Do you like bugs?? Well, I myself am OK with small bugs but I don't like relatively big bugs such as beetles. They are a bit scary.
Speaking of beetles, back in Japan, when I was working as an English language tutor, there were a lot of times when I came across beetles and stag beetles. You know, kids love those kinds of bugs and some of them were very nice enough to show me their precious favourite pets, which were not favourable creature to me(^^;) I really don't like their shiny backs! (><) I also remember when I was teaching some kid at her house, I needed to go to the loo so I asked her mum if I could use their bathroom. That was my first time to use their bathroom. She said yes but her face was a bit clouded, I felt something weird about her but I didn't care and went to the toilet. When I opened the toilet door, there were tons of small containers piled very neatly all over the wall behind the toilet bowl from the top to the bottom! I had never seen anything like that in a toilet! I was totally speechless. I didn't know what they were at first but after I had a good look at them, they turned out to be breeding boxes of beetles and stag beetles! It was a really strange view in the toilet. As soon as I got out of the toilet with a very confused face, the mum came close to me and said,' Are you OK? You must be shocked to see those breeding boxes. We are sorry to make you feel that way but this is one of my husbands hobbies. He breeds beetles and stag beetles in there and sells them when they grow big and he says the toilet is the best place to breed temperature wise(×temperaturewise). ' ' Oh OK. 'I answered. But I was pretty convinced because I had talked her husband previously and yeah, he WAS a very interesting person.
Have I seen a beetle here in Australia? Yes, once. There are lots of bugs around here for example, moths, many kinds of bees, stinkbugs, a lot of flies and more, and of course cockroaches! When I was still in Japan, I heard that roaches in Australia were huge! (><) I have seen some roaches in my house but they were tiny ones. But I have seen a BIG one in Gori's parents house! That was big! It was between 8 to 10 cm long! I can swat and kill small bugs but I don't think I can kill those kinds of huge bugs! It might attack me back, who knows!? I don't have a serious problem with roaches ( yet?) but there are some bugs that troubles me... ANTS!!! They are everywhere, in the kitchen sink, on the cooktop, on the flour where dry dog food bag and wherever food crumble exists. I can understand if they are only crawling with somewhere food exist. But Why are they running around on my keyboard? Why are they having good time in dirty laundry? I have used surface sprays and other products to get rid of them but they only work for a day or two and guess what! In no time ants are coming back to say hello to me!! I think the best way is to keep the house sparklingly clean... but... well...I am a lazybones. I have more interesting stuff to do. I guess I will just have to live with them, won't I ?? ( A big sigh^^;)
*This article has been corrected by Gori.
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5th year anniversary of our relationship
11.22.2009
Hi everyone, How are you going?
Today is our 5th year anniversary. I can't believe five years have already passed since Gori and I started our relationship. Time really flies.
I am really blessed that I am being with him. We've been through a lot together for the last five years. Especially when I had a panic disorder, I had a very hard time dealing with it and so did Gori, I think. I have to admit I suffered (×from) an emotional roller coaster almost every day back then and there were lot of times when I took my anger (×angers)and fears out on him. But he never gave up on me and our relationship. He was always there and supportive. And even now he still stays like that, which I am the most grateful about.
He has much (×many) goodness in him. He is hardworking, considerate, funny, smart, charming, caring, energetic, strong, calm in an (×at) emergency, optimistic, and helpful. And there is another one as well, that is,, he never gives up on anything! He is so patient! There is (×are) a lot to learn from him. I've been with him for such a long time and thanks to him, I have changed for the better and now I am living in Australia! I wonder if there is anything that he can learn from me to improve himself. He does have some shortcomings too but you know, no one is perfect. And those shortcomings are nothing compared with those wonderful qualities of him. Anyway I have more serious flaws ..(^^;) so I am not in the place to pick on him about them.
We haven't got anything special to do today other than eating out for dinner. We are going to a restaurant in town, which Gori said served very good food the last time he went there. We haven't eaten out for a while so I am looking forward to it.^^
*This article has been corrected by Gori.
Today is our 5th year anniversary. I can't believe five years have already passed since Gori and I started our relationship. Time really flies.
I am really blessed that I am being with him. We've been through a lot together for the last five years. Especially when I had a panic disorder, I had a very hard time dealing with it and so did Gori, I think. I have to admit I suffered (×from) an emotional roller coaster almost every day back then and there were lot of times when I took my anger (×angers)and fears out on him. But he never gave up on me and our relationship. He was always there and supportive. And even now he still stays like that, which I am the most grateful about.
