HI, ladies!
April has already begun, but it is another windy and chilly day today. I can see a lot of cherry blossoms along the street, half in blooming from the veranda of my house, and I’m looking forward to viewing the beautiful flower in full bloom. Those trees are along the steep slope called sakurazaka. I normally don’t like these long slopes, but only in spring I love walking through the tunnel of the fantastic cherry trees.
This afternoon I watched an interview video of Ichiro on the Net, because I had missed it on TV last week. His baseball style seems always cool, but in the program, he told us the hot story about his struggles on the game. He said that when he went into a slump, he was able to capture the essence of baseball. I wanted to listen to it in detail, but he didn’t talk any further.
Professional baseball games are going to start tomorrow, and I hope a lot of new stars appear in that world.
So, see you next. Bye!
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Hi Cherry and friends,
We had very warm days and cold days alternatively last several weeks and today was another cold and windy day though the sunlight seems likely spring one. I’m expecting that we will have warmer and milder days this weekend for the cherry blossoms viewing. Some people are planning to go hiking to see cherry blossoms and others are planning to have a cherry blossom viewing party under cherry trees. These events are very special for Japanese people, aren’t they?
I found an interesting article about health. It says, “Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar. Eat more foods that grow on threes and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.” I thought it is reasonable and understandable. I’m thinking I should eat less food for dinner without sweets, which I always try to do but failed. How is your eating habit?
Let’s keep ourselves healthy. Good night, my friends.
Reiko
Hi Cherry and friends,
Cherry blossoms seem to bring cheerful feelings to Japanese people at this time of the year since almost everyone is talking about the flower. Unfortunately, I do not afford to enjoy their blooming because I have had to stay at home due to a frequent stomachache and hip-joint ache for a week. Chilly wind and low temperature tell on my arthritis.
I’ll show you two interesting findings.
Last Thursday at Jonathan’s lunch meeting, I found that Rose and I attended the same junior high school in Komaki City. Komaki chūgakkō was located at the foot of Komaki-yama, but several years ago, it was reconstructed in a different place. It was such a surprise that I thought I encountered a ghost from the past. I lived in Komaki City for four and half years.
The second finding was a location of letters with macron in Microsoft Office. I called its service center last Friday and asked where they were. Different from the Windows, in Mac computers they are placed in not in the Letters Pallet but in the Object Pallet! Who can imagine such a grouping.
My garden is now full of daffodils and jonquils that remind me of the early spring trip to Cotswolds six years ago. These flowers must have pleased wives of Henry Ⅷ and wandering minstrels. The flowers will continue blooming every year. That is marvelous!
Hello, Cherry and my friends.
Gloriosa, I feel sorry to hear that you have a stomachache and hip-joint ache because of chilly weather.
Today it was a balmy and sunny spring day.
Unfortunately, I also had a cold and a sore throat so I din't feel well. The reason was that I went to see some cherry blossoms in my neighborhood with Hiroko’s two kids and my husband in spite of a windy and cold day yesterday.
Today it was so fine but I tried to stay at home all day long and took a rest. I felt much better.
Cherry,thank you for letting us know the words of a major leaguer Ichiro Suzuki told. I like the phrase he told; when he went into a slump, he was able to capture the essence of baseball.
His words seem to have a deep meaning, which made me think that when we are in the deapth of despair or when we know how limited we are, we are awaken to the fact that we are a little being and we can become humble.
It was a very short message.
Good-night, my prescious friends.
April 4, 2009 1:03 AM
Hi, Cherry and friends,
It is Sunday, April 5th, warm.
For lunch I wanted to make tarako spaghetti, so I surfed the Internet and found a good recipe. Let me share how to make it. For 2 or 3 persons. To make sauce, add the following ingredients. Two cod roes(skin removed), 2/1T powdered seaweeds(kobucha), a little wasabi, 1T mayonnaise, 2T soya milk. Boil pasta(add salt when boiiling), drain and add a little soy sauce and had boiled water. Mix with sauce. The amount of the ingredients is depends on your taste. A little lemon juice can be added. Soya milk should be mu-chousei. How can I say it・・・natural, non adjusted soymilk? Would you tell me if you know the proper English word?
