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Happy New Year 2010

2010-01-21T21:57:00.002+09:00

This is the first posting in 2010.
I wish all of you see this blog has a lots of
happiness in 2010.

Long time no see you

2009-11-21T23:19:00.003+09:00

If you vist my blog, sorry for the silence.
I was caring my blogs but coudln't post updfates.
It doesn't mean that there have not been aything new around me,
i just didn't post.

The updates in my job.
The plan to work abroad was still postponed and even I wasn't told any schedule for that. I'm frastrated with it. If my companay really has the will to send me abroad, They should let me know that otherwise I will have less time for preparation for it.

The updates in my life.
I became an aunt last month. My sister got a baby girl. She is so cute but I'm sure I cannot have a baby now. I'm not meatured enough to be a mother. Someday I want my baby but only when I can prepare the appropriate condition.

Others.
I met a nice guy who is very positive. That is the thing I need but I think
it's more difficult to understand the person who has totally opposite character.
I think I'm negative at least rather than him. To underdstand opposite person,you need lots of conversation or communication with him/her. The process itself may be the precious thing when talking about growing the relationship but it also needs a certain of energy. So, the thing is that whether you have passion enough to take an action or not.

Okinawa

2009-08-23T23:22:00.003+09:00

I'll finally take summer holidays next week.
I'll spend my time in Okinawa. Okinawa is one of the most
popular place to go for a trip in Japan and it will be
my first visit.

New flat

2009-07-11T04:48:00.002+09:00

Since I moved to new falt, life has changed in some part.
There is no problem so far.
When I packed out my things I brought from previous flat,
I found some old memories. Memories stay there always and
remainds me the good time then. I missed the people in the
picture as well although I'm satisfied with current relationship.

Hope that I meet everyone in my album again to say how are you.
*this is not my flat.

Move current flat

2009-06-25T00:50:00.003+09:00

I'll move my current flat in the begining of July.
If I move to new flat, it will take only 15 min to the office.

The new flat is located exactly facing on the business area
so It gives me good access to business but not ralxing feeling,
I guess. But it will be OK. I'll manage somehow.

Now I still work using English but the trainng plan to work in US
will be postponed until the business in my company goes well.
This is a thing. Tha's why I don't like to leave my life to the
company which changes the plan offten. Yes, shoudn't complain about it.
but this is sure I'm about to lose what I really want to do now, also
in the future. picture book author.....still I'm thinking of it.
but now is not the time to be serious on it. I need more experience.

I'm sleepy now......good night.

Financial crisis

2009-05-27T21:48:00.003+09:00

Financial crisis hit on my wallet as well as the current economy!

......I pack my lunch every day. I'm too lazy to make wonderful lunch box
then I bring a rice ball and boiled egg for lanch.
I always have lunch with colleagues but today I didn't since
she was not in the office because of the meeting in other building.
As I quikly finish my lunch and go for a walk outside.

I wish I could wear sports shoose not the shoose with heal.
My shoose were not so high but still they are not for walking.

I got depresed deeply now it is also because of two of
my colleague in front of my desk are absent this three days
I heard one of them got a heavy tasks in his job.
I am a person who easily are influenced by the situation
happened around me, so what I thought was
"Job is heavy for everyone".

May is called as "the Month of Sick". It is said that
May is rainy and clouded season that caused sickness
for the feeling of the people who potentially has
something which can appear as the sense of despression.

Recently I talk with a guy who is the man of positive.
He never says negative things. That is the reason why
I respect him.

I want to go for a trip......
I know that is only the escape from the reality but
this is the mistery of human who desire differences
apart from ordinary days.

Next month I'll got Bali island for my sister's wedding
That would be a short trip taking paid holiday for 3 days.

By the way, how is the pandemic in your country?
In Japan, the mass media heavily broadcast the news of the flu
occured originated in Mexico last week. I even saw the poster
in my office that says "Wash your hand to prevent the flu".
Hey, can I take the flu and don't not have to come to the office?;)

It became hard to find the meaning to stay in the office
Company is the organization which has will to move by itself.
There is small space to use personal theory there. Everything is
decided by the decision of executives.

Today I am sincerely sorry for reader to read the negative story
so, please get well with the movie below.

Haha

2009-05-17T21:51:00.002+09:00

How many mistakes in my english spelling in previous posting?!
Come on, it is uncountable... yes, a lot of mistakes!
I'm too lazy to correct all mistakes going back previous posting
one by one. Anyway it is not the thing to be proud of but
Actually there is no problem because this is the place for me
to post anything I feel. Here is not the place for serious job.

I know I have to improve it someday
but I often feel language is only a tool.
I am not good at explain something even in Japanese
and always fail to make friends understood what I'm thinking.
If I have many mistakes in my mother tangue,
SO WHAT if I mistook other language.

Anything won't be changed in the world because of my
misspelling...haha....

Dear reader, Please accepet my aplogies for frustration with reading
my blog.....

Cycling

2009-05-15T22:22:00.002+09:00

This is for sure I need exersice because
I don't have chance to exercise thesedays.

Tennis
Kendo
Valley ball
table tennis
bowling
foot ball
base ball
jogging
walking

what else?

Fight

2009-05-15T22:18:00.002+09:00

will you fight even you know you will lose?
will you fihgt only the fight you will win for sure?
will you fight if needed?
Doing something more is always better than less?

anyway today is friday. I won't think of fight
during my lovely weekend.

Girls

2009-05-15T21:39:00.003+09:00

It would be highy appreciated if I become 10 times
more beautiful when I get up next morning.

I highy reccomend someone to come to me
and give magical stick to change my cloth
to latest Paris collection fashion with one stroke.

You can tell me the way to be loved by
husband even if I'm getting older.

People says time is money.
I say sweets during sliming exercise is happiness.

Boy loves girls.
Girl loves cosmetics.
So Boy loves cosmetics.

(The girl appears in the video is acutally, BOY!!
you may not believe me, but she is truely HIM! All Japanese people
are surprized.)

Woman is not originally woman.
Woman become true woman by effort to become woman!

Child

2009-05-15T21:04:00.002+09:00

Recently I'm more interested in children.
I think this is because more people starts to prepare the
marriage(includes my sister).

Oneday I thought what I 'll do teach somethig to my children.
It is said that when you scold children, you needs to provide
them alway the reason they are scolded . Namely "Why".
But I have a question. What can I tell the reason to scole
if the children is just beging to catch few words?
resons are always has logic that needs at least 3 words
such as subject, verb, object.
What can I do if the scolded child can picked up only
subject?

will you say that there is nothing to be scolded for the
childeren who has just picking up the words?

If the scoleded children can understand the logic
why they are scolded, this is the case which we have
to be more carefull I think.

which is the best answer?
-Don't do XXXX, Or you will lose friend and be alone all your life.
-Don't do XXXX, Or Mam will hate you.
-Don't do XXXX, Or you will be arrested.
-Don't do XXXX, Or your loved one will be sad and cry.
-Don't do XXXX, Or you will lose your dignity.

how to scold children would be a topic I think deeply
when I have a child.

Creating a person is besides the responsibility.
I myself don't think to be enough to have children at this moment.
Firstly I think I have to have my own answers more to tell them
my children.

As for having children, Unlikewise usual girl,
I have never dreamed about it. I don't know why but
about this topic, I'm rally realistic as I usually
don't adopt realims in my life as fas as I recognized.

I guess this is because I myself having trouble to
manage by myselves so basically I might think
having one more person to manage, it would be hard.
But I beleive when I meet someone I feel to have the
children with him, I will know the special feeling
and expectation to have chilren. anyway that must be
a big event in my life for sure.

I want my children to grow having thier caracter
colorful. people shold have what only they have thier own,
that should be kept in thier life not being invated anything.
What parents can teach children will be very small,
only something very basic thing as indivisual.
Time to share with children is short if we count thier
whole life, so phisically there is not so many time
to teach something to children anyway.

Children will meet many people and some of them
affects children a lot. but the affection would be
happend becasue the children is the children.
if other children, he won't be effected by the same
thing. I short, what they are influenced is happening
because they have the sence to be influenced by their own.
it would be something they are having natually.

I want to paly frisbee with my children.

Fairly tale of Japan from ancient time

2009-05-15T20:32:00.002+09:00

Like the story of Adam & EVE,
Japan also has a story how the country of Japan was born.

I read the book and found the interesting point.
The story how Japan was born is full of wonder for me.

The story has hidden gender issue, unique concept for god,
irony, etc.

For example, here is a part of the story

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There was a couple. the man is called "izanagi"
the women is "izanami".
They tried to bear Japan to meet each other
coming from different direction each other.
Then Izanami talked to izanagi at first when
they meet. can you imagine what was happen then?
Yes, some island was born when izanami talked to izanagi.
But the thing is that the iland was not enbough to
be a part of Japan. Meanwhile the island was not
worth to the place to live human. They failed to
creat Japan.
Izanagi and izanami again work on bearing Japan,
This time, Izanagi tallked to izanami fist when
they meet coming from different direction.
Then they succeeded in having proper islands
which deserve to be a parts of Japan. Consequently
They could creat the country of Japan.

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Why?
Why the creating Japan was succesfull when men talk to women first?

Actually this story of Japanese Genesis is written in
7th century under political purpose of a emperor at that time.
To prove that the emperor follows god, he needs the story
people can believe.And people will obey the emperor if they
recognize the godhood of emperor.

It is not difficult to imagine there have already been an idea of
gender in 7 th century in Japan because the job function for
each gender has already divided clrealy then. As usual, man works outside
and women inside at home.
But I wasn't sure that even there was the differnce in job function between
men and women, the gender issue hadn't so much focused as that affect the
Japan genesis story even it's created by political issue. This is because
we japan had god the female emperor in ancient times so I thought
Japanese basically has the idear of gender equality.

Or, the izanagi and izanami story just shows women is prettier
than they aggressively approach men?;)))

how do you think?

Watching movie

2009-05-15T20:17:00.002+09:00

I haven't watched any movie for a long time
but I saw a movie last day.

You will find the most smart guy in the world in the scene below.
If you were him, what would you do to correct 100,000 arrows within 10 days?

Key to win the war is always where ordinary people tend to have forgot.
And lose temper causes mistake in important decision.

Move to new flat

2009-05-15T20:14:00.002+09:00

I'm planning to move to new flat where is near
my office then I will be able to wake up later than now.

Cuurent falt is OK but far from office.
I don't come back home not so late at night these days
but I would like to move.

Business days

2009-05-15T20:10:00.002+09:00

I realized that recently I'm always waiting for weekend
on week day. Eeven from Monday.
It is Wednesday that I feel that I can stand 2 more days to weekend.

I don't know form when I start to thik this way.

G.W

2009-05-15T20:07:00.002+09:00

There was abig holiday in the middle of May in Japan.
I went to Nagoya, where TOYOTA's HQ is located.

Nagoya is the place of good food.
I had to be careful not to gain weight.

Look! It's blooming !

2009-04-17T07:25:00.004+09:00

My mohter kindly sent me a picture above from the garden in my home!

These days my job function slightly starts to sift more like public relation such as
press release, support to organize the events. they are actually fun for me because I can see many thing in wide perspective. I thought I 'm a person who should consentrate on one thing because of the simple structure of my brain(?!). Now it will be good chance to develop my brain.....! Then, please BLOOM my brain like the tulip and encounrage people just by being there!!

Finally. Amsterdam Tulip from 2008.

2009-04-09T23:17:00.003+09:00

I was so surprised. Finally this tulip will bloom this spring! It took 1 year.

European joke

2009-02-23T20:49:00.002+09:00

Yes, I don't understand European joke well. Why I'm sayin this is
because a colleague in Netherland gave me a mail putting some joke
below in the mail in which we discussed serious topic.

