http://www.lang-8.com/101337/journals/rss Mariko's latest journal entries Lang-8 Inc. Thu May 24 14:33:03 UTC 2012 Thu May 24 14:33:03 UTC 2012 Lang-8 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Lang-8 Es mi cumpleaños hoy.
¡Feliz cumpleaños para mí! XD

No pensaba celebrar eso.
Porque hace tres semana que celebramos cumpleaños de mi hijo.
(Y celebraremos lo de mi hija en junio.)
Pero mi madre (viva en Tokio) me dio un correo electrónico esta mañana.
Él dijo, "Creo que comen buena comida en cumpleaños de hijos, pero ¿por que no comerla en tuya?"
Pues, tengo mucho trabajo hoy y tengo que llevar mi hijo a entrenamiento de karate esta noche.
No hago una comida buena, pero puedo comprar unos pasteles.
Aunque nadie en mi casa se da cuenta de que hoy es mi cumpleaños...^_^;

Tengo que irme ya.
¡Hasta luego!


Posted at Thu May 24 01:31:00 UTC 2012
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/101337/journals/1492620 http://www.lang-8.com/101337/journals/1492620 Mariko Thu May 24 01:31:00 UTC 2012 (Today, I tried to log in, and my page is fine on my computer!)

Well, there were several things I wanted to write here in last few month.
At the end of April. my son fell and broke his arm.
It was not so bad, just a hairline fracture.
At first, he felt hard pain, of course, but after four or five days, he played outsede with his friends. ^_^;
（He even rode a bicycle and I scolded him!!)
He's fine now.
Children recuperate from fracture quickly, as his doctor said.

A few weeks ago, my son won at a karate competition.
I didn't think he won, because he couldn't practice so much (because of the fracture).
But he did it.
We're going to go to Tokyo (for a national championship) this summer!

I think the "hay fever season" has come here.
(The allergen is silver burch, I guess.)
My eyes are itchy!!
But I don't sneeze so much this year.
I hope it will over soon...


Posted at Wed May 23 03:02:22 UTC 2012
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/101337/journals/1490980 http://www.lang-8.com/101337/journals/1490980 Mariko Wed May 23 03:02:22 UTC 2012
At first, I had a sore throat.
But next day, it got better and I sneezed a lot.
My nose were runny, too.
So I thought that it was an alergy.
(I have a kind of alergy, pollen of white birch, maybe.)
However I have been having bad chills since yesterday.
(I don't have a feaver.)
I don't have an appetite.

I took a Chinese harb medicine.
A salesperson brought it to my house about a month ago.
At that time, I said that I didn't need it because I rarely became sick.
It is true (I generallay fine), but I used the medicine today and it worked.
I feel better now.
I'll pay for it when he becomes here again.
(He left a medicine box filled with some medicine. If I don't use it, no money will be required. If I use some, I'll pay for them. That's the system.)

I'll go to bed early today.
I hope you all are fine today.
Take care of yourself. ^_^

Posted at Wed Apr 11 07:02:14 UTC 2012
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/101337/journals/1417206 http://www.lang-8.com/101337/journals/1417206 Mariko Wed Apr 11 07:02:14 UTC 2012 I can't play the piano (or I can't read scores), so it's not for me.

My four-year-old daughter is going to take piano lessons.
She has kept saying, "I want to learn piano." for about six month.
At first, she also said that she wanted to learn dance or ballet, so I didn't let her learn anything.
She thought them over and she made up her mind.
She promised me that she will practice the piano hard.
(I'm a strict mother, so I think she'll keep her word.)

I don't know anything about a piano so it was not easy to buy one.
(I don't know which one to choose.)
I live in a countryside and there aren't any musical instrument store, so I had to order one on the internet.
I'm tired...

Well, I hope my daughter keeps practice piano, and I will be able to listen to a sound of piano in my house.


Posted at Sun Apr 08 06:24:41 UTC 2012
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/101337/journals/1411477 http://www.lang-8.com/101337/journals/1411477 Mariko Sun Apr 08 06:24:41 UTC 2012 Mi libro ya se acerca a su fin.
Es un poco triste que despedirme del libro(porque lo llevo conmigo siempre y apunto en él muchas cosas).
Pero yo estoy llena de esperanza con mi libro nuevo.
Espero que tener un año bonito.

Mi hijo va a pasar a la escuela primaria en el mes que viene.
¡Espero que él tenga un año bonito también!

