<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146</id><updated>2012-02-17T01:31:20.154+09:00</updated><title type='text'>English Square Blog</title><subtitle type='html'>a little blog about us, our school, our simple life...</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Mashi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00267793299486619817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SAw7p8a2_HI/AAAAAAAAAAM/JgXieCLBUP0/S220/ml-spr-bw.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>64</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-6753362099549260326</id><published>2011-05-02T18:48:00.005+09:00</published><updated>2011-05-04T11:08:39.515+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Spring</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;Spring came to the mountainside where I love to roam and made it pinkish for a stretch.  Lovely it was!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--jMLWvnXD_8/Tb5_g5XrrNI/AAAAAAAABWs/KANIVKXZIoI/s1600/IMG_0025.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--jMLWvnXD_8/Tb5_g5XrrNI/AAAAAAAABWs/KANIVKXZIoI/s320/IMG_0025.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602055189628169426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;As was the park...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WURz-t9E-wo/Tb5-3zyFzWI/AAAAAAAABWk/xl1QASgxZP8/s1600/IMG_0034.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 234px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WURz-t9E-wo/Tb5-3zyFzWI/AAAAAAAABWk/xl1QASgxZP8/s320/IMG_0034.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602054483753684322" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--W787clRdis/Tb5-3ifyHqI/AAAAAAAABWc/dNoDDMtoKbc/s1600/IMG_0037.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 304px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--W787clRdis/Tb5-3ifyHqI/AAAAAAAABWc/dNoDDMtoKbc/s320/IMG_0037.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602054479113494178" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;And now it's mid-spring and I think Japan should lay claim to dogwood season somehow.  They're everywhere and just BEAUTIFUL! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CvqYBYYn82E/Tb5-3Irlg2I/AAAAAAAABWU/lZzovrcNWTY/s1600/IMG_0065.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 319px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CvqYBYYn82E/Tb5-3Irlg2I/AAAAAAAABWU/lZzovrcNWTY/s320/IMG_0065.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602054472183677794" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Don't you think?  &lt;div&gt;Since I have the luxury of having a long vacation during Japan's "Golden Week" I decided to take a nice long run, snap some photos of the other lovelies of the season and actually sit down to write a short blog post.  Actually...all you get is some floral photos, but pictures speak louder than words sometimes.  Enjoy...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RPxhagbO3yo/Tb5-21JujBI/AAAAAAAABWM/ysM95JIqjks/s1600/IMG_0066.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 283px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RPxhagbO3yo/Tb5-21JujBI/AAAAAAAABWM/ysM95JIqjks/s320/IMG_0066.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602054466941389842" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3dzfTWCzXj0/Tb5-2tlFIkI/AAAAAAAABWE/6OnLW7q7_HU/s1600/IMG_0069.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 270px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3dzfTWCzXj0/Tb5-2tlFIkI/AAAAAAAABWE/6OnLW7q7_HU/s320/IMG_0069.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602054464908632642" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XWkqTvabQJQ/Tb5-fySV5LI/AAAAAAAABV8/HNj7TLBIPMg/s1600/IMG_0070.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XWkqTvabQJQ/Tb5-fySV5LI/AAAAAAAABV8/HNj7TLBIPMg/s320/IMG_0070.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602054071035225266" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4eNt3Rfj94g/Tb5-flNVbYI/AAAAAAAABV0/mnEz1MX99Wc/s1600/IMG_0071.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 251px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4eNt3Rfj94g/Tb5-flNVbYI/AAAAAAAABV0/mnEz1MX99Wc/s320/IMG_0071.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602054067524562306" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rLKDhbeJzQs/Tb5-fdtGnBI/AAAAAAAABVs/vzZ5xiElzVQ/s1600/IMG_0073.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 310px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rLKDhbeJzQs/Tb5-fdtGnBI/AAAAAAAABVs/vzZ5xiElzVQ/s320/IMG_0073.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602054065510325266" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rLTsej82Iqc/Tb5-fMDJOUI/AAAAAAAABVk/LQ4KV-1T_uM/s1600/IMG_0074.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 238px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rLTsej82Iqc/Tb5-fMDJOUI/AAAAAAAABVk/LQ4KV-1T_uM/s320/IMG_0074.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602054060770933058" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vBuDxJdxMQw/Tb5-eirqGeI/AAAAAAAABVc/7whS8fI5QVM/s1600/IMG_0075.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 238px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vBuDxJdxMQw/Tb5-eirqGeI/AAAAAAAABVc/7whS8fI5QVM/s320/IMG_0075.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602054049666570722" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Happy Spring!  Next floral season to look forward to comes with rainy season, but we take it cause it brings amazing hydrangeas.  Perhaps I'll post again then.  :D    Sorry it had been so long.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-6753362099549260326?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/feeds/6753362099549260326/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4761244549378063146&amp;postID=6753362099549260326' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/6753362099549260326'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/6753362099549260326'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/2011/05/happy-spring.html' title='Happy Spring'/><author><name>Lisa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15141405009680562701</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--jMLWvnXD_8/Tb5_g5XrrNI/AAAAAAAABWs/KANIVKXZIoI/s72-c/IMG_0025.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-6762103271053253852</id><published>2011-01-06T16:49:00.003+09:00</published><updated>2011-01-06T16:56:41.724+09:00</updated><title type='text'>New Year's Cards</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;毎年たくさんの方から年賀状を頂きますが、&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;今年も皆様から頂きました！&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;手書きのかわいいものから、&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;おしゃれなもの・かっこいい写真入りまで&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;いろいろな年賀状ありがとうございます！！！&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558978336095104418" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/TSV1WA0KbaI/AAAAAAAAAZg/2mz-870dGT0/s320/CIMG6531.jpgedit.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;今クラスルームに飾っています！&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-6762103271053253852?