I somehow replied to him with not skillful phrase I'll how he will commnet on it.

If we talk about communication, As my personal opinion,
Japanese can be one of the worst citizens to handle joking.
This is because our geographical history. As you may know Japan has isolated
from other continents from the ancient time. Also it is remarkable history that
Japan has a history of "sakoku", which leterally means chained/closed country by our selves rejecting the communication with other countries.that was because the persons
controling politics in Japan were afraid of being invated by others as some religional wars happened and it influenced japanes citizens to grow a personality
which was not convinient for shogun to control them.

It seems we tends to be isolated when we faced on difficulity.
If I think about myself, I more or less can understand it.
Maybe the poerson who really feel sympathy to the idea of isolating
while being in difficult situation will be "hikikomori" which is now
"hot" social topic in Japan.

what is hikikomori?
hikikomori means persons who is doing everything in his room by being feeded by
parents(for persons living alone offten use online order from PC and have the food from delivery staff)and don't make any single step out from thier own room or home.

......hey, hey, see your potential in wide open space?
If they can do it, they already had done it.
Comlex matter lies under any situation and condition surrounding people.
can't say anything on it, proberbly personal matter for each person.

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Quick dicision! Quick action!

F(Friend):Oh, is it express station?
I(Miki):yes.
F:oh, ...it could be nice to go to Nagoya(The cisty where TOYOTA headquater is located)
I:maybe
F:shall we go?
I: why not?
(10 sec, 22:00 PM, Saturaday night)

we counted the fee to go to Nagoya.

F:...God! too expensive than expected!
I:impossible to go with our money we have now!
F:nnn...wanted to go
I:how about Atami(The city of Spa)?
F:Sounds good, check the train schedule.
I:15 minuites to go.
F:Run, Miki! we need snack and drink before getting on the train.
It's trip!

Rush to a shop, grab the chocolate&cookies and tea.

In the train;
I:We will reach Atami 0:00.
F:Where will we stay?
I:No idea. let's search the hotels in Atami by using internet with our mobile.
F:I found several hotels.
I:Good, let's call them one by one.
F:Ok.

Calling......Is there any room for tonight?Sorry but it's full today.
Ok. Thank you 　× 10 and more

I:It's Saturday. I have forgot this is the day of the week which is most
busiest time for hotels.
F:Yeah, but we are already on the train to Atami.
I:Of course we can't get out from train in any station.
F:See the out side of window, less light apears as we are close to Atami.
I:I know Atami is in a countyside to relax in the spa.
F:let'S keep on calling other hotels.
I:Be positive, It'll be alright.

No hotels having rooms. We arrived at Atami station.

F:Let's talk to train staff near the ticket gate.
GATE: Here is the list of the hotels around.
F:Thanks
I:Anyway let's go with this list.
F:It looks like one of the hotel listed. let's ask
I:why not

HOTEL FRONT:We have only one room left and it is delax room.
It charge you 14500 yen usually but it is late of the day,
We serve you it with discount for 10500 yen!

It was discounting eaquals to that we saved two way ticket from Tokyo to Atami.
In other words, Much cheaper hotel fee than we expected.(10500 yen is not really
cheap in terms of hotel charge but if we consider the situation we are in, I have to
say it was more than reasonable to pay 10500 yen for hotel)

So, If people decide to do something, it is the begining to have
something positive, excited, sence of corporation....and,
warm roof for stay the night! keep your body and brain freash to
be active!

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Bad internet connection is not still recovered.
That dismotivates me a lot.
I am only a person to repair it but not actively work on it.
what do I have to do?......Read above!;)
how lazy I am! Basically no excuse for this but
I only pointed out this; If someting is effective (connective for internet?)
sometimes, people get used to it!!

Posting less

2009-02-08T00:08:00.003+09:00

I haven't posted for almost more than 3 weeks.
It was because bad connection to the internet and
no ernergy to recover it.

Recently I try to finish my work before 18:00 every weekday.
Then what I have to do is to think how efficiently I work during a day.
I prioritize my tasks and time management is also needed.
most of my work is related to English but I really feel I need more Japanese skill
to strengthen my English. People understand and recognize things in thier mother tangues.

What makes me confidence is that I almost achieved my purpose which is losing my weight by 5kg. The plan goes well, currently I am enjoying my body is lighter than before. More motivation for fasion. ....looks like teenager I am but still it is fine to enjoy something.

I have to get at least one certification by the end of March. This is just a remider
for myself.

Too curious

2009-01-15T22:12:00.003+09:00

Time to time I really search for what I can be interested in.
It seems I am a person who can't stand without having anything entertain me.
At least I wanna feel something which LOOKS LIKE interesting.

Today I do net surfing though my mobile also PC, but nothing could catch my attention.
Fashion?-What I want to wear? how do I want to look like?
Concert?-Of which artist? which genre?POP, R&B, ROCK?
Amusement park?-What atractions? with who?
Sports?-winter sports? --no way, too cold to think about it
Drinking?- alchorl doesn't really work for me basically,
Parting?- for What?
Museum?- mmm...not really
Travel?- not bad, to where?
Painting?- Lazy to prepare matrerials,
BLogging?- ye...s, now writing...but.
Karaoke?- be in cold. very bad voice now.
Restaurant?- I want to experience really high level restaurant with great view. but not now.

I don't lke the status which I don't know what I want to do.
I feel energy inside me but nobody tell me how I release it. It is only me to
make the situation better as this is all concerned my self.

What make me weak is uncertin thing. It is also source of exiting but basically it totally depends on how you take it. I personally am thinking of where I'll be in next 6 months and unconciously start to prepare for it. -I hesitate to make any promise with friends in next 6 months for example-

Communication gets deeper as time goes and also it gets difficult to stay without it.
but how difficult to stop myself to go forward something what I'm interested in.
Think about the future, don't touch the forbidden apple.

many poeple, many thoughts.

I'm only one as you are, poeple usually don't see the context　behind the fact.
Nor do I. Really easy to lost the aim, and for what I have aim. what is the meaning to stick to do something? who knows, you know. I know!

Yes, I get back to myself know. time cunsuming time. but I needed it.

Happy new year 2009/ Japanese pop music

2009-01-07T22:32:00.004+09:00

I wish you a wonderful year 2009!

Happy that I welcomed 2009 in my hometown with families after
not seeing them for some time.
Today I introduce this years best singers "EXILE"
They are seven people with two singers and five dancers.
What makes them cool is their soft and gentle voice and
atomosphere of adalt.

They seem to follow R&B style. I can say R&B is evolving the
main stream among young generation in Japanese music scene .

When talking about mens group, Janny's group is the most famous
organization having male stars. If you are a japanese girl
I'm sure you fall in love with one of Junny's stars at least once.
Janny's stars, they are also good entertainers in terms of dance and
songs like EXILE but biggest difference is sence of adalt.

Junny's stars have a role to take girls to dreaming world while they are performing
therefore the stage they create is marely based on reality. But EXILE shows reality to the audience. The proof for it is the fact that thier hit song is almost
describing tragedy of love affiar or hearbreak. One of their songs I posted below.

This video starts with short explanation of EXILE's activities in 2008 and you will
also find which generation and sex support them. Obviously females are more excited with EXILE than males. and the reporter in thevideo refers 40-50 year's old womens tends to become a fun of EXILE that is not common. But once I see the rylic of the song they sing in the video,I clrealy get the reason why they are polular in middle aged wemens. This is because the rylic is written from the view of a women who fell in love with a man already married to other women.
I don't think this reflects Japanese culture today but it should be true that there
was no singer steping in the field EXILE did, which means young males sing about middle-aged female's feeling with R&B style. I think ESXILE is marketing thier position well to survive in unstable music scene. As additional info, EXILE once belongs to the same campany as Ayumi-Hamasaki and Namie-Amuro who are leaders of japanese young people's culture. EXILE depertured the company now and handling their activities by their own so that one of the memeber's in EXILE is the President of "Company EXILE".

"Ti amo" seems like Latin or Italian...? I don't know

End of the year 2008

2008-12-29T17:28:00.005+09:00

End of the year 2008 is happily busiest days in my life.
after entering winter holidays, even slightly before it
I met various friends almost everyday including,
colleagues in my company, friends from University,
New friends from other company, seniors from part-time job,
what else...., oh, friends from primary school, friends of
my friends!
What I found is I mostly meet those people in
Shibuya. I don't know why and I prefer to avoid it because
Shibuya is too noisy. City for students.
but it is also fact that I used to be there and if in shibuya
I have no trouble to find the restaurants. Funny even if
I was invited to join dinner, it happens in Shibuya. OK,
it doesn't matter where I meet friends, the important thing
is to spend and share time with them.

My birthday is 28th Dec. This year I was luckly cerebrated in 5 parties!! that would be a maximum in my life. one reason is because it can happen next to Christmas party or celebration for end of the year. In other words, "Pure" birthday party is hard to happen in my life. That is the thing I always complained to my mam,
"Please SEPARATE my birthday party to Christmas party, so do PRESENT!!"

The more hard to live with serious job, The more I am sensitive to warm feeling from others. Especially in my room full of birth day presents.

↓creative sushi made in B.D party;) I love it;)))

MOU

2008-12-17T21:55:00.002+09:00

It gets colder and colder in Japan.
It is very difficult to get out from the warm bed.

Recently economy gets worse all over the world, but now Japanese yen
is strong relatively to other currency so people says now is the time
to travel abroad. Especially, 1US$ worths 88 yen, which I have seen the
same situation some times around 10 years ago, anyway i was surprised to hear
the current currency power balance.

But it never give any effect on me beacuse even if I got strong currency I have no time for travelling, even if I have travelling inside of Japan. but you see,
Japanese yen has no power in Japan. Even evryone thinks traveling Japan is much expensive than traveling abraod.

So what? I am a genius (looks too much confidence;)) to find something interesting around myself. Last weekend I enjoyed Ginza, which is the place Sony building is as I post before. Ginza is the place you can find the nice restaurant even if you didn't check them in advance.
Of course the avereage fee for foods and drink is higher than other place in tokyo but still there are reasonable restaurants.

We were 10 people drinking together and conversation became hot when we tallked about snow bording tour in Feb. It would be great if we can lent a cotage and
stay at night after playing snow bord. I am almost beginer of the snow bording
but some of us are experienced players. it would be more enjoyable if I can get a fiends as a coach next to me!

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Secure, Protect, .....and what?

Stable, Secure job, how can I describe the life witout any wave?
One of my colleagues said that good job and good life and
appropriate social level is not secure in fact. she is saying this
because that grows the alibiity to protect someting but nothing else.
Actually people have to live in any situation. In that case, Protecting something is
only one of the anbilities to survive in severe world. In that mean I guess she
said being current posion and trying to protect it is not always safe.

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People want people in winter.

This is because it is cold in winter. Then, what makes you warm?
Stove? no. Poeple warm you up.
I got a mail on my mobile from a friends. She gave me a mail because she met
a friend who works in the same office as me and she was crying over her job
since she got much stress on her job. Therefore my friend kindly worried about
me as well. I wasn't really depressed with my job but the mail was just like
"Out of the blue" so that I was glad to know someone takes care of me.

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Don't cry! say NO instead!

Some children are not really good at showing thier real emotion because of something. They are strugglig to express thier emotion properly and the strugling
became tons of tears running from big eyes. Then mom says ( especiilay fro boys),
"Don't cry, show your real emotion to others. To show anger is an element of communication."
In the culture of dignity,"徳治主義" Showing anger is almost eaqual to badness.
It is always natural to make effort to imperove oneselfs if it's poepole. The dignity emphasized culture everyone tray to be a person who got dignity. But what the hell the dignity is? dignity is the atomosphere for people to ovey him/her witout any presseure on others moreover the preson who got dignity is liked by evryone even if he/she do nothing special.

