なんだか・・・

春→冬→春→冬ですねぇ・・・

三寒四温じゃなくて

一日一歩♪三日で三歩♪三歩進んで二歩さがる～♪♪

大丈夫か！？地球君！！

Hisataka

Long time no play!

I played golf today. I hadn`t played for ages so I was excited
about playing . Although I had to get up very early, my excitement
overcame my sleepy feeling.
The weather was just right for golf. I played with 3 other people
who are very nice to go around the golf course with.
My balls went into the bloody bunkers, but my score was quite
good so needless to say, I had a great time! As soon as I came back
to my house, I prepared to go to my flamenco lesson. After playing
18 holes, it was hard for me!
My legs are stiff now! But it was fun!

Mina

Shortcrust Pastry

I made some shortcrust pastry today. It was a case of ‘third time lucky’. The first time I tried, the pastry came out like leather. The second time, it had oily patches on it. This time, however, it turned out really well. I used it to make a chicken and mushroom pie. The trouble is, I forgot to add any herbs, so the result was slightly bland, but at least the pastry was okay.
Neil

卒業シーズン

もうすぐ卒業の時期を迎えますね。卒業式に思いを込めて唄った歌は「蛍の光」でしょうか。日本人の心に響く歌詞で、ついジーンときてしまうこの歌、もともとはスコットランド民謡なんですね。お店の閉店とともに流れる曲としてすっかり定着しているこのメロディの意外なルーツでした。はるか昔、私が幼稚園の卒園式に歌ったのは「おもいでのアルバム」です。♪い～つのことだか～　という出だしのところで、先生も父兄も泣いてしまったそうです。別れの季節は悲しいですが、懐かしい思い出でもあります。

Akiko

Music Waffle

The most recent live band I’ve seen was Franz Ferdinand, last November at Tokyo Koksai Forum. They were great, very punky/energetic. I pogoed (very) mildly. I would have liked to see Lady GaGa when she’s in Japan but her current dates are sold out-maybe next time! On the CD front, have really been enjoying The Bravery ‘Stir the Blood’, Soundtrack of Our Lives ‘Communion’ and Mutemath ‘Armistice’. And looking forward to new ones from Supergrass, Interpol and The Strokes. The Julian Casablancas (Strokes lead singer) solo album is fantastic too. I  was also really pleased to pick up the latest New York Dolls album for 300 Yen at the weekend, a new import copy-was lucky to spot a CD sale when out shopping . Bargain! As always-too much music, too little time!

Niall

休日の過ごし方

こんにちは。

みなさんは休日をどの様に過ごされていますか？

僕の最近の休日は

起床→洗濯→掃除→食料調達→録画番組見まくり→風呂→消灯

これです！

なんて有意義なんでしょう！！！！！

あっ、食事はテレビを見ながらテキトウニ・・・

みなさんも休日はこれで(^O^)/

Hisataka

Kids passed the exams!

Most of the kids students passed their Japanese English Examination, which made me so happy!
I was very excited to hear the results. I think my reaction was much bigger than theirs!
They looked pretty calm! I thought I didn’t know which one was the adult!!

But they were very happy to see me so glad about their results!!!

Mina

バナナで健康に！

近所の八百屋さんで“バナナ１００円”の文字に魅かれて山盛りのバナナを買いました。そのままでももちろん美味しいですが、バナナのバターソテーもお勧めです。フライパンにバターを溶かして少しとろけるくらいにバナナを焼き、レモン汁と仕上げにシナモンパウダーをふりかければ出来上がり！バナナは栄養価が高く、完全食と言われる優等生なので寝坊してしまった朝などに私はよく作ります。シナモンは体を温めたり消化を助ける働きがあり、また風邪対策にも効くようですので、どうぞお試しください。

Akiko

Olympics

I’ve been watching the winter olympics from Vancouver. I really like the ski jump-I could never imagine doing it myself (I’m definitely unsporty!) but really enjoy watching some sports. I like the pole vault in the olympics as well, so definitely seem to like height related sports for some reason. The Japan-Korea football match on Sunday was interesting as well-two red cards; I couldn’t understand why the Japanese player got sent off at all.

Niall

Flamenco

I started to go to flamenco lessons 3 weeks ago.
I really wanted to learn! It’s absolutely new world for me so it’s very exciting to learn!!!
I think learning new things is good for me cos I can improve myself in many ways and I can see things from a student’s point of view during the lessons, which is instructive for my career!

Mina