He has much (×many) goodness in him. He is hardworking, considerate, funny, smart, charming, caring, energetic, strong, calm in an (×at) emergency, optimistic, and helpful. And there is another one as well, that is,, he never gives up on anything! He is so patient! There is (×are) a lot to learn from him. I've been with him for such a long time and thanks to him, I have changed for the better and now I am living in Australia! I wonder if there is anything that he can learn from me to improve himself. He does have some shortcomings too but you know, no one is perfect. And those shortcomings are nothing compared with those wonderful qualities of him. Anyway I have more serious flaws ..(^^;) so I am not in the place to pick on him about them.
We haven't got anything special to do today other than eating out for dinner. We are going to a restaurant in town, which Gori said served very good food the last time he went there. We haven't eaten out for a while so I am looking forward to it.^^
*This article has been corrected by Gori.
It's hot but I love it!
11.20.2009
It's hot today. It is really hot. Today's highest temperature was 35 degrees. I had a look at a weather forecast website and there was a record of the previous weather of the past several days. I got honestly speechless to see that chart! The highest temperature on the 17th was 41.5 degrees! I couldn't believe my eyes! Because I don't remember it got THAT hot 3 days ago! I must have been having the aircon on otherwise I would have known. Wow 41.5 degrees!
It's really hot but as I said before, I really prefer Aussie summer to Japanese one. It's so dry, not muggy at all( at least to me)! After we had very heavy rain, the air gets a little humid but it doesn't happen very often. Maybe I feel like this because I am Japanese, who have to live with the unbelievably hot and humid summer. I am pretty much immune (×immuned)to humidity. Because Gori and his mum and dad sometimes whinge like' Oh it's muggy today!' or something. Every time they say something along those lines, I think in my mind that you can't survive Japanese summer if you are whinging about this much humidity, which is nothing compared to the one in Japanese summer! Having said that, after I had a panic disorder, it seems like my resistance against humidity has decreased a lot and it was pretty hard for me to live in the last summer in Japan. I got easily cranky and upset because of the humidity.
The other thing That I love about Aussie summer is that the temperature (×gets )cools down when it gets dark. I am not sure if this holds true for (×to) the rest of Australia but I have never experienced Nettai ya ( sweltering nights), can cause tortured (×torturing) sleepless nights. We do have a ceiling fan in our bedroom and of course we use it in summer but we have never used the aircon when we sleep at night, which is great!
We haven't had a lot of rain, which can be a big problem but other than that, I love Aussie weather, which is milder both in summer and winter than Japanese counterparts.
*This article has been corrected by Gori.
It's really hot but as I said before, I really prefer Aussie summer to Japanese one. It's so dry, not muggy at all( at least to me)! After we had very heavy rain, the air gets a little humid but it doesn't happen very often. Maybe I feel like this because I am Japanese, who have to live with the unbelievably hot and humid summer. I am pretty much immune (×immuned)to humidity. Because Gori and his mum and dad sometimes whinge like' Oh it's muggy today!' or something. Every time they say something along those lines, I think in my mind that you can't survive Japanese summer if you are whinging about this much humidity, which is nothing compared to the one in Japanese summer! Having said that, after I had a panic disorder, it seems like my resistance against humidity has decreased a lot and it was pretty hard for me to live in the last summer in Japan. I got easily cranky and upset because of the humidity.
The other thing That I love about Aussie summer is that the temperature (×gets )cools down when it gets dark. I am not sure if this holds true for (×to) the rest of Australia but I have never experienced Nettai ya ( sweltering nights), can cause tortured (×torturing) sleepless nights. We do have a ceiling fan in our bedroom and of course we use it in summer but we have never used the aircon when we sleep at night, which is great!
We haven't had a lot of rain, which can be a big problem but other than that, I love Aussie weather, which is milder both in summer and winter than Japanese counterparts.
*This article has been corrected by Gori.
Storm.. storm.. here it comes.
11.17.2009
Hi everyone. How's it going?
Well, as the weather forecast had predicted, a storm came to our area this afternoon. This was something we'd been waiting for a long time so I was sooooo excited about it. I checked the radar loop on the website of the Bureau's Meteorology so many times to confirm the movement of the storm. There was a pretty big thunderstorm formed on the radar and it was coming straight towards where we live. I went outside to see the sky and I saw some dark clouds in the distance, which I was thrilled about (×made me feel thrilled).