Posted at Fri Mar 09 03:22:02 UTC 2012
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/101337/journals/1354923 http://www.lang-8.com/101337/journals/1354923 Mariko Fri Mar 09 03:22:02 UTC 2012 I think it's been a long time since I wrote a diary last.

Around my house, there is still a lot of snow, but it's getting hotter these days.
I think spring is coming.
Too bad that I wasn't able to go skiing only once this winter, but I'm glad winter is over.

In Japan, school year begins in April.
My son will go to elementary school soon.
I've been busy recently because I have to prepare a lot of things for him.
(I haven't finished it yet...)

I want to begin something new.
I think so every year when spring is coming.
I don't think I'll begin new things this year.
Insted of that, I may reopen studying Russian.
Russian is too difficult for me and I gave it up (or suspend it) about two years ago, but I miss it these days.
I think I like Russian more than I imagined. ^_^
(...Oh, but I like Spanish the best, of course.)


Posted at Thu Mar 08 04:53:01 UTC 2012
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/101337/journals/1353350 http://www.lang-8.com/101337/journals/1353350 Mariko Thu Mar 08 04:53:01 UTC 2012 But I can't run these days, because the roads around here are frozen and slippery.
I tried to run several times but it was too dangerous.
Actually, I bought a pair of shoes which are said to help me runnning in the snow.
Well, I was able to run with them on the snow, that was true.
But on an ice, I wasn't able to (I slipped and almost fell).
So I'm going to walk.
Anyway I have to walk my dogs every day, and I'm taking them for a longer walk these days.
Sometimes I slip and my dags also slip and fall.
But I don't mind. XD
They seem happy with a long walk.

I give up runnning during the winter, but I'm going to start runnning again when spring comes.


Posted at Fri Jan 06 01:57:20 UTC 2012
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/101337/journals/1254958 http://www.lang-8.com/101337/journals/1254958 Mariko Fri Jan 06 01:57:20 UTC 2012 I don't have any jobs, but I have a lot of things to do.
I wrote New Year's cards, I've cleaned my house, I'm going to make "osechi", or New Year's dish...
I'm busy.
But I try to have some time to read books or watch DVDs too.

Well, now I have to walk my dogs and clean the entrance, wax the floor, go shopping and do some errands.
(Oh, I have a lot of things to do today too!)
After that, I'm going to watch DVDs.
(I hope I have the time.)

What are you going to do today?
Are you busy?


Posted at Wed Dec 28 01:02:39 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/101337/journals/1242899 http://www.lang-8.com/101337/journals/1242899 Mariko Wed Dec 28 01:02:39 UTC 2011 (I can't take vacation now, so I have to be here.)
I'm enjoying this situation.
I watched DVDs last night.
Usually, my husband (who works in a farm and gets up early) goes to bed around nine with my children, so I have to be quiet.
(I watch DVD sometimes after they go to bed, but I have to wear head phone.)
But last night, I can sit on a sofa and watch DVDs.
That was fun!

I'm going to go shopping tomorrow to buy Christmas presents for my children.

I've been changing a carpet of my children's room.

I miss them a little, but I have so many things I want to do (and I have to do).
I like it. ^_^


Posted at Sat Dec 10 00:27:50 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/101337/journals/1219848 http://www.lang-8.com/101337/journals/1219848 Mariko Sat Dec 10 00:27:50 UTC 2011 (It was seven twenty when I woke up.)

When I got up, I realized that I was not be able to see well.
My view were fogged up.
I went to a lavatory and I found that my contact lenses weren't there.
...They were in my eyes.
I forgot to remove them last night and I slept.
I removed them and wash well.
My eyes seems have no problems. Phew.

My six-year-old son is a sleepyhead.
I have to wake him up every day (but he doesn't wake up soon).
I have to scold him, and I'm irritated every morning.
But today, I overslept, so he wasn't scolded.
I don't want to overslept (or left my contact lenses in my eyes), but it has a few good sides, I guess.


Posted at Fri Nov 25 04:51:07 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/101337/journals/1198922 http://www.lang-8.com/101337/journals/1198922 Mariko Fri Nov 25 04:51:07 UTC 2011 I gave up running today.
I have to walk my dogs, but I don't want to do it now because it's raining hard.
According to the weather forecast, the rain will be stop temporally around noon, so I'll wait till noon.
(If it will keep raining, I'll wear a raincoat and walk my dogs.)

I don't like rainy days very much, because I have a headache whenever it rains.

Well, I'll vaccum the floor and then go to a post office.


