http://lang-8.com/310212/journals/rss MAYU's latest journal entries Lang-8 Inc. Fri May 24 08:45:12 UTC 2013 Fri May 24 08:45:12 UTC 2013 Lang-8 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Lang-8 Instead of this weather, I often feel like eat ice cream. In fact, ice cream is sold better as the winter comes (one of my friends said so).
Speaking of winter, I heard interesting news on TV. Kotatsu, which is like a table with a blanket is becoming popular in some Europe countries. I don't have one in my house, but I'm sure it makes your body warm.
I like winter, but I'm not good at cold weather. How do you avoid coldness?



Posted at Thu Jan 12 14:16:32 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/310212/journals/1264691 http://lang-8.com/310212/journals/1264691 MAYU Thu Jan 12 14:16:32 UTC 2012
After the ceremony, I joined my junior high school's class reunion in the evening. We enjoyed talking, eat and drink together. It was exciting to meet friends after a long time.


Posted at Thu Jan 12 13:51:43 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/310212/journals/1264645 http://lang-8.com/310212/journals/1264645 MAYU Thu Jan 12 13:51:43 UTC 2012 Other event on January 1st is “Otoshidama”, which senior people give some money to children as a greeting of the New Year. In general, if you aren’t a child, you can get otoshidama while you are a student.
I experience Japanese traditional with family every year. I think it’s the best thing of New Year’s Day!


Posted at Thu Jan 12 05:10:50 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/310212/journals/1264020 http://lang-8.com/310212/journals/1264020 MAYU Thu Jan 12 05:10:50 UTC 2012 Normal families decorate their houses, and of course, large supermarkets put great decorations around there.
However, there was a big accident happened this march: tsunami. Atomic power plants were destroyed, furthermore, large number of people were killed by it. Because of the disaster, Japanese people think we shouldn't enjoy Xmas so much and have to save power as we can possible.
Then, supermarkets try to do some devices. Of course they use LED lights. I heard, furthermore, one of the popular supermarkets cut CDs in star shape and put as decorations. It's for reflect lights and shine using less light bulbs.
These devices are not only good for people minds but also environment.

Posted at Thu Dec 01 05:36:27 UTC 2011
]]> http://lang-8.com/310212/journals/1207516 http://lang-8.com/310212/journals/1207516 MAYU Thu Dec 01 05:36:27 UTC 2011 Some of them want their children to be famous actors in the future, and earn much more money than they have paid. In the other case, they are just happy to see their children enjoy taking the lesson.
Recently, the most popular girl actress has appeared on many TV programs. She is very cute and looks enjoy her job. However, I'm worrying about her daily life as a general girl. Can she study at school or play with her friends?


Posted at Wed Nov 23 03:25:05 UTC 2011
]]> http://lang-8.com/310212/journals/1196015 http://lang-8.com/310212/journals/1196015 MAYU Wed Nov 23 03:25:05 UTC 2011 Mr. Miyahira who is my mother's friend navigated us. He lives in Okinawa with his family. When he was born, Okinawa was not a part of Japan but a part of America. Okinawa was named Ryukyu kingdom until Meiji-era. After the World War 2, Okinawa was controlled by America, which lasted until 1972. Because of such a history, it has many different customs from Japan.


Posted at Mon Nov 14 10:26:51 UTC 2011
]]> http://lang-8.com/310212/journals/1183270 http://lang-8.com/310212/journals/1183270 MAYU Mon Nov 14 10:26:51 UTC 2011 Hawks hasn't won for eight years, so players looked very happy.


Posted at Tue Nov 08 13:25:58 UTC 2011
]]> http://lang-8.com/310212/journals/1175011 http://lang-8.com/310212/journals/1175011 MAYU Tue Nov 08 13:25:58 UTC 2011 I think human activities have caused the strange temperature. I'm sad that the nature can't feel the autumn atmosphere. I hope to see beautiful trees around my house next year.


Posted at Tue Nov 08 13:25:17 UTC 2011
]]> http://lang-8.com/310212/journals/1175010 http://lang-8.com/310212/journals/1175010 MAYU Tue Nov 08 13:25:17 UTC 2011 I also visited another university's festival to see my friends. Their university is much larger than mine, so I nearly lost my way!


