Ryota's Daybook: Language Arts, Basic English and Everything2021-01-15T21:13:48+09:00This is a notebook and guide for learners of English as a second or overseas language, all over the earth. Most of the writings here are in Basic English, first designed by C. K. Ogden, using 850 necessary words and a number of international words only.JUGEMMy Twitter Notes from Yesterdayhttp://ryotasan.jugem.jp/?eid=8732012-11-21T07:46:11+09:002012-11-20T22:46:11Z2012-11-20T22:46:11Z16:48 The weather was beautiful in the morning, but then, there was a change of wind, and it became cold and gray. Now the rain is starting.
18:12 When you are brave, I will say "Bravo!" RT @161718ggg: Be brave
22:32 I'...RyotasanQuick Notes
16:48The weather was beautiful in the morning, but then, there was a change of wind, and it became cold and gray. Now the rain is starting.
18:12When you are brave, I will say "Bravo!" RT @161718ggg: Be brave
22:32I'm still reading 'One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest' and have come to page 310. Ken Kesey writing about fishing is as good as Hemingway.
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]]>My Twitter Notes from Yesterdayhttp://ryotasan.jugem.jp/?eid=8722012-11-20T07:44:23+09:002012-11-19T22:44:23Z2012-11-19T22:44:23Z16:48 I came to my workplace very early this morning, did my hours of work as a teacher, did a little bit of reading, and now, it's already night.
21:21 I've come up to page 240 of 'One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest.' It's the end o...RyotasanQuick Notes
16:48I came to my workplace very early this morning, did my hours of work as a teacher, did a little bit of reading, and now, it's already night.
21:21I've come up to page 240 of 'One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest.' It's the end of Part II.
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]]>My Twitter Notes from Yesterdayhttp://ryotasan.jugem.jp/?eid=8712012-11-02T08:32:21+09:002012-11-01T23:32:21Z2012-11-01T23:32:21Z16:49 It's been a cold but beautiful day. Our university is having sports days. So I have no teaching times.
16:52 Today I took time reading 'The Aeneid' of Vergil, put into English by Mandelbaum. The Trojan Prince is in the Land ...RyotasanQuick Notes
16:49It's been a cold but beautiful day. Our university is having sports days. So I have no teaching times.
16:52Today I took time reading 'The Aeneid' of Vergil, put into English by Mandelbaum. The Trojan Prince is in the Land of the Dead under earth.
17:27Tonight I'm going to have a karaoke song time with some of my young friends.
20:15The song time is over. "Bridge over Troubled Water" has made me see that I'm not a young man with strong voice any more.
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]]>My Twitter Notes from Yesterdayhttp://ryotasan.jugem.jp/?eid=8702012-11-01T08:17:23+09:002012-10-31T23:17:23Z2012-10-31T23:17:23Z21:44 Because I was not well today, I took a day off and DID my work in our flat.
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21:44Because I was not well today, I took a day off and DID my work in our flat.
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]]>My Twitter Notes from Yesterdayhttp://ryotasan.jugem.jp/?eid=8692012-10-31T08:04:13+09:002012-10-30T23:04:13Z2012-10-30T23:04:13Z10:30 RT @hirokiharoki: Tweeted about Fukushima Festivals (October 27 and 28, 2012) http://t.co/jHcmStAP
17:25 Though it's been a beautiful day, I'm not very well. I still have the cold.
18:53 RT @TIME: PHOTO: Brooklyn'...RyotasanQuick Notes
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]]>My Twitter Notes from Yesterdayhttp://ryotasan.jugem.jp/?eid=8682012-10-30T07:54:15+09:002012-10-29T22:54:15Z2012-10-29T22:54:15Z20:42 It seems I've got a cold. It was probably caused by walking in the rain yesterday. I'll go to bed early tonight.
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20:42It seems I've got a cold. It was probably caused by walking in the rain yesterday. I'll go to bed early tonight.
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]]>My Twitter Notes from Yesterdayhttp://ryotasan.jugem.jp/?eid=8672012-10-29T07:42:26+09:002012-10-28T22:42:26Z2012-10-28T22:42:26Z09:36 RT @HirokoTabuchi: Interesting: Why K-Pop Is Taking Over The World - NPR Planet Money feat. @neojaponisme http://t.co/ys6MbxhO
11:31 'The Last Tycoon' was not completed by Fitzgerald. It's not very well-structured. The men...RyotasanQuick Notes
11:31'The Last Tycoon' was not completed by Fitzgerald. It's not very well-structured. The men and women in the story, however, are interesting.
17:17This is the paper made by my son yesterday, from plants, in an old Japanese way. It may be used as a postcard. http://t.co/71X8GKZO
19:38The last part of 'The Last Tycoon' is an outline of the later development, put together from F. Scott Fitzgerald's notes.