And now, what will happen to the poeple who are in the dignity culture?
the answer is all citizens become poker face. Namely poeple reraly show
their emotions on their faces. basically what is the things people don't like
in common? Anger, Uneasy, something dark, negative.To get rid of them from
the facial expression you will automatially become poker face which other poeple
never be able to read the change in your emotion. you may think even if pople
lose the power to express the anger, still they can show the happines or smile
one thier face. It seems right but human is not so simple. If you throw away the
effort to show the bad emotion, good emotion also can't be expressed on the face.
It is just like pople don't pay attention to show expression on thier fases nevertheless good or bad feelings.

So back to the original story, Children growing in the porker face culture
unconciously learn not to show express thier feelings apart from parents's expectation.
the thing which makes children are real children is to show emotion freely
not thinking of any unbreathing rules in the society. I personally feel the kids
are really cute if they are crying loudly with tears which is almost making
a water fall from eyes. And the eyes looking out of the windows curiously occupy
my heart with pureness and feeling to cover them from the all things making them cry.

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No ipod, No life

What my comuting time enjoyable is ipod. I can leave my purse in the room
but not ipod;) This is partly because ipod is a muic portal device. I can't
be prepared to work without listrning to music. It sould be something slow,
soft, giving ease to me.
"Good looking out" is my recent favorite song.

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Blackberry

2008-12-08T23:29:00.002+09:00

Is it sweet? Blackberry is a berry which is not sweet but smart!
how common is it in Japan? not so much. I have never seen who uses it.
(maybe i'm not in the center of the business;)NTT docomo, ehich is a telecom
in Japan,they sell Brackberry in limited stores. Anyway it's not so common and
other telecom in Japan seems not to sell it in thier shops.

The Big 3 Telecom Operator in Shingapore:
Shingtel: this is a telecom worldwide telecome company having branches in many
areas in Asia. and they of course have Brackberry solution with 2 type fee systems
as far as I know. and also They are presenting Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 solution
for enterprizes. The solution enables users to use Microsoft Office, such as Outlook, popwepoint, word, excel, etc. If the company currently is adopting Exchange server, they also can shere their scheduler with thier PC and Mobile.

M1(Mobile One) :they are domestic company with in Shingapore but people say that
M1 is the best on it's usage for cutomer, means it is easy to use thier services
or function. They also prepare the Blackberry solution for Enterprize. Actually Blackberry needs either Lotus domino or MS OCS in some cases, I just don't remember it clearly.

Starhub: They are also singaporian domestic company and it is said they are the cheapest on mobile services in Singapore. But What I was interested in was they
have thier own system of a discount scheme for roaming which is called "Green Rorming 108" something like that( again I'm not sure the name of the service).

As for mobile network, 2.5G now looks common in shingapore, which is not so enough to clear data communication. From 3G the data communication can be operated well.
And Smartphones which i describe today is data centric systems so the stable infrastructure for data communication is needed for the environmnet for use of Smartphone.

The big difference between Japanede mobile fee scheme and that of Other countries is
the system of SIM card and Prepaid mobile usage. Prepaid is rarely used by Japanese and SIM card is registered only for one telecome and you can't use it in the devices which is sold by other telecoms.

The consept of Smartphone is basically, "Bring your office even outside"
But it means you never be able to leave the office?! It scared me;) Of corse
I'm more or less satisfied with my current job but it doesn't mean I want to bring my office even at lanch in holiday!

Nokia is the strong even in Asia and I've heard that they will stop to produce the
cheap devices and will concentrate to manufacture the hi-end devices only. I'm looking forward to seeing it. Motolora seems to produce the devices which supports windows mobile and so do HTC, LG, Sumsung, i-mate.

Economic crisis hits Japan
Toyota, or the oter motor company start restructuring in the end of this year.
Moreover there are companies cancled it's potential employees who was suppoesed to
join them in next spring. Temporary workers are cut gradually. Here what I think
is the importance of self development otherwise if I lose the job no body would employ me.

Currency
South Africa: Land
Sweden:Clone?
Korea:Won
Thai:barts?
Inida:Rp.
Japan:Yen
The Czech Republic: Kc
Brasil:?
Myanmar:?

What is the good answer
She likes someone who got girl friends but she liked him before he got girl friend!
What can I commnet on this. Girls be ambicious! That is not sweet memory jsut like strawberry but bitter like Blackberry!!

Yesterday Hero, Tomorrow Murderer.

2008-11-26T23:07:00.003+09:00

I know it rarely happens but if you want to be disapointed or
feel helpless, I definitely recommend you to watch
"Watashi ha kai ni naritai（わたしは貝になりたい）"　
I don't know it has Eiglish subtitle version but This is the movie
I'll never forget.

This movie is basically set the situation as WW focusing on
a man who got an invitation letter from goverment,which is called "red paper" 赤紙(aka-gami)in Japanese because the letter literally colored in red. And the invitaiton means you are picked up as a solder to go to the war.

Roughly let me explain on the movie.
Japan was beated in WW2. And after the war is ended, US or United Nations
executed trials for the persons who took part in a war and killed people
in foriegn countires. In the war time, they were enemies for them and it
was natural to do it (of course it is never natural, i know)decause Japan
was a country of the emperor and at that time if you behave like you are
against from emperor's order, you are not seen as a nomal human and people
were afriad to be eliminated by neibours and society. (In basic Japan
is an island isolated from other continent and it made a culture easily that
cooperation is the essential matter to survive in that small island. then
For us Japanese it is more important to live in harmony with people rather than being indipendent like Eastern countries do.)

In short, emperor is God for Japanese and ignoring goverment order means death.
(in war time goverment is totally under the control of emperor. Of course,
now emperor is separeted from politics and just a symbol od Japanese citizens)
Moreover, you can be admired as a hero if you go to the war and killed emenies.
because it's a huge contribution for Emperor who wants to win the war!

During the movie you can find a scene that a man got an solder invitation
was oedered to kill an American solder. He was shrinked up and couldn't
easily execute the cruciel order by his boss. but his boss doesn't allow him to
stop to kill the American solder then the boss put a gun on the head of the man
and ordered him to execute the murder again. This is dead or alive.
If you refused your boss's order, you will die. Where is the origine of the boss's order? Emperor.
As a result, The man couldn't kill the americam solder and panished badly.
(but the audience know the fact later on this scene)

And the war is over. as I mentioned above, Japan lost.
What happen then? The United Nations decided to find the
JApanese who killed people in United Nation side and
execute judgements. the guilty JApanese solders were
ranked in 3 level, A, B, C.
A is the most heavy charge which is death penalty.
the guilty person is hung until die.
Moreover, the body of hunged persons are not sent to
their families even the families never be told where the
body is buried. It was a strict rule.

The change is the history is like this.
Today you are hero, and tomorrow you will be hung.

The man ordered to kill an American solder judged as rank A.
It was misunderstanding. but what the man could do in the traial
executed by English speakers who emphasize on the free will
to chose his own will. Both regarding language problem and
democratic idea was a begining of the tragetic misunderstanding.
And the movie goes as if the misunderstanding can be solved
but it never happens. he was hung.

He was characterize as a cheerful person who never lose the
hope but at last scene, he wrote a will that he never want to
be reborn as a human. I can't post this anymmore today.
it's too hard to remember this movie. after some time
i will post more on this, sorry.

Lighting and Some Stories

2008-11-24T00:31:00.005+09:00

As you know, this is a season of lighting.
Although Japan is not a country of Christian,
but I can see a lot of lighting decoration verywhere in Tokyo.
It is obvious that the lighting tells Christmas is coming soon.

Especially the lighting in Tokyo midtown was really beautiful.
I was interested in the designer who created the design of the lighting.

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Language between Parents and Chidren;

Last day I met a guy from Italy and currently he works in German.
He is having soft atmosphere around him and has lots of experience to work
aound the world.
We have known with each other though my colleague.
The guy has a child and he told us a problem which he has got recently.
The ploblem is the language which his son is speaking.
He was married with a woman from German and he talks with her
in English. And his son is going to school where the lessons are held in German.
The son is good at speaking German more than English and the father (Italian guy)
almost cannot speak German.

What will happen if the son and his father cannot communicate propery?
It would be a big motivation for the father to learn the language his son is speaking.

Although I'm sure that the son will lean English sooner or later but the age of elementary school effects relatively big on his personality. The lack of communicaton with father seems not good.

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Not a Boy, but a Man;

My brother called me last day over the phone and he asked me that
"Is it OK if I wear that T-shirts with the shoes? you know, T-shirts I mention is the one which has a print at the center, ...yes, yes, that white one. and make sure that the shoes I am talking about is the black one with pink shoe races, you know it, right? I have weared it for some time"
I asked him why he asked me such a fashion comments since he never asked it to me
like it is emergency for him.
But immidiately after I asked the answer, I can't　help stopping to smile
"I have to go to the station to pick up my girl friend!"
For me he was a only kid who is easy to cry, loves snacks and sweets;)
He growed up! Of course I knew it but this phone call reminds me of
the fact.

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Positive Game;

I always remember the game I and my friend created in university days.
It is word playing game. Especially our favorite rule was that we can use only positive words in the game. Actually I was tought this game by seniors.
For example,If I say "BRAVE", the next person has to say the word
starts with "E" in positive meanings. In this case, the next person
could anwer,for example, "ENCOURAGE" or "EVOLUTION", or anything
related to positiveness. But what will happen If the next person
answers,for example,"ELEVATOR"? Nobody knows an elevator is a positive or not.
Then the person has to explain why he thinks that an eleveter is positive thing.
He may answer that an elevator is a thing which lifts up something. And it is basically possitive to lift up somthing.For example, women usually want their skin to lift up especially in middle age. And If the explanation can get a consensus among the players, then ELEVATOR is approved as a positive words. If not, the person who says ELEVATOR needs to put more explanation to persuade the palyer or just he changes the word. The key of this game is how much you can be possitive and pasuasive to the people who has differnt thoughts. It can be good exercise when you are in negative.

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4 Blood types;

Blood type A is thought they are sensitive.
Blood type B is thought they go thier own way
Blood type O is thought they are tolerant
Blood type AB is thought they are genius or strange.

It is said 60% of Japanese belongs to Blood type A.
Me? secret;)

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LYBIA(not sure the spelling)

I happen to know that the location of LYBIA in Africa
and the president there hasn't changed for 30 years!
and it is undone to regisgter every polulation in the country.
It must be not everyone can get social welfare.
I want to know the situation there more in details.

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1 Day Trip to Korea

I've heard it is possioble to trip to Korea within a day.
there is a flight from Tokyo to korea 6:00 am and
the flight from Korea 11:00 pm. I want to trip to korea
on the weekend with a friends who studied in Korea using an
exchange program.

What comes next?!

2008-11-13T22:40:00.001+09:00

I literally work hard until today.
I was responsible for a event in my job and
It was really good exerience to get involved in
the activities.
I just wake up, and preapare myself,
take a piece of chocolate as a breakfast, rush to catch a
train and working, somwtimes forget lunch,
and work again, then go back to my place
and take shower, no time to think of anything,
immidiatelly go to bed.
and weekend, hunging out with friends until past three o'clock,
sleep 4 hours, and again I meet my friend to spend 3 hours
in karaoke from the morning, and meeting other friends at
a kind of bar.

I could spare the time to make landry and hung them on the
hungers or anywhere else, but couldn't have a time to
take them and hold them to place inside of the shelf.

it seems the dried up landries is a cartin near the window.
Ok, I'll work on it soon.