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/feeds/6762103271053253852/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4761244549378063146&amp;postID=6762103271053253852' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/6762103271053253852'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/6762103271053253852'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/2011/01/new-years-cards.html' title='New Year&apos;s Cards'/><author><name>Mashi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00267793299486619817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SAw7p8a2_HI/AAAAAAAAAAM/JgXieCLBUP0/S220/ml-spr-bw.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/TSV1WA0KbaI/AAAAAAAAAZg/2mz-870dGT0/s72-c/CIMG6531.jpgedit.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-5255910424727875549</id><published>2011-01-05T14:35:00.002+09:00</published><updated>2011-01-05T14:45:50.336+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy New Year 2011!</title><content type='html'>皆様、新年あけましておめでとうございます！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;私達スクールも今日からクラスが始まりますが、&lt;br /&gt;皆様、年末年始はいかがお過ごしでしたでしょうか？&lt;br /&gt;帰省あるいは旅行、またはお家でゆっくり。。。？&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;私達はといえば、リサの両親に会うためお出かけしていましたが、&lt;br /&gt;その件についてはまた次回以降にアップしていきたいと思います。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;今年も一年新たな気持ちで２人力を合わせて頑張っていきたいと思います。&lt;br /&gt;どうぞよろしくお願いいたします。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;２０１１年も皆様にとって良い一年となりますように！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lisa &amp;amp; Masashi&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-5255910424727875549?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/feeds/5255910424727875549/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4761244549378063146&amp;postID=5255910424727875549' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/5255910424727875549'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/5255910424727875549'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/2011/01/happy-new-year-2011.html' title='Happy New Year 2011!'/><author><name>Mashi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00267793299486619817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SAw7p8a2_HI/AAAAAAAAAAM/JgXieCLBUP0/S220/ml-spr-bw.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-8375959058636328428</id><published>2010-12-07T08:36:00.004+09:00</published><updated>2010-12-07T11:48:30.564+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Got Pho?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "&gt;We got pho, fresh spring rolls, and that yummy leaf right there next to the spoon...couldn't get enough of that.  (Not a real food blogger here, so forgive the fact that I'm not giving you real names for herbs here.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/TP2NaN_lA2I/AAAAAAAABIo/N9f8Vwt80sY/s320/IMG_0443.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547745797562762082" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "&gt;We took a short trip to Vietnam last month and packed in as much food wrapping, noodle slurping and beer sipping as we could. And what made the trip extra special was getting to see friends..well, actually a family whose mother and two adorable kids came for English lessons before moving to Vietnam to join the father who had been transferred there for work. &lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We spent the day together going sight-seeing at the Mekong River Delta then back to Ho Chi Minh for dinner. We cruised around on a small boat with a lovely Vietnamese woman guiding us, imparting interesting facts in both English and Japanese with a brilliant, sincere smile.  How they packed in a coconut candy factory, a bee farm, a fruit orchard, sit-down lunch, and a row boat ride into one afternoon, I'll never know. Our friends daughter entertained us on our boat with some singing and general cuteness that only a 7 year old can muster, the locals on the riverside were even cheering for her.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/TP1z5HuIsfI/AAAAAAAABII/DYdOR-XGO2A/s1600/IMG_2088.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/TP1z5HuIsfI/AAAAAAAABII/DYdOR-XGO2A/s320/IMG_2088.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547717741152612850" style="text-align: left; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 309px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/TP1z5HuIsfI/AAAAAAAABII/DYdOR-XGO2A/s1600/IMG_2088.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#0000EE;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Mashi got to try the hat as we gathered round and let the kids pose with fruit.  It was like spending a day with my own niece and nephew since they're about the same age.  &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/TP1z5uVQBhI/AAAAAAAABIQ/RwgBzH1GzpU/s1600/IMG_2120.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 288px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/TP1z5uVQBhI/AAAAAAAABIQ/RwgBzH1GzpU/s320/IMG_2120.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547717751517218322" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We had such a great day together.  (We miss you in Takatsuki, but glad you're so happy with your new life in Vietnam.)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/TP1z5HuIsfI/AAAAAAAABII/DYdOR-XGO2A/s1600/IMG_2088.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#0000EE;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/TP1z6VUOiaI/AAAAAAAABIY/1IIbPd5Eoy0/s320/IMG_2144.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547717761981909410" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 294px; height: 320px; " /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/TP1z5HuIsfI/AAAAAAAABII/DYdOR-XGO2A/s1600/IMG_2088.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Other than that day, we spent the other time in HCMC checking out some museums and sightseeing spots and trying to cross roads like this.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/TP2fzAgOZRI/AAAAAAAABJA/auJrAdiOmhA/s320/IMG_0433.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547766014647624978" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;It was a nice, but short, little adventure.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-8375959058636328428?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/feeds/8375959058636328428/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4761244549378063146&amp;postID=8375959058636328428' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/8375959058636328428'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/8375959058636328428'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/2010/12/got-pho.html' title='Got Pho?'/><author><name>Lisa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15141405009680562701</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/TP2NaN_lA2I/AAAAAAAABIo/N9f8Vwt80sY/s72-c/IMG_0443.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-5972639143699434157</id><published>2010-10-25T14:22:00.008+09:00</published><updated>2010-10-25T16:16:55.715+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Halloween Festival 2010 !</title><content type='html'>昨日の10月24日（日）はハロウィンフェスティバルでした。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;まずは朝8時ごろに会場となる河川敷の場所取りに。&lt;br /&gt;タープやブルーシートを持って走りまわりました。&lt;br /&gt;前日ぐらいからお天気のほうがあやしくなりましたが、&lt;br /&gt;当日朝は曇り。&lt;br /&gt;それでも結構な人が同じように場所取りなどに来ていて&lt;br /&gt;なんとか私たちも無事スペースを確保し、まずはほっと。。。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;直ぐにスクールに戻り荷物の確認、コスチュームのメイクアップ、&lt;br /&gt;車への積み込みをし会場に向けて再び出発。