Parents in Japan

Do you think parents in Japan are becoming more careless?

I agree with Takayuki(28).
His opinion is
 "Compare to the past, parents are not as mature and not ready to raise kids"

As he is saying,

News Stories

What news is important to us?
What kind of news stays longer?

My answer is news about science is important.
Because sience can help us in various ways. we can take advantage of science into our daily life.
Like if a new substance that can slow an aging  is found, it giving people(especeilly women) the hope to be able to stay yonge:)
Even it can help out our lives.
As iPS cell(Induced pluripotent stem cells)  was found, science has a huge possibility to save our life in the future.Therefor news about science is the news that we should know and follow continuously.

So,I think the news about science, which will be developed more and more for the future is the news which should stay long on TV.

About iPS cell :
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Induced_pluripotent_stem_cell  (ENGLISH)
- http://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXDZO44811250Q2A810C1TY1P01/ (JAPANESE)

Special Place

The special place for me is a park called "Panda Koen"
I used to go this park with my father when I was a little.(maybe when I was around 5yeas old)
Sunday was the only day that I can spend time with him because he has a work on other daysI Everytime I go there, I ride a swings(branko).
My father push my back to make me go as high as I can reach.
It was very fun.

I remember I went lots of place with him whenever he has time.
we went to go catch a dragonfly,go eat ice cream(softcream) to store near the station....
Even I got older,I am very close with my father. We often eat out together only two of us.
So whenever I hear my friends saying like "my father is so annoying!!" I feel sorry for him :(
Sometimes They ARE, but... He is trying to communicate with their precious daughter:)

anyway, there are lots of special place,but as I said, Panda Koen is the one to me.

Net Generation

As the man in TED said the world is opnening up by internet technology.I think the reason why internet has been rapidly expanded is that,we all are given same rights on the internet world. I mean...we are treated equaly regardless to their races,ages,and religions. This is the big reason why workd has been becoming flat.I think.
About Net generation( which means "us"), I don't know if I should be happy to be born such generation.Of course the internet had made our life much easier,and it gives us tons of useful infomations.But because there are soooooo many infonation all over there, it trouble me to find trustful one. Also, because it is the open world, it is hard to get infomation back which once you released through internet. So we should be more careful what we write on facebook,twitter or any those kind of thing.

When people are bullied,i think there are two reason.
One is the case a victim has some causes such as their personality or their behavior.And the other is the case which victims are bullied with no special reason.(this is even worse.)
For the first reason,since I have never seen a serious bullying around me,i cannot really describe how victims' character are like,but I guess they are rather quiet and not outgoing,having some difficulties to socialize with others. Becasue I never heard people who has out going and cheerful parsonality is bullied.
I think when we face to situation there is no one who we know,such as a first day of school, it is very important how you will act like in front of those people. Because many of us judge whether they wanna be a friend with you  by a first impression.
For second reason, it can be said to the case when victim has no fault.
Assailant just wanna have someone to bullying even though there is no special reason.
I guess the trgger of this kind of bullying comes from assailants' personality ploblem.
Maybe he/she wasn't brought up in good home emvironment.

what can be done to decliese the number of this incidents?
hmm... it is difficult. One thing I came up with is that teacher should grasp how students' relationshiops are in the classroom. And should always concern students.Because recently, there are many teacher that take their eyes off from the fact that bullying is going on there. So that thay might help out  who are having trouble with frriendship.

ARE YOU LADY?

Gender Discrimination

When I think about gender discrimination, As long as I can remember, I have never been treated badly just because I am a girl. Actually, there were more beneficial experiences than bad experiences.

To give examples, discount for Jyoshi-kai(how can I say in ENG...? )It is a discount service for only girls group which we can get at some restaurants.(some restaurants allow boys to get this discount if they dress like girls! any brave boy?lol) This can be one of gender discriminations( to boys) right?
Places women can get special offer is now not only at a movie theater but also restaurant!
I feel SORRY for boys;)
Although this kind of descrimination is still permissible(I think?),If this gose beyond,it would be a cause of social problem.

A strange my naighbour :(

Old lady who lives in front of my house is very strange parson. Well,actually she is very nomal when we talk or greet face to face. Whenever we meet infront of houses,we say "hi" or "today is very good weather isn't it?" We do such a common conversation. Nothing seems to be strange right? However,one thing I and my family cannot understand is... whenever I(my family) try to go out,she always comes out of her house as well. We though we just think too much at a beginning,but now we are very sure this is not a coincidence. She sometimes hide at the back of the fence(wall?) and looking toward us(without saying anything) maybe she thinks she is not being seen by us,but I can sence she is THERE. Doesn't it strange?? anyway,as long as she is my neighbour,we shoulg keep getting along:)

Socialization

How did your parents raise you? It's a difficult question. My parents have been bringing me up just as same as ordinaly parents do. I suppose.. but few things that they have been saying to me since i was little are that "keep your shoes neatly when you visit someone's house" (may be all parents tell their kids to do so?) And, the other one is "put your chopstick back into the case(hashibukuro) after you ate" when we eat out. This is very 'JAPANISH' though:) I appriciate how they brought me up and how they educated me. but I am not sure if this is a proper answer to the question... Anyway,for other thing like,they let me do almost whatever I want (I meat...not like "I am given everything I want from MOMY&DADDY" you know?) Instead, I try hard not to make them worry whenever I take any action. By the way,what my teacher told me is, I don't know how I can say in English...but something like "Think for everyone,and think for one when you are with others" ひとりはみんなのために、みんなはひとりのために When I was in an elementary school,this words was posted on the wall.

