Happy New Year!!!

Happy New Year everyone!!

This year I am going to do some things which are good for my mind and heart like going to museums!!

Also, I want to travel abroad more and join volunteer activities like this university or some other institutions have in developing countries.

Anyway, have a great year guys!!

Almost Done!!!

So we only have 4 days until the winter break!! We have so many things to do, but yay!!

I found them on google.com↑→

Birthday Party!!

Last week was so busy...many assignments and part time job. However, the weekend was awesome!! We had a birthday party of Yuri and Haruka at the bar where I used to work. Ryoko, Mari, Keiko, Hiromitsu and me made cakes for each one, we knew Yuri can not eat sweet things like cake though. I was busy to serve drinks to my friends, but I had much fun and I was really happy that all of them had fun, too.

Let's do our best also this week!!

Studying Abroad

I met my friend who is the second year student at this university just now, and heard that he passed the exams for studying abroad(that is why I was late for this class for 1 minute? or more? anyway, I was too excited to hear the bell ring) You know, we do not have only a year to decide whether we will study abroad or not, and if we do, which countries and courses are on our lists.

I really want to study in U.K.! I have some friends from England and Wales, and they gave me lot of good impressions on my thought about their country. I never felt like visiting U.K. before I met them because I had no good image about it...like raining all the time and people are snobby, but now I think the way they live is great. They are proud of their countries and cultures and preserve them, and at the same time, they try to adapt new ideas. Maybe I just made up really good image about this country through the friendship with them, but anyway, I will go there this March, so I hope I can see a little more what this country is like.

Also, I think this is the time for me to be serious about it and my future. I do not like to be serious about everything(it must be impossible for me though) and those who are always too serious(so annoying), but you know, being always laid-back is also a problem. I have just done homework and passed tests, but now I need to think by myself and make some actions based on that. Oh it took so long time(almost 8 months since I became a student here!) to realize that and get really motivated about it.

Most of you have checked this page before, but I put this link. You can get some information about studying abroad programs here.

I got the picture of English flag here, and that of Wales at this website.

Christmas!!!

So Christnmas is almost coming...I have a question. Why is Christmas the event for couples here in Japan? It should be the one to celebrate with family. Anyway, we can have fun in anyways at Christmas!!

Merry Christmas!! This is my favorite movie from You Tube↓↓

America, not Iran, is the problem

Today’s blog is a response to this letter.

First, the author makes his point by mentioning nuclear weapons in some countries. At least, Russia, The U.K., France, China and The U.S. have some officially. Then it is unfair that some countries can own nuclear weapons, but on the other hand, other countries like Iraq or Iran are attacked for possessing some. What he wants to say here is that in stead of making such an unfair situation, all nukes should be removed from world.

He also criticizes America for taking on a guardianship for the world. The biggest problem is that U.S. government takes it based on only America’s viewpoint, in other words, for their profits, and it usually causes worse situations. The Vietnam War and Taliban are good examples for it. It could be possible that America would attack North Korea without thinking about its neighbor countries like South Korea or Japan, and its hidden real aim is just to compete against China which has been developing rapidly and America is getting worried about these days. If it happens, it would be Korean or Japanese who take the biggest damage.

So we need to think about it again carefully.

Not so welcome to Japan any longer

Today’s blog is about the article” Not so welcome to Japan any longer”.

The author claims about the new system which is conducted by Japanese immigration bureau office. This requires foreigners to fingerprinted and photographed at airports when they get into Japan. Not only visitors or workers with proper visas but also most permanent residents have to take this requirement. According to Japanese government, this law is made to keep international terrorists from getting into Japan. However, the author does not think that it will work because immigrant office does not have the database of fingerprints or detailed information of terrorists and if they share that of the U.S., like the article “Will entry check cross the line?” says, that must contains wrong information. Therefore, this system is just going to be considered as a discriminative thing which violates privacy.

Considering those things, this new law should not be executed.