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冬至

今日は冬至も近づいてきたことだし、冬至の話をしたいと思います。

日本では、古くからこの日にゆず湯に入り、冬至がゆやカボチャを食べると風邪をひかないと言われています。うちの家庭でも毎年やっています。

右の図は、かぼちゃの煮つけ。かぼちゃを使った王道料理といえばコレ
です。

作り方は簡単。

①かぼちゃを食べやすい大きさに切る。

②鍋にかぼちゃを並べ、だし、しょうゆ、みりん、砂糖（多めに）入れて

　煮詰める。

③煮汁がなくなって柔らかくなるまで煮ます。

　できあがり★

そしてこちらは、ゆず湯。

お風呂にお湯をためて、その中にゆずを入れるだけです。切って入れてもいいです(*^-^*)

今年の当時は、ジャパニーズスタイルで過ごしてみてはいかがですか？

Last post

Yesterday,I went to Out back,which is Australian restaurant with my friend.



I went to study abroad in Australia with her, so this situation reminds me of that good days vividly.



The menu of this restaurant is all Australian style and also the same size!!



It was too many for us, so we couldn't eat it all.



Especially, the cheese cake is at least twice as large as Japanese one.


Then, I noticed that the time has passed about 1years since my study abroad.

I feel how time filed now.

And,this year will end , and New year will come soon.


I wish we would have good days also next year!!

Good bye~~

My birthday*

I've just turned 21 on December 12th. My brother's also turned 11 on December 1st.
I get 3 whole cakes in December!! yah!! That's why I love December.
On my birthday, I went to Minamichita, Aichi, to do strawberry hunting with my friend. After we ate them, we counted how many calyxes do we have then. I found that I've eaten 50 strawberries! Isn't it too many? and then, we went to the Pacific Ocean and we picked up lovely shells. Salt breeze made me feel good.
That's was great birthday:)

By the way, it's almost the end of year, I cannot believe it. Time moves so fast.
Here is resolutions in 21 years old.

Be positive. Try not to be negative.
Try to do thing that I've never done before.
Kind to others.
Be more mature.
Get a good job.

My friends are busy this time 'cause they have to do job-hunting. It's not good timing to get a job because of huge bankrupts in America. My friends, hang in there!

鍋パ★

ちょっと前、高校の友達と鍋パーティーをしました！
高校の時からめっちゃ仲が良いです★
私は遅れて行ったから、着いたころにはもうみんながお鍋 作ってくれてて、もう食べるだけだった笑　ラッキー♪
もう食べきれなくなるくらい食べた後、残ったスープの中に ラーメンを入れました。これもかなりおいしいんだよ☆ でも本当は私、ご飯と卵を入れて雑炊にするのが一番好き。
お酒も入っていろいろしゃべりました！

話の内容も、悩みも、恋愛もやっぱり高校の時とはもう違ってて、みんな大人になったねぇなんて話をしながら６時間くらいかけてゆっくり飲み、久しぶりにやさしい気持ちになりました(*^ー^*)

社会人になったらこんなにゆっくり時間を過ごせないよね、なんて話しながら敷いてもらった布団に入って就寝しました。しあわせ★

友達にいつもパワーをたくさんもらってます**

誕生日

私の家は７人家族なんだけど、皆揃って冬生まれ!!

なんと、今月１２月はそのうちの３人が誕生日。

それも５日、７日、９日と続くので

毎年この時期になるとかなりの頻度でケーキを食べることになります。笑

昨日は姉の誕生日だったんだけど、姉の用事のため

今日家族揃ってケーキを食べました★

いつになっても誕生日はわくわくするよね!!

