Today's english channel...

I also join EC even if I finished working late.
Today's topic is "Rhinocero's endangered spicies".

In the world a lot of animals are facing to distinction.
So to protect these animals from endangering,,what should we do?
Many government make new lows to ban porchers,,and so on.
And many zoos are breeding those animals, and return ther natural forest where they live when they are small or young.

In Japan, some animals,(ex Japanese ibis) are about to distinction due to change climetes and to get a little space they live.

So we have to think in the future....

To memorize new words.

These days I have memorized new difficult words by the word book that I bought few weeks ago.
This book is for the parson who has high toeic score.
So it is difficult for me,,,and every day I am struggling...
But I'm able to get over this hard exercise(w), I hope I can get a good score.

(ex)
primitive:belonging to an early stage in the development of humans or animals
threshold:the floor and ground at the bottom of a doorway
devoid:not having a particular quality
volatic:likely to change suddenly or become violent
dowry:,money and or property that in some societies,a wife or her family must pay to her husband when they get married

Next week, I'm going to take a toeic (open) test.
I am looking forward to taking a test(^^;

To speak English is difficult for me.

Yesterday, I went to dance hall to do ballroom dancing.
The dance hall that we went is sterel hall in shinjyku,tokyo.
This is my first time to visit such place.

Of course there were many men and women.
Everybody was dancing....I was really impressed.

I went there with my teacher, so I danced with my teacher only.
When I can dance well,,,I want to do dance with another man someday(^^;

I bought cosmetic cream.

Few days ago,I bought "cosmetic cream" which is made by KOSE famous cosmetic company.
It is a kind of moisture cream, which we usually use before going to bed.
It cost 5000yen,I dont know whether this product is cheap or not.
But I am not so young, so I decided to use moisture cream to keep my skin healthy, anyway.

By the way, I always have a question about cosmetic to think.
Of course I buy some cosmetics to make up or protect my skin.
One thing is that since there are many kinds of cosmetics,I always think which to buy.
And another thing is that I dont know the objective age of each cosmetics.
I am annoyed by cosmetics' objective age.

And we also have to think of chemical substance of cosmetic.
I am very scary..

I also join EC today.

It is holiday, today.
The name of Sep23rd's holiday is "Autumn equinox day".
Same as "Spring equinox day", the length of day and night is almost equal.
In Buddhism, dead people can across the river from another world to this world.
So, (living) people go to ancester's grave to pray.
In addition to offer some flowers and snacks and insence.

By the way, I joined EC today.
Today's topic is "toilet",that is to say,Toilet summit is held in Singapore.

To proceed sightseeing business,the beauty of Toilet is important.
I think Japanese toilet is the cleanest in the world.
And its function is also growth.
For example, when we go into toilet in Japan, toilet seat are open automatically.
And when we go out of there, the water flush automatically,,,and so on.
I think foreign counties need to focus on improving the toilet, especially guide the tourist.
It took twenty minutes for me to white this sentences.

What did you do today//sep22?

I bought new rug near my house with my mother today.
The design of rug that i bought is simple, just white...
The size of it is square and about 180*180cm and its cost is about 5000yen.
As I live in small room now, i dont need to buy a large one.

After that we went to noodle restaurant around noon.
This restaurant is very famous, so it was much crowd.
I waited about 20min...
What we ordered is noodle with meet soup.
Although the portion of this food is large, we can eat it tastily.

We were satisfied with that noodle.

Interpretation about Japanese culture

Recently I have stueied Engligh about Japanese culture at English conversation school.
Everytime I enjoy this class.
The reason is that I'm able to learn about Japanese culture.
Someday, I want to explain it to him.
Last Thursday, I learned about tea ceremony and flower arrangement and doll's festival and folding fan and so on.
I want to write some questions and answers not to forget it.

Q: Could you explain "Ikebana" and "its basic style"?
Ans: Ikebana is flower arrangement.In Ikebana,we use 3sprays to represent the sky, the earth and mankind, and we arrange them in triangle to express the harmony of nature.

Q: What's Kenzan?
Ans: Kenzan is metal disc with many needles sticking out.
We stick the tip of stems in a Kenzan.

Q: Can you introduce about "how to make the flowers stay fresh longer?"
Ans: We sometimes singe the cut ends.
and we cut the stems in the water to keep air babbles from getting in.

Over 700 grade at Toeic test

For the first time, I got over 700 grade.
I was very happy today

But I have to continue my studying...
I'll write in Japanese.

やっと、７００点を超えることが出来ました。
L３６５・R３４５　T７１０　です。
最初の目標の１つをクリアしました、、非常に長い道のりでしたが。
今までの勉強方法が間違っていなかったという証拠になって少しうれしかったですね。

７３０点が一つのラインのようなので、それを超えるまではとりあえずはボキャビル頑張ります。
これからの勉強方法も改めて考え直します。


2006年3月　455点（IP)
2006年3月　480点（公開）
2006年5月　525点（ 〃 ）
2006年7月　540点（ 〃 ）
2006年8月　635点（IP)
2006年11月 680点（公開）
2007年1月　受験票忘れ受験できず（笑）
2007年3月　575点（IP)
2007年3月　690点（公開）
2007年5月　640点（公開）
2007年8月　710点（IP）

Today's English Channel (Sep 15)

I also joined EC today.
Today's theme is about "Your life is a masterpiece".
first you imagine your life and draw it on the canvas.
And after that, I explain it,,,what I draw and what is that meanings.
By the way, I drew sun and batterfly and clowds on the canvas.

