1. SINCE JAPANESE WEDDINGS ARE EXPENSIVE, DO YOU THINK HAVING A MASSIVE WEDDING LIKE KOREA OR UAE? IS A GOOD IDEA? WHY?
i don't think so. a massive wedding is very nice but it dose not conform with Japanese people cause of shy. also, it may be hard to prepare and make a couple tired before them wedding day.
2. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT HAVING A ELOPING? IS IT A GOOD IDEA OR ROMANTIC? WHY?
neither a good idea nor romantic, i will never do that. though it sounds romantic like clip from a film, it should give eloped couples feeling of loneliness and guilt even loving each other: they will live with them for the rest of their lives. they have to make themselves understood by them families.
3. HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT HAVING A WEDDING IN A FOREIGN LOCATION LIKE HAWAII? WOULD YOU DO IT? WHY? OR WHY NOT?
yes, i have cause my parents had a wedding in Bahama. i saw that photos and video when i was in elementally school, those were so nice and would become my longing. but them relatives are too old-fashioned and stubborn, they were not amused by that.
4. WHAT IS YOUR IDEAL WEDDING?
common Japanese one would be good for me. i wanna be celebrated by all my significant people and show my proud moment, then i express my hearty thanks for them.
5. WHAT WOULD YOU DEFINITELY DO, WEAR OR GO TO ON THAT BIG DAY? WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT?
i'd love to wear a Japanese traditional one and some wedding dresses which are good on me. i want to fun fine dressing cause the day is just a day that we, woman can be princess. and, i'd like to go to Bahama where my parents made a vow to love one another for my honeymoon.
6. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO A FOREIGNER'S WEDDING? WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION?
never. i'm interested in that though...
2009年12月7日月曜日
2009年11月23日月曜日
HOMEWORK - Superstitions
COMMENT ABOUT MS.CAMILLA'S PRESENTATION
her presentation with lots of pictures of foods was so nice and interesting! I was especially surprised about the big fish, and want to try danish bread cause i love bread!
1. DO YOU THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT SUPERSTITIONS IN MANY COUNTRIES IN CROSS CULTURE COMMUNICATION CLASS? WHY?
yes, i do. superstitions came down from old people to us, people of today, so we can see cultures through them. like what is important in this country, what people think that country... i guess every country has own superstitions and they should affect them cultures, personality, ...all things!
2. IS COMMUNICATION AFFECTED BY SUPERSTITIONS?
basically no. i never have communications affected by superstitions.
but there are some people or countries communicating with superstitions. the news i read last year said that a hotel in China did not accept an event held by Holland. because Dutch wear clogs, wooden hard shoes, and some Chinese believe a superstition: sounds of hard shoes give them bad things.
3. DO YOU BELIEVE IN SUPERSTITIOUS? IF YES, WHAT SUPERSTITIONS DO YOU BELIEVE? WHY DO YOU DO, USE, OR BELIEVE IN THEM?i do not believe in superstitions. they must be interesting and fun but believing them is kind of childish. i cannot believe things that is unsupported by fact and unseen.
her presentation with lots of pictures of foods was so nice and interesting! I was especially surprised about the big fish, and want to try danish bread cause i love bread!
1. DO YOU THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT SUPERSTITIONS IN MANY COUNTRIES IN CROSS CULTURE COMMUNICATION CLASS? WHY?
yes, i do. superstitions came down from old people to us, people of today, so we can see cultures through them. like what is important in this country, what people think that country... i guess every country has own superstitions and they should affect them cultures, personality, ...all things!
2. IS COMMUNICATION AFFECTED BY SUPERSTITIONS?
basically no. i never have communications affected by superstitions.
but there are some people or countries communicating with superstitions. the news i read last year said that a hotel in China did not accept an event held by Holland. because Dutch wear clogs, wooden hard shoes, and some Chinese believe a superstition: sounds of hard shoes give them bad things.
3. DO YOU BELIEVE IN SUPERSTITIOUS? IF YES, WHAT SUPERSTITIONS DO YOU BELIEVE? WHY DO YOU DO, USE, OR BELIEVE IN THEM?i do not believe in superstitions. they must be interesting and fun but believing them is kind of childish. i cannot believe things that is unsupported by fact and unseen.
2009年11月20日金曜日
HOMEWORK - Time
1. PLEASE EXPLAIN A TIME PROVERB IN YOUR CULTURE.
time proverbs in my country show that time is important and valuable; never come back. it may be connected to Japanese personality, strict about time.
