2007-03-01から1ヶ月間の記事一覧

Dojo Yaburi?

I have a conversation partner, Ryan. He plays judo and he wants to go to Kodokan in Tokyo in future because he admires Kano Jigoro very much! So he takes a Japanese language class, and applied for conversation program. Conversation program…

Roomba came to my Apt.

Roomba is a automatic vacuum cleaner. I found it at Japan, but it was so expensive(~\90000)! However, we can buy it at only ~350$ in the U.S.. Furthermore, remanufactured Roomba only costs ~180$!! Actually, I have no time to clean my apart…

Aquarium & Zoo

I visited Aquarium and Zoo at Philadelphia. Aquarium has lots of sharks, and Zoo has lots of big cats! ●Aquarium One of the great thing in this aquarium is, they allow us to touch sharks. Furthermore, they allow us to swim with sharks! Unf…

St.Patty’s Day in Philly

I've never known that 3rd Friday in March is St.Patty (St.Patrick)'s day which celebrate the ancient saint who propagated Catholic in Ireland. I visited Philly (Philadelphia) at that day, and I noticed many young people wore green clothes,…

Nori-Tetsu

The town I live doesn't have a train station. So I went to ride a train by bus. This act is called "Nori-Tetsu" in Japan. I checked the schedule of bus and train. That is: State College 13:55 Lewistown 14:40 (Greyhound Bus) Lewistown 15:46…

Garbage Collection

Today, I saw a garbage collection car when I was going to university. It is very different way compared to Japanese style! In Japan, garbage collection is executed by 2 or 3 people. One drives a car and the others grab garbage and put it i…

Musical

A musical named "HAIRSPRAY" came to the auditorium of our university, I decided to go to watch it. It was the first experience for me to watch musical, but it was very fun. The story is, "Tracy, a big girl with big hair and an even bigger …

Nissin Cup Noodles

Unfortunately, this town has no Japanese-style ramen restaurant. So I was very happy when I found a "Nissin Cup Noodles" in a supermarket. I found 7 kinds of Cup Noodles, however, they tastes different from Japanese one. That is: Beef Flav…