Weekend quiz

Fill in the blanks.

1. Can I ( try ) it?
試食していいですか？

2. This is ( on ) me.
これは私の奢りです。

3. What's the ( speciality ) of the house.
この店のおすすめは何ですか？

4. Can we ( have )two small plates?
小皿を2枚いただけますか？

5. That will be ( all ).
注文は以上です。

Hydrangea garden

There is a hydrangea garden in the Haneda international airport.
Many people from the overseas and leaving Japan can enjoy the season flower.
It's a great Omotenashi made in Japan.

A little prince

A baby is a king's child so he (or she) is to be a prince (or princess).
A baby is to be treated like a king's child and parents are servants.
I think life is really mysterious because I feel thankful for the ancients and also great gladness from the new born life.
All life around me seems to be linked and live together now and on, from the past as well.
I can see the gorgeous life behind the little prince.
I appreciate to meet the prince finally.

A little monster

I woke up early about 3:00am this morning though I went to bed around 11:00pm last night. It's not much enough to sleep for a night but I couldn't go to sleep. I was watching my grandson's sleeping face next to me. He often roars and seeks for his mother's milk during night.
Every time he makes noise I wake up and sleep again, while my daughter gives her breast milk to her baby every time when he roars.
It will be two more nights with them. It's time for them to leave soon. So it will end of my lack of sleep but I will miss his touch.
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My sleepless nights but sweet memory with a little monster.

It's so cute when to see the babe's sleeping.
It's really lovely when to see the smiling face.
But it's terribly bad when to hear crying and roaring in the day time, even during night we're often lack of sleep.

Raising a baby is so much burden for a mom. It's tough for herself alone.
A baby should be cared by as many hands as possible.
A baby is like a little monster to make mom's life killed.
Good care and much time are needed for a baby, of course as well as much love.
Nothing is more precious than mother's love.
As it's said " Women are weak but mothers are strong."
Mother is made by a baby and brings a perfect mother and child.
What a beautiful life!

Positive life short?!

It's a column about prevention of sickness, means before getting sick you can prevent by yourself.
Only what I'm doing for the prevention is regular check of oral cavity, so I go to the dentist three times a year.
I don't like to go to the doctor's except taking my mother or elders.
I prefer to prevent before sickness.
This column doctor says positive makes short life, is it true?
But he tells about good balance in metal order to be careful and take attention to be healthy ....not too positive to be unhealthy.
Does it make sense?
A positive life

What's in your life?

I've found an interesting site which introduces some aspects of life.
Having a family, raising a child, mothering, fathering and relationship between wife and husband. Those different parts make up a life but not the same as each other.
I'm sure a life is diversified but can't exist alone. Each life helps and helped each other.
What's in your life?

A beautiful mind

I remember one of the masterpieces in the amount of movies. That's " A Beautiful Mind"
which won a Oscar film prize in 2001. It's a nonfiction about the mathematician and Nobel Prize award, John Nash. It was very splendid and heart warming life on movie, overcoming schizophrenia.
He and his wife were killed by the car accident on their way back from a trip.
It's very sorry and great loss for the world.
A beautiful mind

Weekend quiz

Weekend quiz

Newsflash!

Here is a newsflash that the world record of 65 year-old woman delivered 4 babies.
Newsflash

95 year-old B.D.

It was the 95 year-old birthday of Sadako yesterday. I had a Happy Birthday break with her. Though she is getting to be senile these days, she never makes troubles nor loses herself. She is loved by everyone in the neighbors who take care of her because of her good and lovely character, being honest and bright. She likes to be comfortable with other people and gets along each other easily.
I really respect her prudent life such as being herself and being good to others.
She says she'd like to go off sleeping soundly without pain.
"95 year-old is too much to live for me, so I'm ready to leave not so long." She's been saying like that for more than two years but it doesn't seem the time for her to go yet.
She is still enjoying eating and spending happy life now.
I hope she will live as much as her longevity and appreciate for the each day.
Happy Birthday 95 years old to Sadako.

What's ICT?

