http://www.lang-8.com/55366/journals/rss nori's latest journal entries Lang-8 Inc. Tue May 29 11:41:46 UTC 2012 Tue May 29 11:41:46 UTC 2012 Lang-8 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Lang-8
Now, I live in Yokohama city which is near by Tokyo and one of the biggest cities in Japan. Taking a trains is the best choice to go somewhere around Tokyo because there are many trains and these trains always keep accurate time table.

As a convenient tool used in cell phones, we often use train transfer applications which help us to find a optimal way to change trains in order to get to a destination both early and cheaply. It's very popular app and every body use it to go to unfamiliar stations for the first time or to search the time of last train after drinking.

By the way, trains around Tokyo have woman-only cars at early morning and late-evening to prevent groping. It's really sad to say that there are some groping incidents in Japan and that's why special cars were set recently.

I think Japanese groping problem has many aspects and it's interesting to consider in a sense.

I would like to utter about this aspects and show a jural problem related with groping on the other day.

thanks

Posted at Mon Jun 07 13:59:29 UTC 2010
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/55366/journals/511773 http://www.lang-8.com/55366/journals/511773 nori Mon Jun 07 13:59:29 UTC 2010
As I wrote in the last entry, now I take a business lecture in a new company I entered in this Apr. Today's lessons were business writing and business manner.

I had been student until this March and I behaved as a student. It means I speak frankly with my friends and I didn't be punished by somebody if I didn't go to a lecture because of oversleeping.

but I just started work and do everything as a business man of my company.


I think Japanese in business is definitely different from usual's and very difficult to use.
For example, do you know "Keigo"?
Keigo is style of Japanese we use it in formal situation. and really difficult. I guess most of Japanese can't use it completely.
Because of that, I am surprised whenever Gaijin use Keigo fluently.


Anyway, I learned how to make business letters and e-mails. It was difficult and I don't use it.

but, I think it is going to abolishing because it's too difficult to use completely and there are few people who know it in detail.
Moreover, we need to face global market. In such a situation, It's just vain of energy and time.


Tomorrow, I have a party with my colleges who entered the company at the same year (in this April). It must be fun!!


Posted at Wed Apr 07 14:21:56 UTC 2010
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/55366/journals/436397 http://www.lang-8.com/55366/journals/436397 nori Wed Apr 07 14:21:56 UTC 2010
I haven't written my daily for a long time...(again)
During this term, I graduated my university with getting a master degree of mechanical engineering!!
It's really good news for me because I hated my lab in my university and I had wanted to left this for 2 years. so happy!!

In fact, Japanese university is not so strict that every master students were able to left university, i guess.

After that, I moved in a company's apartment.
I had just 1 year ago decided the company I entered on 1st in Apr. I live in the apartment about really reasonable fee and there are many colleagues in the apartment who entered at the same time. It's really good to find friends to go out to drink and to talk with. great!

I worked only 2 days and I will learn about my company, how to behave as business person and English. It seems boring but it's first challenge for me. I will do it!

I think it's difficult to keep to study English after working. but I need more ability of English.

Posted at Sun Apr 04 14:00:25 UTC 2010
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/55366/journals/432785 http://www.lang-8.com/55366/journals/432785 nori Sun Apr 04 14:00:25 UTC 2010
Transparent specimens is one of art using chemical.
Recently, I got to know this art and bought a book written about it. Many animal specimens are shown in the book and I can clearly look their bones colored into red or blue because their muscles are transparence by using chemicals.

To make this specimens, you need many chemical liquids and a plenty of time. I don't know how to make it detail.

This specimens had made just as academic things by researcher. but one men started to make it as art. It's looks so beautiful and make me think that all of lives are designed perfectly.

He made small fish's one for 2 weeks and small bard's one for 2 years. It would mean I can make human's one for 20 years...

Anyway, I bought one of fish and It always makes me relax when looking.

I will make it by myself someday!!