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531852772096990786" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/TMUWyYaZ3kI/AAAAAAAAAYM/cM2lJ00l6u8/s320/IMG_0322.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;イベント当日の担当・アクティビティーをプリントし&lt;br /&gt;流れをいつでも確認できるように。。。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531853765852045474" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/TMUXsOcEoKI/AAAAAAAAAYU/2xgkpv14ZHE/s320/IMG_0319.jpg" /&gt;各アクティビティーごとに仕分けてみました。&lt;br /&gt;会場に到着した時には既に準備を手伝って頂けるご父兄の姿も。&lt;br /&gt;荷物運び・飾り付けなどの準備を1時間以上ありがとうございましたm(_ _)m&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;11時開場。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531852768370184322" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/TMUWyKh3UII/AAAAAAAAAYE/Zm1Fe56KWTY/s320/IMG_0330.jpg" /&gt; スタッフですー！（^o^)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531852763278381266" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/TMUWx3j4kNI/AAAAAAAAAX8/bEXtQBt9CqY/s320/IMG_0354.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531852757769278914" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/TMUWxjCaVcI/AAAAAAAAAX0/YBsX9eyJR10/s320/IMG_0374.jpg" /&gt;お歌&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;ゲームタイム&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;ハンバーガーBBQ&lt;br /&gt;Jack-o-Lantern作り&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;S'mores（マシュマロ焼き）&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;スムーズにイベントも進み、&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;少しおしましたが無事に終了。。。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531852756877725410" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/TMUWxft2TuI/AAAAAAAAAXs/LGtutfAtwgw/s320/IMG_0363.jpg" /&gt; ハンバーガーBBQ（BBQ係ボランティアの皆さん）&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;最後になりますが、今年もたくさんのご父兄にお手伝いいただきました。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;このイベントはいつも皆さんに助けてもらって成り立っています。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;本当に感謝です。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;お手伝い頂いた皆様本当にありがとうございましたm(_ _)m&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;皆さまのおかげで今年もHalloween Festival乗り切れましたー！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;あと・・・&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;忘れ物一点。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531867473243276130" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/TMUkKGc0A2I/AAAAAAAAAYc/ceextW8VoY8/s320/IMG_0417.jpg" /&gt;見覚えのある方、ご連絡くださいませ(^^)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;ちなみに何かをなくしたり忘れた時に&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;“忘れ物預かり所に連絡してください”の&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;【忘れ物預かり所】を英語では&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;lost and found&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;と言います。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;たまに、&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;you LOST and we FOUND &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;みたいな感じで表記しているところもありますが、&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;これを見るとなるほど！と思いますよね～。。。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-5972639143699434157?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/feeds/5972639143699434157/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4761244549378063146&amp;postID=5972639143699434157' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/5972639143699434157'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/5972639143699434157'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/2010/10/halloween-festival-2010.html' title='Halloween Festival 2010 !'/><author><name>Mashi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00267793299486619817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SAw7p8a2_HI/AAAAAAAAAAM/JgXieCLBUP0/S220/ml-spr-bw.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/TMUWyYaZ3kI/AAAAAAAAAYM/cM2lJ00l6u8/s72-c/IMG_0322.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-8091173111397975552</id><published>2010-10-09T15:46:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2010-10-12T16:07:34.563+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Halloween 2010</title><content type='html'>今夏の異常な暑さも去り、ここのところ涼しくなったな～&lt;br /&gt;と思ったらもう10月。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ハロウィンの季節です。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;教室もハロウィンバージョン、飾り付けです。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527048588833441570" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/TLQFaHG9xyI/AAAAAAAAAXk/Et9sJGg5GL0/s320/IMG_0312.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527048586082107362" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/TLQFZ82_v-I/AAAAAAAAAXc/d1Zljf0ZQXQ/s320/IMG_0309.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527048580509861554" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/TLQFZoGeBrI/AAAAAAAAAXU/INhcAo3Lfxs/s320/IMG_0310.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527048575484089618" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/TLQFZVYO1RI/AAAAAAAAAXM/sixI63T3jdM/s320/IMG_0311.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;子供たちの反応も上々。&lt;br /&gt;クラスに入ってきたときのコメントや一言が&lt;br /&gt;何気に嬉しいものです (^-^)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;今月の後半にはHalloween Festival。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;気合を入れてがんばりますっ！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;みなさん一緒に楽しみましょう！！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-8091173111397975552?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/feeds/8091173111397975552/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4761244549378063146&amp;postID=8091173111397975552' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/8091173111397975552'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/8091173111397975552'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/2010/10/halloween-2010.html' title='Halloween 2010'/><author><name>Mashi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00267793299486619817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SAw7p8a2_HI/AAAAAAAAAAM/JgXieCLBUP0/S220/ml-spr-bw.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/TLQFaHG9xyI/AAAAAAAAAXk/Et9sJGg5GL0/s72-c/IMG_0312.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-2159912985138984478</id><published>2010-09-13T14:57:00.010+09:00</published><updated>2010-09-14T14:25:54.683+09:00</updated><title type='text'>English Square Gourmet Club Starts Next Month.</title><content type='html'>毎年夏に口からでること・・・&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“今年の夏は本当に暑いですね～！！！”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;皆さんほぼ口癖のようになっていますが、&lt;br /&gt;今年は、本当のほんとうに！格別に”！暑い夏でしたね。&lt;br /&gt;ただやっと９月の中頃になって過ごしやすくなってきました。&lt;br /&gt;朝晩が楽になりましたよね。。。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;ところで今日は大人の生徒さまへのイベント告知です(o^∀^o)&lt;/p&gt;以前からずっ～と考えていました、食事会&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;《English Square Gourmet Club》&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;第１回を開催することとなりました。&lt;br /&gt;また今回は食事の前に映画観賞会（映画館にて）も合わせて開催します。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;詳細は以下のとおりとなります。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;日程：　１０月２日（土）&lt;br /&gt;時間：　午後３～４時ごろ（映画の後、６時半ごろから食事予定）&lt;br /&gt;場所：　高槻駅周辺（詳細以下に）&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;映画タイトル名：　Eat Pray Love（食べて、祈って、恋をして）&lt;br /&gt;　　　　　　　　　　　&lt;a href="http://eat-pray-love.jp/"&gt;http://eat-pray-love.jp/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;映画館：　　　　　　アレックスシネマ高槻（アル・プラザ内）&lt;br /&gt;　　　　　　　　　　　&lt;a href="http://alex-cinemas.com/takatsuki/index.html"&gt;http://alex-cinemas.com/takatsuki/index.