来月は私の誕生日なので、お気に入りのお店のケーキが食べたいと

親に頼んじゃいました♪♪

今学期の終わり

今週は期末試験の週です。私は六つの期末試験があります。とても大変ですね。私のミシガンの歴史の試験は日曜日でした。難しかったでも良いグレードをもらったと思います。私の一番難しい試験は言語学の歴史の試験。この試験は金曜日です。私はちょっと恐いです。けれども、家に受ける試験で友達とこの試験を受けられます。

ミシガン州立大学で期末試験の週間に毎日のように夜の十二時に全部の学生はさけびます。これはストレスを少し安心させます。今学期は一度だけ叫びました。

私は期末試験の後でうちに帰ります。ハワイに住んでいますから飛行機でうちに帰ります。とてもうれしいです。妹と弟もうれしいです。ハワイにいる時海に行くだろうと思います。いい天気があるからです。楽しいと思います！

Job hunting

Yestrerday, I went to the event concerning job hunting because I'm a junior now.

I wore a suit and listened to company recruiter saying there.

I'm not used to do that, so was very tired.

Recentry such opportunities are increasing, and I 'm getting busy.


Now I'm interested in travel agency.

That's simply I like to travel, and I think the job is challenging.

When I went to study abroad, I met a Taiwanise woman who works at travel agency.

When she talked to me the story about her job, I feel that she takes enjoyment in her work.

At the same time I got interested in it.

Christmas

Michigan State has christmas break from dec 13 until jan 11 which means that for a whole month there's no school or homework and I am able to go home. Since I live in Hawaii I have to take a plane home and the flight takes about 14 hours. What I dont like about flying home is that not only is the flight really long but I have to watch all my luggage when im in the airport. Additionally, if anything goes wrong, like the plane breaking down resulting in a long layover, i have to make all those reservations myself. I guess that this is an opportunity for me to grow up and learn to take care of things on my own, but still, it would be nice to have someone else there to chat with. 

However, once I get home I plan on having an amazing Christmas break. I will get to spend time with my brother and sister who are growing up so fast. Especially my brother. Hes 12 right now and is getting taller everyday. when i left for school in august he was shorter than me and now my mom told me hes about 3.5 inches taller than me. He wants to go to the movies and do kid stuff so hes looking forward to me coming home. My sister is now a junior in high school and she just wants to go shopping so when i go home i get to drive her around. Im looking forward to seeing my parents as well. I miss them a lot and while im at home i can help them out around the house with cooking and cleaning in addition to doing some of the "soccer mom" duties and shopping. Overall i think it's going to be a great break and Im looking forward to it. 

Teriyaki burger

Do you like Japanese food?


Basiclly, most of Japanese food tastes sweet. We mix soy sause and suger when we cook.


The good example is Teriyaki.

We have Teriyaki burger, yey!!
It tastes sweet, with mayonnaise.
When I was child, every time I go to the Macdnald's, I used to order this one.

If you have time to come Japan, just try it.

Food

What is your favorite food?I really like Sushi and Yakiniku!!It's a Japanese food, so you probably don't know these food very much.

Today, we can enjoy eatting many kind of food.
For example, Chinese food, Italian food, French food and so on.
I also like European food such as hamburger steak, a gratin.
However, I like Japanese food after all because I'm Japanese.

When I was in Australia, I cooked Japanese food ,"Chirashizushi "(It's like Sushi) for my hostfamily.I wanted they to know our culture, but that was so difficult.
Most Japanese prefer to eat rice because it's a staple diet for them, however, Australian culture was differnt from Japan. So, my hostfamily couldn't eat Chirashizushi.

I was surprised and feel sad, but it was interesting finding for me.

ファッション

本格的に寒くなってきて・・・
日本では雪の降っている地域もあるそうです＊＊

この時期の女の子のオシャレって大変!!
オシャレは我慢って言うけれど、
この年にもなると、もうそんな気持ちにもなれません・・・。
可愛さよりも防寒を重視しちゃいます・・・。

今年の流行は、ムートンブーツ、チェック柄、ダルメシアン柄で
町中のお店では同じような服がいっぱい売られてるよぉ!!

