Animals in New Zealand & Japan

★New Zealand
New Zealand has 48,000,000 sheep When the best time, there were 70,300,000 sheep (as of 1982). This figure is ten times as much as human being. That represents 12 sheep for every person in New Zealand. The farm products account for 30% of export goods.

In New Zealand, a lot of farmeres have doogs help to chase sheep. It's useful to cost down than to do theirselves or to use people. They use Collie for heading dogs. They work ten times as much as human.

A World Ranking
The best in the world: Cheese (290,000 tons), Beef (720,000 tons)

The third best in the world: Sheepskin (100,000 tons)
The fourth best in the world: Butter (470,000 tons)
The fifth best in the world: Mutton (290,000 tons)

Holstein

★Japan
Mutton is not always used for meal, but just special dishes, for example, Mongolian mutton barbecues, lamb shabu-shabu and spareribs. Do you know good point of lamb? Lamb helps to spend body fat!



Mutton pie and Lamb-shabu

In Japan, chicken farming is the most prosperous stock farming. Actually, a quantity of picking eggs is the third best in the world. Most of beef and pork were imports, but dairy products are replete.

In Japan, there a little heading dogs. Mainly, they take lively parts in Hokkaido. Although using heading dogs is studied in Kyushu, there are not many heading dogs in Japan. I hope farmeres use them soon.

NUFS and NUAS Festival

I would like to tell you about booths of NUFS and NUAS festival. The day, many booths were opened all over the place, and there were a lot of people.

First, there was a muffin’s and small item's booth named “MUGGY’s”, and it was opened only on Sunday. The clerks cooked muffins in cooperation, and cream has pretty color, for example, pink, blue, purple, yellow and so forth. Their decorations were nice and the taste was good. In terms of small items, I forgot to take a picture them. However, they were so cute!

Next, my club is Japanese circle, and we opened Takoyaki’s booth, but we are Japa-cir, so we sold Japa-yaki. We sold them on Saturday and Sunday. We sold two types Japa-yaki. The one was mix and the other was like Russian roulette. There were octopus, cheese, sausages, cabbage, kimchi and mochi in the mix types. And then, in Russian roulette types, one of them tasted wasabi. Both days, we could sell them out for about three hours, and we got 40,000 yen! This money will be paid our finished-project-party!

Hiyoshi Shrine Festival

In Niigata, my hometown, there is Hiyoshi shrine festival, on every September 1st. Hiyoshi shrine is in Itoigawa city, and it is on the south-east of Niigata. There is a dancing handed down from Kyoto about 500 years ago. It is called Oteteko-mai, and it is one of Einen public entertainment handed down to Niigata. Einen was come into the mid-Heian era. It was prosperous for the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

Some adults and 4 children dance Oteteko-mai on a stage. They hardly move their positions, and they open and close their hands, feet and fans, and walk slowly for 30 minutes during they dance Oteteko-mai. In addition, there are some kind of dancing, for example, Kururi-mai (2 kids dance it.), Hoko-mai (4 kids of 10 years old dance it.), Kagami-mai (2 kids of 4 years old dance it.), Hana-mai(2 kids of 8 years old dance it.), Yumi-mai(2 kids of 12 years old dance it.), Tanemaki (2 adults dance it.), Shime-mai (A adult dances it.), Banzai-mai (2 adult.) and Shishimai (2 adults.).

During dancing, the music is being played. A lot of children and adults beat drums, play the festival flutes and sing songs. They practice musical instruments and songs for Ohayashi (This is musical accompaniment.). This is slow, but beautiful music. Moreover, kimono and hair-ornament are made by local people. These are excellent workmanship.

You should visit Hiyoshi shrine festival!

Legally Blonde

This movie is a success story, and called “Legally Blonde.” However, it was known as “Cutie Blonde” in Japan. This was made in 2001, and directed by Robert Luketic.

Story
Elle Woods, a main character, lived a luxurious residential area in California, and studied about fashion in a college. She achieved excellent results, and she was the president of a social club. She was a perfect girl except aspect of study. She is a blond-haired woman and likes pink, so she looks like foolish.

Her boyfriend, Warner, wanted to become politicization, so he wanted a bride for not a blonde like Marilyn Monroe but a brunette (Brunette means women who have brown or black hair.) like Jacqueline Kennedy. Therefore, suddenly, she was dumped. However, she is positive, so she aims to enter same “Harvard low school” as Werner. As a result, she could enter this school, but he has already had a brunette girlfriend, Vivian. Moreover, everyone recommend Elle leaving school. It makes her study hard. She studied harder than Werner, so she was elected to a assistant of their Professor Callaban with Vivian.

