Hi everyone, how's it going?
As I had mentioned before, my mum and her friends came over to see me last week. They stayed only 3 nights with me but they said they had a good time. I was so glad to hear that. We didn't do much; we drove around Gympie and went down to Sunshine coast to have a look at the beach (not swim^^;) and went shopping. They really liked our cottage and its surroundings. They also had a good time mucking around with Costa, Ambi and Mick. My mum got very interested in chickens and she said that she wanted to keep some herself too. I had really wanted them to relax here because they had been leading a hectic life in Japan. They were surprised to look at the stars in the sky at night. Sooo many stars! You never see this many stars in Japan.
3 days passed very quickly and we drove back to Brisbane airport on the 23rd. On the way, we were hit by a sand storm but it was not that serious so we guessed there would be no problem with my mum's fight back to Japan. Unfortunately, mum's flight was not a direct one to Narita, so they had to fly to Sydney and take an international fight to Narita from there. I did'n t know how bad the sand storm had been in Sydney until Gori and I got back home. I got shocked to see a picture of Sydney of that morning, it was all orange! I got a bad premonition at the time, and I was right.. I got a phone call from mum around 10 pm and she said their fight to Sydney had delayed about an hour and they couldn't catch the fight to Japan! When they arrived at Sydney airport, the plane had already taken off... I couldn't believe those kind of stuff had happened to us!! I was very worried about them because their English was not that good. After a little bit of commotion at the airport, they got a new fight arranged and booked a hotel to stay that night. They had to stay in Sydney for two nights.
It must have been a very stressing night but mum said she was able to practise her English at the hotel and had a good time. I sensed that she is now more confident about her English. Today I talked to her on Skype and she was more keen on learning English! Good on you, Mum!
I got pretty tired after mums left but I had a good time too. I felt my mum and her friends had become much smaller. Is that because I am used to seeing Aussie?? They are bigger than Japanese, is that the reason??
Mum is coming soon.
9.18.2009
Hi everyone, how are you going?
I was very tired today but I am feeling better now.
Today Gori and I went to town to pick up some groceries and other stuff we needed. It was pretty hot today. I felt extremely tired when I got back home and I didn't want to do anything after that. I even felt grumpy and I might have taken my anger out on Gori. (Sorry)I wondered why I was feeling like that. At first I thought I was simply very tired because I had been flat out recently about tidying up the house. I was pretty stressed out. I'd done a lot but still there were some more things to be done and I was kind of overwhelmed by them. I didn't feel well and I thought a nap might help me so I had a lie down for a while. But even after the nap, I felt still not right. I felt thirsty and my head was a bit hazy. Now I think that the Sun got me in the car on the way back home and made me feel unwell and grumpy. I must have been wearing too much clothes. Anyway I feel much better now.
Gori was very helpful today. He cleaned the barbie, his hobby space and the patio. The hobby space is now sparklingly clean! I have never seen such a clean hobby room before! His help took a load off my mind. Mums( Mum, her friend and her daughter) are coming next Sunday and going back to Japan on the 23rd. It is going to be a very very short visit(^^;) I really wish they could stay longer. They wanted to change the schedule but it's too late to change it. They could have stayed another 3 days longer... Anyway, I hope they enjoy their stay in Australia. I am looking forward to seeing them face to face.
I was very tired today but I am feeling better now.
Today Gori and I went to town to pick up some groceries and other stuff we needed. It was pretty hot today. I felt extremely tired when I got back home and I didn't want to do anything after that. I even felt grumpy and I might have taken my anger out on Gori. (Sorry)I wondered why I was feeling like that. At first I thought I was simply very tired because I had been flat out recently about tidying up the house. I was pretty stressed out. I'd done a lot but still there were some more things to be done and I was kind of overwhelmed by them. I didn't feel well and I thought a nap might help me so I had a lie down for a while. But even after the nap, I felt still not right. I felt thirsty and my head was a bit hazy. Now I think that the Sun got me in the car on the way back home and made me feel unwell and grumpy. I must have been wearing too much clothes. Anyway I feel much better now.