私も流行の服をいっぱい買っちゃいました!!
でも、流行の服って来年着れるかとなると・・・どうなんだろうと考えちゃいますね↓

オシャレはお金もかかっちゃうね。

First Date

Christmas is getting close.
I often see Christmas decorations and couple walk down the street recently.
In Japan, most of people spend the Chirstmas day with boyfriend or girlfriend.

We taked about the first date in this week.
Many people said that going to restaurant is the best on the first date, also I think.
In my case, first of all I want to talk a lot about each other ,so I think restraurant is the best place than every other place.

What do you think about that?

Our fabulous trip

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Thanksgiving

So Thanksgiving is coming up in like 2 weeks and I think its going to be a great break from normal school life. 4 whole days of rest with no school, just chilling. However, I will not be with my family this Thanksgiving. It's too inconvenient to fly home and then turn around and fly back and a little too expensive as well. So I might be at my aunt's, however she hasn't officially invited me yet so i might not be there. I'm not 100% positive where I'm going to be but oh well. Thanksgiving food is delicious. Turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie. Im not a real big fan of mashed potatoes or cranberry sauce. And I could do without turkey as well. but i love stuffing and pumpkin pie. The best part about Thanksgiving however is black friday! Shopping shopping and more shopping. Everywhere you go there is a sale and tons of cute stuff to buy. So Thanksgiving will come and go and two weeks later, I'll be on a plane heading home for a month or real relaxation. Can't wait!

もみじ狩り

先週末、もみじ狩りに行ってきました（＾▽＾＊）ちょっと早いかなーとも思ったんだけど、ちょうど良かったみたいでとても綺麗でした！

場所は岐阜県の馬篭（まごめ）と長野県の妻籠（つまご）。７ｋｍしか離れてないのに別々の県にあるのです。どちらも観光地だしやっぱり週末だったから、人もたくさんいてわいわいがやがやという感じで、でも適度な人ごみでよかったなぁ。馬篭の人ごみからちょっと離れて、近くにある滝にも行ってリフレッシュ。そこでものすごい赤く燃えるような紅葉を発見☆

そのあと、妻籠に行って古き良き街並みを堪能し、とろろ入りお蕎麦を食べたよ（＾0＾＊）とっても癒された一日でした！

The things that we want to do on the first date

Obama's win. Are you excited about that?





Today, I would like to talk about relationship.



What do you like your date to go on the first date?

Almost everyone like to go a restaurant in our class (all japanese girls) on the first date.

What about in America?



For me, in this season, I would like to go some famous places of colourd leaves.

I don't like fall very much cause I feel little lonely this time, but going to see colourd leaves is the only one thing that I like.



I'll go to see them next week with my friend in Toyota. I'll upload the photos.

My friends

This weekend, my friends from Tokyo and Osaka came to Nagoya to sightseeing. Actually they are dating, so I felt like awkward little but we are close friends, so it was ok.



First, we went to Osu which has Japanese old style shopping mall and a lot of souvenirs for tourists. After we ate popular Nagoya's Ramen, we went to Nagoya castle.Even though I've lived in Nagoya since I was born, I've never been to Nagoya castle's inside. Nagoya castle is famous for the syachihoko monuments on the top of it. and these are symbol of Nagoya.


We had miso fravour ice cream, which was not taste good.

Finally, we went to center of Nagoya ,called Oasis21. That was pretty sight.
Why don't you come to Nagoya once?

When you come, let me know.

Television

Even though school keeps me very busy, I still find time to watch TV. However, I usually watch episodes of my favorite TV shows on the internet when I have the time. =) My favorite TV show is "Pushing Daisies." It's the story about a man who owns a pie shop. The man, Ned, has a special ability; he can touch something and bring it back to life, but if he touches it for a second time, it's dead forever. In the first episode, we find out that Ned has been using his ability to touch murder victims and find out how they have died. The murder victim of his first episode is his childhood girlfriend, Chuck. He touches Chuck, but allows her to live and then they begin a relationship. Each episode has a mystery murder that must be solved. It is a very cute and entertaining show; if you get the chance, you should watch it.

