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I go to the cinema almost once a week. The film I've seen recently is called Closing the ring. It's a deeply moving love story. Spaning two continents and a half century. I liked it very much. kiki Wed Sep 10 at 21.50 Last night almost at midnight my son heard strange noise around the bathroom wall. Then he called me to make sure that it was his mere fancy or not. We listened carefully then the noise came out again. It seemed like a little animal was scratching something. We didn't know exactly from where and what to do. Then we gave up thinking about it and I went to bed. He said while he was having the bath the noise disappeared We were relieved. We didn't hear any noise tonight so far. Was it a rat? If so, I wonder where did it come and go? Kiki Tue Feb 5 at 23.10 And the film title we couldn't recall was of course 'Silence Of The Lambs'. Simon Wed Nov 28 at 7.59 Dear Keiko, I have to apologize for my mistake at the class. I mixed up the film Love story with Melody. That's why there was a gap in our conversation. Since I found out my mistake I was relieved. Sorry again. See you in two weeks time. Kiki Tue Nov 27 at 22.07 I went to a hospital to see a friend of mine yesterday. She had got a breast cancer and had surgery. When I saw her she looked better than I thought. I was relieved. Kiki Fri Oct 5 at 11.33 Hello' Aya. I found out what the DVD you mentioned yesterday is called on the Net. It's called Grey's Anatomy. Simon you're right. Grey is a heroin's name and it's came from the famous science book called Gray's Anatomy. The third series is going to start in October on WOWOW TV. It sounds interesting. Unfortunately I don't have it. Kiki Wed Sep 19 at 14.07 I read a Michiko’s blog written about Hippocratic Oath. It reminded me of The Nightingale Pledge. When I was nursing school we had to lean it by heart and recite it every morning. I think it came from Hippocratic Oath. I’ve forgot most sentences but I remembered the meaning of it. Kiki Mon Sep 17 at 11.30 Last week I went to my daughter's home. While she cleaned the house,I went to the park with my granddaughter. There’re swings, sandboxes and sliders there. She likes swings. But she didn't swing by herself and so I swung. We had a good time. Cherry Sat Jul 7 at 11.13 I went to my daughter's family flat with my husband last Saturday. It has been two months since they moved to the new flat. Their flat is very modern. There're a waste disposal built into the sink, a dish washer and an I.H cooker ("I.H" stands for induction heating.) in their kitchen. And there's a kid room in the ground floor. If we wanted to see our children, we could see them from each flat on TV. Modern flats have good securities and facilities. I'm jealous. Meg Thu Jul 5 at 11.47 During a long holiday in this class, I borrowed three books and a tape. One was a thriller called "Don’t look now". It was too difficult to understand for me. Another was a love story called "Persuasion". I thought it easy to understand. Both of them were penguin reader's level 2. The other was a fairy story called "Alice's adventure in wonderland". It was the original one. There were a lot of unfrequented words. So I gave up to read it. The tape recording was from the book called "The Piano". I wanted to borrow the book at that time but there hadn't been any copied here. I bought it at Libro. It was a nice story. Yayoiko Mon Jun 18 at 17.02 I went to a reunion party in Ginza the week before last Friday. There were thirty people in there .We had been to New Zealand in different time. We had stayed at home in N.Z. We had studied English at the English school in the morning and had practiced golf in the afternoon. We dinn't know each other thougt we enjoyed a nice time. Meg Wed Jun 13 at 14.33 I received an e-mail from an English friend. She is going to come to Japan in August. She asked me what you want to have from England as her present. She knows that this year is special year for me. She already has got some tea and some blue bell bulbs for me. I thought that’s enough for me. I would like to say her I’m just happy to have you and spend time with you in Tokyo. I wondered how to express my feeling polite words. Kiki Sat May 26 at 11.19 Some of my friends are going to Cherry blossoms viewing to the Inperial palace park tomorrow. I can't go but if I could I'd take pictures. I have my house repaired then I have got builders in. Apricot Wed Mar 28 at 22.10 I went to Suntory Hall to see a concert yesterday. It was played by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by Zubin Mehta. When they started playing music I was moved to tear by their beautiful sounds. I've never heard such a wonderful sound.　Especially the strings sounds were beautiful. A conductor has changed the feeling of music.I like his conduct. After the end of the concert some people stood up to clap. The applause was very long. Apricot Mon Mar 19 at 19.32 Hi,Kiki. Long time no see. How are you? I'm fine. By the way, I've got a similar topic. Surely, we often say "nice shot". But we would also say " nice shoot", expecially when soccer or basketball players reach the goal. But "shoot" is a verb, as you know. I think it's an interesting Japanese English. fumi Mon Feb 5 at 21.15 I watched an interesting TV program called Eigo de shaberanaito the other day. The guest on that day was famous golf player called Ai Miyazaki. She said that when some one hit a ball very well Japanese people say "nice shot!" but American say "good shot". I wondered what's difference nice and good. Kiki Thu Jan 25 at 0.37 I saw a film called Flags of our Fathers the other day. It was wonderful. It's based on a true story about the Second World War in Iojima. There was a fierce battle between the US and Japan there. During the battle the US Marine Corps finally raise the flag the Star and Stripes on the top of the Suribati Mountain. Then some US newspapers showed the photos of the scene. After that 3 marines who related it were used as propaganda for raising money for the war as heroes. The film told about their lives. Clint Eastwood directed it. Kiki Fri Nov 17 at 23.27 Today, I maked a ' Moss Bear'. It is a garden ornament that you can see in a pot with plants. I'm going to tell you how to make it. First you need some dryed moss, a bucket, some water, some string, a pair of scissors, some 1/6 cut 22 gauged stub wires, and three buttons for bear's eyes and a nose. Soak the moss in the bucket. Mass and press it to make the parts of the bear, a head, ears, arms, legs, and a body. To keep their shapes, coil up them with the string . Join the parts by U-pins made of the wires. Place buttons on its face. Choco Sat Oct 14 at 23.54 Thank you for your interest in my blog. I'm afraid I don't know the painter. I found the painting in somebody else's blog. http://hana-mizuki.cocolog-nifty.com/hanamizuki/cat2191237/index.html MichikoSimon Thu Oct 12 at 22.19 I am interestead in Michiko's blog a day before yesterday. I have looked other photographs of Constance, but I haven't look this portrait. She looks satisfied with her life in the picture. Do you know who painted it? choco Thu Oct 12 at 20.27 I got a fax from my granddaughters. They said please live long and stay healthy. Then I remembered that today was Respect for the Aged Day. I had a complicated feeling. Kiki Mon Sep 18 at 23.16 I've been very busy recently. My working time has changed since in August. Before, I worked three days a week from 3:30 to 6:30. But now I have to work four days and working hours increased 30 minutes. Besides I joined the Social Networking Service called mixi. I spend a lot of time at my computer. I enjoyed talking people on the Net who I hadn’t even met. Simon, I found a kite photo group in a community. There are 30 people in it. They showed JKPA's URL. Kiki Fri Sep 15 at 22.13 One of my hobbies is tole painting. I painted a yellow penstand with a picture of wild strawberry on it last week. This is for a school bazaar in November. Noel Sun Sep 3 at 22.54 I have watched a TV. It's called "high school students quiz". 51schools competed each other to be winner.And the winner is URAWA high school! There is it in my town.This progrum takes place once a year. I'm looking forward to watching it next. Takuya Fri Sep 1 at 23.35 My favorite summer activity is swimming. I'm not good at sports, but I like swimming, because I went to a swimming school from I was four to I was nine. My favorite swimming pool is in Asaka city in Saitama prefecture, it's called "Waku Waku Dome". "Waku Waku" means exiting. The pool is big and clean, and it's very cheep. It costs two hundred(200)Yen for under junior high school students. There is a floowing pool, a children's swimming pool, and a twenty-five(25) meters swimming pool and a jacuzzi. I like doing the crawl more than the breast stroke or back stroke. Also, I prefer swimming in the pool than in the sea. I'm very busy this summer so I have'nt got time to go there. I'm going to go to there next summer. James Sun Aug 27 at 22.21 I'm going to tell you two stories about my mother, who likes growing things. My first story is about a snail. About two weeks ago, my mother found a snail in some vegetables which my grandfather have grown. She put it in a small bottle and she gave it some cucumbers and lettuce leaves. It was very small snail, but it is growing bigger everyday. My second story is about a caterpillar. Before that, my mother had also looked after a caterpillar. One day, she bought a parsley pot at a flower shop in my town. Then she found a caterpillar on the parsley. She was very interested in what it will grow into. She also put it into an insect cage. She gave it some organic parsley. For a while, she continued to feed it and the caterpillar became a pupa. Then one morning the pupa became a butterfly and flew away. I'm very interested in what my mother is going to look after next. Jake Sun Aug 27 at 22.17 I'm going to talk about a foreigner called Peter. He's from Holland. I've been met him at once. But I have a few I know him well, because my father told us a lot about him. He is one of my father's business partners. About four years ago, Peter sent him an email. In it, he asked my father if I had any Pokemon goods. At that time, I did have some unwanted Pokemon goods. So