Posted at Mon Nov 07 06:23:53 UTC 2011
]]> http://lang-8.com/310212/journals/1172892 http://lang-8.com/310212/journals/1172892 MAYU Mon Nov 07 06:23:53 UTC 2011 However, large supermarkets and other stores decorate with Halloween goods; small pumpkins, stuffed animals and so on. Especially in sweets shops, they sells cakes and cookies made of pumpkins. Sweet potatoes and Japanese chestnuts are also in season.
We often say "the autumn for reading, for sports, for studying" because October has cool and dry temperatures and fine weather in Japan. This year, however, it is much hotter than ever before.


Posted at Mon Nov 07 06:05:26 UTC 2011
]]> http://lang-8.com/310212/journals/1172873 http://lang-8.com/310212/journals/1172873 MAYU Mon Nov 07 06:05:26 UTC 2011 In addition, Xmas, which is the event I like the most, was held in grand style.
In Japan, there is a big furniture company which came from Finland.

If you ever been to those countries, please tell me any information.
Famous places, events, foods and so on.

Thank you for reading.

Posted at Thu Oct 27 04:52:35 UTC 2011
]]> http://lang-8.com/310212/journals/1157781 http://lang-8.com/310212/journals/1157781 MAYU Thu Oct 27 04:52:35 UTC 2011 I could come up with many ideas of stories, especially, fantasy and mystery.
To think back, those were very poor stuff.
Everyone could expect the end of those stories easily...
However, I clearly remember how much I enjoyed writing novels.
I'm sure you also have this kind of experience.

In fact, I have to make an original story in one of my classes.
Though, I can't come up with any ideas!!
What kind of story do you like? Please tell me.

Thank you for reading:-D


Posted at Thu Oct 27 04:45:25 UTC 2011
]]> http://lang-8.com/310212/journals/1157766 http://lang-8.com/310212/journals/1157766 MAYU Thu Oct 27 04:45:25 UTC 2011 A true seal appeared in the river in Tokyo a few years ago, and it has lived there since then. Inhabitants in Tokyo are excited to see it. Some people sell something to eat or drink in the open place along the river. Many people and press corps visit here to see it.
According to the professional of sea creatures, the true seal chased his feed and entered the river from the ocean by mistake.
People live near there wants to see it, but I hope the true seal can go back the right place where he has lived.


Posted at Thu Oct 20 04:49:41 UTC 2011
]]> http://lang-8.com/310212/journals/1148194 http://lang-8.com/310212/journals/1148194 MAYU Thu Oct 20 04:49:41 UTC 2011 Students who want to do it have to write a competiton about the reason why they want to do it.
This Thuseday was the limit of the competition.
I tried describing my opinion and reason clearly as I possible.
It's very difficult to state all my feeling on the paper.
I got very nervous when I handed it out for a staff.

Posted at Tue Oct 18 02:08:43 UTC 2011
]]> http://lang-8.com/310212/journals/1144980 http://lang-8.com/310212/journals/1144980 MAYU Tue Oct 18 02:08:43 UTC 2011 This Monday, the owner told me that he would close his restaurant!
I worked for there only two times, however, it couldn't be helped.
The owner is an English man. He is very interesting, and I like his dishes very much. He mainly served pasta, quiches and curry & rice.
He was a teacher many years ago, so he has given English lessons for small group of people even now.
He said "I want to forcus on teaching."
I'd like to learn more how to cook them.



Posted at Sun Oct 16 09:58:07 UTC 2011
]]> http://lang-8.com/310212/journals/1142258 http://lang-8.com/310212/journals/1142258 MAYU Sun Oct 16 09:58:07 UTC 2011 She is interested in Italian World Heritages and especially in Italian foods:-)
She works as a desk jockey in week days and go to the lesson on Saturdays.
I was afraid that she would get tired at her job and lesson when she decided to go to the Italian lesson.
However, recently, she have been fine and enjoy studying Italian very much.
In my case, I major in English and study French as the second language.
I must study both of them like Mother.

