17 March 2009

It's like negative campaign

I think, many people love to use this magic word. “The worst recession in 100 years”. Of course, we are in recession, I think. But I don’t think it is so bad. Most of media in Japan especially TV stations love to use that word. I think, they are doing negative campaign. They should do positive campaign especially in these time. I hope they will do that.

Economic recession like now is also a good turning point for everybody. If we hear so much about bad economy on TV, we must feel like “we need to do something” or “how about my company?”...
I think, we need to develop our skills. For example, taking some qualifications. It is good for us if we can’t take that qualification, we can study about that.

If we study for something during these recession, we can be the person who is ready for the next step. There are many temporary staffs who fired in these days. I don’t think, they did their best to get ready for the recession. Study for something, make the strong connection.

Some people told me, “don’t watch TV or you can’t study anything from that black box”. And some people said like “turn off your television, they are not so interesting : turn on your computer, there are a lot of interesting web sites”. Especially in Japan, TV programs are not so interesting. They couldn’t get enough money. It is fatal for most of TV stations I believe. I believe that they should focus on news programs, dramas and documentary programs. Comedy shows, gourmet shows and other variety shows are not good for TV stations. We can search funny show on YouTube, we can search the nearest restaurant on iPhone and other mobile phones. I think, web sites are more interesting than TV shows...

Anyway, I don’t like the TV station that are doing negative campaign. So, turn off your TV.

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16 March 2009

TOEIC

Yesterday, I took the TOEIC examination in Takushoku University. This is my second challenge to take the TOEIC examination in other college. Last time, my score was 645. I hope I could take over this score.

BTW, there is the award about English in our college. If we take over 450 in TOEIC exam, they give us Tosho-card (¥5,000). But we need to apply for it by ourselves. Of course, I applied for it and I got Tosho-card on 5th March. :)

I will go to advanced course from this April. In advanced course, we need to take over 550 in TOEIC exam. But I’ve already taken over 550 in TOEIC exam, then I’m not worrying about that. I think, I can get Tosho-card again next year. That is good thing, but I will keep trying. Of course, score of TOEIC exam is not the only way to scale our English ability.

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13 March 2009

Today is “Friday the 13th”. I think, many people know that there was “Friday the 13th” even in February. Also we have “Friday the 13th” November. Do you know that?

Anyway, I will write about the numbers today. 13 is the first number of course, in Japan, 13 is not so bad number. We don’t treat it as unlucky numbers in Japan. Of course, there are some unlucky numbers in Japan too. But 13 is not unlucky number in Japan. I didn’t know that 13 is unlucky number in other countries like UK, the United States, Germany and so on. Someone told me about that when I was elementary school student. I don’t know exactly why 13 is the unlucky number so I can’t write about that.

The unlucky numbers in Japan are “4”, “9”, “42” and “49”. I searched about the unlucky numbers in wikipedia... lol
(I believed that “6” is also the unlucky number in Japan. But according to the wikipedia, “6” is not unlucky number in Japan...)
In Japanese, death means “死(shi)”. And 4 has the similar pronunciation in Japanese. (I wrote “shi” but I think it is better to pronounce “C” or “she” in English.) This similar pronunciation evoke 4 as death. Then 4 became the unlucky number in Japan.

Also, 9 is the same reason. We pronounce “9” as “ku” or “kyu(Q)” in Japanese. And “ku” is the similar to this kanji “苦”. “苦” has a lot of meanings, hard, uphill, bad, tough, harsh, bitter and so on. I think, these words has negative meaning. Then 9 became the unlucky number in Japan.

“42” evoke the phrase “go to the death”. “49” evoke the phrase “tough things happen four times”. I think this “four times” is not just “4 times” but it is more than 4 times.

There is unlucky number in English-speaking countries. “666” is unlucky number in English-speaking countries, I think. But it is not unlucky number in Japan. Some friends of mine know about that but most of my friend didn’t know that “666” is unlucky number. I know about that but I don’t know why. Then if you know about why “666” and “13” are unlucky number in English-speaking countries, please tell me..

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10 March 2009

Post from Okinawa

Yeah, I arrived at Okinawa at 14.30 on Monday. The weather was not
good... (It was rain) And we needed to wait to rent a car. Then we
couldn't go anywhere yesterday.

But today, according to the weather foecast, it will be sunny day!! We
are planning to go to ちゅら海水族館(aqualium). And the weather
looks nice!

If I can upload some pictures that I take here, I wanna upload it too.
But I couldn't take nice pictures... I hope I can take nice pictures
today~

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09 March 2009

the stage

Yesterday, I went to see my friend's play. He is also student in same college. And we are in same laboratory. We are in the technical college, but he love to play. He played in many places, many theatrical groups. I hadn't seen his play but I wanted to see his play. Then I got the chance. On Saturday, and Sunday, he would play. I got the ticket and I went to see it.

I have seen plays two or three times before yesterday's play. And I like to see it. The play was really nice, there are some lough points and touching scenes.

Anyway, I will go to Okinawa today. I will be in Okinawa at 14.00 (JST), I believe. If I can, I wanna update my web log there. But I might not be able to update it...

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