet is a magic box or a time machine, isn't it?

A several days ago, I happened to listen to a song called "Cousin Caterpillar" by Incredible Sting Band, which was on tony'...
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Jan 20th 2012 19:57
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The "great" apple that influenced me most.

When Steve Jobs was dead, somebody was talking about four "great" apples. If I remember correctly, they are; First: The a...
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Jan 16th 2012 12:46
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Still, the earth revolves!

When I was walking to my workplace this morning, I reached the corner and waited for the traffic light to change. I somehow looked up to ...
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Jan 16th 2012 06:29
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My E-CAP score improved a lot, and I'm very happy now except Xxx.

http://lang-8.com/327490/journals/1237017/E-CAP-pointed-out-that-my-English-is-lacking-of-casual-expressions-It-says-that-I-had-better-us...
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Jan 15th 2012 11:39
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What did Hannibal Lecter say? Is it something like this: "I'll have an old friend for dinner"?

At the last scene of the movie:The Silence of the Lambs, what did Hannibal Lecter say to Craris who was a FBI agent? If I remembered i...
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Jan 13th 2012 15:19
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Might a sincere handwriting be more valuable than typed letters in these days?

Suppose you are a teacher and ordered your students to hand in a paper of what they've learned in your previous lesson. Suppose the...
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Jan 12th 2012 22:01
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What is the correct response to the greeting: "What's up?"?

We were taught that the correct reply to the greeting: "How are you?" is "Fine. Thank you, and you?". Furthermore, we...
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Jan 11th 2012 21:46
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ああー言ってみてぇー I wish I could only say such a line!

The impressive line from the movie Batman (1989) is "I didn't ask." Alicia: "You aren't afraid of anything, ar...
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Jan 11th 2012 13:04
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A comment about the movie Dark Knight ---Who is bad? Batman is bad.---

If I ask to myself, "who is the bad man?", I would say, "Batman is the bad man". Joker is excellent and precise. Th...
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Jan 10th 2012 20:51
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I took the E-CAP examination last Saturday.

I took the online English speaking examination called E-CAP last Saturday. It was my second time taking it. I took it for the first time ...
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Jan 09th 2012 16:58
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Playing tennis

This is a photo in which two women are playing tennis. The woman close to the camera is wearing a red cap and has her back to the camera....
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Jan 06th 2012 08:04
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A photo description

There is one big building at the center of the photo. I think it might be a castle, or a church. I think it would be rather small as a ca...
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Jan 05th 2012 22:01
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A tiny, trivial discovery on New Year's day

Happy New Year, everyone! I thought something pessimistic. I thought something negative. As I'd experienced New Year's day fo...
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Jan 02nd 2012 10:39