To write diary is so hard for me even if in Janapnese...

I've found the iPod nano includes pedometer last weekend. That's unbelievable! My pedometer is much heavier than iPod. My padometer includes ONLY padometer. The iPod is originally a portable music player, including shooting videos, voice r…

I've bought a iPod nano for the first time. Color is pink and memory is 8GB type.This is 5th generation iPod (I hear). It could be use to take a movie photo, to listen FM radio, to record voice memo,... In fact, I didn't need these functio…

I went to the Warner Mycal Cinemas at Tama Center and watched the "My Sister's Keeper". It's very impressive human drama. It portrays family love: love between mother and daughter, love between father and daughter, love between sisters, lo…

Next Monday is national holiday that is Physical Education Day. Originally Physical Education Day is October 10th. It's the opening day of Tokyo Olimpic at 1964. But since 2000 it has changed the second Monday of October by the Happy Monda…

Typhoon #18 made landfall this morning and moves across central Japan. But in Tokyo, it rained a little and soon stopped, after then it's fine indeed the wind is very strong.At lunchtime, it was clear and sunny and there were no cloud in t…

Typhoon is just coming. It rains strongly yesterday and today, and it is dark even daytime today. Maybe it will rain more strong tomorrow.The news saids this 18th typhoon, named Melor, is very big and strong -- atmosphere at its center is …

Obama's speech ("誰が気にするそんなこと。", 2009/10/05) Now, I listen to the speech by Obama in 2004. The reason why I do these is, of course, to improve my English. That's very great.I bought the CD of Obama's Address before, of course to…

An origami lesson (My English Diary, 2009/10/05) One hour and a half! How great! Surely they look like flying spparows. I want to fold this figure, but I think it's too difficult for me..."Origami is the traditional Japanese art of paper f…

Today is the first day of October.I don't wear my jacket yet, but it must be a little too chilly and cold. Autumn has come.photo:"Solidago altissima" from "季節の花 ３００" (this title means "300 blossoms in every season").

We Japanese had 5 days vacation in September this year, from 19th to 23rd. That are Saturday, Sunday, Old Citizens Day, National Holiday and Autumn Equinox.We (My wife and I) went to a short trip to Hakone Spa. Hakone is a very famous spa …

Today is the first day of September.Usually, in early September it is still very very humid, but it's very comfortable today -- surely a little hot but not too hot -- as if it were in October.Maybe new term is just beginning at school.

By weather news last night, it is cloudy today, but it's rain all day today.I and my wife invited my father-in-law to have dinner with us. I made "ohitashi" (boiled spinach), salad (tomato, cabbage, cucumber, ham), "niku-jaga" (boiled pota…

I went to a Warner Mycal Cinemas at Kohoku New Town, and watched the Japanese movie : "Manatsu no Orion" (that means "Midsummer Orion").I went to a theater for the first time in approximately three months.That's a very interesting movie an…

This morning I glanced involuntarily at TV, NHK educational program, it introduced the Japanese culture in English*1. Today's theme was "wagashi". I found the english word 'confection'. Ordinary english dictionary tells us the Japanese wor…

This is a very wonderful movie about midnight sun (known as 'white night' in Japanese). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdTduSstXVM I know the word "midnight sun", but I didn't know the route of the sun near the poles at all. This is 1 week…

Practice makes perfect. I know, I know.

Recently hot days are continuing. It is almost summer. Last Thursday I went to beer garden with my customer. I cannot believe that I go to beer garden at middle of the May, but it's very confortable.There is nothing better than drinking be…

Today was a final day at Berlitz.Twenty days (fourty lessons) were felt sometimes long and sometimes short. And now all is over.What and how did I learn during these lessons?All I have to do is continuing to study English. Practice makes p…

I and my wife invited my father-in-law to have dinner with us.He lives near our house by himself.It's no ploblem to take dinner with him, but it's very difficult that what kind of menu should I cook. Beause we couple like fried or stir fri…

I found an intersting entry via 「「汚い仕事場」ランキング」（DDD）. Good Lord, You People Are All Slobs(GIZMODO, 2009/03/31) Good Lord, You People Are All SlobsThis week, I asked you to send me in photos of your disastrous workspaces. And…

Today was a big day for me. It was first day at new job. My greeting for all colleague Putting my desk in order Setting up my PC (Connecting internet) and so on. The next working day is May 7th and 8th. But most of our customers are holida…

April has passed away and May is just around the corner.

The wether is rain strongly today. It's no good because I can't wash. (Yes I can wash, but washed clothes is not going to dry.)John Lennon used to say "Rain, I don't mind. Shine, the weather's fine...Everything's the same."I love John but …

I've come to the Mikkabi-Spa near by the Hamanako Lake.I'm staying tonight at a lakeview room. It's a great view from the window.The big communal bath at this hotel has a great lakeview, too. OUTDOOR SPA I have just took the big common bat…

I will take a 3 days break to going on a short trip.Today it's rain here strongly but tomorrow must be fine.

Fourth week (total 16 days, 32 classes) is finished. The rest is just 4 days (8 classes).This week's improvement is...nothing special. I would venture to say that my self-introduction became well?I'm upset or feeling frustration.

At last I have finished my new sellular to set up, for example, transfer adresses, create mail adress, put restrictions on recieving of mail, and so on.It took a lot of time. New cellular model is much different from previous one so I don'…

I just desided a new job at a engineering service company.I will start the job from next month. Postscript Original article had 2 comments as below: id:nonsugar38: Congratulations!Please enjoy your spring vacation. CHARADE: Thanks. But Eng…

I live in the quiet residental area.My apartment has a kitchen, bathroom, restroom, livingroom, and sleeping room. For using futons, I have no bed. So my sleeping room is not bedroom.We can see the bamboo forest from my window. The view is…