What a woderful life

Funeral I went to funeral to help its operation.I sit at the reception and asked visiter to sign and received their condolence gift.In our area, most of the people visit first day of the funeral, and, since this is second day,only a few people visit except relatives.So I watched how the funeral is operated. The sutra is not what know. It is like a rap. And the priests play some music instrument, ...

Common Sense Today I went to funeral of my boss's father. Since it has been long time from the last time I went to funeral, I forgat about what I should do. First, how should I cover my condolence gift "KODEN". I didn't know it so I put it in my pocket.It was wrong. there is proper way to cover it. And I wrote my name in a black writhing brush but it should be a linght black. Second, how shold I ...

Small Reunion My friends and I held a drink party periodically for about 10 years. It was a small party like 4 or 5 members, but the member has added one by one, now it became more than 20 people. It is like a small reunion. This time, I met one friend first time in 10 years. We were good friend when we were student, but both of us are busy, we haven't got in touch each other for long period. He w...

Shizuru I wanted to write my blog at 22:00 today, but I happened to turn on the TV and I found the comedy program called "Red Carpet" was just began. Since I like comedy "OWARAI", so it is one of my favorite program. My favorite comedian is SHIZURU. They turn trivial school days into tramatical friend story. The story is like this way A boy(boyA) try to collect his courage to go to teachers offic...

Children Talk After the Athretic Meet of my daughters stopped for raining, my family walked down to the parking lot to get our car. On the way, there are several kids walking in front of us, Their conversation was very funny. Something unpredictable, like, Boy A; Today's Athretic meet was stopped and rest of the games are postoponed to next Tuesday. Then what about Tomorrow? Does we have to go sch...

Athletic Meet Yesterday athletic meet was held at my dauther's school. It was cloudy but, fortunately, no rain in the morning. My daughters run fast. They won No.1 at their run race. I really proud of them. My daughters are also selected as runner of the relay race. They are confident that they will be No.1or 2, But one of them tumbled down and turned to the tail end. She cried but everybody ar...

Weather of Tomorrow Tomorrow is sports meeting at school of my daughter. But weather forecast have said it will be rain on Saturday. I said "If you are good girl, it may be fine on Saturday", though I' don't think it gonna be fine anyway. But they acted as a good girl saying "I want it gonna be fine Saturday." What is surprised is that it seems it is not rain, at least untill noon tomorrow. I bel...

HOW BEST TO HANDLE CONFLICTS WITH OTHERS Individuale have their own opinion and sometimes that mekes conflicts. Everyone experience argument with someone , but we have to handle it somehow. When I have agument with someone, I try to listen or ask someone else's opinion. The debater both side tend to too much excite to control agument. So try to ask for opinions to someone else who can midiate th...

Hero Pose As I wrote the other day, I have done some Yoga exercize these days.It is not just strech your body, but some effect like getting lid of your stress or shaping up. Here I introduce one of my favorite pose called "Hero Pose". The effect of this pose are 1. stretch your arms and legs 2. prevention of backache 3. fix your pelvis into a right position. First you stand with your leg open a...

Slept I study English about 2 hours a day and writing a blog is one of my study. But today, or yesterday, I slept middle of the study and I woke up at 1:15. I now writing this brog, wondering whether I should continue studying as I scheduled or should sleep for tomorrow's (or today's) work. I don't feel sleepy at all now so I'm going to do my study. But I'm afraid it will become a bad rutine. I ...

THE ADVANTAGES AND / OR DISADVANTAGES OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION This is my lesson to write English Essay, I will try to write some difficutl matters. Public transportation has been encouraged thesedays to ease the traffic conditions, let alone lessen environmental impacts. Especially in the middle of the big city, which have many public transportation such as train, subway and buses, using publi...

Salary man SenryuI would like to introduce salary-man (a white collar worker) Senryu, which is the senryu made by ordinaly people, from their ordinary life.They are funny, so I would try to write it in English."Know from atmosphere," before you said so, "Know our feeling"."I go back for home now"and answer from wife is "It's OK to be late."Decreasing things...bonus, pension, hair and love.There ar...

Earth Quake in China I've heard and listened about a lot of news on earthquake in China. Six days have passed after that tragedy happned. I heard that if a man is stuck and can't eat or drink anything for 72 hours, the possibility to survive is significantly decreased. But I was informed that over 100 people have rescued after 120 hours from the earthquake.Among them is 2 months old baby, whose mo...

Yoga Pose I heard that my boss's wife have a severer stiff neck and she sometime feel bad to omit. I was scared to hear that because I also have stiff neck, though not so severe, because most of my working time I am facing computer. I was told that the effective way to ease stiff shoulder is Yoga. So I checked website about Yoga. There are a lot of website which introduce some pouse and I'm inter...