Posted at Thu Nov 24 00:32:09 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/101337/journals/1197365 http://www.lang-8.com/101337/journals/1197365 Mariko Thu Nov 24 00:32:09 UTC 2011 Estaba ocupada para estudiar inglés, y trabajar.
Además, tuve muchas cosas para pensar.
Estaba no muy bien mentalmente, yo creo.

En el mes pasado, me examiné un examen de inglés pero salí mal en eso.
Quise distraerme y estudié el español.
¡Ay! Es muy interesante.
Nuevamente sentí que me gusta el español mucho.
Pero olvidé muchas cosas.
Tengo que estudiarlo otra vez desde el principio.
No creo que me dé mucha pena estudiarlo (porque me lo gusta).

Creo que escribiré más diarios en español aquí.
Mucho gusto, todos.^_^



Posted at Sun Nov 13 00:14:18 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/101337/journals/1181199 http://www.lang-8.com/101337/journals/1181199 Mariko Sun Nov 13 00:14:18 UTC 2011 Al principio, no tuve más remedio que correr porque quise hacer fortalecerme.
(Estoy practicando karate y tengo que poner fuerte.)
No corro todos los días, pero proigo mi corrida un mes o más.
Hoy corrí 5 kilómetro.

Cuando era estudiante, no me gustaba correr larga distancia.
Pero ahora, creo que corrida es más divertido que yo imaginaba.
Nadie me fuerza a correr, así puedo correr cuando quiero y con mantener mi ritmo.
Es agradable correr en naturaleza.
(Vivo en el campo y hay muchas naturaleza aquí.)

Pero por aquí, el invierno viene y nieva pronto.
No puedo correr en invierno porque los caminos helados son muy poligrosos.
¡Que lastima!
Bueno, me divierto con corrida un poco más.
(Y empiezo otra vez en la primavera.)



Posted at Mon Nov 07 02:47:18 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/101337/journals/1172683 http://www.lang-8.com/101337/journals/1172683 Mariko Mon Nov 07 02:47:18 UTC 2011 Usually, I go to a foreign-affiliated supermarket to buy some sweets made in foreign countries to give children, but this year I don't have time.
Last week, I ordered some sweets on the Internet, and it arrived at my house this morning.
I don't know why, but looking at foreign food makes me happy and excited!!

Having party is a heavy burden (because I want every students to enjoy it and to study something from it), but thanks for the sweets, I'm looking forward to the party now.
Well, I have to decide a detailed plan first. ^_^


Posted at Mon Oct 10 00:10:24 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/101337/journals/1132652 http://www.lang-8.com/101337/journals/1132652 Mariko Mon Oct 10 00:10:24 UTC 2011 It was nine months ago that I had got a haircut last.
Why didn't I go to a hair salon such a long time?
Well, in spring, I wanted to go there, but I have a pollinosis and I couldn't stand my hair touching my face (it was too itchy!!!).
So I tied and pined up my hair all the time.
In summer, my pollinosis got well, but it was hot.
I don't like my hair sticking my neck or face when I sweat, so I decided not to cut my hair until autumn.

I practice karate twice or three times a week, and I need to tie my hair.
So I didn't have my hair cut short, but had it thinner.
I don't have to tie it today.

But the weather forecast says that it will be raining tomorrow.
I have unmanageable hair so I guess I have to tie it tomorrow. XD


Posted at Thu Sep 15 01:16:46 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/101337/journals/1098143 http://www.lang-8.com/101337/journals/1098143 Mariko Thu Sep 15 01:16:46 UTC 2011
I'll show you my "not-so-good" handwriting. XD
This is a part of my letter to my students and thier parents.
(I write a lette to them about once a month.)

When I read comments that my friends gave me on my last entry, I was confused a little, because I was not sure which handwriting I should show.
I can't show you letters (I was too embarrassed to show them. And they're not here anymore!), memos are not good because I scrawled them, and I don't feel showing my pocket diary (because there are some information that I shouldn't show you, like someone's phone number).
At last, I found this letter.

Um...can you read it???
(I mean, if you understand Japanese.)
I'm sure it is quite different from the letters that you look in a Japanese books, but this is MY handwriting.


Posted at Fri Sep 02 02:08:40 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/101337/journals/1080359 http://www.lang-8.com/101337/journals/1080359 Mariko Fri Sep 02 02:08:40 UTC 2011 Not only letters, but memos, diaries, notes, and so on.
However, my handwriting is not so good.
I mean, I don't think it's illegible, but there is something striking about it.
When I have to write something in front of other people, like my friends' wedding ceremonies and sign papers, I always feel uneasy.

