How many things you want to do do you have?

One of my younger friends, who are in her late 40s, sometimes tells me, "I did one of my 100 things I want to do".
When I hear that at first, I just told a joke about her activity.
I started to play the recorder -- actually I'm involved.
I finally went to "the shop".
I climbed a (low) mountain.
---- like that.
Some things are very easy, and  the others are a little bit difficult.

She is surely pursuing her "dream".
As the number increases, I'm interested in her activity, and I'm also influenced.

Her 100 things she wants to do is not completed. Probably there are more than 50 items.
So while she is pursing her "dream", she also adds her another dream.

It is interesting.
So I tried to do it.

And I was very surprised. Because the number didn't reach the number of 50.
I'm really observed or realistic person.

How many things do you list up what you want to do?

season word 0823 water gun

 

Water gun is MIZU-Deppou in Japanese.

MIZU means water, and Teppou(or Deppou) means gun.

This year I saw the label of "WOH-TAh- GAN" in Katakana instead of MIZU-Deppou at toy stores or do-it-yourself stores.

 

"I" also made MIZU-Deppou .

 

 

It was fun.

 

However, we used plastic straws.

Currently, plastic things are becoming a big problem as an environment issue.

Starbucks have  started to stop using plastic straws, A Japanese big food company Skylark also have started to stop using them.

On the other hand, plastic bottles and plastic straws are main material for kid's crafts.

Of course when I was a child there were not such materials.

Ever period, kids use the current materials for their craft.

What kind of materials will appear when AH-chan become an adult?

about EEl

Definitely I love UNAGI (eel).
And my mother, my mother in-law also loves one.

This summer,  there seemed to be a shortage of Eel.
One reason is that, currently not only in Japan, but also in other Asian country (China, Taiwan, and Korea) they knew the taste and started to eat them.
The second reason is that; we can eat Eel not only at Japanese restaurants but also at family restaurants or delivery service.

When Ah-chan got a preventive shot at hospital, we had lunch outside. She could stand up the "scary, and hard" shot. So as a reward she wanted a toy at a family restaurant.
(In family restaurants, they advertise attractive toys with kids lunch)
There I ate EEL.

About 1000yen.

As I told you yesterday, when I had no apatite, I ordered EEL to the delivery service.

s

 It was a little bit expensive, because it was delivered. About 1800 yen.

And today, Ah-chan has fever, so I took her to the hospital, and on the way home we had lunch at a family restraint.
Unfortunately, eel was sold out.

Additionally, when we visited my mother, we often eat EEL at a Japanese restaurant.
It is usually about 2500 yen.

Home delivery KAMAMESHI

When I was a child, typical home  delivery meals (foods? dishes?, I hope someone tell me.) were Japanese noodle, Sushi, and Eel bowls. When I was young, delivery pizza was common. And --
currently, many kinds of meals are delivered.

Since tomorrow, usual days have started, though there are still four members. Last night I was a little bit tired, so I was going to cook something easy for three members. Unexpectedly Yuki came back earlier.

So we ordered "KAMAMESHI".  It was the first time for four of us.

Kamameshi is a Japanese rice pilaf cooked in an individual  iron pot.
It is often served as EKIBEN at station. Ekiben is meals sold at station.

There are various typs of Kamameshi.
This time we ordered Eel-Kamameshi.

They were tasty.

seasib word 0816 test of courage

 In Japanese it is said "kimo -dameshi". Kimo mease liver and dameshi means test.
Test of courage and KIMO-Dameshi are the same meaning, but the sounds seem to be different.
KIMO-Dameshi sounds more spooky.

Even the chill of KIMO-dameshi,  bent down, to this fierce heat
KIMO-dameshi, how scared I am, I have never done it.

How do you say --- this action?

Now, we are in summer vacation. Later I'll tell you how to spend this vacation.
And from next week, my daily life will have started.
Next Tuesday, it is a volunteering day at the library.
I'll read some English picture books, and about one book I'm thinking about an activity.

I prepared cups with a number.

1. please spread the cups randomly.

2.While I'm reading the book, I shout a number. So take a cup of the same number and stack the cups.

3. Thanks. Well, now I'll read the book again from backward, When I shout a number, please remove the cup with the number.

Does it make sense?
If some one  help me, I owe you one!

air-conditioner sick

Have you ever heard of the word "air-conditioner sick"?
Now my husband Yuki is suffering from it, and finally he took a sick-day. It is really unusual.
Last month he took a sick-day from summer cold (our grandmother brought it). He seldom takes such sick-days.
It means the heat of this summer is unusual, and our situation with our daughter and grand daughter is also unusual.

"Air-conditioner sick" seems to be used only in Japan. It is a particular syndrome in Japan.
According to Japanese Wikipedia,
--------
 Air-conditioner sick doesn't exist as one of illness in the medical world. However it is right many people in Japan  feel unwell including slight fever or headaches when they stay in the area where air conditioners work very well for long hours and after that they stay in a very hot sites, and they have to experiences such a temperature difference repeatedly.
The relationship of this bad shape and air conditioners is not clear scientifically . However in Japan many people are suffering from air-conditioner sick in summer. Japanese doctors use this term. Additionally this term isn't accepted in the world not standard.
Probably our thermoregulation immune system is different from others.
--------

Yuki said,
in Yuki's office, about half of Japanese workers wear long-sleeved uniforms on the other hand most of foreign workers (there are many foreign workers in his office) wear short-sleeved uniforms.

And he often heard that some people are suffering from air-conditioner sick, but never heard that foreign workers suffer from it.

Well, well, it is an additional thing.
The other day I had to kill time at a shopping mall while  our daughter and her granddaughter were  participating in a meeting. I forgot to bring my jacket. It was too cold to stay there without jacket. And fortunately many clothes were on sale. So I bought a new jacket.