19:58It's been a cold Sunday. High school boys were playing baseball. Yellow and brown leaves came down from the branches. http://t.co/FbMdRwnZ
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]]>My Twitter Notes from Yesterdayhttp://ryotasan.jugem.jp/?eid=8662012-10-28T07:37:04+09:002012-10-27T22:37:04Z2012-10-27T22:37:04Z17:51 Today our son went, with his weekend circle of friends and caretakers, to the town named Adachi, to make paper from plants.
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17:51Today our son went, with his weekend circle of friends and caretakers, to the town named Adachi, to make paper from plants.
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]]>My Twitter Notes from Yesterdayhttp://ryotasan.jugem.jp/?eid=8652012-10-27T07:27:20+09:002012-10-26T22:27:20Z2012-10-26T22:27:20Z17:16 We've had a beautiful day. The moon in the sky is fatter and rounder. I'm going away from my workplace, going back to town.
20:20 If you are not happy to see yourself in the looking glass, don't go into it.
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17:16We've had a beautiful day. The moon in the sky is fatter and rounder. I'm going away from my workplace, going back to town.
20:20If you are not happy to see yourself in the looking glass, don't go into it.
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]]>My Twitter Notes from Yesterdayhttp://ryotasan.jugem.jp/?eid=8642012-10-26T07:23:14+09:002012-10-25T22:23:14Z2012-10-25T22:23:14Z08:26 Another word unnecessary for everyday talk is "vocabulary." Using simpler ones like "words" or "word power" will be enough.
18:18 It's been a cold day. I came to my workplace with my overcoat on. And I was right. It didn't b...RyotasanQuick Notes
08:26Another word unnecessary for everyday talk is "vocabulary." Using simpler ones like "words" or "word power" will be enough.
18:18It's been a cold day. I came to my workplace with my overcoat on. And I was right. It didn't become much warmer. Winter is not far away.
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]]>My Twitter Notes from Yesterdayhttp://ryotasan.jugem.jp/?eid=8632012-10-25T07:14:11+09:002012-10-24T22:14:11Z2012-10-24T22:14:11Z07:29 You don't have to make use, in everyday talk, of high-level words like "conversation." Simple ones like "talk" will be enough.
16:53 Though it's still day, we see the half moon in the blue sky. It's silver-white and a bit ro...RyotasanQuick Notes
07:29You don't have to make use, in everyday talk, of high-level words like "conversation." Simple ones like "talk" will be enough.
16:53Though it's still day, we see the half moon in the blue sky. It's silver-white and a bit rounder. The sun has gone in the back of mountains.
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]]>My Twitter Notes from Yesterdayhttp://ryotasan.jugem.jp/?eid=8622012-10-24T07:10:23+09:002012-10-23T22:10:23Z2012-10-23T22:10:23Z10:18 I'm reading 'The Last Tycoon,' by F. Scott Fitzgerald, in paperback. In the book, a Hollywood producer is talking with a writer.
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10:18I'm reading 'The Last Tycoon,' by F. Scott Fitzgerald, in paperback. In the book, a Hollywood producer is talking with a writer.
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]]>My Twitter Notes from Yesterdayhttp://ryotasan.jugem.jp/?eid=8612012-10-23T07:11:24+09:002012-10-22T22:11:24Z2012-10-22T22:11:24Z17:20 It's been a long workday. The beautiful half moon is hanging high in the dark-blue sky, giving out its silver light.
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17:20It's been a long workday. The beautiful half moon is hanging high in the dark-blue sky, giving out its silver light.
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]]>My Twitter Notes from Yesterdayhttp://ryotasan.jugem.jp/?eid=8602012-10-22T07:26:21+09:002012-10-21T22:26:21Z2012-10-21T22:26:21Z11:36 We are at the JR Morioca Station.
15:28 We are at the great public garden inside of the Koiwai Farm. We've had the meal outside, with good meat heated on the metal net.
16:53 It's been a beautiful day with the bri...RyotasanQuick Notes
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]]>My Twitter Notes from Yesterdayhttp://ryotasan.jugem.jp/?eid=8592012-10-21T07:27:05+09:002012-10-20T22:27:05Z2012-10-20T22:27:05Z07:51 RT @TimVicary: Somewhere on this globe, every ten seconds, there is a woman giving birth to a child. That woman must be found and stoppe ...
12:48 Though it's Saturday, my son and his mother are out. He is at school, having ...RyotasanQuick Notes
07:51RT @TimVicary: Somewhere on this globe, every ten seconds, there is a woman giving birth to a child. That woman must be found and stoppe ...
12:48Though it's Saturday, my son and his mother are out. He is at school, having the sports day. She is working part-time.