Gori was very helpful today. He cleaned the barbie, his hobby space and the patio. The hobby space is now sparklingly clean! I have never seen such a clean hobby room before! His help took a load off my mind. Mums( Mum, her friend and her daughter) are coming next Sunday and going back to Japan on the 23rd. It is going to be a very very short visit(^^;) I really wish they could stay longer. They wanted to change the schedule but it's too late to change it. They could have stayed another 3 days longer... Anyway, I hope they enjoy their stay in Australia. I am looking forward to seeing them face to face.
14th was my birthday.
9.17.2009
14th of this month was my 31st birthday.
Time really flies, you know. I can't believe I am 31 now.
Anyway, Gori's mum's birthday is 15th, so this year we had a joint birthday party on the 15th at Gori's parents house. In the beginning we were planing to celebrate this occasion at a nearby restaurant. They serve pretty good food. But When Gori's mum rang them up to book a table, they said they are closed on the 15th. And then we decided to have a party at the house. Gori's mum said that she was going to invite some of her friends too and there would be about 10 people at the party. I wanted to make something for the party so I decided to make rolled sushi. Gori's sister and her partner love this and I always make sushi for them when they come over. Once there was a time when they came over with such a short notice so I didn't have enough time to make it, you know, you need plenty of time to make sushi from scratch. They were very disappointed about it. Anyway, at the party Gori's sis was enjoying my sushi ( unfortunately her partner couldn't make it) She gave me some present and a card (she is very sweet) and on the card, it read ' I love your sushi!!' Oh thank you! I was very happy to get that comment.
Well, Let's get back to the party. I was expecting 10 people but it turned out to be 15 people there. I didn't know any of the guests but they were very nice and most of them were interested in Japan and one of the couples love Japan, and they have been to Japan some times. I talked to the husband and he was so excited about Japan and he said he loved Japanese structure and neatness. He likes the Japanese people's attitude toward elderly and someone who lives in higher level in the society. He mentioned about bowing and polite language. I wanted to tell him that that kind of custom who show respect to other people is fading away but I didn't want to upset him so I kept it inside. We also talked about sushi and he told me that he himself make sushi at home but it doesn't turn out good. He said especially cooking rice is difficult because he hasn't got a rice cooker. I can relate to that because I don't have one either. I failed some times in the beginning too. It's OK with me now because I did a lot of research on cooking rice in a pot and got the hang of it. While he was eating my sushi, he came up with an idea, which is that we will have a sushi class and I will be a sushi teacher and teach him and other his friends who are interested in sushi. He was extremely keen on it so I was taken aback a bit but I have taught how to make sushi to one of Gori's mates so I said OK. I am looking forward to it.
Gori and I bought a wine and Andre Rieu CD. I am glad she liked them. Gori's parent's gave' a The Bold and The Beaustiful 20th years anniversary book'!! Do you know 'The Bold and The Beautiful? It's an American soap opera and Gori's mum loves it. I sometimes watch it too. When I started watching it, the relationships between the characters were sooooo complicated, especially who has been married whom and who is his/her mother that I was very confused! But now I am getting used to it. I really like that book. It's really interesting. I want to use it to study English too.
They also gave a cheque of 200 dollar!! I was surprised to see that! They are always supporting Gori and me, and I feel very indebted to them. Thank you very much!
Now that I've turned 31, I should make a this years resolution, shouldn't I?
It's very similar to the ones I make on the new year day but what 's the heck.
・I will improve my English. (diary, reading, increase vocabulary)
・I will lose weight and become fit!!
・Don't worry too much, Always be happy and optimistic.
Thank you for reading!
*This article is not corrected yet.
Time really flies, you know. I can't believe I am 31 now.
