Hi David,

Thank you for your feedback.

>The striker "Honda" is incredibly skilful.
I think so too, and he is kind a cute ;-)
>Where does he play his club football?
He plays in Russia, and his club is CSKA Moscow.

I went for a drink with my friend, and I am a bit of drunk. I am sleepy, so I should go to bed.

•  amo
• 2010年6月26日 00:06

Hi David,

Glad to hear you got copies of your new book.
>It was really interesting→You mean you had a great time at the 製本会社or the way to Ena was great? Anyway, I guess you enjoyed the way to Ena; green leaves are beautiful and scenery is nice.

Thanks for your feedback. Actually, I noticed I made a mistake after posting my comment and reading amo's one.
I often seem to write " a good news" when I don't pay attention to my writing so much; I don't know why, but "a good new" comes first as a set and it's the same pattern as "you seems."
"news" is uncountable word, you can't say"a good news",right? I need to keep this in mind.

By the way, I read the book by 松宮かしこsan" you mentioned last week and aside whether I agree with he philosophy or not, her enthusiastic attitude towards her children is amazing. If I would raise my children again, I don't think I could live my life that way.( ←　Does the usage of "aside" make sense here? I meant to say, '彼女の考えに賛成かどうかは別として.')

I guess you are heading for Suzuka to help Tonari-san at the moment. It's raining and isn't the best condition for racing but I hope you have a great time at Suzuka.
Say hell to Tonari-san! I hope it will not rain tomorrow and the racing on Sunday goes well.

Hi amo,
You seem to have had a great time with your friend! Sleep tight and have a relaxing weekend!

Hi everyone,
I went to bed last night because, as you know, I was sooo sleepy.

Have a nice weekend,

Anne

•  Anne
• 2010年6月26日 07:29

it's me again.
訂正；
"he philosophy" should be "her philosophy."

•  Anne
• 2010年6月26日 07:36

I'm at Suzuka, and the weather is terrible! This will be the first time Tonari san has ridden his new bike in the rain. It's not much fun racing in the rain, but he is a very smooth rider, so he should do well. Qualifying iis at 1.40. I'll let you know how it goes.
By the way, Anne, it was the factory that was interesting. I didn't really understand how the books were made before, so I learnt a lot.

•  David
• 2010年6月26日 13:09

Hi everyone
I haven't posted any comments for a couple of days because of PC's malfunction.
This kind of things happen often at my house.
Because 3boys are constantly fighting for their turns to use PC.
They are into online game.
Once, my second and third insisted that next is their turn and they were pulling the mouse.
And "Snap" the mouse was pulled off.

Hooray! Samurai Japan did it.
Their performance was so outstanding.
Their achievements gave us courage.
We can overcome any difficulty if we have a will.
I heard several fans jumed in the Doutonbori River
after Japan won the game.
Similar incidents happened when Hanshin Tigers won several years ago.
Hanshin fans threw the Colonel Sanders doll into the same river, luckily he was rescued recently.
I assume the people who jumed in the river are Osakan(大阪人）since the river is in Osaka.
I think we, 大阪人 are such a crazy folks.

Hi David
Too bad, the weather is terrible for the race.
I hope you will have a great time in Hokaido next week.
Looking forward to hearing about your stay there!

•  Fumie
• 2010年6月26日 15:29

訂正
Colonel Sanders doll ×
Sanders life-size statue○
日本語に引っ張られるとついまちがってしまいます。

　Fumie

•  Fumie
• 2010年6月26日 15:43

Tonari san's qualifying got stopped halfway through because someone's bike was leaking oil, and it left a trail all the way around the circuit. It took the circuit officials about an hour to clean it up. Tonari san qualified in 15th place, but he was getting faster and faster, so I think he will do well tomorrow.

•  David
• 2010年6月26日 18:30

Hi David and everyone,

Are you having a good weekend?

Fumie, I do remember the story a lot of Osakans jumped into the river and again I saw on TV some person jumped into the river after Japan won the game!

>it was the factory that was interesting.→I see, so you haven't seen the process of making books so far,have you? Me neither. That sounds interesting.
Sorry to hear about Tonari san's qualifying getting stopped halfway. Leaking oil? It's really scary,isn't it?
By the way, I got your new book yesterday. Thanks! As you mentioned, I like the color of the English version. To say nothing of its cover, of course, I like the content itself,too!
When I was volunteering the checking, I thought," It is very useful for English learners to understand each explanation 《in English》． It helps you(me) to explain something in English and to expand your(my)vocabulary." Of course, the book is focused on improving your (my) English same as the book"英語じょうずになる事典." Oh, I forgot to mention one more thing. Each sentence is not that difficult ,simple and easy to understand. For me, this is an very important factor I like this book.
Everyone,
I hear if you are interested in it, you can get on the web.

