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This year is going and the new year is coming. What have you done and what would you like to do? My interest led me to so many things besides learning languages. Right now, I'm writing this blog with listening Hindi, so I'm kind of back. The reason I started this blog was developing English brain within me. Although I have been lazy, it still exists. Today, I read about how Schliemann acquired foreign languages. 1. Read out a lot 2. Don't translate 3. Study at least one hour everyday 4. Write often 5. Have composition corrected by a teacher 6. Memorize the correction Also read about Lomb Kato who was born in Hungary and able to speak many languages fluently including Japanese and Chinese. She learned those languages by her self, staying at her country. In her conviction, the stronger the motivation is within us, and the more we can put aside inhibition, the sooner we can take possession of the language. In my conviction, the good thing about learning foreign languages is ...

Since I don't eat meat, I have limited choice when it comes to food. And Vegetarian is still unfamiliar in Japan. Thus, I tend to have lots of sweets, carbos and french fries especially when I eat out. I was considering it was a sacrifice to stand in belief and always thought vegetarian was a fattening diet. But I was wrong. I had been too neglected and ignored about nutrition and the fact that foods create my body! I just read a beauty and health book which written by Erica Angyal who is a nutritionist and consultant to the Japanese miss universe winners. She recommends having brown foods, nuts and dried fruits and avoid oxidizable products such as white soft sugar, ice cream, snacks and margarine etc. I can't avoid sugar which already contained in ice cream, cookies, baked cake, etc etc. But I can reduce them by having alternatives. So I made a beauty set to bring out with me, which includes high cocoa chocolate, nuts and dried fruit and supplements. Lovely, isn't i...

A variety of music titles appear in Haruki Murakami books. Story keeps going as if it is a common word. A song from 'Norwegian Wood'. For Christmas I bought Naoko a Henry Mancini record with a track of her favorite, "Dear Heart". I wrapped it myself and added a bright red ribbon. -Japanese- 村上春樹の本にはたくさん曲名が出てきて、 まるで誰でも知っている日常の単語のようにさらっと流してストーリーは続いていきます。 「ノルウェイの森」より クリスマスには僕は直子の大好きな「ディア・ハート」の入った ヘンリー・マンシーニのレコードを買ってプレゼントをした。 僕が自分で包装して赤いリボンをかけた。

I got them last night. Title is '1Q84'.I still don't know what that means. They are pretty thick! I can enjoy being in wonderland for a while. -Japanese- 村上春樹さんの新ノベルがついに出ましたね～ さっそく購入。 しかし分厚い・・ しばらく楽しい時間が過ごせそうです♥

I've been reading Hard boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami lately. His expressions are soooo good that I can't help making a note while I'm reading. His descriptions are amazing. I read the book on the commuting train and if there's any line that I am impressed, I take out my mobile and text it to my PC e-mail. Thus, I'm busy on the train, especially my commuting hour has been shorted since I moved. I miss long time train trip a bit. My neighbourhood photos. -Japanese- 今村上春樹の『世界の終わりとハードボイルドワンダーランド』を読んでいます。 彼の表現力は素晴らしくてついついメモをとってしまいます。 彼の本は評価が好きな人は大好き、良さが分からない、と分かれますが 私は彼の表現に感動する事が多いです。 通勤電車の中で読んでいて、素敵だ、と思うラインがあると 携帯を取り出し自分のパソコンにメールをしてしまいます。 なので電車でとっても忙しい・・。 引っ越して通勤時間が短くなってしまったので 以前のような長い通勤時間も懐かしい気がします。

This is comic book and the hero is real historical person, names Prince Shotoku . The story setting is that he possessed psychic power and fell in love with a man. 　 I know how it sounds like. However it has a lot of tastes of painful feelings that I can empathize. And I also like this author focused on a lot of spiritual things such as yen and yan . It's not really like magical, mystery power things, but it's more like actual existed but you don't see in your eyes things such as smell or temperature. Anyway, when you crush on somebody, you want to become close to that person and united in the end. This author described this as yen and yan . Hi izuru tokorono tenshi

Comic of Buddha written by Mr. Osamu Tezuka . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddha_(manga) Sariputta asks Ananda what Buddha teaches . He says, All suffering cause as the result of a reason, Buddha teaches us how to figure it out. All suffering can be stopped, Buddha teaches us how to do it. Ananda asks Moggallana who is able to read other's mind the past and the future that if he has a pleasure of life by seeing through all the futures. He says, No, it's not right, Ananda . The future I'm seeing right now is the result of current circumstances. Futures are changing all the time, it is like a whirl in the river. (Japanese) 手塚治虫さんのブッダより。 サーリプッタがアナンダにブッダの教えはどのようなものか問う。 アナンダは次のように答える。 「あらゆる苦しみはかならず原因から生まれる　ブッダはそれらの原因を解き明かされる。 あらゆる苦しみはかならずとめることができる　ブッダはそれらのとめる方法を解き明かされる。」 過去も未来も人の心も読めるモッガラーナにアナンダは問う。 「でもそんなに未来がわかってしまったら生きてても楽しみがなくなるでしょう？」 モッガラーナは言う 「いや、アナンダ、いま私に見える未来は今のままの未来です。 未来はまるで川のうずのように、どんどん変わっていくものです。」