2. WHAT DO THE FOLLOWING PROVERBS MEAN:
a. TIME IS MONEY.
time is valuable and worthwhile like money so we should not waste our time.
b. A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE.
you should fix them as soon as possible when you get some problems.
c. THERE'S NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT.
now is the best time or chance you have to do something you need or want to do.
d. LET'S MEET AT 4. IF I'M NOT THERE BY 5, LEAVE WITHOUT ME AT 6, AND I'LL BE THERE AT 7.
sorry, i do not know and cannot find this meaning.
time proverbs in my country show that time is important and valuable; never come back. it may be connected to Japanese personality, strict about time.
2. WHAT DO THE FOLLOWING PROVERBS MEAN:
a. TIME IS MONEY.
time is valuable and worthwhile like money so we should not waste our time.
b. A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE.
you should fix them as soon as possible when you get some problems.
c. THERE'S NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT.
now is the best time or chance you have to do something you need or want to do.
d. LET'S MEET AT 4. IF I'M NOT THERE BY 5, LEAVE WITHOUT ME AT 6, AND I'LL BE THERE AT 7.
sorry, i do not know and cannot find this meaning.
2009年10月25日日曜日
HOMEWORK - The Languagr of Clothes
The Language of Clothes
1. DO YOU JUDGE PEOPLE ACCORDING TO WHAT THEY WEARE? WHY?
Sometimes I do. We often heard "Do not judge people by their looks." but I think What people weare sometimes shows what they are. ex, who weare a wrinkled shirt should be sloppy.
2. DO YOU THINK JAPANESE SOCIETY PUTS AN IMPORTANCE ON CLOTHING WHEN JUDGING OTHER PEOPLE FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY?
I think the old Japanese society does and the modern doesn't. That's why the old has prejudice against differences: foreigners, but I don't feel like that so much recently.
3.WHAT COLORS ARE YOU WEARING NOW? DO THEY REFRECT YOUR MOOD?
beige, brown, pink, yellow, light blue.. I'm wearing a floral-print dress now. I cant say these colors refrect my mood but I can say dresses especially floral-printed are refrect my mood.
Friends
1. WHAT ARE SOME SUBJECTS THAT YOU WILL NEVER DISCUSS WITH A FRIEND?
About my biggest worry.
2. DO YOU HAVE DIFFERENT FRIENDS FOR DIFFERENT THINGS? GO TO DIFFERENT PLACES? GIVE ME SOME EXAMPLES.
No, I don't.
1. DO YOU JUDGE PEOPLE ACCORDING TO WHAT THEY WEARE? WHY?
Sometimes I do. We often heard "Do not judge people by their looks." but I think What people weare sometimes shows what they are. ex, who weare a wrinkled shirt should be sloppy.
2. DO YOU THINK JAPANESE SOCIETY PUTS AN IMPORTANCE ON CLOTHING WHEN JUDGING OTHER PEOPLE FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY?
I think the old Japanese society does and the modern doesn't. That's why the old has prejudice against differences: foreigners, but I don't feel like that so much recently.
3.WHAT COLORS ARE YOU WEARING NOW? DO THEY REFRECT YOUR MOOD?
beige, brown, pink, yellow, light blue.. I'm wearing a floral-print dress now. I cant say these colors refrect my mood but I can say dresses especially floral-printed are refrect my mood.
Friends
1. WHAT ARE SOME SUBJECTS THAT YOU WILL NEVER DISCUSS WITH A FRIEND?
About my biggest worry.
2. DO YOU HAVE DIFFERENT FRIENDS FOR DIFFERENT THINGS? GO TO DIFFERENT PLACES? GIVE ME SOME EXAMPLES.
No, I don't.
2009年10月17日土曜日
HOMEWORK - Death and Funerals & The Language of Clothes
1. Death and Funerals
a. DO YOU HAVE ANY INTERNATIONAL FRIENDS OR A HOST FAILY? IF SO, HOW WOULD YOU EXPRESS YOUR CONDOLENCES TO THEM IF A FAMILY MEMBER DIED?
Yes. I would bring them bouquet of flower to express my condolences.
b. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN A FOREIGN FUNERAL?
No, never.
2.The Language of Clothes
a. WHY ARE JAPANESE DESIGNER LEVEL CRAZY? WHY IS WHAT YOU WEAR SO IMPRTANT?
Japanese have absorbed and assimilated foreign ideas and cultures suce as Japanese believe not just a religion Buddism but other religions, so Japanese have more flexibility. That's why Japanese designer level crazy I think.
b. WHAT DOES "DON'T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER." MEAN TO YOU?