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;レストラン：　　　　Italian cafe &amp;amp; Daining +39　（予定）&lt;br /&gt;　　　　　　　　　　　&lt;a href="http://www.8sin.co.jp/shop/plus39/"&gt;http://www.8sin.co.jp/shop/plus39/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;皆さま、ぜひぜひご参加くださいね！(＾＾)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-2159912985138984478?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/feeds/2159912985138984478/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4761244549378063146&amp;postID=2159912985138984478' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/2159912985138984478'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/2159912985138984478'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/2010/09/english-square-gourmet-club-starts-next.html' title='English Square Gourmet Club Starts Next Month.'/><author><name>Mashi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00267793299486619817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SAw7p8a2_HI/AAAAAAAAAAM/JgXieCLBUP0/S220/ml-spr-bw.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-5906854502283907010</id><published>2010-08-17T12:25:00.003+09:00</published><updated>2010-08-17T12:39:40.178+09:00</updated><title type='text'>School Resumes</title><content type='html'>子供たちのみんなー！夏休み楽しんでいますか～？！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;今日１７日は海外旅行からの帰国ラッシュだそうですが、&lt;br /&gt;皆さんはどこかに行きましたか？？？&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;学校の夏休みはまだしばらく続きますが、&lt;br /&gt;私たちスクールの夏休みは昨日で終わり・・・&lt;br /&gt;今日からクラス再開です！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;まだまだ暑い日が続きますが、&lt;br /&gt;元気に！パワー全開！でクラス始めますっ！(^O^)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ではでは皆さまも元気にクラス来てくださいね！&lt;br /&gt;待ってますね～(＾＾)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-5906854502283907010?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/feeds/5906854502283907010/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4761244549378063146&amp;postID=5906854502283907010' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/5906854502283907010'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/5906854502283907010'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/2010/08/school-resumes.html' title='School Resumes'/><author><name>Mashi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00267793299486619817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SAw7p8a2_HI/AAAAAAAAAAM/JgXieCLBUP0/S220/ml-spr-bw.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-3749023523610924265</id><published>2010-07-26T15:34:00.003+09:00</published><updated>2010-07-26T16:12:31.082+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Summer Break!</title><content type='html'>申し訳ありませんm(_ _)m&lt;br /&gt;お久しぶりの更新になってしまいました。。。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ここ最近は梅雨が明けたと思ったらとんでもなく暑い毎日が続いていますね！&lt;br /&gt;クラスルームはクーラーが入っていますが、子供たちの熱気で室温急上昇です(^_^;)&lt;br /&gt;子供たちはクラスに入ってくるとまずは宿題チェックの為、&lt;br /&gt;テキストを僕に渡すのですが、そのテキストの熱いこと熱いこと！&lt;br /&gt;いかに外が暑いか実感する瞬間です・・・&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;でもそんな子供たちもここ１～２週間はどんどん日焼けしてきていて&lt;br /&gt;“あつい～！あつい～！！！”と言いつつも&lt;br /&gt;とても元気です(＾＾)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;もうほとんどの学校では夏休みに入ったようですが、&lt;br /&gt;そんな子供たちにも負けずにお母さま方、&lt;br /&gt;頑張ってください！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;そんな私たちも明日から夏休みです。&lt;br /&gt;しばらくはみなさんともお会いできませんが、&lt;br /&gt;またお休み明けに元気にお会いしましょう！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ではよい夏休みを(＾＾)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-3749023523610924265?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/feeds/3749023523610924265/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4761244549378063146&amp;postID=3749023523610924265' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/3749023523610924265'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/3749023523610924265'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/2010/07/summer-break.html' title='Summer Break!'/><author><name>Mashi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00267793299486619817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SAw7p8a2_HI/AAAAAAAAAAM/JgXieCLBUP0/S220/ml-spr-bw.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-8291333027498627281</id><published>2010-05-11T15:42:00.003+09:00</published><updated>2010-05-11T15:59:48.439+09:00</updated><title type='text'>It's getting Hot or ???</title><content type='html'>ここのところ寒かったり、暑かったり。。。&lt;br /&gt;日によってまちまちで、毎日着る服に悩んでしまいますね。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;毎年クラスルームのクーラーが始動し始めるのが、&lt;br /&gt;ゴールデンウィーク前後。&lt;br /&gt;今年もやはりゴールデンウィーク明けの５月６日に&lt;br /&gt;今年１回目のエアコンスイッチオンです。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;特に子供たちのクラスが集中する夕方は西日が強く、&lt;br /&gt;また何といってもその子供たちの熱気で部屋の温度は急上昇！(^O^)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;本当にびっくりするぐらい暑くなります。&lt;br /&gt;それからは毎日夕方はエアコンはいっています。&lt;br /&gt;今日は・・・少しお天気が悪いので使わないかもです。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;また今日はプランターの植え替えです。&lt;br /&gt;冬用のお花さんが弱くなってきたのと&lt;br /&gt;あとアブラムシさんが大量発生してきた為。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469900334688482498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/S-j9X6XltMI/AAAAAAAAAW8/3g9778NdALg/s320/CIMG5256.JPG" border="0" /&gt;ちょっとシンプルに。&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;どうなるか楽しみです。&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;立派になるまで、１ヶ月・・・いや、もう少しほどお待ちくださいね(＾＾)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-8291333027498627281?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/feeds/8291333027498627281/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4761244549378063146&amp;postID=8291333027498627281' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/8291333027498627281'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/8291333027498627281'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/2010/05/its-getting-hot-or.html' title='It&apos;s getting Hot or ???'/><author><name>Mashi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00267793299486619817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SAw7p8a2_HI/AAAAAAAAAAM/JgXieCLBUP0/S220/ml-spr-bw.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/S-j9X6XltMI/AAAAAAAAAW8/3g9778NdALg/s72-c/CIMG5256.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-2949732280828026329</id><published>2010-05-08T13:27:00.003+09:00</published><updated>2010-05-11T15:14:12.302+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Golden Week 2010!</title><content type='html'>皆様、このゴールデンウィークはいかがでしたか？&lt;br /&gt;今年はお天気にも恵まれ、お出かけされた方も多いでしょうね！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;私たちはというと、&lt;br /&gt;毎年の恒例、親戚を訪ねての北海道。&lt;br /&gt;今回は僕の母親も含めた３人で。。。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;札幌で親戚の叔母様たちと合流後、&lt;br /&gt;定山渓温泉へ。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;定山渓温泉は、札幌市内から車で・・・&lt;br /&gt;１時間ぐらいの温泉街です。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;泊まりは、&lt;a href="http://www.shogetsugrand.com/"&gt;章月グランドホテル&lt;/a&gt;。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;１年ぶりに叔母様たちとゆっくりです。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469870600716930562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/S-jiVKsVzgI/AAAAAAAAAWs/NvMGX88OQUA/s320/CIMG5197.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;この宿のいいところは↑のようなラウンジがあり、&lt;br /&gt;宿泊者は無料で利用できました。