Esperanza≠Me

Fortunately,I had grown up in a favaorble environment without having problem of house or family like Esperanza does. My house is not like exactly how I want it to be,but it's alright.No plobrem with it. About family,hmm... I think I am getting along with them although I argue with my mother a lot.(I don't have any ploblem with my fathere:)We are close! ) For me,I even envy some part of her life that she has moving experiences. I have never experienced moving from where I live now. moving sounds exsiting to me.Meeting new people,and starting new life:> However,Esperanze seems to be a pessmistic in the story we've read so far. Don't be so negative,Esperanza! Things can be changed depends on how you take it.

Japanese Culture

Since I had experienced a study abroad,I found cultures which only japanese people has.Some are very proudable,but some are not. The one I proud of is that Japanese people (especially workers at shops) give great hospitality to customers. When I shoped in one country, woman who work at that store suddenly changed to a cold attide right　after she see me not buying anything. On the other hand, in Japan, even though I leave a store withough any purchase, they don't change their face. They treat me in same way as people who actually bought something. This is one of Japanese culture that I like. However,our culture have bad parts as well.of course. The one I can think of it that we try to hide our feeling and don't speak out own opinions. (going too far is not good and it need to be moderate though...) If they don't say what's on their mind, others cannot know that they are thinking.

Foreign country

Actually I would like to visit all of the places which John posted on his blog.
I love visiting new places.But I love going to Hawaii.

Have you ever been there??
You may think choosing Hawaii is too boring because Hawaii is too familiar to Japanese.
I don't do anything special there except relaxing.( I am afraid of water,so I can't swim in a beach)
I love weathers,foods (like tropical fruits),and people....
Whenever I go there, we stay in Moana Surfrider Hotel which is our fab hotel(the picture above).
When i sleep,I always keep windows half open. It lets me hear wonderful sounds of waves.
In that way,I can sleep incredibly well.
I really recommend u to visit there if you haven't!! I can tell you my favorite stores if u want ;)haha

celebrities:)

I am not really into Hollywood celebrities.
I think they are pretty handsome and incredibly beautiful though.

Actually I am not the kind of person who is really interested in celebrities.
I used to like To-Ho-Shin-Ki,and Keisuke Koide.
For To-Ho-Shin-Ki, I love how they look,attitude toward funs ,and of course their songs.
Their music videos are so cool. You should check out!!
K-POPs are very popular among Japanese ppl now,but they are not to be compared with other K-POP idols that came out one after another.

Fall;)

I am not planning to go to see colored leaves. But the best colored leaves I've seen in my life are maple leafs I saw in Canada.
It was just amazing. The colors of leaves turn to yellows,and then gradually change to yellows to reds. I really loved the views which is decorated with those warm colored leaves.
I always want to go to see Japanese maple leaf to kyoto,but I heard there are too much ppl and it's so crowded.
So I am hesitate to go there. I better go to see at least once though. Since I'm Japanese.

Instead of going to Kyoto, I went to Tokyo to see my friends.
I went to Tokyo Tower for the first time!! Here is the picture~!
See? Isn't it beautiful? Unfortunately,it was raining,the view from the Tokyo Tower is not as clear as a fine day.
Still! it was a great view.I recommend u to go there once :) I think it cost you 1400yen to go to the top of the tower.


anyway, I had a great holiday during the festival:)

20years later

hmm 20years later from now...

By that time,I'll be married with the man I really love(hopefully...)and stay home doing housework,baking cookies while waiting for kids coming back from school or...I wanna own a cozy cafe at the 1st floor of my house.And wanna sell there homemade cakes and cookies with a nice cup of tea.This is one of my dream:)
In my free time,I will be going out for lunch with friends,if it is weekends,I would love to go to a picnic or a park with kids and hoseband.
As my wish,I wanna go dating only with hoseband once a month!(without kids)lol

These are just my ideal though♪ All I want is living peacefully with my family <3

Japanese Universities

First of all,

What does "perform badly" mean??


Many of Japanese university students think that all they have to do in University is passing courses and getting required credits.
so,many don't really care wheather what they learn in that course or how usuful subject is to them. All they care is how easily they can get credits.
So studnts are likely to choose the courses that teacher doesn't take atendance,and give us greade by handing in only one final report or taking a final exam.

