I did not have any special event this winter vacation. Firstly, I planed to go to driving school, but the school near my house was not open at the end and the beginning of the year. I did not have aikido practice, so I just relaxed at home by the end of the year. I got up late mornig, watched TV, took nap and walked around my home.
However, I remember that I had a Germany test soon, and I felt threatend. I started to studying Germany just three days before I had the test. I tried to review entire lessons. Of course, I couldn't finished whole lessons because I had not enough time then, but I got some new knowledge about Germany. Germany was difficult, but I felt that studying language was interesting. So today's title "Winterfereien" means winter vacation in German.
My winter vacation may seems to be boring, but it was good for me. I could relax and spend time freely without thinking about deadline for assingments. It was not so interesting, but good vacation. I hope you had a good holidays, too.
2008年1月8日火曜日
2007年12月18日火曜日
Luminarie in Kobe
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Last Sunday, I went to Kobe and enjoyed Luminarie. It was the first time for me. Although I arrived there one hour before starting Luminarie, there were alredy so many people and horrible long line. I was surprised at the number of people. However, I could get the illuminated road without stress or annoyance. The illumination was so beutiful. I really enjoyed it so much. Of course, I raised one hundred yen for Luminarie.
2007年12月11日火曜日
For Competitions
Last Saturday, I was surprised because our aikido teacher said that we had to start to practice some skills for Kansai and National competition. So we practiced some difficult skills for the competitions, and we also practice skills to get upper kyu so as to enter the competitions. Anyway we have to practice more and more to get prises.
2007年12月4日火曜日
Favorite Novel ③
Today I'll introduce one of my favorite novels: "失踪HOLIDAY（the Disappearence Holiday）" written by Otsuichi. I'm so sorry to introduce only his novels, but I like his novel very much. This novel contains two stories.
"幸せは子猫のかたち(The shape of happiness is like a kitten)"
This story is about a boy who is not good at communicating with others and retires into himself and a girl who is alredy dead and invisible to people.
The boy moves to a new house and starts his campus life. However, he has some mysterious experiences in his new house; Things are moved to place different from where he put, and TV channel is changed without notice. He finds a room seemed to have been used by a girl, and he realise that there is the girls ghost. However, she never tries to scare and harm him. She just live there as if she still be alive. Then they start to live in the house together, but one day, he realzes an important truth.
"失踪HOLIDAY(the Disappearence Holday)"
This story is about a girl, Nao. She lives in a very big house with servants because his father is a prsident of big company and rich. However, she is not his true daughter. Her father got married to her real mother. So Nao is her child by her former marriage. However, Nao did not care about that until her mother died. After her death, she suddely felt fear fo being kiched out by his father because she is not his real child. After sevral years, he got married to other woman, Kyoko. Nao can not get along with and often quarrel with her. One day, she gets angry at her father because he supported Kyoko. So she runs away from her house, but actually, she just hides herself in a house for survants by threatening one of survants, Kuniko. After some days, she thinks that her father may be worried about her and goes back to her home. However, she sees her family looks happy even though they get lost Nao. She is so sad and decides to pretend to be kidnapped by sending a letter to her familly and she keeps hiding hersel in a Kuniko's room. And the happening caused by just a hoax becomes a big incident latter.
If you are interested in this novel after reading these outlines, please try it. Thank you!!
"幸せは子猫のかたち(The shape of happiness is like a kitten)"
This story is about a boy who is not good at communicating with others and retires into himself and a girl who is alredy dead and invisible to people.
The boy moves to a new house and starts his campus life. However, he has some mysterious experiences in his new house; Things are moved to place different from where he put, and TV channel is changed without notice. He finds a room seemed to have been used by a girl, and he realise that there is the girls ghost. However, she never tries to scare and harm him. She just live there as if she still be alive. Then they start to live in the house together, but one day, he realzes an important truth.
"失踪HOLIDAY(the Disappearence Holday)"
This story is about a girl, Nao. She lives in a very big house with servants because his father is a prsident of big company and rich. However, she is not his true daughter. Her father got married to her real mother. So Nao is her child by her former marriage. However, Nao did not care about that until her mother died. After her death, she suddely felt fear fo being kiched out by his father because she is not his real child. After sevral years, he got married to other woman, Kyoko. Nao can not get along with and often quarrel with her. One day, she gets angry at her father because he supported Kyoko. So she runs away from her house, but actually, she just hides herself in a house for survants by threatening one of survants, Kuniko. After some days, she thinks that her father may be worried about her and goes back to her home. However, she sees her family looks happy even though they get lost Nao. She is so sad and decides to pretend to be kidnapped by sending a letter to her familly and she keeps hiding hersel in a Kuniko's room. And the happening caused by just a hoax becomes a big incident latter.
If you are interested in this novel after reading these outlines, please try it. Thank you!!
2007年11月27日火曜日
Wedding
Last Saturday, I went to Tokyo because my oldest sister celebrated a wedding. It was the first time for me to join a wedding. So I was really looking forward to the wedding.
