Hi David,

The first of all, there are three entries all are the same. So I choose the latest one.
Tasting sunlight?! Humm, I'm sorry but I haven't had a similar exprience, though I love to get warm sunlight. Please don't work too hard! ;-)

Hi Everyone,

About おでん....
I'm wondering if I'm an only person who doesn't know おでんのじゃがいも?! But....I haven't seen じゃがいも in Seven-Elevenおでん　and also in Lawson one. Tomoの言うとおり、「北海道と言えばじゃがいも」の感がありますが・・・。Panda~and m.n., if you read this, HELP me!
Nao,プチトマトも初めてです！確かに彩りきれい！
Amica, I'm glad that you feel better. おでんにたまねぎ？それも丸ごと？！初めて～、でも美味しそう！

Good night!

Maki

•  Maki
• 2008年2月 5日 22:41

Hi David,

The first of all, there are three entries all are the same. So I choose the latest one.
Tasting sunlight?! Humm, I'm sorry but I haven't had a similar exprience, though I love to get warm sunlight. Please don't work too hard! ;-)

Hi Everyone,

About おでん....
I'm wondering if I'm an only person who doesn't know おでんのじゃがいも?! But....I haven't seen じゃがいも in Seven-Elevenおでん　and also in Lawson one. Tomoの言うとおり、「北海道と言えばじゃがいも」の感がありますが・・・。Panda~and m.n., if you read this, HELP me!
Nao,プチトマトも初めてです！確かに彩りきれい！
Amica, I'm glad that you feel better. おでんにたまねぎ？それも丸ごと？！初めて～、でも美味しそう！

Good night!

Maki

•  Maki
• 2008年2月 5日 22:42

Hi David,

The first of all, there are three entries all are the same. So I choose the latest one.
Tasting sunlight?! Humm, I'm sorry but I haven't had a similar exprience, though I love to get warm sunlight. Please don't work too hard! ;-)

Hi Everyone,

About おでん....
I'm wondering if I'm an only person who doesn't know おでんのじゃがいも?! But....I haven't seen じゃがいも in Seven-Elevenおでん　and also in Lawson one. Tomoの言うとおり、「北海道と言えばじゃがいも」の感がありますが・・・。Panda~and m.n., if you read this, HELP me!
Nao,プチトマトも初めてです！確かに彩りきれい！
Amica, I'm glad that you feel better. おでんにたまねぎ？それも丸ごと？！初めて～、でも美味しそう！

Good night!

Maki

•  Maki
• 2008年2月 5日 22:46

I'm so sorry about my commnets. I don't know why...because I didn't push "post" once after Tomo mentioned about posting. Sorry!

Maki

•  Maki
• 2008年2月 5日 22:54

Hi David,
I'm not sure if my experience was same as yours or not, but when I was in my home town(it was more than 30 years ago!), I had such kind of feeling. My hometown is in the countryside(in the mountain), and I could feel changes of seasons by subtle breeze, smell of wind, mists,and so on. When I was a senior high school student, I used to get up early in the morning and study, and sometimes took a walk to a forest near my house. It occurred to me on one of those days. I felt as if I was wrapped with sunlight through trees, and it was strange and happy moment. I didn't stick my tongue out, though! I DID breathe deeply, instead. Even now I can remember that feeling. I think it's a reward to you, David. I hope everything goes well with your work.

Hi everyone,
おでん、hmm．．as a Nagoyan, I love Miso-oden!
プチトマト、たまねぎ、どちらも私には、新鮮です。今度作る時は、ぜひくわえてみますね。

See you soon,

Anne

•  Anne
• 2008年2月 5日 23:19

Hi Everyone,

I think there is something wrong with the server. When I tried to upload my new entry, it said "error", so I tried again. Never mind, I will try to delete the other two entries.

