green green green

My sister mentioned Starbucks Spring Menu "Matcha Tea Latte".
It means "Green Tea with Milk".

I drank it today. Let me show you my cup. It's too green, isn't it?
It's tasty but I think it's kinda strong with caffein. I sometimes can't fall asleep after I drink it.


At Starbucks, I spent 1 hour on reading a new book about real estate.
It's pretty interesting.
I'm serious xD

Sakura

The cherry blossoms are in full bloom!
I'm going to have a "Hanami" party this Sunday.

How To Pronounce "Squirrel".

I've just come back from my teacher's blog, "mountain breeze", which is about his new life in montain lands.
I came across nice photos of amazing creatures living there.
My favorite one is squirrel called "Risu" in Japanese.

It reminded me of my trip to a small zoo.
Let me show you some photos that I took in 2004.

At that time, "squirrel" was my brand-new vocabulary(!) and I couldn't pronounce it well.
I practiced "squirrel" again and again and again and again......, then I mastered it.
How adorable they are, aren't they?

Mr. Bushy-tail, say cheese!


He was hiding his food, but just after that another one came and digged it out.

Rambling in Roma

I got a map of Roma.
Dblk's blog ("A different tour of Roma" with nice photos and mysterious legends) is explaining about a famous church in Roma called "St. Maria Maggiore" and I was interested in the location.

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What I'm pointing at is the church that Dblk mentioned.

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Do you know you can see satellite photos all over the world on "Google Local"?
I'm looking at the satellite photo of Roma.


Can you see the winding river?
It is "Fiume Tevere" passing by the Vatican.

It's kinda strange but I'm feeling as if I'm strolling in Roma.






















I'm curious to see your favorite places, so please tell me if you have somewhere to recommend to me!! :D please!!

Tulips

I went for dinner with my female friend that I haven't seen for a while.

We had a really great time to catch up with each other.

On the way home, I found a lot of tulips blooming beautifully...

Do you like them?

Plum Festival

I went to see plum flowers in Tsukuba mountain.
They smelled so sweet as roses.
Let me show you a photo.
It looks pretty nice, doesn't it?

Japan won!

I'm watching baseball news on TV.
Team Japan was playing in the finals with Cuba and has become a champion of World Baseball Classic!
I heard Cuba was strong, so I thought it wasn't that easy to win.

Ichiro looks so excited. He said, "this is the best day ever!"
I'm happy, too :D waaaaaaay

WBC

Do you like watching baseball games? Me? To tell you the truth, usually I'm not interested in sports so much.
But recently, I'm so excited about WBC games.

Unbelievably, Team Korea is very strong so far.
Japan went on to a 6-1 victory over Mexico today. Nobody can see which team will win. Wooooooo!!! It's so exciting, isn't it?

I'm hoping Japan will be able to play Team America again.

Big Egg

Look! It's Big Egg, which is my favorite place in Tokyo!
Big Egg is a nickname for TOKYO DOME, so it's impossible to eat it even though you're starving :P



Actually it's a big baseball stadium located next to an amusement park, a spa, a bowlling place and a skating rink. It's very lively and is always crowded with families and couples.

Matsui (New York Yankees) and Ichiro (Siattle Mariners) used to play here.



It's so huge that it is also used as a measure of HUGE things.
For exampple,

TV show : This jungle is SO big! Can you imagine the area is 100 times of Big Egg!!!!!

We: Really!? 100 of Tokyo Dome!!!! Wow, I can't imagine!!!

Too small for you? :D

Sakura Mont Blanc

I bought a chestnut cake today.
Can you see it's kinda pink. This cake might be shy?!


It's a "cherryblossom mont-blank".
Spring has come!

My Sister

I'm helping my sister open her blog.
Well, everyone! Let me introduce her.

"Hi! Nice to meet you! I'm Peach's sister, Hana. I like meeting new people. See you soon! Matane! :D"

She is so interested in starting her blog in English.

What do you think?

P.S. She's done. Please check it out.---> Hana's Blog

Financial Literacy

I studied how to read financial data. I don't mean I'm going to start trading stocks immediately. I just wanted to be smart about it.

I'm working everyday to earn money and I've been wasting money to buy things for several years.
Now I think I have to study and know more about money.

My friend explained me about financial terms, for example, ROA, ROE, PBR PER, CF very patiently for about 2 or 3hours!!! ( Oooooooooh, do the terms sound difficult, don't they?? )

I really appreciate it.
I promised to stand him a dinner if I gain a lot...someday ^___^

Hot Yoga

Have you ever heard "Hot Yoga"?
I think it's from America and is now "hot" in Japan.

I tried it with my friends yesterday.
We drank water first and did yoga in a humid room. While we were doing yoga, we sweated alot!

Actually I drank 1.5 ml(!) of water in a 70-minute class.
All of us liked it! We really refreshed! Perhaps you don't believe but it was so comfortable!!

What do you think?
Do you wanna do it? Don't you like exercising in a humid room?

The WOW-choten Hotel

I went to see a Japanese movie called "The WOW-choten Hotel" with my friend.

It's comedy and was so hiralious!!!!!!!
The script writer "Kouki Mitani" is so famous and popular in Japan.
All of his works are really intersting and funny.

If you have a chance to find DVDs of his movies, please check it out.