Category Archives: Daily Sketch

彼のお祖母さんはイースターの夕食のために彼の家族と私を誘いました。お祖母さんはお祖母さんがしちめんちょうを好まないのに、とろろいもとスターフィングとしちめんちょうを調理しました。やさしいですね！私達が来る前に、お祖母さんは寿司を食べました。：D

My boyfriend’s grandma invited us over for Easter dinner on Sunday.  She’s so sweet — she made yams, stuffing, and turkey, even though she doesn’t like turkey.  😀  She ate sushi before we came over.

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As in my first post I mentioned I’m a terrible writter.  Though I’ve been immersed in English for 27 years I haven’t yet grasped it well enough to use it as an effective means for communication.  Because of this quandary I’ve been reluctant to post here at regular intervals.  But then after some thought I’ve come to realize no one will probably read this anyway, so it’s really all the same if I wrote a masterpiece or just wrote three pages of "Nate Rocks".  Actually I’m not really doing this of my on accord.  I’m doing this because Michiko ordered me to do it and being that I’ve been in the military for the last seven years I’m not one to argue with orders.  Anyways cya tomorrow…or more likely the day after that. Continue reading →

God is doing many amazing things here on Maui with young musicians.  We started the first Maui Youth Philharmonic Orchestra in October 2005.  This is history for Maui and the state of Hawaii as there has never been a Youth Orchestra beyond Honolulu.  Our first concert will be on Wednesday, April 26, 2006 at Baldwin High School Auditorium. 

Also, The Kamehameha Schools Maui Orchestra (the only strings program in the County of Maui) was accepted to perform in Carnegie Hall in New York…June 2, 2007.  This is a wonderful blessing for us, truly a gift from God. The students and parents are excited so we will have a busy year ahead.

Personally, I’m busy, busy, busy.  I’m still trying my best to commute to perform with the Honolulu Symphony.  We just did a concert with violinist Chee Yun yesterday.  I love her sound.  More concerts coming up this week and next. 

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Learning new things is the key to keeping an active, young brain, body and soul. Change is hard, but it is also important in the mix. Both Chad and I are becoming involved in new things. Chad is beginning to train as a boat mechanic, and I am going to begin teaching on-line. It is all frightening and exciting at the same time. That is the key, I think, to the growth and learning that occurs at these moments. I feel alive in the springtime! Continue reading →

最近，白いカレーが発売されたので，買って作ってみた｡
感想は・・・ふつう。味はふつうのカレー｡白いのにカレー味なので不思議な気分になる｡

そういえば，ハワイではダイアナさんにゴールデンカレーを作ったなぁ｡
ダイアナさんは元気なのでしょうか？人をやさしく包み込むあの包容力，ステキな笑い声，大きなメガネ・・・なつかしい。

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　ブログに載った素晴らしい写真のお陰で、いながらにして、今年の日本のさくら風景を楽しむことができました。

　そのお礼の意味で、裏庭のプラムの花が満開になりましたので、ご覧いただきます。

　プラムの日本語訳は「梅」ですが、木は梅の姿で、花は桜色といったぐあいです。花が咲き終わると赤紫の葉が秋の終わりまで茂ります。

　花を背景にすると、日常見慣れた小鳥達もうってかわって映えて見えるのは、“いとおかし”。 Continue reading →

職場のバレーボールチームはもっと女性が必要ですので、このシーズン、私は同僚と一緒にバレーボールをします。でも、二年ぐらい運動をしていないんだけど！ヒャー！
　
Since my work’s volleyball team needs more women, I’m going to play with them this season.  I don’t think I’ve exercised in two years, though!  Ack!

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　先日，みんなで花見とバーベキューへ。肉好きの私としてはたまらない。肉を食べたり，河に向って「河の流れのように｣を歌ったり，みんなで自転車こいだり｡　すばらしき青春｡

　普段，若者らしからぬテンションなので，このような若者らしいことをすると自分に酔ってしまいそうになる。それ以前に，酒に酔っているのだけど。

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日曜日、中国系の家族と一緒にぼちに行きました。後で、ビュッフェで昼食を食べました。私達のほとんどは一時間の内に、食べ終わりました。しかし、やせている叔父さんは二時間食べていました！

I went to the graveyard with my Chinese relatives this Sunday, and afterwards we went out to lunch.  We ate at a buffet, and most of us were done within an hour or so, but my skinny uncle kept eating for two hours!

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kinyoubi no asa watashi ga Hawaii ni kaerimashita. Nihon no saigo no hi Hiroshima –> Shin Osaka–> Shinagawa–> Narita kuukoo shikansen de ikimashita. ato de Hawaii ni kimashita. tsuita toki totemo tsukareteimashita. kon shuu kaigun shigoto ni ikana kereba narimasen deshita. isogashi ku nai node watashi ha shiawase desu.

On my last day in Japan I went from Hiroshima –> Shin Osaka–> Shinagawa–> Narita airport by the shinkansen. After that I flew back to Hawaii. I was very tired when I arrived. This weekend I had to go to my Navy job. I am very happy that I am not very busy here at work.

sen shuu sore kara jibun no onaka ha mata sukoshi warui desu. demo kon kai onaka no choushi ga chigaimasu. moshi ashita ha watashi no onaka yoku narimasen, ashita shigoto ato de ishasan ni ikana kereba narimasen.

Since last week in Japan my stomach has been sick again. This time the condition is different than before. If my stomach doesn’t get better by tomorrow, I will have to go see a doctor after work.

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