cleaning up day

Brrrrrrr! it's wicked cold;( how's the weather of your country?!
i and my family cleaned the house in the morning today. japanese people describe cleaning up as ''oosouzi''.
i think my family don't like cleaning and arrangement and we are not good at that. 
anyway we washed out the stain of this year and it has became clean^^
here, it's a part of our house!

 this is Kamidana ''household altar''. through the age, many families in japan have household alter or buddhist shrine in their homes for conducting everyday services. 

these days, however, there aren't these stuff in japan.

you know, i don't wanna lose these traditional stuff because it's japanese culture.

the person who comes to our house for the first time, most of them are surprised. because it isn't usual size!! really big isn't it!?

daruma

 lots of darumas!!!!

is the daruma japanese stuff? if it's not japanese, i think daruma is chinese stuff? or india? mmm..i don't know.

the eyes of darumas have no pupils so people paint one pupil in after buying them, make a wish, and paint the other in when their wish comes true.  

today's my article looks like the magazine for foreign people a bit. ha!
see ya again!

*Merry Christmas*

Merry Christmas♪

today is christmas!! has santa been!? HO~HO~HO~~

and went home from Tokyo by bus. i do love my family soooo much that i've always comfortable here:)family home is very noisy tho. (it's like zoo.lol)

furthermore, my family home makes me want to eat everything of fridge!!  NOO;/

and, it hardly snows in tokyo but today i had a little fall of snow! it's the first time this year. woow

winter doesn't look like winter without snow!!!

btw, i like the CM of Coca-Cola. あれ癒されるよね。わざわざYou Tubeで見るくらいだし（笑）　

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oh.. can't believe that there are 6 days till the new year*o*  time seems to pass by fast!

i have to write ''things to do list'' asap otherwise i couldn't change at all in 2011! i think...

so, enjoy the rest of your 2010 :D

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all at my readers<3

full moon

what a terrible day today!! i had 3 classes in the afternoon. 
and i gave a speech with my friend about japanese hierarchical relationship.
actually, i was planning to give a speech with 3 people, but one of our member didn't come..
she was absent the class with a bad cold and we done just only 2 people!!!
it was hard in many way, and i think its not good enough for good speech;(
furthermore, i cant think our professor allow for some mistakes.
mmm... anyway its over! 


...ok, i'm gonna think today's good point!
1.today was very warm day:)  
2.i got good score on the english test:)
3.we laughed and laughed:)
4.in the night sky, there is a shining full moon:)


well, there are 3 days till the christmas and the day of return home!!
woooow your plan for the Christmas?!


今日、満月があまりにも大きくて、キレイに見えたから
学校帰りに自転車に乗りながら写真撮ろうと思ったんだけど
失敗。フェンス？に激突して恥ずかしくなって辞めました。
慣れないことはするもんじゃないね。

TGIF

woooow! やっと金曜日だ～!

課題から解放された気分になれるから金曜日の夜が一番イイネ!

まあ、あくまでも気分だけで実際はレポートとスピーチやらなきゃなんだけど…。

でもね、レポート書くの嫌いじゃない、むしろ好きかも。

だって、普通の試験っていくら事前準備してても本番で発揮できなかったら意味ないけど

レポートなら自分が時間をかけた分だけ評価してもらえるし。

私、一夜漬けで自分より良い点取る人にイラっとするから余計にそう考えるんだろうな～。

ただ、そういう要領がいい人になりたい。うらやましい。

i heard about nucleus in the lecture yesterday.

even though japan is the only nation that was the victim of atomic bombs,

most of young people don't know about it. i hardly know it neither, and felt ashamed...

in my life of 20 years, i had a chance to know these facts but I have  nothing in particular. ;(

and i thought i hardly know about japan! (cultures, history and so on)

mmm.. i need study more.


and now, for something completely different, it's my favorite bracelet^^
isn't it cute!?!?

*coldest day in this year*

hi, guys!! (well, i don't know who's looking tho. haha) 
anyway, today was rain and wicked cold in tokyo !!!! 
i have a low tolerance for cold, so it's hard to wake up in the every morning..>< 
great season for hot coffee or something though.
awww...i wanna go somewhere warm place!


then i came my sweet home from my college, wrote report introduction of the seminar.
my theme is 'the ideal characteristics of the occupants of some job'.

and i'll prove the stereotype that still remains in our image of the occupation for the man and woman.

it's not easy, but i don't hate it:)


...omg, my room is sooo cold now!
*sneezing* :-'(


ok, go bath room!

say yes

人生を楽しく生きるには、まずはYESと言ってみる。
って教わったのはもう一ヶ月も前のこと…。
人生一度きりなんだから、どんなことでもとりあえずチャレンジしてみようよ。
っていうのが教えてくれた彼女の考え。
それを聞いて、何か変わらないと!!って思って、でも自分が変われてるか分からなくて
流れる時間の早さがあまりにも早過ぎるから、それに必死で逆らおうとしてる気がする。

でも、変われてるかどうかじゃなくて、人生を楽しめてるかどうかだよね、
彼女が伝えようとしてくれたことって。
そう思ったら、本気で楽しみたいって思ったんだー。

とりあえず、留学行くまでにたくさんYESを言っていろんなことを吸収しようと思う。
もちろん行ってからも。
若いうちは間違ってもいいっていう言葉が通用しなくなる日もそう遠くないから
今のうち、たくさん間違えようと思うよ。
それは必ずプラスになると信じてるし、私という人間を作る糧になると思ってるから。

before sunrise & before sunset

i watched 2 films, before sunrise & before sunset in a week.
in fact, i've known the name of these films but didn't watch it till now.


i prefer before sunrise to before sunset cos previous film is more beautiful.
it's made mostly of conversation of man and woman, so my friend said 'it's boring'.
but i don't think so. it's sooo romantic! 
my best scene of before sunrise is HERE.

if you haven't watched these films, you should have a look:)
xx 

self-introduction

Hi!! Let me introduce myself at first.
My name is Mei, 20y/o(college student) and from Japan.
I'll write on this blog what I felt in  English and Japanese sometimes.

so please overlook my poor English ;)

::LOVE::
listening to music, looking at night sky, and hanging out with my friends. 
::HATE::
mm...wasting time


I love foreign culture and country very much:)
I wanna see everything! I know it's impossible though.
BUT there are many things what I don't know in the world.


I am a dreamer. xx