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Sep 7, 2010

Day 3-6 Busy Weekend!!!

Too busy over the weekend and lack of sleep, I just couldn't write everyday! Sorry)))
(週末あまりにも忙しく、眠気もあり、ブログを更新できませんでした!)

Saturday, September 4th.
We went to Itatori River, Horado, in Gifu prefecture.
We loved the river so much, we just had to come back!
I've never seen such a green, clear river in Japan in my life! So full of nature!
And what is more, you can jump off the rocks or if you're brave enough, jump of the bridge!
(岐阜県洞戸、板取川に行ってきました。2週連続です。こんなにも美しく、緑で、透明な川を日本で見たことない!ミソは、岩から川へ飛び込めるとういうこと、それと、勇気があるなら橋からも飛び下りることができるんですよ!)

Look how green it is!(こんなに緑!)





Lots of international friends got together. We swam, jumped, and had a nice BBQ! So nice to relax with friends and have a chat!
(この日は外国人の友達が大勢集まりました。
泳いだり、飛び込んだり、バーベキューしたり。
友達と楽しい時間が過ごせました!)











Look! And I really DID jump from a high rock!!!
It was just me jumping from my family.
My husband wouldn't dare do it!
Asahi-chan took this photo for me!
Once you do the jump, you get addicted to it!
I jumped 3 times!
(見てください!外国人の友達に交じって一緒に
飛び込みました!家族の中では私だけがジャンプ。
夫は「無理!」だって・・・。
一度飛び込むと、結構はまります。3回飛び込みました!)

We went for Chinese food for dinner!
Asahi-chan loved it!
(夕食は近くの中華を食べに行きました。
あさひちゃんの口にあって良かった)

Sunday, September 5th
My daughter and I had Sado (tea ceremony) and Kado (ikebana - flower arrangement) lessons in the morning. When we got back, Asahi-chan was studying Japanese!
(娘と私は午前中、茶道・華道のレッスンがあったので、夫とあさひちゃんをおいて出かけました。帰ってきたら、あさひちゃんは日本語を勉強してました!えらいねー)

We had somen noodles for lunch! Good for the hot, hot, summer.
Good that Asahi-chan liked it!
(暑いので昼食はソーメン。暑い時はこれに限る。あさひちゃんは、お箸でソーメンを取るのに苦労していましたが、楽しく食べてくれました。)

After preparing for school and tidying up things, my daughter and I took Asahi-chan to Daiei, the supermarket. She bought a pair of slippers for school (I still can't get used to the idea of wearing slippers in school. In our times, we had indoor shoes.) took "Purikula" (print-club - sticker photo. One of the Japanese culture that I love) altogether, and went to buy some food for our sushi party!
(家族それぞれ自分たちのことを済ませたあと、娘とあさひちゃんとでダイエーに行きました。
ユニクロで彼女は学校用のスリッパを購入。(今は上履きじゃなくて、スリッパを履くんだね。すごく違和感がある。)初のプリクラを撮り、そしてお好みずしの材料を買った。)

Monday, September 6th
We woke up at 6:30am and made ham/cheese and tuna sandwich for lunch.
I took Asahi-chan to the bus stop. I felt like her mother. Seeing a daughter off on her first day at school...
Good that there were some students taking the same bus.
After she left, it was my time again. Did my housework. I was supposed to go to the fitness club for a belly dance class. But my daughter was coming home early((( Couldn't go today. Well, maybe some free Monday...
Asahi-chan seemed to have a great time at school! I was relieved!
She had English homework. Had to translate some words and sentences into Japanese)))
(6時半に起き、ハムチーズサンド、ツナサンドを作った。初登校なので、バス停まで見送った。
娘を送る母の気分になってしまった。同じ学校の生徒がいたので少し安心。
彼女が学校へ行くと、普段の生活と変わりがない。ベリーダンスクラスに行こうと思ったけど、娘が早帰りということをコロッと忘れていた。また、いつかの月曜日に行こう。
あさひちゃんは、学校で相当楽しかったようだ。ホッとしたよー。
宿題は英語。テキストの単語や文を和訳する宿題。英和辞書を引きながら頑張っていたけど、
漢字が読めないので、少し手伝ってあげた。)

Asahi-chan is so curious in everything we do! She is always willing to help. She helped me cooking.
So we had a live cooking class in Japanese:) It's nice to have an assistant!
(あさひちゃんは、私たちのすること全てに興味あり。進んで手伝いをするし、料理も手伝ってくれる。料理に使う表現を教えながら一緒に作る。何か楽しい!)

Oh...French is so difficult to pronounce! Well, I have 10 months, don't I? Maybe I'll be good at French;)
(あー、フランス語はホントに発音するのが難しい。だけど、10カ月あるからもしかしたら、フランス語上手になってたりして?)

Tuesday, September 7th
I went to a friend's house this morning to meet a flute player and a violinist.
I played the electric piano, which I was not used to at all, and played together with them.
I might be playing with them at some cafe someday. It was like a get together & lunch.
It was my first experience. I was the only amateur player so I just had to do my best.
But it was nice playing to the flute and to the violin.
(友人宅でフルート奏者とバイオリニストに会い、私のピアノと一緒に合わせて演奏してみた。もしかすると近い将来、彼女たちと演奏するかもしれない。私だけ、アマチュアプレイヤーなので、私でいいのか不安が残るけど・・・。だけど、いいものだね。生のフルートとバイオリンを聴きながら演奏するのは。電子ピアノがちょっと慣れなかったけどね。)

Asahi-chan came back home by herself!!! Good girl!
She did her homework, went shopping with my daughter, helped me cook dinner, do the dishes, and had a origami lesson from my daughter!
(あさひちゃんは一人で家に帰ってきた!すごいじゃん。帰宅後も積極的にお手伝いをしてくれ、大助かり。娘から折り紙レッスンを受けたりと、すでに私たちの家族の一員!)











2 comments:

  1. Congratulations on jumping the rock at Horado! Now you are a member of the crazy rock jumpers club! For the next club meeting you must Jump the Horado bridge. Good luck!

    Tony

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  2. If you're doing it, I might do it AFTER you;)

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