•  David
• 2008年2月 5日 23:24

Hi Team,

David, I'm happy to see your new entry! It seems like you are very tired. Are you OK? Please take care not to go over the edge!(笑) I think you should have some chocolate. It will make your 疲れ better. Don't worry, I'm eating it almost every day, but I have lost 2 kilograms；-)(How's your diet, by the way? You've already got the goal?)
I haven't felt the taste of sunlight, but I love‘お日様のにおい’洗濯物やふとんを干した後のにおいです。‥分かります？(笑)
I'm missing your voice, but I can wait until you have enough time；-) 執筆がんばって下さい！

Maki, 気にしなくて大丈夫！(^^)

おでんは地域、家庭で色々だね～！ 玉ねぎを丸ごとっていうのもビックリだけど、Anne, やっぱり名古屋のおでんは味噌味でしたか～！(ちょうど聞いてみようと思ってたの(笑)) 一度食べてみたいです♪

Goodnight,

Tomo

•  Tomo
• 2008年2月 5日 23:53

Hi Anne,
Sorry, I got your comment about oden wrong. You were talking about miso-oden, not oden, right? I knew that people from Nagoya loved miso taste, then I thought the soup of oden in Nagoya tasted miso. ごめんね、勘違いしちゃった。

Kiyoko, welcome to the Oden Club!(笑) このブログには「お菓子クラブ」もあるんですよ＾＾(ね、Maki?)

Everyone,
I learned a new expression‘go over the edge’which means‘気が狂う・おかしくなる’from David's entry. I had never seen it before. I have heard of some other expressions that have the same meaning like‘go bananas’, ‘go nuts.’初めて聞いた時は「なんでバナナ???」とすごくビックリしました。英語っておもしいですよね～。 この表現は全然ピンと来なくて、使える気がしなかったけど、‘go over the edge’ならイメージ出来るので使えるかも。。
Do any of you know any other phrase?

See you later,

Tomo

•  Tomo
• 2008年2月 6日 11:23

Hi Everyone!!

Hi Tomo!!
a new expression you leraned is very interesting!!
Do you know that this word"lemon" has interstiong meaning??
"lemon" sometimes means "欠陥車（おんぼろ車）".
when I lerned this meaning, I was very surprised. English word has many meanigs.

Hi David.

I am sorry that you are so busy with doing your work. I hope you will finish a lot of works and entry this blog soon.:-) Take care of yourself.

Hi Ann!
Miso-Oden!!!! Sounds delicious!!!! I have never eaten it. I wanna try it.
If you come to Shiga, Try 糸切り餅!　It tastes very good. I hope you will like it.

•  Ayane
• 2008年2月 6日 12:40

Hi Everyone!!

Hi Tomo!!
a new expression you leraned is very interesting!!
Do you know that this word"lemon" has interstiong meaning??
"lemon" sometimes means "欠陥車（おんぼろ車）".
when I lerned this meaning, I was very surprised. English word has many meanigs.

Hi David.

I am sorry that you are so busy with doing your work. I hope you will finish a lot of works and entry this blog soon.:-) Take care of yourself.

Hi Ann!
Miso-Oden!!!! Sounds delicious!!!! I have never eaten it. I wanna try it.
If you come to Shiga, Try 糸切り餅!　It tastes very good. I hope you will like it.

•  Ayane
• 2008年2月 6日 12:40

Hi Everyone!!

Hi Tomo!!
a new expression you leraned is very interesting!!
Do you know that this word"lemon" has interstiong meaning??
"lemon" sometimes means "欠陥車（おんぼろ車）".
when I lerned this meaning, I was very surprised. English word has many meanigs.

Hi David.

I am sorry that you are so busy with doing your work. I hope you will finish a lot of works and entry this blog soon.:-) Take care of yourself.

Hi Ann!
Miso-Oden!!!! Sounds delicious!!!! I have never eaten it. I wanna try it.
If you come to Shiga, Try 糸切り餅!　It tastes very good. I hope you will like it.

•  Ayane
• 2008年2月 6日 12:41

Hi Everyone!!

Hi Tomo!!
a new expression you leraned is very interesting!!
Do you know that this word"lemon" has interstiong meaning??
"lemon" sometimes means "欠陥車（おんぼろ車）".
when I lerned this meaning, I was very surprised. English word has many meanigs.

Hi David.

I am sorry that you are so busy with doing your work. I hope you will finish a lot of works and entry this blog soon.:-) Take care of yourself.

