ChanomiTalk

Today we practiced reading my short story 5 times. We also practiced the difference in recognizing れ, ろand り,い and わ, れ. There are subtle differences. We also practiced answering various questions; focusing on the most polite way to ask a questions. We then reviewed arimasen vs. dekimasu.

昨日美智子先生と一緒にシュライナーズホスピタルでバイオリンを演奏させていただきました。普段人前で演奏する機会がほとんど無いので緊張しました。ウクレレでも一曲「Smile」を弾かせていただきましたが、完全に暗譜してアイコンタクトをしながら弾ける様になりたいものです。

Today, my violin student Mr. Osamu Takagi and I visited Shriners Hospital for concert for patients and staff.

After the performance, we taught some phrases in Japanese.
They all enjoyed. Thank you!

Hello everyone,

We’d like to announce a new facebook page that we made called Chanomi Talk. This is going to be a place where all the haiku that the NACOS community produces will be gathered and shared. We still want you to post your poetry here at nacosnagaya.org, but it will also appear there. In addition, there will be “challenges” and “contests” for you to respond to. If you are able, please include a photo with your poem to enhance and illustrate your meaning.

However, please bear the following in mind! We don’t want you to be discouraged from writing if you aren’t sure whether you’re doing it right or not. The most important thing is that you enjoy what you write. Please keep contributing no matter how bad you think your work is. We think poetry is beautiful no matter what. With that said, please view the following ‘challenge’ not as a competition against other people but as a personal goal to attain. If you have any questions, please ask them in the comments section of this post.

Haiku Challenge 1

– Write a haiku poem in English that includes juxtaposition –

Traditionally, haiku include two parts separated by a breaking point called a “kire”. The two parts come together to form an image, and the relationship of the two parts is what makes the haiku interesting. In English, we call this sort of thing “juxtaposition”.

The challenge for this week is to think of an image and then choose two things in that image to become the two parts of your poem. One part should occupy two lines, while the other should occupy one. I’ll start us off:

under the sky
a cold windswept night
the moon seems hot

elements: cold night (2 lines) + bright moon (1 line)

過って、人類を行動面からみて農耕型と狩猟型の２型に大別する説が出されました。農耕型は、定住する、すなわち先祖代々同じ場所に住む、大家族、これは植え付け収穫に人手が必要なためで、どちらかといえば保守的、自然を崇拝する、といった特徴があり、一方、狩猟型の特徴は、獲物を追って移動する、食料の量に制限があるため小家族、革新的、自然変革を躊躇しないといったところです。

近隣の犬を見ていて以上のような農耕型と狩猟型を思いだしました。というのは、家はこの辺りの主要道路２本の交差点にあり、自然、飼い主と散歩する犬を多く見かけますが、それらの犬の行動をみていると、犬達も２型に分けられるようです。飼い主の傍につき飼い主の歩調に会わせて歩く型と、飼い主の歩調には全く注意を払わず忙しく動き回る型の２型で、私流に前者を勤労型、つまりソリを引いたり、羊の群れの番をしたりと働く犬、つまり一定の規則に沿って行動する犬に対し、後者を漂流型、つまり気の向くまま何処へでも行く型となずけてみました。

Today’s lesson went well. I’m learning new adjectives and particles and am able to pick up quicker on some of the questions Michiko is asking me. Kinda scared of the Katakana, but I will do my best.

６月４日に、
「Dr.Kuoさんのクリニックでも、紙のカルテから電子カルテにしています。」
と、ブログにクリニックの写真をご紹介しました。

今日、幸代さんから、
「薬の棚が以前よりきれいに片付いたような…」と、コメントをいただきました。

そこで、「Before」と「After」を、再現いたします。
下から、２００９年４月、２０１２年５月、２０１３年６月です。



2013.06



2012.05



2009.04

About twenty years ago, I was injured by accident and never fully healed. It was a very strange thing that happened. I was at the gym lifting weights. At the time, I was using a leg press machine. I was young and my legs were strong so I was pressing a lot of weight. I got up from the machine for just a moment to get a drink of water and a brief rest. When I returned, everything seemed normal. What I did not know was that someone changed the setting on the machine so that there was no weight. When I gave the machine a hard push thinking it would be heavy, I was startled to find that it was extremely light. The part of the machine that you push with your legs moved so fast because I pushed it so hard that before I could pull my legs back it hit me right in the shin. As a result, the piece of metal cut my legs and tore my skin. It hurt a lot, but no bone was broken, so I never saw a doctor and only covered the skin so it would heal. The skin healed but oddly the hair never grew back.

Walking alone at night on an empty street. Everything seems to be alive but somewhat dangerous. There are far away sounds of dogs barking and cats fighting and the occasional honking of horns. I almost feel like a stranger in my own neighborhood.