These days I can understand what the teacher says.
But its difficult for me to tell my teacher fluently.
I have to practice more....
But today,I was alone, so I was able to talk with the teacher a lot.

Vietnamese restaurant

I went to Vietnamese restaurant with my friend today.
this restaurant is located in Shinjuku near my office.
We ate "Spring rolls" and "vietnamese noodle" and "pine pudding" and so on.
And also We drank vietnamese beer called "666".

The dishes look like real vietnamese dishes I thought.
It was very delicious.
So I want to come this restaurant again.

I drank yesteday too,,,so I was very tired(^^;

I bought a English word book today.

I bought English book today.
The name of the book is "速読速聴・英単語 Advanced1000".
The reason that I bought it,,,,,,,I think I am short of vocabulary I have.
This book is for the people who have high Toeic score, so it is much difficult for me.
But I study every day to use this book, I want to memorize a lot of difficult words and want ot read newspapers that is written in English easily.

Have you been working out?

I made up my mind to enroll the sports club yesterday.
The place I go is near my house.
so I think it is easy to commute from gym to my house.

I sometimes go to jim, so far.
But from now on, i dcided to go to gym regularly.
I think that I have to go there at least 3 times a week by using "morning time".

The main purpose is to keep my body healthy and of course to lose weight.
In three months, how do my body change?
How much weight can I lose?

Eat and eat more until i gain weight.

Today, I went to Yokohama to have dinner with my friends.
The place we went is a kind of "Beer garden", next to "Foreign people's grave".
I drank a lot of beer(w), and ate foods.
As I took pictures, I introduce these to you.
Its a good place, because of quiet and cool...
And We also can see a beautiful night view.
It was very great, beer was also great,,,too.
We had a good times together.

Yesterday, I went to French restaurant with him.
The place where we went is Hiroo,minato ward.
We ate some meets(duck and chicken) and drank some glass of wine.
People say that it is good for you to match red wine when you eat meets.
But I drank white wine. I thought that white wine is also match meets...

There were many foreign people in this restaurant.
And in this area we are able to see many foreing people i think.
If you want to feel like foreign countries,I recommend you should go to Hiroo area.

Ballroom dance shoes

Today, I took a half of the day off.
So I went to the restaurant to have lunch with my old coworker.
We ate chinese, lunch course.
After that, I went to the department store and bought "Dance shoes" to use when I play ballroom dance.

Do you know dance shoes well?
It looks like normal high heels, I thought.
But, dance shoes is made by all leather even if the bottom of the shoes.
So it is able to be used only inside,,,not outside.
I attatched the picture of the shoes I bought.

After that, I went to the English conversation school as usual.
The lesson I took is "let's read a newspaper".
I'll white "summery" that we studied today.

The title is "underground emergency exits located in blind spot"
Now there are a lot of emergency exit's light in the blind spot in the underground.
Some emergency exit light was hidden by piller or stairs.
So if the earthquake or fire or flood is occured, where should we evacuate?
First, we try to find the exit light, dont we?
The expert says, most people tend to rush(go) toward the first light they noticed///rather than nearest light.
To avoid this problem, they introduced them(the owner who has big underground areas) to place exit light at lower level.
Because if the disaster was fire, we cant see the evacuate light due to smoke.
If so, its easy to find the light・・・

What I learned today at EC

Today I also joined EC late at night.
What I learn is as follows.
"I have voracious appetite for ○○(Put food name)."
Someday i want to use this sentence.

And now the typhoon is approaching near my house.
it is winding strongly,rains a little.
Acording to the whether forecast,this typhoon will be far away until tomorrow morning.

By the way,
I have a plan for having a lunch with my coworker tomorrow.
I had already reserved a chinese restaurant which is located in Ikebukuro.
I hope the typhoon will pass until tomorrow noon.

I watched the movie "rush hour3"

Last weekend I went to theater to watch the movie with him.
The movie I watched is "Rush hour3".
This movie's category is acthion...and a little bit comedy,,, I think.
The hero is "Jackie chan".
And his partner is "chris tucker".
It is difficult for me to explain the contents..
Until next time,I will explain it.

And,,,What I thought is the difference of laughter point between he and I.
Its quite different.
Everytime I am suprised with him.

I joined EC(Sep3)

I joined EC today as usual.

Recently I dont feel like improving my conversation skill.
So sometimes I am depressed....

悲しいことに、
最近言いたいことが言えず落ち込むことばかりです。

先生の言っていることがわかるようになっただけでも
成長したと思わねば。。。