That was my life in this 2 week.

If you are concentrated on one thing,
you can use your energy fully for it.
I decided not to think something deeply,
My behaviour these days made a provement that
moving one's body is the best solution.

Then, What's next?
I need something which I can concentrated on.
Oh, I have forgoten to study on MCA.
which is executed only in Japan. Something related
to Microsoft certification.
I need to know more about platform and application
to improve my performance.

I should take at least one certification
within this year. what else?
maybe one more language I can start to learn.

and I want to lose my weight by 3kg.
need to take a time to run as well.

so I have a lot of things to do again,
Time should pass quickly, please.
I will do my best to enjoy my life time as much as I can
but still I wish time flys soon.

I could work with many kind of people,
different nationality different section of business, etc.

What I was happy is a executive told me
that my english is good. ok, To tell the truth,
he is Japanese;)
But I hope it was a result of listening to podcast
of Business English for 5-10 minuites every weekday
in the train.

think less

2008-11-03T23:19:00.002+09:00

It's difficult to tell you What I did in this weekend cause
I did lot of thing. no time to think deeply something,
I just do what I want to do and have to do.

Think deeply is one of my charactaristic point and
sometimes it seems too much.
I try to avoid thinking too much this week.

I had a short trip with friends to Izu, where is one of the famous
place to go within 1 days from Tokyo.
There are many hot spas there and the spa we went this time
was exactly facing to the ocean even I was worried that
someone in the seashore could see us with a telescope.

But actually it was really nice to be in the hot spa
with the view of the big ocean. it gave us the thinking
that the existance of people is really a part of a planet
and what I was confused is only a small tiny thing so that
it doesn't make a sence to crying over something.

Next day, I went to good cafes and karaoke with friends.
The cafe served us unique food and it satysfy our expectation.
Tokyo is a small are without natures, crowded place especially
in central part. Then you see the culture of mixing one and another,
evolving new combinations. For example, having a　cup of capcino in Japanese
traditional interia or Thai green curry with miso soup, antique chairs
and having formed green tea with hand- made potteries.
Karaoke, of course you know it, is the place to sing a song to release
your stress or enjoying the music video which is played in the display with
lyrics while you are singing.

Recently I have one favorite singer, who is Amuro-Namie.
Her songs are taseted in R&B or reggae, Although I see
much infuence of US there, but anyway, in she is hot.
What I like is "White light" which is a number giving
the girlish feeling to the person who sings the song.

I don't want to think anything now, I just want to move
my body not my brain. Time should pass quickly,
And I want to be around 30 or a little bit lower age
with experiences to be a translator of technical issues and
picture books both. then I don't have to care of the place
I work.

I'll work hard and what else can I do now.

My skill or experience may be a help in the future
to the one who I want to support.

The caprices of a chance;)

2008-11-01T18:37:00.004+09:00

As I get to be busy at work, some qusetions come up in my mind all the time.

1.Does it really make sence to work so hard?
2.Is there any other option to live my life?

Question 1 would be answered by following.
-"don't work so hard. work easy. it is all depend on you,
it is you who won't be needed in the campany if the severe economic
situation attack your company".
As for Q2, some of my female friends, in fact most girls
have the same thought in their mind at unconcious level,
give the answer like this. "Quit your job. Be a wife for someone".

Hey,no offence.Don't be angry boys but it is the fact.
It seems like a final escape route for girls to get married
to someone. I'm sure most girls tend to think about marriage
if they made a mistake in job or feel unconfortable with
business environment such as cost reduction, no budget,
report to who and who,responsibilty,compete to everything,
internal struggle, etc...

OK, I can say girls sit on the clture that it is actually OK
if they do well in the family.
But the qeustion is this.
What will the end of the marriage if you get married for escaping from
something? I guess it is only be a help to make the habitual style of avoiding
difficulities pretending that you take another option.

Here I would say marriage should be sponaneous.
If you couldn't meet someone who you really want to get married,
No meaning to be a blide.

If you like someone, You do like him/her.
For example, this situation may happen.
After you prepared completely for marriage,
you found that there is no one who you want to get married around you.
because you miss the person who you really wanted to be together with
while you were preparing!
In this case, what good is a time oriented thinking for marriage.

but sometimes situation doesn't allow couples to be together.
That is another story.

I myself haven't decided to get married with someone.
but at least don't want to miss the right person.
Of course no intention to chain, freedom should always
be owned for everyone.

Prospect

2008-10-17T01:32:00.001+09:00

I want what I want.
If I really want it, it is not enogh to
make one proposal only,
some replacable plans are needed.

It will be more difficult to give up
what I want.

Relax and inspire

2008-10-06T22:19:00.002+09:00

Whenever you feel stress, you may need a cup of coffee with
soft milk form.

If there is art there, it could be wonderful more than anything else..

Rei Harakami is one of the most impressive musicians.
Usually his music doens't have rylics.
you can feel nostalgia but someting new as well.

Houjyouki

2008-10-05T21:43:00.007+09:00

"Change is the only thing which never change"

That is the word to open my eyes to new perspective.
Actually the same pharase is found in old Japanese history.

行く川の流れは、絶えることがなく、それでいて目の前を流れている水はもとの水ではない。流れのよどみに浮かぶ水の泡は、一方では消え、一方ではできあがり、長くそのままの状態であるということはない。世の中に存在する人も住まいも、またこのように変わりやすくはかないものである。

[The river never stop flowing, and the water never be the same.
Bubbles on the water are coming up on the serface, on the other hand, disappearing.
So do humans and homes.]

It might not be right translation;)
but something like this.

Some of you may know "houjyouki", which is one of the most famous japanese
old literature,written by kamono-choumei.
He had lived around twelve century in Heian era.

In Kanji, which is the character derived from China
and speaded over in Japan, Heian means "ease" or "peace".
it is easy to image how the Heian era was, wasn't it?
Of course there was wars even in peaceful age,
but relatively Heian era is the age of less wars and
stable time in Japanese history.

What I want to write today is not about
Heian era but the phare of CHANGE NEVER CHANGE.

There is nothing which keeps the same status.
unn,,,

Distance is the thing that I never be
able to control. Even if I make any effort as possible as I can,
without a magic, I would not be shorten the distance.
but why? why, why!

Not in technological way, but in financial tool,
the distance can be controled. In short,
you can control distance if you are special rich
enogh to own your jet plane and own pilot,
then you can fly anywhere you want, anytime.
It is like buying the time by money.
in fact you don't control the distance still because
owinig your own jet doesn't mean shortening the
distance. it means only you save your time to wait for bording time
in airport or don't have to be annoied by the high price of a ticket
and also don't have to be bothered to find good discount.

But it doesn't make any sense to crying over these
things that you can never change.
money is the thing of capitalism and the thing for restore
the value. Vaule is in the time you meet
someone who you want to meet. don't want to
measure it by capitalism, don't you think so?

It is much more reasonable to think how to
overcome the dificulities.

In basic, I think we have to be appreciated to have
someting you are passionated to over come.
People say that it is no use to remember the past
but everyone must have unforgettable memony,
so how can you forget it?
Sad and Bad memory can be forgettable,
But how about good one?
It is quite natural that you remeber enjoyable moment
if there is, with pictures or anything holding the moment.

No need to be pessimistic.
But very hard to fight the thing
you can never change.

The more you are realistic,
The more you know how difficult to overcome the difficulities.

It hurts me a lot
to recognize that I have no power to
change the situation,
why I am not the one who can work
everywhere in the world at this moment.
why poeple can't be with whom they want to be.

Repeatedly, meaningless to crying over someting.
We have to live with difficulities.
that is life. soon or later it will be solved.
the only thing we can do is to believe in future.
Nobody knows what will happen tomorrow.

If there is someone who can make him happy
more than you can,that should be a thing to be
appreciated.
If I'm not smile, someone who want me to smile
would be sad. Here what I can do is to keep smiling
and cheerful, good in job, everything.

Grapevine 歌詞

2008-10-05T01:40:00.005+09:00

思いつくままにグレープバインの歌詞を
書いてみた。

Grapevine is oneof my favorite group.
especially their lyrics are great.

here I wrote down their lyrics
as much as I can remenber.

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雨が降っているのか
いないのか
いや、いるのか

I wonder that it is raining or not
it' not? no, it is.
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白い吐息はタバコなのかと
とぼけてみた

I pretend that I know
it is cigarette, not the breath.

けして
この町の歩きかたを
知らないわけじゃない
上着が要ることも

I do know how to walk this city
and need to wear a jacket.

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少しはこの場所に慣れた
余計なものまで手に入れた
イメージの違いに気づかなかった

I ggt used to be in this place
and got something that I had not
expected to have.
I didin't notice the differences
of image between us.

人の流れ眺めながら
時計をこの目で確かめるが
季節は変わり始めていた
いつの間にか

As watching the stream of people,
I check what time it is.
The season started to change
without recognizing.

そうきっと
昨日に疲れたんだ
ほんの少し

you must be tired of yesterday a little

情熱を捧げたままで
待ってたのか

Were you waiting to devote your passion?

光に満たされていく
この世界のなか
何を見ていられた

what have I seen in the world fiiling
with brightness?

誰もが浮かれて
分かり合ったつもりなら
それだけでいられた
心はただここにあった

Everyone seems to uderstand with eachother
and It should be enogh.

Just the heart is here.
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Handmime

2008-09-20T18:57:00.000+09:00

OWESOME!!!

Practice?

2008-09-20T18:55:00.001+09:00

with English.

hard to have logical pass

2008-09-18T23:22:00.005+09:00

I had dinner with my collegue yesterday.
It was an indian restaurant and reminded me the days in
India. Especially when I found a Masara-Dosa,
which is a typical South Indian food, with crispy and thin
cake covering a sort of potatoes and vegetables.

We ordered a recommended plate which has a variety of curry,
there were more than 5 kinds of curries each in the silver bowl.
what makes me excited was the big green leaf undere the curry bowls.
then the mood is like really being in India,
flash backed old memories.

daba meals

Masala-dosa

↑Dhaba India

We enjoyed the meal to the heart contents.
Yes, of course we didn't forget to taste rassy as well, which is also typical drink from india made by yogrt.

The contents of chatting with my colleagues is almost
about our fututre.Both of us were talking on "assertiveness"
which is hot key word between us recently.

What is assertiveness now?
Assertiveness is that not being agressive neither being passive.
plus, assertive person gats reliability from others easily.

maybe we were so serious enough to take the topic of assertiveness
even after the work due to hot indian curry;)

I knew the word of assertiveness at the trainig course in a company.
There is a lot of things remainig that I don't know yet.
tomorrow never knows.

I have to go Dhava India again to order Masara-dosa.

No!

2008-09-12T22:15:00.003+09:00

Sometimes it is natural to feel flustration especially
when you have something strong in your mind.

Laziness can supress one's motivation easily.
It is the thing that we should avoid.

Not everyone can keep their motivation all the time.
It doesn't matter where the motivation exists,
the thing is there is or not.

why people doesn't realize to waste important thing
becaus of thier laziness, the thing they waste might
not come back again, why they lose thier chance just
killing thier time.

It is like a chemistry that you met someone, for excample,
someone in front of you. It is much better to take the chance
as an irreplacefull, worth to consider well.
Use your brain to think these thinks, not to think of something
derived from laziness.

How can we deal with things that you definetely believe it is
right, but others seems not to think same as you.
But they are also correct, but don't have rightness.

If you say we don't have to live for the rightness,
it is also true.
Inventually world is selfish anyway.

Then how can I throw my frustration in the world!
Maybe to space?!
kidding, space is what?
a space is where you can use as much as you like,
Some may dream about going moon,
some may aim to invade,

But it is true we can't escape from the world without CO2
as long as we are human beings.