I sent them to him with a short letter. After that I had a message from him. He said his two boys were very happy to have them and they had showed them to classmates. Recently, my father told me that Peter had moved to France for his job. And he has a chance to come to Japan soon. I hope to see him again if possible. John Sun Aug 27 at 22.13 The day before yesterday I took my granddaughters to the cinema in Ikebukuro. We saw a film called Heidi. It's based on a children's story written by Johanna Spyri. It was an English film but we saw a Japanese dubbed one. The child actresses were very well and scenery was wonderful. Charlie Chaplin's daughter was also in it. Kiki Thu Aug 17 at 23.47 Hello, John, Jake and James. I enjoyed reading your massages. They were very interesting. But what is a snap? Jake. Is it a little creature like insect? I couldn't find proper translation for the word in my dictionary. Please tell me. Kiki Sat Aug 12 at 0.24 3. Talk about your favorite summer activity. My favorite summer activity is swimming. I'm not good at sports, but I like swimming. Because, I went to swimming school while I was four to nine. My favorite swimming pool is in Asaka city of Saitama prefecture, it called "Waku Waku Dome". "Waku Waku" means exciting. The pool is big and clean, but it's very cheap. It's cost 200yen for under junior high school. There is a flowing pool, children's swimming pool, 25meters swimming pool and jacuzzi. I like the crawl than the breast stroke and back stroke. Also, I like swim in the swimming pool than in the sea. I'm very busy in this summer, so I cannot go there. James Wed Aug 9 at 22.01 2.Tell a funny story about someone in your family. My mother likes growing something. The first story is a snap. About two weeks ago, my mother found a snap from vegetables which my grandfather grew. She put it in a small bottle and also put some cucumbers or lettuce leaves. It was very small snap but it is growing up day by day. The second story is a caterpillar. My mother also grew a caterpillar before. One day, she bought a parsley pot at flower shop in my towm. Then she found a caterpiller on the parsley. She was very interested what it will be. She also put it into an insect cage. She gave an organic parsley for it. For a while she continue to give them and the caterpillar became pupa. Someday in the morning, the pupa became a butterfly and flew away slowly. 　I am very interested very what mother brings up next. Jake Wed Aug 9 at 21.58 1. Talk about a foreigner you met or saw. His name is Peter. His country is Netherland. I met him only once a time before, but I know him well. Because my father told us a lot about him. He is an one of business partner of my father. About four years ago, Peter sent an E-mail to my father. In his an E-mail, he asked my father if I have some Pokemon goods. At that time, I had some unnecessary Pokemon goods here. So, I sent them to him with a small leter. After that, I have got a message from him. He said his two children(two boys) were very happy to have them and they showed them to their classmates. Recently, my father tols me that Peter has moved to France for his job and he has a chance to come to Japan soon. I want to see him again if possible. John Wed Aug 9 at 21.54 Dear Daisuke. I still have the newspaper that the article about Wikipedia is on it. It’s very interesting. I sometimes use the site but I didn’t know that we can add and correct information to it. I’ll bring it to the next class. Kiki Sat Aug 5 at 12.55 I saw a film called The Cave of the Yellow Dog the other day. It's a German film but director was a Mongolian. The story was about a family of nomads in Mongol. There weren't any actors and actresses in it. There was a just ordinary family. They were wonderful especially children were and scenery was beautiful. It was filmed like a documentary. 　 Kiki Tue Jun 13 at 20.37 Hi! Fumi, How are you? Have you found how to spell the word we heard at our English class? I think the word is dissipation. Do you think so? Kiki Thu May 11 at 19.18 The weather is changeable these days. It was rather hot yesterday and today it's chilly. How's everyone? I saw a film called Proof today it's based on a play. I didn't know that. Gwyneth Paltrow and Anthony Hopkins were in it. They were wonderful. Kiki Tue May 2 at 17.30 How many T-shiets did you sell? Addie. My daughters and I went to our family temple yesterday. The main building of the temple was rebuilding and it has finished recently. Then there was a dedication ceremony there. My granddaughters went in a Buddhist procession as a child called “Chigo”. They wore special costumes and put on a crown. They were very pretty. I was happy to see them. Kiki Sun Apr 30 at 23.28 I'm going to sell some T-shirts at a festival called earth gerden in Yoyogi park tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. See you there. Addie Fri Apr 21 at 18.41 I borrowed some books from the English class. I 've read one of them called The Elephant Man. It touched me. Addie Sun Apr 16 at 12.49 I heard that there were a lot of demonstrations against youth job law in France. Have you seen any, Noel? I look forward to seeing the film you mentioned too. I saw a film called The Merchant of Venice the other day. It was wonderful. Kiki Wed Apr 12 at 13.22 Recently,I've been to Paris with my family. We went to the Louvre.We could'nt see all pictures. Because it was very large and there were about 26,000pictures. I'm reading the DA VINCE CODE now. I'm going to see the film next month. Noel Sun Apr 9 at 21.52 I bought two cheap DVDs today. One is Chaplin’s film called The Great Dictator the other is Random Harvest. They are 500 yen each. I’m going to see them this weekend. Kiki Wed Apr 5 at 21.58 I saw a film called The Book of the Dead in Iwanami hall today. It's an animation film used some dolls. It was very beautiful. But the story was a bit difficult to understand. The hall was very crowded. I went there 20 minutes before it’s started. But I couldn’t get a good seat. Kiki Wed Mar 29 at 21.33 Hi Addie! I didn't know exactly how many people were there. According to the World Pease Now’s home page there were about 2000 people. If you are interested in their movements please see the site below. http://www.worldpeacenow.jp/ Kiki Sun Mar 19 at 21.08 How many people were there,Kiki? Addie Sun Mar 19 at 20.14 I went to a movement of the World Peace Now today. It was at the Hibiya open-air concert hall. At first a comic writer called Kei Isizaka and the other two people made speeches. Afterwards an anti-war band played some music. Then we went anti- war march from there to Tokyo station. It took about one hour. I'm a bit tired. Kiki Sat Mar 18 at 23.27 Yes,Kiki! I want to try it. I still have a long way. Addie Mon Mar 13 at 16.26 Congratulations! Addie. Your effort must be paid off. Then your next goal is level 2, right? Kiki Sat Mar 11 at 0.23 There's something I'd like to let you know. I've passed the pre-level2 Eiken test! Addie Fri Mar 10 at 21.08 I know James Stewart , Kiki! I've seen IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE recently. It made my heart warm. Addie Thu Mar 9 at 15.10 Hi! Addie, My favorite actor is James Stewart. Do you know him? He died in 1997. And I rather like Brad Pitt. The day before yesterday I saw a film called The Chronicles of Narnia. It was very exiting film. I enjoyed it very much. Kiki Wed Mar 8 at 23.12 I'd like to know who your favorite actors are, Kiki? Addie Wed Mar 8 at 19.40 I saw some films that he was in, such as Cold Mountain, Almost Famous and Magnolia. But I don't remember much about him, Addie. Sorry! The film he got an Oscar Capote is going to be released in October in Japan. I can hardly wait for it. Kiki Tue Mar 7 at 21.48 Philip Seymour Hoffman won the Oscar for the best actor! He is one of my most favorite actors. Addie Tue Mar 7 at 16.02 You saw it , Kiki ! I worry about the two tribes after all. How are they doing? Addie Sun Mar 5 at 13.31 I saw a film called Hotel Rwanda today. It's about massacre in Rwanda in Africa. It's based on a true story. It was wonderful. While I was seeing it I couldn't stop crying. I've heard that there's no plan to release it in Japan at first. But some people carry out a signature collection campaign in a bid to release it. Then they're wish come true. Kiki Fri Mar 3 at 22.30 I got up early this morning and watched the women's figure skating at the Turin winter Olympics on TV. It was very exciting. I was very pleased to see that Shizuka Arakawa has won the gold medal. Kiki Fri Feb 24 at 20.59 I'm really glad to hear that, Addie. Hang in there! Kiki Fri Feb 17 at 23.30 I tried Yahoo Toeic Site, Kiki. I'm very interested in it. I'm going to take an oral exam of an EIKEN test in this month. It will be helpful for me. Addie Fri Feb 17 at 21.31 Have you had long hair before? Addie. How short is it now? Hi! Daisuke, Have you found the Yahoo toeic site? The URL is http://edu.yahoo.co.jp/school/test/toeic_daily/today/today_rab.html Kiki Thu Feb 16 at 13.41 I had my hair cut yesterday. Then I can wash my hair much easier. Addie Tue Feb 14 at 15.49 When I get on a train I always hope I can get a seat. Addie Sun Feb 12 at 14.26 Yesterday I was given a seat on the Yamanote line from young woman. At that time I had a complicated feeling. Did I look old or tired? Any way I accepted her kindness and said to me "She is younger than I am". Kiki Fri Feb 10 at 9.59 I saw a film called Oliver Twist today. It's based on a novel by Charles Dickens. I enjoyed it very much. Kiki Mon Feb 6 at 22.20 I hope but unfortunately I can't. A book in English I'm reading is 'Pinocchio'. It's for children and also interesting. Addie Mon Feb 6 at 17.44 I didn't know anything about the book you've read so I checked it on the Net. According to it King Martin Luther and Gandhi were influenced by the author. Did you read it in English? Kiki Sun Feb 5 at 17.23 Not ' yang' ! It's' young' !!! Addie Sat Feb 4 at 22.43 I'm reading ' Walden, Or Life In The Woods' by H.D.Thoreaw and enjoying it. If I was yang it might be boring. Addie Sat Feb 4 at 22.38 I'm learning tap dance and I have a lesson onThursday. It makes me sweat a lot. Addie Thu Feb 2 at 21.18 I took a EIKEN test of pre-2nd the day before yesterday. I made some carelessmistakes but I'll