Anyway, Gori's mum's birthday is 15th, so this year we had a joint birthday party on the 15th at Gori's parents house. In the beginning we were planing to celebrate this occasion at a nearby restaurant. They serve pretty good food. But When Gori's mum rang them up to book a table, they said they are closed on the 15th. And then we decided to have a party at the house. Gori's mum said that she was going to invite some of her friends too and there would be about 10 people at the party. I wanted to make something for the party so I decided to make rolled sushi. Gori's sister and her partner love this and I always make sushi for them when they come over. Once there was a time when they came over with such a short notice so I didn't have enough time to make it, you know, you need plenty of time to make sushi from scratch. They were very disappointed about it. Anyway, at the party Gori's sis was enjoying my sushi ( unfortunately her partner couldn't make it) She gave me some present and a card (she is very sweet) and on the card, it read ' I love your sushi!!' Oh thank you! I was very happy to get that comment.
Well, Let's get back to the party. I was expecting 10 people but it turned out to be 15 people there. I didn't know any of the guests but they were very nice and most of them were interested in Japan and one of the couples love Japan, and they have been to Japan some times. I talked to the husband and he was so excited about Japan and he said he loved Japanese structure and neatness. He likes the Japanese people's attitude toward elderly and someone who lives in higher level in the society. He mentioned about bowing and polite language. I wanted to tell him that that kind of custom who show respect to other people is fading away but I didn't want to upset him so I kept it inside. We also talked about sushi and he told me that he himself make sushi at home but it doesn't turn out good. He said especially cooking rice is difficult because he hasn't got a rice cooker. I can relate to that because I don't have one either. I failed some times in the beginning too. It's OK with me now because I did a lot of research on cooking rice in a pot and got the hang of it. While he was eating my sushi, he came up with an idea, which is that we will have a sushi class and I will be a sushi teacher and teach him and other his friends who are interested in sushi. He was extremely keen on it so I was taken aback a bit but I have taught how to make sushi to one of Gori's mates so I said OK. I am looking forward to it.
Gori and I bought a wine and Andre Rieu CD. I am glad she liked them. Gori's parent's gave' a The Bold and The Beaustiful 20th years anniversary book'!! Do you know 'The Bold and The Beautiful? It's an American soap opera and Gori's mum loves it. I sometimes watch it too. When I started watching it, the relationships between the characters were sooooo complicated, especially who has been married whom and who is his/her mother that I was very confused! But now I am getting used to it. I really like that book. It's really interesting. I want to use it to study English too.
They also gave a cheque of 200 dollar!! I was surprised to see that! They are always supporting Gori and me, and I feel very indebted to them. Thank you very much!
Now that I've turned 31, I should make a this years resolution, shouldn't I?
It's very similar to the ones I make on the new year day but what 's the heck.
・I will improve my English. (diary, reading, increase vocabulary)
・I will lose weight and become fit!!
・Don't worry too much, Always be happy and optimistic.
Thank you for reading!
*This article is not corrected yet.
hot water problem
Hi everyone, how are you going?
Our gas boiler has been acting up recently and that's bugging me a lot(^^;)
I need hot water to do my lovely foot bath and I really need to have a shower every night to loosen up my muscle and relax. The gas boiler is very fickle, some times it works perfectly, other times it just doesn't work at all, which leaves me cold in the bath tub! How stressing is that! It's been getting warmer here in Australia but still it gets pretty chilly at night. And as you may know, my mum and her friends are coming very soon!! We've got to do something about it!! Luckily Gori learned gas-fitting at TAFE and he's been working on it. Last night, he told me that he 'd found what was wrong with it. He is going to fix it this afternoon. I really hope it will be OK. Otherwise it's going to be a little bit of disaster! Mums are coming next Sunday!
Since there was another drama happened again last night, I couldn't have a shower.
My back is a little tight now. Maybe I should have a foot bath this morning.
Thank you for reading!
*This article is not corrected yet.