The storm was severe, yes, it sure was.
But....
It didn't rain much!!!
It was the thunder that was very severe, but it didnt rain much!!
We were expecting it to be bucketing down (×bucketing-down) but it was nowhere near it. I was soooo gutted.
We saw countless number of lightnings up from here. Gori got so excited about it so he took some photos of it. It must have been very noisy from rumbling but I had my ear plugs on so I don't really know about it. It's been raining lightly since the heaviest part of the storm passed through.
There was a little nice surprise happened unexpectedly. Usually when a storm hits us, our internet gets cut off and it takes many hours to get it back on. Guess what I am doing now? I am blogging, aren't I! I am using the Internet! The internet was not disconnected this time in spite of that severe storm. Good on you, Skymesh ( our internet provider)! Keep up your good work!
↑It's cool, isn't it??
＊For your information, I wrote this article last night.
*This article has been corrected by Gori.
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今月の目標１５記事達成！！やったぁ～♪
Well, as the weather forecast had predicted, a storm came to our area this afternoon. This was something we'd been waiting for a long time so I was sooooo excited about it. I checked the radar loop on the website of the Bureau's Meteorology so many times to confirm the movement of the storm. There was a pretty big thunderstorm formed on the radar and it was coming straight towards where we live. I went outside to see the sky and I saw some dark clouds in the distance, which I was thrilled about (×made me feel thrilled).
The storm was severe, yes, it sure was.
But....
It didn't rain much!!!
It was the thunder that was very severe, but it didnt rain much!!
We were expecting it to be bucketing down (×bucketing-down) but it was nowhere near it. I was soooo gutted.
We saw countless number of lightnings up from here. Gori got so excited about it so he took some photos of it. It must have been very noisy from rumbling but I had my ear plugs on so I don't really know about it. It's been raining lightly since the heaviest part of the storm passed through.
There was a little nice surprise happened unexpectedly. Usually when a storm hits us, our internet gets cut off and it takes many hours to get it back on. Guess what I am doing now? I am blogging, aren't I! I am using the Internet! The internet was not disconnected this time in spite of that severe storm. Good on you, Skymesh ( our internet provider)! Keep up your good work!
↑It's cool, isn't it??
＊For your information, I wrote this article last night.
*This article has been corrected by Gori.
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今月の目標１５記事達成！！やったぁ～♪
It's hot... very hot today.
It's hot... It's scorchingly hot! The weather forecast said the temperature would go up to whopping 38 degrees today! They said there's a strong heat wave around Southeast Queensland and it'll be staying here for about a week. I've been here for about 2 years now but this is going to be the first time I will experience this much heat! Seems like they haven't had this bad heat wave since year 2000. Thank goodness we have aircons in our cottage. I am technically not an aircon person, but I can't survive this summer without them. Our city is located a bit inland so the temperature tends to rise higher in summer and drop lower in winter than in other cities. It's really hot but I prefer Australian summer to Japanese one because it's not muggy at all! And even when it is very hot in the daytime, the temperature drops down and cools down at night so I really like it. Now I am getting used to Aussie summer, I don't think I can survive Japan's unbearable humid summer any more. ( scary!)
When the temperature goes up, there is high possibility that a thunder storm forms in the late afternoon. It's been hot so we are expecting it to happen but so far there is no sign of it (^^;). The weather forecast said it'll thunder this afternoon so let's see what will happen. We desperately need rain. Oh God, please give us rain, a lot of lot of rain!
By the way, I've watered the back garden for two days. The trees and plants are looking much better! I will keep watering them until we get some rain.
*This article has been corrected by Gori.
When the temperature goes up, there is high possibility that a thunder storm forms in the late afternoon. It's been hot so we are expecting it to happen but so far there is no sign of it (^^;). The weather forecast said it'll thunder this afternoon so let's see what will happen. We desperately need rain. Oh God, please give us rain, a lot of lot of rain!
By the way, I've watered the back garden for two days. The trees and plants are looking much better! I will keep watering them until we get some rain.
*This article has been corrected by Gori.
I had my second haircut in Aus.