At the moment, I'm rather into watching the football game, and I can't miss tonight's game between England and Germany.
As you know, Japan beat Denmark and got in the final 16 of the World Cup. To tell the truth, I had hoped so, but before the World Cup, I presumed Japan was not likely to proceed to the second final. But I was wrong. It was a good surprising result.

Bye for now,

Anne

•  Anne
• 2010年6月27日 16:26

Hi David and Everyone,

How was your weekend? It was rather hot here during the weekend and yesterday the sky was clear and I saw a lunar eclipse. It was very beautiful and mysterious. I hear that it was seen only in Tohoku and Hokkaido, because the weather wasn't nice in other areas. Another chance will come in December again.;-)

David, thank you for your feedback! I made a mistake about 仕事で忙しい many times. I used "for" instead of "with". I should be more careful about that.
By the way, how was the presentation? Hope it went well. Do you know how Tonari san's race was going on?

Anne, I'm also really into watching the Wold Cup, and I'm going to watch the game:Germany vs England, tonight. I hope I can stay up at least during the first half. As you said, Japan seemed to be difficult to advance to the second round, because they lost all four games before the World Cup. Anyway, I'm happy for them and hope they will proceed to the best 8 at the moment!;-)

Bye for now,

Maki

•  匿名
• 2010年6月27日 21:26

Hi Anne,

Thank you for your words. I had a good time and I hadn’t seen him for a long time, so it was a nice reunion.

Hi David,

How was your presentation today? I bet you did a good job ;-)
I also hope that Tonari san did well today.

Hi everyone,

I went to the movies with my friends, but don’t ask me what I watched.
It was not good than I had expected :-(

Hi Maki and Anne,

I am writing this comment and watching the game: Germany vs. England. I like both countries, so I thought I would not be on the edge of my seat. I am wrong because I find myself that I am cheering England.

Take care

•  amo
• 2010年6月28日 00:40

correction

I thought I would not be on the edge of my seat.

→I did not think I would be on the edge of my seat.

Have a nice day,
amo

•  amo
• 2010年6月28日 08:48

Hi David,
Congratulations on your new book! I hope the presentation on Sunday went well and Tonari san’s racing too.
Thank you very much for the feedback, the points that you picked up are really helpful for me.
1.I didn’t even notice that “news” is an uncountable word, I kept using ”a good news” &”a bad news”, if you haven’t mentioned it, I don’t know how many terrible mistakes I will make!
2.仕事で忙しい,I made the same mistake as Maki, using “for” instead of “with”, I will remember this too.

Hi Maki,
You saw the lunar eclipse?! Lucky you!

Hi Amo,
You cheered England before you knew it? That’s an interesting feeling.
I learned a new word from you “on the edge of my seat”, thank you!

•  Ling
• 2010年6月28日 10:06

Hi David and everyone,

Are you one the way to Hokkaido? Thank you for your feedback and showed a real example of the use of "be impressed with". That was a real help!

By the way, honestly, I got a bit disappointed to know you'd decided it was not a good idea to do detailed feedback every week because I was always looking forward to it. Also, your detailed feedback had given me some motivation to write here. Now, I think I should change my mind. It's high time I definitely started to be an English hunter myself. I'll follow your way, anyway. Have a great time in Hokkaido! Look forward to your travel journal.

Everyone, some of you seem to be watching the World Cup every night. You have as great guts as players. I'm happy I'll be able to see the next game of Paraguay and Japan at the real time. (by the way, I'm still confused about one of rules "offside") Let's enjoy it tomorrow, shall we?

•  tsuneko
• 2010年6月28日 11:34

↑　Are you ON the way to Hokkaido?

•  tsuneko
• 2010年6月28日 11:42

Hi Ling,
I was wondering the same thing why David's books are sold in Miyazaki.

Hi Anne,
I also got the book via Internet, but I prefer browsing book stores like you. Then if I find a nice book, I'd like to buy it.

Hi David,
You must have happiest time in Hokkaido. I wish I were there.

Hi Cameron,
Nice to meet you. Many people asked many questions, so I'd just like to read the first comment.
Would you send it to us again if the Internet problem occures.

•  Carrie
• 2010年7月 7日 11:00