Hi!
I wrote my comment about half an hour ago, and before proceeding 'Preview', all disappered!! 涙
Of course, I don't have any copy of it...

Hi David,
Sorry to hear what happened to you, but I also have no idea... As you said, you might have some allergy. Allergic symptom is sometimes getting worse with its repeated, so please take care and it's maybe better to go to hospital if it happens next time.

Thank you for your feedback! It's always very helpful for us.

*Tomo said totally the same with what I thought. (Tomo said what I was thinking.)
⇒「全く同じこと」を強調したかったのですが・・・撃沈！笑

*'You took the words right out of my mouth.'
⇒It's new to me. I don't know Meatloaf, though I might be old enough. Is it a group?

*I think that a lot of people worried about her suicide (I think a lot of people were worried that she was going to commit suicide.)
⇒I noticed that I had forgot to write 'were', but I don't know 'suicide' is usually used with the verb 'commit'.

*I guess it might be the tip of the iceberg.
⇒I know the expression, but it's one of expressions which I can't use properly.

I had a look at the story from the newspaper. It's really nice! I like that very much! The gopher is so cute!! Thanks for sharing it! (Woops, there are too many '!'!)

Hi amo,
I had a look at the Google logo. It's nice and interesting! Thanks!;-)

Everyone, have a lovely weekend!

Bye for now,

Maki

•  Maki
• 2009年8月14日 17:49

hi david,
thank you for your feedback. i'm writing this comment on my cell phone. i'm in nagano now. it's lovely and cool. we are looking at the stars tonight here, so i'll post another comment later.(maybe tomorrow)
c u soon!
tomo

•  Tomo
• 2009年8月14日 18:43

Hi David,
Thank you for your feedback.

I was hesitating whether I should use which sentence.
Your reply was useful.
Thank you.

Hi Tomo,

夏休みお子さん達と楽しんでいるようですね＼(^_^)／　
沢山の綺麗な星が見えるといいですね。携帯であそこまで
英文入力するとは恐れ入谷の鬼子母神☆

Kazu

•  Kazu
• 2009年8月14日 19:37

Hi David ,
Sorry for what happened to you last night.
As Maki said, it could cause a severe allegic reaction, so take good care!

Thank you for your feedback.

>'You took the words right out of my mouth.' →I didn't know this expression,either.
Maki took the words right out of my mouth, but what reminds me of when I heard this is "ミートローフ" , the name of the dish....
Anyway, I know the name of the musical"Hair" or " Rocky Horror Picture Show" ; he played in both of them, though.

I had a look at an article in BBC.
What a coincidence! What a timing!
The gopher is lovely, and I liked this picture^^)

>Maki,
それは力がぬけるね～。でもつながってよかった。

＞amo,
Thanks! I had a look at the logo, and it's interesting.

>Tomo,
The weather is　fine today, so I'm sure you have a great time watching the beautiful stars.
Hope you have a lovely time there!

Everyone,have a nice weekend!

See you soon,

Anne

•  Anne
• 2009年8月14日 21:25

David:

Sorry to hear about your skin problem.

>> I was fine after I took a shower. Last night was worse, but I felt better after the shower, and when I woke up this morning, I was back to normal. <<

I've googled. Hope this might help.

Cholinergic or heat urticaria is a form of chronic hives that is caused by an increase in body temperature. It is not completely known why cholinergic urticaria occurs, although some of these people appear to have an allergy to their own sweat. (allergies.about.com)

Ash

•  匿名
• 2009年8月14日 21:27

Thank you Ash! That might be the cause, because it was very hot last night. I hope I am not allergic to my own sweat - that would make life very difficult! Anyway, I will do some research on this.

•  David
• 2009年8月14日 21:38

Hmm, I had a look at one site, but it says that "The hives in cholinergic urticaria are classically pin-point in size, less than the size of a mosquito bite." The lumps on my body were huge - at least one or two centimetres across. Anyway, I will keep reading about this. Thanks for the tip.

•  David
• 2009年8月14日 21:41

Hi David,

I'm sorry to hear your skin problem.
I'm not sure but I've heard some news in Hokkaido area that some of moth are large developed.
(北海道の地域で蛾が大量発生しているというニュースを耳にしました。）
I'm not sure exactly whether the news connected to your skin problem or not.
But, when I heard the news it came to my mind.
Please take what I said into considerations.
Take care, David.

•  Kazu
• 2009年8月15日 04:42

>> Thank you Ash!

My pleasure, David.

Ash

•  匿名
• 2009年8月15日 08:45

Hi David

I am sorry to hear about your skin, but I relieved that you were back to normal when you woke up the next morning.

Thank you for your corrections.
>'You took the words right out of my mouth.' This is also the title of a great song by Meatloaf, if you are old enough to remember him!
I know this expression I sometimes hear this phrase from TV dramas. By the way I know Meatloaf by name, so I do not know much about his songs. I might know some songs without knowing his.

>The news came as a bit of shock #惜しい！The news came as a bit of a shock.#
I just wanted to add “a bit of” in “The news came as a shock”, but I still need “a” before “shock” I should be more careful when I make these sentences from now on.

I had a look at the story from the newspaper that you mentioned. It’s interesting and the gopher is sooo cute and photogenic.