11.13.2009
This morning I went to town to get my hair done. My hair was pretty long and heavy, and on top of that, the(×its) ends were dry and damaged so I wanted to do something about it. I had a hair cut once here in Australia about 10 months ago. My hair turned out to be OK, actually it was better than I had expected ( I had heard a lot of bad rumors^^;) I have very thick, coarse, rebellious, strong and naturally curly hair so I always have trouble having a nice hair style, even back in Japan! Well, I haven't mentioned it yet but Gori and I are going to go back to Japan next March for about a month( exciting!), so I thought I could wait until I go back to Japan and get a haircut at my Japanese beauty salon but I just got sick of washing and blow-drying my long and thick hair! It was really a pain in the neck!! So I decided to get it done here in Australia.
I rang up the beauty salon to book a haircut with my hairdresser who cut my hair last time. But unfortunately, she was not in today so I could have booked with her some other time but I was itching to have a haircut so I just booked with any hairdresser available when I popped in. I had reservations about how my new hairdresser would cut my hair but it actually worked favourably (×favourable) for me. My new hairdresser was male and he said he loved cutting Asian hair because it was tough and strong. He said so, many time while he was working on my hair. We had a nice chat and my hair looks even better than the last cut. I like it a lot. But there was also a little surprise. That is,,,,he straightened out my hair with a hair straightener BEFORE he started to cut my hair! Usually, you get that sort of thing AFTER you get a hair cut so I was a bit worried. My hair still looks good but I am not sure how it will look after I wash my hair next time... I really hope it still looks good.
*This article has been corrected by Gori.
I rang up the beauty salon to book a haircut with my hairdresser who cut my hair last time. But unfortunately, she was not in today so I could have booked with her some other time but I was itching to have a haircut so I just booked with any hairdresser available when I popped in. I had reservations about how my new hairdresser would cut my hair but it actually worked favourably (×favourable) for me. My new hairdresser was male and he said he loved cutting Asian hair because it was tough and strong. He said so, many time while he was working on my hair. We had a nice chat and my hair looks even better than the last cut. I like it a lot. But there was also a little surprise. That is,,,,he straightened out my hair with a hair straightener BEFORE he started to cut my hair! Usually, you get that sort of thing AFTER you get a hair cut so I was a bit worried. My hair still looks good but I am not sure how it will look after I wash my hair next time... I really hope it still looks good.
*This article has been corrected by Gori.
My Japanese friend's visit
11.09.2009
Yesterday one of my Japanese Friends came over to our place. Gori and I picked her up at her place at around 11:00 and we had a chat in Japanese over a cup of coffee( I can't take caffeine so I drank chinese tea^^;) with biscuits which she had brought with her ( I love her!).
Gori looked pretty happy since he got to speak Japanese. I had assumed that his Japanese would be very rusty since we don't usually speak Japanese at home. But he was not that bad at all. I think we should talk in Japanese more often but my Japanese is terrible and I have strong Saga dialects. Since Gori has basically learned standard Japanese, it's difficult for me to teach him... because I don't speak standard Japanese! (^^;) Gori sometimes asks me some questions.. like what a Japanese word or sentence which has equivalent meaning of a particular English counterpart is. And there are lot of times when I can't answer them straight away! It's quite frustrating and a bit sad... you know. I can tell that my Japanese skills are deteriorating. I really need to brush up my Japanese too. But I still want to put English first.
Well, getting back to my friend's visit, after we had a chat, we played a monopoly. Monopoly is a board game where you buy properties as you move on the board and if someone lands your property, you can collect rent from them and buy more property or buy houses on your property.. something like that. You can negotiate and trade properties with other players and if you are short of money, you can mortgage your property or sell your houses. The winner is decided when everyone but one person goes bankrupt. This is a board game, so basically it is luck that decides if you do well or not but having said that, strategy is also important. Decison, decison, decison,, you know.
My friend loved this game and we played twice! It takes at least 2 hours to play this game when we were very close to finish the second game, I was very tired and was running out of concentration. Anyway I won the first game and Gori won the second one. We had a very good time together and I am already looking forward the next time!
*This article has not been corrected yet.
Gori looked pretty happy since he got to speak Japanese. I had assumed that his Japanese would be very rusty since we don't usually speak Japanese at home. But he was not that bad at all. I think we should talk in Japanese more often but my Japanese is terrible and I have strong Saga dialects. Since Gori has basically learned standard Japanese, it's difficult for me to teach him... because I don't speak standard Japanese! (^^;) Gori sometimes asks me some questions.. like what a Japanese word or sentence which has equivalent meaning of a particular English counterpart is. And there are lot of times when I can't answer them straight away! It's quite frustrating and a bit sad... you know. I can tell that my Japanese skills are deteriorating. I really need to brush up my Japanese too. But I still want to put English first.