Just as the term indicates. We never know the inside of people and things before communicating with them or examining them properly.
a. DO YOU HAVE ANY INTERNATIONAL FRIENDS OR A HOST FAILY? IF SO, HOW WOULD YOU EXPRESS YOUR CONDOLENCES TO THEM IF A FAMILY MEMBER DIED?
Yes. I would bring them bouquet of flower to express my condolences.
b. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN A FOREIGN FUNERAL?
No, never.
2.The Language of Clothes
a. WHY ARE JAPANESE DESIGNER LEVEL CRAZY? WHY IS WHAT YOU WEAR SO IMPRTANT?
Japanese have absorbed and assimilated foreign ideas and cultures suce as Japanese believe not just a religion Buddism but other religions, so Japanese have more flexibility. That's why Japanese designer level crazy I think.
b. WHAT DOES "DON'T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER." MEAN TO YOU?
Just as the term indicates. We never know the inside of people and things before communicating with them or examining them properly.
HOMEWORK - Wrapping & Death and Funerals
1. DO YOU AGREE WITH THE WEB SITE'S DESCRIPTION, THE JAPANESE CONCEPT OF "WRAPPING"? WHAT DO YOU DO THAT CAN BE CALLED "WRAPPING"? GIVE EXAMPLES FOR YOUR ACTIONS.
Each piece of cookie is wrapped individually, and futhermore, they are all beautifull packed in a box wrapped in paper in Japan. That can be make people happy when they take the wraps off.
Buildings under construction are covered in Japan. That shows "Japanese Underserved Kindness".
2.a. WHERE DO YOU GO WHEN YOU DIE?
Go to the other world where is nothing spetial.
2.b. WHY DO JAPANESE HAVE DEATH MEMORIAL SERVICES AFTER A PERSON'S DEATH?
Not to forget our appreciation for ancestors cause we tend to dismiss the past. And also to have a time for the family function.
Each piece of cookie is wrapped individually, and futhermore, they are all beautifull packed in a box wrapped in paper in Japan. That can be make people happy when they take the wraps off.
Buildings under construction are covered in Japan. That shows "Japanese Underserved Kindness".
2.a. WHERE DO YOU GO WHEN YOU DIE?
Go to the other world where is nothing spetial.
2.b. WHY DO JAPANESE HAVE DEATH MEMORIAL SERVICES AFTER A PERSON'S DEATH?
Not to forget our appreciation for ancestors cause we tend to dismiss the past. And also to have a time for the family function.
2009年7月30日木曜日
HOMEWORK - Working for the UN
IF YOU WERE WORKING FOR THE UN, WHICH JOB WOULD LIKE TO DO USING YOUR ENGLISH ABILITIES? WHY?
I would like to work as a public relations officer if I were working for the UN.
The UN hosts periodic events for everyone, regardless of age, sex or nationality. I want to create advertisements which could attract a lot of interest, in Japanese, English and French. Comming up with the design and style be liked by all sounds really fun, cause I am interested in the advertisement so much.
I would like to work as a public relations officer if I were working for the UN.
The UN hosts periodic events for everyone, regardless of age, sex or nationality. I want to create advertisements which could attract a lot of interest, in Japanese, English and French. Comming up with the design and style be liked by all sounds really fun, cause I am interested in the advertisement so much.
2009年7月29日水曜日
HOMEWORK - Personal Space
1. YOU'RE TALKING TO A CO-WORKER. HOW CLOSE DO YOU STAND?
i stand 1 or 2 metres away, but it depends on the person.
2. YOU'RE TALKING TO A FRIEND. DO YOU TOUCH EACH OTHER?
if she/he is a close friend, i often touch each other. but i don't touch friends who are not so close to me. cause i don't want her/him to think that i am overly familiar.
3. LOOK AT THE DIAGRAM OF A WAITING ROOM. WHERE DO YOU SIT WHEN YOU ENTER?
i sit the next to the upper left corner. i want to seat where i can see who is comming.
4. YOU'RE IN THE CLOWDED ELEVATOR. WHERE DO YOU LOOK?
i look at the numbers, bend down my head or look around others.
5. YOU'RE STANDING IN LINE. HOW CLOSE DO YOU STAND TO THE PERSON IN FRONT?
1 or 2 metres away.
6. YOU GET ON THE BUS. THERE IS AN EMPTY ROW OF SEATS AT THE BACK, AND AN EMPTY SEAT CLOSE BY. WHERE DO YOU SIT?
i basically sit the seat close by. but when it is in the sun, i prefer the row of seats at the back.