It doesn't really make sense that you are No.1 in your country,
No offense, but that is really meaningless to be proud of,
Look at the world, everyone, Japan.
wake up.

I really think it is beautifull country, people are nice here.
But it is another story whether you match the culture of mother country.
I may get along with it somehow, that level of adaptation skill
I have. but can we say it is really that I live my life?

I'm not nationalist but have identity as a member of this country.
I want Japan to be good, that is quite natural to feel like that, isn't it?
I don't leave japan but I can chose other option to live in other countries
and think of Japan from the distance. There is affection as well.
the differnt thing is just distance.
if someones motivation is the core to move, dvelop, improve something or someone,
it doesn't matter where you are.

The soul will be deliverd to others regardless of distance as well as history.
who made this world like this in the past,
who can chose the country to be born.
who can chose their parents.

Like and dislike is not the matter.
The important thing is how you want to live your life.
what is the best for you.
it is totally depend on who you are.
I hope everyone can find it.
but it is life that even if you chose what you guess it is best,
if someone may concern to you don't guess same as you,
your guess is just guessing, nothing more.

But no other options to look for your best.
Try and error.
That is only the area that you can insist your age
as advantage. if no try and no error,
what will you insisit to fellows?

no same person in the world here, in the past, in the future.
think think think, and deveop myself.
draw your future as a real picture or video playing.
you can do it, just need a ittle training to think.

what can I do. how can I think.
for what should I go.
when to give up.

I don't want to lose what I found.
no chance to find same thing. there is not the exact same.
we are sensitive enough to recognize even the slight
differenciation.

Road full of flowers

2008-09-10T00:13:00.001+09:00

A train goes ountryside

2008-08-25T22:32:00.003+09:00

Missing to catch a train,
I asked a preson in a platform
that when to come next train.

"40 minuites later."

".......thank you."

I found a scene which reminded me the countryside of Amsterdam in Holland.
houses were really similar.

Short story

2008-08-24T18:34:00.005+09:00

Pom is a boy who is lazy with doing his homework.
Dom is a boy who is lazy with thinking his schedule for next week.

Pom starts to think byu himself why he doesn't feel to do his homework all the time.
and he concluded that because he doesn't like homework.

Pom desided to ignore his homeworks.
the homeworks are compiled day by day on his desk.

but he didin't care about it, he kept ignoring his homeworks.

Once his homeworks are compiled upto the ceiling,
the homeworks tower became a real wood
and start to have branches and leaves... even fruits!

Pom picks up one of the fruits
and gave it to Dom.

Because Dom doesn't have any schedule for next week,
he decided to eat half of the fruits
and another half to bury next monday.

The fruits buried in the field grows quickly
because Dom kept watering the buried fruits
every hour.

Finally the buried fruits growed enough to be big tree
having plenty of fruits.

Dom gave one of the fruits to Pom.

Pom came back home and cut the fruits into half.
Then what he found inside of fruits
was the answer to the homeworks
which he compiled on the desk.

but his homeworks had already become a real tree, it was
not homeworks anymore.

That's why Pom made a pie using the fruits and castard cream.

He gave a piece of pie to Dom.

Dom ate it all and wrote a letter to
Pom to thank him for the pie.

-----------------------------------------------------
To Pom

Thank you for your pie, it was pretty tasty.
I grow up the fruits as I didn't have any plan to do.
That's why I had no stress to grow it up.
I hope you also didn't have any stress to make
the pie.

With love,
Dom

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がんばるとかそうじゃないってことかな。

2008-08-17T00:29:00.005+09:00

かなしいけど、しかたないってことはあるって思う。
人には人の事情があって、むりやりがんばっても
どうしてもうまくいかないこともある。

英語がちっとも上達しないからかな。
もう社会人だったら違ったのかな。
どっちにしろ、うまくいかないときはうまくいかないもので。
どうせ、辛くても自分からは止められない。
自己防衛力がたりんなぁ。

・・・・・なにやってんだろ。いったい。

愚痴ブログになってしまった。

そんな日もある！たまには！

関心も興味も無い重いことに時間をかけたい人なんていない。
会話をする時間だってきっともう無い。

でも、

とっても楽しかったなぁ。
すごくいい人だったなぁ。

また、どっかで会えたらいいなぁ。

ってことだけでも、言えたら楽になるのかなぁ。

またねー

What's your flava?

2008-08-08T19:29:00.004+09:00

♪"What's your flava, tell me what's your flava?"

Lucky girls who got golden CD,
they got a right to meet "prince" to them...
The true reason that they wanted to meet him was....?!

This remains us easily the story of golden chocolate bar in Charlie's chocolate factory;)

both two video above are instractive for viewers to think
what modesty is.

Japanese beauty

2008-08-05T21:19:00.004+09:00

SHISEIDO is the best cosmetic campany in Japan.
Their way of product promotion is gorgeous.
In this TV commercial of shampoo,which is called "tshbaki" the name of
flower, you can see the most popular Japanese actresses.

I was simply influenced by this commercial and bought the
shampoo;)

It is not easy to be like actresses in the commercial only to use
same shampoo...of course;))) rather you never know they really use
it;))

Don't be lazy to be a attractive women, girls!(including me;))

It is said sense of sight gives the strongest impact on human's brain
among 5 senses(hear, taste, touch, smell,see).

There was a polular book last or two years back,
titled "人は見た目が9割" in Japanese.
If I traslate it in English,
"You are judged at 90% by your appearance"

Don't have to cry over it;)

There is also a proverb
"you will get tired of a beautiful lady in three days"
huh, so now I hit on the new proverb now,
"you never get tired of a women who are not only beautiful
but also XXXXXXX "

fill your character in XXXXXX ;)
and you'll be the one for someone!

"Hey, let's go to see sunrise on the beach！"

2008-08-03T19:15:00.005+09:00

At 11:30pm in a restaurant with friends.

"why don't we go to seaside to wait for sunrise tomorrow?"

The idea came up in our mind suddenly.
Instead og going to karaoke (we planed to spend some time in
karaoke at first), we jumped in the last train taking us to
nearesr station from seaside.

We invited three more friends to this quick tour to seaside
calling them like,

"Prepare yourself quickly and catch the last train to
the station I tell you from now, the distination is.....,
and the train will leave nearest station for you in 15 minuite,
....why?....we go to the sea!"

To my surprise, the three caught the train successfully regardless of
sudden invitation. I have to admire their flexibility to join something
interesting!

we got off the train and killed some time in karaoke sining songs related to
summer or the sea, like I posted last time.

around 4:00 am,
we head to the sea by taxi, which was daedly expensive, I was afraind
that the meter figure goes so fast. but we managed to reach beach
and waited to surise.

Though we came the beach earlier than sunrise,
played some game. we found a thin stick and
stand it in small sand mountain.
the ruleof this game is to make smaller the sand
mountain not to lean the stick.
if you lean the stick , you'll have penalty.

This time, we decided the penalty is to shout about the first love
to the sea loudly.
we were seven people and finally we heard seven first love stories;)

Unfortunately, we couldn't see sunrise because it was cloudy.
but we enjoyed on the beach somehow;)
at least I'll try to tell you reader what we expected to see.
here is a video from you tube.
This video seems to be taken on the same beach we went.

At 7:00am, having brief breakfast we fell asleep in the train on the back way
to home. won' t worry we didn't miss the station to get off.

Nice memory it was. the small adventure witout concrete planing
remainded us school days.

Japanese pop music

2008-07-28T21:33:00.005+09:00

If we talk about music, it is the most global field, don't you think?
Wherever you are, you can hear various kinds of music from various countries.

Therefore, It became rather difficult to make a clear line
for genre on music.

Japanese pop music got also influenced by forign countries, it is said especially
from US. that's why many Japanese songs has some taste from foreign music,
Even you won't be able to find easily true Japanese music from pop music
listened by young people. (Of course we have japanese originated music,"which is called "enka" (演歌 in Japanese) which is almost for the old and usually is not
coming to TOP10 popular music chart.

The music which I post today is by "yuzu" that
I can say they are rarely influenced by forign music
and one of the most popular musician among young people.

I don't hesitate to introduce their sounds as a Japanese originated music.
This song is one of the most popular songs by "yuzu" and the music itself
gives you a flavor of summer.

Aquarium in SONY building in Ginza

2008-07-27T00:32:00.006+09:00

Ginza is the area so colled "for the rich".
Ginbura is a kind of slung which means
just walking around in Ginza.

On weekend, main street becomes only for walkers
and no car allows to come in.
it is really for "ginbura" condition.

SONY, which is so famous too mention as a one of the
biggest campany in Japan,they have thier own building
in the center of Ginza.

Recently they set an big aguarium in front of the building.
and con you guess what kind of fishes are inside of the aquarium?
they were transferd from Okinawa located far from Tokyo,in the
most sounthern part of Japan.

I was with a friend and we decide to come in a cafe
after seeing the aquarium. what we were surprized at
was the price of cup of coffee.
it was totally "Ginza price".
Maybe the cafe we try to enter was kind of special,
of course not every cafe or restaurant give such a high price,
maybe,,,,maybe not?

Tokyo,it is small area when you check by world map, like
small dots in small Japan, But every area in Tokyo
has different culture and taste,that's interesting.

For example...
------------------------------------------------
Shibuya-for young
Shinbashi-business man
Aoyama-fashionable
Asakusa-mostly for the old,or foreigner
Akihabara-electronic, Manga
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Another Morchard!

2008-07-21T09:07:00.008+09:00

I happened to find that Morchard is a name of town
in Australia.
I really didn't know another Morchard in the world
cause the name of this blog "Morchard" was totally created
by me with personal reason.

I haven't tell you readers why I named my blog "Morchard".
Now is the time to announce it.

First of all my name in Kanji, which is Japanese characterisrtic
letters originagted in China,means
"beautiful tree" in English.

it's easy to feel simpathy with something natural from my name.
And I like fruits not only in terms of eating but also the general concept
about fruits which is "good result after effort". It is written "実を結ぶ"　in japanese.

"Orchard" itself means fruits yard although I don't know exactly for what kind of
fruits.

The reason I put the letter of "M" on the top of "Orchard"
is just because it is initial letter of "Miki".
It's like I'm an owner of Miki's orchard in the blogging world.

I imaged that every posting on this blog were fruits.
The more I post, the larger Morchard will be.

Disney on ice ---princess dream----

2008-07-20T13:37:00.005+09:00

It is quite hot these days.

But there was a "cool" event by which you forget
a hot day.

At Yoyogi Taikukan in Tokyo,
lots of people made a line to enter a hall
holding a ticket for "disney on ice -princess dream 2008-".

It is a skating show that actors wearing
costumes of princess,price,and other charactures of Disney.
Personaly,I like Jasmine and Allagin and thier song
A whole new world

It seems the show is held in different contries every year.
and the video I posted here is in English not
in Japanese I saw. but still you see piece of
contents of the show regardless of language.

Imagination

2008-07-12T16:02:00.002+09:00

Watch this till the end.It's not so long.
Don't skip.

First business trip in Tohoku area.

2008-07-02T23:27:00.004+09:00

It was my first time to have business trip today.

you will find a collored map of Japan here

Green part of the map is Tohoku region where I went today.

The place where I went last Sunday to picking cherry tour was
Nagano prifecture in Koshin-etsu region colloerd by orange.

Mainly Japan are devided into nine parts including Ryukyu island.
Each region has speciallities or sometime, dialogs which even
I Japanese can't understand.

There is a myth from ancient time,it is even before
we were influenced by Budddism from China.

The region on this story is Kyushu region
collored in yellow.

