Emily+WorldUE(KGU)

HI! My name is EMily. I'm a students of Kwansei Gakuin university and I' m 2nd grade now. I am studying English ecology, law, and the process od being a teacher, and so on. I intend to license of an English teacher. And I think I try to driver' s license and other qualifications about geography, because I like it very much. I live in Takarazuka City in Hyogo now, however, my hometown is Hiroshima. I live alone, so I started to cooking at the same time of entering university. My favorite recipe is gratin and hamburg steak. I begun to cook an omelet these days. I want to be good at cooking in the future. Then I like watching baseball game and listening to music. My favorite baseball team is Hanshin Tigers and Hiroshima Carp, and I often listen to the songs of Hikaru Utada very much. In addition, my special ability is ballet. I study bullet during all primary school days. I love both doing and watching ballet. I also like traveling. My favorite place is Okinawa. I went to Okinawa when I am a high school students. While I stayed 4 days, I learned about the situation in Okinawa during World War Ⅱ, I feel the importance of peace deeply. In addition, I did sight seeing in Okinawa's main street and the aquarium. In addition, the sea in Okinawa and very beautiful. so I think it is worth visiting!!! I could come in contact with the culture and tradition of Okinawa. So I want to travel there again. I am now interested in the industry of sightseeing, and the Chinese language. I want to try to travel to many famous place while i am in university. and I want to be a good Chinese speaker ( of course English speaker too!). Then I want to travel to China in the future.

Now I will introduce Japanese culture. First, Kimono is connected with Japanese from old times. When we grow up to be a man and woman, we take part in a coming-of-ceremony in Coming-of Age Day. In this day, almost all new adult wear kimono, it is the proof of becoming adult. In addtion, we Japanese wear kimono when we join tea ceremony and so on. Then we wear Yukata, which is different from Kimono a little. When there is a dance festival or fireworks festival, we dance with wearing Yukata. It can liven up the festival very much. Second, there is Kabuki and Nou in Japanese culture. Kabuki and Nou is very similar, and they have a long history. There are traditional the head family of a school of Japanese Kabuki and Nou, it is inherited from generation to generation. I study and did Nou when I am a elementary school, it is very different from ordinary life, however, it have wit and humor. So it is very interesting for both perfoming and watching Nou. Kabuki and Nou is worth watching for foreig n who travel to Japan. Third, there are the tradition that we cerebrate New Year's Day than Cristmas Day in Japan. We call New Year's Day Shogatu in Japanese. We Japanese decorate the New Year's decorative pine trees in front of thier house. And relatives get together in one house, then we all sit around the table and eat variety of dishes prepared for New Year's, Japanese traditional dishes which is made before New Year's Day. We call "Akemashite omedetou" each other. In this day, adults give money to thier all children there. It is said' Otoshidama'. Children are looking for it before New Year's Day.

Now I will show my impression of building our group's house in Second Life. I felt building house was very different because we have to think about the structure firmly. However, we could talk about the design of our house, and cooperate to make it, so I enjoyed very much. We tried to make our house as much as possible. How do you feel about our house? It is difficult to build my own house in a real world, but I can build it in Second Life. So I achieve my ideal. I even felt I want to live my house!!! I want to make something again in Second Life. Second Life makes me experience which I cannot do in a real world. So it is very fun to do something in Second Life!!!