probably pass it. Then I have to take an intervew for the second stage test next month. Addie Mon Jan 30 at 20.22 Hi! Noel, Is it called Seven- Eleven? Am I right? Kiki Sun Jan 29 at 22.44 We found a new convenience store when we took a walk yesterday. It just opened that day. We bought a lucky bag at a cost of 7 hundred 11 Yen.What's the shop called? Have a guess! Noel Sun Jan 29 at 22.08 I'm sorry for my late reply,Addie. I bought a new computer recently. Then I couldn't use Internet for a while. The film I saw was wonderful. The actors and actresses were very well and scenery was beautiful. It reminded me of my trip to England. Kiki Tue Jan 24 at 21.32 Last Friday was an unlucky day. A classmate of mine accidentally scratched my face in the basketball game. But I was worried by lots of my friends. Takuya Sun Jan 22 at 21.46 we had another cold day today. Will we have a chance of snow tomorrow? By the way, how was the film, Kiki? Addie Fri Jan 20 at 23.59 Hi,Addie.I think it's Wednesday today so the cinema was crowded, isn't it? The film you saw looked serious. I saw its trailer on the Net. I'm going to see a film called Pride and Prejudice tomorrow. Kiki Wed Jan 18 at 23.31 I went seeing a film called 'HOTEL RUWANDA' today. It was about the genocide in Ruwanda 1994. The cinema was crowded and I saw it standing up. Addie Wed Jan 18 at 20.11 A Happy New Year everybody! My daughters has been at my home since New Year's Eve. I enjoy playing my granddaughters. Kiki Mon Jan 2 at 13.46 I saw 'SAYURI' (Memoirs of a Gasha) today. I thought it's an another country like Japan. Addie Thu Dec 29 at 23.36 It means easy fasting diet. It takes for just one day, one meal. It makes the stomach a bit amsller so that you 're able to eat and drink less. Addie Wed Dec 28 at 13.34 I'm sorry, Addie. I over looked your first suggestion. Actually I don't eat much snacks. But I drink beer almost every day. I think I should stop it. What petit fasting diet is? I've never heard of it. Kiki Mon Dec 26 at 13.04 How about petit fasting diet? It makes the stomach bit small to skip one meal. Addie Sun Dec 25 at 22.26 Thank you very much for your kind suggestion, Fumi. I also saw the advertisement on a train but I don't know much about it. Before I try it I'll check it on the Net. Kiki Sun Dec 25 at 22.22 Recently, microdiet is popular with women. I often see some advertisments of them. If you are interested in it, I suggest you try it,kiki. fumi Sun Dec 25 at 15.13 I suggest not eating any between meals, Kiki. But it's difficult todiet at this time of yesr. Addie Sun Dec 25 at 2.27 I went to my class teacher's wedding today! It was first time to go to a wedding for me. She was very beautiful. And the church was beautiful too. Takuya Sat Dec 24 at 22.35 I've put on weight recently. I want to lose at least 3kgs. Do you have any good idea to do so? Kiki Thu Dec 22 at 10.27 I cleaned a fun in the bathroom yesterday. There was a lot of dust. Addie Wed Dec 21 at 1.18 I send a Christmas card and a present to my friend in Fukuoka today. The present was my original hand made soap. It 's made from some olive oil and essential oil. Addie Mon Dec 19 at 15.14 I saw two films on CS today. But both of them were not good. I wouldn't tell you what I saw. I'm tired. Addie Sat Dec 17 at 1.41 Yes, that's right Addie. And Susan Sarandon was also in it. She got the Oscar for best actress by this film. I saw some films that Sean penn played. But he seemed like different person in each film. He is wonderful. Kiki Fri Dec 16 at 23.26 That film is staring Sean Penn,isn't it, Kiki? I've seen it long time ago. It was very good film. Addie Thu Dec 15 at 20.31 Hello Simon, I'd like to say thank you for teaching me how to install music in iTune on my PC yesterday. This morning I've listened to Chanson by Fubuki Kosiji during doing the house-work. It was great. Today a friend of mine came to my house,then I showed it to her. Probably She will try it on her PC. Apricot Mon Dec 12 at 18.56 Was it crowded, Takuya? How many rides did you get on? I went there twice but that were 20 years ago. Today I saw a film called Dead Man Walking on TV. It was interesting. Kiki Sun Dec 11 at 23.13 I went to Tokyo Disney Land with a friend of mine. We had a very good time. We did many things,for example paddled a conoe and met the mickey. Takuya Sat Dec 10 at 22.42 It's wonderful to brush my teeth without bridges in my mouth. Addie Fri Dec 9 at 0.35 I have bridges put off from my tooth! I practiced how to smile like Julia Roberts in front of a mirror. Addie Wed Dec 7 at 1.21 My cat is 7 years old. He is a chunchilla silver. Long hair cat is very gentle. I've given boiled cabbages to him, but he prefers cat grass to boiled greens. Noel Sun Dec 4 at 20.08 How old is your cat? Noel. One of my sisters in law’s cat died recently. She was over 20 years old. She had a long life. And the other sister in law has three cats. She gives boiled greens to them every day. They like it very much. Kiki Sat Dec 3 at 22.06 Noel can't eat spinach. His favorite grass are like bristle-grass. I can find them everywhere easily, but I always buy them at a flower shop. Because he has a sensitive stomach. Noel Sat Dec 3 at 21.17 I haven't known cats eat grass. What kind of grass does Noel like? Does he eat spinach? Addie Thu Dec 1 at 21.39 I bought some grass for my cat today. It's called Noel. He is always at home. He is eating it happily. Noel Wed Nov 30 at 17.20 You and your husband sound like very close, Noel. Do you have any interests in common? Kiki, I havn't seen it yet unfortunately. I saw a director's cut version of 'Apocalypse Now' on CS yesterday. It was too long! Addie Mon Nov 28 at 16.49 I went to Gotanda with my husband.We went to a bargen sale to buy his suit. But there wasn't good one. Noel Sat Nov 26 at 17.43 Thanks, Noel. I know SMAP but I don't know much about their songs. I'm interested in their new CD. Yesterday I saw a film called In Her Shoes that Addie wanted to see. It was good. I was a bit weepy. Have you seen it yet, Addie? Kiki Fri Nov 25 at 20.57 It took about 10 minutes by bike,Kiki. Yesterday,I bought SMAP's new CD with my daughter. It's called "Triangle". The song has a message of peace.It's good song. Noel Thu Nov 24 at 23.08 How long did it take from your house to Urawa, Noel? I went to the Tobu department store in Ikebukuro early this morning. New version of Tamagochis was released. They are popular with children. I had to queue up for one and half-hours to buy it. Kiki Wed Nov 23 at 23.55 I went shopping in Urawa by bicycle. I have got a exercise,because there're lots of slopes on the way to there.I've lost 2 percents of my body fat. Noel Wed Nov 23 at 22.21 I heared her speech, Kiki! She's brave. Well, I ran across my mother at a shopping mall today and we dropped into Star Bucks. Addie Tue Nov 22 at 20.44 The film " In her shoes " sounds interesting, Addie. Yesterday Naoko Takahashi won the Tokyo International Women's Marathon. I watched her winning scene on TV. She was great. After the race she made a speech. It was really moving. Have someone seen it? Kiki Mon Nov 21 at 10.52 I come to think of it, I've seen only 9 films at the cinema this year,Kiki. I want to go to see 'In her shoes'. Addie Sun Nov 20 at 18.44 Yes, it's really cold today. I'm wearing a sweater for the first time in this winter. I'm thinking the best film that I've seen in this year. Please wait for a while, Addie. Kiki Sat Nov 19 at 22.48 We have to clean up the filter of our A/C or we don't use A/C. It's also cold tonight. Addie Sat Nov 19 at 20.54 Let's give our special award to best film of the year,Kiki! Addie Thu Nov 17 at 0.25 It's hard to choose what the best film I saw this year, Addie. I saw 19 films in some cinemas this year so far. I'll decide to choose the best one by the end of this year. Kiki Tue Nov 15 at 18.16 Kiki, you are authentic film fun because you go Ginrei Iidabashi. I'd like to know your best film of this year. Addie Tue Nov 15 at 16.22 Hello Addie, Today I went to the cinema called Ginrei in Iidabashi. I saw an English film " Dear Frankie". I go to the cinema once or twice a month. I like old films too. Kiki Mon Nov 14 at 20.57 Have you been to the cinema recently, Kiki? Addie Sun Nov 13 at 19.18 I like digging up some old good films, Kiki. I usually see films on CS. It's actually best to see films at the cinema. Addie Sun Nov 13 at 19.15 Thanks for telling me about the film, Addie. I was able to find some information about it on the NET. It's quite old. Where did you see it? Kiki Fri Nov 11 at 20.34 It's an American film in1995, Kiki. It had got some award in Sandance film festival. It's a pretty good film. Addie Fri Nov 11 at 17.46 I don't know anything about the film, Addie. Is it Japanese? Who's in it? Tell me more. Kiki Fri Nov 11 at 13.51 I saw a film called ' Welcome to the dollhouse' with my daughter last night. It was about a bullied girl and had some sence of humor. Addie Thu Nov 10 at 15.58 I visit my daughter's crass room today. It was a musical class. I listened to them singing. Addie Tue Nov 8 at 18.25 I made a cake with a lot of apples and walnuts today. I often put a cake and some sweetpotetoes together in my oven so that I can eat both. Addie Mon Nov 7 at 17.17 I've walked from Ningyo-chou to Ochanomizu today. It took about 30 minutes. I like walking. Addie Sun Nov 6 at 0.53 I ate out Japanese noodles called udon today. It was only 400 yen! But it made me warm. Addie Sat Nov 5 at 0.54 Kiki and Cherry, I've not got opportunities to see the film yet but I want. How nice to go to Okinawa, Apricot! Addie Fri Nov 4 at 1.09 I've taken a lot of photos recently. But I've always disappointed with them. When I first started taking photos I thought they were very nice.But now my photography sense develops a bit then my disappointment increases. Next week I'm going to six islands in Okinawa such as Ishigaki,Miyako,Iriomote and so on. I'm looking forwared to taking photos. Apricot Thu Nov 3 at 15.02 Thanks, Kiki and Addie. Yes, it is. There were three aboriginal girls in it. It was based on a true story. I thought that the world still has similar problems. Cherry Thu Nov 3 at 14.03 Yes, that's right, Addie. Have you seen it? Kiki Thu Nov 3 at 11.39 I guess the film is about aboriginal girls, isn't it? Addie Thu Nov 3 at 1.08 I'm really glad