Hi, ladies!
Long time no see…
How have you been these days?
My kids and I are really fine, now.
This afternoon I attended the English talk meeting for the first time at the restaurant arcade? in the Ion shopping center near to Cosmos’s house. The participants are Cosmos, Sunflower, Rose and me.
They brought some interesting topics, including cursive writing and printed writing; the false charge of Ashikaga case; drug abuse; Nobel peace prize for Obama.
It was a little bit hard for me to express my opinion in English during the meeting, but at the very end of it, I felt comfortable mainly because of the eagerness and kindness of the three. Thank you very much!
So, see you next time. Good night…
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Monday, October 19, 2009
Mild climate
HI, ladies!
As these day’s climate has been mild and healthy, I feel comfortable than never before. But unfortunately, the new flu is rapidly breaking out at junior high and elementary schools in Nagoya city, and there have been a series of temporary closing of classes. My daughters, too, were forced to stay at home quietly one after the other, in spite of their healthiness. Strangely, fewer teachers caught the flu than students did. It seems to be less infectious to adults.
So, take care. See you next.
As these day’s climate has been mild and healthy, I feel comfortable than never before. But unfortunately, the new flu is rapidly breaking out at junior high and elementary schools in Nagoya city, and there have been a series of temporary closing of classes. My daughters, too, were forced to stay at home quietly one after the other, in spite of their healthiness. Strangely, fewer teachers caught the flu than students did. It seems to be less infectious to adults.
So, take care. See you next.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
The impression of Belgium
HI, ladies!
Plum, I was really impressed by those English articles, beautifully composed by your enthusiastic pupils. Every issue was so interesting and attractive that I became feeling to write about each topic, but haven’t enough time to do it.
So, I’m going to tell you about the impression of Belgium.
First of all, I scarcely know any idea about Belgium except those matters like its delicious chocolate and waffles. Northern European nations generally have less sunlight and mild climate, so it may be important for the people living in those regions to manage to live peacefully throughout longer winter.
Next, I also hardly realized the history of the country, as she mentioned, as the heart of Europe. I’d like to learn its role in the EU, because its current position has recently attracted world’s attention.
Finally, it’s wholly lovely to read her guidance about Belgium. Maybe she has for long loved the tiny but charming country, I suppose.
It’s time to the end. See you, good night!
Plum, I was really impressed by those English articles, beautifully composed by your enthusiastic pupils. Every issue was so interesting and attractive that I became feeling to write about each topic, but haven’t enough time to do it.
So, I’m going to tell you about the impression of Belgium.
First of all, I scarcely know any idea about Belgium except those matters like its delicious chocolate and waffles. Northern European nations generally have less sunlight and mild climate, so it may be important for the people living in those regions to manage to live peacefully throughout longer winter.
Next, I also hardly realized the history of the country, as she mentioned, as the heart of Europe. I’d like to learn its role in the EU, because its current position has recently attracted world’s attention.
Finally, it’s wholly lovely to read her guidance about Belgium. Maybe she has for long loved the tiny but charming country, I suppose.
It’s time to the end. See you, good night!
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Recycler of cooking oil
Hi, ladies!
Peach, I was very happy to hear from you after a long interval, and at the same time, moved by your positive attitude toward such hard days. Now I sincerely hope your husband will overcome the illness as soon as possible. We are all waiting for you…
Today I’ll talk about the article from the TIME this week.
Heroes of the environment:
They introduce a Japanese woman Someya as a recycler, who turned used cooking oil into fuel. While 200,000 tons of used cooking oil was thrown out in Japan every year, she thought that Tokyo was a big oil field and every home was a spot for drilling.
Her father was running a family-owned recycling company, and began turning cooking oil into fertilizer and soap. But the real breakthrough came in 1992, when she learned that biofuel had been successfully derived from soybean oil. In just nine months, in cooperation with other researchers, they produced the world’s first biodiesel derived from the oil.
Named Vegetable Diesel Fuel (VDF), it emits no sulfur oxides and just half the particulate matter of conventional diesel. VDF currently fuels her fleet of oil-collecting trucks, as well as some city buses and service vehicles that maintain Tokyo’s expressways.
Now the company collects about 100 tons of oil a month, and she has a grand plan that will recycle all the used cooking oil in Tokyo within eight years.
… Encouraging news, isn’t it?
So, see you next.
Peach, I was very happy to hear from you after a long interval, and at the same time, moved by your positive attitude toward such hard days. Now I sincerely hope your husband will overcome the illness as soon as possible. We are all waiting for you…
Today I’ll talk about the article from the TIME this week.
Heroes of the environment:
They introduce a Japanese woman Someya as a recycler, who turned used cooking oil into fuel. While 200,000 tons of used cooking oil was thrown out in Japan every year, she thought that Tokyo was a big oil field and every home was a spot for drilling.
Her father was running a family-owned recycling company, and began turning cooking oil into fertilizer and soap. But the real breakthrough came in 1992, when she learned that biofuel had been successfully derived from soybean oil. In just nine months, in cooperation with other researchers, they produced the world’s first biodiesel derived from the oil.
Named Vegetable Diesel Fuel (VDF), it emits no sulfur oxides and just half the particulate matter of conventional diesel. VDF currently fuels her fleet of oil-collecting trucks, as well as some city buses and service vehicles that maintain Tokyo’s expressways.
Now the company collects about 100 tons of oil a month, and she has a grand plan that will recycle all the used cooking oil in Tokyo within eight years.
… Encouraging news, isn’t it?
So, see you next.
Friday, October 2, 2009
♪English country garden
Hi, ladies!
It has been raining almost all day today.
Plum, thank you for letting us know the beautiful song English country garden. The pictures of those beautiful gardens really delighted my eyes, and any types of songs were very charming. I like the one by Nana Mouskouri. By just singing the song, children in Australia can easily keep in mind the names of flowers, insects and birds, can’t they? By the way, she looks like Japanese singer Angela Aki…
The article quiz Plum put on the Blog is always informative for me. Just relax and go…Oh, I got 9 marks on the former, but only 5 on the latter. Maybe I misunderstood the situation.
So, see you next. Have a good weekend!
It has been raining almost all day today.
Plum, thank you for letting us know the beautiful song English country garden. The pictures of those beautiful gardens really delighted my eyes, and any types of songs were very charming. I like the one by Nana Mouskouri. By just singing the song, children in Australia can easily keep in mind the names of flowers, insects and birds, can’t they? By the way, she looks like Japanese singer Angela Aki…
The article quiz Plum put on the Blog is always informative for me. Just relax and go…Oh, I got 9 marks on the former, but only 5 on the latter. Maybe I misunderstood the situation.
So, see you next. Have a good weekend!
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