2009-06-25

As part of the world

Why have I been studying English? There are many other languages in the world. Nevertheless, I stick to English language. It may be true that English is the most familiar to Japanese people of all foreign languages, for we, Japanese learn English as a second language at school, but that doesn’t lead to the primary motivation for learning English.

What attracted me to English first was the sound it has. It goes with music very much, compared to Japanese. ( I don’t have any negative feeling about Japanese language. I’m sure Japanese is one of the most profound languages. Among languages there is never superiority. ) I just wanted to sing and to understand the world British musician created. As learning, I got interested in it as a means for communication, and thanks to the internet, we noe have available at any time, anywhere, a great deal of information around the world. On the internet, the language most widely used is undoubtedly, English.

No one can live alone. we, all, are related with each other in someway. What makes the relationship stronger is, I think, communication. Also, appropriate information should lead us to better relationship. That's why English is attractive to me.

In closing, I'm sorry for some wrong expressions and I would like to thank you all for your attention.

2009-06-22

bitter but sweet

When I heard this song, my soul was shaken. Probably, I would not have been if until then. Unlike the pop music which reflected the days( I mean brit pop ), it sounded to me very classical. But there is somethig clear to move me. The more times I listened to it, more intensely it shook my soul. As listening, I thought brit pop was , in a way, over. Just to tell you, I love brit pop. I think it's the best of the verve: Bitter Sweet Symphony

2009-06-20

the apples of my eye

Here are my daughters. Starting from the left, coco and hiyo. hiyo is the our first girl, who began attending kindergarten in April this year. she likes playing outside and often comes back, covered in mud. I hear from her she has a lot of boyfriends in the kidergarten. coco, the second girl, goes her own way. she plays, cries and, sleeps whenever she wants to. Her favorites are vegetables such as green pepper, broccoli, and tomato, which many children probably don't like. But what she likes better than anything else is mother's milk.

2009-06-17

love at first sight

It is 5 years since I began camping. At first I didn’t feel going when my girlfriend, who is now my wife, asked me to go out in the field. I liked staying indoors better than moving around in nature. But the things have changed. Now I cannot help going camping all year around even winter. I sometimes go though she tries to stop me. There is a reason why I’m deeply absorbed in camping.

Here is the story:

It was 6 years ago that I went camping for the first time. ( I hear my parents took my sister and me out for camping, but I don’t remember. ) When camping out with simple, plain tools, a family of four suddenly showed up in front of our camping cite with tools I’d never seen.


They unfolded the tools out there and had in no time built up their “house.” It had a kitchen and a dining room with a kitchen as well as a bedroom not a motor home. Although readers there may think that natural, it was astonishing for me then. It was not camping but their “home” that I fell in love with. Of course, I’ve now learned that’s just like the cart before the horse, but my deep love of “home” blinded me. Since then, I’ve been collecting camping outfits. ( I’ll show them to you later even if you don’t want. )


Finally, I must insist that now I’m trying to rely on tools as little as possible and enjoy nature as much as possible. I’m going to update my camping diary occasionally.

the first meeting with The SMITHS

I’ve heard various different kinds of music and am still listening to new types coming one after another. But few have long been here with me. The SMITHS is not just one of them but the most influential for my life. It was when I was 14 years old that I came across The SMITHS for the first time. I heard their song in my friend’s record. I didn’t understand the lyrics Morrissey wrote at all back then. I didn’t know why, but it gave me goose bumps, though I don’t remember which one of them I heard as that time. ( probably one from their first album: The SMITHS )This time, I have one of them here: What Difference Does It Make?

2009-06-15

precious ones

Let me introduce my family members. Starting from the left, me, coco, hiro, and hiyo, I hear from hiyo, who painted this picture. hiyo is the first daughter, who is at a mischivous age now. coco is the second daughter, who is going her own way. And my wife, hiro is well-beloved, with whom I sometimes quarrel.

on sunny days


I have several hobbies. This is one of them: bike riding. I commute on Vannesa, my bike on sunny days. I got seriously injured before, but can't quit.







2009-06-09

nice to meet you

began my blog, but i dont know what to do first. first, I hope this will be an outout medium, the place to practice writing English, through which I write everyday event, my dream, or complaints and so on. You readers out there, please let me know when you notice my English is strange.