Our gas boiler has been acting up recently and that's bugging me a lot(^^;)
I need hot water to do my lovely foot bath and I really need to have a shower every night to loosen up my muscle and relax. The gas boiler is very fickle, some times it works perfectly, other times it just doesn't work at all, which leaves me cold in the bath tub! How stressing is that! It's been getting warmer here in Australia but still it gets pretty chilly at night. And as you may know, my mum and her friends are coming very soon!! We've got to do something about it!! Luckily Gori learned gas-fitting at TAFE and he's been working on it. Last night, he told me that he 'd found what was wrong with it. He is going to fix it this afternoon. I really hope it will be OK. Otherwise it's going to be a little bit of disaster! Mums are coming next Sunday!
Since there was another drama happened again last night, I couldn't have a shower.
My back is a little tight now. Maybe I should have a foot bath this morning.
Thank you for reading!
*This article is not corrected yet.
My back is getting better.
9.16.2009
Hello everyone, how are you going?
I'm doing well. I haven't written an article for such a long time, that was simply because I was slack, that's it(^^;) I knew in mind that I should keep an English diary to improve my English but I was kind of busy blogging the other blogs and I had a bad cold in July and since then my backache had become worse. But fortunately my back is getting better!(finally!) I've tried everything I could think of to fix my back and some of them worked a bit but none of them fixed my back completely.
My backache comes and goes. I've been having this backache for about 2 years so I could say that I have a chronic problem(×one). Shoulder stiffness and backache are very common among people living in the stressful modern society. They are so common that some people say that you have to take them and live with them because there is no cure for them. Of course there ARE some things(×stuff) for them but they are just temporary pain relief and nothing more than that. What I'm talking about is a fundamentally(×fundametal) complete cure. I wonder if there is a real cure for them.
One of the things I've tried is reading a book. Yes, just reading a book. I came across this book' healing back pain' on someone's blog. I got interested in it so I read the reviews on Amazon(×Amason). Most of them were in favour of the book so I bought one. The book is about that a backache is coming from your mind, and the reason why your mind does that kind of thing is that it is trying to not get you realise your anger and stress. Your mind doesn't want you to notice that you are feeling stressed about something so create pain in your back to distract your attention. His method to fix a backache was that when you have a pain, you shouldn't think about it, if you think, you get trapped and that's exactly what your brain want. You just don't give into the pain because your mind (brain) is just tricking you. You simply think about what kind thing is bothering you in your life now and recognise it and if possible, try to solve it. Just thinking like I WONT LET YOU TRICK ME, MY BRAIN! works pretty well.It gave me a little bit of wow, to be honest. After I read the book, I actually felt that my pain was easing a lot. But as you can guess very easily, it came back later on(^^;)
What I have been doing right now, and I really feel the difference (of course for the better) is having a foot bath. I've been doing it for about a week now, and I can definitely say that my back is getting better, less pain!! The Benefit of foot bath is as you know to warm your body up, which means it makes your blood circulation better. I never thought that my blood circulation was poor because I rarely felt that my hands and feet were cold! But I think I was wrong. My body must have been cold! ! My mum's therapist says that keeping your body warm is really important, coldness causes a lot of harmful symptoms. Now I can understand what he means. It is just having a foot bath for 20 to 30 minutes a day ( I do it at night right before I have a shower and straight go to bed. I think that's the best!) and you can do it while you're watching TV and surfing the Internet. And my way( and I will let you know later) is very easy and economical! I really love having a foot bath!
I recommend it to anyone.
Well, I got a little too excited about foot bath so I need to calm myself down.
I think that one of the biggest problems about having a back pain, especially if it's chronic, is not the actual pain but having a bad feeling of despair, which means that you don't know if your backache is ever going to be get better and fixed or not. Of course you hate the pain because it's sore! I myself have gone through a really tough time! You try everything to get rid of it but none of them gives you exactly what you want. Then you feel that you might have to spend the rest of your life having this backache. Just thinking like that makes you feel stressed and worsen the pain. You even feel depressed if your pain is really bad and serious. This kind of emotion exists in minds of patients who have got a mental illness, such as a depression and some kind of mental disorder. I myself experienced a panic disorder a few years ago. So I know I'm right about it. Everybody needs a hope for the future to live or let's say, to make efforts to live. Luckily I found a hope and a way to get better. I never gave it up and stuck to what I was doing and finally I got over it. Now I feel a hope for my backache too, which makes me feel really happy and gives me the drive to live my life! I feel I've started to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
Thank you for reading!
