http://lang-8.com/345124/journals/rss eco's latest journal entries Lang-8 Inc. Sun May 19 05:30:27 UTC 2013 Sun May 19 05:30:27 UTC 2013 Lang-8 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Lang-8 But in my childfood, I couldn't eat celery, rakkyo(pickled shallots) and myoga(Japanese ginger).
All of them are strongly scented.
But now I love them!
I am feeling mature in the sense of tast.

Even so, there is one thing which I can't stomach.
It's raw parsley!
I dislike the flavor, and above all else I can't stand the the unpleasant texture that I can't explain.

Parsley exists to only add cloor to dishes, not to be eaten, I think!

Do you have any food which you cannot eat?


Posted at Fri Apr 13 16:30:37 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/345124/journals/1421852 http://lang-8.com/345124/journals/1421852 eco Fri Apr 13 16:30:37 UTC 2012 It is one of the most important celebrations for Christians.
We celebrate Jesus' resurrection after he died on the cross.

In this morning, I attended Easter service at my church.
One of members of our gospel choir got baptized in the service.
His testimony was so great!

In the afternoon, I attended Easter celebration at another church.
Our choir sang gospel songs called "lord I lift Your name on high" and "Because He lives".
Some praise teams sang hymn and worship songs.
Among them I was most impressed by the song of professional gospel singer.
I was moved to tears by his soulful song.

His well-trained voice and music skills are wonderful!
In addition, his spirit and faith moved my heart.
Wonderful music are composed by not only skills but also sprit.

I'd like to become a singer like him step by step.
To that end, I'll start whatever I can do!



Posted at Sun Apr 08 15:42:02 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/345124/journals/1412519 http://lang-8.com/345124/journals/1412519 eco Sun Apr 08 15:42:02 UTC 2012 I went there with about 50 members who came from all over Japan.
The purpose of our trip was to sing gospel songs at three churchs.

We always sing gospel songs in Japanese and recorded three CDs in Japan.
On this trip we sang songs all in Japanese but one song was translated to Korean Language.
It's so difficult to memorize Korean lyrics(>_<).

Anyway, Korean people gave us a hearty welcome and were willing to listen our Japanese songs with joy.
We were entertained with various Korean food such as;
Korean barbecue, Bulgog, Sundubu jjigae and so on.

This movie is our photo album with our songs in Seoul.

http://youtu.be/Qc8LC


Posted at Sun Apr 01 16:59:36 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/345124/journals/1399729 http://lang-8.com/345124/journals/1399729 eco Sun Apr 01 16:59:36 UTC 2012 I really think so.

Today I played the piano for the rehearsal of our gospel choir.
I always lead the choir once a week.
I teach to sing gospel songs and direct the choir usually.
Today the pianist of the choir was absent from the rehearsal, so I had to play the piano.

I felt anxious about accompanying the choir on the piano, because I do that after a long interval.
But I actually enjoyed very much!
The more I play the piano through on-site practice, the more accustomed to playing.
I think that it's an efficient way to get good at playing the piano.
I enjoyed so much, so I want to practice more!


Posted at Wed Feb 29 16:13:34 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/345124/journals/1340538 http://lang-8.com/345124/journals/1340538 eco Wed Feb 29 16:13:34 UTC 2012
We had dinner together and talked a lot frequently.
We encouraged each other in hard times.
Especially in the hard period in my life she often invited me to her house.
She is very good at cooking and talking.

Now I really miss her!
She got the job at Soudant that she has hoped for, so I'm very glad to hear the news.
I pray for her health, safety, peace, happiness, success and everything.

She is to return to Tokyo in September.
I'm very looking forward to seeing her again.



Posted at Fri Feb 24 15:28:12 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/345124/journals/1331917 http://lang-8.com/345124/journals/1331917 eco Fri Feb 24 15:28:12 UTC 2012 It may be said that "six women make a department store"!

A gatering of girls is recently called "jyoshi-kai" in Japanese.
I joined all-girl freinds for dinner.
Six girls gathered and had a chat about something or other.

Especially we talked up a storm about "koibana" and "konkatsu".
"Koi-bana" means topic about love relationships.
"Kon-katsu" means effort to look for a mate.

One of girls talked about her exciting story on Valentine's Day.
She gave handmade chocolate to someone in mind.
She told that she was really nervous when she handed him it.
She was so cute. I hope that she would go out him.


Posted at Thu Feb 16 14:27:26 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/345124/journals/1318758 http://lang-8.com/345124/journals/1318758 eco Thu Feb 16 14:27:26 UTC 2012 I have a lot of favorite songs.
Among them, one of the most favorite songs is called 'Syu wo aogi mite'.
This song was written in Japanese.
I was so encouraged by this song.
I try to translate it into English.

'Look Up to The Lord'

Let's look up to The Lord and get strength.
The Lord is my strength and my shield.
Let's look up to The Lord and get light.
The Lord will manage everything for me.