to hear that you saw the film. I liked it very much. How did you like it? Kiki Wed Nov 2 at 13.55 I saw the film called " Rabbit- Proof Fence" on TV last night, Kiki. You had seen it in the theater before. When you told the story, I wanted to see it. But I hadn't had enough time to go to the theater. Cherry Tue Nov 1 at 22.34 I saw a film called A good woman yesterday. It was based on a play written by Oscar Wilde. It was wonderful especially the ending was. It brought tears to my eyes. Scarlett Johansson and Helen Hunt were in it. They were beautiful. Kiki Tue Nov 1 at 20.47 It's getting colder day by day. I'm going to cook some miso soup with a lot of root vegitables tonight. Addie Tue Nov 1 at 18.43 I went to Tokyo Disney Sea today. I'm very tired.I'm going to go to bed immediately. Good night. Addie Tue Nov 1 at 0.03 I agree with you, Addie. She was perfect for the role. I hear she had wanted to play the part for 20 years. Kiki Mon Oct 31 at 21.57 Hello,Cherry! I also saw the film.Olivia Hussey who played Mother Teresa really looks like her. Addie Sun Oct 30 at 12.54 I saw the film called "Mother Teresa" in Shinjuku last Monday. It lasts only early morning. She devoted her life to the poor in India. She got the Nobel Prize for Pease. Cherry Sun Oct 30 at 10.37 My daughter accompanied some chorus with the piano in the school festival today. I've known that she spent a lot of time for the piano practice. I'm very proud of her. Addie Sat Oct 29 at 19.39 I've caught a cold.My ears hurt.I'm going to drink a cup of hot bancha-tea with umeboshi and go to bed early. Addie Fri Oct 28 at 20.23 I'm sorry I madea a mistake. I intended to send the sentence on the Shiritori board. Kiki Thu Oct 27 at 21.52 Tell me about your family. Kiki Thu Oct 27 at 21.42 Hello,Sophia! Why don't you come to my blog? You can see my 70% macrobiotic life. http://blog.livedoor.jp/pumiwo/ Addie Thu Oct 27 at 21.14 Hello,Addie!you are very busy.I interested in microbiotic cooking,too.Because, Mrs.Ushiyama said in her writing ,"My husband got cancer became good by microbiotic cookng." Sophia Wed Oct 26 at 22.59 I visited a bakery in Koshigayatoday. The baker is a friend of a friend. He said that he open the shop at 7:00am every day. Addie Wed Oct 26 at 22.21 I had to go to a dentist today. I can't stand the particular sound of dentists like"Keeeeeeen"! Addie Tue Oct 25 at 22.45 I went to a macrobiotic cooking class in kichijyoji.Yes,I'm almost like a vegan vegetarian. Addie Mon Oct 24 at 18.27 It was a fine day,today.I went to an exhibition called Earth Garden in Yoyogi-koen. >Noel My husband doesn't drink any coffee so we can't have a good time at Star Bucks. Addie Sun Oct 23 at 21.54 Hello! Addie, I did almost same. Today, I made some hot cakes for breakfast. In the afternoon, I went to Star Bucks with my hasband. We had a lemon cake and a doughnut with some coffee. Noel Sat Oct 22 at 21.20 My daughter wanted waffles so I made some for breakfast. Addie Sat Oct 22 at 16.55 Hello! This is Addie speaking. Today,I dropped at Star Bucks before going to my English class.I had a chocolate cake with chestnuts and a cup of coffee. Addie Fri Oct 21 at 22.51 Thank you very much for telling me about the play, Apricot. It seems like you really enjoyed it. I've got a bit of good news. The guitar orchestra a friend of mine belongs to won the golden prize. I'm really glad to hear that. Kiki Thu Oct 13 at 20.27 This afternoom I saw the play "Driving Miss Daisy " with a friend of mine at the Metropolitan Art Theater.The actor Tatsuya Nakadai and the actress Tomoko Naraoka were in it.They are as same as our ages. We were surprised with their powerful performances. Kiki, Ms Naraoka is wonderful. In the play they sometimes made us a laugh like a comedy.When I saw the film I thouht about my life seriously. But today We thought about our senior life easily. On our way home We droped in a coffee shop and talked about our life styles. Apricot Wed Oct 12 at 21.17 It sounds like you love operas, Apricot. I went to the all Japan Guitar contest with a friend of mine today. It was in the Edogawa culture center. One of my friends Michie who lives in Kanazawa belongs to a guitar orchestra and gave me the tickets. There were 90 people in it. They came all the way from Kanazawa for the contest. There were 29 entries. We listened to half of them then we left there so we don’t know the winner. I hope my friend’s win. Kiki Sun Oct 9 at 23.54 Last night I saw the Munich Opera at the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan in Ueno. It was the Baroque Opera " Ariodante" by Handel. The players were from the Bavarian State Opera in Germany. It was a love story of princess Ginevra and a knight Ariodante in Scotoland. Their performance were wonderful. I've never heard such a beautiful singing voice. I was really empressed with their sensitive songs. It lasted four hours though I didn't feel as long as I thought. Apricot Sat Oct 8 at 21.06 I watched an interesting TV program yesterday. It was about a garden in Vermont in the US. It was wonderful. An old picture book writer called Tasha Tudor has been looking after the garden for about 30 years. The TV showed around one year of the garden. I learned how hard growing flowers are. I was very surprised to hear that she was influenced by Graham Bell. She said her mother and his daughter were cross friends. She uses old cooking tools yet. But she thanks every morning when she washes her face for Edison's invention of electricity. Before that she had to carry water long way from a spring. Kiki Sat Sep 24 at 17.19 Did you get the free tickets of the play, Apricot? I also read an article about the play. I like the actress Tomoko Naraoka. But I've never seen any of her plays. I just saw her on TV. I think she is great. I saw the film Driving Miss Daisy. Jessica Tandy and Morgan Freeman were in it. It was wonderful. I hope the play is going better than the film. Kiki Tue Sep 20 at 23.57 Last week I got a ticket of the theater called 'Driving Miss Daisy'. Mr.Nakadai and Ms.Naraoka will be play in it.I saw an ad in the newspaper. So I called a ticket center to take the ticket, but all the seats already sold out.But the center stuff told me that they had some ones for the add performance.What a popular performance it is! I was lucky that I could get two tickets. I'm going to there with a friend of mine. Apricot Tue Sep 20 at 22.08 Hi! Cherry, yes, we missed the Jane Austin center. We passed in front of it though. Do you think we should have gone there? I haven't read any of her books yet. But I saw a film called Emma based on her book. I'm interested in one of her books called Pride and Prejudice because in the film "You've got mail" the heroine often mentioned about the book. Since I saw it I wanted to read it but I didn't do it yet. I didn't know that the book Persuasion is in the class. Isn't it difficult to read? I'd like to read it near future. Kiki Mon Sep 19 at 11.56 This morning I went to a gardener in Angio in my daughter's car.There were a lot of the gardeners.I bought some photogenic flowers and two fig trees.One of my favorite fruit is a fig.I sometimes get some figs at a fruit shop but they always aren't sweet enough to eat.So I wanted to grow up them in my garden.Paphaps I will be able to eat the nice them next year. Apricot Sun Sep 18 at 16.54 I borrowed three books from our English school this summer holiday.I wanted to read them during last August. But I only finished one of them called "Persuasion" yesterday. Jane Austen wrote it. When I had been to Bath with Kiki, there was the Jane Austen center in Gay Street. We had gone through there by a taxi several times. If we had had enough time to go there, we could have seen the Jane Austen's life and work. The story reminded me of Bath. Cherry Sun Sep 18 at 12.23 I saw a lot of friends of hers and found out her living in the US. And I went to see her new boss yesterday. He hopes that she will work hard. She has good friends and a good job here. I thought it would be uncomfortable to live in a foreign country. I found she enjoyed living here. I was really relieved. See you soon. Anti Fri Sep 16 at 10.53 Wow! It's great that you sent a lot of messages from the US, Anti. I'm impressed with all of them. It's getting cooler here in Tokyo. Today there's a cool breeze blowing. I believe that your English improved a lot. See you soon. Kiki Thu Sep 15 at 16.52 Thank you, Cherry. I saw the Statue of Liberty from a ferry last week. The day before yesterday, my daughter asked a friend of hers to a botanical garden and chat with me for an hour. He is Joe. We went into Costa Rica Garden. There were a lot of plants and butterflies there. He told me about them slowly but I only understood a little bit what he was saying. I sometimes asked him to repeat it again. He tried telling me with simpler words. I enjoyed chatting with him. Anti Thu Sep 15 at 0.20 You are enjoying your holiday with your daughter, Anti. I’ve never been to America without Hawaii. Have you seen the Statue of Liberty yet? Did you go elsewhere? I’m looking forward to hearing about your trip. I’ve Cherry Tue Sep 13 at 10.37 We went to see the Niagara Falls yesterday. It took three hours and a half by car. I was amazed that a lot lot lot of water was falling down quickly. I have never seen such a wonderful falls like them. We went on a boat to have a better look. We were in a rainwear, but spray was getting harder and harder and we got wet. I couldn't see them well because my sunglasses were also in a drip. Anti Tue Sep 13 at 3.22 We went to a house of one of her friends yesterday. They had a small party for me. They speak English and Spanish. I could understand a little what they were talking in English, but when they spoke two languages I was confused sometimes. Their land and the house were so big that I could walk around. And it made me feel relaxed. Anti Sun Sep 11 at 19.09 It seems like you are having wonderful days in the US, Anti. I love musicals so I'd like to go to Broadway one day. I saw a film called Mother Teresa with a fried of mine. Of course it's about her life. It was wonderful. Olivia Hussey played the part of Mother Teresa. She was excellent. I cried a lot and I heard some people sobbing there. Kiki Sat Sep 10 at 11.40 I’m sorry I couldn't do the Internet for 3 