Moa

Do you know about Moa? Moa is a big bird which inhabited in New Zealand. Moa is an extinct species and they can't fly but they have strong legs like an ostrich and a cassowary. They reached about 3.6 m in height with neck outstretched, and weighed about 250 kg. Moa was the biggest bird. So, why they became extinct. They were plant-eating animals, so they didn't have trouble of foods. In New Zealand, there weren't any mammals, so Moa's natural enemies were only haast's eagle which was the biggest eagle. But after Māori people land to New Zealand, moa dead out by excessive hunting and deforestation. And Māori people brought some mammals such as mice, weasels, dogs, cats, and so on which are natural enemies of birds. It is one of the causes of the moa's extermination. And those manmals are threatening birds in New Zealand even now.


☆LINKS☆

・moa

・NEWZEALANDANIMAL.com

・Department of Conservation

Guy Fawkes Day

In England, November 5th is called Guy Fawkes Day or Bonfire Night. On this day, people make a bonfire in every place of England. Children make Guy Fawkes doll from available materials and take around that in town. They ask the road goers for the pocket money, and the capital in which fireworks are bought on that day is obtained. On Guy Fawkes Day, the dolls are thrown on the bonfire and Fireworks Festivals are held in everyplace in London. Fireworks give a poetic touch to a winter night in England. A lot of branch shops are opened just like the summer festival of Japan and people shouts with joy to launched fireworks in the wintry sky. A lot of family which have a barbecue in their back yard don’t defeat even at the cold, friends are invited, and fireworks are set off while having the barbecue in the garden.

Halｌoween

Halloween is a holiday celebrated on the night of October 31 when it was believed in the past that dead people appeared from their graves. Halloween activities include trick-or-treating, costume parties, visiting "haunted houses", carving Jack-o'-lanterns, reading scary stories and watching horror movies. Irish immigrants carried versions of the tradition to North America in the nineteenth century. Other western countries embraced the holiday in the late twentieth century. Halloween is celebrated in several countries of the Western world, most commonly in the UK, the United States, Canada, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, and occasionally in parts of Australia.

Ｌ change the World・・・again!

I'll introduce "L change the World" again. Because I like it!
It's directed by Hideo Nakata who directed "Ring". And it's a spin-off film of the DEATH NOTE movie stories.

STORY
L had only 23 days left because of the battle with Light. He lost Watari simultaneously. Watari took good care of L. And Watari is the best partner in trust. At the same time, small village in Thailand ceased to exist. What happen at this village? Presently, the boy sole survivor of its use in a village in Thailand was transport to L. He try to solve one case involving a bioterrorist group that aims to wipe out much of humanity with a virus.

Enchanted

This movie is Disney's new musical film. It's a parody movie of disney princess story.

.+STORY+.

Giselle lives in beautiful fairy-tale animated world of Andalasia with her chipmunk friend Pip and other animals which live in forest. One day, she was helped from troll by Prince Edward. They fell in love at first sight, and decided to marry. But on the day of the wedding, she was cheated by witch (Queen Narissa) and exiled to a place where there are no happily ever afters. Where she reached was the live-action world of modern day New York City. She had trouble because New Yorkers are unfriendly and inhospitable for her. Who helped her being bewildered is Robert. He is divorce lawyer and realist. He took her into his apartment despite believing that she is crazy and worrying about the safety of his young daughter Morgan, because his first wife left them five years ago. Giselle try to tell true love. About that time in Andalasia, Prince Edward and Giselle’s chipmunk friend Pip were worrying about her. And they go to modern day New York to help Giselle. But it's unpleasant for queen. She cheated her henchman Nathaniel and send to be a nuisance. Ultimately, Queen Narissa also goes to New York. They ran amok in New York, and get into a panic. Can Giselle really go back to Andalasia and marry Prince Edward?

.+CHARACTERS+.

Giselle-The girl who dream of　true love kiss with Prince. She is a romanticist, but she has belief. She is good at sewing, cleaning and singing. When she sings, animals come to help her. She makes some dress from Robert's curtain.

Robert-He is divorce lawyer in New York. He divorced his wife and live with his six-years-old daughter.

Edward-He is prince of Andalasia. He is honest, but often jumps to the wrong conclusion.

Narissa-She is Edward's stepmother and queen. She can use magic.

She wants to govern Andalasia.

Nathaniel-He is an Edward's valet officially, but He is a Narissa's retainer and fall in love with her in reality.

Nancy-She is Robert's girlfriend. She's been going with him for five years. She is a rational career woman but a romanticist.

Morgan-She is a Robert's daughter. She is educated that there are no "dream" and "magic" by him.