One of my students gave me a letter.
So I wrote her back.
The next week, she went to me and said,
"Your handwriting is cute. How can you write it?"
...What???
For her, my handwriting looks cute.
(She didn't say "beautiful", of course.)

Well, when someone speak well of something I don't really like, I think I can look it from another angle.
Maybe my handwriting is not so bad.
(At least, everybody can read it.)
I can't (or... won't, maybe) change my handwriting, but I'll pay attention to write neatly.

Do you like to write?
Or do you prefer to typing?
Is your handwriting is beautiful?


Posted at Thu Sep 01 04:54:48 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/101337/journals/1079055 http://www.lang-8.com/101337/journals/1079055 Mariko Thu Sep 01 04:54:48 UTC 2011 He wrote me back, and said,
"I didn't know you were married. Try hard to be happy."

In Japan, many people say "I wish you every happiness" or such a thing to someone who gets married.
Not many people say "try hard" or "make an effort" to be happy.
But I do agree with the opinion.
I have to make a great effor to be happy in my married life.
...And keep doing it.
I don't mean to say that my husband is a terrible man.
But we had lived different lives more than 25 years and got married, so we have different habits and ways of thinking.
Sometimes I have to compromise, sometimes I have to be patient.
(I'm sure my husband does the same things.)

I sometimes thought that maybe I got married to wrong man, because we had a lot of quarrels and we had conflicting opinions on many things.
But...I guess it's normal.
I think most of married couple, including the professor and his wife, have the same worries and make effort.

Well, but still, I'm sometimes worried about my life. XD

Marriage is not easy.

I'm sure that you think this is a disappointing opinion if you're not married yet, but...this is how the world goes! XD



Posted at Wed Aug 31 01:54:57 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/101337/journals/1077371 http://www.lang-8.com/101337/journals/1077371 Mariko Wed Aug 31 01:54:57 UTC 2011 我去超市买东西了。
(But I forgot to buy 牛奶...)

我有点儿累了。
我今天下午打算在家休息。
我打算看书。
我喜欢看书。

我得好好儿学习汉语。

您今天打算干什么？


Posted at Sun Aug 28 02:09:40 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/101337/journals/1072858 http://www.lang-8.com/101337/journals/1072858 Mariko Sun Aug 28 02:09:40 UTC 2011 My children and I had been to Tokyo last week.
Tokyo was so hot that we couldn't live without an air conditioner.

We went to the Ueno Zoo to see pandas (they were cute!), and to Tokyo Disney Land (there were so many people!!), because my children wanted to go, but they frequently complained about the heat.
I wonder they enjoyed the trip, but they say it was fun.

My vacation was over, and I had to go back to work yesterday.

By the way, my son got a bronze medal at a karate competition.
There were some tasks that he should overcome, but I praised his performance.
I hope he'll practice karate harder, and get gold medal next time. ^_^
...Am I greedy?



Posted at Tue Aug 23 01:44:47 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/101337/journals/1065553 http://www.lang-8.com/101337/journals/1065553 Mariko Tue Aug 23 01:44:47 UTC 2011 My son practices karate and there will be a competition there.
Last year, he wasn't able to win.
I (and my son) hope he will win two or three matches this year.
(Of course, he practices hard.)

I have to pack for the travel.
We'll stay my parents home, so we don't have to bring towels, soap, shampoo, or that kind of things.
Their house is in a city, so if I forget to bring something, I can buy it easily, as far as I don't forget to bring my wallet. XD
All I have to pack is clothes, including my son's uniform.
I can wash our clothes there, and I think I don't have to pack a lot of clothes.
However, I don't travel so many time, so I tend to bring heavy baggage...

Well, I think it's time to start packing.

Do you often travel?
And are you good at packing?
(If you are, I'd like you to help me. XD)


Posted at Mon Aug 08 01:52:31 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/101337/journals/1044784 http://www.lang-8.com/101337/journals/1044784 Mariko Mon Aug 08 01:52:31 UTC 2011 It's hot today.
I think the washing laundry will dry soon.
It's summer!!

I'll serve shaved ice to my children for a snack.


Posted at Fri Aug 05 23:38:25 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/101337/journals/1042237 http://www.lang-8.com/101337/journals/1042237 Mariko Fri Aug 05 23:38:25 UTC 2011 From today, I have a two-week vacation.
I'm going to go to Tokyo next week.

