Loving Funky-KTM

Long time no see!!!

2007-07-10T19:28:00.000-07:00

How are you everyone? I really miss the school and you as well.
I started working in the Japanese sushi restaurant near to central Market from this Monday.
It's very hard work but I have to earn many to travel around the Australia!!!
If you have a free time, please let me know^^/
See you.

Wine and Seafood Festival in Maclarlane Vale

2007-06-12T00:01:00.000-07:00

Yesterday, Yuri, Ja-Young, Yuri`s host mother and me went to `Wine and Seafood Festival` because I really wanted to eat seafood. I had bisque, oysters, sweets and three glass of wine. All were soooo yummy!!!!!

A Special Day in Japan---Summer Festival

2007-06-11T23:38:00.000-07:00

In Japan, each prefectures, cities and towns have a lot of summer festivals. There are many food stands, for example okonomiyaki, takoyaki, fried potatoes, yakisoba, various kinds of shaved iced etc...Also, we can play catch gold fish, throw rings etc... The most exciting things for me are watching fire works and wearing a yukata. Yukata is traditional Japanese clothes, like kimono. Although many summer festivals are held, I really like my hometown`s one because the fire works are raised near to audience. It`s so beautiful!!! Almost all fire works are raised a little far from us, moreover, when we watch a beautiful one, we clap our hands so I recommend to go to festival of my hometown!!
However I can`t go there this year, I will enjoy various festivals in Australia!!!

Living in Adelaide

2007-06-07T19:45:00.000-07:00

7 weeks has gone after I`ve come to Adelaide.
At first, I couldn`t understand Aussie accent...because we learn American English in Japan so I couldn`t accept British English.....
However, I really like Aussie accent now!!!
My new teacher, Helen taught us how to remember new vocabulary. It`s fit on me, I think. Although I`d lived in homestay before, I live in a share house so I have to catch a bus. However, I can spend time to memorize vocabulary on a bus.
Moreover Helen taught us that to watch movies and memorize sentences are good way to study English.
But I don`t have a DVD player in my house so I have to buy it.

Farewell party

2007-05-24T22:01:00.000-07:00

Today, we had a farewell party. Because a term finished today.

We brought dishes, some pople brought their own countrie`s traditional food, some did snacks.

But it was nice idea. I had a good time.

Nikujaga ( beef and potato) and miso soup

2007-05-23T20:47:00.001-07:00

Recently I miss Japanese food... So I made Nikujaga and miso soup!!!
I put sugar in nikujaga. Sometimes we cook meat with sugar in Japan.
I heard it`s strange. Sukiyaki is one of famous Japanese foods, I think.
We also use sugar in it.

Potato-Salad

2007-05-23T20:08:00.000-07:00

We`ll have a party tomorrow because the term will finish. So we`ll bring dishes. I will bring `Potato-Salad`. Maybe almost all people know what is that. But Japanese one is a little different from Australian one. We use cucumber in it. Also I like to put sausage in it.

Ingredients
potato
onion
carrot
ham
sausage
egg
pepper
Japanese mayonnaise

How to cook
1. wash and cut vegetables ( the size depend on you)
2. cut ham
3. boil potatoes for 10-15min
4. cut and fry sausage
5. boil eggs for 10-15min after that cool down in water
6. mash potatoes
7. mix all vegetables in a bowl
8. mix all seasoning to 7
9. cut eggs and put into 8

I hope you`ll enjoy eating Japanese potato salad!!!

My Perfect Day

2007-05-16T19:42:00.000-07:00

I woke up before an alarm started ringing. I feel fresh because today I `ll go to my favorite music group`s concert with my sister. Though he concert will start at 7PM, we will meet at the station at 12PM. I ate a bread and had a cup of coffee. Then I changed my T-shirts which bought previous concert. As soon as I made up, I went to the station. I was listening to their songs while I was going there. When I got the station, my sister had already arrived. So we got the train. There were many people who was wearing the musician`s official T-shirt. We were excited. When we reached the concert hole, there was a long row. We lined at the tail of them. Yes. We lined to buy official goods!!! However it took about an hour to get them, we weren`t tired. At last the concert started. During it, we sung, jumped and clapped our hands. If you watched us, you would think us mad. After 3 hours, the concert finished.
My sister and me went to a bar and talked about today each other. After that, we were walking a street, and then, by accident, we met our favorite musicians who hold today`s concert!!! Of course we spoke to them, and took pictures. Moreover, we hugged them!!!
What a perfect day today!!!!!

What a PITY!!!!

2007-05-02T19:32:00.001-07:00

I am in Australia!!! I spend my free time to study English...(maybe)

Last Friday, one of my friends, Chika came to Sydney. I know she comes to Australia but she told me `I will go to Australia on May.` But she came on April!!! She sent E-mail with her Japanese mobile phone to my computer`s address before she left Japan on Thursday night. I found it on Friday. However I called her, of course it didn`t work. I didn`t know her brothers phone number. So, I called my mother to ask his number to her mother. Then she called her, but the number has changed!!! Oh my God!!! She sent E-mail to his comuter.

I have been waiting her call....

On Sunday morning, I got a call from her.
`Hello. How are you? Will you come to Adelaide?`
`Yes. I will. How long does it take there from Sydney?`
`About two hours....by plane.`
`By plane!!!!???? I will go... if I can.`

Yes. The distance of Adelaide from Sydney is the same to Tokyo from Miyazaki, our hometown!!

What a big country!!!