Obachan's Garden~movie~

This movie is about a women who moved to Canada from Japan in a particular reason. She had 2 daughters and husband before she married in Canada but she forced to part with them. During her whole life in Canada, she never forgot about them and she brought a photo of her 2 daughters everywhere and anytime. Also, she loves playing violin. Since her family in Canada was Japanese Canadian, her family are caught between Japan's win and Canada's win in the war. They didn't know which nation to support. This movie tells us that we shouldn't give up if we face some difficulties and the importance of peace , life and love.

Obaachan's Garden

Linda Ohama came to AU last Tuesday.
She explained about Obaachan so I could understand more.
I thought her action to look for Obaachan's 2 daughters is great because Obaachan must have been wanted to see her daughters.

Pouring Rain

All the birds were gone this morning, which made me feel really bad.
Where should I go today?

Yesterday I watched a film titled BABEL.
It was really good! As titled, its theme is language and communication.
It must be really interesting especially for IE3 students. You should watch it!
I'm wondering if I can choose its novelized version for my next book report...

The meaning of the circle

There are many round things around me. I guess circle has some symbols such as eternity, friendship, and peace. We have a good word in Japan, which is "円満"-Enman. The left character means circle, and the right one is full, so the situation or the relationship is with no conflict. In English it is translated into"harmonious". In my image, circle sounds like moving very smoothly. As we ride bicycle, train, or car, we know they all have wheels. It can move quickly with little hindrance. Thinking of it, circle may be the ideal shape in both physical and mental aspects.

Visions of Ray Bradbury

As we were discussing how his predictions became true, we doubted if all of his predictions came true. Since I have not read his book, I do not know how many things he predicted. As for the predictions written on the article, I was surprised how well he had predicted, because the book "Fahrenheit 451"was written and published in 1953, as old as half a century ago. I was especially surprised at his prediction that people are obsessed with the large, flat-screen televisions. Everyone on the train checks if they receive message from anyone every few minutes.

Touch the Earth: The Meaning of the Circle

This was shocking. I have never realized this law. Certainly, there are many round things which are powerful or essential. I wonder how the indian people found this. The explanation of the law is very persuasive and interesting. Hehaka Sapa is a remarkable person. His career or history is so unique and fresh that I almost just forgot everything I've read about him in the article, because it was very different from any biographical stories I have ever known and I couldn't realize that it was actually about someone real. I'm interested in how they have developed the law. I want to be taught something by the priests too.

Futurists (Ray Bradbury and E-books)

Ray Bradbury has predicted the future that have come true, but he didn't use any supernatural power to do that. He was so experienced at what he predicted that was able to see what is going to happen. I'm not sure E-books are going to be so popular, because I think demand towards physical books won't disappear. It's easier to search a page you want to go, unless it's a dictionary. Also, it's not stimulating to your eyes and most importantly, it feels much better to have something physical than something digital. Furthermore, I've heard that Physical data are more preservable than digital data for some reason.

to Cory

I was looking forward to seeing you yesterday.


In I,E Listening, we had the activity that we often do: listening, interaction.Also teams that do presentation are decided.

Rain

It sucks when it rains...especially on weekends.
I'm going to Shibuya today to play basketball.

Pizza:-)

I think we're going to have it again soon :-D
Too bad that we're going to be in different classes next semester:-(
Well, I hope that we could really go to Hokkaido this summer!!!!

Linda Ohama

She visited AGU on Tuesday and talked about the movie "Obachan's Garden", and the activity for Tohoku recovery. She said that when she had known 3.11 earthquake and tsunami, she had dreamed of working on helping people in the stricken area. I was surprised to know that many people had gathered till 3.12 to help Japan by raising funds, and impressed that so many people all over the world had cared about us.

(*´-ω-)...

I'm looking for a part-time job but I can't find one:( I want to work at bakery or sweets shop but there aren't good ones near my house. I think I should find one in Tokyo, maybe in Shinjuku or Ikebukuro :)

Pizza

We went to the pizza place in Fuchidome with IE member!! We had 12 people and it was a lot of fun!!

Obachan's garden

I thought it was a very challenging decision of her to going to Canada and deciding to not merry a guy she was going to. I though it must be really hard for her for not being able to go back to her own country and spending a life in other country.

Yesterday!

We had a dinner yesterday with IE class menbers!
It was very fun!

no homework

In I.E Writing, we have no homework this week!!!!!

I don't like Anderson's class very much but I try best!!!!!

Don't say・・・・say◎◎!!!!!