Posted at Thu Oct 13 04:43:33 UTC 2011
]]> http://lang-8.com/310212/journals/1137665 http://lang-8.com/310212/journals/1137665 MAYU Thu Oct 13 04:43:33 UTC 2011 Mannequin staffs are ordered to go to any supermarkets around the region by head companies. Then, we let customers taste new or bargain food goods and try making customers to buy them.
I always become glad to see customers enjoy tasting foods. Of course it's difficult to let them to buy the good, in addition, I have to keep standing for about eight hours.
Sometimes my boss makes me to go the store which is far away from my house!
As I write, there are a few hard problems in this job, but I usually enjoy working as a mannequin staff.


Posted at Mon Oct 10 12:13:12 UTC 2011
]]> http://lang-8.com/310212/journals/1133388 http://lang-8.com/310212/journals/1133388 MAYU Mon Oct 10 12:13:12 UTC 2011 This Saturday, neither of us had jobs, so we went out and had lunch together.
We enjoyed eating pasta. After that, she took me to a masseuse who gives my mother a massage once a month.
The masseuse gave me rubdown for 15 minutes and eased my tiring eyes.
It was a quiet short time, but I relaxed very much.


Posted at Mon Oct 10 11:51:28 UTC 2011
]]> http://lang-8.com/310212/journals/1133348 http://lang-8.com/310212/journals/1133348 MAYU Mon Oct 10 11:51:28 UTC 2011 They make me happy and excited. I'll introduce some musical movies I've watched.
"MAMMA MIA" is very pretty movie, and it contains deep messages for people: love and family.
"The Fantom of the Opera" is an old story, but it gives us an strong impression and beautiful visual.
Recently, I've watched "High School Musical" in one of my classes. It's a modern and simple story, so it's easy to understand. In addition, their dancing and singing scenes are amazing!

What kind of movie do you like?


Posted at Thu Oct 06 04:47:29 UTC 2011
]]> http://lang-8.com/310212/journals/1127340 http://lang-8.com/310212/journals/1127340 MAYU Thu Oct 06 04:47:29 UTC 2011 In a dictionary, it means "hell" or "punishment that lasts ever after death".
However, my friend found the words in the movie: "She lives in Perdition."
In that case, Perdition was spelled "P"erdition, and it wasn't translated "hell" but like a place's name.

Is there any place called Perdition, or does this word have another meaning?
If you know, please tell me!

Posted at Mon Oct 03 13:42:20 UTC 2011
]]> http://lang-8.com/310212/journals/1123644 http://lang-8.com/310212/journals/1123644 MAYU Mon Oct 03 13:42:20 UTC 2011 Some people think women want men's fortune in this case, but I don't think this opinion is true.
I think women get a relief to marry to older men.
However, this type of marriage has many problems. For example, it's difficult to have a child. Second, husband's life time is short. It's natural that husbands die earlier then their wives. Wives would be sad if their husbands died.

Although I'm agree with this marriage in the point that women feel relief, I don't want to marry to such a older man.

How do you think of this trend? Do you want to marry to older person or younger?


Posted at Sun Oct 02 03:01:43 UTC 2011
]]> http://lang-8.com/310212/journals/1121580 http://lang-8.com/310212/journals/1121580 MAYU Sun Oct 02 03:01:43 UTC 2011 In the morning, I had a new part time job at the cafe near my university.
Although some of my friends work in a restaurant, it was the first time to work in a kitchen.
Few people came in, so I helped ready for dishes.

After the job, I hurried back home because I had a plan to have a dinner with my aunt and other relates. It takes about 40minutes to go their house by bus.
They took me to Taipei restaurant, and all of us enjoyed the meal.

It was a busy day for me, but I had a very good time.


Posted at Sun Oct 02 01:41:20 UTC 2011
]]> http://lang-8.com/310212/journals/1121513 http://lang-8.com/310212/journals/1121513 MAYU Sun Oct 02 01:41:20 UTC 2011 She has come back to Fukuoka since this September.
We had a lunch together at an Italian restaurant and talked about each other.
In countrast to me, she lives alone, so she has to do anything around her.
I really expect the other friends who live alone...I can't imagine that I live by myself!