日本語の授業で日本のポップカルチャーをべんきょうhしました。てづおざむさんとマンガを読みました。マンガが好きでなくても本が大好きです。一番好きな本はハーリポッターです。１０歳の時初めて読みました。空そう文学のくせにゆうかんをはじめ、正しいをすることたか友情を学べます。アメリカで、ハーリポッターは読者とても人気があるようにします。高校生の時、新しいハーリポッターの本をこうかいした、パーティーをしました。夏に新しいハーリポッターの映画をこうかいして幸せです！ハーリポッターの映画を見に行くつもりですか。

Party

Last Friday, the party of my seminar was held at some English pub in Nagoya.
It was firtst time we get together.

The pub was crowded every weekend like club, also that day.
Most of customer were forenign people or office worke who woer suit.

And,we ate English food while talking.
I was very fun because we usually can't speak.

After eating, we went to karaoke.
In Japan, most of people use karaoke as post-party.
we sung Japanese pop music a lot.

It was great day!

もうすぐハロウィン★

だいぶ寒くなってきて、もうすぐすると紅葉が綺麗な季節。楽しみ♪

そして、３１日はお母さんの誕生日！ということはハロウィン！！

ということで、月曜日、うちの学校のスザンヌ先生がお菓子をくれた。

それがカナダでおいしいおいしいって言って食べてた''Reese's’’。

私の友達はReese'sを毎日食べてて５kg太ったけどね。笑　私も大好きなおやつです。

残念ながらReese'sは日本には売ってなくて（キスチョコとかHERSHY'Sは売ってるんだけど）スザンヌはわざわざアメリカから取り寄せてくれたらしい。ものすっごい久しぶりに食べたら涙が出るほど懐かしかった（；＿；）　スザンヌ、ありがとう。

そして去年の写真を整理してたらおもしろい写真を発見したので載せます。これは去年のカナダでのハロウィン。緑のコスチューム来たミトコンドリアの人とかいました。頭が白菜とか。笑

この人たちは仮装して身長２ｍ５０ｃｍくらいあるんだけど、バランスが全然とれてなくてふらふらしててあらゆるものにつかまって歩いてたよ。笑

日本じゃ絶対見れない光景だからすごく楽しかったなー。

また行きたい！！

This Coming November

As October ends, it has become very cold. Riding my bike to class is becoming more and more difficult everyday, but because it's so much faster and cheaper than taking the bus, I stick to it. I'm hoping it will snow, if only to put a pretty picture to the cold air and make it somewhat nicer. I cannot wait to go tubing at Burchfield Park and have spontaneous snowball fights around campus. This semi-fall and semi-winter weather is just plain confusing.
I am very excited about this coming Thanksgiving as I just found out I will be flying to Maryland. Unfortunately, I may have to miss a couple days of Japanese class to do so. I will be spending the vacation with Andrew's family, my future in-laws. It should be both amusing and awkward, as most family meetings tend to be. Wish me luck!

18 Years in the Making

Saturday October 25, 2008 was an amazing day. It started out kinda cold, windy and drizzling, however by 6:45 pm the cold and rain didn't mean very much as the Michigan State Spartans walked away with the W against the Michigan Wolverines. Kickoff was at 3:30pm and so it began. The last time the Spartans won in the Big House was in 1990. The last time they beat Michigan was in 2001. This was a big deal. The 6-2 Spartans stepped onto the field ready to claim the Paul Bunyan Trophy and claim it they did. Going into the half it was tied at 14-14. In the beginning of the third Michigan scored, leading 21-14 in the third until Michigan State tied it up at 21 to end the third. The fourth quarter was all about State. Two more touchdowns clinched the Spartan's victory over the Wolverines for the first time in a long time. This game was a big one, probably the most important one of the entire season and instead of hanging on to last weeks loss against Ohio State, the Spartans sucked it up and stepped up to the plate. The only regret I have about this game is that I was not able to attend such a momentous event in the Big House. So all you Spartans, remember Mike Hart's words from last year, about how Michigan State is Michigan's little brother and remember that little brothers do grow up and when they do, watch out. Cuz in cases such as this one, the little brother grew up better and stronger than his older brother and when payback time came around it was the older brother who fell. It's truly a great day to be a Spartan. GO GREEN!!!!!!!!