We went to Omote-sando where the wedding was going to be held. I had not been there before and I did not know about there. So I was surprised at the dense crowd. It was not to be compared to the crowd in Osaka, I thought. I don't like to walk through the crowd, so I was exhausted when I got to the hall. (A picture of OMOTE SANDO HILLS)
However, as soon as the wedding started I forgot tiredness and I was impressed by my sister because she wore a beutiful white dress and she was mede up beutifully. At the wedding reception, we had some events like watching movies about historis of bride and groom and film about ho they met and decide to get married. The latter fiml was made to imitate Ainori which is a Japanese romantic TV program and the film was so amusing.
I enjoyed the wedding, but I thought my family, my sister and her husband were very very busy both at the wedding and before the wedding. They had many things to do like addressing the people who came to the wedding, remembering the procession of the wedding and preparing things for the wedding. So arrangement for the wedding took about one year.
Anyway, it was very good wedding.
We went to Omote-sando where the wedding was going to be held. I had not been there before and I did not know about there. So I was surprised at the dense crowd. It was not to be compared to the crowd in Osaka, I thought. I don't like to walk through the crowd, so I was exhausted when I got to the hall. (A picture of OMOTE SANDO HILLS)
However, as soon as the wedding started I forgot tiredness and I was impressed by my sister because she wore a beutiful white dress and she was mede up beutifully. At the wedding reception, we had some events like watching movies about historis of bride and groom and film about ho they met and decide to get married. The latter fiml was made to imitate Ainori which is a Japanese romantic TV program and the film was so amusing.
I enjoyed the wedding, but I thought my family, my sister and her husband were very very busy both at the wedding and before the wedding. They had many things to do like addressing the people who came to the wedding, remembering the procession of the wedding and preparing things for the wedding. So arrangement for the wedding took about one year.
Anyway, it was very good wedding.
2007年11月23日金曜日
Response to a letter, "Common protection and control"
Today, I write a response to this letter, “Common protection and control”. This letter talks about fingerprint and photograph of foreigners arriving at Japanese air ports.
First, the author of the letter, Hideo Kaito, talks about a purpose of fingerprint and photograph of foreigners. He says that the measure is not carried out to violate human rights and discriminate certain groups of people, but to protect people from danger. This statement is used to impress a good image of the measure on people. Also this statement says that people who are bothered are only people having done or are going to do something wrong, so it emphasizes that general people have no reason to care the measure.
At the last paragraph, he talks about common security and self-sacrifice. He insists that people have to sacrifice their some freedoms and rights in order to maintain common security. To say the statement, he asks people that which is more important whether personal rights or safety for people around the world. It is a question style, but he does not intend to give choice. He forces people to choose latter one because no one can invade a right of saving life of others’.
First, the author of the letter, Hideo Kaito, talks about a purpose of fingerprint and photograph of foreigners. He says that the measure is not carried out to violate human rights and discriminate certain groups of people, but to protect people from danger. This statement is used to impress a good image of the measure on people. Also this statement says that people who are bothered are only people having done or are going to do something wrong, so it emphasizes that general people have no reason to care the measure.
At the last paragraph, he talks about common security and self-sacrifice. He insists that people have to sacrifice their some freedoms and rights in order to maintain common security. To say the statement, he asks people that which is more important whether personal rights or safety for people around the world. It is a question style, but he does not intend to give choice. He forces people to choose latter one because no one can invade a right of saving life of others’.
2007年11月13日火曜日
Response to an article about fingerprinting
Today I will write a response to an article, “Not so welcome to Japan any longer”, written by Kevin Rafferty.
The article says that Japan introduces a measure of fingerprinting and taking pictures of every foreigner who came to Japan so as to protect Japan from terrorists. However, the author of the article, Kevin Rafferty, says that the measure is a violation of human rights and nonsense, so he insists that Japanese government has to discuss the measure thoughtfully again.
I do not think that fingerprinting is a violation of basic human rights and a meaningless measure. Fingerprinting just saves life of Japanese and, of course, foreigners to remove dangers. There is no reason your rights are violated. The government says that the measure protects people from terrorists, but it can remove other dangers like murder, theft or traffic committed by foreigners because police can find criminals or suspects easier.
The article says that Japan introduces a measure of fingerprinting and taking pictures of every foreigner who came to Japan so as to protect Japan from terrorists. However, the author of the article, Kevin Rafferty, says that the measure is a violation of human rights and nonsense, so he insists that Japanese government has to discuss the measure thoughtfully again.
I do not think that fingerprinting is a violation of basic human rights and a meaningless measure. Fingerprinting just saves life of Japanese and, of course, foreigners to remove dangers. There is no reason your rights are violated. The government says that the measure protects people from terrorists, but it can remove other dangers like murder, theft or traffic committed by foreigners because police can find criminals or suspects easier.
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