It's reported ICT( Internet and Communication Technology) is introduced to Furukawa machi for the school cooperated by NTT.
It's a big change of the education system from paper to paperless. They don't need paper text books but online ebooks in the clouds.
The students are good at using digital devices such as iPad and network PC. It will promote more online learning ever after. People can learn anything not at school.
ICT for network education

KY and Japanese

Patrick Harlan called Pakkun is a famous comedian as well as an actor, narrator and writer.
He is from the U.S. and learned Japanese when he was in the university. His passion drove him come to Japan and started to work as "Pakkun Makkun".
He is also now teaching at the university in Japan. His lecture and his talk show are full of humor and intelligence.
Here is his view for the Japanese with much expectation to bring success in the world.
It's a kind of good advice to know for the isolated Japanese.
The way Japanese to go

The time 100

The Time selected the most influential people 100 in the world.
Among them there are two Japanese. One is Haruki Murakami who is a great writer nominated at the Nobel prize candidate and the other is an organizer Marie Kondoh who made a best seller book "Tokineki no okatazuke".
It's a big surprise that her way of organizing is inspiring for the management field.
I was also influenced by her book and organized my things a few years ago.
I'm sure it's linked each other organizing private and public space to clear and clean to start from.
The 100
The organizer Marie Kondoh

Amazing red price

I bought a big discount item, which was sold at the season clearance sale. It was a bit thick jumper skirt not good for summer.
I was very surprised at the tag seals which had decreasing number of the price.

What do you guess the final price?

Hilarious baby crawling competition

It was a baby crawling competition held at APA shopping center yesterday. It's said the 79 times for 30-year-old anniversary of the shopping center.
There were more than 200 babies entry and their family are also gathered together. I guess for one baby more than 3 people accompanied so it was incredible lay crowded with babies as well as young parents and old grandparents and siblings, too.
Jace entered the race cheered by 8 people ( relatives and friends ) but it was sorry he was not so good as crawling yet, instead he was staying at the ready position not starting from the line.

It was very hilarious and we all met together at the moment.

Weekend quiz

Answer

1. This is ( effective ) in dieting.
これはダイエットに効果がある。

2. As a ( rule ), I try to exercise every day.
原則として私は毎日運動するようにしています。

3. Are you trying to ( slim ) down?
痩せようとしていますか？

4. You don't need to ( go ) on a diet.
あなたはダイエットをする必要がありません。

5. I'm on a ( restricted ) diet.
私は食事制限されています。
Weekend quiz

Weed

When I weed in my garden I feel there are different kind of weeds from usual year. There seems more thin leaves. I guess it's been little rain and the land is dry that's why those thin leaves which can only live with little water survive in the garden. As I didn't give water because I didn't plant any flowers or vegetables as I had a hey fever since I had done weeding a few month ago.
I started weeding yesterday and tried to plant some seeds in the planter.
Hope I could see the good productions in a while.

Happy a half year B.D.

It was a half-year-old birthday of Jace yesterday.
My daughter had been preparing for his B.D. cake made of rice, carrot and shirasu fish. It was made into paste and frozen into the shape.
When we had a party of his B.D. ceremony the frozen cake with some decoration was made into warm and easy to be eaten.
I'm not sure if Jace was really happy to have a half year birthday, we recorded the photos and video of the proof anyway.
I hope he will feel happy when growing up and seeing it.
I also wish every baby and child in the world were happy without a war.

Live this moment

Venetia Stanley-Smith is well known to a great gardener as well as a climber, naturalist and essayist living in Kyoto since 1978.
Her house is surrounded by natural herb and wild flower garden.
She found her life in harmony with nature and be true to
yourself.
The point is to live your life this moment. Life is more grateful if you notice it.
Live this moment
The garden life
The garden show

Now first and End

I've read an article about ending preparation, " Shukatsu" in Japanese.
In the paper a post from 72 year-old woman, who lost her husband of cancer a year before, asks the consultant if she should prepare for her ending to her two children each separated from her.
The answer is clear that she should start to think about it and makes fair to both of the children afterward.
But the most important is to live for now first and next to do for ending because the true ending is consist of living active and being happy at the present. It's said " Genkatsu ".
I've heard of Shukatsu many times and thought about it but Genkatsu is for the first time.
I'd rather think more about Genkatsu now on!

The first African-American First Lady

Michelle Obama made a speech at Tuskegee University in Alabama, Obama told the audience that when her husband was running for office in 2008, she faced questions which she said were not typical for other candidates' wives.
I think her life for the First Lady and the first African-American were so tough that anyone else could not have endured by the huge bashing and responsibility.
Michelle Obama's speech
Ms.Obama gave a hug to a girl.

Recent child care

It's recent new logic for raising children.
It's said "Don't say effort makes you success." but you should let them notice effort is important if you can't make good result."