What is it called in English?? When I eat lunch or dinner with foreigner, they often ask "What is it?". Especially when it comes to sushi or sasimi, I don't know how to call it in English. So I learn today 鮪　　tuna　 鮭　　　salmon　 鯖 mackerel　鰯 sardine 数の子　herrin roe　河豚 globefish　鮎 sweetfish sweet??　穴子 conger　あじ　　horse mackerel ほっけ Atka ma...

Conversation between a man and his wife This evening , I had a time to talk with my wife. I rarely have had conversation with my wife this way thesedays, but tonight, we talked several topics including about children, job, and neiborly matters. It was very fun. Since we both have been so busy, we couldn't have such time. It was like a old days when we were just married. We drunk some drinks, had t...

Cost of Housework On Mother's day, I listen the radio program when I was driving a car.The radio reported estimated cost of Housework in a year.How much do you think? It's about 10 million yen!! Wow, It's more than double of my income. The quotation is from the case if we hire housekeeper a year.But after consider it deeply, I realized it is reasonable. Mothers have no holiday. they have to do h...

ABC songHas ABC song changed?When I lean English with my daughter, I wondered that ABC song what we are learning is somewhat different from what I learned when I was junior high school student.That was ♪　ABCDEFG HIJKLMN OPQRSTU VWXYZ(←without rythm) However, what we are learning is♪　ABCDEFG HIJK LMNOP(←really fast!!)　QRS TUV WX Y&Z now I sang the ABC, won't you sing along with me♪ I don't k...

Udon from Bichu A friend from mine went to Okayama last Golden Week, because his wife is from there. As a souvenir, he gave me a Udon from Bichu, southern Okayama.The Bichu Udon is different from other Udon in its way to produce. In the process of making it, the cook of Bichu Udon don't cut it, but make it longer and slender.From that process, it takes more time, but makes good balance of strongne...

Massage on Luncheon mat Today is Mothers day. I asked my daughters what you want to do for your mother.They said they have no idea. And asked me what should they do.I said "why don't you write a letter to express your thanks?"Thay said "Just writing a letter is not interesting." We talked about what shoul they do. At last, I suggested, "What about write a letter, not on the paper, but on something...

RIHANNA Have you ever heard of her? I recently know her. But, streaming her song, I realized I know a lot of her songs. "Don't stop the music", "SOS" are very famous songs. I listened her songs on the radio program, though haven't realized who is the singer. Those songs are very chatchy, strong impression I had. Here is one of her famous song "UMBRELLA", my favorite. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

Beautiful Beach?? Last weekend, during the Goldenweek, I went to nearby beach with my daughters.Of course we couldn't swim yet, but there are a lot of people there, to see and walk around the beach. Though is a famouse beach in this area, the beach is not clean. I think when I was a child, it was not clean, but now it is worse. There are many garbages on the beach and a lot of trashes and woods o...

Digital Video CameraI went to electrical apliance store today to buy Digital Video Camera. The sports meeting of my daughters will be held 24th this month, so I decided to buy it.However, things are not so simple.There are variety of Video Cameras these days. I didn't know that so I was asked the staff from the scrach.On half the way of his explanation, I confused. "OK, it's enough" He used so muc...

Conflict Between Ethnics 日本人としては民族間の抗争はあまりなじみのないものであるが、チベットの弾圧に始まる一連の事件からその民族抗争は世界的な問題になっている。 Being Japanese (one ethnic country) conflict betwwen ethnics has been not a hot topic. However, rising from cracking down in the Tibet, now ot has become the hotest issue in the world. 北京オリンピックの聖火リレーでは中国側のチベットに...

A Thousand MilesIt's raining today.I planed to go out today, but I can't. So I have nothing to do. In this case, I ofthen read lyrics of my favorite songs which I can't get just from listening.Today, I would like to to show you "A Thousand Miles" by Vanessa Carlton.Now I'm listening the musicThis is very catchy music so please listen.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnkvhi1XOR8Making my way downtown...

I have been studied hard these days aiming for passing the 1st grade of English Exam.There last only one month, and this is my practice to write an essay.ユビキタス社会とは「いつでも、どこでも、何でも、誰でも」がコンピューターネットワークを初めとしたネットワークにつながることにより、様々なサービスが提供され、人々の生活をより豊かにする社会である。「いつでも、どこでも」とはパソコンによってネットワー...

　温室効果ガスの排出は地球温暖化の原因のひとつの要因であることは間違いない。温室効果ガス削減にむけて各国で様々な取り組みがなされている。　It is certain that Greenhouse gas emission is one of the cause of Gloval warming. To reduce Greenhouse gas emission, each country has been working on various ways.　温室効果ガス（おんしつこうかガス、Greenhouse Gas, GHG）とは、大気圏にあって、地表から放射された赤...

Plastic Bag I heard that in some area, the supermarket sell their plastic or vinyl bag at 5 yen or so.In that area, the TV said, almost 100% customer uses their own bag, not use (buy) plastic bag. It is a good trial, because I heard only in Japan, the 300,000 tons of plastic bag is used for 1 year. That is same as full of 3 tankers. The plastic bag is bad for environment because not only for it is...