7. YOU'RE IN A LIBRARY AND THERE'S AN EMPTY SEAT BESIDE YOU. DO YOU WANT TO STOP SOMEONE SITTING THERE? IF SO, HOW?
yes, cause it is difficult to concentrate something i do when someone is beside me. so i put my bag there from when i came.
8. YOU'RE GOING TO THE BEACH. DO YOU LIKE TO SEE LOTS OF PEOPLE OR VERY FEW?
i prefer to see very few people. i don't like any clowded places so much.
9. WHEN YOU'RE TALKING TO SOMEONE, DO YOU LOOK THEM IN THE EYE?
yes, i try to do this. the eye contact is important when we communicate with others.
10. YOU'RE ON A TRAIN. DO YOU TALK TO THE OTHER PASENGERS?
no, i don't talk to the others cause i almost always sleep on the train.
i stand 1 or 2 metres away, but it depends on the person.
2. YOU'RE TALKING TO A FRIEND. DO YOU TOUCH EACH OTHER?
if she/he is a close friend, i often touch each other. but i don't touch friends who are not so close to me. cause i don't want her/him to think that i am overly familiar.
3. LOOK AT THE DIAGRAM OF A WAITING ROOM. WHERE DO YOU SIT WHEN YOU ENTER?
i sit the next to the upper left corner. i want to seat where i can see who is comming.
4. YOU'RE IN THE CLOWDED ELEVATOR. WHERE DO YOU LOOK?
i look at the numbers, bend down my head or look around others.
5. YOU'RE STANDING IN LINE. HOW CLOSE DO YOU STAND TO THE PERSON IN FRONT?
1 or 2 metres away.
6. YOU GET ON THE BUS. THERE IS AN EMPTY ROW OF SEATS AT THE BACK, AND AN EMPTY SEAT CLOSE BY. WHERE DO YOU SIT?
i basically sit the seat close by. but when it is in the sun, i prefer the row of seats at the back.
7. YOU'RE IN A LIBRARY AND THERE'S AN EMPTY SEAT BESIDE YOU. DO YOU WANT TO STOP SOMEONE SITTING THERE? IF SO, HOW?
yes, cause it is difficult to concentrate something i do when someone is beside me. so i put my bag there from when i came.
8. YOU'RE GOING TO THE BEACH. DO YOU LIKE TO SEE LOTS OF PEOPLE OR VERY FEW?
i prefer to see very few people. i don't like any clowded places so much.
9. WHEN YOU'RE TALKING TO SOMEONE, DO YOU LOOK THEM IN THE EYE?
yes, i try to do this. the eye contact is important when we communicate with others.
10. YOU'RE ON A TRAIN. DO YOU TALK TO THE OTHER PASENGERS?
no, i don't talk to the others cause i almost always sleep on the train.
HOMEWORK - Family Life
1. WHEN DO CHILDREN USUALLY LEAVE HOME?
It depends on the people and families.
I think people usually leave home at 18 or 22 when they graduated from high school or university. But I'm still at home..
2. HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVE IN YOUR HOME?
5 people live in my home: my father, mother, grandmother, uncle and me.
3. DO YOU HAVE A HEAD OF THE FAMILY?
Yes, my father is the head of the family. He goes through procedures for almost everything, though my mother has more power in my house.
4. WHO DOES THE HOUSEWORK?
My mother does almost all housework, but she goes to work from Monday to Friday. She is the busiest person in my house so my father and I often help her when we come home early.
5. WHO RUNS THE FAMILY?
I think my mother does. Because she works in and out of the home and handles all of the finance business for my family.
6. HOW MANY ROOMS DO YOU HAVE TO SLEEP IN?
There are 5 rooms to sleep in. My parents' room, my room, my grandmother's room, my uncle's room and my grandfather's room (used to).
It depends on the people and families.
I think people usually leave home at 18 or 22 when they graduated from high school or university. But I'm still at home..
2. HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVE IN YOUR HOME?
5 people live in my home: my father, mother, grandmother, uncle and me.
3. DO YOU HAVE A HEAD OF THE FAMILY?
Yes, my father is the head of the family. He goes through procedures for almost everything, though my mother has more power in my house.
4. WHO DOES THE HOUSEWORK?
My mother does almost all housework, but she goes to work from Monday to Friday. She is the busiest person in my house so my father and I often help her when we come home early.