days. We got back to my daughter’s in the morning. Yesterday we went to see a musical called Lion king on the Broadway. It was really good. I have never seen such an excellent show like this. Actors performed the parts in a play as if they were real animals. And I was surprised of the stage setting. It was just at the small stage but it seemed like in the jungle. I think that's why it attracts a lot of people for a long time. Anti Fri Sep 9 at 9.02 What a nice surprise to hear you from NY Anti. But I'm sorry about your flight and your toe. Without those you seem to be happy. Enjoy your holiday! I look forward to hearing about your trip. Kiki Mon Sep 5 at 14.26 Yesterday the flight delayed 3 hours and I stayed at Narita Airport for 6 hours. It was teribble. And I had another problem. In my hurry to go out of my house, I stumbled on a shue. One of the fingers of my right foot hurt. I thought it would get better soon. But when I got to the Airport it hurt a lot. I worried if it might be broken. I went to an Airport clinic and asked what to do. There wasn't a plastic surgery and a xray doctor there. I was stuck with poulticing it. Anyway I am in NY. I hope it dosen't hurt today. Anti Mon Sep 5 at 6.49 This morning I was really disappointed. I wanted to get an advance ticket of the concert by Berliner Philharmoniker conducted by Sir Simon Rattle.There were several ticket centeres for them. They started to sell them at 10am on the 3rd Sep. So I called just on time.But the lines were busy,but I went on calling. After one hour at last I make it! But they said all of the seats were sold out.It was surprising how quicly they were sold out. Apricot Sat Sep 3 at 12.31 Thank you very much for telling me about the film Vera Drake, Simon. I checked it on the Net after the class and found out that it's going to end in September second. That's why I went yesterday. It was wonderful. The story was very sad but actresses and actors were excellent. I enjoyed it very much. Kiki Fri Sep 2 at 22.57 I saw a Japanese film called The Face of Jizo last night. It was based on a play written by Hisashi Inoue. The story was about a woman who was a survivor of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima. Rie Miyazawa played the part of the woman. She was wonderful. While I was watching it I cried all the time. Kiki Wed Aug 24 at 23.27 Thank you for the beautiful photographs you sent me by e-mail, Apricot. There were some photographs of flowers there. I don't know well flowers. I recognized only thistles. The normal color of pinecones is brown, but Oosirabiso's one is very beautiful purple. Your photographs are excellent. Cherry Sat Aug 20 at 20.59 I'm surprised to hear the news, Cherry. As you said she looked happy and healthy. I didn't talk much with her so I didn't know how old she was. But I thought that she was younger than I was. I felt that who could tell what might happen in the future. I'll pray for her. Kiki Fri Aug 19 at 23.14 I've got the sad news. When I went to England with Kiki, I met one of American women. We were the same group of bus tours. Next day we went to Wells, we saw her again in a bus by chance. I had taken her two photos in Stonehenge and sent them to her. Her husband sent me e-mail. It says that she died of a heart attack in England on the 3rd of May. It was just four days that we had seen her in the bus. She was a cheerful and friendly woman. Cherry Fri Aug 19 at 16.14 I'll scan some of my photographs into my P.C so that I can send you some of them with my email,cherry. I prefer relaxing in the summer. So I sometimes take a nap and listen to music. That's why I'm overweight. Apricot Tue Aug 16 at 21.47 You are enjoying this summer holiday, Apricot. I was interested in the Oosirabiso so that I looked for it on my computer. I'm looking forward to seeing your photos. I haven't any plane to go on a trip this holiday. I have been borrowing three books from our English school. But I haven't read them yet. Cherry Sun Aug 14 at 22.07 I took a lot of flower's photos at Tugaike and Happo-one in Hakuba. There were about 2000 meters above sea level. But WE went there by an aerial cableway. The weather wasn't fine though We could walk in the fresh air. The mountains were covered in the mists. There were magnificent scenery. Besides We saw very rare pine cones. The pine trees calld Oosirabiso have the purple conens once forty years. They were wonderful. Apricot Sat Aug 13 at 15.01 I also noticed the article about Peter Jennings. Although I haven't seen the ABC news so often, I thought he was good. In fact sister-in-law also has lung cancer. It has been two years since her illness was found. She has tried latest anticancer drugs one after another. Fortunately She's living at home quietly now. We are impressed with ever-progressing medical treatment. Ann Thu Aug 11 at 19.03 Today I knew that Peter Jennings died of lung cancer. From when I started studying English, sometimes I see the ABC news. I saw his reporting from Iraq. I'm his fan. On the April he said that he had had lung cancer. I thought that he looked not so seriously and might be on TV again. He was still 67. Cherry Wed Aug 10 at 0.37 It was two photographer's exhibition,Kiki.One is Mr Oide. He is a fashion designer. But he likes to take some flower's photos such as lotuses, roses and so on. He published his photos book. The other is Mr Hukuhara who is a previous president in Siseidou. He's been growing a lot of Orchids in his green house. I'm going Hakuba on a tour. In fact I want to go by myself,but it's impossible. Even in Chichibu I was lost. Apricot Sat Aug 6 at 15.53 Was it a famous photographer's exhibition or something? Apricot. I hear there are a lot of wild flowers in Hakuba. It's called a wild flower field, isn't it? Are you going there on a tour or by your self? I hope that you'll able to take beautiful photos of flowers. Have a nice holiday! Kiki Fri Aug 5 at 23.15 I went to the Nexus hall in Chanel building in Ginza today,Kiki.There was a flower's photo exhibition. The tickets were free, in addition they gave us this year's calendar that there were beautiful flower's photos in it.I saw wonderful　orchid's and a lot of flower's photos there.They said they usually serve this hall for musicians. Last week I had an out door photo class in Yanaka. I took a lot of photos there but I was disapointed with my photos.Taking better photos are really difficult. I'm going to Hakuba in Nagano to see wild flowers next week. I'm looking forward to take their photos. Apricot Thu Aug 4 at 18.56 Hello! How are you? I went to Yurakucho to see a Japanese film called Shining Boy and Little Randy today. It was based on the true story. It was wonderful. Yuya Yagira was in it. He was honored as Best Actor at Cannes film festival last year. The last half of the film I couldn't stop crying. Kiki Tue Aug 2 at 22.07 Dear Apricot, sorry I didn't tell you the detail of my experiences. Actually I was on a subway when the earthquake happened. I didn't feel any shakes at all. The subway I was on was just arrived Nishinipori at the time. After got off it I knew there was the strong earthquake so I took a taxi from there. It cost only 7 hundred 40 yen. I didn't spend much money. Kiki Tue Jul 26 at 18.58 It must have been expensive to come home by taxi,Kiki. I was in the Mitsukosi basement for shopping when the earthquake happened. I was shocked. I went to Omiya yesterday. One of our orchid groupe members is in hospital in Omiya. He's had a kind of leukemia. He's 80years old. Even though he's helped us as our leader. I've known him since I started growing orchids. I went to the hospital with a friend of mine who usd to has leukemia but she is getting better now. He was really glad to see her. I wish he will get well soon. Apricot Mon Jul 25 at 13.08 I'm sorry for my late reply, Apricot. You really love operas, do'’t you? And you seem like enjoying your life very much. Yesterday I went to Ginza to listen to a soprano recital. It was in the nexus hall in Chanel building. I'm not interested in any brand goods so I had never been there before. And I didn't even know there's a hall there. When I went in the building I felt that I was out of place. The recital was free. I hear Chanel is supporting young talented musicians. Before the recital they served some drinks for each audiences. The songs were beautiful. I had wonderful time. Unfortunately on the way home there was a quite big earthquake. Because of that most of the transportation stopped. I had to come home by taxi. Kiki Sun Jul 24 at 12.04 I saw an Opera 'Carmen' at the Orchard Hall last night. The players were from the Czech Republic. They were wonderful,especially their productions were great. We saw the Ballet 'Bolero' at the interval, of course they were nice.They danced passinatly.It was aroused us at the concert to enthusiasm. I was satisfied with the concert after a long time. Apricot Sat Jul 16 at 15.44 Last night I was surprised to hear the news about series of terrorist bombings in London. It was terrible. I was worried about a friend of mine because she went to England I wasn't sure when she'd come back. After I heard the news I rang up her immediately. Fortunately she just came back yesterday morning. Have you heard anything from your relatives, Simon? Kiki Fri Jul 8 at 10.42 I'm glad to hear that you enjoyed the concert, Apricot. I also like the symphony "Pastoral". I went to the Iwanami hall to see a film called The Gift from Beate yesterday. It was a documentary film about an episode from a making story of the Japanese constitution and women's rights. It was interesting. Fortunately Iwanami hall has started to sell senior price tickets. Last time I went there they didn't sell it. I don't know from when they take the sistem. But it's a bit expensive than the other cinemas Kiki Fri Jul 8 at 10.26 I supposed to have an out door photo class yesterday, but it was post.phoned because of the bad weather. Instead of it I had the class in a room. Miyuki and I saw a lot of our teacher's photos in the CD on the P.C. They were really wonderful. We realized how wonderful teacher he is. In the evening I went to the Suntory Hall to see a concert with Kiki and Cherry. I've got the ticket from Kiki. The players were from Germany. They played Concerto for Piano, Violin and Cello, and Symphony