Posted at Wed Sep 28 06:32:57 UTC 2011
]]> http://lang-8.com/310212/journals/1116435 http://lang-8.com/310212/journals/1116435 MAYU Wed Sep 28 06:32:57 UTC 2011 In this class, we learn that how people understand others.

When you saw a man for the first time, you make his/her image by reputations, appearances and strong points. In other words, you conjecture others from these elements. Therefore you often make mistakes because of assumptions.
Unconsciously, you don't want to change the first impression of others you have made.
That is because if your conjuctures weren't right, you would get anxious.

Do you have a method to give a good first impression to others?
In my case, I make a smile as well as possible.

Posted at Tue Sep 27 01:49:29 UTC 2011
]]> http://lang-8.com/310212/journals/1114742 http://lang-8.com/310212/journals/1114742 MAYU Tue Sep 27 01:49:29 UTC 2011 A young Palestinian girl who looked 10 years old answered the interview,
"The President Obama won't disagree that we have own country because American have already got their country."
I was surprised such a young girl had such an opinion.
I can't forget her serious face.

Posted at Sun Sep 25 01:35:53 UTC 2011
]]> http://lang-8.com/310212/journals/1111818 http://lang-8.com/310212/journals/1111818 MAYU Sun Sep 25 01:35:53 UTC 2011
During from September 21st to 26th is called Higan.
In the Buddihist world, people think dead ancients come back to "our" world.
Although I don't know the reason, people eat ohagi (like a sweet rice cake covered with sweet beans) and welcome their come back.
I'm not a serious Buddhist, but I ate it yesterday...it was delicious:D
This is a photo of a flower named higan-bana. They are full in bloom in this season.

Posted at Sun Sep 25 01:16:56 UTC 2011
]]> http://lang-8.com/310212/journals/1111804 http://lang-8.com/310212/journals/1111804 MAYU Sun Sep 25 01:16:56 UTC 2011 He'd become 79 years old, so there is 60 years generation gap between he and I.
He looks younger than his real age. I think it's because he likes gardening and touches the nature everyday. I like to see his garden, where many species of flower and herb are growing.
It's a good hobby to keep garden pretty though I don't want him to clean there for a long time. He got a heatstroke this summer＞＜

Thank you for reading❤

Posted at Thu Sep 22 04:54:54 UTC 2011
]]> http://lang-8.com/310212/journals/1108121 http://lang-8.com/310212/journals/1108121 MAYU Thu Sep 22 04:54:54 UTC 2011 I receive phonecalls from guests and people want to take reservations.
Another five girls who are also university students work together.
I can get along with them, but I have another problem; overwork. The time period is fixed from 6 p.m to 10 p.m., but my boss always gets us to do overtime.
Therefore, I get home about 12 or 1 a.m. everytime!
I sometimes don't want to go to my job...

Posted at Wed Sep 21 06:56:49 UTC 2011
]]> http://lang-8.com/310212/journals/1106738 http://lang-8.com/310212/journals/1106738 MAYU Wed Sep 21 06:56:49 UTC 2011
Hello, everyone. My name is Mayu Fuchigami.
I go to Seinan Gakuin University in Fukuoka and major in English. I started to study English when I was ten because I'd loved western music. Even though I study English for ten years, I can't use English well...it's difficult to learn foreign language. I want to improve my English to communicate with people in all over the world for making friends and for my job in the future.

Thank you for reading, and nice to meet you!

Posted at Mon Sep 19 09:45:01 UTC 2011
]]> http://lang-8.com/310212/journals/1103881 http://lang-8.com/310212/journals/1103881 MAYU Mon Sep 19 09:45:01 UTC 2011 It is not a langauge-learning program, which one of Seinan teachers introduced to me. It contained sightseeing and English lessons. It was a nice trip, and I had a very good time there!

It was the best memory in this summer vacation. If you have been abroad or have joined a langauge-learning program, tell me about your experience!

Posted at Thu Sep 15 05:30:08 UTC 2011
]]> http://lang-8.com/310212/journals/1098397 http://lang-8.com/310212/journals/1098397 MAYU Thu Sep 15 05:30:08 UTC 2011