Please give me the strength by which
I can overcome the mountain of difficulties,
So that I could trust in You and keep going with no fear.

主を仰ぎ見て

主を仰ぎ見て　力を得よう
主はわが力　わが盾
主を仰ぎ見て　光を得よう
主がすべてを　成し遂げられる

私に迫るどんな山も　
越える力与えてください
私が恐れず　ただ主を信じ　
進むことができるように



Posted at Sun Feb 05 16:54:31 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/345124/journals/1300695 http://lang-8.com/345124/journals/1300695 eco Sun Feb 05 16:54:31 UTC 2012

Which do you like better "Ramen" or "Tsukemen"?

Ramen is noodel soup that is the most popular food in Japan.
There are many kinds of Ramen soup seasoned by syouyu(soybean sauce), miso(soybean paste), tonkotsu(pork bone) and so on.
I like tonkotsu-syouyu soup(pork bone and soybean sause) best.

Tsukemen is served noodle and thick soup separately, and
we eat noodle dipped with soup.

I used to like Ramen much better than Tsukemen.
But I come to like Tsukemen now.
Because I found the Tsukemen shop that served very delicious one.
Thick noodle and thick soup with chopped roasted pork and half-boiled egg.
The soup is made from pork bone and fish.
It's so delicious!


Posted at Tue Jan 31 16:14:45 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/345124/journals/1292876 http://lang-8.com/345124/journals/1292876 eco Tue Jan 31 16:14:45 UTC 2012 We talked about jobs, hobbies, movies, music, travel, food and so on.

It was very difficult for me to express myself in appropriate English sentences.
So I only spoke a few words. I felt like a baby.

There is a saying, "Custom makes all things easy".
So I would like to have more opportunities to improve my ability to speak English.

I think I'll have to prepare an explanation of my job in English.
To do this, I must first write down about it in English.


Posted at Sat Jan 28 15:56:25 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/345124/journals/1288006 http://lang-8.com/345124/journals/1288006 eco Sat Jan 28 15:56:25 UTC 2012 "Oden" is the one of my favorite warm dishes.
Sometimes I buy oden at a convenience store.

My favorite ingredients of oden are radish, boiled egg and deep-fried tofu.
These are my top three ingredients of oden at convenience stores.

But especially I like octopus the best!
When I cook oden, I put octopus.
Stewed octopus is very delicious!

What's your favorite oden ingredients?


Posted at Thu Jan 26 15:42:39 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/345124/journals/1285252 http://lang-8.com/345124/journals/1285252 eco Thu Jan 26 15:42:39 UTC 2012 But I put on glasses only when I walk outside to keep my eyes from dust.

In Japan recently men who put in glasses are called "Megane Danshi", wemen called "Megane Jyoshi".
I like "Megane Danshi" who looks good in glasses.
What about you?





Posted at Wed Jan 25 04:20:42 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/345124/journals/1282917 http://lang-8.com/345124/journals/1282917 eco Wed Jan 25 04:20:42 UTC 2012
By coincidence I met a former co-worker.
Up until eight years ago we had worked in the same office.

It was such a surprising reunion.
After the meeting, we enjoyed talk and dinner.


Posted at Mon Jan 23 15:42:22 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/345124/journals/1280950 http://lang-8.com/345124/journals/1280950 eco Mon Jan 23 15:42:22 UTC 2012 I go there once a month to lead gospel choir rehearsal.

It is the first rehearsal this year.
I taught two new songs for the choir,
and we sang a total of four gospel songs.

After the rehearsal, we had a potluck at the new year party.
We enjoyed various food, had pleasant chats, and played games.
And we expressed New Year's wishes each other.
I enjoyed good fellowship with the menbers.



Posted at Sun Jan 22 16:57:20 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/345124/journals/1279562 http://lang-8.com/345124/journals/1279562 eco Sun Jan 22 16:57:20 UTC 2012
I don't speak English very well.
But in that class I gradually became accustomed to understanding the English and speaking in English.

It was fun to talk with each other in English.
I would like to improve my ability to speak English.

After the class there was a sermon.
This is the part of the service that I need the most.
"Be transformed by the renewing of your mind"(Romans12:2).
This verse is really important to me.
I want to experience a personal renewal this year.




Posted at Sat Jan 21 16:02:39 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/345124/journals/1278037 http://lang-8.com/345124/journals/1278037 eco Sat Jan 21 16:02:39 UTC 2012
Posted at Fri Jan 20 11:00:09 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/345124/journals/1276282 http://lang-8.com/345124/journals/1276282 eco Fri Jan 20 11:00:09 UTC 2012 The next day I visited my freind's home party.
They arranged surprise birthday cake for me!
I was so amazed and happy at their warmth.

Posted at Thu Jan 05 18:01:21 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/345124/journals/1254609 http://lang-8.com/345124/journals/1254609 eco Thu Jan 05 18:01:21 UTC 2012