Posted at Wed Dec 09 15:25:39 UTC 2009
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/55366/journals/307718 http://www.lang-8.com/55366/journals/307718 nori Wed Dec 09 15:25:39 UTC 2009 Toeic is a test to measure our English skill and it's really famous in Japan. Many schools and companies use this Toeic as a certification when they select students or staffs.

It's same for me. I needed to take a Toeic before I had a job interview and I am going to take it again after I start working.

To be honest, I don't like this Toeic because it just shows the ability of a pepar test not a real communication. I mean, not all people who get a good score on Toeic can have a good communication in English.

So, now I learn a oral communication mainly and skill for Toeic somehow.

Toeic is one of system about English.
I think every system has bad point.

we shouldn't stick to Toeic.
The biggest goal is to communicate by using English.
at least for me.

Posted at Fri Dec 04 14:28:02 UTC 2009
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/55366/journals/303174 http://www.lang-8.com/55366/journals/303174 nori Fri Dec 04 14:28:02 UTC 2009 it's the first time to him.

I was really surprised because he was naked. Of course he wore an underwear.
and he said
"I am naked because I finished an excise at gym"

and we had several chat.
suddenly
"sorry i get a call for business"

he disappeared.
i confused.


after that he asked me to call. but I didn't. I already had a chat with another person and I feel doggy for him.

I wrote to him
"I want to chat with you later on another day"

he replied
"i am feeling a bit sexy so we can chat later?"


what does it mean???

it's kind of joke? or another signal for me??


anyway i would chat with him on another day.
he maybe really good and funny person.
I hope so.




Posted at Thu Dec 03 16:17:45 UTC 2009
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/55366/journals/302389 http://www.lang-8.com/55366/journals/302389 nori Thu Dec 03 16:17:45 UTC 2009
It's online English school by using skype and we can get an opportunity to have a conversation in English. There are many teachers in Rarejob and most of them are students of University of the Philippines.

It's really reasonable than any English schools in Japan, we can get 25 min lesson everyday about 5000yen in a month.

Now, I have one English lesson in Tokyo but the teacher will get back to London this December. I need to find another place to speak English in order to improve my English skill.

Once I tried to find a foreign friend in tokyo but it seems difficult and now I try this Rarejob.

I haven't registered yet thought, I can have two lesson for free. Today is the first lesson day and it begins 10min later!!

I feel a little bit nervous if I could hear English because today's teacher can't speak Japanese. I have to do everything only in English.

But it's ok. Be positive!!

I will do my best (^^)

Posted at Tue Dec 01 14:24:33 UTC 2009
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/55366/journals/300334 http://www.lang-8.com/55366/journals/300334 nori Tue Dec 01 14:24:33 UTC 2009 it is snowing at the mountain of japan.
I really want to snowboard in this winter.

but the temperature of japan is getting higher every year because of global worming. It means the amount of snowfall will reduce in the future.
I might not do snowboard 30 years later!!

but this is really difficult and complicated problem.
Firstly we don't find the cause of this global warming. Some scientists say increasing CO2 is the cause. Others say it's natural movement from the view of long period of the earth, the temperature of the earth has been up and down for a long time so we don't need save the emission of CO2

I think CO2 is one of reason of global warming and It's time to save the usage of fossil fuel. but It means we need to save everything and let go comfortable thing.

hmm..
do you know good solution?


Posted at Fri Nov 20 16:38:54 UTC 2009
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/55366/journals/289705 http://www.lang-8.com/55366/journals/289705 nori Fri Nov 20 16:38:54 UTC 2009
but it's ok because I like winter.
In winter, I will set up kotatu in my room. It is traditional heating table. A heating device with electricity is attached on the backside of table and it is covered with squashy blanket. It's really comfortable to sleep!!

I can't wait kotatu!
and I like eat oranges with kotatu.

Posted at Thu Nov 19 18:06:20 UTC 2009
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/55366/journals/288643 http://www.lang-8.com/55366/journals/288643 nori Thu Nov 19 18:06:20 UTC 2009 do you use it?

