Today is Valentine's Day.
My 4 years old son has to bring 16 Valentine's cards to school
and give each of the students.
In America, Valentine's Day is for the people whom you love, so it is
both way - from man to woman, from woman to man, and the gift
idea is not limited to chocolate.
But in Japan, Valentine's Day is mostly for women who want to confess
her love to the one they care. Of course you can confess her feeling
anytime, but Valentine's Day is special. And usually the gift is chololate.
Also, if you are working, you give chocolates to your boss, your workmates,
the people you related to everyday.
For young people (especially teenager), Valentine's Day is very big, so that
the girls can confess their love to the boys. But I don't know recent kids
do that often. When I was a teenager, I had more "pure" feeling toward
the boy I like, but recent kids soon go to bed with the boys, so I wonder
they have such "pure" platonic love.
Anyway, today is Valentine's Day. Enjoy spending time with your loved one!
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2008年2月15日金曜日
2008年2月14日木曜日
Cold Weather
It is cold in Ohio. But from this Sunday, the big cold wind came from Canada
and hit Ohio. Temprature went down to 3 F, which I never experienced!
My impression of Ohio was snow all the time and more than foot of snow piled up
everywhere. But even this cold weather, snow melts with salt and you can't make
snowman because snow is so powery.
My son wants to play in the snow, but nobody was playing in the snow - it was
just too cold.
I love winter sports, but for everyday life, I prefer not to have snow and cold weather.
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and hit Ohio. Temprature went down to 3 F, which I never experienced!
My impression of Ohio was snow all the time and more than foot of snow piled up
everywhere. But even this cold weather, snow melts with salt and you can't make
snowman because snow is so powery.
My son wants to play in the snow, but nobody was playing in the snow - it was
just too cold.
I love winter sports, but for everyday life, I prefer not to have snow and cold weather.
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2008年1月22日火曜日
Hello from Cleveland
Cooooold! That is my first comment about Cleveland.
We left Seattle on 2nd of January and drove all the way to Cleveland.
It tood 5 days across the country - about 2500 miles.
I just realized again that America is big and there are still many people
live in small cities. I started from Washington, went Montana, Wyoming,
South Dakota (we visited Mount Rushmore - it was great!), Minnesota,
Wisconsin, Illinois, and Indiana and Ohio.
What I discovered was there are still many places which do not have
any Japanese restaurants (I saw Chinese restaurants), and no Japanese
food available. So where I live is very special in the States.
I guess Americans used to live in Japan and came back to their small
cities, and trying to find some "Japan" things, but they find it difficult.
I talked to one guy who stationed in Japan and came back to his small
town, but looking for a Japanese mate, he could not find, I now understand
the reason.
I don't know how many Japanese women willing to live in such a small
cities without any Japanese people, but my impression was people are
still very friendly and nice.
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We left Seattle on 2nd of January and drove all the way to Cleveland.
It tood 5 days across the country - about 2500 miles.
I just realized again that America is big and there are still many people
live in small cities. I started from Washington, went Montana, Wyoming,
South Dakota (we visited Mount Rushmore - it was great!), Minnesota,
Wisconsin, Illinois, and Indiana and Ohio.
What I discovered was there are still many places which do not have
any Japanese restaurants (I saw Chinese restaurants), and no Japanese
food available. So where I live is very special in the States.
I guess Americans used to live in Japan and came back to their small
cities, and trying to find some "Japan" things, but they find it difficult.
I talked to one guy who stationed in Japan and came back to his small
town, but looking for a Japanese mate, he could not find, I now understand
the reason.
I don't know how many Japanese women willing to live in such a small
cities without any Japanese people, but my impression was people are
still very friendly and nice.
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2007年12月17日月曜日
Childeren's Christmas Presentation
Last Saturday, I went to my son's Christmas presentation - English one in the morning and Japanese one in the late evening. The time was too early for the English school and the other was too late. Anyway, it is hard to train the kids to perform. I remember when I was in kindergarten and elementary school, we had play. When I was a kid, there was always one or two main casts and assisting casts, and many more. And there was always the popular boy or girl who got a main cast. But recently there is no such star performer in Japan. There are three Snow White, three kings, three princess, etc.
Recently Japanese school try to avoid competition as much as possible, especially in their early age, but this trend continues until they graduate from College. So when they graduate from college and enter the work force, they finally realize that there is a very hard competition in the society. Then they are shocked and depressed.
I think healthy competition is good and we as a adult should teach the real world. If we raise our children in a happy bubble, they will never learn the reality of the world. I think looking for the partner is somewhat the same. If I don't tell the clients the reality, and tell them what they want to hear, they may not be able to find anybody. And sometimes, they blame us because I did not introduce the person they wanted. But you should know who you are and where you are standing now. And know your limit and accept your gift. Everyone is different and you don't have to be the same.
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Recently Japanese school try to avoid competition as much as possible, especially in their early age, but this trend continues until they graduate from College. So when they graduate from college and enter the work force, they finally realize that there is a very hard competition in the society. Then they are shocked and depressed.
I think healthy competition is good and we as a adult should teach the real world. If we raise our children in a happy bubble, they will never learn the reality of the world. I think looking for the partner is somewhat the same. If I don't tell the clients the reality, and tell them what they want to hear, they may not be able to find anybody. And sometimes, they blame us because I did not introduce the person they wanted. But you should know who you are and where you are standing now. And know your limit and accept your gift. Everyone is different and you don't have to be the same.
