2009年1月19日月曜日

Blog Questionnaire★

(1)What other software did you use to make your blog?
  ・Yes-0
  ・No-5
(2)Do you search the Internet in English?
  ・Always-0
  ・Quite often-1
  ・Sometimes-2
  ・Hardly ever-1
  ・Never-1
(3)What is the most important for you when you make the blog?
  ・contents-4
  ・pictures-1
  ・links-0
  ・opinions-0
(4)Which topic do you like the best?
  ・NZ-4
  ・Festival-1
  ・Movie-0
  ・Summer vacation-0
  ・Diet-0
  ・Funny comercial-0
(5)How many comments do you usually leave on your friend's blogs each weeks?
  ・None-0
  ・1~2-3
  ・3~4-2
  ・5~6-0
  ・7 or more-0
(6)What kinds of comments did you get?
  ・Good point-4
  ・Question-1
  ・Bad point-0
(7)Did you use some pictures each topics?
  ・Not at all-0
  ・Hardly ever-0
  ・Sometimes-3
  ・Quite often-2
  ・Always-0
(8)Did you use some links each topics?
  ・Not at all-0
  ・Hardly ever-1
  ・Sometimes-3
  ・Quite often-1
  ・Always-0

2009年1月15日木曜日

Best Blooogs★

Miki's Blog
I think her blog is the best. She used a layout what isn't in this site, and it makes her blog cute!!Not only some pictures but a graph are attached to her blog. And I like the movie she recommended "Enchanted", too.

Yuu's Blog
I like her blog because it's very cute!! She used some pictures effectively. Especially, her blog about New Zealand's bus is easy to understand.

Natsuki's Blog
Some pictures used on her blog are very useful to me for understanding. She also used some links, so I think there are some useful information. Especially, her blog about New Zealand's birds is easy to understand. And I like the movie she recommended "Wedding Planner" ,too.

2008年12月18日木曜日

Dairy Produce★



New Zealand is famous for dairy produce. For example, these are milk, butter, cheese and ice-cream. It is not known that Japan is essential dairy produce important country for New Zealand, and New Zealand is the second most providing country after Australia for Japan.
In New Zealand, dairy produce are very close to New Zealander. Cheese is especially eaten every day. The amount of cheese consumption a year is 7kg for each person. In Japan, it is 2 kg at most. Because New Zealand is flourishing agricultural country, we can buy cheese at New Zealand’s store for quarter price as against Japan. There are some kinds of cheese. Major types are chevre and ewe’s milk. Chevre means cheese made from goat’s milk. It smells strongly. Ewe is female sheep. Ewe’s milk cheese is made very well because there are too many sheep in New Zealand.
New Zealand’s ice-cream is especially popular among the foreigners. Unlike the Japanese one, New Zealand’s ice-cream is very mild and creamy. Sprinkling vanilla ice-cream with caramel crunchy is called horkey-pokey ice-cream. It is very famous. The amount of ice-cream consumption a year is 26 liter. It is four times Japan.

2008年12月4日木曜日

New Zealand's food★



Speaking of foods of New Zealand, I’d like to introduce kiwiburger, horkey-pokey ice-cream and pavlova
Kiwiburger is not used kiwi fruits. It is put a slightly larger hamburg steak, a fried egg, mayonnaise, tomato sauce and a sliced beet. (Beet is a kind of turnip.)
New Zealand is famous for dairy produce. For example, milk, butter, cheese and ice-cream. Ice-cream is especially popular among the foreigners. Unlike the Japanese one, New Zealand’s ice-cvream is very mild and creamy. Sprinkling vanilla ice-cream with caramel crunchy is called horkey-pokey ice-cream.
Pavlova is cake made with meringue that was thought up when Anna Pavlova(a world-famous ballerina) came to New Zealand. But, Australia also keep saying Australia is the birthplace of pavlova.







When summer comes, you can see frequently having a barbecue in each New Zealand’s home. Traditional barbecue of New Zealand is called hangi. This is made that roast meat or vegetable on heated stone in dug hole.


Supermarket in Auckland sells fresh fishery products that cannot find in Europe. You can buy fishery products around New Zealand at the fish market called “seamart”. Oyster and salmon fit in well with the wine of New Zead.

2008年11月13日木曜日

Aroha Festivaaaal★

I'm going to introduce about contents of aroha fesrival.


The inaugural ceremony of the royal court is held before Aroha festival every year. King, queen, prince and princess of Hawaii are chosen among the people that have been native Hawaiian for many generations. Royal court take crowns and symbols of Hawaii.
Then, at the time of the opening ceremony, royal court is announced formally.


During the festival, party called “ho’olaule’a” is had in many places of island.
Children dance the hula. Everyone enjoy live music. There are many brunch stores of Hawaiian foods. They make themselves at home on the grass eating lunch just like picnic. That’s the Hawaiian style. You really should relax like Hawaiian.


Hula competition is held at the festival. Every participant for this competition dance the hula called “Hapa haole”. Hapa haole is modern hula. They dance in time to the music united western pop music and Hawaiian music.
This competition is not final selection but semifinal round. The final selection is held at the end of year.
If you are conscious of it, I really recommend you to watch.

2008年10月16日木曜日

Movieeee★

Don’t miss it!!

I like the movie that Will Smith appears on.
He can perform very well in a serious role, and makes us laugh by comical performance as well. So I think he is an actor with a wide range of acting ability.

During the summer vacation, I saw several movies in which Will Smith took the leading part. The four one I like the most among these are 「Men In Black」, 「Hitch」,「The Persuit of happyness」, and 「I AM LEGEND」.

「Men In Black」is an entertaining movie that both children and adults can enjoy themselves to the full.
“J”, acted by Will Smith was scouted by “K” who is a member of MIB that kept watch on aliens. He began his life all over as an agent of MIB, and made a pair with “K”.

「Hitch」is a romantic comedy. Will Smith acted “date doctor” who instructed men unpopular with women.
By the way, its Japanese title is 「How To Start Last Love」.

「The Persuit of Happyness」gave a very good picture of a real person. He was ruined owing to the failure of his business, but achieved success in the end.

「I AM LEGEND」is science fiction. In fact, there is another ending in addition to original ending.

I very much hope you will not miss these movies.

Summer Vacation★

Summer Vacation

During this summer vacation, I returned back to my hometown after a long absence. On account of no homecoming during last spring vacation, so stay for a week over last New Year holidays were the last time I visited to my home.

My hometown is Yamagata, the north prefecture where is some distance away from Aichi. I used the bus, train, airplane, and Father’s car. It took about six hours to my home. When I arrived at my home, Grandmother was glad of my homecoming especially. I enjoyed good old home cooking. My pet cat has breed three kittens, so I pet them. I sometimes went shopping at Sendai so early in the morning with my locally friends. Sendai is the city in next prefecture, but we can go there about an hour. And, Sendai is an urban area at Tohoku district. (Tohoku is the country of Japan…) So we often went there if we wanted to buy fashionable goods. It was a happy time for me to talk with them much after a long silence.

But, this stay was a short term in a similar way to my last stay. Because I would like to go abroad to take a course in a foreign language, I must make money as much as possible. In addition to that, I must work for my living. (of course, including my allowance sent by my parents) So I was busy the most for my part-time job during this summer vacation. I worked almost everyday throughout August.
My locally friends said they wanted to go Nagoya to go shopping some time, so I’m looking forward to seeing them again.