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;そこではこの宿の売り？&lt;br /&gt;蜂蜜バーやコーヒー・お茶などの飲み物があり&lt;br /&gt;自由に飲食できました。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469870609062033554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/S-jiVpx9-JI/AAAAAAAAAW0/tOpFtmTGUPA/s320/CIMG5171.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;２０種類ぐらいの蜂蜜。&lt;br /&gt;これをクラッカーやヨーグルトにかけて食べます。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;何気にこういうサービス・空間があるのはポイントたかいです。&lt;br /&gt;おかげさまでゆっくりと過ごすことが出来ました！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;次の日はそこから車で南に下り着いた場所は&lt;br /&gt;あの・・・&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.windsor-hotels.co.jp/toya/"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469870595285348802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/S-jiU2dWccI/AAAAAAAAAWk/xi6E9T-kjKo/s320/CIMG5218.JPG" border="0" /&gt;The Windsor Hotel 洞爺&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ただし・・・泊まっていません！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;残念ながらこんな高いところ泊まること出来ません！(T_T)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ちょっとミーハーで、一度来てみたかったのですが、&lt;br /&gt;やはりすごいホテルでした。&lt;br /&gt;なにがすごいって！ホテル自体も超豪華ですが、&lt;br /&gt;そのロケーション！&lt;br /&gt;山の上に、まさにお殿様が天下を見下ろすように立地、&lt;br /&gt;北に洞爺湖、南に海。&lt;br /&gt;すばらしい景色です。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/S-jiUXMDLiI/AAAAAAAAAWc/DtG1iHhG2X8/s1600/CIMG5220.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;↑の写真の逆方向が↓&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469870586891284002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/S-jiUXMDLiI/AAAAAAAAAWc/DtG1iHhG2X8/s320/CIMG5220.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;ちょうどエントランスから振り返って撮った写真。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;まだまだ雪が残っています。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/S-jiT3XQqEI/AAAAAAAAAWU/4zzX7-PPh80/s1600/CIMG5225.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469870578348369986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/S-jiT3XQqEI/AAAAAAAAAWU/4zzX7-PPh80/s320/CIMG5225.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; やっぱりウィンザーホテル洞爺といえば&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;このショット？？？&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;このホテルのことはこれぐらいにして・・・&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;私たち平民は麓のほうにある普通の宿にチェックイン。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;夕方洞爺湖畔をリサはジョギング、&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;僕は散歩(^_^;)をしましたが、&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;気持ちが洗われるようなとても気持ちの良い時間を過ごせました。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;次の日は最終目的地、函館に向かいます。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;３歳ぐらいから毎年のように北海道には行っていますが、&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;なんと！函館は初めて！&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;とても楽しみです(＾＾)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469867609483465442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/S-jfnDetUuI/AAAAAAAAAV8/9h-pHrWAPWA/s320/golden2010+019.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;函館駅。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;赤レンガ倉庫なども行ったのですが、&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;写真を撮り忘れ・・・&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;ゴールデンウィークということもあり&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;たくさんの人出でした。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;晩御飯を何処で食べようかな～と思っていたところ、&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;タクシーの運転手さん曰く、&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;“赤レンガ倉庫のあたりは高いばっかりで&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;新鮮じゃないよ～。”とのこと。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;で、その運転手さんのお勧めの&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hakodate-kaikoubo.com/"&gt;海光房&lt;/a&gt;さんへ。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469867624070040802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/S-jfn50azOI/AAAAAAAAAWM/oqRnfx9gq0s/s320/CIMG5243.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;なるほどすごい人気です。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;次から次へとお客さんが来て、&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;僕たちも３～４０分ぐらい待ちました。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;雰囲気も料理も良かったです！&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;その後はこれも定番、&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469867621046789410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/S-jfnujnpSI/AAAAAAAAAWE/cR0ao7gMO3s/s320/CIMG5251.JPG" border="0" /&gt;函館山からの夜景です。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;これで今回の旅も終わり。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;次の日は函館空港から・・・&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;やっぱりあの関空へと帰りました。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;北海道は以上です(^-^)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;・・・&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;で、ちょっと続きがあります。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;関空に着いた日は、あの高槻Jazz Streetの日！&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;そのまま急いで家に帰り夜からは↓&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/S-jfm5Bg3FI/AAAAAAAAAV0/CWQeLEcqrDY/s1600/golden2010+011.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469867606676659282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/S-jfm5Bg3FI/AAAAAAAAAV0/CWQeLEcqrDY/s320/golden2010+011.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; ちなみに歌っている女性はジャマイカ人のお友達“N”。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;一緒にJazz Streetに行っていたのですが、&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;飛び入りで歌っていました！(^O^)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;さすが雰囲気でますね～！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/S-jfmVmcFVI/AAAAAAAAAVs/UCwjEjtjD-M/s1600/golden2010+027.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469867597167859026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/S-jfmVmcFVI/AAAAAAAAAVs/UCwjEjtjD-M/s320/golden2010+027.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;熱唱お疲れ様ですー。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;かんぱーい！！！&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;以上、私たちのゴールデンウィークでした。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-2949732280828026329?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/feeds/2949732280828026329/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4761244549378063146&amp;postID=2949732280828026329' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' 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width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-6615033898833762519</id><published>2010-04-27T16:07:00.004+09:00</published><updated>2010-05-11T15:42:46.084+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Spring!</title><content type='html'>またまた更新までの時間があいてしまいましたm(_ _)m&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;毎年２月ぐらいから、３月・４月と時間的にも気持ち的にも&lt;br /&gt;いっぱいいっぱいになってしまいます。&lt;br /&gt;↑言い訳です・・・&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;今年も毎年３月ぐらいにおこなっている参観日・保護者面談会、&lt;br /&gt;その他、新年度のスケジュール調整などなどが一段落つき、&lt;br /&gt;４月の初めぐらいには、落ち着くかなーと思っていましたが、&lt;br /&gt;今４月の終わりでもちょっとまだ頭の中がバタバタとしています。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;でもちょっと落ち着いたかな。。。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;話は変わりますが、この間冬休みが終った！と思っていると&lt;br /&gt;もう早速今週の終わりぐらいからはゴールデンウィークですね。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;皆様旅行などの計画を立ててますでしょうか？&lt;br /&gt;最近はこの不景気が幸いしてか、&lt;br /&gt;場所や行き方によっては値段もお手ごろ？