I used to say to my children " Don't give up as long as you have a dream." They got to know what they were and established their way to the goal even if they couldn't make it success.
I'm not sure which is better or not and different for between the past and present generation.
I think it the most important for children to be loved and cared by parents or foster parents until their growth.
I remember I tried to lead my children to be independent in the future and live strong by themselves.
How to lead your child

Unscramble word

There are unscramble words and make them perfect words.
And then make a sentence using the words and answer it.

1. ti
2. si
3. aoytd
4. tawh

Cherry

It starts to change the color from green yellow to red.
The pretty cherries in the trees which was in full bloom earlier a month and half ago.
Cherry blossoms fully bloomed
I picked some of the red ones and tasted.
It made me happy and smile with the sweet and fresh juice.

The local special food

I tasted kinira which is special in Okayama. It's a kind of nira leek not green one but yellow.
I enjoyed it tempura roll.
It was very wonderful and new.
I knew another local popular food mamakari fish because it was given at school lunch.
But I was surprised to hear that a clerk girl at the restaurant told me that she never eat mamakari and no habit to eat at home even she lives in Okayama.
It's so odd to have known it!

A trip on the G.W.

I went on a small trip during the G.W.
It was cool on the latter half of the G.W. and very comfortable to walk around.
Can you guess where it is from the photos?

Answer

Animal idiom quiz

Here are some common idioms based on animals. Each entry includes the meaning of the idiom and shows the idiom in context in an example sentence.
I'll introduce each of the idiom quiz each day during golden week.
Please try to answer it.
You can put a word from these words
( rat, pig, horse, cat, zebra, dog, cow,) You can make it properly.

No.1
I'm going to have a ( cat ) nap while you're cooking dinner.
a cat nap = a short sleep

No.2
I sleep in the basement during the ( dog ) days of August.
dog days = very hot days

No.3
My teacher had a ( cow ) when she realized nobody had done the homework.
have a cow = get extremely upset

No.4
I ( pigged ) out on pancakes so I don't have room for lunch.
pig out = eat a lot of something

No.5
I asked my brother not to tell my parents that I went out but I could smell a ( rat ) as soon as I opened the door.
smell a rat = begin to suspect trickery etc

No.6
Hold your ( horse ). I'll be done in the washroom in a minute.
hold your horses = wait and be patient

No.7
In England when you cross the road you can walk "a ( zebra ) crossing.
a street crossing marked with white stripes = a zebra crossing

G.W. Quiz

Today is the last quiz during the G.W.
I hope you'll enjoy the rest of the time.
Here are some common idioms based on animals. Each entry includes the meaning of the idiom and shows the idiom in context in an example sentence.
I'll introduce each of the idiom quiz each day during golden week.
Please try to answer it.
You can put a word from these words
( rat, pig, horse, cat, zebra, dog, cow,) You can make it properly
No.7
In England when you cross the road you can walk "a ( ) crossing.

G.W. quiz

Here are some common idioms based on animals. Each entry includes the meaning of the idiom and shows the idiom in context in an example sentence.
I'll introduce each of the idiom quiz each day during golden week.
Please try to answer it.
You can put a word from these words
( rat, pig, horse, cat, zebra, dog, cow,) You can make it properly.
No.6
Hold your ( ). I'll be done in the washroom in a minute.

G.W. quiz

Here are some common idioms based on animals. Each entry includes the meaning of the idiom and shows the idiom in context in an example sentence.
I'll introduce each of the idiom quiz each day during golden week.
Please try to answer it.
You can put a word from these words
( rat, pig, horse, cat, zebra, dog, cow,) You can make it properly.
No.5
I asked my brother not to tell my parents that I went out but I could smell a ( ) as soon as I opened the door.

G.W. quiz

Here are some common idioms based on animals. Each entry includes the meaning of the idiom and shows the idiom in context in an example sentence.
I'll introduce each of the idiom quiz each day during golden week.
Please try to answer it.
You can put a word from these words
( rat, pig, horse, cat, zebra, dog, cow,) You can make it properly.

No.4
I ( ) out on pancakes so I don't have room for lunch.

G.W. quiz

Here are some common idioms based on animals. Each entry includes the meaning of the idiom and shows the idiom in context in an example sentence.
I'll introduce each of the idiom quiz each day during golden week.
Please try to answer it.
You can put a word from these words
( rat, pig, horse, cat, zebra, dog, cow,) You can make it properly.

No.3
My teacher had a ( ) when she realized nobody had done the homework.