Cabbage soup.

This month, I don't go to a grocery store often.
Because of snow and cold weather!!!
Parking lot and side walk are almost always have a ice!!! I often slipped!!! I haven't fell down but it really dangerous.
So, I just go to a store that less than 200m away from my room.
I always buy same thing.
Tomatoes, Onions, and Cabbage.
Sometimes I bought bananas or some fruit.

Then, these days, I just eat cabbage and tomato soup for dinner!!!
It's actually good for my health. But not good for my tongue.
Tonight, I should cook different meal!!!
But I only have tomatoes, onions, and cabbage in my refrigerator.
I might be cook tomato souse spaghetti.

I need to go to grocery shopping but I don't want to walk in the snow and low temp out side!!!

Maybe tomorrow.
Maybe Friday.
Maybe next year.
Maybe.......
lol

鞄、かばん、カバ〜〜〜〜ン！！！！

日本に帰る準備、ちょっとづつしてます。
（あれ？ちょっとづつって、「づつ」だっけ「ずつ」だっけ？）
後2週間位あるんだけど、荷造り遅いので、今から開始！！！（笑）
とはいえ、ショートステイなので、持って帰る物もさほどないのですが。。。。

でもね、スーツケースに入れる荷物が少ないと、これがまた、不安になるのは私だけ！？
これで、全部？大丈夫か？なんか忘れてないか！？って。。。。
荷物少ないんだから、良いじゃん。ってだけなんだけど、
気〜〜〜に〜〜〜な〜〜〜る〜〜〜〜〜。

そして、もう一つの悩みの種!!機内に持ち込む荷物を、どの鞄に入れるか!!
リュックがあれば良いんだけど（リュックって、古い？バックパックって言った方が良い？）
今持ってる鞄が、全部肩掛けなんだよね。。。。。
安いのを買うか、とりあえず肩掛けで帰って来るか。。。。。
来る時に使った肩掛けはマチもあって、良いんだけど、ちょっと小さめ。
もう一個はナイロンでコーティングしてあるから、濡れてもOKで、内、外ポケットもあるから、こっちが有力候補なんだけど、このバッグ、使うと、何故か肩が痛くなるの!!!!
肩掛けのストラップが細いからかな？って思うけど、それにしても、ひどい!!
肩こりじゃなくて、筋肉痛みたいな痛み。。。。
リュック買っても良いんだけど。学校行く時とかスーパー行く時とか使えるし。。。意外と便利。
でも、そうなると、良いのが欲しい!!

うん。やっぱり、リュックは日本で探そう（笑）

あ、でも日本でリュック買うなら、機内持ち込みの鞄は小さいのが良いか。
戻ってくる時、邪魔にならない。。。。。。
折りたたみエコバッグ？m(((殴

調べましたよ。。。。。

調べましたとも！！インターネットを使ってね!!!!
とりあえず、この、「目には目を、歯には歯を」っていうのは、ハンムラビ法典という古〜〜〜い書物から来ているようです。
この、ハンムラビ法典の中に、
「目には目を、歯には歯を、手には手を、足には足を、焼き傷には焼き傷を、打ち傷には打ち傷をもって償わなければならない」という記述があるようです。
なんか、調査不足なんですが、旧約聖書エジプト記21章にもこの記述があるようなんですが。。。。どっちが最初なんだろう？
これって、どっちも同じ書物なのかな？よくわかりません。
とにかく、ハンムラビ法典と、旧約聖書からって事で（笑）
全然、調査になってませんが、実は、途中でネットで調べるのをやめたんです。
というのも、調べてるうちに、グロいサイトとかに行ったりして、「ひゃ〜〜〜〜」って感じでしたので（笑）

さておき、なんで、英語では、耳と鼻なんでしょうね。
う〜〜〜〜ん。やっぱり気になるから、今度は耳と鼻で調べてみようかなぁ。。。。
ちょっと悩みますなぁ。
まぁ、気が向いたらってことで。。。。

目には目を、歯には歯を

先日ニュースを見ていたら、テロップに、「Nose for a nose」というのがあって,何の事かなぁと思いながら、リポーターの話を聞いてたら、彼女も 「Nose for a nose　ears for ears.」という言葉を使ってて、よくよく聞いてみると、これ、日本語の「目には目を、歯には歯を」の英語バージョンなんですね!!
英語では、目と歯では無く、鼻と耳を使うんですね。
おぉ！！！こいつは面白い！！！
意味的には、同じなんです。

きっと、文化の違いから、異なる顔のパーツを使うんでしょうか。
ちょっと、面白そうなので、どこからこの表現が来ているのか、調べてみようと思います!!!

と、いうわけで、何か分かったら、レポートしますね!!!

