The busiest week

This week I was really too busy to write a blog here.
From last Friday to this Monday I stayed in Seoul,
so I had many things and works to do
after I came back to Japan.
I didn't afford to write here at all.
Excuse me...

In Seoul I enjoyed very much,
and Seoul had me want to live there.

Everything is written in Hangle,
and everybody speaks Korean.
Everythng makes me speak and listen to Korean.
This is very good stimulation for learners.

I have aleady known that I have to force myself
to go into such an environment
because I am really a lazy person.
Probably many difficulties must come to me
and they depress me, but I will get lots of things
after/if I overcome those difficulties.

This time I visited one friend of mine,
and he lives near Seoul.
He didn't speak Korean at all
when I met him for the first time.

However, seven years have passed,
and he became to speak Korean well.
He hasn't have any Japanese people around him there.
Everyone is Korean.
In such a situation, he could get this skill.
He probably made lots of efforts
even though he doesn't show them to me.
I respect him very much and envy him and his environment.

I strongly believe that
we can't get a great skill without efforts and difficulties.

Also almost eight years have passed
since I started to study/learn Korean.
This eight-years brought my current Korean skill to me.
Time flies. I want to improve my Korean more.

I am in Seoul now

I am writing this blog at the hotel in Seoul, Korea.
To attend my friend's wedding ceremony on 23rd, I came here.

Tomorrow I am going to meet another friend of mine here.
I met him in Hong Kong for the first time when we stayed there.
Almost seven years have passed since I met him for the first time.

I am very excited to meet him.

How to leave a comment

Some people who read this blog said to me,
"I want to leave a comment but I can't leave it."

I tried doing that just now,
but I also couldn't do it easily.

This seems to have a little complicated system.
So I am going to change for an easier site.

Do you know any good blog sites
where readers can leave their comments easily?

Wasabi Flavor

Last Saturday I bought this at a super-market near my house.
This snack was really really yummy.
I recommned this although it is a little strong...
Anyway try it if you find this somewhere.

I love Wasabi and lots of foods with Wasabi Flavor.
It smells quite good, and also tastes good.

However, the stake with wasabi sauce was not very tasty.
I ate this in a stake restaurant in Nagano last summer.
This restaurant is famous for stake, but in this restaurant
I recomment other kinds of the sauce there.

The other day I watched わさびもんじゃ on TV.
It seems very declious ad stimulates me.
Unfortunately I forgot the place.
Doesn't anyone know it?

Mr. Kazuyoshi SAITO

Do you know him? He is a Japanese singer.
He was born in Yamanashi on June 22nd, 1966.

Recently I like three of his songs.
Especially I like "歌うたいのバラッド".
Have you even heard this song?

Visit here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tin52H6tNMI

He relieased this on Nov 21st, 1997.
At that time, I didn't know this song,
and also I was not interested in his songs at all.

However, recently I happened to hear this song.
This song impressed me very much.

Do you know his song "歩いて帰ろう"?
Probably you have heard this song.
This song is the opening theme of ひらけポンキッキ.
The ryhthm of this song gives me a power and makes me happy.

Visit here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaSKd92mWdw&feature=related

The last one is his brand-new song.
You have heard this on TV CM recently.

Visit here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BHnfd1-yc4

Now I enjoy these three songs on my way to the office.

Site for English Learning

I work for a few companies in Japan.
Yesterday my work finished at 23:30,
so I couldn't leave anything here.

One day I happened to find several interesting sites
for English Learning when I was working at one of my offices.

These sites must be interesting for Japanese learners, I think.
They are like games on the inter-net.

I am going to introduce one of them today.

http://a4esl.org/j/g.html

Level 1 is boring, but some of them from Level 2 can be interesting.
Click several parts and enjoy them to be a better English speaker.

Headache

Yesterday I had a strong headache through the night,
so I couldn't sleep well and enough.
Before one or two hours, I can know my headache will come.
Also yesterday I got to know it one hour before.
This morning my pain almost went away, and I left for my office,
but still I have a headache a little...
I hope it will go away tonight.

Shoes

I bought two pairs of shoes on the other day.
I like shopping very much, but recently I don'T often buy anything.

That day at first, I bought the one pair of shoes.
However, I found the second shoes when I went out of the shop.

I would buy the second shoes last summer,
but I didn't buy them at that time after all.

This time I saw the shoes at a more reasonable price.
I was very glad to see them, and decided to buy them soon.

I was very very lucky.

Phlox Subulata

Yesterday I went to 羊山公園 in 秩父 to see Phlox Subulata.
Japanese people call it 芝桜.

I saw it for the first time. It was really really beautiful.
It was like a big flower carpet.

I would go to see during this golden week,
but I cancelled it because the park and the road were too crowded.

However, yesterday they were not very crowded,
so I didn't have to wait almost at all. I was lucky.

Haircut

I am going to have my hair cut tonight.

Basically I go to my friend's hair salon, and he cuts my hair,
but I sometimes go to the salon near my office
when I don't care about my hairstyle very much.

Every time I show one picture to the hair stylist.
I want him to cut my hair like that.
However, I am very embarrassed then.
You can understand my mind, can't you?

In the past I didn't like my short hair,
and my hair was a little long.
However, I prefer my current short hairstyle
once I had my hair short.

It is getting warmer and warmer recently,
so short hairstyle should be better, too.

Super Public Bathhouse

I like to go to a super public bathhouse.

I go to a super public bathhouse once or twice a month recently
but in the past I went every weekend.

I have ever been to more than 30 super public bathhouses
in or around Tokyo.

The day before yesterday I went to 華の湯 in 成田
because it was a national holiday then.
It costs only 800 yen even on Saturday, Sunday and national holiday.

One of the students in our school recommended it for me in the past,
and I remember it suddenly, so I decided to go to this bathhouse.

This bathhouse has two kinds of bath style.
One is Japanese style, and the other is Eastern style.
This time I entered the Eastern one,
but I may prefer the Japanese one.

I have seen the Japanese style on only the homepage,
and the Japanese style seems better for me.
Someday I want to try the Japanese one if I go there again.

Which super public bathhouse do you recommend for me?

Homepage of this super bathhouse
http://www.hananoyu-narita.com/

My first Blog

Thank you for your visiting my blog site.
My name is Ken.
This is my first Blog.
What should I write here?
I have a lot of things which I want to write about.
I am going to write about them little by little from now on.