English Linguistics Overview

I learned pronunciation for Dr Tooike.
Dr Tonoike's lecture is sometimes boring and his way of speaking is arrogant.
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Nightwish

 Yesterday I found a band called Nightwish on YouTube and I felt shivers down my spine when I first heard their song. It's sounds like a rock music but I'm not so sure. I've been listening their songs since yesterday and I'm listening to it just now while I'm writing on this blog.
"Wish I Had An Angel", "Nemo", and "She Is My Sin" "Amaranth" are my favorites so far. If you have a chance, please try listening to them. Maybe you will find it interesting too.

Obachan's Garden

 The fact that one should go get married just by recognizing the picture of the other person is maybe a bit careless. We won't know if that person is sweet, handsome, beautiful, or the other way round. So, it must have been really hard for obachan when she found out the person who she was going to marry was very short! If she had not brought her violin with her, she might have committed suicide.

Obachan's Garden

and OH, about that movie.
I couldn't go to the seminar because I had a class on that time, but the movie still interested me a lot.
This obachan must be really courageous, for a Japanese, especially on that time, to go living in foreign country.
The best part was when she was talking about the man she must have married with. Chiisai...So small...lol

Money...

Aww, I'm out of money...

Should I change my part-time job, cause they only pay me 900yen for an hour?

I can't really say of that because people are so nice in my restaurant...

And yeah, I've got to make myself a lunch and a dinner tomorrow....so I don't spend money...

Spaghetti?

MHP3

Playing "MONSTER HUNTER Portable 3rd" now.
If you have any of the Monster Hunter series, I think you'll understand.
I don't think my IE class girls play it though......
I'm going to talk about this game today, so I hope someone knows something about it...
It's even better if you have once read the comics or seen the anime of INU-YASHA.

Obachan's garden

I thought Obachan was so sweet.
However, I wonder what she was fighter for every time in her life.
She looks very happy but also somehow she looks a little sad.
I felt that I have to go back to the start of her life to understand Obachan fully.

SNICKERS!

I'm craving for SNICKERS!! :)

Obachan' garden

Obachan came to Canada to marry a man. But soon she regreted that and she decided to pay money to be free. I was really surprised with her ability to take action. My favorite part of this video is when obachan strongly refused the man because he was short. It was fun.

today

I had a dinner with IE3 members. We had a great time! Thank you for planning, Satoshi : )
I wanna hang out with all the members next time.

Obaachan

I think Obaachan's secret is that she had married to another man before she came to Canada, and had two children. If I were her child I would be sad not because she had other children but she hid the truth.

got a cold

 Maybe I caught a cold when I overslept with a friend who already had. (;▽;)  I think I need more time to sleep.

Dinner

I had a dinner with IE3 members after school. We ate pizza! I had a fabulous time with them.

Obachan's Garden

I was very very surprised to hear that obachan emigrated to Canada for picture bride. If  I were her, I wouldn't be able to do such a thing. I can't marry a man I have never talked with. After watching this movie, I came to want to see my grandmather! I miss her.

Takumi

Did she say something about Movie log?
I think it is due on June 15.

Dinner

We're going to have dinner after this class:-)
With the ie3 classmates!
Not so many people is available today, so we might not wait for a long time lining up for the dinner

Linda Ohama

I was not able to see her but I heard something about her from my friend.
Though I cannot write a comment about her much, I respect her to help Japan after the earthquake last year. I am so surprised so many people have been helping Japan even the fact does not come into the light. Actually I had an opportunity to join a volunteer tour to Sendai last month. I could do little thing to people there, but at least I recognized that there were still many who suffer and we are the ones who help each other. Linda Ohama is one of the good examples to me.

Snoop Dogg

Do you know him?
I knew he was a hip-hop singer or something.
What I did not know about him, or American singers was that they had their own clear opinion about politics. When I was preparing for Listening report, I happened to watch this video.
It was the time there was an election for new president.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do0H4wFq1NA

Movie log do tommorow?

I have a question to people who have IE3 class on Friday first period. Cory heard that movie log is do tommorow. Is that true?

book report

I am thinking about reading The Notebook for my next book eport.

I saw the movie yesterday, and it was great.

I will try hard on my next book report too.



Musts

I thought that I had done my assignments, which should be finished in this week.
But, I forgot doing my Media Discussion about environment.
Last time, I chose an article about it but I couldn't summarize the article so I have to change its paper.
And, I also forgot posting about Obaachan's Garden.