Hi Tomo

I bet you are having fun with your family in Nagano.

Hi everyone

How do you spend your weekend?

It seems that there is a fireworks exhibition near my house, because I could hear the sounds of fireworks but I could not see it from my house.

Talk to you soon

•  amo
• 2009年8月15日 20:13

Hi team,
How was your day? It's ‘obon’, so I went to my husband's father's house and visited my husband's mother's grave today.

Kazu, Anne, Amo, thanks for your comments! We had a great time there, but I told a lie about where we were, sorry. I thought I was in Nagano, but it was not Nagano but Yamanashi.(We were in Kiyosato, near Yatsugatake.) Anyway, the stars were amazing. We could see the Milky Way clearly, and I saw two shooting stars!

David, thanks again for your feedback.
＜you can access to the Internet (you can access the Internet)
I knew you don't need 'to' in this case.. Why did I put it? I don't know, but it might be because I wrote it after reading this sentence 'I will have access to the Internet wherever I go'.

1. You can access the Internet.
2. You have access to the Internet.

In No.1 example, 'access' is used as a verb(transitive verb), and you don't need 'to'. In No.2 example, 'access' is used as a noun, and you need 'to', right?

＜You took the words right out of my mouth.
＜tip of the iceberg
I didn't know these expressions.

By the way, when I read your story, I thought it was じんましん. My son got hives because of an allergy to a specific food when he was little. It was eggs, but his allergy is gone now. My sister has a lot of allergies, such as dust, pollen, chemicals, cats and some other animals except dogs, and fish. She has also got hives several times, and she did a patch test at the skin doctor and found out what allergies she had. I think it might be a good idea for you to try it. Anyway, I hope your allergy gets better.

See you soon,

Tomo

PS I checked the article you mentioned. The picture was really lovely! It made me smile as well:)

•  Tomo
• 2009年8月16日 01:10

Hi Tomo,

I'm glad to hear your good story.
Your husband's father must be excited.
As you mentioned, all of Japan are in the middle of Obon now.
I think each family is having a good time with their family.
My sister's family has been visiting to my family with two daughters.
Their acting are more or less socialized so when I saw their act I was glad but also I felt miss.
(彼らは以前にまして大人びた振る舞いをするようになっていて私は彼らの成長を見てなんだか嬉しい気持ちになりました。その反面、よそよそしい態度が少し寂しくもありました。(^_^;)
They are having a good time with their grandfather.

I hope all of you will be a good time.

Kazu

•  Kazu
• 2009年8月16日 05:05

Hi everyone,

I'm going to go abroad.
This is the first sightseeing in Guam on my life.
Everything is new to me, so I'm a little bit nervous but also it is fun to me.
This plan has decided quickly but everything is going well so far.
It might be high cost because of the sightseeing of one person but it can't make it.
Everything is practice for me.
I've heard there are many people who are Japanese in Guam so there is no chance to use English but I want to use English as much as possible to native speaker and I'll have fun.

Kazu

•  Kazu
• 2009年8月16日 15:49

Hi David
This is my first comment.
Nonetheless I will write a little dirty story.
I'm sorry if you and your team offended.

I have a younger relative and he often acts silly.
One night, he was drunk.
On his way home, he couldn't resist the call of nature and he discharged u××××　forward the bush.
At the exact moment, he got intense itchy around his lower abdomen.
He was laughed by everyone but he suffered for a few days.
The cause is a kind of caterpillar, チャドクガ.
It flies the venomous coat when you approach it.

This might not be the same as your case,because you were back to normal the next day.
Whether it is チャドクガ or not, maybe you ought not to approach trees or bushes.

•  annie
• 2009年8月16日 17:42

Thanks Annie - I will bear that in mind!

•  David
• 2009年8月16日 17:54

Hi Kazu,
Are you going to Guam? Wow! Have a safe and wonderful trip!!

Hi Annie,
Welcome to the blog! And don't worry, I enjoyed your first comment;-)

Tomo

•  Tomo
• 2009年8月16日 21:34

Hi Kazu,
Wow! You are going to Guam!
I'm looking forward to your story about the trip!
Have a wonderful time!

Hi annie,
Welcome to the blog! I'm glad to have you with us.

•  Maki
• 2009年8月16日 22:05

David:

>> I will bear that in mind! <<

Don't pee on earthworms!

Ash

•  匿名
• 2009年8月16日 23:27

Hi Kazu,

Wow! That sounds nice.
Enjoy yourself!

Hi Annie,
Nice to have you with us!
Your story was funny. Sorry, I should not laugh at...but... Looking forward to your next comment.

Anne

•  Anne
• 2009年8月16日 23:51

Hi Tomo,Maki,and Anne,

Thank you your comment.
I'll have fun and after this trip I'll write about it here.

Thank you all.

•  匿名
• 2009年8月17日 06:28

Sorry I forgot writing my name.
I'm kazu

•  Kazu
• 2009年8月17日 06:45

Hi David and everyone,

How are you doing? I'm going on a trip with my family, my sister's family, my oldest sister, and my mother tomorrow, and I'll be back on Thursday. I hope the weather is nice.

Have a great week, and see you all soon.

Tomo

PS David, have a lovely time in Hokkaido!

•  Tomo
• 2009年8月17日 23:50