*This article has been corrected by Gori chan.
I'm doing well. I haven't written an article for such a long time, that was simply because I was slack, that's it(^^;) I knew in mind that I should keep an English diary to improve my English but I was kind of busy blogging the other blogs and I had a bad cold in July and since then my backache had become worse. But fortunately my back is getting better!(finally!) I've tried everything I could think of to fix my back and some of them worked a bit but none of them fixed my back completely.
My backache comes and goes. I've been having this backache for about 2 years so I could say that I have a chronic problem(×one). Shoulder stiffness and backache are very common among people living in the stressful modern society. They are so common that some people say that you have to take them and live with them because there is no cure for them. Of course there ARE some things(×stuff) for them but they are just temporary pain relief and nothing more than that. What I'm talking about is a fundamentally(×fundametal) complete cure. I wonder if there is a real cure for them.
One of the things I've tried is reading a book. Yes, just reading a book. I came across this book' healing back pain' on someone's blog. I got interested in it so I read the reviews on Amazon(×Amason). Most of them were in favour of the book so I bought one. The book is about that a backache is coming from your mind, and the reason why your mind does that kind of thing is that it is trying to not get you realise your anger and stress. Your mind doesn't want you to notice that you are feeling stressed about something so create pain in your back to distract your attention. His method to fix a backache was that when you have a pain, you shouldn't think about it, if you think, you get trapped and that's exactly what your brain want. You just don't give into the pain because your mind (brain) is just tricking you. You simply think about what kind thing is bothering you in your life now and recognise it and if possible, try to solve it. Just thinking like I WONT LET YOU TRICK ME, MY BRAIN! works pretty well.It gave me a little bit of wow, to be honest. After I read the book, I actually felt that my pain was easing a lot. But as you can guess very easily, it came back later on(^^;)
What I have been doing right now, and I really feel the difference (of course for the better) is having a foot bath. I've been doing it for about a week now, and I can definitely say that my back is getting better, less pain!! The Benefit of foot bath is as you know to warm your body up, which means it makes your blood circulation better. I never thought that my blood circulation was poor because I rarely felt that my hands and feet were cold! But I think I was wrong. My body must have been cold! ! My mum's therapist says that keeping your body warm is really important, coldness causes a lot of harmful symptoms. Now I can understand what he means. It is just having a foot bath for 20 to 30 minutes a day ( I do it at night right before I have a shower and straight go to bed. I think that's the best!) and you can do it while you're watching TV and surfing the Internet. And my way( and I will let you know later) is very easy and economical! I really love having a foot bath!
I recommend it to anyone.
Well, I got a little too excited about foot bath so I need to calm myself down.
I think that one of the biggest problems about having a back pain, especially if it's chronic, is not the actual pain but having a bad feeling of despair, which means that you don't know if your backache is ever going to be get better and fixed or not. Of course you hate the pain because it's sore! I myself have gone through a really tough time! You try everything to get rid of it but none of them gives you exactly what you want. Then you feel that you might have to spend the rest of your life having this backache. Just thinking like that makes you feel stressed and worsen the pain. You even feel depressed if your pain is really bad and serious. This kind of emotion exists in minds of patients who have got a mental illness, such as a depression and some kind of mental disorder. I myself experienced a panic disorder a few years ago. So I know I'm right about it. Everybody needs a hope for the future to live or let's say, to make efforts to live. Luckily I found a hope and a way to get better. I never gave it up and stuck to what I was doing and finally I got over it. Now I feel a hope for my backache too, which makes me feel really happy and gives me the drive to live my life! I feel I've started to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
Thank you for reading!
*This article has been corrected by Gori chan.
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