Hello, ladies!!
I’ve just finished the part 1 of Beio kairan jikki, the book Plum recommended us before. I had difficulties about it because of its old style Japanese, but I was interested in the author’s cool point of view. I’m looking forward to the next part of England in the most flourished Victorian era.
Plum, thank you for your encouragement to pass the STEP test. I will keep in my mind; just a little push to myself!
So, see you tomorrow. Good bye!
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Hi, ladies!!!
How are you today?
Have you noticed that the daytime is getter shorter day by day, although the sunlight is still too bright to our eyes? (I sometimes need wearing sunglasses inside the house, especially when I’m sitting on the sofa in the lounge in the afternoon, due to the bright sunlight getting into the room, which faces west.)
Congratulations on finishing part one of Beio kairan jikki, which is a fantastic book series. Part two is more interesting and stunning than part one, simply because they are in the most advanced country around that time. The Japanese officials are so seriously eager to learn every technological aspect from their trips to various places throughout the country. But the most intriguing narrative to me personally was the account of their visit to the castle where once Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland, lived.
I sometimes watch Delia’s How to Cook for relaxation. (I videoed different segments of the three series on DVDs. Each segment (program) lasts 30 minutes.) I’m really fond of her cooking pasta, but I missed recording it. Her explanation on how to cook Thai noodles, which I love so much, is brilliant!!! I wish I could video it.
I have noticed two things in her programs, which I always find so terrific. One is “aubergine” and the other is “colander”. An aubergine means an eggplant, but she always uses the word aubergine. According to Oxford Dictionary of English (do you remember our discussion on the difference between fruit and vegetables at July’s Jonathan’s session, which was so funny?), an aubergine or eggplant is the purple egg-shaped fruit of a tropical Old World plant, which is eaten as a vegetable. A colander means a strainer, but she never uses the word “strainer”.
Another interesting point of her program is that she always grates a nutmeg whenever she needs a nutmeg and she never uses pre-grated nutmeg power, which I use a lot.
Well, it is getting dark, and I have to get ready for dinner, my lovely friends. Bye for now…
Hi,ladies!
I'd like to write about some parts which frew my interest in Educational Provision and the Growth of Literacy. The idea of two Rs and three Rs sounded new to me. Two Rs precedes three Rs at first. The two Rs are religion and respect for one's better.
I wonder what is one's better. Also it reads that there was a continued fear lest too advanced an education should be given in the lower classes, and this social anxiety probably played its part in delaying the expansion of scientific and technical education in elementary, or higher grade, schools.
This reminded me of Plum's remark that the Japanese government might aim at not educating ordinary citizens. I even feel fear of being controlled by education.
I must use imagination more to understand these. It is rather challenging to me.
The athlets are so attractive and amazing that I cannot help but fix my eyes on TV, too.
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Hi, everyone.
I would also give my view on general women's movements like below. For women today, at their level it is premature that they can deny or affirm parliament politics, it is time for them to study why legislature politics should be criticised or how politics should be. In this meaning, I don’t think that it necessarily made mockery of Women’s New Association’s movements toward the Parliament. It is how ridiculous to set foot in another world to negotiate with members of both Houses and how much it requires paying sacrifice. Of course, I sighed a few times or more though, I closely see, hear and feel about what the statesmen are, (It is not reports of newspaper and irresponsible journalists but exact experiment. ) at least made ordinary women interested in political problems and know the status on the public affairs. Or we informed the public of how present Diet Members themselves who have already rushed to the ruin dealt with our demands. Taking these things into consideration, it is not necessarily insignificant. Perhaps, you may say it has already been obvious, but in spite that a bad law such the Public Peace Police Law inflicted not a little harm on women themselves, in our society in which let alone working class women, female intelligentsias had not been sensible of the evil of the law, when we see only that we put it on the sense of women, our movements deserve not to be blamed. Now women are hurt since they are socially awaken. Sound soil is required more in order to cultivate consciousness in women as human beings. Women in the Bourgeoisie or non Bourgeoisie, under the name of women, should be equally required to be awaken and unite. Are they equally repressed by male tyranny? The idea of male arbitrary should be naturally dismissed and is adherent to mankind's mind beyond the limitation of rank.
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