There was a god who control the Sun in the world
She was called "Amaterasu ookami"
Oneday she got angry with something and hide herself
in a rock hole.
To get her out from there, other gods pretended to be
enjoying to sing or dance. They thought Amaterasu
must feel to join it and come outside from rock holes.

when Amaterasu step out,
Other gods catched her not to go back to hole
and finally Sunshine came back to the world.

check the details about Japanese Region.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_regions_in_Japan
sorry,about the Myth, no reference here.....

HATO BUS TOUR

2008-06-29T21:23:00.017+09:00

Regardless of rainy day,
Girls don't stop to go out!

I went to Nagano prifecture with friends by bus.
It was kind of packed tour including some
interesting activities.

We were 10 mebmers group.
two out of them were so cool, they
made pair-card which makes pairs
to take a seat together.
There were 5 pair seats for us.

The tour started as a snack party,
We passed snackes, chocolate, chips and
anything we brougt.
"this is from her, and that is from her in next seat...";)
Besides the bus left early in the morning
6:00 or so. Most of us took breakfast in the bus.

First, we arrived at Kiyosato in Nagano.

We don't have much information about here,
but this place was related to cultural exchange program
after WWⅡ. Doctor pole, who is priest from US
came to this place and spread the peace between US and Japan.
The program was successful here,
although not every place in Japan wasn't.

The enviroment around here was plenty of nature.
we got a bouquet of herbs as a suvenir.

good smelling!
where am I looking at.......;))

and suddenly I found this while we went to next spot.

a pretty cow;)

hey, one of the main activity was cherry picking!
so sweet and tasty cherrys were.

At last we visited winary.

going into the forest....

and..!

we could also taste some wines.

Whether wasn't parfect, but we enjoyed.

New Staff

2008-06-18T21:56:00.007+09:00

縁の下の力持ち

2008-06-07T22:59:00.002+09:00

let's be deserved to get reward;)

Trap of Meanings

2008-06-07T01:05:00.006+09:00

she is genius that you cannot image what she thinks.

she understands everything.

she knows herself very much.

and she foresees what will happen to her in the future.

Nobody can break her logic.

she has got what she wants untill now.

she never misses her target.

she never makes meaningless action as well.

Every her action makes sense.

you really cannot understand her.

she is in too high level to catch up.

you respect her.

you try to follow her.

But she is in a stage where you can never reach.

you can touch her.

but she has also certin area where nobody can touch.

she wants to be touched there by someone.

she is waiting for the person who can reach her secret area.

she opens her door all the time.

but nobody come in.

the only way to come into the door is

to know that you never understand about her.

you don't have to understad the contents of her secret area.

what you have to do is just to recognize she has secret area.

imagine how lonely she is.

she is talented.

everyone wants to be like her.

but she was herself from the begining.

so she didn't wish to have the talent.

Tragety is that she feels lonely easily.

but she knows of course she can't change her given talent.

it means she will be talented feeling lonely for whole her life.

but

she finally found something.

you know what?

dedicated for special person for my friend

Museum in Ueno

2008-06-01T19:23:00.006+09:00

On sunday afternoon, it is sunny day and warm.
The clear blue sky came after rainy days.

I put so tight schedule on weekday this week that
decided to rest on weekend.

I got up 7:00 and cleaned my room then made laundry.
I napped a bit after that.
Around 2:00 pm I finally had nothing to do.
the plan to visit museum came up my mind suddenly
and preparing myself roughly even not with putting mascrca
on my eyerushes,I left my room.

Ueno was not so far from my place.
It took about 20 minuites by train directly.
because there is one of biggest zoo in Ueno besides Museums,
the ueno station was crowded with many people from kids to
the old.

On the way to the museum entrance,
I should across the large park.
With music in my ipod nano,
I was totally relaxed walking on the street
to the museum.
there were plenty of green or nature in the park.
and I found this.

Blue giraffe in the park.

the exhibition I saw was this.

Bauhaus

Good thing was to touch something new in the exhibition.
but not only outside but also inside of the museum was crowded.
that made me nervous a little.
but because I didn't want my holiday spoiled with such a negative feeling,
I concentrated to seeing exhibition.

on back way to home I dropped at the book store
and bought a book about basic marketing.

on the back way to home, I got two muffines for my friends.
Onw for a friend who gave me medicine for cold last Tuesday and
another for afriend who tought me java programing stuff for test.

Relaxed weekend got me full energy for next coming weekday.
it is not good sometimes to have extra time to think something
because one can tend to think too much about what
one can not solve now.

someone said,
"life is short. time is limited.
make use of time for enrich your mind"

つれづれなるままに

2008-05-31T23:15:00.003+09:00

知らないうちに時間が経っていて、
手をつけないことは
そのままになっていっちゃう。

目の前のことを頑張っていれば
きっといいことがあるんだろう。

からだが弱くなると心も弱くなる。
風邪に負けるな自分！

最近はいろいろな人から恋愛相談を受けるけど、
そういう時期なんだろうか。
アドバイスしてるようで、実際は自分に言い聞かせてる
みたいだ。

考え出すときりが無い。と
分かっていても、暇があると
いろんなことを考る癖はなくならない。

無駄なんだろうけど。
本当に無駄と思ったときにやめるだろうから
放置。

とりとめのない文章を日本語で書きたい気分。

掃除上手になるにはどうしたらいいだろうか。

最近O型っぽいと言われることがよくある。

なんでもいちいち本気で怒ってたら自分が疲れるだけだ。

配属が決まって、まあようやくここまで来たなぁと
しみじみ思ったりする。それなりに希望通りだし。
ありがたいなぁ。

びくびくおどおどしても仕方ないし。

なるようにしかならないし。

自然体でいるしかないし。

一日一日明るく楽しく過ごそうって、とりあえず
それだけ考えてればきっと大丈夫。

分かる人は分かってくれる。

Question

2008-05-25T02:14:00.003+09:00

Could you tell me the answer for this?

"There is a glass of water with ices.
When you turn the glass,
does the water inside turn as well as a glass?
or the water itelf doesn't turn with glass?"

A line makes a story

2008-05-25T02:00:00.003+09:00

If you get imagination,
you can make whatever you want with limited
resources.

I wish the drawer in this movie writes something
for me with the magical white pencil which
produces everything "line man" want.

Cool library in Amsterdam

2008-05-12T20:12:00.011+09:00

Definitely,
The library in Amsterdam is cool!

I have never seen such a stylish library.
The library looks like a faniture shop in some
place inside.
you can find cute ceiling lamps,chairs,sofas etc.

The top floor of the library is food court.
it has open teras as well so that
you can see almost whole Amsterdum from there.
You may find artificial wind mills over the distance,
cannals running through the city! Needless to say,
it is nice view which you should see when you
visit Amsterdam.

(all photos from highwayman)

It is great if you read favorite book in
nice environment. even if the book is not so interesting,
you'll stat to like it thanks to this cool library;)!

perhaps you can find special book there,
like,,,, this??

Sports----Soccer and Kendo

2008-05-08T19:12:00.004+09:00

Obviously sports excite poeple.
I personally have played some sports,
like tennis or kendo and a hurdle race a little.

I think I know at least how to enjoy playing sports
but not so much for watching it.

Soccer or baseball is most popular sports as I see
and I guess that if I have experience to play those
sports, I can enjoy watching them.
but less oppotunity to play them now,
I found this movie from you tube.

I recognized pieces of what a soccoer player see in his life;)

One more movie,
I found funny kendo game.
this is famous cartoon in which
a boy called shinnosuke ,who is a main character,
plays kendo match and show funny skills.

.....And can you guess what a man weaving his hair into
ponytail step at the last scene;))?

flowers!

2008-05-06T09:56:00.012+09:00

I went to Hitachinaka kaihin park, where is
located in Ibaraki prefecture.
Also the park faces sea side.
Though we went there by car.
You know what will happen when young people
in holiday gather in onw place in a car;)
Chatting,snacks, music....!

Of course
we did safety driving,
No accident, No complaining from others;)

well,
We arrived at the park in around one and a half hours
with using highway.

The park itself is really wide and
has some sections for each flowers.
Now Turips are in full bloom.
and another is nemofila.

Nemofila is not as famous as turip
but pretty pale blue small flower.
it doesn't insist its beauty but if you
look it carefully, you feel modest beauty
.

keyword diary

2008-05-04T21:34:00.003+09:00

Theme:DRIVE

Departure time is coming soon.
Rords to go haven't been decided yet.
Invite your friends as possible as you can in your car.
Visit places you have wanted to go.
Encountering something new will be wonderful.

keyword diary

2008-05-03T18:13:00.003+09:00

Theme: HOLIDAY

Hot events are held everywhere.
Over the night enjoy yourself.
Look, people are dancing and singing.
It is time to have fun.
do what you really want to.
And get excited fully with it.
You'll fall asleep being satisfied with what you've done at night.

Fallin' love with world

2008-05-02T09:11:00.004+09:00

There are many things which is worth to see in the world.
Luckly I could have chances to see some of them
and this movie shows them as well.
I realized that I have many things which I
haven't seen.

When you see this movie,
Even if you are worried with something,
you may start to think
it is not so big issue comparing with
the size and diversity of our beautiful planet.

World is just big, wide anf full of unknown things.
and that excites my curiosity easily.

Goblin

2008-04-30T22:01:00.005+09:00

The color of this cartoon, behaviour of characters,
everything is so cute!!

These days thanks to development of technology
characters of animation became like a real human.
but still we can't deny feeling artificial moving
in modern cartoon characters. Of course
we can't help admiring the high level of 3D animation technology but
on the other hand it gives us one simple question
such as ...."Do we need it?"
(No offence to high technology;))

I think 3D animation is not mainly for kids but for adults.
Reality is not always needed for cartoon world.

In my opinion
I don't want to be in the realistic world even when I
see cartoons. The reason why I see cartoon is simply it is pretty
and also I want to see the world that everything can happen.
Of course, some theories should be there to stand a story
but it doesn't have to be so strict.

hey, look this now.
how sweet this world is,
even I don't understand any words because it is russian.
but action, singing, things going on here,
I see somehow.

and next cartoon is from Japan.
can you see semi-reality here?
I couldn't find Japanese one from you tube
then you'll hear Chinese here.
this is "tonari no totoro"
from Hayao Miyazaki who is a master of
cartoon in Japan.

....well,
by those cartoons
did you enjoy and go into the world where
fewer theories works than real world?;)

5 sentences diary

2008-04-29T22:55:00.005+09:00

I met one of my friend from university today.
We directly went to karaoke and stay there for 3hours.
After that I joined indian curry dinner near my flat.
Both new friends and old ones have something to learn.
It seems important things which I won't get only by myself.

Graffiting!

2008-04-29T11:59:00.003+09:00

Jazz restaurant

2008-04-26T20:30:00.004+09:00

It seems I could find a new hobby.
Restaurant with Jazz.

One of my friend invited me to a restaurant
where we can listen to Jazz music besides having dinner
or drink. It is located near Mejiro station.

Good thing is that you can hear the music played by
musician exactly in front of you! not the music from radio,
you feel real sound there.

here, they are "samusashirazu"

you can enjoy good meal here as well.

I come to love this type of restaurant so that I'm sure

to visit again.

Kurumi

2008-04-24T19:58:00.006+09:00

you shouldn't miss the last scene...

Mr.Children is one of the most poplular in Japan

Welcome back to life with internet.

2008-04-20T12:59:00.002+09:00

It has been alsmost one month since I posted last article
my life was going without internet.

Besides no time to spend some time in front of laptop
except for weekend these days.

Always this season is the time to start new life for everyone
and of course I'm one of them.