Pip-He is Giselle's chipmunk friend. He is talkative but he can't speak in live-action world of modern day New York.

♡Enchanted official site(Japanese)

♡Enchanted official site(English)

♡Cast

♡Enchanted blog

Summer Vacation

In summer vacation, I had part-time job. I’m working as a waitress in Japanese restaurant. My work place is having trouble finding workers though it is always crowding. My superior forced me to work many days. I really don’t like my job, so I tried to get more day off. But I couldn’t. My superior is very strict and severe. I can’t obey to her. I wanted to get more holiday… I decided to quit my job at November. But I worry I can say “I’ll quite this job!” to her or not. Because the end of year and the beginning of year will soon be here.

But that isn’t all. In the end of August, I had my birthday. In that day, my family congratulated me. I and my mother went to restaurant in lunch. I ate much delicious foods. And I went to Yakiniku restaurant with my family at night. I had a stomachache from eating too mach. But I felt happy.

These days later, I met high school friends. My friend held a class reunion. About 25 boys & girls came to there. We had dinner together. And at end of that, a waitress carried small cakes with a candle on big dish into our room. I looked that cake dish. There was a message on the dish with chocolate and I read that. “Happy Birthday Mamina” It was my birthday cake! I was surprised and very very happy. My friends sang a birthday song to me. I was deeply moved by my friends and my eyes glistened with tears. I enjoyed it.

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Hellish days...

From last week to today, I had Hellish Days...
Because I had much tests. But not only that. I had part-time-jobs at Saturday and Sunday 11:00am ～10:30pm(I could get home at 11:00 or 11:30!). It's very very very hard.I was really tired...but I have to study to tests and I had homeworks. I wantet to sleep early. I had aches and pains all over.(especially knees) After had a dinner and took a bath, I sat at my desk, but I couldn't open my eyes because of sleepiness!! I tryed not to fall asleep as I have a pen in my hand. But finally, I couldn't win

Yoga

Have you ever heard "Yoga"?

Yoga is very popular with women now. It comes from India.It can get rid of stress. It's not hard action. Correct breath and slow action. But sweat is pouring down your body.

Yoga is very popular, so there are many yoga studio or school in many places in Japan. If you want to be slim, and you don't like exercise, I recommend you to go to there. You'll get slender body!

search yoga studio

yoga garden

Soy Beans

Tofu,natto,soymilk...They are all famous as healthy foods,and they are made from soybeans.These days,soybeans attract many people's attention. They includes much isoflavone.It's very good for girls.Because it has a similar effect to female hormone.

Tofu Project

There are many foods made from soybeans.Do you know "SOYJOY"?It's very famous food in Japan using soybeans.It's very popular with girls who want to be more slender.

SOYJOY

Japanese Food

Now, Japanese foods are very popular all over the world. Because people take care of their health recently. Japanese foods are healthy and delicious .It's less strongly flavored to the best use of material.

When I was in Australia, I saw sushi bar or Japanese restaurants in many place like shopping center .It's a little different from Japanese one(roll avocado in, put chili sause on...), but Ausutralians like them.

Sushi bar in hollywood

sushi　bar

Ｌ change the world

On sunday,I　got "L change the world"DVD.I saw it in a movie theater,but I bought it at on-line.I looked forward to seeing it again. Because I'm a fan of Kenichi Matsuyama who play the leading this movie.

How cool he is♡

Did you see this movie?I want you to see this movie!It's very cool.But it's spin-off of"DEATH NOTE",so you should see "DEATH NOTE" the first & the second.

My Laughter File

When I get depressed or unwelcome things happened, I usually see a comedian’s TV program. I like to laugh, and I like Japanese comedians very much. I sometimes go to see comedians. It makes me happy. But this time, I introduce movie clips except Japanese comedians.

Photoshop　Animals
Have you ever seen that strange animals? The　animals proceed by Photoshop. They are very strange, but you can see wonderful technology of processing photograph.


Funny Pets
Pets are bright, but they sometimes act like a fool and stupid .There are many funny pet’s movie clips taken by home videos. You can see very cute pets and you will feel inclined to have pets. I have two　dogs now, but after I saw this movie clips,　I’d like to have a cat too .The first half is about cat and the latter half is about dogs with the song “yeah　by usher”.


Slip And Fall
This movie clip is same type as “funny pets”, but it is about human. They slipped and fell down. My favorite one is mother and child with a water slide. Mother takes along with her child in order to slide down safety, but she slipped and slide down very long slide. The child was surprised and he can’t find out what he should do. It’s very funny.