My Type

My type of girls is one who is single-minded and pure.

I wanna do a variety of things and go to many places with her.
Since I like going out, climing mountains, cycling, fishing, and taking a walk with her look really exciting to me. However, I also want to try what she likes such as shopping, cooking and watching movies.

Yeah, that's it.

Unusual Culture

The most unusual custom I've ever seen is Brazilian way of greeting.
When Brazilian people see their acquaintances, they often press their cheek on each other and make lip sound.
When I went to Brazil about five years ago, My host mother did me that, which surprised me a lot. People in Brazil can make lip sound very well. It's like the sound we make when we kiss. I couldn't understand how to make it well at all.
During my stay in Brazil, I realized that different culture can lead to misunderstanding.
Let me tell you what I experienced when I leave Brazil.
When I said good-bye to my friends in Brazil, a girl came up to me and then she pressed her cheak on mine and made a lip sound. I mistakenly believed that she loved me and I was about to kiss her cheak haha
After all, what she did was just a brazilian way of greeting.

If I could add one custom to Japanese culture, it would be hugging as Kevin said in his blog.
Hugging among family and friends give us happiness and joy. In addition, Patch Adams,who I really admire tells us how important it is to hug each other when we get sick.
I hope huging will wide-spread in Japan in the future.

Technology

What technology is most important in my life?
Well, they are computers.

First of all, they enables for us to get information much more easily than ever before. Imagine you were a college student in 1970's. If you had to get information for your college assignment, how would you get it? Well, you might go to the library and look for some books that contain necessary information. This would take much time. College students today,on the other hand, can get necessary information easily by using computers. They only have to use the Internet in order to get it.

Secondly, we can communicate with people all over the world whenever we want. Before computers were invented, we can only communicate with them by letters or telephone, which cost a lot. These days,however, we can keep in touch with them for almost free thanks to e-mail, skype and so on.

Without computers, my life would become difficult. I would have to spend much time looking for information for my assignment in the library. In addition, missing my favorite TV drama would make me more disappointed because I couldn't watch it until the drama's DVD released.

Anyway, computers undoubtedly play an important role in my life.

My Summer Vacation

Hi everyone !

How are you going? I hope everything is going well with you.

Today I'm going to talk about my first summer vacation.

If my friends ask me what I did during my summer vacation, I will answer "camping. That's it."

Above all ,I went caming for about a month! （August　3rd ~31st）

I had a wonderful time with children and my friends.

During summer camps, I enjoyed a lot of things with them such as cooking a variety of dishes,playing in the river, and camp fire.

There were a lot of nature around the camp cite. I was impressed by many stars in the sky, fireflies.

I lead a leisuirely life during summer camps.
There were no TV, cellphone, and computer.
I didn't have to care anything about my daily life.
All I did was to play with children , clean our camp cite , enjoy delicious dishes for free and laugh laugh and laugh.

Anyway, my first summer vacation was great.
Though it passed like an allow for me, I'm really looking forward to fall semester at K.G..

What I want to bring with me!!

What should Japanese people bring with them when they stay with a family living abroad?

Well, you might think about bringing some traditional things like origami and kendama with you.

To my surprise, however, something we take for granted can please foreigners.

Let me tell you what I experiensed when I was a high school student.

An Australian boy once stayed at my house for about two weeks .
I went to many places with him and his friends such as shopping center and game center.
At first , I thought they liked traditional Japanese culture but later I realized they are more interested in modern Japanese culture.

Some of them liked "calpis" and "pocky" while others a variety of Japanese anime.

I didn't know that "calpis" and "pocky" were too expensive, 3000yen, in their country .

I was also surprised that they knew much more about Japanese anime than me.
They looked to me as if they were "otaku" in Akihabara.

So, I want to bring not only traditional things but also more modern things with me when I go abroad and stay at my host family's house.

LOVE

Many people believe that love is the most important thing.

Of course, love plays an important role in our life. However, we can hardly tell what love is to others.

There are many kinds of love such as family love and lovers love, which makes it difficult for us to define the word "love".

Actually, I am not sure how to love others.
However, I know LOVE exists around us.

I wanna think about what I can do for others during my college life.

My favorite.....

My favorite musician is Billy Joel.

Do you know him??

He is an American rock singer.

Some of his songs such as "Pianoman" and "Honesty" are famous in Japan.

When I was in my last year in high school and prepared for college entrance exams, I often listened to his songs. This encouraged me a lot.

I have two favorite songs.

One is " Pianoman".

In the beginning of the song, he plays the harmonica.

I liked this part very much and practiced the harmonica very hard.

Now I can play it .

The other is "My life"

The words in this song are good!!

" I don't need you to worry for me cause I'm allright.

I don't want you to tell me it's time to come home.

I don't care what you say anymore. this is my life.

Go ahead with your own life leave me alone."

Whenever I listen to the song, it tells me that what is important is not what other people think about you but what you are .

Though Billy is much older than me, he looks powerful and really cool to me.

I want to be a grandpa like him in the future.

If you have a chance, listen to his songs.

What I think these days・・・・

It's about two months since I entered college.
I think about my college life these days.


My favorite song is "1001 violins" by Blue hearts
" I wanna do a lot of enjoyable things with a big eraser like Himaraya mountain.
I wanna do a lot of exciting things with a big pen like a missile in my hand."


I intend to spend every day happily like this song because I have only four years to enjoy it.

If I want to enjoy my life, it's no use waiting for something to occur.

What is important is to take as many actions as I can.

Before I entered this college, I had to study for many hours every day
to prepare for college entrance exams.

I could hardly do what I wanna do during that time.
I sometimes felt nervous about my exams.

