Drama

I am watching a television drama that is very interesting. It’s called a drama because there is a lot of drama in it. In the story a young poor girl is forced to marry a rich guy. The guy’s at first refuses but eventually marries the girl to appease his father. After they become husband and wife, the two fall in love with each other, but the guy’s mother doesn’t like the girl because the girl is poor. The guy also has a female best friend who is in love with him. The best friend goes crazy when she finds out he married the poor girl. She calls it love but I think the friend is just plain crazy. The mother and the best friend of the guy do everything they can to separate him from his wife, whom he loves. The make him believe all kinds of nonsense but in the end love will conquer all. It’s a good love story. I really much enjoy it.

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きょうのホノルル~ Art Flow Design package received

Thank you very much for the beautiful Swarovski crystal violin music box. I’m not sure who to thank, because they lack to tell me who the sender was…person who knows that I play the violin and my birthday is February 20th… who is it?  But thank you very much again. I love it!

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Tides at the North Sea

At the North Sea in Germany interesting phenomena can be observed. The water level rises twice a day up to 3.5 meters (12′). At this point, the shore is flooded. Just as the water comes, it flows back again. Then, on the ebb when the water reaches the lowest level, large areas on the shore are dry.

Its also possible to reach closer islands then with a horse or a Jeep. 🙂

The tides occur constantly and take together 12 hours and 24 minutes.

Michiko I am going to ask my brother to forward some pictures to show you. He is living in Bremen what is close to the North sea.

Christian

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The 「GudAguDa」


今日はお休みをとりました。
ちょっとでも稼ぎたいけど…、
自分の体と心のサインを優先させました。
ちょうどこの辺りで休みがほしくなりそうやと思いまして。
そしたらばっちりなタイミング。

体がだるく、肩こり…。
そして気持ちも回復を試みます。

いや~! 最近やっと本領発揮といいますか! とろみどりのグダグダっぷりが存分に出ております!「こんな簡単なことを、なんでウチはしてこんかったんや~~( ̄0 ̄;)?」という問いをステーションに帰って来てから自分に投げかけていることが多くなりました。昨日は特にいろんなことがグダグダで、さすがに気持ちがぐったりしました。しっかり、ぐだみどり。いや、とろみどり。

まね。元職場同期に言ったら、「とろみどりがすでにテキパキこなしてたら、もはや別人。グダグダがちょうどええわ~。」だって。あっはっは。そのと~~~~り。新人看護師の頃を思い起こすと、こんなん屁のかっぱ。予測可能な範囲ですから。さて。新たな失敗から反省して、次は一歩前に進みましょう。今日のお休みで回復を図る~。

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むゆか??


「ねえねえ、高知の人って
『6日(むいか)』のことを『むゆか』って言うてない?」 と先日言われ、
とろ「んなわけないやろ~~。聞いたことないで~~。」
と完全否定していましたが、今日。

職場の先輩が、「じゃあ、3月むゆかにしよう!むゆかでいいと~~??」 と言ってましたーー!(@o@) ホンマに言うんやー! なぜ??土佐弁おもろーい。

たまに無意識で土佐弁の語尾をポロリと使い、 あとでビックリしているとろみどりです。「○○しちゅー。」って(笑) 職場の純度100%の土佐弁に影響を受けています。

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セイボリー入りグレープジェリー(savory in grape jelly)


昨年の’秋口に収穫したハーブ類はひもでくくって地下室の天井にぶらさげて乾燥していました。

よく乾燥したハーブ類の葉を手でしごいて各々のビニール袋に入れましたが、そのうちのセイボリーがかなりの量になっているのに気がつきました。これはなんとかしなければとハーブ類の本をめくってみましたら、セイボリー入りグレープジェリーというのに目がとまりました。

作り方は他の果物のジェリーと同様で、グレープジュース、砂糖、レモン汁をまぜ、それにセイボリーを加えるだけですが、出来上がったグレープジェリーはセイボリーの味と香りのおかげでなかなかのお味でした。

ただ、使用量はわずか小さじ2杯で、ビニール袋にはまだ沢山のセイボリーが!


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時間があっても…


仕事終わって
今日は時間があるから
ご飯食べて
アレをして
風呂に入って
ソレをして
その後はコレをして
もひとつコレコレをして
早めにし~~っかり寝よう!

と思っていても、ご飯終わって
いろんなものをスキップして
あっという間に寝るに至ったとろみどりでした。

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My Japanese Language and Culture Studies

I have an interview coming up in a few days for a position with the JET program. I have taken the entire week off from work in order to study Japanese intensively so I can impress the interviewers. Every day, I find new articles on websites like the Asahi or yomiuri shinbun digital editions and study their content to learn more about Japan’s culture and language.

After Spanish and French, Japanese is the third foreign language I’ve studied. Of the three languages, I think Japanese is the most beautiful and has the most interesting culture. Both the Japanese language and culture are very different from my own, so I constantly discover new and interesting things when I study them.The history of Japan is particularly interesting. The Japanese lived much differently and under much different circumstances from westerners. They had a feudal system in which the caste of Samurai were highly respected not only as warriors but also administrators of the government. These days, the Japanese people have changed, but they’re still different from westerners on a fundamental level. For example, their entire society is structured around groups of people and they attach great importance to respecting the wishes of the group. I’ve learned a little about the existence of different types of groups such as the “nakama” and also “douryou” and I’d like to learn more about how it all works.

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お鍋に合う新たな麺を知る


「これが意外においしいのよ~。」と職場で教えてもらいました。

その名も 「サリ麺」!!

一見普通の即席めん。でもこれを鍋の〆にすると非常においしいんです!普通の即席めんだったらくつくつ煮てると柔らかくのびちゃっておいしくないけど、これはどんどんもっちりしてきます。

今日は胡麻ベースの出汁を作って鍋をしてみました。 鍋もおいしかったし、サリ麺合う~~~☆ おいしかった。満足です!おススメです!でもあんまり売ってない。。。どの範囲で売り出してるんやろ?

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Rain in Texas

Whenever someone mentions that the rain is heavy here, I always tell them, you haven’t eperienced rain, like it does in Texas. One summer, I visited my brother while he was stationed in Texas. It couldn’t have been better timed as he was returning from the middle east right around Independence Day. Anyway, One day that summer we went outside and it was like God decided to dump a bucket on us. I had never experienced rain that heavy that fast in my life. We were soaked within seconds.

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