Hi Ann!
Miso-Oden!!!! Sounds delicious!!!! I have never eaten it. I wanna try it.
If you come to Shiga, Try 糸切り餅!　It tastes very good. I hope you will like it.

•  Ayane
• 2008年2月 6日 12:42

Hi David,
Are you OK?
Take care, and 無理しすぎないでくださいね。
About tasting sunlight...., I haven't had a similar experience, but as Tomo said, I love "お日様のにおい", too.

Tomo, Maki, Anne,
おでんにたまねぎ、びっくりでしょう？
実は私も友人の家で初めて食べたんです。
お鍋の中を見て、「何これ？」ってびっくり。
さらに食べてみてその美味しさにびっくり（笑）

Tomo,
You have lost 2 kilograms? You are great!
I have lost 1 kilogram, but it is from a cold...
By the way, I didn't know the expression "go over the edge".
At first, I thought that means is "限界を超える".
同じ意味で"go bananas" and " go nuts"?
なぜそんな意味に？でも面白いですね。

Maki,
北海道のじゃがいもは美味しいですよね。
よく取り寄せてます＾＾

Anne,
I have never heard Miso-oden, but that sounds delicious!
I went to Nagoya 3 years ago, and I ate lots of 名古屋名物.
I ate 味噌煮込みうどん、ひつまぶし、名古屋コーチン...
Actually, I don't like an eel, and I had never eaten ひつまぶし, but my friend who went with me likes it, so we went to eat ひつまぶし.
We didn't know any an eel restaurant, so we asked the taxi driver "Can you take us to the ひつまぶしの美味しい店?".
The taxi driver was kindness, so he took us to the eel restaurant.
When I ate it, I was surprised because it was very delicious! I could eat up it!
This April, I'm going to go to Nagoya on business.
I'm going to be back on the same day, so I will have little free time, but I want to eat ひつまぶし again!
I don't remember the name of restaurant where I went, though.
Do you have an eel restaurant you recommend?

Ayane,
"lemon" sometimes means "欠陥車"?
I didn't know it!
You live in Shiga? I have never heard "糸切り餅".
糸で切りながら食べるのかしら？
I want to eat it.

Kiyoko,
I love Spring, too.
Spring is the season I was born.
However, when spring comes, I suffer from an allergy to cedar pollen...

See you soon,

Amica

•  Amica
• 2008年2月 6日 14:46

「英語と仲直りブログ」ご利用の皆さま

本日、このブログに大量のスパムコメントが届いております。
それらは表示はされませんが、皆さんが投稿してくださった
コメントの表示にも不具合が出ており、申し訳ありません。

スパムが届かなくなりましたら、表示を調整したいと思います。
ご不便をおかけしますが、それまではご辛抱いただきたく
お願い申し上げます。

スペースアルク 斎藤

•  匿名
• 2008年2月 6日 16:50

Hi David and everyone,

Hi David,
It's so interesting story, strange and fantastic and more.
You experienced a kind of supernatural happenings as walking in the mountains in the morning.

I'll show you this one.
I heard long time ago a similar miracle story.
It was a early spring morning, the sun was just awake up, too.
It was rising on the horizon as you know, moving left and right.
One of shining sun's arrows has been reflecting and shading in the deep forest.
The local artist was staring at its beautiful natural phenomenon and was healed internally.
He was also inspired something.
Later he was a great artist by this miracle experience.

David could taste the sun, then maybe you'll be happy man.
By the way, what taste of the sun?
Is that top secret?

You are just on time in a momet phenomenon, so you are very lucky, I guess.

Kiyoko

•  kiyoko
• 2008年2月 6日 17:15

Amica,

Me too, I was born in spring.
I know spring has come with plus elements and minus one.
Newpaper says, this year will have much more portion of cedar pollen than last year.
Hope you'll take care of allergy early.

Bye for now,
Kiyoo

•  kiyoko
• 2008年2月 6日 18:36

Hi Tomo,
Thanks! I love ‘お日様のにおい’,too! It makes me so comfortable. いいよね～（＾＾）ｖ　

Kiyoko, as Tomo said that ｢お菓子’な’クラブ」もありま～す。ふるってご参加を！（笑）

Anne & Tomo,
味噌おでんは、だしでゆでた具に味噌をつける。味噌味のおでんは、スープ（煮るだし）が味噌味ってこと？？

Amica and Kiyoko,
Me too, I was born in Springl. But spring doesn't come here in Hokkaido until April and we have cherryblossoms at the middle of May.