Nose for a nose, Ears for ears

I found this quart in a News.
The News was really sad and scary. I am not going to talk about the terrible news.

If a person kill somebody, then victim's family kill him. When we see this situation, we can use "Nose for a nose, Ears for ears"
But in Japanese, we use "eyes for eyes, teeth for teeth"
The meaning is same but Japanese use eyes and teeth.

This difference is really interesting for me.
I guess, Japanese people think eyes and teeth are more important than nose and eyes or there are some historical reason for using different face parts.
I'm going to search for the reasons why English and Japanese use different body parts for same meaning.
I might find a interesting reasons.
I'm kind of excited.
If I find a reason, I will report in this blog.
OK!!! Let's search it!!!

America is a BIG country!!!!

I read a tour guide book for the United States.
Then I found an information.
The book says America is 25 times as large as Japan!!!
It's really huge!!!!
I know Japan is a small country. Its shape is long and skinny.
And also I know America is a big country.
But!!!! What a huge!!!!!

Donkey transformed Zebra!?

I saw a news about Zoo in Gaza and the news shows me several information.
In Japan, animals can live in a big cage and there are trees or ponds or flowers. Not all of zoo, but a lot of zoo gives animals some natural environment.
But in Gaza, animals in a small cages.(Some animals in a big cage, like Lions.)
It's not big surprise, because it usually happens in some small zoo, like my home town.
I was shocked about Zebra in Gaza Zoo.

Because, they painted Donkey!!!!

It looks like a Zebra but if you have seen real zebra, you can tell that it is not zebra.
Also, painted donkeys died in their early age, because paint can poisoned their body.
Poor Donkey......

Zoo can give us especially children great opportunity to see real animals.
But I think painted Donkey is not good.
Of course for Donkey, but also for children too. Because they think it is a Zebra but when they see a real Zebra, it is totally different from painted Donkey.

We cannot see some animals at zoo.
I have never hard Japanese zoo has painted bear for shows us Panda bear.
In Japan, we can see Panda bear at only few zoo.

I just compare Japanese zoo and Gaza's zoo.
Maybe Gaza has a problem for the way of animals transportation or something.
Maybe they don't want to painted, but they have to do.

In the news, Children enjoyed watching animals.
They were smiling. And a child said "It is zebra"
We should help them.... But How?
Ahhhh, I'm not strong enough, not big enough, not smart enough......

Reading books

I like reading books.
I read two books at night.
But I bought new books some days ago, then I want to start reading a new book......
The book is for children but it has one of my favorite story.
"The Three Billy Goats Gruff"
When I was child, I read this picture book many times.(Of course in Japanese anyway)

Hmmmm, maybe I only read this story tonight. Then continue to read the other books that I already start reading.

Maybe that's good idea!! Yay!!

Hmmmmm I have a question.
I like reading.
it's correct.
I like to read.
this also correct.(Right?) But I feel its sounds weird.
What's the difference?

Ah, English!!!! So hard!!! But So interesting!!!!

Oh, what a difficult!! Finding JOB!!

My semester was over two weeks ago.
I need to find a job!!! BUT I haven't got a job!!!!
OH, Nobody want to hiring me!!!
I know, because I am going to visit Japan two weeks......
Now, I consider if I don't get a job, I can stay Japan more longer.....like three weeks.... is it good idea? or not?
Ahhhhhh, I DO NOT KNOW!!!

Is anyone can hire me since February!!!!????
I'm a hard worker~~~~~

Actually, I haven't got a fright ticket yet. So, I can stay at home whatever I want. But I need to earn money for my tuition and living fee!!!But I can work in Japan and also I can find a job more easily. But I want to stay here and more practice speaking!!! (Spiral Questions....lol)

I hope I can find a job after I come back to Japan.
Maybe I cannot find a job right now. So I should study hard!!!

I saw my facebook photoes

I saw some photos in my Facebook. I took those photos in very early time to met my friends.

I remember I couldn't speak well so I just listened to their conversation and just answer their questions with few words.

But now, I can make conversation even my vocabulary is not enough and my sentences are not good grammar.
Those photos are funny for me because it reminds me my U.S. life in early time.

I am really glad to met them and I am a friend of them.
It is really great!!!

The last day of class

Today is the last day of class in this semester.
I'm half sad and half happy.
Because some my classmates and my friends are finish the program and back to home countries.
Our semester is only 13weeks!! But we build great friendship. I miss my friends a lot.
I hope I will visit them in near future!!
At the same time, I am happy because I am going to visit my home!! If my flight date could change, I would change my flight!! I really want to see my family soon!!

Anyways, I should take a big test tomorrow and day after tomorrow. I am kind of nervous, because these test is one of source of my nest level. If I get good score, I can go to next level. But if I don't get good score, I should stay same level or down.

I hope I can get good score(^^)