2008年8月21日木曜日

two more days

hi, this is Riho from Yuki's room.
today, the weather was cloudy and it was pretty hot

we finished our business plan today
and now we have to prepare for the presentation

we are going to do rehearsal in Jessica's class tomorrow
but I haven't made my manuscript yet

I think I have to stay up late today

we only have two more days in St.Louis
I wanna go back to Japan but it's kind of sad

I want to enjoy the rest of time here

2008年8月20日水曜日

how do you say "whats up" in japanese?

i mean, really. we really need this magic phrase that means the same as "whats up?"
with this word, you can start a small conversation with almost everyone in the U.S.
but what about in japan?how should we start a conversation like the americans do?
oh, wait. this is takashi from yuki's computer.

well, only 3 days left... and at last, we finally finished our business plan.
when we first came to st. louis and spent a night with 29 rikkyo friends, 3 weeks in st. louis seemed like forever to me. but in 3 days, our biggest event of the summer will come to an end.
my feeling right now seems kind of wierd...it's like... i wanna go back but i wanna stay with my friends. we had many deep conversations and that's what made our relationship become very close.
i never thought this EAP program would be this amazing in terms of school work (ron and mr. hauff's class), fun activities, and most of all; chilling with my friends. i'd like to thank all the people who planned and managed this program.
well, there's still 3 days left so i'd like to take my best chances to learn more and become a better person.

thanks, i'll see you soon.

2008年8月19日火曜日

to maintain relationship...

Hello!!This is Akihiro, in yuki's room too.

We have to finish our business plan by tomorrow?,
so we are ready to stay up late....

Today, we visited another 3 companies in the afternoon.
They are Big river running(a kind of sport shop) , Dyepro(a car cleaning goods store),
and Butter up cookies(a printed cookie company).

I'm so interested in them because they have very clear business plan, especially Big river company. I think that they have succeded because of the specific plan.

About Dyepro, I was impressed that it seems they adapt comsumer demand.

The cookie company is ... cookies were so delicious, and printed very clearly.
I think that printing something on cookies is more practical way to remain memories,
so people use the service, and they have succeded.



to finish business plan in America is more dificult than that of in Japan,
so please someone help us...
WE NEED MORE SLEEP!!

2008年8月16日土曜日

"FUN" is borderless!!!!

Hi! This is Satomi from yuki's room.

In Ron's class we talked about our business plan.
We have to finish it by wednesday, but it's a long looooong way ;'(
Our business partner works, so we can only meet her on tuesdays and thursdays from 6:30.
but this week, we had to go out, so we couldn't meet her X(
Rikkyo requires us to get the american students to be part of our presentation, but we only have a few time to meet her!
This week, it's going to be a hard time for group D...

In Jessica's class we made our company logo and our slogan.
"FUN" is borderless!!!!

After dinner we went to the city museum.
actually, it wasn't a museum.
We had a lot of fun!
On our way back to the dorm, we saw a crazy japanese show(actually not japanese) which is veeeerry popular in U.S.
Haaaai majide★

We came back to the dorm and had ouji and mitsu and akki's birthday party!
It was very nice and we enjoyed it veeeeeeery much :D

good night!

2008年8月15日金曜日

viva☆baseball!!

This is Riho from Mao's room
today, the weather was cloudy
but the sky in st.louis is so beautiful everyday
i'm taking picture of sky almost everyday

well, today in the moning class
we went over the business plan with Ron
i think our group has really good teamwork
i like my group so much
we are doing well in making the business plan so far

today after class, we played baseball
it was so fun
everyone said i played well so i was happy(^^)
we enjoyed so much

we are going to city museum tomorrow
i think we can have nice time at there too

2008年8月14日木曜日

i miss japan

hi, this is takashi from St. Louis, and i really miss riceballs.
Weather has been real nice, and the people here are also very nice.
We've been doing lots of activities recently; such as going to the mall, visiting our host families, and etc.
Our business plan...umm...i guess we're doing alright. One thing for sure is that we have the best teamwork out of the 6 teams, so hopefully it will turn out real good the next week...be ready:)

oh well, we have a baseball game tommorow so i better get to bed. see you next time!