No.6 " Pastorale" composed by Beethoven. "Pastorale" is one of my favorite music. I had a wonderful day. Kiki, Thank you very much for your kind. Apricot Thu Jul 7 at 21.23 Last night I watched the Wimbledon women's final on TV. At the beginning Miss. Davenport had been leading so I thought she would win soon. But I was wrong. Since the end of the second set Miss. Williams played very well. After all it lasted 2 hours 45 minutes and Miss. Williams won it. During the match I was getting sleepy but it was so exiting that I couldn't stop watching it. Kiki Sun Jul 3 at 15.16 Thank you very much for your interesting information, Ann. I got a lovely e-mail from an English friend. She told me about her daughter and lovely visitors in her garden. Her daughter is going to Wales for doing Duke of Edinburgh Award. She said she told me about that before. I might have heard about it when I went to England but I don't remember anything about that. I looked it up on the Net but I couldn't find any proper answers yet. I'll ask her more detail of that event. Two squirrels and a pheasant couple are coming in her garden. She is feeding them but mail pheasant complained her not to give him any peanuts because she gave them only sunflower seeds. I read her e-mail with smile. Kiki Wed Jun 29 at 21.48 Dear Kiki I think Koshiro's daughter Takako Matsu was good. My friend who is in the musical said her performance was very improving compared to the last one two years ago. I think the older she gets the better she plays. The next day we went it seemed that the Empress saw the musical. My friend said he got a bit nervous because the presence of the Empress changed the atmosphere of the theatre. His story was interesting. Ann Wed Jun 29 at 15.59 It sounds like you enjoyed the musical with your daughters, Ann. I saw the musical about ten years ago. At that time one of Kohshiro's daughters was also in it. What about this time? There are a lot of beautiful songs in it such as The Impossible Dream. Last Thursday I saw a film called Closer.It was boring. The actors and actresses were very good though. Kiki Sun Jun 26 at 23.34 This Monday I went to a musical called 'Man of La Mancha' with my two daughters. An actor called Kosiro Matsumoto has been playing the leading part of it for a long time. In fact a friend of mine plays the role of the priest in it. He's also a teacher of the chorus that I joined last year. After the performance, we visited him backstage. He talked about the musical enthusiastically. We had a great time. Ann Thu Jun 23 at 8.54 I saw an Opera called Salome at NHK Hall on saturday. The player were from Poland. They were very nice,especially a singer played a part of Salome was wonderful. The audience were really impressed with her singing. Also I went to Toshimaen to see the hydrangea festival on sunday. There were 8500 of them in there. I took photos of a lot of wonderful flowers. After that I went to an Onsen next to there. Apricot Mon Jun 20 at 20.44 I also saw the film, Apricot. I didn't have time the day it was on the air so I recorded it and saw it yesterday. It was wonderful. I was moved by it too. It was an old black and white one even though it seemed to be fresh. I found an interesting thing about the actress called Patty Duke. She was in the film as Helen's role and 17years later she acted Helen's teacher's role. Kiki Tue Jun 14 at 21.16 Thank you for your kind message Kiki. I saw a film called The Miracle　Worker on TV last week.It was played for an actress Anne Bancroft's memorial. She died two weeks ago. The story is about a governess has helped a girl called Helen who couldn't see and hear at all because of high fever when she was a baby. Anne Bancroft played as the governess calld Ann who also has eyes ploblem, so she wore sunglasses. Six years old Helen's behavier was very bad, but her parents pitied her. They didn't understand how they could do for her. They asked Ann teaching her. Ann taught her a finger sign by the alphabet to communicate with the others. However it was very difficult but she had done it. I was really moved by the film. Apricot Sun Jun 12 at 13.35 I'm sorry to hear about the friend of yours, Apricot. I know how sad you are. But don't think too much about that. Cherry, the soba restaurant you went sounds interesting. It seems like that he runs it as his hobby. I'd like to go there someday. As you know one of my sisters in law also runs a soba restaurant. But she runs it for living. Kiki Wed Jun 1 at 23.27 Last Sunday I went to Chichibu with my husband by a Red Arrow express train. One of my husband's friends runs the soba restaurant there. He retired from his job. After that he opened the restaurant. He makes all processes by himself from to plant buckwheat seeds to serve soba to customers. So he plants them on August and harvests them on October. And he runs the restaurant from November to Jun. The restaurant is opened only Friday, Saturday and Sunday. His hobbies are to clime mountains and to make soba. His customers say that his soba is very nice taste. He said that he is very happy when he heard it. We enjoyed having a nice time to have soba, to drink beer and to see a nice view in the country. Cherry Tue May 31 at 10.50 I went to the school's annual reunion yesterday. We met at a Japanese restaurant called Hana in the Marunouchi Kokusai building. We had a really nice meal. About 20 people came there. However We were shocked to hear that one of our members had died. It was just one month ago. She was a leader. We always trusted her. Her family didn't want to tell us about her death. But we thought she may have killed herself. Because We got a post card from her which she had written in a red pen " I'm going to travel for a long time soon,so I won't be able to meet you" underneath it " I'm looking foward to seeing you" in a black pen. At first she wrote it in the black pen, after that she may have changed her mind. On the next day she posted it she had died. We didn't understand what happened with her. We were very sad. Apricot Mon May 30 at 21.50 I went to Tomobe in Ibaragi prefecture to see a friend of mine yesterday. She's got a new house there and moved from Tokyo last month. Her house is really modern. When I used the toilet I was surprised because it flushed automatically. Inside the house is also decorated modern and beautifully. I thought she has a good taste of decoration. I was supposed to go there with a friend but she couldn't come. I was sorry about that. I thought, if she had been there she would have seen her wonderful house. Kiki Mon May 30 at 11.40 Dear Apricot. I saw the film in a cinema called Chanter in Hibiya. I recommend it. Hello! Ann I'm glad to hear that you saw the web site. Do you have a copy of the book that your husband's company published? There are a lot of beautiful Cathedrals in England. I hope you'll be able to go there some day. I'd like to go there again. Kiki Wed May 18 at 22.54 Dear Cherry and Kiki It seems that I asked you the difficult question. Thank you for giving me some information. I tried taking a look at the website Kiki told me. I was able to understand it. Surprisingly my husband knows well about the book "Cathedrals of England" apeared at the website. In fact it was published by his company a few years ago. I was really surprised. I have never been to England. Reading your messages made me want to go there more and more. Ann Wed May 18 at 18.08 Where did you see it Kiki? I'd like to see it if I have time. I went to Chichibu by Express called Red allow of Seibu line yesterday. There were a lot of rhododendrons on a hillside in a forest. I found it on the Net. So I went there to take some photos. They were really wonderful. I've never seen such a mysterious floweres. But walking up and down was hard work for me. Bisides, when I went back to the bus stop there weren't any guides there. I followed some women. But we were lost in the forest for a while. I don't want to go there again. Apricot Wed May 18 at 11.50 I saw a film called The Sea Inside yesterday. It’s Spanish and it’s based on the true story. It’s about a man who had paralysis of all four limbs. When he was 25 years old he had the accident. He dived in to the sea. Unfortunately it was the ebb tide he broke his neck and had it. Afterwards he was in bed for 28 years. His family looked after him very kindly although he decided to have mercy killing. But it was illegal. The film tells us what he and his suporters did. I was very moved by the film. Kiki Tue May 17 at 10.30 I went to Toshimaen today. There's a nice Onsen. It's not so far from my house, so I've been there sometimes. I've got a foot massage.It was really nice. Also I had the open air bath in the wonderful view. I was very happy. Apricot Sat May 14 at 22.19 Dear Ann, It's hard to explain what the scissor arches are. But I'll try it. There are three sets of scissor arches in the Cathedral. I think they are kind of gates. They are in the nave and it looks like inverted scissors. I found one of the photos of it on the Net. People say that Seeing is believing. Please look at it. http://www.shikoda.org/wells3.htm Have you been to England, Ann? If you haven’t I recommend to go there. There are a lot of wonderful places to see. Kiki Sat May 14 at 21.52 Hi, Ann. I'm sorry that Ｉcan't explain how to say in detail with my poor English. Usuallyｔhere isn't anything under the ceilings above ｔhe altars in some Cathedrals. But there are some scissors formed arches in Wells Cathedral. They have been keeping the height and weight of Cathedral. Kiki explains it more to her, please. Cherry Sat May 14 at 14.39 Thank you for your message, Cherry. I understand your condition. I also got jet lag after I came back from the trip to Spain. Then I didn't feel like doing anything. Please take care of yourself. You two seem to have really enjoyed your trip. I have a question about your message. What's a "scissor arch". If you don't mind, can you explain it in detail? Ann Sat May 14 at 9.29 Dear Ann. I'm sorry thatＩdidn't answer your question at once. AfterＩgot back, I have been suffering from jet lag. I haven't done anything else. From when I saw some photos of Bath in our English school, Ｉwanted to go there some day. Fortunately Kiki told me to go there. Sarah took us to Wells. We spent a wonderful time. Kiki found out of it on internet. Wells Cathedral was very beautiful. Especially the scissor arches in the Cathedral were magnificent. I have never seen them. Through this trip I admired Kiki again. She is not only an English wizard but also a computer one. Cherry Thu May 12 at 17.21 Thank you for answering my questions, Kiki. Your messages made me exciting. It seems you went to a lot of places for a short term. It was good that you had a lot of opportunities to speak English, wasn't it? You must have had some interesting experiences. If you remember something, please tell me again. Ann Wed May 11 at 17.35 I'm sorry Ann, I forgot to tell you about transport that we took. We got on the coach, buses, trains and undegrounds. And Barbara took us to some places by her car. We had some great new experinces. Kiki Tue May 10 at 23.12 Dear Ann, We stayed 4 nights at Sarah's home 3 nights at Barbara's and one night at a B& B near Oxford. We went to quite lots of places. We arrived in Bath on April the 26th night. Sarah came to see us at the coach station. When we saw her we were relieved. Next day Sarah took us around Bath. 28th we went on a bus tour to Stonehenge and some other places by our selves. 