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2007年12月12日水曜日
A Couple with Big Age Difference
Recently there are quite a few couples with Big Age difference in Japan - in the past
men were more than 10 years older than woman, but in 21st century, women are actually
10 years or more older than men! I met a few of them and my cousin also married to
14 years younger British guy and they had a baby when my cousin was 42!
Women in late 30s and 40s envy them when they hear those stories - and all my friends
seem happy with younger guys because they take care of the kids, helping family chores,
young, so they are not easily tired. But I never heard from men's comments.
I still think for marriage, men and women should grow together, so age matters.
So I don't think it is not good idea for older men to marry younger women, but also
older women should tell the truth about their age. Since if the young men want
children, but she is already passed the fertility age, even though she is beautiful,
and they get married, young husband will be unhappy in the end. And older woman
want to keep him so she make every effort to be young - try to look like 35, even she
is 50.
Maybe if a couple feels happy, it does not matter! and those couple will exist
in the future, too. But I personally think media encourage older women to chase
young men or give them dream that they could get younger men. It is not really
true. People should age gracefully, and people should live as they are 20s, 3os,
40s, and 50s. I mean you don't have to feel old, but you can be young in heart,
but you have to remember that you ARE not 25 if your real age is 45. And you
will be miserable when you really feel it in your heart.
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men were more than 10 years older than woman, but in 21st century, women are actually
10 years or more older than men! I met a few of them and my cousin also married to
14 years younger British guy and they had a baby when my cousin was 42!
Women in late 30s and 40s envy them when they hear those stories - and all my friends
seem happy with younger guys because they take care of the kids, helping family chores,
young, so they are not easily tired. But I never heard from men's comments.
I still think for marriage, men and women should grow together, so age matters.
So I don't think it is not good idea for older men to marry younger women, but also
older women should tell the truth about their age. Since if the young men want
children, but she is already passed the fertility age, even though she is beautiful,
and they get married, young husband will be unhappy in the end. And older woman
want to keep him so she make every effort to be young - try to look like 35, even she
is 50.
Maybe if a couple feels happy, it does not matter! and those couple will exist
in the future, too. But I personally think media encourage older women to chase
young men or give them dream that they could get younger men. It is not really
true. People should age gracefully, and people should live as they are 20s, 3os,
40s, and 50s. I mean you don't have to feel old, but you can be young in heart,
but you have to remember that you ARE not 25 if your real age is 45. And you
will be miserable when you really feel it in your heart.
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2007年12月7日金曜日
Christmas Decoration
It is already December 6th. Time flies. Next year is 2008 presidential election.
I have lived in the US for more than 7 years now.
I put our mini Christmas tree yesterday. 10 years ago, Christmas is more like
commercial event in Japan and department stores and shopping malls decorate
for Christmas, but not at home so much. We put Christmas tress, but we did not
decorate outside.
But last year I went back to Japan, I saw a few houses were decorated by lights
as we see in the States.
I saw on the Internet that even in China, a lot of department stores and shopping
malls are decorated by lots of lights and ornaments. And people buy Christmas
gifts.
I think for people in Japan and China, they still think that Christmas is just a
event, and exchanging gifts, decoration with lots of lights and feast. But
even so, Christmas brings a lot of joy and happiness to people's heart.
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I have lived in the US for more than 7 years now.
I put our mini Christmas tree yesterday. 10 years ago, Christmas is more like
commercial event in Japan and department stores and shopping malls decorate
for Christmas, but not at home so much. We put Christmas tress, but we did not
decorate outside.
But last year I went back to Japan, I saw a few houses were decorated by lights
as we see in the States.
I saw on the Internet that even in China, a lot of department stores and shopping
malls are decorated by lots of lights and ornaments. And people buy Christmas
gifts.
I think for people in Japan and China, they still think that Christmas is just a
event, and exchanging gifts, decoration with lots of lights and feast. But
even so, Christmas brings a lot of joy and happiness to people's heart.
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2007年12月5日水曜日
Internet TV program
I like Japanese drama. But one thing I am very unhappy is that I cannot watch Japanese drama and TV shows on American TV. Recently you can download some TV shows from the Internet and save it on to iPod, but Japanese government is very strict about controlling Japanese media. And there are ways to watch Japanese TV shows on Internet, but some free service (Yahoo! broadband Japan) won't accept IP address outside Japan.
My friends told me that there are some Internet site which provide Japanese dramas, and finally I can watch some
shows! But again the problem -- Most hosting servers are run by Koreans and they use mega speed High speed
Internet, like 1GB, versus Comcast, which they advertise very high speed, but only 54 mps, but usually 48 mps,
you have to wait for downloading time to time.
In 2010, all the TV shows are going to digital, so maybe by that time, Japanese living overseas may be able
to watch Japanese TV more freely on the Internet.
By the way, some TV dramas have subtitle in English, Korean, and Chinese, so you can enjoy Japanese
dramas. Of course many animes, too!
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My friends told me that there are some Internet site which provide Japanese dramas, and finally I can watch some
shows! But again the problem -- Most hosting servers are run by Koreans and they use mega speed High speed
Internet, like 1GB, versus Comcast, which they advertise very high speed, but only 54 mps, but usually 48 mps,
you have to wait for downloading time to time.
In 2010, all the TV shows are going to digital, so maybe by that time, Japanese living overseas may be able
to watch Japanese TV more freely on the Internet.
By the way, some TV dramas have subtitle in English, Korean, and Chinese, so you can enjoy Japanese
dramas. Of course many animes, too!
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