2008年5月25日日曜日

~~○公文は世界語○~~


Kumon~~!! I found the advertizing of Kumon in a magazine here ~~!!

I was a student of Kumon when I was a junior high and high school student (for 6 years). After graduating from my high school, I came back to Kumon as an assistant for one year. That's why I was so excited when I found it.

I think Kumon is not so popular for high school students, because teaching materials of Kumon are not related directly to entrance exams for universities. So, (in my opinion) most students (parents?)prefer juku schools to get direct strategies to pass entrance examinations.

But, I am a fan of Kumon~~ , because the way of studying of Kumon really suited me. In Kumon, we can choose materials suit our own levels without concerning our grades in our schools. I was a really slow learner( and I am still a slow learner..) especially math...( Math is my enemy...) My teachers and my parents said so , so the fact I was a slow learner is the unshackable fact..(' ';) So, Kumon was good environment for me to study without pressure~~


By the way, Kumon was the first place I studied English. That's why I like English, probably~~

2008年5月11日日曜日

♡パジャマ♡はんてん♡ ~~ mother's dayにちなんで~~

  Before I came here, no one said that I would feel home sick in Australia. My host mother said that I am easy-going about one month after I lived with her. So, I know that I am regard as such a person by others. And probably, I am really such a sort of person. So, I totally had no idea that my mother would worry so much about me ... before I got the box from Japan..

Now, in Australia, winter is coming. So , I asked my mother to send me winter clothes. When I opened the box, I found hanten( which is worm out cloth on pajama). I didn't ask my mother to send such bulky stuff. I could easily pictured the scene my mother was concerned I might feel cold at night in Australia. This bulky hanten has my mother's full of kindness and love( I hope she didn't put the hunten just because there was room in the box.lol)

The time i got the box from my mother was a very good timing, because that time was just few days after I got pajamas from my host mother. Why my did host mother give me pajamas? There is a long(?) story.lol

The other day, my host sister asked me something about pajama and ...our conversation ended by making my host sister cry..because I couldn't understand what she asked me and she was confused a great deal... I am sorry...

And few days later, I got pajamas from my host mother who saw our conversation which looked like a quarrel. Thank you~~.
And ...few days later I got pajamas, I got the hanten. Thank you~~.
And now... I have a comfortable night thanks to my two mothers(-UωU-)♡ Thank you~~

2008年5月8日木曜日

Geisya


  Recently, I read a book named Geisha which I borrowed from my host mother . This book has 430pages ~It is thick enough to hit someone's heads...(>w<)! lol This is really challenging reading for me. But, I will try to be an active reader until I can finish reading up to the last page . This book is really intresting.

For example... Namely, Japanese men, as a rule, feel about a women's neck and throat the same way that men in the West might feel about a women's legs.This is why Geisha wear the collars of their kimono so low in the back that the first few bumps of the spine are visible. I suppose it's like a woman in Paris wearing a short skirt.


I'm not sure this is the real reason why gaisha wear collars of their Kimono low. But, at least, it is an intrestiing opinion~~.lol I like reading, because I can step back to the past, have a glance of the future and visit wonderful places in my imaginary worlds. Once I come across intresting books, I can't help being excited~~ And some books are intresting enough to make me forget to go to bathroom.lol Geisha is such a book.

...But the big problem of English books is ...that I am often left behind by the stories,because I can't flick through the pages like that when I read books in Japanese. How frustrating~~(><)

...Though frustrating, i can't help opening books to see new worlds and new words .lol

2008年5月1日木曜日

Excursion in Australia

 Today, my host sister went to an excursion as a part of her kindergarten class. And , in this morning,my host mother showed me the document from my host sister's kindergarten . Immediately, I was grasped my attention by it. I couldn't help commenting something as reading this document~~.
This document said: The kindergarten classes will hold their Super Kid to a local park...
わぉ(☆o☆)!... Each student is asked to bring their own healthy picnic lunch...えっ。ヘルシー限定!?(' ':)...
Students must wear sun screen and a hat. ..Mmm...そっかぁ。ここ、オーストラリアだもんね。
I bet most of Japanese can understand why I thought this document deserves my attention.