大学の問題

これ派は和紙の大学の問題のリスト。相談させて下さい。

１。ルームメートは一番好きな友達。でも、ルームメートの彼は私達のりょうの部屋に住んでいて、いつもテレビを見たりビールを飲んだリ大声で話したりして勉強出来ません。

２。たくさん授業を取っていて宿題がたくさんあって一週間にぐらい午前五時半の後で寝ています。

３。来週はハロウィーンなのにコスチュームはありません。

４。来年りょうかアパートのどちらに住んだ方が良いでしょうか。

５。アルバイトが忙しくて、一週間に十六時間も働いていますが、働き過ぎだと思いますか。

６。春休みに旅行に行きたいんですが、どこかに良い所はないでしょうか。

non verbal communication

Hi^^

This post is kind of homework from last week.

This semester, I'm taking ''Non verbal communication'' class. It's so interesting, and I like it.

Do you know? People judge people if who they are, from the face while they're talking and the quality of voice or jesture . Not from words, the words tell them only 7%.

For example,

There's a woman who waiting her boyfriend on a bench. It's almost 3 o'clock.
They supposed to meet in front of the bench at 3.
In a few minites later, he was coming.
he said ''I'm sorry''
and she said ''It's fine''
but she seems mad.
''Are you mad at me or something?''
''No, that's fine. I don't care at all.''
even though she said that it's fine.
This is non verval communication. interesing, isn't it?

In Japanese culture, people should read other people's feeling all the time. There's some people who don't do it though...

It's sometimes though for me, but I like that part of Japanese culture.

秋

日が落ちるのも早くなって
日本はすっかり秋の季節になりましたぁ★★


食欲の秋とも言うくらいで
私の食欲は半端なく
お菓子やスイーツの誘惑に負けて毎日食べてしまってます・・・(>_<)


そして最近は、休日に映画を観に行くことが多いです♬♪
先週は、「崖の上のポニョ」という映画を観ました。
有名な映画で、今年の夏から上映してるんだけど、
人気だから年末くらいまで上映してるみたい！

なんだか心温まる映画でした♡♡
オススメです★

皆は日本の映画に興味がありますか？？

Cake

Hi~

Today I went to a cafe near my house with my friends.
My town is a little handy because there are many food shops.

We chatted about job hunting and school life over tea.
There were many cakes there, we also ordered a cake.
I love sweets, so was very happy!

By the way, my mother's birthday is coming soon.
I will give somthing by hand to her.

I think I will make a birthday cake.
But I have no idea what cakes should I make.

What kind of cakes do you like?

Can you give me a hand about it ??

Kinmokusei

だんだん寒くなってきたね。食欲の秋。スポーツの秋。読書もいいし、食べ物もおいしい、最高の季節(^▽^*)

秋になると、この時期毎年咲く金木犀（きんもくせい）っていう薄いオレンジ色の花が私は好き♪

とても甘くて優しい香りがする花なんだけど、残念なのが１週間足らずで散ってしまうこと。この時期しか嗅げない、この時期しか見れない貴重な花だから好きなのかも。

ところで、友達が公務員試験に受かって４月から学校を辞めて働くことになったみたい。おめでとーぅ！！の筈なんだけど・・・その子とはたくさん授業がかぶってたから来年から一緒に受けられなくなっちゃうのはすごく残念だなって思う(>_<)

人との出逢いは一期一会（いちごいちえ）だから本当に大事にしていかなきゃなって思った。

私はまだ大学卒業後に何になりたいのかまだ明確な目標がなくて悩む毎日です。。。

とりあえず勉強しよ！読みかけの「プリンセス・ダイアリー」でも読もう(^ω^*)

Hello!