Take care, Amica. I hear that taking a treatment early is very useful for cedar pollen.

Good night,

Maki

•  Maki
• 2008年2月 6日 22:08

Hi Everyone,

Ayane,‘lemon’has a meaning of‘欠陥車(おんぼろ車’!? I didn't know that! レモンはさわやかなイメージなのに、おもしろいね～。 Thanks for sharing!
BTW, what does 糸切り餅 look like?

Amica, ふふふ、すごいでしょ？(ってまだ2kgだけど(笑)) 1ヶ月で2kgペースなら春までには目標達成できるかな～‥なんて計算通りにいかないのがダイエットなのよね。。

Maki, 「お菓子クラブ」じゃなくて「お菓子なクラブ」だった！(笑)
おでんのスープがみそ味は私の早とちりです。。

春生まれの人がたくさんいるみたいですね～(including David) 人は自分の生まれた季節を好きになるって聞いたことがあるけど本当かな？ 私は秋生まれで、一番好きな季節は‥ やっぱり秋です＾＾

David, are you still working in your office?

Goodnight,

Tomo

•  Tomo
• 2008年2月 6日 23:29

おでんのトマトはTVでやっていたので試してみたら美味しかったんです。但し、煮こまない様に。ちょっと温めて柔らかくなればOKです。トマトの甘味が増して美味しいですよ。

I learned that you can put Tomato in おでん on a TV show. So I tried it. Tomato turned sweater and tasty. Here is just one point. Don’t boil it too much. It is enough just warming it.
Amica, a whole onion in おでん is a new idea for me!! An onion is a favorite vegetable of my husband. I’ll cook 玉ねぎ丸ごとおでん someday. Thank you showing the new recipe.

Sorry I didn’t write about the topic in this entry. See you later.

日本語だけで失礼しようかと思ったのですが、やっぱり英語でも書きたくなりました。このブログコミュニティの魅力ですね。
Nao

•  Nao
• 2008年2月 6日 23:50

Hi everyone,
Lots of people around me are somehow 風邪引き, and I had been sick for the past week though it is getting a lot better. Anyway, I hope everyone here is doing well.

Yes, having oden in winter is one of the greatest activities(?!) in Japan, I guess. I love oden too.

Hi, David. I totally understand how wonderful it is to feel the sun, but I do hope you won't actually "go over edge" because of overwork! Please take care!

Well, actually, I've got to run, and I just wanted to say hi to everyone!

Laters♪

•  Whilte pink
• 2008年2月 7日 16:18

また、打ち間違えました（涙） I'm sorry!!

訂正：whilte pink→white pink

•  white pink
• 2008年2月 7日 16:21

So sorry to bother you all this often.

How clumsy I am!! I am really really ashamed of myself.....this maybe happend to me probably because 風邪菌が頭にきちゃったから？！

My on-line name was "white green", but because the sun was so beautifully shining, the color "pink" came up to my mind. And I typed my handle name "WHITE PINK" instead of "WHITE GREEN." I am very sorry about this confusion.

I will keep my on-line name "WHITE GREEN, " because I love these colors.

それから, I've just found another mistake in English, "go over edge." It should have been "go over THE edge." あぁ・・・。本当にごめんなさい！　

Anyway, thank you very much for your patience!

•  White green
• 2008年2月 7日 19:40

Hi White green,
良かった＾＾ ‘White green’だよね？ 頭の中でいろんな色がまわっちゃった(笑)
How is your cold? Hope you get better soon. Take care!

Hi Nao,
Glad to hear from you again! You can talk about anything on this blog, so let's have a chat；-)

Tomo

•  Tomo
• 2008年2月 7日 20:34

Hi David & everyone!