Well, getting back to my friend's visit, after we had a chat, we played a monopoly. Monopoly is a board game where you buy properties as you move on the board and if someone lands your property, you can collect rent from them and buy more property or buy houses on your property.. something like that. You can negotiate and trade properties with other players and if you are short of money, you can mortgage your property or sell your houses. The winner is decided when everyone but one person goes bankrupt. This is a board game, so basically it is luck that decides if you do well or not but having said that, strategy is also important. Decison, decison, decison,, you know.
My friend loved this game and we played twice! It takes at least 2 hours to play this game when we were very close to finish the second game, I was very tired and was running out of concentration. Anyway I won the first game and Gori won the second one. We had a very good time together and I am already looking forward the next time!
*This article has not been corrected yet.
Tough luck, dogs! & Melbroune Cup
11.03.2009
Well,,, our dogs are very stinky, extremely stinky!! I can't stand the smell!
They must have rolled onto a dead cow again!! ( We live in a cattle farm so there are lots of cattle. Unfortunately some of them can't survive because of a disease or tick problems ><) We gave Ambi and Mick a bath just 3 days ago before Mick's castration. They smelt beautiful after that but now.... absolutely pong ( ×pongy)!! I don't want to give them a bath again! It's a kind of pain in the neck, you know..
Yesterday Gori and I went to his mum and dad's house to have a Melbourne Cup lunch with their friends. Melbourne Cup is an Australia's traditional horse race held in Melbourne. It takes place once a year and it is a very important event for Aussies. I read an article about it when I was taking English classes at TAFE and I learned that it is not just a gambling but a part of the Australian culture. People go to see the event especially women get dressed in a very fancy dress and wearing a fashionable hat, which lifts up the festive mood in the event. There are also fashion shows and competition during Melbourne Cup. Usually horse racing is a male thing but this kind of fashion events attracts women's attentions as well. I didn't know anything about horse racing but I picked one horse in the race and bet 10 bucks on it. ( actually, that was Gori's money^^;) My horse was doing well in the beginning but it couldn't keep up the speed. It was a very tight race and all the horses were running very close each other. I don't even know exactly where my horse placed(came in→これもOK), but it was a nice experience and I had a good time.
We wanted to take our dogs to the house as well but since they were so stinky, we thought they could murder someone there( laugh) so we decided not to take them. Soon after they found out that they'd been left behind, they started yelping and whinging so loudly. I felt a bit sorry for them, but we didn't want to ruin the get-together by their pongy smell! So tough luck, doggies!
*This article has been corrected by Gori.
They must have rolled onto a dead cow again!! ( We live in a cattle farm so there are lots of cattle. Unfortunately some of them can't survive because of a disease or tick problems ><) We gave Ambi and Mick a bath just 3 days ago before Mick's castration. They smelt beautiful after that but now.... absolutely pong ( ×pongy)!! I don't want to give them a bath again! It's a kind of pain in the neck, you know..
Yesterday Gori and I went to his mum and dad's house to have a Melbourne Cup lunch with their friends. Melbourne Cup is an Australia's traditional horse race held in Melbourne. It takes place once a year and it is a very important event for Aussies. I read an article about it when I was taking English classes at TAFE and I learned that it is not just a gambling but a part of the Australian culture. People go to see the event especially women get dressed in a very fancy dress and wearing a fashionable hat, which lifts up the festive mood in the event. There are also fashion shows and competition during Melbourne Cup. Usually horse racing is a male thing but this kind of fashion events attracts women's attentions as well. I didn't know anything about horse racing but I picked one horse in the race and bet 10 bucks on it. ( actually, that was Gori's money^^;) My horse was doing well in the beginning but it couldn't keep up the speed. It was a very tight race and all the horses were running very close each other. I don't even know exactly where my horse placed(came in→これもOK), but it was a nice experience and I had a good time.
We wanted to take our dogs to the house as well but since they were so stinky, we thought they could murder someone there( laugh) so we decided not to take them. Soon after they found out that they'd been left behind, they started yelping and whinging so loudly. I felt a bit sorry for them, but we didn't want to ruin the get-together by their pongy smell! So tough luck, doggies!