But now, I don't have to worry about it anymore.


College students tend to worry about lacking of time.
However, we can feel happy if we make a little effort in everyday life.

Even though I have some difficulties such as handing in reports ,preparing for quizes
and thinking about studying abroad,
I can do what I wanna do now: meet good friends every day
do my best in my volunteer ativity, go to lunch with my friends,
study what I like and so on.
Every day is really enjoyable.

I will have some difficulties in my college life.
But I don't worry.
Just do my best. That's it.

SOUP-BO !

My favorite restaurant is Soup-Bo, a Korean food restaurant.
It is in Kobe Motomachi.

You can enjoy various soups such as "kimuchi soup" and " inaka-yasai soup."


Do you worry that all the soups in the restaurant are too hot for you?

No, you don't have to.

There are some soups that is not hot at all, too.

Of course,all the soups are delicious!

What is good about the restaurant is that you can ask waitress to bring rice for free again and again. I'm sure you can get full if you take lunch in the restaurant.


Also, you can enjoy K-pop in the restaurant.
I sometimes listen to famous J-pop sung in Korean.


Once you go to the restaurant, you can't help going there again.

If you wanna enjoy Korean food, Go to Soup-Bo.

Then you can understand why it attracts people so much.

Big ! Coffee ! Soccer !

Every thing is big there !! - big farms, big plains and big meats served in restaurants.
Many People living there are cheerful and funny. They like dancing, party and soccer.

Can you guess where it is??















Yeah ! That's right.

Brazil!!!



I went to Brazil as a ambassador of goodwill when I was a junior high school student.
I stayed with Japanese-Brazilian family for about two weeks.

At first, I hardly knew about Brazil but later I realized how wonderful country it is.
I was also surprised at many things during my stay in Brazil.

Let me tell you about what I experienced there.

I went to a restaurant to have lunch with my friends.
It was a kind of " yakiniku" restaurant.
I orderd some beef.


Before long, a waiter came to us with very big meat!!!
It was about one meter, which surprised me a lot.

I also liked people there very much.

Every time I saw them, they talked to me and made me laugh.
They looked really happy all the time.

We often sang songs , danced, played soceer and laughed laughed and laughed .

I was always happy being with them. I can never forget wonderful days in Brazil.


I wanna visit there again someday.
If you wanna meet people living there, why not?
Let's go together !!

I love TK !!

My hometown is Takaoka located in Toyama prefecture,north part of Japan.
I like it very much in many ways.

First of all, life in my hometown is really relaxing.
It is more quiet than big cities. So, I don't have to worry about loud noise.
Also, there is a river and mountain near my house.
When I go back to my hometown,I sometimes go there to enjoy nature.
I used to slide hills by using cardboard when I was a boy.
In winter, we can enjoy winter sports such as skiing, snowboarding and "sori",sled.

Secondly, food in my hometown is delicious.
It is famous for delicious fish and kombu.
I used to enjoy eating crabs my grandfather's friend gave him for free.
They were so yummy!!
I also like "buri daikon" my grandmother cooks.

Finally, the carnival in my hometown called "shishimai",lion dance, is really exciting!!
We practice "shishimai" a lot with people living in the same town before the carnival.
Adults teach young people how to dance "shishimai".
Young people learn how to dance it better from them.
On the carnival day, we walk around our neigborhood and dance "shishimai".
Everyone feels excited this day.
I love this carnibal because I can feel as if I am a "omatsuri-otoko".

That's why I really like my hometown.
If you have a chance, visit there.
I'm sure you will have a good time there!!

I have a dream....

My dream is to make smiley someone in the world.

I've heard that there are many people in the world who cannot drink clean water and eat enough food to live.
Also, I once read in the news paper that many children living in developing countries cannot go to school though they really want to.
This situation makes me think a lot.

I want to help people in developing countries enhance quality of their life.
There are many people who are making great efforts to help people in developing countries.
For example, some Japanese teach local people how to dig a well and others built school for children.
They look really cool to me.
I believe it will also lead to my own happiness to make someone feel happy.

At college, I'll learn many things so that I can look at things from various points of view.
If we really want to help someone in hardship, we should not only give them some money or food but teach them our skills.
we also have to understand their culture.
So, I would like to think about what I can do for people through studying in college.

My Best Teacher

I have admired " Da-rin", my volunteer club's leader, since I was a high school student.
I think he is my teacher though he is a volunteer club's staff.
Without him, I would be different from what I am now.

I joined my volunteer club and met him first when I was in my second year in high school.
At first, I was afraid of him because he was much older than me but later I realized he was really kind and funny.

He often tells jokes and makes me laugh.
Also, he always gives me advice about camp and children.

The best thing I learned from him is how important sense of humor is.
When a child get injured and cry, he always tells them jokes and makes them laugh.


In addition, he made me realize how important it is to express my feelings to others.
Before I met him, I was really shy and poor at expressing my feelings.
He often told me I had nice character and really funny, which encouraged me a lot.
Thanks to him, I gradually learned to express my feelings to others.

Now I see him once or twice a week.
Every time I see him, I can't help laughing.
I wanna be like him in the future.

My First Impression Of College Life

College life is really exciting!

Firstly, there are much more people than my high school.
I can meet stranger and make friends with them every day!

Secondly, we can learn whatever we want at college.
I really like this system because it is similar to that of Harry Potter's school, Hogwarts.

Finaly, we can enjoy a lot of things, which is not true of high school.
We can go to restrants called "gakusyoku" , convenience stores, or coffee shops
when we get hungry.
We can read many kinds of books and even can enjoy movies in the library!
So, I feel as if every day is carnival at college.

I would like to make good friends and try many things in my college life.