5. WHO RUNS THE FAMILY?
I think my mother does. Because she works in and out of the home and handles all of the finance business for my family.
6. HOW MANY ROOMS DO YOU HAVE TO SLEEP IN?
There are 5 rooms to sleep in. My parents' room, my room, my grandmother's room, my uncle's room and my grandfather's room (used to).
2009年7月26日日曜日
HOMEWORK - Working with Different Cultures
WHAT KIND OF WORK PLACE DO YOU THINK U WILL WORK BEST?
England is the best plase to work for me.
Cause i want to drink my love British ale with my friends or co-workers at a pub after 5. It is surely difficult to do that in Japan that is well-known as working overtime. I really need fun time or to rest everyday. And I think all of Japanese should have more rest, othe countries consistentry point out most Japanese work too much as well.
England is the best plase to work for me.
Cause i want to drink my love British ale with my friends or co-workers at a pub after 5. It is surely difficult to do that in Japan that is well-known as working overtime. I really need fun time or to rest everyday. And I think all of Japanese should have more rest, othe countries consistentry point out most Japanese work too much as well.
2009年7月12日日曜日
HOMEWORK - My Ideal Partner
This is a pie of my ideal partner's characteristics.
These 4 things are mainly important:
PERSONALITY we can often hear 'asplitting up cause of a personal conflict', so personality is important.
LOOKS i do not want to introduce my pertner to my friends if his looks is bad.
MENTALITY it is necessary for my partner, but i cannot explain well why it is.
MONEY it does not mean i am not interested in marrying a rich guy. i just want to say that we cannot live without money if here is a big love..
These 4 things are mainly important:
PERSONALITY we can often hear 'asplitting up cause of a personal conflict', so personality is important.
LOOKS i do not want to introduce my pertner to my friends if his looks is bad.
MENTALITY it is necessary for my partner, but i cannot explain well why it is.
MONEY it does not mean i am not interested in marrying a rich guy. i just want to say that we cannot live without money if here is a big love..
2009年6月7日日曜日
HOMEWORK - Feelings
1.ARE FEELINGS, EMOTIONS AND FACIAL EXPRSSIONS UNIVERSAL ACROSS BORDERS, HAPPY, SAD, ETC..?
These have no borders wheather or not our nationality, native language, rerigion..etc are different, everyone have feelings and emotions. But like when people feel sadness or happiness is not same each people. Thus it is not easy that we tell our own real feelings others and that we understand others' own feelings.
2.TRY TO NAME AS MANY FEELINGS AS POSSIBLE IN JAPANESE. THEN, WRITE THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION.
さみしい ― lonely うれしい ― happy
つかれた ― tired つらい ― bitter
落ち着く ― calm 心地良い ― comfortable
眠たい ― sleepy 腹ペコ ― hungly
不安 ― timid くやしい ― frustrated
3.ARE THERE ANY FEELINGS IN JAPANESE THAT CANNOT BE TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH?
たいぎい (Hiroshima Dialect)
I think that it cannot be taranslated into English and standard Japanese as well.
These have no borders wheather or not our nationality, native language, rerigion..etc are different, everyone have feelings and emotions. But like when people feel sadness or happiness is not same each people. Thus it is not easy that we tell our own real feelings others and that we understand others' own feelings.
2.TRY TO NAME AS MANY FEELINGS AS POSSIBLE IN JAPANESE. THEN, WRITE THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION.
さみしい ― lonely うれしい ― happy
つかれた ― tired つらい ― bitter
落ち着く ― calm 心地良い ― comfortable
眠たい ― sleepy 腹ペコ ― hungly
不安 ― timid くやしい ― frustrated
3.ARE THERE ANY FEELINGS IN JAPANESE THAT CANNOT BE TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH?
たいぎい (Hiroshima Dialect)
I think that it cannot be taranslated into English and standard Japanese as well.
2009年5月30日土曜日
HOMEWORK - Greetings
1.HOW DO YOU GREET MEMBERS OF YOUR FAMILY?
I say 'ohayo~', 'oyasumi~' and etc. to my mother and father, sometimes with hug and kiss.
To my grandother, I just say 'ohayougozaimasu', 'oyasuminasai' and etc.
2.HOW DO YOU GREET PEOPLE THAT ARE IMPORTANT IN SOCIETY?
I say 'ohayougozaimasu', 'doumo' and so on.
I do not bow every time, just to very high or important people.
3.DO YOU GREET PEOPLE FROM THE OPPOSITE SEX IN A DIFFERENT WAY?
Basically no.