After student days
suddenly new type of life starts.
Getting up early, going to bed much earlier than before.
It's hard but this new life gives me
healthy life as well because three meals for proper timing
is neccessary to stock energy to work.

Meeting new people everyday,
it is hard to remember thier faces and names as always for me.

Comparing to the time when I entered university,
I' m not upset so much and even I shoul be like that now.

just for record

2008-03-26T22:12:00.003+09:00

Now there is not so many oppotunities to gather all member of family

after evey children got out from home town to

work or study.

just for record of rare day.

Graduation!

2008-03-26T18:43:00.011+09:00

It was really nice day.
I got up early and rushed to prepare myself
to put on dress or set hair style for graduation ceremony.

Thanks for my parents who also came to attend just one hour ceremony
all the way from Tochigi.

We could have choices to put on various kinds of color and pattern special dress
for graduation, some wear dress like me, some do western dress.boys usually wear suit.

So many people...

I should appreciate professors who let me draduate from University;)

Finally, I got diproma!

It was really rushing day. Putting on dress, attending the ceremony, taking pictures

with friends or parents or professors, going to certin room to get a diploma, etc.

Even there were lots of student there but it was difficult to find the poeple who

I wanted to take photo with because inside of university is overcrowded!

So I could say that I had no time to feel sentimental.

Maybe same thing has happened to others as well cause

nobody was crying out, more than that we just use mobile

always jsut like,

" where are you? .....in front of gate? yes, .....5 minuites later.

Let's take some picture..."blablabla.

We were rushing also because most girls, me as well, rented the costume

which has limited time to return.

Anyway,

school days was precious of course

I definitely remember the days.

Now I just can't realize properly that I 'm not student anymore

and suddenly feel strong pressure to be a worker.

Today I had sushi party at home

cause tomorrow I'll move to new flat prepared by

the company I'm going to join.

so, hello to new life!

Last trip as a student! ---kyoto, Nara, Osaka----

2008-03-24T13:16:00.018+09:00

Most Japanese students plan to trip to somewhere
just before graduation from University.
you know why?
cause when you start to work, you never have free time
to travel around!! so short holiday is waiting for you!
sick of thinking of it!

Some travel abroad, Some do in Japan.
I had kind of both.
that comes from hard part-time job
so before trip, my travelmates also worked hard
to earn for trip, we almost have no time to plan
where to go but at least roughly we manage to fix
schedule, place to sleep, transportation.

This time We went to the west of Japan,
Kyoto, Nara, Osaka.
in these part especially Kyoto was flourished before around 1600,
when Edo era started. Our current capital Tokyo started from this
Edo era, before that every important things was in Kyoto,
politics , the emperor, shogun, etc.
These area around kyoto is famous for old city, well preserved architectures,
temples and still Osaka is now like another capital in west part of Japan.

Tansportation

this time, the reason we decide to trip around Japan is alsmost because of
special train ticket, which is cost about 11500 yen ( around 115 US$, 75 euro)
for 5 stamps. you can use limited line (JR line) for whole day in one stamps.
if you have enough time, you can go from west to east in Japan with one stamps,
but then you spare all time to move;)
with one stamp, it took 9 hours from Tokyo to Kyoto.
so long? but if you are lucky, you can see Fuji mountrain which is
one of famous landmark in Japan on the way to kyoto.

In kyoto, weather was great. Kinkakuji (Golden Temple) was shining in the blue sky.

Golden temple is built in 13th century. in 1955 this temple was fired by a young monkand he comitted a suicide just after it. so now the Golden temple you see is rebuilt in 1955 and recorded as a world heritage. although we didin't visit there is another temple which is called Ginkakuji(The Silver Pavilion) , is not really decoRated in silver. strenge?;)

kinkakuji and it's reflection on the water.

This area called Gion, and now you see mixture of modern life and histrical gate

at the same time.

A poster of dance festival.

A tower and the road were lighted up like this.

kiyomizudera at night

This snap is"wow!!" for me, when I found to take it.

It was lucky to see lighted up Kiyomizudera.

Not evey time you can visit here at night.

This temple is famous for its stage which is like large valcony.

because Kiyomizudera is built in high place so that it is said that

if you decided to do something, you go to the stage and look down.

and it gives you fear of falling down because of that height.

Therefore poeple say

"Once you determind to put someting into action,

stick to do it, otherwise go to the kiyomizu stage and jump from it!!"

It is like a pre-experience to visit kiyomizu stage then

you realize the fear to jump from it, and you'll try to avoid to give up

what you decided to do.

bamboo road and jinrikisha

If you pay, you can ask him to take you short trip with small guide on this vehicle.

how much? it is much! you see, no one is on the jinrikisha!;)

......I'm joking, it is actually not cheap, but it will be nice experience to

get on jinrikisha and see around some places feeling the flavor of old Kyoto city.

Japanese apricot is blooming now.

The street to Kiyomizudera

place to rest and have some green tea.

A huge statue of Buddha

from back side

the place to clean your hand before entering the secred area.

deers are thought as a messenger of God.

A shrine

the rope with white pieces of paper means the secred area.

In Japan, Osaka is famous for the place of comedians.

Most poplular comedians in Japan come from Osaka,

With characteristic dialog, Osaka is lively all the time.

central area in Osaka.(called doutonbori)

we dropped at the Nagoya city on the way back to Tokyo.

then we invited some friends who live there and had dinner together.

at the entranc of Karaoke

What is good traveling inside of Japan is to recognize

that I have still a lot of things to know about Japan even it's my mother country.

and because traveling in Europe before this trip,

I could compare both Europe and Japan. they are much different

and when I remember life in India, then I can't help thinking of diversity

in the world.

Especially in this trip, I could have much time to move in the train and

it gave me time to turn my thought toward my student days

or new life from April or other topics.

I never expected what I am now

when I enter University.

so nobody knows what will happen in the future.

My sister said to me once,

"the job for student is to think a lot.

you have even no time to think except for job"

If I had other life, would I have been different person?

nn.... something philosophical;)

During the trip, one of my friend tried to describe me

in drawing when we were in a cafe, she drew the question mark covered with

larger question mark! even it was more than ten layers question marks!

my friends said,

---miki, I see you always think "why?"----

so am I achieve the job as a student?;)

at last, here is the answer for my philosophical question.

in Ryoanji, a stone garden in Kyoto.

There were 15 stones in the garden but you can see

only 14 stones in every degree.

what is the purpose of the person who made this garden?

Some poeple say,

"you have to see what you can't see in your eyes, in your heart"

anyway, it fully depends on you how you understand the fact

that you can't see everything even you know everything is there.

Actually to think of this kind of question, which seems to have

no answer ( for example, one famous question is

"which hand does sounds when you crap your hands?")

is one of the training for enlightment in Zen

spreaded in 13th century in Japan.

anyway, Big thanks for travelmates Kaori, Ikuyo!

Looking forward to see them full bloom

2008-03-15T20:50:00.006+09:00

I got the bulbs of turip from Holland.
This time I planted the turip with shorter
stem than usual.I don't know the name of this type
tulip even if I found it on the package of bulbs,
it is written in Dutch so I can't read it.

anyway it was something new for me
and enough curious to see how it looks like
in my garden.

What you should prepare to plant tulip bulbs:

1: a flower pot

(filled with soil. if you can, it is better to put some gravel on the bottom before you

put soil, it helps for water to come out from the pot. so pot should be also has small holes

to let water go.)

2: a scoop

3:bulbs

Putting bulbs

You can put bulbs like this. it looks too close to put each bulbs, but it's ok.

then put some more soil to cover the bulbs until you see only the top of

bulbs.

yes, like this.

decorated version;)

I used pumpkin seeds to circle the edge of the pot

also I made flower plate and stick it on the back side.

Oh my turip, I can't wait to meet you!!

and thanks in advance for every sunny day!!

Is the picture reflection of one's emotion?

2008-03-15T17:04:00.005+09:00

Noticing that I haven't drawn a picture long time,
I tried to draw something.

By chance I found a magazine which features on Praha this month.
Prague castle and charl bridge was the title cover on the magazine
and I turn over the pages finding places I visited together with several
memories.

from one of the pages I chose a picture which can drive me to copy.
it was the drawing you can see above.

To my surprise,
after the drawing, I recognized
the woman (or man, }I don't know)in the drawing looks nervous.
In fact in the model picture I copied, she just closes her eyes. you can't
see any emotional feeling.

It is the art which can be taken in any ways depending on the person
who see it. but I didn't see the women angry so why did I draw like that?

maybe it's difficult to hide emotion in this way like drawing
even if you can do it very well with words.

Maybe it is too famous that
there is the pycologic test to check what you really feel in depth
by drawing a picture of a tree on the white paper,
which is called "tree test" or "Baum test"
how you draw a trunk, branches, leafs, there is fruits on the tree or
drawing roots or not, these are the resourse to judge your hidden
psychology.

CM

2008-03-08T02:10:00.005+09:00

see the last scene of this short movie.
I made the bottle he had.
We
(I edited this with some friends , here you'll see only thier name at the endroll)
borrowed the concept of this movie from TV commercial typical for sports drink.
---Runing , running, running,,,,, and drink. -----

This was an advertize for people to come for a
presentation which intends for visitors to
start or challeng something. then I thought
something energetic should be matched for it.

that's why you 'll see "on stage" at the end of this movie
because the presentation is held on stage, not in the field for athlete.

nnn,, when I see this now,

......much space to improve;)

but still fine, good memory with friends;)

I amsterdam!! -part 1-

2008-03-06T00:55:00.012+09:00

What happened to Amsterdam,
I have never been to such an exciting city.

I had a trip to Amsterdum from Praha
from end of Februaly till beginig of March.
the flight was by......

how beautiful the sky was!

cannal bus tour

Amsterdum is famous for cannals running
though the city.
It costs 7 euro for one hour canal bus tour
then you can see the view of amsterdum
from canal river.

for me as a asian, more or less buildings in
Europe are similar amang the european aountries
but still I can see defference in building
in Amsterdam.
maybe it is also because of enviroment which
the buildings are surrounded by,
cannals, bridges,many bicycles etc.

look at the houses on the canal river.
they live there with proper address and electricity as well.
in amsterdum lacking of the land to live, this system of living
developed. now i wonder they can easily move thier house like a boat
just separating thier house from the edge of canal.

here is the big house which is released from the edge of the canal;)
....of course this is not a house
(still I may say it is house for seamans)
but a model of ship
behind it you see the museum called NEMO althogh
we didn't come inside there.

the whether was beautiful this day
and it was so confortable to sit on the canal bus
that I couldn't help feeling sleepy a bit

but I enjoyed canal trip fully next to
Aibek http://aibek.nomadlife.org/
who is an experienced traveler and also
good camera man who took many nice pictures in this canal trip
also though the trip I did this time.
moreover he is the one who always makes my trip
wonderful and unforgettable! not only interm of photos.

whatever I missed to see in this trip
can be seen in his pictures.....

to be conteniue...!

なーんかうまくいかないときってあるよね。

2008-02-19T23:35:00.002+09:00

what people always like is
something simple and clear. means,
"easy to understand"

What people always like is
something not annoying, uncomplecated
"smooth to go"

what people always like is
small problem　which can solve.
it gives you
"feeling of achivement"

now is the time to see this.

2008-02-13T22:37:00.003+09:00

last day I met an old lady as a customer
to my shop.

I remember her because she asked me lots of things
about our goods or some information of the location
where our branches are.