Long time no see. I'm still watching you guys；－)I've been quite busy, but I checked this blog as often as I could.I'm glad that you guys are doing well, and there are a lot of new members that I don't know!! About me, I'm doing really really well so far, and in terms of my English, I'm pretty sure it's getting much better than before.I've gotten to the point where I could manage to speak with a couple of the young American simultaneously.This is a huge progress for me, cause young people, especially New Yorkers, speak SOOOOOOO fast that you wouldn't believe. Anyway, I just want to say HI to David and everyone today, and I want you guys to know I'm still alive；－）

Take care!
Maybe some other time, then!

Pink NY

•  Pink NY
• 2008年2月 7日 23:16

Hi David & everyone!

Long time no see. I'm still watching you guys；－)I've been quite busy, but I checked this blog as often as I could.I'm glad that you guys are doing well, and there are a lot of new members that I don't know!! About me, I'm doing really really well so far, and in terms of my English, I'm pretty sure it's getting much better than before.I've gotten to the point where I could manage to speak with a couple of the young American simultaneously.This is a huge progress for me, cause young people, especially New Yorkers, speak SOOOOOOO fast that you wouldn't believe. Anyway, I just want to say HI to David and everyone today, and I want you guys to know I'm still alive；－）

Take care!
Maybe some other time, then!

Pink NY

•  Pink NY
• 2008年2月 7日 23:17

Hi everyone,
About Miso-oden;
Tomo, you don't need to say"Sorry", You are right.
Actually, there are two types of Miso-oden(in my understanding); one is miso soup type oden and the other is "ふろふき大根" type. But the taste of soup is thicker and sweeter than that of usual miso soup. I love normal type of oden,too.

Amica, try"ひつまぶし"on April again! As for restaurants,"いば昇" and "あつた蓬莱軒" would be good . You can get the information about the place and content on the Internet, and another restaurant"東京竹葉亭"at JR takashimaya in Nagoya station would be convenient before riding the Shinkansen.

White green,
When I read your first posting, I thought another white...member joined! Ha,ha,ha.
Anyway, good to have you here!

Hi Pink NY,
Long time no see. I'm glad to hear that you are doing well.

Bye for now,

Anne

•  Anne
• 2008年2月 7日 23:39

Hi White pink and White green,

You'v caught a nusty cold? Take care early,anyway. Hope you get better soon.

I don't forget the memory of my nusty cold that lasted three weeks.
It was last high summer I was busy and sleepless every night.

My busy day continued,and I never never take care my body.
Apart from busy time, I felt some symptoms of cold.
Then I took a cold medicine, and care my body firstly.

However, It was too late the time to notice.
I was too confident in my health, but my body wasn't so tough.
After that I had to hospitalize in my room for long time.

Don't neglect even though a slight cold.
Kiyoko

•  kiyoko
• 2008年2月 8日 01:01

Hi Anne,
Thanks for letting me know!
If I don't have a free time, I will buy "ひつまぶし" at "東京竹葉亭".
電車の中で食べます♪

Hi Tomo and Maki,
Can I join "お菓子なクラブ"? I love sweets!
I used to make sweets because my grandfather who died 9 years ago liked sweets I made.
Well, it's getting near Valentine's Day.
Do you know "友チョコ"?
My students (girls) make lots of chocolate sweets for Valentine's day.
They give it to their friends.
I receive it from them.
高校生にもなると、見た目も味も素晴らしいお菓子を作ってくれるので嬉しいのですが、中には食べるのに勇気がいる作品もあって・・・。
"おはぎ"かと思うほどの巨大な"トリュフ"や、生焼けのクッキーなど＾＾；
でも毎年頑張って食べてます。

Hi White green,
How is your cold? I had a cold last week, too.
I hope you feel better.

Hi Pink NY
Long time no see! How have you been?
I'm glad to read your comment!

Hi Kiyoko,
You are right. We must not neglect a cold even if it is a slight cold.
Sometimes I have too much confidence in my health, though.
I think the most important thing is good health!

See you soon,

Amica

•  Amica
• 2008年2月 8日 18:07

追記　

Hi Nao,
玉ねぎ入りおでん、作ったらぜひ感想を聞かせてくださいね！

Amica

•  Amica
• 2008年2月 8日 18:12

Hi Everyone,

and Hi Pink NY! It's good to know you are still with us. We have missed you. Well, it's Friday night, and guess where I am? That's right - I am in my office working. But I've made a lot of progress today, so I'm feeling quite happy.