I'm tidying up desk drawers.
At first, I ment to tidy up a room, but I guess it takes me a lot of effort.
I'll do it next week(before I go to Tokyo).
I'm surprised that I have a lot of things in my drawers, especially pens!!
I have to choose ones I really like, and rest I'll give rest of them to my children.
(They always want to use my pens.)

I guess I don't have to buy pens this year.



Posted at Fri Aug 05 02:05:06 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/101337/journals/1041069 http://www.lang-8.com/101337/journals/1041069 Mariko Fri Aug 05 02:05:06 UTC 2011 It's chilly today.
(Yesterday was chilly, too.)
I like summer, but the summer of Hokkaido is very short.
I hope we have some more hot days.

I'm going to go to Tokyo in August.
I'm sure it's very hot there.
Maybe I'll miss this chilly climate...

By the way, I wrote entries here only twice this month.
I'd better write more next month.


Posted at Sat Jul 30 23:57:39 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/101337/journals/1034087 http://www.lang-8.com/101337/journals/1034087 Mariko Sat Jul 30 23:57:39 UTC 2011

There is a good harvest of strawberries at my garden this year.
Every day, my children and I have been enjoying strawberries.
Some of them are very small, and some of them are worm-eaten, so today, I made strawberry jam with them.
I used one bowl of strawberries, but I got only a small jar of jam. ^_^;
We'll eat it tomorrow with homemade baguette.
I can't wait!



Posted at Mon Jul 11 03:38:51 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/101337/journals/1007307 http://www.lang-8.com/101337/journals/1007307 Mariko Mon Jul 11 03:38:51 UTC 2011 У меня нет зонтика.(Это сломалсь.)
Но у меня машина.
Я еду в библиотеку.

Вчера была очень жарко.
Сегодня немного прохладно.
Какая погода будет завтра?


Posted at Fri Jul 08 02:41:37 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/101337/journals/1003604 http://www.lang-8.com/101337/journals/1003604 Mariko Fri Jul 08 02:41:37 UTC 2011 And are you good at Japanese?

I have a question.

I have a kind of homework.
I have to translate a script of a documentary about Gros Morne Natioanal Park in Canada (Newfoundland).
In the script, there is a word, "the Big Level".
I looked up some books and web sites, and I realized that it is a name of a mountain of Long Range Mountains.
(Is it true???)
The problem is, I have to translate it in Japanese.
I can't find any books or web sites which mention "the Big Level" written in Japanese.
Does anyone know what we call the mountain in Japanese?
If you know the Japanese name, or have some hints about the mountain, please tell me about it.

Thank you for your reading.


Posted at Wed Jun 22 02:33:27 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/101337/journals/982231 http://www.lang-8.com/101337/journals/982231 Mariko Wed Jun 22 02:33:27 UTC 2011 Creí eso es porque tengo alergia de polen, pero quizá tenga resfriado.
Mí hijo también, dise que tiene dolor de garganta y tose.
(A mí, no tengo tos.)
Tenemos que hacer gárgaras.

En Japón, dicen que es mejor que hagamos gárgaras para prevenir resfriado.
Yo no lo hago siempre que volver a la casa, pero me lavo las manos.
(A veces, hago gárgaras también.)
En tu pais, ¿la gente hace gárgaras y se lava las manos cuando vuelve a la casa?


Posted at Thu Jun 09 01:23:53 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/101337/journals/963659 http://www.lang-8.com/101337/journals/963659 Mariko Thu Jun 09 01:23:53 UTC 2011 我觉得熊猫很可爱。
I like pandas.
I think they're cute.

我看过熊猫只一次。
I've looked pandas only once (when I was a child).

我想去「動物園」看熊猫。
I want to go to a zoo to see pandas.
(I don't know how to say "zoo" in Chinese, so I wrote it in Japanese...)


※The other day, I was surprised when I watched pandas in TV, because they were much bigger than I remembered (or imagined).


Posted at Wed Jun 01 13:45:37 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/101337/journals/953199 http://www.lang-8.com/101337/journals/953199 Mariko Wed Jun 01 13:45:37 UTC 2011 我三十五岁了。
昨天我和我孩子吃蛋糕。
蛋糕很好吃。


Posted at Tue May 24 01:46:15 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/101337/journals/941401 http://www.lang-8.com/101337/journals/941401 Mariko Tue May 24 01:46:15 UTC 2011