I hate this kind of system.I don't wanna take classes that I am not interested in or is not useful to me no matter how easy that class is. So I don't like teacher who judges student's grade by only one final test/report marks.
It's totally my opinion,but getting bad marks doesn't mean 'perform badly'
For me,not attending class and wish for credits are much worse.
I don't think it's good idea.
Skipping classes sometimes are okay,of course I do,too! We all feel lasy to go to class. But,not attending all classes are a different story. If you don't go to class,what's the point of coming to University even though ur parents is paying lots of many for us?

However,I think teacher should check the prosess that the students take.
you know waht I'm trying to say??>_<
hmm.. anyway,the important thing is how much efforts that student puts in that class.
In order words,even how high mark you get on the test without attending a class,I would say he/she 'perform badly'
what do you think??

oh! Btw,since I am not a 'perfect student' I can't say much though..^^;;

scary stuff.

hmm...I started not to be scared of ghost or those stuff at sometime.

well,when I was little,I couldn't go wash room or up stair after watching scary TV program.I always asked my dad to come where ever I go,even to a wash room.haha

One day,my dad wasn't at home,but I watch some scary stuff on TV(accidentally..),so I asked my older brother to turn on all the lights in the house while I clime up stairs to the 2nd floor. But when I reached to the middle of stairs,he suddenly turned off all the lights!! Of course,ON PURPOSE!! I got really scared and yelled at this evil brother 'WHAT ARE YOU DOING!! TURN ON THE LIGHT PLZ PLZ PLZ!!' X<
He was laughing at me crying ;( How terrible he is.

But I know he was the one who couldn't sleep by him self!lol What a BOY!

Cultural difference

Since I've studied abroad for 3 years I must have experienced lots of cultural differences...but,hmm.. can't really think of it X(

I remember one thing. About aniverseries.
In Japan, couples are usually celeblate their aniversaries once a month(I mean they have aniverseries per one month.)But I heard from one of my korean friend,she said that in Korea,they celeblate each 100days.(per 100days?)so first aniversary is gonna be hold on 100th day since they started going out.
It's different system as Japan. Many of Japanese couples celebrate on each months.Also how they celeblate is much more romantic I thought.
Are they influenced by romantic korean dramas??

My favorite subjects

hmm...
Basically,I am not good at subjects like just sitting on the chair and study.
You know what I mean?? I like subjects that use hands and creativity.

When I was in a high school,I loved Art class and baking class.
Do you know what baking class is??
Baking class is like a cooking class but we only make cakes and breads.
In that class, teacher gives each of us a recipe and we have to work individually.
I've made cheese cakes,cookies,muffins,Cinnamon rolls,and so on.
Teacher just watch us making and sometimes give us advises.
Half of the products that we made are sold in school cafeteria at cheap price and we can take the other half of it to home.

I think studying Math,English or these kind of subjects are very important,but subjects that let us gain creativity and a particular skill are also pretty useful to live in real life.

By the way this cake is what I made in the baking class:)

SUMMER

After a long looooong summer vacation,it's pretty hard to bring myself back to school work.
I cannot read English sentence now as fast as I could before.

Actually, I deserve it since I didn't study at all during the summer.haha
It's gonna take little more time to get used to English-environment again.:P


As I told in class,I enjoyed traveling during summer vacation.
First of all, I went to Nagano with my dad,my bro's wife,and her daughter(2yeas old). Nagano is my dad's home town.
I go there almost every summer to see my grandma and grandpa.I love visiting there.
Whenever we go there,they welcome us warmly with delicious food.
Dishes that my grandma make are really yummy and are also so healthy.
Full of veggys:) So I always ask her for recipes and learn how to cook.(I love cooking~!I think I can be a good wife in future♪ lol XD )
anyway,
I really recommend Nagano as the place to stay in summer.
Weather is much better than Osaka,and many place to sight see such as Karuizawa.

Also I went Vietnam and Korea.But I've already talked about these trip so I won't talk about it here^^

It seems that each classmates had great summer:)
And now the season is sifting to Fall.Yay!
My favorite season of the year is coming.
Let's enjoy together;)

Summer vacation is right there!!

How are u guys doing with final tests and report??
Having hard time??

but don't be so depressed!
Summer vacation is comming soon;D

any plants for this summer?
I guess many of you are excited for going abroad.

For me,I'm not sure yet what I'm gonna do.
there are many things that I wanna do during the summer vacation.

First of all,I wanna change my part-time-job. haha
Where I'm working now is too busy although it wage is low. X(
The works are very tough.
second,I wanna travel somewhere in Asia.
I might go to Malaysia with my mom.I really hope I can go there.
Third,I wanna hang out with friend!!
my friend asked me to go camping with her:)

anyways,I hope my summer vacation will be much wonderful one than I'm expecting now!!
Of course yours,too ;)

and I will miss this ENG7 for sure>_<