Someone mentioned something to me last night that I wanted to ask you about. When you were in junior high school (that may be a long time ago for some of our regulars, but please try and remember!) how did you learn the difference between 'a' and 'an'? I heard an interesting explanation of it last night that I have never heard before, and I want to know if it is common knowledge among Japanese people or not.

I have to go to the other campus for exam duties tomorrow, but I will have lots of time to work on Sunday. Mind you, if the weather is nice, I think I might just forget work and go out on my bike. Whatever you are all doing, I hope you enjoy the weekend.

Speak to you next week.

•  David
• 2008年2月 8日 19:59

Hi David,

"a"と "an"の違いですよね。
"a"は子音(a consonant)の前、"an"は母音(a vowel)の前で用いる、と習いました。
"an apple"とか。

こんな説明しかできなくてすみません。
他に違いがあるのですか？
どなたか知ってたら教えてください！

Amica

•  Amica
• 2008年2月 8日 21:29

Hi David,
About your question, I learned it like this；
「母音で始まる単語の前の‘a’は‘an’になる」That's it. 特に時間をかけるわくでもなく、あっさり終わりです(笑) What is the interesting explanation you heard? 気になります。。
BTW, my husband took a day off today, and we went to bike shops to have a look at some bikes he might get. He seems to want HONDA VFR or YAMAHA FZ6. When he asked me‘Which bike do you like?’the other day, I looked at some bike pictures and chose one just from the way it looked. It was HONDA CBR, but the shop assistant said that it was not for a long ride, it was good for riding at a circuit. I saw a lot of bikes today, でもどれがどうなんだかさっぱり(笑) でもいっぱいバイクを見てたら、何だか私も乗りたくなってきました‥！(免許が取れるかどうかはまた別の話ですが。。)

Hi Pink NY!
Great to hear from you again! How's your‘hubby’?：)

Hi Anne,
Thanks for your explanation；-) やっぱりスープがみそ味のおでんもあるんですね～。

Hi Amica,
Yes, Valentain's day is coming soon, and I have heard of 友チョコ；-) Last year, my niece told me this；

1 マブチョコ
2 本命チョコ
3 友チョコ
4 義理チョコ
5 パパチョコ

マブチョコっていうのは、親友にあげるチョコなんだって。(知ってた？) この順位を聞いたパパは嘆いてたけどね～(笑) Amicaはいっぱいチョコ貰えるんだね、いいなぁ(多少勇気が必要みたいだけど‥)
BTW, you used to make sweets for your grandfather? You are so sweet! おじいちゃん、嬉しかっただろうね～＾＾

Hi Everyone,
I've been waiting for a call from the repair shop, but it hasn't come yet‥ もう「10日前後」の‘後’になったんだけどなぁ。。 Life without a computer, ‥I can't take it anymore!

Have a great weekend,

Tomo

PS David, I hope YOU enjoy the weekend!

•  Tomo
• 2008年2月 8日 21:29

Hi David,
About "a" and "an",
My understanding about them is the same as Tomo.
母音と子音の違いで使い分けると習いましたよ。I'm curious about the interesting explanation. What is it?
Hope the weather will be nice for riding the bike on Sunday.

Hi! Pink NY!
Long time no see! I'm so glad to hear you are doing very well. Please join us whenever you get a time.

Hi White green,
Hope you feel better soon. It's been cold, so take care! pinkもかわいいけれど・・・あれれって思ちゃった;-)

Hi Anne,
Thanks for explaining about Miso-oden. I want to try miso soup type. It sounds good!

Hi Amica,
Welcome to ｢お菓子なクラブ」! You are so sweet that you made sweets for your grandfather. 私は食べるの専門!;-) I didn't know "友チョコ"! Amicaは、たくさんチョコもらえるんだ～（＾＾）

Hi Tomo,
I'm sorry to hear that your PC hasn't come back to you yet...You've been working very hard for your commnets every day. Are your fingers OK?!
I didn't know "マブチョコ"! １２３４５は、重要な順？！それはパパがっかりだぁ～(笑)数年前から、この時期しか手に入らない高級チョコを自分用に買うＯＬが多いと何かで読みました。確かに、この時期本当にいろいろなチョコが売っているよね～。
Your husband has got the licence?! Wow! It sounds enjoyable to choose which bike he will get.
Do you try to get a licence, Tomo?