29th we went to Wells with Sarah. We went to Oxford, some villages in Cotswolds, Stratford- upon-Avon and the Kew Garden with Barbara. We went to London alone it was our adventure. We had wonderful holydays. Kiki Tue May 10 at 22.51 Welcome　back, Kiki and Cherry. It seems that you had a great time in England. Some English friends must help you enjoy your stay. My husband is interested in English pubs. What kind of hotels did you stay at? B&B or hotel? How did you move from town to town? Please tell me more. Ann Mon May 9 at 15.42 Hello every one we, Cherry and I went to England from April 26th to May 5th.Thanks to Simon's sister Sarah and my friend Barbara we had wonderful time there. We tried English pub, jacket potatoes, fish and chips and some scones. We went to Bath, Oxford, Stratford upon Avon, and London. We had some new experiences. Kiki Sat May 7 at 18.54 Yesterday I got some messages from Simon after a long time. Have you been anywhere? Apricot says that Kiki and Cherry are traveling to England now. I envy them. I want to go there someday. The weather have been good during the holiday. So I enjoyed going outdoors with my husband. Ann Wed May 4 at 9.06 Today I went to the National Museum of Western Art in Ueno to see 'Georges de La Tour's Exhibition'. I bought the ticket a few month ago. I was looking forward to seeing it. Although his paintings were not so many, he became a famous artest.　His　works were very dark　painting. He made a shading from the light of candles in the pictures. It made a deep atmosphere. I'm interested in his way. Apricot Mon May 2 at 22.13 I'm wondering where Simon and Michiko are traveling now. I'm looking forward to seeing his photos from there. And also Kiki and Cherry are having a nice holiday in England. I'm looking forward to hearing about their holiday. I went to Tochigi prefecture to see my sister on thursday. I haven't seen her for a long time. Her family hasn't changed a bit. We enjoyed having Onsen near her house. After that I took a lot of photos around there. My next homework's topic of the photography class is taking a fresh green. I hope I could take a nice one. Apricot Mon May 2 at 21.43 Yes, Kiki, I've really enjoyed taking photos recently. The other day I went to Rikugien to take photos.There was a big dropping cherry. It was wonderful.I went to Asukayama tonight. There was a dropping cherry too. So I wanted to take photos of it in the floodlights.But unfortunately there were a lot of lights and people. I coudn't take any photos.I'm going to there tomorrow early morning to take photos of it in the morning sun. Apricot Fri Apr 8 at 22.16 You really like taking photos and flowers Apricot, don't you? The other day I bought some miniature roses. They are very pretty. It was warm today. The cherry blossoms are now in full bloom. On my way home I saw some. They were very beautiful. Kiki Thu Apr 7 at 23.59 Last Thursday I went to Taimeiken with some friends. We had lunch and saw lots of Kites there. There was a long queue in front of the restaurant. The restaurant on the first floor was cheaper than on the second floor, so it was very crowded. It seemed as if we had lunch in a stuff canteen. But we had a very nice time. Cherry Sat Apr 2 at 11.32 Yesterday I went to the Big Camera to ask them how to take photos with a manual way.There are a few people in the shop where I bought the SLR camera. They taught me about it kindly.　This morning I took photos of my flowers with the manual way by the macro lens. They were wonderful. I showed them some of photos. They admired me and gave me some more advices. I was really glad. Apricot Wed Mar 30 at 20.53 Yesterday I saw the film "Between Strangers" you told us before, Apricot. It was interesting. Thank you very much for lending me the program. I read it before I went to the cinema so I could understand the story easily. The each three actresses were very good. Kiki Tue Mar 29 at 23.35 Yesterday I went to Akabane to buy some plants. In the morning I pulled weeds out of the garden. I found that there were three small tulips. I remembered that my husband had bought them and had planted in the garden by himself. I'm looking forward to seeing these flowers. Cherry Mon Mar 28 at 21.08 In the film they speak in English,Kiki,and a little easy to understand.I had an outdoor photography class today.Three students went to the Ueno park with the teacher.There are a lot of cherry trees in the park.Some of them already have a lot of flowers. we took a lot of pictures and after that we showed them. It was really interesting.Teacher's pictures were beautiful. He told us, for him It's like making some storys or poems when he takes them.We had wonderful time with him. Apricot Wed Mar 16 at 18.17 Last Saturday I watched the 77th Academy awards digest version on TV. I enjoyed it very much. Everyone who got an Oscar made a wonderful speech. But the most impressed one was Jamie Foxx's. He is an African American and in a film called Ray. He thanked to Martin Luther King, Sidney Portier as they gave him a hope and also his family especially his grandmother. Every speaker except a man thanked the people who worked with and their family. The man got an Oscar as a theme song of the film " Motor cycle Diaries" he just sung one phrase of the song instead of speech. It was nice. Kiki Tue Mar 15 at 22.17 The film you saw sounds wonderful, Apricot. After I read your message I saw the trailer on the Net. Before I saw it I thought the dialogue must be Italian. But I was wrong it's English. I’d like to see it. Kiki Mon Mar 14 at 23.11 It's my pleasur Chary. I'm happy you like them. I saw a film called 'Between Strangers' at the Chante cine today. Sophia Loren in it, and a director is her son. I felt there were some family love in it. I went with a friend of mine,so we had lunch at the restaurant on the 17th floor in the Imperial Hotel. We had a very nice buffet. Apricot Mon Mar 14 at 21.46 Recently we bought a new car. Yesterday my husband and I tried driving the car. We went to Yokohama for the first time in ages. We had lunch at a Chinese restaurant. The food was not so good. There are a lot of Chinese restaurants in the Chinatown. But I think it's not easy to find a good one. Anyway the car was good. We enjoyed driving. Ann Mon Mar 14 at 15.58 I'm very pleased to get some beautiful orchids, Apricot. I've never got such gorgeous flowers on my birthday. I'm sorry that I didn't realize your name at once when you called me. We have three names in our English class. We always use your second name. I took some photos. I'm going to take them next class. Cherry Sun Mar 13 at 16.23 I also saw Simon's photos,Apricot. But I like diferent one from yours. I saw a film called Finding Neverland the day before yesterday. It was wonderful. The child actor Freddie Hishmore was very good. While I was watching it I couldn't stop crying. Kiki Mon Mar 7 at 23.44 Did you have a good time Simon? Thank you for your suggestions immediatly. I saw your aerial photos. They looked very exciting. The most interesting one is a man looking up. It has a strong impact. I like it. Apricot Mon Mar 7 at 10.25 We went to a kite festival in Pasir Gudang in Malaysia. If you look at "recent pictures" soon you'll see some aerial photos we took. I'm working on them right now. Simon Sun Mar 6 at 17.45 Dear Simon and Michiko I found that you had gone abroad. Where have you been? Singapole? Please tell us about your trip if you like. Ann Sun Mar 6 at 14.28 We had a lot of snow yesterday. There is the elementary school near my house. Some students walk in front of my house to go there. I thought I had to clear snow the roads before they would go back. When I shoveled away snow, some of them said "Thanks". I was very glad. Cherry Sat Mar 5 at 16.12 I'm sorry Jo . I haven't seen your message recently. I'm glad to hear that you saw our flowers. Today I went to the Hellebores Exhibition in the Sunshinecity. I bought some flowers at there last year. Now they are flower in spite of the snow in my garden. I had lunch with a friend of mine at the Cruise cruise on the 58th floor in the Sunshinecity. It was buffet. We enjoyed a lot of food. Apricot Fri Feb 25 at 22.03 I'm sorry I made a spelling mistake again. I should have written like instead of kike. Kiki Fri Feb 25 at 10.31 The exhibition sounds kike wonderful,Jo. Did you take any photos? If so please show them to me someday. I've finished a book called the Da Vinci Code Simon recomended. It was very interesting. First I was supposed to borrow the book from a library but I learned over 270 people are waiting it. I couldn't wait for a long time so I bought it. Kiki Fri Feb 25 at 10.24 I'm sorry to hear that you had a bad cold, Ann. Was it a flu? Ｉhaven't hadａcold in this winter. I wasn't inoculated for flu though. But when I've got back home, I often gargle and wash my hands. Cherry Thu Feb 24 at 8.52 I went to the TOKYO dome with Cherry yerstarday.It was clowded very much.Apricot's group got the second priz at the display category.The display where the wineglases were up flowed water and was wonderful!I learnd there were many kinds of