&lt;br /&gt;のところもあるようで賢く余暇を楽しみたいものですね！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;この高槻では毎年、&lt;a href="http://www.0726.info/"&gt;Jazz Street&lt;/a&gt;なるその名のとおり&lt;br /&gt;Jazzのイベント、街がJazz一色になるイベントがありますね。&lt;br /&gt;僕たちもこのお得に楽しめるイベントに毎年行っています。&lt;br /&gt;高槻でゴールデンウィークを過ごされる方は、&lt;br /&gt;街のどこかでお会いしましょう！(＾＾)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-6615033898833762519?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/feeds/6615033898833762519/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4761244549378063146&amp;postID=6615033898833762519' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/6615033898833762519'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/6615033898833762519'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/2010/04/m-m-jazz-street-jazzjazz.html' title='Spring!'/><author><name>Mashi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00267793299486619817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SAw7p8a2_HI/AAAAAAAAAAM/JgXieCLBUP0/S220/ml-spr-bw.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-8510323320576421560</id><published>2010-04-10T14:50:00.008+09:00</published><updated>2010-04-12T11:18:49.459+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Cheery Cherries in Bloom over here!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;I haven't blogged since last year (...sorry!) but the beautiful cherries have inspired me.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/S8AvNeucP_I/AAAAAAAABGE/8lJ8FTU7aHY/s1600/CIMG5056.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/S8AvNeucP_I/AAAAAAAABGE/8lJ8FTU7aHY/s320/CIMG5056.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458414657005699058" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The day of our spring bbq was perfect, except perhaps for the crowds, but it amazes me how I've gotten used to that over the years. We cooked, ate, took a stroll up through the woods to a nice waterfall and back down under the pink covering with blue sky shining through.  Could not have asked for a nicer day.  The pictures don't even do it justice, but here are a few...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/S8AT3rc5fCI/AAAAAAAABF8/1oJjDuEVFPY/s1600/CIMG5035.JPG"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/S8AT3HaQ9-I/AAAAAAAABF0/9rE85qgjqQQ/s1600/CIMG5001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/S8AT3HaQ9-I/AAAAAAAABF0/9rE85qgjqQQ/s320/CIMG5001.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458384585975986146" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I can't resist a food note here... Besides the yummy beef and piles of vegetables, we always love grilled "age" (fried tofu blocks) topped with grated ginger, sliced green onions and soy sauce.  Our other two favorites are grilled mountain potatoes with butter &amp;amp; salt, wrapped in shiso leaves, and grilled bamboo topped with Japanese pepper leaves.  Oh my, did we chow!&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/S8ASjYrFZzI/AAAAAAAABFk/tIPUMH2deBs/s1600/CIMG5004.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/S8ASjYrFZzI/AAAAAAAABFk/tIPUMH2deBs/s320/CIMG5004.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458383147500922674" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/S8ASi2oH8EI/AAAAAAAABFc/_amyBYdhtE4/s1600/CIMG5014.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/S8ASi2oH8EI/AAAAAAAABFc/_amyBYdhtE4/s320/CIMG5014.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458383138361700418" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;After getting more that a bit full, we took a much needed walk.  The mountain side was covered with blooming cherry trees and the sound of the river from the ravine provided perfect background music.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/S8AT2lHyVPI/AAAAAAAABFs/heth2oHsVPQ/s1600/CIMG5017.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/S8AT2lHyVPI/AAAAAAAABFs/heth2oHsVPQ/s1600/CIMG5017.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/S8AT2lHyVPI/AAAAAAAABFs/heth2oHsVPQ/s320/CIMG5017.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458384576771675378" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/S8ASjYrFZzI/AAAAAAAABFk/tIPUMH2deBs/s1600/CIMG5004.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/S8ASiRAkzTI/AAAAAAAABFU/yoTd8LX9xrg/s1600/CIMG5020.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/S8ASiRAkzTI/AAAAAAAABFU/yoTd8LX9xrg/s320/CIMG5020.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458383128263707954" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Thank you spring for coming!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/S8AT3rc5fCI/AAAAAAAABF8/1oJjDuEVFPY/s320/CIMG5035.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458384595650706466" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-8510323320576421560?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/feeds/8510323320576421560/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4761244549378063146&amp;postID=8510323320576421560' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/8510323320576421560'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/8510323320576421560'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/2010/04/cheery-cherries-in-bloom-over-here.html' title='Cheery Cherries in Bloom over here!'/><author><name>Lisa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15141405009680562701</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/S8AvNeucP_I/AAAAAAAABGE/8lJ8FTU7aHY/s72-c/CIMG5056.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-7221658910272051402</id><published>2010-01-26T22:48:00.005+09:00</published><updated>2010-01-26T23:22:34.781+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Nobiteyuku Yochien</title><content type='html'>昨日の月曜日は、近所にある&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.astok.ne.jp/~nobiteyuku/"&gt;のびてゆく幼稚園さん&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;にお呼び頂き“英語でリトミック”を行ってきました。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/S170x5R1iGI/AAAAAAAAAVk/ARHw9W13vDU/s1600-h/CIMG4979.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431047338681796706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/S170x5R1iGI/AAAAAAAAAVk/ARHw9W13vDU/s320/CIMG4979.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; 立派な園舎です。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/S170xer_kvI/AAAAAAAAAVc/2DGUBblmAcg/s1600-h/CIMG4952.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431047331543749362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/S170xer_kvI/AAAAAAAAAVc/2DGUBblmAcg/s320/CIMG4952.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/S170w4u9TtI/AAAAAAAAAVU/RHsnX5TQ1uY/s1600-h/CIMG4954.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431047321355636434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/S170w4u9TtI/AAAAAAAAAVU/RHsnX5TQ1uY/s320/CIMG4954.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; １つ目が始まりましたー！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/S170wLoIfDI/AAAAAAAAAVM/jfnk_pW83f0/s1600-h/CIMG4962.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431047309247413298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/S170wLoIfDI/AAAAAAAAAVM/jfnk_pW83f0/s320/CIMG4962.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; 休憩中？準備中！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/S170vpb7uyI/AAAAAAAAAVE/2uHaQ3-z4lg/s1600-h/CIMG4963.