Hi Everyone,
Have a lovely weekend!

By fo now,

Maki

•  Maki
• 2008年2月 8日 23:37

Hi Maki,

No, no, he hasn't got a licence yet. He is trying it now. 免許もないのにバイク選び‥、気が早いでしょ？ でも目がキラキラなんです(笑)
I'm not sure if I can get a motorcycle licence because I can't drive a manual car.(I have that licence, though.) It's difficult for me to judge when and which gear I should use in a momemt.(きっと瞬時の判断力がないんですね(笑)) でもちょっと真剣に考えてます。 Maybe the time is right because my daughter will be going to kindergarten school this coming April, so I will have more free time. The problem is that if I have such an expensive hobby(that means there will be 2 bikers in my family), one of my dreams‘going abroad’will be far away.(I have never left Japan.) Hmm, I'll think about it well and decide until Spring comes. I always think and worry too much when I challenge new things, so maybe it's good for me to stop thinking and just do it once in a while；-)

BTW, 最近のバレンタインのチョコはいっぱい種類があるみたいだね(笑) 今日テレビで‘お世話チョコ’(お世話になった人にあげるチョコ)なんていうのもやってたよ～。

Hope you are enjoying your weekend.

Tomo

PS My fingers are fine, thanks!

•  Tomo
• 2008年2月 9日 14:18

Hi Tomo and Maki,
I didn't know "マブチョコ".
その順位はすごいですねえ。
この時期はデパ地下などに特設チョコ売り場ができますよね。
I like the chocolate of "BABI".
Do you know "BABI"?
Last year, I got it as a お歳暮 from my student's mother.
It is Italian brand's sweets and delicious!
When I knew the chocolate's price later, I was surprised because it was very expensive!
"GODIVA"と同じくらい高いです。
また食べたいけど、絶対自分では買えない＾＾；

By the way, Yes, I used to make sweets for my grandfather.
He was a cook, and after he retired he used to make a meal for his family.(including me)
The meal he made was delicious.
When I was a child, he often made "焼きりんご" for me and my sister.
In those days we didn't have an oven, so he made it by a frying pan.
The hot "焼きりんご" with butter and cinnamon was so sweet, we loved it, and of course we loved him.
毎年バレンタインにはチョコ（市販のですが）を仏壇に供えます。
これって何チョコになるのかしら？
"ジジチョコ"？（笑）

Tomo,
One of your dreams is "going abroad"?
That's nice!
I hope your dream come true in the near future.

Have a nice weekend!

Amica

•  Amica
• 2008年2月 9日 16:31

Hi Team!
Guess what I'm writing this comment by ..... my computer! Yaay! My laptop has come back. I realized that how easy it is to make a comment with my both hands! Now I can write as long as I want;-) Thanks for your messages of support. That made me want to keep joining the blog even by a cell phone.

Hi Amica,
I had never heard of the name of the chocolate "BABI". I'd like to try it, but is it very expensive? I wish someone would send it to me!(笑)　でもAmicaのおじいちゃんの焼きりんごの方が食べてみたいな。　やさしい味がしそう＾＾　Did he teach you how to make it?

Yes, going abroad is one of my dreams. I have a lot of dreams;-)

Hope you are all enjoying your weekend.

See you soon,

Tomo

PS Amica, the chocolate for your grandfather, it's definitely ‘Love チョコ’＾＾

PPS It's snowing here again!

•  Tomo
• 2008年2月 9日 20:14

Hi Tomo, Wow! Finally your PC has come back! 良かった～！ I`m out of my town, so I`ll write my comment again on Sunday. Talk to you later! Have a good holiday! Maki P.S. I`m writing this by my cell phone. Tomo, I`m respect you! It`s hard work...

•  Maki
• 2008年2月 9日 23:37

Hi everyone,

It is midnight.
The second half of this week I was very busy for something to do.

