Hi, everyone!
Magnolia, you could come back, again!
I hope your PC keeps better than before, and you could enjoy with us from now on.
I'm happy to hear that you visited Hirugano with your friends
and had a good time escaped from Nagoya's heat.
I like a fragrant smell of liliy, which makes me just as if to be sweet and noble lady,
and so, I'd like to go there some day.
Plum, I was interested with your story when you were a young girl.
You really have brilliant talent not only of English, but also of doing handicraft.
When I picture you delivering your hand-made dolls to gilrs in the neighborhood,
I'm very amused by that scene.
But what I was surprised more is your untiring energy about learning.
I just respect your many efforts, and hope follow you.
Now I read a half of paper of Engels, but I feel I have no sense to understand.
Anyway, I must go ahead, and go ahead.
Thank you so much for your encouragement words, Plum.
So, my kids are waiting their supper, good bye and see you!
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Dear Cherry and friends,
Hello.
Sorry, I cheated you....
I put Magnolia’s message on her behalf.
She still has trouble with accessing some websites. This afternoon, I got an e-mail from her which said that she wanted me to put her comment on the blog. For doing this, I changed my handle name temporarily to “Magnolia” and copied and pasted her comments. So if you try to see her profile on the top of her comments, you'll end up seeing my profile.
August 28, 2007 19:40 JST
Hi, everyone!!!
How are you, ladies? I believe you are enjoying yourselves doing something wonderful despite the crazy heat of late summer…
I am very happy to hear that Magnolia enjoyed a trip to Hirugano, to which I have never been although I heard that that is a gorgeous summer resort and a lot of holidaymakers visit the place.
Yesterday Ulala, her son, and I went to the large shopping complex at Bondi JCT again, because Ulala’s birthday is coming soon, and I would like to get a food processor for her birthday and take a look at processors displayed at David Jones, which is, as I told you before, a department store.
I bought a pretty nice one, which cost about 30,000 yen (there were some which were more expensive, but she said that the one I bought was good enough), and she was absolutely happy about it, and so I was glad.
We bought other things also, but after shopping we had an afternoon tea at a stylish little café in the complex, and we ate lasagna layered with pumpkin and spinach. Underneath these vegetables, there was feta cheese. I had never had it, although I saw it at many different cafes in Sydney, but that was absolutely tasty and delicious. I would like to try to cook it someday.
Today we had a visitor, Tina, a friend of Ulala’s, who was an Indonesian young lady married with a Caucasian Australian, a multilingual, elite military official aged about 40. She had a miscarriage in March, but wanted to see Ulala’s son.
Many of Ulala’s friends came to see the baby, but Tina was the most sweet person, and I liked her. Her mother is a devoted Muslim, and was totally against her marriage with the Oz, who is an atheist, but she gradually compromised with her daughter and now they are getting along well, Tina said. It was quite fun to talk to her.
Cherry, please do not worry about whether you thoroughly understand what Engels is claiming in his book. If you have just a rough idea, that is enough. I know how hard it is to keep reading his English, but practice makes perfect, and so please do not give up. More you read, more you understand.
I hope it was a good day today to you all, my dear friends. Sleep tight…
Dear Magnolia,
I am very sorry about what is happening to your computer.
I have to say that I really don’t know any solution to your problem, but just hope you could get help from someone who knows how to operate the computer, and get yourself out of this difficult situation.
Hello Cherry and friends.
Today I have a piece of information to tell you.
Jonathan suggested us to have a meeting to discuss a following topic if we are interested in it.
What is Japanese “image” of Christianity?
Jonatahn says that Japanese "image" of what Christianity is broader than the term “Christianity”.
It is also much more complex meaning of the term “Christianity”.
It might be an interesting theme for a meeting.
I could lead such a discussion, if you want. I think Christianity is just a lot deeper than what I understand the Japanese image of it to be.
He said that Wednesday and Friday would be available for him.
He also suggested that it is preferable to have a meeting twice.
He has some material to read beforehand.
Are you interested in coming Jonathan’s meeting?
After the Aichi Seminar I got some instructive comments from Bev.
Bev proposed two questions to us:
What was the impact of Christianity on Japanese women?
1. Did the ideas have a long lasting effect?
2. Was the activity part of the overall Meiji fascination with "the West"?
Are overarching questions that would be interesting to consider alongside
the life of an amazing woman.
I’m much intrigued by the impact of Christianity on Japanese women.
Christianity and Western learning played an important role in the modernization of Japan in the early Meiji era. Numerous Japanese women who had a high western education such as Tsuda Umeko, Ishii Fudeko, Yuasa Hatsu and Yamamuro Kieko were immensely influenced with the spirit of Christianity. They were all baptized and believed in God. They spearheaded education for young women and dedicated their lives to social welfares supported by the spirit of God.
However, it seems to me that their belief in Christianity is mixed with the spirit of Bushi-do or something like Confucianism which have long nurtured Japanese people.
I'd like to have your feedback.
Thank you for your cooperation, m friends.
Did you watch a total eclipse of the moon?
Have a good night sleep.
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