Now i don't know well how to use it.
but it's great to be able to know what you speak real time even if Obama.

If you did it already please follow me.
I'll follow you in return.

Now I'm looking for language exchange partner in Japan.
but it's difficult to find.

I think there are many man who want to get Japanese girl in Tokyo because there are such people in web site to find native English speakers.

If I'm a very cute Japanese girl, I can get language Exchange partner soon...



Posted at Thu Nov 05 15:45:58 UTC 2009
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/55366/journals/276499 http://www.lang-8.com/55366/journals/276499 nori Thu Nov 05 15:45:58 UTC 2009 I got back to Lang-8. I have not written my entry for a long time. To be honest, I have foregotten to write Lang-8...

But now I start Lang-8 again to improve my writing skill of English.
Please correct me, when you have enough time.

In this September, I traveled around Europe for 3 weeks.
It was really good trip. I went to many countries in Europe and eat foods and watched everthing.

My favorite county was Czech. Because it was so beautiful and clean city. And I could drink reasonable beer.

It could not be said that I could improve my English amazingly, but I got some confident about using English.

I want to improve my English and make new friends in Lang-8 again.

Thanks

Posted at Wed Oct 28 13:51:12 UTC 2009
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/55366/journals/270050 http://www.lang-8.com/55366/journals/270050 nori Wed Oct 28 13:51:12 UTC 2009
Today, I went to see a dentist and I came back just now.

It was about 6th or 7th times so far.

Today's treatment was heavy. I fixed three teeth at once. There are some feeling of anesthesia left in my mouth even now.
At first, the dentist injected anesthesia around a bad tooth. And she got rid of a bad part by a drill or another device.
I couldn't know what was happened in my mouth. I could only hear the sound of treatment. I felt a little bit fear.

It costed an hour for today's treatment. And she said to me 'you have to come again to clean a root of your bad tooth'

What is a root of a tooth?

Whenever I go to see a dentist, I fell a kind of unfair.
Because a dentist know how much does it cost. But I couldn't know. If I ask there about it they would not tell me.

hmm,, I don't want to go to anymore....

Posted at Wed Jul 01 11:13:21 UTC 2009
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/55366/journals/183427 http://www.lang-8.com/55366/journals/183427 nori Wed Jul 01 11:13:21 UTC 2009 How are you?

I went to a party on the last Saturday. We celebrated our friend's marriage. He belonged to our volley ball club and got married recently.
I really enjoyed this party because I met a lot of friends that I have not seen for a long time. It was very fun. But I drank too much..

I wanted to speak to every person in the party, but I couldn't.
I remembered that I went to a second party. The next time I knew, I was in front of a toilet... so baaad..

Now I am student. I would be accepted to do such terrible thing.(of course I don't want to do it.) But I will work in a company next year.

I have to learn how to drink as a businessman.


【If you know any more natural phrases, please tell me!!】

Posted at Tue Jun 30 15:01:27 UTC 2009
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/55366/journals/182945 http://www.lang-8.com/55366/journals/182945 nori Tue Jun 30 15:01:27 UTC 2009
I like sports, especially volley ball. I belong to a volley ball club at universiy and I used to play it with my friends in gym. Instead of gym, I often play volley ball in beach now.

The main difference between volley ball in gym and beach is head-count of team. When I make a team about beach volley ball, I need only two people. There are several modifications of rule as head-count changes. Actually, beach volley ball is quite difference sports from it in gym.

I enjoy beach volley ball every Sunday as far as the weather is not bad.
Thanks.

【If you know any more natural phrases, please tell me!!】

Posted at Mon Jun 22 15:04:34 UTC 2009
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/55366/journals/177428 http://www.lang-8.com/55366/journals/177428 nori Mon Jun 22 15:04:34 UTC 2009
For example, you asked your friend to come to your party then your friend said 'たぶん'. In this case, your friend probably come to your party. On the other hand, there is a possibility that your friend doesn't.
'たぶん' has meanings of maybe and probably.