Elle changed her goal to become a good lawyer from trying to get his back. Furthermore, she makes good friends with Vivian, and she goes together with Emmett who is a good lawyer and the professor’s subordinate. After that, she solved a case of murder instead of her Professor. He didn’t believe that their client, Brooke Taylor Windhame, was innocent, but Elle believed her innocence. Therefore the client didn’t open her mind to him, but she opened her mind to Elle. Elle didn’t give up this problem and never stop believing the client.

I was touched by this action of Elle. She does what she wants to do and didn’t give up what she decided. Moreover, she is kind to help her friends.

Cast
Elle Woods: Reese Witherspoon
Emmett Richmond: Luke Wilson
Vivian Kensington: Selma Blair
Warner Hantington, iii: Matthew Davis
Professor Callaban: Victor Garber
Brooke Taylor Windhame: Ali Larter

My Summer Vacation

I went back my hometown, Niigata. I went to a driving school at there, and could get a driver's license. The teachers taught me friendly and cheerfully. Everyday I enjoyed to study about driving. However, I was scared of high speed, so I couldn’t change traffic lines at a turnpike. Because it was high speed, if I made a mistake, I might cause a traffic accident and kill my teacher. My kind teacher confirmed mirrors in stead of me because I explained that reason. When I drove course of near sea in class, I was very scared of thinness of road and tunnel. However, I had to reach a speed of a speed limit. My teacher requested me to reach a speed of a speed limit for my practice of reaching a speed of a speed limit and following cars, but I didn’t listen to my teacher’s asking because I was very scared! I didn’t want to die! Now I think those days, it’s miracle for me to get a driver's license. However, I very enjoyed a conversation with friends and teachers!

I belong to Japanese circle at NUFS, and I welcomed new students studying abroad at centrair-airport and Fujigaoka station. We waited at there all days. It was very hard, but I was so happy that I could meet them the first. I met and had a conversation a lot of students. However, I was sad that I memorized many their name, but they didn’t memorize my name when we met at NUFS. I want to make friends with them. Next day, we guided them through NUFS. I took 5 students, 3 Australian, 1 Singaporean and 1 British. I put them to trouble because I had many mistakes, but they were very kind to me. We enjoyed having lunch. After that, we went shopping around NUFS. This time we became good friends. I wish they remembered my name!


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Diet & Exercise: Italian

Do you know “Mikaduki” in Niigata? This is Italian fast-food restaurant originated from Niigata. At this restaurant in Niigata, thick Yakisoba noodles, cabbages, vegetables artificially grown in the shade and sauce are used in dishes. It’s is like fried noodle not spaghetti.

“Italian” is name of menu. However, you may think that “Italian” is not Italian foods. Of course, you are right! This is not Italian foods but foods like Italian.　On this page, there are Italian, curry-Italian, white-sauce Italian, shrimp-in-chili sauce Italian, Italian with bean curd sautéed with ground meat, chili pepper in a thick sauce and so on. The menu I recommend is “curry-Italian”.

Usually, Mikaduki is in SATY, APITA, JUSCO, PLANT5 and so on. Therefore when I went to supermarkets like them, I almost went to there. Every Saturday and Sunday, there are many families, children and couples. Mikaduki is very popular among people in Niigata.

“Italian” has a good point about cooking. In this page, there are points of attention about cooking homeland of pasta. However, when you cook “Italian”, you don’t need to attend these points like cooking genuine pasta. Unfortunately, “Italian” has a bad point, too. It is that “Italian” isn’t suitable for diet. The genuine pasta has suitable menu for diet.

If you want to diet, you should have genuine diet pasta, but, if you enjoyed “Italian”, you may have better go to Mikaduki!

Diet&Exercise: Agar-agar

Agar is made of seaweed, Tengusa and not gelatins. It is available in different forms: bars, flaked or powdered.

This web site explains that agar-agar contains various minerals including calcium, magnesium, iron and potassium, so it is good for our health. Moreover, agar-agar contains 81% of dietary fiber, so if you have agar-agar before your meal, you can feel of fullness without overeating! Fortunately, agar-agar doesn't have very calories! Click on here.

Next, this web site indicates that agar-agar diet loser weight than conventional diet due to the maintenance of reduced calorie intake and to an improvement in metabolic parameters. In experimentation, it was made clear and evaluated. Click on here.

The picture is one of agar’s dishes, a milk-agar of strawberry. In this web site, there are many dishes using agar. Every dish looks tasty!

Tanabata Party

Today, we had a Tanabata party in my Japanese circle at no.7 building. Many students studying abroad came to this party. I became friends who I haven’t met them, so I was happy.

They wore Yukatas themselves. The girls were nice and the boys were cool! Everyone suits Yukatas.

First, we wrote Tanzaku and hung up them on sticks of bamboo. Some prayed to pass tests, others prayed to improve them English skills. I prayed … It’s secret! After that, we taught students studying abroad how to make ornaments of Tanabata. We made stars and something like net. It’s difficult for students studying abroad to make stars, but gradually, they became to be able to make stars very well.