orchids.I think that growing orchids as a hobby is very elegant taste.I enjoyed the lunch with Cherry. She teaches me kindly a lot things. Jo Thu Feb 24 at 0.20 A few weeks ago I had a bad cold. At first I had a slight fever and a cough. Even after the main symptoms were gone, I've been feeling heavy for a long time. Everybody, take care not to catch a cold. Ann Wed Feb 23 at 15.56 Congratulations! Apricot. I went the exhibtion several years ago. I was very surprised that it was a very big exhibition. Does your display has any theme? Kiki Sat Feb 19 at 22.32 I went to the Tokyo Dome to see the Japan Grand Prix international Orchid Festival 2005 yestaday. A man who's one of our group members won a Grand Prix. His flower was beautiful. Our group's got the second prize at the display category. In the celemony Royal Hisako Takamado complimented us in English. Her speech was wonderful. Apricot Sat Feb 19 at 15.11 I went to the Nichigeki to see 'The Phantom of the Opera. Kiki, as you said I could see it with the great sounds.The music was wonderful. Especially a lead actress Emmy Rossum sung songs excellently.She used to sing at the Metolopolitan Opera. The other day I saw her in the some interview on TV. She said she hasn't been singing for five years, so It was difficult to sing a song.Anyway I was impressed with their gorgeous costumes and scenery. Apricot Thu Feb 17 at 21.10 Last night I went to the Ninja restaurant where Miyuki told me before with some friends. It's in Akasaka. The food was good and atmosphere was interesting. We had a special course dinner called Kunoichi. Before the dessert one of the staff performed some magic at our table. We had very good time there. It's worth going at least one time. Kiki Wed Feb 16 at 22.24 There was a quite big earthquake early this morning. I woke and wondered where epicenter was. But I didn't do anything I was just waiting until it was end. How about you? According to the news some people got hart because they hurried. Kiki Wed Feb 16 at 11.16 I went to a photo exhibition of some famous photographers at the Operacity Art Gallary today. It was my first time to see it. I was suprised that the most visitors were young peaple.I supposed they want to be a pro.The photo's subject was Sinjuku street. There were a lot of their photos in the Gallary. But I didn't understand how nice photos they were. Apricot Sat Feb 12 at 22.34 Thank you for your suggestion, Kiki. I love to go a big cinema but she is very busy. While her mother goes to an old person's home from 9 a.m to 4 p.m, she is free. So we haven't enough time to go far from her house. She has been looking after her mother for a long time. Her mother is getting more and more senile. Sometimes her mother tells her "What's your name?" I know well her position. Cherry Sat Feb 12 at 14.16 Oh, I'm sorry to hear that Cherry. Did you blame her? But look on the bright side. I recommend you to see it in a big cinema like the Nichigeki in Yurakucho. I think sound is better than small ones. Kiki Fri Feb 11 at 18.54 Yesterday I went to see a film called "the Phantom of the Opera" with one of my friends. But I'm afraid we couldn't see it. Do you think what happened? When she came to Ikebukuro, she had changed her handbag for another one. Then she had left our tickets in house. We are going to see it in next Saturday. Cherry Fri Feb 11 at 12.04 This morning I went to the Takinogawa library to pick up the book I reserved. When I went there, there were several fire engines and an ambulance in front of the hall. And there were also a lot of fire fighters. I wondered what happened and thought it might be a fire drill. But I was wrong. A librarian told me that there was a small fire somewhere in the hall and we were told to go out from the building. That is why I couldn't get the book. Two hours later I went there again and I've got the book called Che Guevara. Kiki Wed Feb 9 at 22.29 Are you going to the cinema? Cherry. I have the musical's CD. If you like I'll lend you. I bought the DVD "Orlando" recently and watched it last night. I enjoyed it very much. It's based on a novel by Virginia Woolf. There's the making story in it. It was very interesting. I learned how hard making films are. Kiki Mon Feb 7 at 0.03 I'm going to see it on Thursday, Kiki. I haven't seen it either the musical or the cinema yet. One of my friends bought our tickets in advance. I'm looking forward to seeing it. Cherry Sun Feb 6 at 21.41 I saw a film "the Phantom of the Opera" today. It was wonderful. I've never seen it at a theater but I've listened to some it's songs before. They are beautiful. I was excited. While I was seeing it I felt as if I'd been in a theater. Kiki Thu Feb 3 at 23.05 I read a romantic obituary today. An old couple died the same day. Both of them had been in hospital since last month. But they were in different hospital though. Their funeral is going to hold together. It's wonderful, isn't it? I think they must have loved each other deeply. I'm jealous of them. Kiki Wed Feb 2 at 22.00 Today I met a friend of mine who's been to Spain. She gave me some olive oil I had asked her to buy it in Spain.I was very glad. We had lunch at the restaurant called Tootenkou in Ueno. It's famous for Chinese food. It was a buffet. It was nice and cheap. we enjoyed it very much. We've had enough. Apricot Sun Jan 23 at 21.13 What a shame that I missed your exhibition. I look forward to seeing a next exhibition. Please tell me before that, Aprikot. I got e-mail from an English friend. She told me about a film called Ladies in Lavender. I didn't know it even the title. I checked it on the Net and learned that it will be released sometime in this year. In Japan usually foreign films are released after long time it was made. The film seems to be good. Maggie Smith and Judi Denck are in it. I want to see it. Kiki Tue Jan 18 at 23.30 I went to Ginza to take my flowers from our exhibition today.Kiki and Cherry thanks for thinking about me. Our group has it evry January at the Matuzakaya. I didn't expect to win any prize. Because I couldn't exhibit any flowers what I wanted. They didn't flower on time. Then I exhibited a small one.Even so I've got a small prize. I was lucky.I'm sorry I saw your messages tonight. Apricot Tue Jan 18 at 22.31 I'm sorry to hear that you have a pain in your knees, Apricot. Whereabouts in Ginza is the exhibition? And when does it end? If I have a chance I'd like to see it. Kiki Sun Jan 16 at 23.13 Congratulations, Apricot. I'm very pleased to know your news. I just have a bit knowledge about orchids though. They are very splendid. Please show me some photos. I'm looking forward to seeing your flowers. Cherry Sun Jan 16 at 20.47 I got a call from a friend of mine yesterday. She told me that my flower I exhibited at the smell category in our orchid exhibition in Ginza has got some prize. I was realy glad to hear that. However I couldn't go there due to being hurt of my knee. I'm going to take it back the last day. Apricot Sun Jan 16 at 14.23 How surprised you were, Ann! When I went abroad, I had never had targets for pickpockets. Did you go up to the top of Sagrada Familia? I went there with my daughter. There were about four hundred stairs. It looked like seashells near the top of the stairs. Cherry Sat Jan 15 at 22.05 We also stopped at Mijas, Cherry. It was a pretty town. At the end of our trip we were supposed to act for ourselves. In Barcelona my husband and I went to a museum by underground. On the way back my husband came across a pickpocket in the train. He realized her hand in his pocket. He graspped it immediately. Fortunately he had nothing in his pocket. My heart beat fast. We heard that the underground is dangerous. I thought that was right. Anyway we were relieved that we had no injury and loss. Ann Sat Jan 15 at 13.53 Thanks Ann. I went to the same place as you. But I went to Sevillia, Cordoba and Mijas more. Mijas was a small town. There were a lot of white houses. They were hanging flowerpots. I like this town. You remind me of my trip. Cherry Fri Jan 14 at 22.01 Thank you for your concern, Kiki and Cherry. And we bought some olive oil for eating in Spain, Apricot. This time we joined a package tour. We went to Madrid, Toledo, Granada, Costa del Sol and Barcelona. I enjoyed a lot of paintings in some famous museums. We also went to the Alhambra, Cherry. It was very beautiful. And we went to the Sagrada Familia like a site of construction. It was very big. What impressed me most was that many streets were illuminated for Christmas. Those illuminations were designed variously. They made me happy. Ann Tue Jan 11 at 22.51 A friend of mine has gone to Spain. She will be back tomorrow.I asked her to buy some olive oil for a body.　I bought it in there five years ago. It was good for my skins. I'm looking forward to seeing her. Apricot Tue Jan 11 at 11.04 Welcome, Ann. We hadn't got any message in both shiritori and chat from you for a couple weeks. So I wondered what happened to you. You had a wonderful time with your husband. Whereabouts in Spain did you go? I went to Alhambra palace eight years ago. It was beautiful. Please tell me more details for Spain. Cherry Mon Jan 10 at 23.23 Dear Ann. I'm very glad to read your message. To tell you the truth I was worried about you. Whereabouts in Spain did you go? What was the best thing in your trip? Tell us more about it. Kiki Mon Jan 10 at 23.10 Happy New Year, too. It's been a long time. Actually my husband and I went to Spain at the end of last year. After coming home, I'd been haveing jet lag. And I'd been busy on New Year's days. Recently I've got back to common daily life. I'd like to study English little by little again. Ann Sun Jan 9 at 9.45 Happy New Year everybody! How was your holiday? Yesterday I saw a film called Man on Fire. It was very exciting. Denzel Washington and Dakota Faning are in it.They acted very well. The story was based on a novel by A.J Quinnel. Kiki Wed Jan 5 at 23.08 I wrote a wonderful gadget on the last Tuesday. But I'm afraid I didn't write the most important function. It can charge a battery for a mobile phone without any socket. We only wind the handle crank to charge it up. So there isn't any electric charge. Cherry Sat Dec 25 at 17.37 I'm afraid I didn't do them, Kiki. But I would love to keep Japanese traditions.