Hi! I'm Mai.

I'm studying International communication at Sugiyama woman's university.

So, I'm interested in English and foreign culture very much.



In this spring vacation, I went to Australia to study English for 2 month.

I could go to the tourist attraction such as Gold Coast and Fraser Island with my friends.

It was a precious memory.

I have 2 part-time job, clothes shop and Japanese bar.

Each job is hard, but I'm pleased about them.

Hi!!

Hi everyone(*^▽^*) How's it going?
I'm Sakura,(it means cherry blossum in Japanese) and I'm in Sugiyama Univ 2nd grade.
I'm majoring in International communication, I'm studying English and French. I love studying languages, cause it's fun. I'm also interested in Korean, I totally don't understand it yet though.
I've lived in Canada, Vancouver last year for about 9 month stydying English. Then, I've been to Rocky mountains, and these mountains coverd with snow on the top were soooo beautiful !! If I have time, I'll go there again.

I like taking photos and listening to music, especially the songs by Avril Lavigne.
Watermelons is my favorite fruit. White and Pink are my favourite colours.

Anyway, Nice to see you on this blog^^

Sakura

私の研究

今日は！私の名前はセブンです。 ミシガン州立大学の大学院生です。私は文化的人類学を学びます。今、私は日本のおおかみについて研究を勉強します。特に日本でおおかみのふたたびどうにゅうです。このトピクがとても面白くて楽しいです。いつも、私はおおかみが大好きですから。それに、色々な日本の宗教を勉強します。例えば、ぶっきょうとしんとうの関係も面白いです。でも、お金がないので、私はまだ日本に行きません。来年の夏休みに日本に行けるといいんですが。よろしくお願いします！

ひじめまして！

私の名前はサラです。ミシガン州立大学の三年生でせん門はれきしです。大学の後、はく物館で働きたいです。好きなスポーツはテニスをしてアメフトを見ます。旅行が大好きです。２００６年、シドニに行って、２００７年日本で英語を教えに行きました。ヨ-ロッパに行きたいです。音楽も好きです。一番好きな音楽はクラッシクとジャズです。それから、クラリネットとピアノをひけます。よろしくお願いします。：）

はじめまして

私の名前はメリッサです。ニューメキシコ州からきましたが、今ミシガン州立大学の学生です。まだ一年生ですから、家族から離れることは寂しいですが、大学は楽しいだと思います。毎週、両親と妹に電話をかかります。専攻は遺伝学ですけど、生物学だけでなく、言語学や日本語の授業も取っています。日本語３０１の授業を取るのは、高校生の時、日本語の授業を取ったからです。日本語の先生以外、日本人と日本語で話したことはないですから、このブロッグに参加してみようと思いました。よろしくお願いします。

はじめまして

私の名前は明美です。私はミシガン州立大学の二年生です。私の専門は歴史と言語学で私は高校の先生になりたいです。今学期、十九のクレデトを受けているからたくさんひまはありません。しかし、MSUのアメフトとバスケットの切符がありますが毎週ルムメートと試合いにいっています。私は毎日のようにfacebookをチェクして妹にメサジを出しています。時々、facebookを使っているから遅くまで宿題を始めません。私の一番大好きなスポーツはレスリングとアメフトです。音楽も大好きです。私の一番好きなアメリカのグループはない、全部好きです。でも、一番好きな日本の歌は”上を向いて歩こう”です。小学校にいた時この歌をよく歌いました。又、”世界に一つだけの花”がすきです。