Next, we played the game of “split-the-watermelon.” It took a great deal of time to cut them, but at last, Andy from Australia and Kan from South Korea cut two watermelons! We ate them, and they tasted sweet♥

Finally, we took a group photograph, and then we took many pictures each of them. Many photograph are my treasures!

I enjoyed this party＼(^0^)／　It was nice day ♫ Moreover, I’m looking forward to being able to seeing the Milky Way on July 7☆彡

Chinese and Japanese

Today, I went to McDonald and APITA in Nagakute with a friend of mine, Ryu. Ryu is from China and 20 years old. We talked about schools, summer vacation and so on. For a month we haven’t met, her skill has got good at Japanese! I must study hard like her!

It was her first visit in McDonald in Japan, and she said ice creams were sold 15 yen in China. I was surprised! If I go to China with 100 yen, I can buy SIX ice creams! Therefore, I want to go China in order to have ice creams♥

In APITA, we took a “Print Club” because she wanted to take it. She said it is different from China, but I forget the difference(^^;)

We had a good time! I want to meet her again!

Kids Project♪

I belong to Japanese circle, and we were active today. It was planning a party for students studying abroad and kids live in Nisshin city. There were 4 students studying abroad, 35 kids and staffs of Japanese circle.

At first, students studying abroad introduced their countries' language, greeting, culture, foods, history and so on. Kids asked many questions!　There were a lot of thing I didn't know, so their lectures were interesting. At the lunch time, we talked together with having SANDWICHES! These were made at U-store near NUFS and tastes good.(^u^)♥ I know the speed of my having meal is slow, but I didn't expect I lose to elementary school students!(◎◎) After lunch, we played games, "treasure hunting" and "Nandemo-Basket". Kids run about the second floors of Communication Plaza. Kids were very energy!

I had a good time with them!(^O^)

Chinese-style Fried Rice

A menu of today's supper was Chinese-style fried rice and deep-fried chicken.(^Ч^) In Chinese-style fried rice, there are green peas, shrimps, carrots and pork. I had two of rice! It was delicious, and I love it.♥ I want everyone to have meal in my dormitory.

Everyday except Sunday, my housemother and part-time workers cook us delicious meals, so I'm happy everyday.(^∀^) ♬

Delicious♪

I had SUKIYAKI for dinner. It was delicious, so I asked my housemother to give me a recipe of this SUKIYAKI. I want to cook it when I come back to Niigata.p(^v^)q

I' m looking forward to having breakfast tomorrow because HOT CAKES are planed!\(>∀<)/ I like hot cakes. When I was in elementary school, I made DORAYAKI by hot cakes. It was very big and too bean jam! However, it was good.(^Ч^) I want to make them again.

Have a happy dream!
　

PARTY!

Today, I went to the Contacts Between Different Cultures Party. I enjoyed at this party! I could make friends, and we talked together and laughed till our sides ache.(>u<。) I want to get along well with them more. Moreover, I ate many sandwiches, so I became being full. During the time I joined the party, I felt happy.\(^0^)/

Sartuday

Hi! It was very hot day! Maybe, I got sunburned today.　

Today, I went to NUFS with a friend of mine because of watching movie, "Pursuit of HAPPYNESS". I don't mistake spelling of HAPPYNESS, because in this movie, "Y" is OK. This movie encouraged me to study and not to give up what I want to do. I became to like it. I will introduce it to my classmates with my friends in class.

I had a curry for dinner tonight, but I can't eat spicy foods, so I drank barley water with curry. It was delicious! I love a curry.\(^v^)/

My Laughter File

〈Indescribable〉

This animation is a funny and indescribable pictures collection. There are no words only music and this song means “indescribable”. This is why these pictures are indescribable, and there are funny with sadness, impossibility and accident. You must laugh out loud, if you see this animation. This is long, but I recommend you to watch it!

〈Tomonori Jinnai：Car navigation system〉

This animation was made by Tomonori Jinnai and it is story about a car navigation system. This car navigation system is abnormal and funny, so it will bring you enjoyable driving. However, you may not get to your destination. If you want to enjoy your driving, you may think to want this car navigation system on your car!

〈Tripeo EnTerTainment〉

There are no words only action in this animation. They act like magician, but all audiences know comedians’ trick. Moreover, their faces show various motions, which are very funny! Their action are saw old American movies, especially comedy movies.

〈Guidepost of tomorrow〉

In this web site, “laugh” is explained how to good for our health. Especially, it is good for removing stress and having an effect on sugar diabetes and rheumatism. Additionally, old people need laughter than exercise in order to prevent from Alzheimer's disease. Our blames are influenced by laughter, and it is good influence.