First one was dance party.
After lesson, I attended my instructor's meeting that was held at the hotel.
Member of male was 12, and female was 20.
I enjoyed eating, drinking, chatting singing and dancing during two hours from evning time.
I didn't have for a long time such as the place. So I was tired mind and body.

Next day in tne morning I went to PC class for learning.
As soon as came back I did a review of the lesson and also I made a applied works of using word soft. It let me tired.

On Saturday, I had the English club from 11 o'clock to 4 o'clock.
Especially one of today's schedule "chatting circle" was very hard.
Because I was first experience to manage it.
My job is offering to member some topics with written in English memo slip, and device for speaking time for everyone fairly.
To think about like this style is useful for studying English, but I was really really tired.

Now, I was released from my responsibility.

See you soon,
Kiyoko

•  Kiyoko Oshima
• 2008年2月10日 01:44

Hi everyone,

I got up at 7 without alarm clock even though I had sleepless.
This morning at 8, I met a mail friend and her dog.
As you know, I couldn't meet her on last snowy Sunday by happening.

As same last time, I had hot tea, snack dog food and dog balls.

I've been worring about today's weather, because weather news repoting today will be snow.
When I pull the drape there were a little snow. I was relaxed to see it.

Finally I met her and talked about her dog and exchanged each information as having tea on the wood bench.
Ground of park was covered with thin snow.

I gave some dog foods her dog.
She threw the ball for her dog running.
She gave me rice that her mother sent her.

I had a very happy time.

Tomo,
Your PC come back. Good news!
I look back your commnt, how hard, many times long sentence.
If I were you I never try. You are really great I think.
Anyway, you will be released from making comment use sell-phone.

Amica,
Your hartful real story was impressed.
Your grandfather will certainly be satisfied in the heven.

See you soon,
Kiyoko

•  Kiyoko
• 2008年2月10日 13:56

Hi Maki,
Did you make the last comment by your cell phone? Thank you! Now, I'm good at using a cell phone;-)

Hi Kiyoko,
Thanks for your message. I tried my best;-)
By the way, are you taking dance lessons and PC lessons, and working for the English Club? Wow, your are a very active woman! Great!

Hi David,
I saw the weather report yesterday, and it said that it snowed in Nagoya as well. Are you going to ride on your bike today? If so, please be careful not to get hurt and have fun!

Speak to you soon,

Tomo

•  Tomo
• 2008年2月10日 14:58

namiです。
皆様、いかがお過ごしですか？

久しぶりにDavidのブログを見にきたら
新しい人がたっくさんいてビックリです!!
素敵ですね（＾▽＾）

今日はちょっとワインを飲みすぎて眠いので
明日また読みに来ます^^;
おやすみなさ～い

（生きていることだけを伝えに参上しましたｗ）

•  nami
• 2008年2月11日 01:03

Hi Everyone,
How was your holiday? Hope you all had a good time! David, did you enjoy riding your bike? I hear that you had much snow in Nagoya area yesterday....

Hi nami!
Welcome back! It's so nice to know that you are genki! How's your work? Still very busy? Please join us anytime.

Hi Tomo,
I wonder how you wrote your commnets by your cell-phone....all yours were very tidy, but mine is mess! I mean that I tried to write it like one by PC.
改行して書いたつもり・・・でしたが。。。（・・；）ん～。。。
Looong time ago, when I got a driver's licence, I thought that I coudln't drive a manual car because of the same reason as you, but "慣れ"! That's it! きっと頭で考えなくても身体が覚えてできるようになるのだと思うよ～。ご主人とタンデムで乗るのもかっこいいけれど！;-)

Hi Amica,
I don't know "BABI", either. It's the first time to hear the name and I'm curious about the chocolates! でも、高いんだ～。。。As Tomo said, I wish somebody would give it to me!

By for now,

Maki

•  Maki
• 2008年2月11日 20:26

Hi everyone! I've been quite busy these days, so this comment is going to be very sluggish. Forgive me about that! I just wanted to see how's everyone is doing and say hi to you all.

Thank you very much for your kind message, Tomo, Anne, Kiyoko, Amica, and Maki!! That was very nice of you alll to say so.

See you all in David's new entry!

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