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431047300069440290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/S170vpb7uyI/AAAAAAAAAVE/2uHaQ3-z4lg/s320/CIMG4963.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; ２つ目です。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;今までは外からしか見たことがなかったのですが、&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;中に入ってみると思った以上に広く、&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;とてもいい感じの幼稚園でした。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;子供たちもとても元気に楽しそうにしていて&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;なんか懐かしい感じ？&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;幼稚園の中に入ったのは・・・もしかすると&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;自分が幼稚園に行っていた何十年前かもしれません(^_^;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;そんなことを考えていると&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;ああ～、自分もこんなふうに無邪気な子供だったのかな～&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;とちょっとセンチメンタルというか、&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;とても不思議な？気持ちになれた１日でした。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-7221658910272051402?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/feeds/7221658910272051402/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4761244549378063146&amp;postID=7221658910272051402' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/7221658910272051402'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/7221658910272051402'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/2010/01/nobiteyuku-yochien.html' title='Nobiteyuku Yochien'/><author><name>Mashi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00267793299486619817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SAw7p8a2_HI/AAAAAAAAAAM/JgXieCLBUP0/S220/ml-spr-bw.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/S170x5R1iGI/AAAAAAAAAVk/ARHw9W13vDU/s72-c/CIMG4979.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-3964322841887572904</id><published>2010-01-17T14:19:00.003+09:00</published><updated>2010-01-17T14:56:54.360+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Our Winter Break #4</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Finally an English post!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;It's been a while since I've blogged, so I figure I'd better get back to it and continue where Masashi left off.  To recapture, he wrote about my parents' coming for their long anticipated visit to Japan the day after Christmas, our lovely three days together traveling to Shiga and then Awaji Island, and the unfortunate happening of my mother having to be hospitalized over New Year's.  But, as you can see below, she made a nice, quick recovery and we were back on the vacation trail in no time.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We spent a nice day in Kyoto...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;headed out of Takatsuki on the Hankyu train which took us right into the heart of  Kyoto's shopping district &lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/S1KfBt-KFrI/AAAAAAAABEs/SG2zaOPeraI/s1600-h/CIMG4884.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/S1KfBt-KFrI/AAAAAAAABEs/SG2zaOPeraI/s320/CIMG4884.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427575352803858098" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;and the famous Nishiki Market&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/S1KfBJtgbSI/AAAAAAAABEk/EqBVQqkQTnU/s1600-h/DSCF1094.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 284px; text-align: center; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/S1KfBJtgbSI/AAAAAAAABEk/EqBVQqkQTnU/s320/DSCF1094.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427575343070342434" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/S1KfAEu4H_I/AAAAAAAABEU/eoOSWj8EyTE/s320/DSCF1097.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427575324554043378" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;where we stopped for a casual lunch of "oden" topped with spicy mustard, grilled layers of fried tofu, grilled squid, and hot udon noodles with tempura.  Hot, yummy and a far cry from hospital fare.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/S1KfApuR-sI/AAAAAAAABEc/pqn0SIYnEEw/s1600-h/DSCF1100.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/S1KfApuR-sI/AAAAAAAABEc/pqn0SIYnEEw/s320/DSCF1100.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427575334483655362" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;We then were picked up by our friend, Hiro, who just happens to be a Kyoto taxi driver working his way up to becoming a tour guide for foreign visitors.  He drove us by the Chioin Gate, Yasaka and Heian Shrines, the Daimonji Festival site and we made two stops along the way&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/S1KluklzDNI/AAAAAAAABE8/CaNeyHA7Y1c/s320/CIMG4887.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427582720449645778" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/S1KfAEu4H_I/AAAAAAAABEU/eoOSWj8EyTE/s1600-h/DSCF1097.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/S1KetRTixNI/AAAAAAAABEM/nDOpTqzqL90/s1600-h/DSCF1111.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/S1KetRTixNI/AAAAAAAABEM/nDOpTqzqL90/s320/DSCF1111.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427575001511544018" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;one at Sanjusangendo Temple which is famous for it's huge hall that houses 1001 carved buddhas on display.  It was fascinating, though no photos were allowed inside.  (You'll all have to come see for yourselves, or look here &lt;a href="http://www.taleofgenji.org/sanjusangendo.html"&gt;http://www.taleofgenji.org/sanjusangendo.html&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;But Mashi did get this nice shot:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/S1KeswF6SGI/AAAAAAAABEE/tx8pYI4C5gQ/s1600-h/CIMG4895.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/S1KeswF6SGI/AAAAAAAABEE/tx8pYI4C5gQ/s320/CIMG4895.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427574992595994722" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The other stop was to walk along "Nene-no-Michi" - the most popular walking area in Kyoto's Higashiyama area.  We stopped at this small temple to make our first New Year's wishes.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/S1KesdaE88I/AAAAAAAABD8/NXyVBJsFhHs/s1600-h/DSCF1115.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 271px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/S1KesdaE88I/AAAAAAAABD8/NXyVBJsFhHs/s320/DSCF1115.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427574987580306370" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;We, as always, were lucky to have Mashi with us to handle the dinner arrangements.  He got us a reservation at the last minute at his favorite restaurant in Kyoto, Manzara-Tei.  The dish below is just what comes as an appetizer after you order a round of drinks.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/S1Ker1AM4SI/AAAAAAAABD0/e7X9NoelhSw/s1600-h/CIMG4904.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 273px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/S1Ker1AM4SI/AAAAAAAABD0/e7X9NoelhSw/s320/CIMG4904.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427574976734355746" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;After Hiro finished his taxi shift, he joined us briefly.  His wife had already joined us after our taxi tour and was livening up the table, as always, with her bright smile, entertaining stories, and hearty reactions to my dad's jokes.