*This article has been corrected by Gori.
I'm very happy but I might need some break
Hello, everyone, how are you going?
I've been feeling a bit tired recently. My life has been much better because my back is not as sore as before, actually it's much better. I've been walking almost every day for about 5 weeks or so, which makes me feel happy and excited because this is something I couldn't do for a long time. I like doing exercise(×exercises). Exercising is good both physically and mentally. When I had a terrible backache, I tended to get stressed out very easily but now I think I am coping with things better.
Now that I've walked continuously more than a month, walking is becoming a part of my routine. I can tell that I am getting fitter and slimmer, which gives me more confidence about myself. In addition, I am enjoying the activities in the online English club and I am very motivated to study English.
It's been fantastic recently and I am very happy about it. To be honest, it's been quite some time since I felt this happy(×like this much). I feel like I've gone back to being a normal(healthy) person.
Having said that, I have to admit there is also a tiny bit of feeling that I might need some break. Maybe am I doing too much??? I guess I should slow down a bit.
*This article has been corrected by Gori.
I've been feeling a bit tired recently. My life has been much better because my back is not as sore as before, actually it's much better. I've been walking almost every day for about 5 weeks or so, which makes me feel happy and excited because this is something I couldn't do for a long time. I like doing exercise(×exercises). Exercising is good both physically and mentally. When I had a terrible backache, I tended to get stressed out very easily but now I think I am coping with things better.
Now that I've walked continuously more than a month, walking is becoming a part of my routine. I can tell that I am getting fitter and slimmer, which gives me more confidence about myself. In addition, I am enjoying the activities in the online English club and I am very motivated to study English.
It's been fantastic recently and I am very happy about it. To be honest, it's been quite some time since I felt this happy(×like this much). I feel like I've gone back to being a normal(healthy) person.
Having said that, I have to admit there is also a tiny bit of feeling that I might need some break. Maybe am I doing too much??? I guess I should slow down a bit.
*This article has been corrected by Gori.
Mum's visit
9.30.2009
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??
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.
The sky is pretty dark now.
3.17.2009
Hi everyone, how are you going?
I have a bit of a backache but it's nothing serious.
This week is the third week of Gori's TAFE course and he left for Brisbane on Sunday.
I am getting used to being alone without him, thanks to our lovely pets, Costa, Ambi and six chooks.
It was bucketing down outside just a few minutes ago but now it's let up.
I thought we were going to have a storm this afternoon because it was pretty hot and muggy today. I've been in Australia for about a year and half now and I think I am getting a better guesser about predicting whether or not a storm will come.
Now the sky is still looking ominous, I hope we don't get a serious storm. You know why?
That's because it affects the TV signals, especially the sound. And of course it could cause a blackout as well. We've got some torch, candles at hand just to be on the safe side, but I don't want to spend a night alone in the dark, you know.
Well I think I should write English diary more often in order to improve my English.
Writing is a good way of sorting out the grammar things and vocab in the head, I think.
I am an early bird today! & my homework from school
1.20.2009
Gori and I were early birds this morning. We got up at 5:45 because Gori was going to work for
his sister and her partner today. They are moving out soon so they need somebody to clean up
their house. They have big farms, and there they grow cattle and milk cows so they are leading
a pretty hectic life every day. They don't have time to do it themselves.
Gori, on the other hand, he is still on his school break. He tried to find some casual jobs
during this one and half month break but no lock. So this job is going to be good for us.
Well now I am awake, but I am not sure if I can stay up this way in the morning.
You know, if you get up earlier than the usual, you always get sleepy after a while.
I have a lot of free time today so I am going to study hard!
I've got to work on my homework which is writing a movie review.
I was supposed to write a review of the movie 'Australia' but I don't know why but
it's not shown at the movie theatre in town anymore. I wanted to go to see it with Gori
in the beginning of this month but when I checked out their schedules, they had already
finished showing it (^^;) Oh well, seems like it was not so popular, wasn't it??
So I've decided to review a different movie, which is my favourite, Shrek!
It's a kind of old movie now ( released 2001) but I like it very much!
To tell you the truth, I DID work on it yesterday but it ended up summary of the movie (^^;)
not a review... Well I was a bit disappointed, because I spend quite a long time on it..
Anyway I will do my best today.
Have a nice day, everyone.
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