Guess what ! ! ! !

I got a passport today!

I'm so excited because I got a passport today!

It means "I can go anywhere!" WOOOOOW!!
Am I crazy? Who cares?
It is a first passport for me! Can you believe I can go anywhere?
I cannot wait to go to America!

She is a cute dog with a boy's name :)

My friend Yuma came home to see his family and friends from Tokyo.
He saw me to give me a lot of pictures.

This is the most favorite picture which he gave me.

He took this picture about a year ago.
This is Yuma's dog who is called Edy.
You think this dog is a boy, right?
NO! She is a GIRL!
I don't know why she has a boy's name...
I asked Yuma about her name before.
But he didn't know why she has a boy's name too.

Hey friends! I wanna know popular names with dogs in your country.
What do you think? What is your doggie's name?

The day before the beginning of spring.

Today is the day before the beginning of spring.
We have a traditional event today.
We scattered the parched soy beans to drive out bad luck.

When I was a little, my teachers appeared in the likeness of a damon/ogre in a preschool.
And we(students and some teachers) aimed the parched soy beans at the teachers as we said "Oni wa soto! Fuku wa uchi!"
It means that we hope good luck come on in, bad luck and damon/ogre go away.
Some teachers with damon/ogre uniforme was very scary and ugly.
They scared us very much!

Damon/ogre scare people.

You can get the parched soy beans and a damon/ogre mask at a store.

Stolen my car!

My car was stole by Anna!
She drove my car to go to a book store with me.
110! (It is the phone number of the police station.)

I visited her to give the cosmetic which she wants after work.
And she asked me "What are you doing tonight?"
I said "I am going to the book store which you really like."
She wanted to come with me.

When I was waiting for her, Brian called me.
And I was waiting for her as I talked to Brian.
She said to me something.
But I could not listen well because I was talking to Brian.
It seemed that she wanted to get my keys.
I thought "She will open my car for me. She is kind!"
(I had talked to Brian.)
Somehow, she walked to the driver's seat and got on.
I thought she got on the driver's seat as a joke.
She made my car start.
You know...she drove my car without Japanese driver's license.
I shouted for help because I was scared.

In Canada, you drive on RIGHT side.
In Japan, we drive on LEFT side.
In Canada, you sit LEFT side.
In Japan, we sit RIGHT side.
AND the streets are very narrow in Japan.

I said to her "I believe you." but she said "Don't believe me." with a smile.
I'm sure it is the most scary occurrence in 2007.
She made my life shorter, hehehe :)

Spirited Away

I watched "Spirited Away" on TV today.

Liz had talked to me about this movie before.
(Liz is a big fan of Studio Gibuli.)
But I had never watched it.

I was watching as I ate a snack.
I couldn't keep eating when I watched it.
Because It drew me from start to finish!

This story is too difficult to explain.
Because it is composed of Japanese ideas.

You can get some information here.(Click here!)

Spirited Away (Japanese version)

Spirited Away (English version)

Learning new words

I have been sick for two weeks...

I think I had a really bad stomach virus.
And some of my friends too.
Does this virus spread in Japan? ...I don't know.
I went to the hospital to have an injection. It helped me :)

I have not had a fever and stomachache since I had an injection.
But I still have a cough. That's all! I will be super soon :)

By the way, I have watched some movies and read some books lately because I could not go out.
"50 first dates" is the most favorite movie which I have watched lately.
Have you ever watched it? It is love story in Hawaii.
I have never been to Hawaii.
But the images and the music in this movie made me feel Hawaii :)

I got some new words from my friends!

1, Guess what
-I got this word from Damien.
After that, I said to Steve and Tiffany "I got a new word!"
They said "What?" I said "Guess what!"
They said "What??" I said "Guess what!"
They said "What???" We repeated 2 times. It was funny :)

2, hypothetical
-I got this word from Damien.
After that, I said to Steve and Tiffany, Anna "I got new word!
But I forgot about it... H,Y,......C,A,L" They thought about
this word. It was like a quiz. Tiffany got an answer!

3, G'day mate!
-I got this word from Steve.
He taught me about difference of British and American, Canadian,
Australian accents.
It seems that when I speak British English, I have to stand with
a straight back. And act politely with a stick :) hehehe.
It seems that Australian English is very casual.

I learned English from conversation with my friend and songs in English.
So maybe I learned BAD words sometimes.
When I cannot find the words in my dictionary, I ask my friends about them.
And it seems that I make them annoy with the questions.
Sorry, Steve and Tiffany, Anna!