Because of that, I often used 'maybe' the same way as 'たぶん'.
I am going to use both maybe and probably as the situation.


【If you know more natural phrase, please tell me!!】

Posted at Thu Jun 18 15:30:44 UTC 2009
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/55366/journals/174721 http://www.lang-8.com/55366/journals/174721 nori Thu Jun 18 15:30:44 UTC 2009 Japan has 4 seasons in a year and 梅雨 is the rainy season in June.
梅 means the Japanese plum and 雨 means rain. There are several hypotheses for origin of the word '梅雨' though, no evidence.

so, there are a plenty of rainy days in June. Today is rainy too.
I don't like rain because I use bicycle for commute. I need to pay some money for train in a rainy day. In addition, Japanese trains are so busy in the morning since many businessman use train. I hate busy train.
Tokyo is so stimulating city for young, but I don't wanna work in Tokyo...

so, I don't have special story for journal.
good night!!

Posted at Mon Jun 15 14:38:42 UTC 2009
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/55366/journals/172585 http://www.lang-8.com/55366/journals/172585 nori Mon Jun 15 14:38:42 UTC 2009
I used skype yesterday for the first time. It was so good!
I talked with a Lang-8 member in English.
It was a little bit hard for me to understand native English though, I could enjoy English conversation.

So, I think the best way of learning language is to speak with native speaker. I feel a little bit embarrassed. But this feeling would make me better speaker.

I want to talk with a lot of people!!
Give me message on skype, haha (^^)

Posted at Fri Jun 12 15:17:13 UTC 2009
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/55366/journals/170690 http://www.lang-8.com/55366/journals/170690 nori Fri Jun 12 15:17:13 UTC 2009 Today, I did part time job in Izakaya.

There were few people came to the Izakya. Though, I'm a little bit tired.
It sounds like a paradox. but actually I get tired when I have nothing to do while doing part time job.
In fact, I don't feel tired and I feel that time flies when I move around.

I need proper degree busyness.

Posted at Wed Jun 10 17:06:02 UTC 2009
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/55366/journals/169294 http://www.lang-8.com/55366/journals/169294 nori Wed Jun 10 17:06:02 UTC 2009 It wan so disguising. I didn't want to do it ,but I killed it by pouring hot water on it...

I need to fight against their as it becomes hot.
I have found several cockroaches every year. In order to kill them, I often use "Combat" which is medicine to kill bugs.

Today, I am going to buy Combat.
It costs me a little bit. but it is a small to pay for peace of mind.

Posted at Tue Jun 09 23:53:27 UTC 2009
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/55366/journals/168647 http://www.lang-8.com/55366/journals/168647 nori Tue Jun 09 23:53:27 UTC 2009
What do you think about manga??

There are many mangas in Japan and I really love those. Some mangas would be sold in foreign countries like Dragon ball, Pokemon and so on.
I think there would be many manga fans among Lang-8 members.
Maybe some people says that manga is worse than books or manga is really childish though, I don't think that's always right.

In japan, there are great mangas that give us courage even the way of living. My favorite one is 「Jojo's Bizarre Adventure」 written by Araki Hirohiko.
It had been serialized in Jump long before and it is really famous among
Japanese young men.

When you have an opportunity, please read it.

Posted at Mon Jun 08 13:50:39 UTC 2009
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/55366/journals/167527 http://www.lang-8.com/55366/journals/167527 nori Mon Jun 08 13:50:39 UTC 2009
I'm university student and in second grade of Master course. I'm going to work in a company in next year. I want to improve my English by the time to start working.

Now, I'm living in tokyo. If there are people who have interested in tokyo, please ask me.

I want to make many friends here!!

It is difficult for me to make daily in English.

Posted at Fri Jun 05 14:05:55 UTC 2009
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/55366/journals/165267 http://www.lang-8.com/55366/journals/165267 nori Fri Jun 05 14:05:55 UTC 2009