Although I'm finishing the first assignment after my bathing, the second one should be completed right now. Obaachan have a good bravery. it was very worried for her to go out Japan and to live in the foreign country then. Picture marridge means grooms and brides dicide to marry by looking a picture each other, I think. I don't want to do so. Hahaha! At that time, it's normal? I wonder.

_(:q 」 ∠)_

Hadn't posted for 2 weeks now, I think.
I think a blog is a good and entertaining way to get marks, but it's hard for a person like me to keep up with it.
I feel it's fun, but I just simply forgetX(
I wonder how much marks I lost......

I think it's kinda late, but I must post about the E-books and "Obaachan's garden".

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about the E-Books
I think it's good, because I don't have to carry around heavy books or loose papers.
Also, you don't have to care about your bag's capacity.
However, I'm a type of person who gets worried about data.
I use the Internet pretty often, and I also make homepages using Html tags, but because of that I'm always nervous about Internet data which can't be touched by my own hands.
So, I love digital things, but still I'd rather use a paper book.

***
about Obaachan's garden
I think Obaachan was very brave to go outside Japan.
Picture brides wouldn't know what will happen there, and they didn't even know what her husbands were like.
But, Obaachan was brave enough to step outside, and work there to get free.
I think she suffered through lots of things, and learned and experienced so many things that she couldn't have seen inside Japan.
However, I don't want to marry someone just by looking at a pictureXD

Obachan's garden

I was interested to see this video because I didn't know woman couldn't go to other countries without having a husband who is from other country.  I have never heard of picture marriage and this looked really funny. Back in those days, it could be a really serious thing but now it is pretty much impossible to marry a person just with a picture. It was a good movie. I got to know the history that I didn't know.

Shopping

I'm going to go shopping with my friends from the same dorm today!

Awwww

I'm going to the dentist today....even though it's holiday for me...
I must have been with my friends...aww

kazuma

Yay!!

I found out a way to read my book online!
I don't think it's illegal, because it's on Amazon....
It's an preview of all the pages in the book.
Some don't show all the pages, but I've found one that shows all :)

Interview!!

I have interview to one of actors in gekidanshiki!!
Its part of activity of english newspaper club. Actually it was planned to be done in May, but the actor who was supposed to be interviewed, suddenly got new job to do, so we couldn't have done it.
...Now, I'm a little bit nervous!!!

Obaachan's Garden

I watched the film partly to the end yesterday. The Obaachan was forced to leave Japan, because her son died when she gave birth to him. In that age of Japan, women's most important work was to give birth to son. So, after her son died, she could no longer be married with her husband. She was forced to go to Canada, for picture bride, because it was the only way to leave Japan legally.
When she left, She had two daughters besides husband. However she never talked about them in Canada. Even her family didn't know. So, when one of her daughter found out the secret, and finally could let the mother and one of two daughter left in Japan before the Obaachan dies.
I don't know why, but I thought this film has tone of creepiness. I was irritated when the Obaachan speaks because her voice was really hard to be heard. Anyways, at the end of the film, the scene where Obaachan and her daughter meets for the first time in 75 years, was moving.

Obaachan's garden

I think obaachan is a very strong women. She went to other country because she didn't want to be at Japan. Even though I don't wanted to be at Japan, I think I can't do that because I'm not brave enough to do that. I think she had a hard time because she had no acquaintance there, and also, I think it was very hard to make herself understood. And, she had to work there to pay some money back! If I was her, I won't do that because it's too hard too to me. She really is a strong women!! But I didn't get what her "secret" was. Is that a fact that she was supposed to marry a different man first?

Another part time job

I'm going to go to a meeting for another part time job. It'sa coach of swimming pool. The last one was in Azamino and this time, it's in Itigao. I failed at the very beginning of my first interview of part time job but this time I want to be hired. I never thought getting a part time job is so difficult.

Linda Ohama

The film maker of Obaachan's garden, Linda Ohama came to our school yesterday. She taught us about backgrouds of the film and I understood more about the movie. She was a great person. She is one of people who supported Japan from another country after seeing big earthquake on March 11th 2012. I can't believe that she put aside the project on which she was working and help Japan.

To Yuki

I think you are right. I need to become more positive, but I don't have confidence in myself.
I have to make extra special efforts.

Which is you?

I am not being sarcastic, but it seems like people around me are too shy to ask a question, or understands what teachers say completely.

One who never asks either knows everything or nothing.

Obachan's garden

One of the biggest impression on her video was that when she said "That's enough, nothing more to talk about". It sounds a lot of her experiences are grivious and sad ones. Living for long is not necessarily a blessing as to see people around us dying.