This morning I asked my DH the date and charge for my automobile inspection. He became very angry saying he had already told me and left... He returned at the luncn time, though. I don't feel like talking to him today.
I hope the warmth and beauty of spring can cure every pain, my friends.
Hi, ladies!!!
It’s Monday, April 7, 2009 today. It was fairly warm and pleasant during the day. I really appreciated a lot of sunshine we had this afternoon. The wealth of sunshine seemed to me a special present from heaven. Many do not think that way, but whenever we are blessed with moderate, balmy and pleasant weather I tend to assume that it is a surprise gift from heaven. (Unfortunately this type of gift is always unpredictable.)
It is so delightful to read your messages in this blog. Time flies and we are now in April.
Gloriosa, how are your stomachache and hip-joint ache? Are they getting better now?
Peach, thank you for letting us know how to make cod roe spaghetti. Sounds very nice. Maybe I will try to make that next Sunday. How is your husband now?
Have you watched TV news about G20 Conference held in London? I watched some G20 news on BBC, NHK and other TV stations and got an impression that Prime Minister Aso was quite enthusiastic and ambitious about attending the international meeting. Nonetheless he cracked a very bad joke. When the Italian representative visited him in his room and tried to shake hands with a woman standing behind Aso, our Prime Minister said grinningly that she was not his girlfriend but an interpreter. This type of joke is quite OK in Japan, but it is considered to be a sexual harassment in the western environment. Be careful, Mr. Aso…
I hope all of you are having a wonderful Monday evening, my lovely friends.
This is a new quiz for you and me. I hope you enjoy trying this.
G20's $1tn deal
The G20 have come up with (1) package of plans that add up to well over a trillion dollars to tackle the recession.
One key component is an agreement to treble to seven hundred and fifty billion dollars (2) resources available to the International Monetary Fund for lending to countries in trouble. They also want (3) tenfold increase in what are called special drawing rights which is rather like an IMF currency and which strengthen (4) foreign exchange reserves of its member countries.
The G20 also plans (5) closer regulation of financial firms with (6) curbs on executive pay and (7) new oversight of (8) large hedge funds.
The British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, described the summit as marking (9) new consensus on tackling (10) global problems.
Andrew Walker, BBC News, London
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Hi, ladies!!!
It’s Tuesday, April 7, 2009 today. Yesterday I wrote April 7, but it was a mistake. I should’ve written April 6 instead.
I found a very intriguing piece of news in the BBC LE, which was about a new movie being produced in China: the life and teachings of Confucius.
Does this movie interest you, I wonder?
This is a new quiz for you and me. Please enjoy the news and learn a lot about the English articles.
Confucius the movie
Lights... cameras... philosophy... (1) Unlikely subject for (2) blockbuster with (3) unlikely leading man. Chow Yun-Fat, (4) star of numerous Hong Kong gangster movies, is to swap his sub-machine gun for the scholarly robes of Confucius. The film could also seem unlikely given how (5) ancient thinker fell out of favour in China. Chairman Mao Zedong said he belonged to (6) feudal age, and the Red Guards of (7) Cultural Revolution destroyed his grave.
But that was in the 1960s and 70s. Now China's leaders are turning to Confucius to give the country some spiritual guidance. His emphasis on harmony and self-discipline, without reference to God of course, has been endorsed by the president. Confucian texts have been given greater prominence in universities and the government is now partly funding (8) 20-million-dollar film.
So what wisdom can we expect up on (9) silver screen? Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without? Or perhaps one suited to Chow Yun-Fat's earlier movies: before you embark on (10) journey of revenge, dig two graves.
Keith Adams, BBC
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