2008年8月13日水曜日

exhausted...orz

Hi! This is Satomi from yuki's room :D

2 hours ago, I was in Mao's room as soon as I came back from shopping, writing the blog.
It took an hour for me to complete it, but in a few seconds, my diary vanished when I tried to send it X'(
So, I'm writing it again in the time I had been sleeping!!!!

Today, we explained to Ron what we had searched about our competitors.
We also wrote letters to the companies which we went yesterday.
In Jessicca's class, we talked about business meetings and had time to explain about what we learned in our field trip.

Recently, I am enjoying playing ultimate frisbee with my new teammates before classes!
We're planning to have a game before we go back to Japan and I'm so excited XD!!

2008年8月12日火曜日

When she is angry...

Hello this is Akihiro.
It is sunny, but not hot, so it is so comfortable day for us.

We had two classes in the morning, and in the afternoon we visited some companies.

However since my listening skill is so poor, it is hard for me to understand some of explanations.
but as i can heard, it sounds interesting.

After that, we played in the pool, and tried to take a dinner.
There was the problem. The door of dinner room was closed, so we couldn't eat.....Why?!

I think that the time we eat dinner in this dorm is so early, isn't it?

We are going to see the star shower tonight.
it sounds amazing!!

2008年8月9日土曜日

sunny beautiful day

hi, this is Eriko.
the weather is beautiful, it is sunny but not humid at all.

this morning, we had eggs again....but we had pancakes!!!
they had something new for brackfast : )

everyone seemed exausted and tired...
it wasn't bad as yesterday but some of the student was trying really hard to stay awake during the class : p
for Jessica's class, we learned how to call people and how to answer a phone in America.
she made us to do a little skid. she had a cell phone and un-plugged phone for us to use it.
it was fun and a good way for people to wake them up : p
now, everybody is waiting for their host family to pick them up.
i hope everyone will have a good time with thier host family!!!

2008年8月8日金曜日

boring day!(^^)!

Hello, this is Riho.
Today St.Louis was sunny in the morning and rainy in the afternoon.
Breakfast was same as yesterday but it wan't bad.
We were working on homework till 2 o'clock yesterday well,,, actually today.
Most of the groups were doing hard last night so many students were taking nap in the afternoon class!
Today's homework is to make a cover page and contents of our business plan and we will almost finish.
Tomorrow we are going to hostfamily's house and I think most of us are looking forward to go there.

2008年8月7日木曜日

host family

today, St.Louis was cloudy in the morning but sunny in the afternoon. Now, we could see beautiful sunset from our dorm.

in the morning, we had a good breakfast!!! i think everyone was happy. classes were okay. for the afternoon class, everyone seemed exhausted and tired because we have been trying to do our best.

after we got back from classes, my group worked on project. after that, we met our host families. at first, most of students, including myself, looked a little nervouse about meeting their host familes. but, once they met, they seemed having a good time talking with them. i had a bit older grandpa and grandma for my host family. they were nice, we talked a lot. though, i wish they had a little kids... they have children but they are all old enough to live by themselves. i guess it does not matter that much, i am excited anyways : )

Augast 6th,2008,
Eriko Sugimoto

2008年8月6日水曜日

Yes, Saint Louis.

hello this is takashi from saint louis. The weather is nice and warm, but the food is pretty bad. I'd like to talk a little about what we did today.
Well, it was the first day we started class, and i felt each class was very interesting. The teachers were entertaining, and I really enjoyed the class involoving lesson. I guess we're "actually"starting our main project (the business plan) from tommorow and I'm totally not excited about it. You know, we are supposed to be on a "summer vacation", meaning we're not supposed to be studying out here in the states. But since there is practicaly no way to get out of this program right now, I'll try to take my best chances to learn more about business.
Well, that's about it for today. see you later, alligator. ← nice!!