TOday the old lady came to the shop again.
and as soon as she recognizd me,
she simled and started to admire my behavior
to her last day.

first, I was surprised to know that she remembered
my face. I served hundreds of people everyday
and also didin't expect to be remembered by someone.

what she said to me was how nicely I treated her and
on the contrary she was treated badly in one of our branches.

as a matter of fact, I'm not good at customer service
even I think the job is not for me.

because I can't stand impolite customers even if they
paid a lot. so what.
you should be good enough to use much money
Paying doesn't mean that you can do anything
what you want.
especially now I work in the area of rich people
I see they are used to be treated nicely
and think it natural.

of course I don't express my feeling
on the face directly even if I feel angry for customer
but to hide emotion can be stress easily.

but the old lady who visited me
she told me the pleasure of service occupation.
in fact she had a choice not to come to see me again
but she did. her perpose was only to thank me.
we met only 15 minuites or so but al least
I felt glad to give her nice feeling then.

and also I learned from her to express
thanks to someone cleary.
I knew it but I recognized it again
thanks to the old lady.

hope to see her again.

cooking day

2008-02-10T23:10:00.000+09:00

what we made was

1 beef patties
2 pampkin soup
3 vegetable salad
4 avocado dip
5 strenge cake(?)

we tousted some slices of bread and
sanded what we made between them!

convasation with kaori, my cooking partner,
while cooking

"miki, chop onions into pieces!"
"wait wait, I'm peeling them now.
kaori, can you wash the letteuce and tomates before
slice them?"
"sure. and do you know where eggs are?
I want one to mix it with beef"
"eggs are on the top of fridge"
"...oh, I found it. "

we prepared some snacks as well beside main dish.
we supposed to have three people this day
but one of them caught a cold and couldn't come.

at the end of dinner
we ate cake, yeah...rather I can say it is something with cream.
even we didin't know how to eat it properly and
hesitate to try it.
sorry for a mess on the table...just after the party even for two people,
you know?;)

it remind me that I used to cook sweets with my old sister
when I was a child.
we had made most kind of sweets,
doughnuts,cookies, many kind of cheese cakes,
chocolate cakes, jerry, meat pie,
cream puff, pudding, ice cream, candy.......
what else?????

cooking was kind of experiment which I carry out easily.
of course it doesn't show good results always
for example
onece I made a salty pound cake;)
imagine what the taste is!
I put salt instead of suger into mixied ingredients!
I could know something wrong with the cake
because it didin't looks fluffy when I take it out
from the oven!

what the one big differnce between
sweets cooking and usual one is
that you can try the taste during cooking
or not.
the preasure of sweets cooking is to see the
result only at last, besides that of usual cooking
is to add spice or whatever you want
to the pan and adjust the taste to most preferable one.

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2008-02-10T22:16:00.001+09:00

Monochromatic photo

2008-02-10T00:34:00.000+09:00

It looks that I used professional camera.
but in fact I used degital camera, CASIO EXLIM.

sometimes you can take nice photo by chance.

Recently I don't draw pictures.
I'm afraid to lose the skill of drawing
I think I should create time to practice drawing
even if it is enough long.

Pantomime

2008-02-05T00:28:00.000+09:00

Have a look at his creativity.
I cannot help admiring his performance.

Lady GODIVA

2008-01-30T00:02:00.000+09:00

Do you know "GOVIDA" chocolate?

It is known as a high quality chocolate brand
from Bergium.

What it the meaning of GODIVA?
GODIVA is the name of a woman
whose husband was a lord of small region.

Oneday the lord decided to take heavy tax
from people.
but the Lady GODIVA, as a wife of lord,
stopped the lord to do it to try to
help poor people.

The lord got angry with her proposal and
he ordered his wife to run outside naked
on a horse to show how she is serious with
her wards.

Then Lady GODIVA did it. while she was running
outside naked, people close the window
not to see her to show respect toward her.

It was the sroty in 11th centry in England

In 1926, a husband and wife started chocolate
shop in Bergium and they named the shop after
the brave women Lady GODIVA.

they saw the deep consideration for people
in lady DOGIVA and make chocolate with
the feeling she had.

that's why the symbol mark of GODIVA
is the naked woman on a horse.

and 14th on february is St.Valentine day.
we Japanese Chocolate campany sell the amount of
chocolate which is one third of whole thier sales in a year.

here is this year's Valentine limited products
form GODIVA released in only Japan

Q: how much is this?

...................

............................

think think think....

...................

A:1050yen

means, approximately 7euro.
only for one drop of chocolate?

Just one second to eat it!

Fist Snowfall in Tokyo

2008-01-23T21:05:00.000+09:00

Lazy in the morning, because of going out
late at night yesterday, I decided to go to
library in University today.

when I opened the door
what I found was beautiful white snowfall.
I was so surprised cause I didn't see
it from inside of house.

of course it was quite cold outside
I am not good at cold even I was born in winter.
It was first snowing this winter here.

But I felt fun a bit regardless of terrible cold.
I couldn't help calling my friend to tell
the fact that we got the first snow and
she laughed at me
"Thank you for telling it kindly"

maybe it will be best for me to see snow falling
from inside of warm room with hot coffee.

pure white snow in dark black night.
pure white suger in dark black coffee.
nnn....coffee became poetic drink!

Takuya Kimura?

2008-01-22T01:08:00.000+09:00

I drew a portrait without any model

what I thought was only that
there is eyes, nouse and mouth in human face
and how I could draw it well
only by my imagination.

and after I finish to draw,
I found curious thing.

the face I drew resembled one of the most
popular actor in Japan.

actually I 'm not huge fun of him
but there are many oppotunities to see him on
advertizing or TV programs or magazines.

I've heard intersting story that
the most favorable face is the
most average one.

It doesn't have to have something special
or strong feature on a face.
meanwhile "no mistake"face is good.

while drawing, I was thinking
to keep a good balance on every parts
on a face and that might help to
handsome man who looks like TV star.
his name is Takuya Kimura whose nickname is
Kimu-taku.

drawing ↓

Kimu-taku　↓

not so much .....?

A piece of truth -sushi, origami-

2008-01-16T22:31:00.000+09:00

you can find really Japanese style here but
also will also find falsehoods!

I'm afraind that people who don't know that
can think whole these story is true!

how many doubtful points can you find?;)

this is created by Japanese comedian "ramens"
they are from famous art university.

thier comedy style is quite unique in Japan
and worth to check.

under the tree

2008-01-13T15:09:00.000+09:00

school days

2008-01-10T21:42:00.000+09:00

I was in the train sitting and reading
handouts for a report.

I was thinking which theme should be selected.

I was thinking in my mind...
"shakespere...? but about which drama?
The teacher gave us too big theme..."

Maybe It was easy to recoginze from others in the train
that I'm a student preparing for report.

suddenly an old man sitting next to me
talked to me pointing at the file on which
my uviversity name is witten.

he said,
"I was a student there."
actually first I was really surprised because
I have never be talked by someone in the train in this way
aeven I don't expect we have something in common.

we had small talk for a while and said good bye
at the point of changing train.

It was rare experience.

By the way
today I had a final class. it was
business english course and we had
demonstration practice of negotiation.

"what would you say if I ordered.....?"
".....we need 10% more for priduction cost because...
overpayment for workers....,but if you agree on
...5%discount..." blablabla.

we finished class and
immediately went to karaoke.
we should cerebrate(?) that we
stuk to the class!

this was after karaoke.
yeah, it is everyday student life.

no words

2008-01-08T23:03:00.000+09:00

Recentry I saw pretty animation.
It was enough to inspire me to creat similar one.

Be carefull that after 3minuites of this movie
you'll see only black window. nothing will happen later.only music
you 'll hear.

I just made it. no specific plan.
as the story goes, I knew next step which
I should do automatically.

I forgot long time has passed
after beginig to work on making movie.

I remember I could't see what happened around myself
if I 'm absorbed in something in my childhood.

The giving tree.

2008-01-07T20:39:00.000+09:00

"the Giving tree"

no limit of desire,no limit of love to adccept every thing.

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There is a tree which gives a boy every thing he want.

His request becomes bigger and bigger.

At first he asked the tree to give him an apple.
but as he grows up, he starts to ask the tree money.

The tree cuts its branches and give them to the boy
to make money for selling them.

But the tree was happy when it see the boy's smile.
the giving tree kept devoting itself for the boy.
------------------------------------------------------

The boy never know what he've done.
Desire never finish like a fountain from the ground.

Does the tree accept everything too much?
but it is natural to want a smile from loved one.

The love in this story seems the matter between
parents and child.

"was the tree happy?
by the way what is happiness in the first place?"

if you began to think of it,
now you fall into the author's hand.

Good books always give you a deep question.
It depends on authors skill how deep the readers
get insight of the question.

I think I haven't met this kind of book for long time.
the giving tree
the theme itself is not something new.
but I was impressed with the settting and stracture.

then,
here is question.

What is happiness for you?;)

for me?

Taking a hot bath after coming back
from cold outside!!;))

simple person I am!

hello 2008!

2008-01-06T22:35:00.000+09:00

long time no posting!

I was totally relaxed in my hometown
form my birth day(Dec.28th) to New year.

Meeting with family, old friends,
celebrating New years hearing the watch-night bell,
visiting relatives,
just staying at home doing nothing....etc!

what a stress free place my sweet home was!
I haven't stayed there for long time as I did this holiday.
It was real holiday. yes.

maybe I should draw something dor celebrating New Year
but I couldn't find anything interesting.

Instead of it, here is my recent favorite singer.
he is half Japanese and half Canadian as I remember.

I used new way to color picture.

"cosmetics"

I hit on this idear after cleaning my
cosmetic box. I was about to throw away some
eye shadows.

recycling for great mother earth!;)

Real sakura not in picture!

2007-12-22T21:26:00.000+09:00

you can find the dog in the movie
painted in oil painting at previous posting.

Maybe.......?

2007-12-20T22:26:00.000+09:00

color pencil

sakura

2007-12-19T22:55:00.000+09:00

this is an oil painting.

I painted it 2 years ago as I remember.
I desplayed it in art club exhibition
during school festival.

When I was in highschool, I took an art class.
It was just like a selection course
I had some other choices sush as music or
calligraphy class but I chose art.

In the class I learned basic skill of oil painting.
though it wasn't so professional class
but I was glad that at leastI could have a chance to know
how to paint a drawing with oil.

The model of this picture is my dog in my parents house.
her name is sakura.

Sakura means cherry blossom in Japanese.
we named her sakura because we started to keep her
in the season of cherry blossom and
she was found under the cherry blossom tree
after being left by previous owner.

At fist
she was crying quite sadly all the time when she saw a wagon.
and we guess maybe the previous owner had a wagon car
even he could use it in the day when he left sakura.

It seems she was still waiting her owner to pick her
up again and live together with her.

But the owner never show up.

and now she became an "orphan" dog.
If nobody take her home she supposed to send
to the center waiting to be killed.

then my family decided to welcome her
as a member of my family.

Now she is fawning on us.

I always wonder if she got a human language,
what wold she speak to us.

"take me more often for a walk"
"give me sweets more"(she likes sweets like young girls)
"play with me more"

she is noughty.
I hope it is not true that
a dog will be similar to its owner....;)

2007-12-18T00:36:00.000+09:00

Chrsitmas 4

2007-12-18T00:24:00.001+09:00

"How tall this tree is...!
I can't reach any branch..."

She is attaching a piece of paper on which she
writes her address.

She is mumbling
"Just in case."

Christmas 3

2007-12-18T00:22:00.000+09:00

They are talking about this year's Christmas
presents given by Santa Claus.

"I want a pretty doll and nice clothes for it!"
"me?...nnn....,I wish I would ....

.....

I would travel with Mr.Santa Claus dropping
presents for every child all over the world!!!"

Christmas 2

2007-12-18T00:04:00.000+09:00

"I'm making it just now!
I'm a only person working hard on it!"

The rest two girls are sitting
in front of fire.