But my some friends say I am like a man when I greet or chatting with friends from opposite sex.
4.DO YOU HUG ANYONE? IF YES, WHO AND WHEN. IF NO, WHY NOT?
Yes.
I sometimes hug my mother. I do not kwow why.. It is just a part of habit for us.
And, I hug some of my friends as well. It depends on them.
I say 'ohayo~', 'oyasumi~' and etc. to my mother and father, sometimes with hug and kiss.
To my grandother, I just say 'ohayougozaimasu', 'oyasuminasai' and etc.
2.HOW DO YOU GREET PEOPLE THAT ARE IMPORTANT IN SOCIETY?
I say 'ohayougozaimasu', 'doumo' and so on.
I do not bow every time, just to very high or important people.
3.DO YOU GREET PEOPLE FROM THE OPPOSITE SEX IN A DIFFERENT WAY?
Basically no.
But my some friends say I am like a man when I greet or chatting with friends from opposite sex.
4.DO YOU HUG ANYONE? IF YES, WHO AND WHEN. IF NO, WHY NOT?
Yes.
I sometimes hug my mother. I do not kwow why.. It is just a part of habit for us.
And, I hug some of my friends as well. It depends on them.
2009年5月17日日曜日
HOMEWORK - World Religion
1. HOW DO YOU GREET PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE?
I usually say "Good morning", "Hello" or "Good evening". Sometimes I just say that or other times I wave, bow or hug.
2.IS IT DIFFERENT FOR DIFFERENT PEOPLE? HOW SO AND WHY?
That all depends. When I greet my close friends, we usually wave or sometimes jokingly hug each other. I often bow for our elders or superiors, not wave or hug. My European friends often kiss my cheek or hand for greeting. I think it is very interesting that people always say "Ohayougozaimasu" in their PT job.
3.DO YOU TOUCH PEOPLE WHEN YOU TALK TO THEM? WHY OR WHY NOT?
I basically do not touch people when I talk to them. But, I unconsciously touch them sholder or arm when I am so excited.
I usually say "Good morning", "Hello" or "Good evening". Sometimes I just say that or other times I wave, bow or hug.
2.IS IT DIFFERENT FOR DIFFERENT PEOPLE? HOW SO AND WHY?
That all depends. When I greet my close friends, we usually wave or sometimes jokingly hug each other. I often bow for our elders or superiors, not wave or hug. My European friends often kiss my cheek or hand for greeting. I think it is very interesting that people always say "Ohayougozaimasu" in their PT job.
3.DO YOU TOUCH PEOPLE WHEN YOU TALK TO THEM? WHY OR WHY NOT?
I basically do not touch people when I talk to them. But, I unconsciously touch them sholder or arm when I am so excited.
2009年5月9日土曜日
HOMEWORK - Buddhism
My daily life is greatly affected by Buddism, but I'm not sure what is infilenced by it. Because the religion of Japan is mixture. Here is 5 things that I thought of.
1.I almost always sit on a cushion on a floor. Though it is just not to get a behind ache for me, it was used in religious rites by priest.
2.I put up my umbrella on rainy days, but it was for Buddihist ceremonys.
3.Since I was a child, my grand parents often say "Eat it up!" I'm sure that is related to Buddist ethos, mottainai.
4.There is a small dish with salt in the toilet to protect my family against evils. Although I don't know whether that is affected by Buddhism or not, I guess salt is related to Buddhism.
5.Japanese cuisine is supposed to delight the eyes as much as the palate. This is drived from Buddhist doctrine which deprecated the argument about the taste.
1.I almost always sit on a cushion on a floor. Though it is just not to get a behind ache for me, it was used in religious rites by priest.
2.I put up my umbrella on rainy days, but it was for Buddihist ceremonys.
3.Since I was a child, my grand parents often say "Eat it up!" I'm sure that is related to Buddist ethos, mottainai.
4.There is a small dish with salt in the toilet to protect my family against evils. Although I don't know whether that is affected by Buddhism or not, I guess salt is related to Buddhism.
5.Japanese cuisine is supposed to delight the eyes as much as the palate. This is drived from Buddhist doctrine which deprecated the argument about the taste.
2009年4月27日月曜日
HOMEWORK - Newspaper Article
This article is about something at the three-day summit of the OAS in the Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez gave U.S. President Barack Obama a book that inspireda colonization of Latin America. That tells that they are making the relationship better.
Here is link to the article I found from the Asahi Shinbun:
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200904220067.html
Here is link to the article I found from the Asahi Shinbun:
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200904220067.html
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