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/S1KerYMjkWI/AAAAAAAABDs/TiKgtzYyY-I/s1600-h/DSCF1123.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 314px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/S1KerYMjkWI/AAAAAAAABDs/TiKgtzYyY-I/s320/DSCF1123.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427574969001546082" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;It was a nice ending to a fantastic Kyoto day.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/S1KltxzI--I/AAAAAAAABE0/TKKrUrMoVzw/s320/CIMG4910.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427582706815400930" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 171px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-3964322841887572904?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/feeds/3964322841887572904/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4761244549378063146&amp;postID=3964322841887572904' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/3964322841887572904'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/3964322841887572904'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/2010/01/our-winter-break-4.html' title='Our Winter Break #4'/><author><name>Lisa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15141405009680562701</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/S1KfBt-KFrI/AAAAAAAABEs/SG2zaOPeraI/s72-c/CIMG4884.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-3116314713374716304</id><published>2010-01-14T11:25:00.003+09:00</published><updated>2010-01-30T13:20:45.165+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Our Winter Break③</title><content type='html'>なぜか１人で飛行機に乗り込みバンコクへ。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;１人で旅行すること自体特に何も感じませんが、&lt;br /&gt;もともと４人で旅行する予定が急に１人になると&lt;br /&gt;なんかこう・・・&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ちょっと寂しい感覚が。。。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;でも、まぁ大丈夫です！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;とりあえずは経由地のクアラルンプールへ。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425780642899794562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/S0w-v2k7moI/AAAAAAAAAUc/GT2NYjhw5wQ/s320/CIMG4849.JPG" border="0" /&gt;＠関空&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;今回お世話になるマレーシア航空さん。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;バンコクの空港で僕の荷物がまだ着いていないアクシデントもありましたが、&lt;br /&gt;反対に手ぶら状態でホテルまで行けるのと&lt;br /&gt;その手続きをしていたら友人の飛行機の到着時間になったので&lt;br /&gt;そのまま空港で合流、ホテルへ向かいました。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425780627014102754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/S0w-u7ZfLuI/AAAAAAAAAUM/iYJfQwvha_4/s320/CIMG4857.JPG" border="0" /&gt;今回泊まった&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bangkok.frasershospitality.com/"&gt;Fraser Place Langsuan, Bangkok&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ホテルだけは新たに予約を取り直しても&lt;br /&gt;キャンセル料の分を考えると大差なかったので&lt;br /&gt;そのまま。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;１人で２ベッドルーム・・・&lt;br /&gt;ベッドルーム２つとリビングルーム、それにキッチン。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;広すぎです。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;何をどこに置いたのかわからなくなりました(^_^;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;窓からの景色。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425780633116825618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/S0w-vSIfWBI/AAAAAAAAAUU/1V2J6Jv6Yu0/s320/CIMG4851.JPG" border="0" /&gt;友人が泊まっているConradがちらりと見えます。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425780618737001954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/S0w-uckEpeI/AAAAAAAAAUE/bTLLH_Hl8nY/s320/CIMG4859.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;友人と僕。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;彼は大学時代の友人で一緒によく勉強したり・・・&lt;br /&gt;ではなく、&lt;br /&gt;一緒によく遊んだ(^_^;)良き友です。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;彼は仕事の関係上、いろいろなところに住んでいたのですが&lt;br /&gt;現在はドバイに住んでいます。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;今回はなんと１５～６年ぶり位の再会。&lt;br /&gt;本当にうれしかったです！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425779939588812722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/S0w-G6ihr7I/AAAAAAAAAT8/Jk63wy_PsL8/s320/CIMG4861.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ゴルフなんかもやってみたり&lt;br /&gt;（ゴメンナサイ！リサ）&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ご飯を食べたりお酒を飲んだり&lt;br /&gt;（久しぶりにエイトボールなんかやったり）&lt;br /&gt;あっという間に時間は過ぎて・・・&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;次回の再会をバンコク・ドバイ・日本のどこかで&lt;br /&gt;と約束し、リサと両親の待っているお家に帰ります。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425779926429064594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/S0w-GJg_3ZI/AAAAAAAAAT0/Pl7DD6-ZnQg/s320/CIMG4863.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bangkok~Kuala Lumpur&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425779922761731682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/S0w-F72ozmI/AAAAAAAAATs/PrrJ90oJYjE/s320/CIMG4870.JPG" border="0" /&gt;クアラルンプール空港に着陸する前、&lt;br /&gt;あのペトロナスツインタワーが！・・・たぶん。。。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425779912828813714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/S0w-FW2cgZI/AAAAAAAAATk/4biD4uqQEHQ/s320/CIMG4872.JPG" border="0" /&gt;@Kuala Lumpur Airport&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425779905672994354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/S0w-E8MXXjI/AAAAAAAAATc/RmZhc4JWSgE/s320/CIMG4881.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;台湾～沖縄の間ぐらいかな～。。。&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;微妙な気持ちのままの旅行でしたが、&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;久しぶりの変わっていない友人に会え&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;とてもとても楽しい時間を過ごせました。&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;タイは以上となります。&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-3116314713374716304?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/feeds/3116314713374716304/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4761244549378063146&amp;postID=3116314713374716304' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/3116314713374716304'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/3116314713374716304'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/2010/01/our-winter-break_14.html' title='Our Winter Break③'/><author><name>Mashi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00267793299486619817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SAw7p8a2_HI/AAAAAAAAAAM/JgXieCLBUP0/S220/ml-spr-bw.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/S0w-v2k7moI/AAAAAAAAAUc/GT2NYjhw5wQ/s72-c/CIMG4849.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-8147918977713330413</id><published>2010-01-13T17:30:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2010-01-13T17:29:41.682+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Our Winter Break②</title><content type='html'>前回までは両親が日本に来てから&lt;br /&gt;温泉までを書きましたが、&lt;br /&gt;その後・・・&lt;br /&gt;ちょっとした出来事がありました。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;というのは、リサのお母さんの調子が悪くなり&lt;br /&gt;病院にいくことになりました。&lt;br /&gt;ところが年末ということもありいくつかの病院を回ってやっと&lt;br /&gt;見てもらったところ・・・&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“はい、即入院です”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;と。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;絶句です(T_T)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;といったことで年末から年始にかけては&lt;br /&gt;お家と病院の往復を繰り返し、&lt;br /&gt;気がついたら新しい年になっていた感じです。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;またお正月からは皆でタイに行く予定に&lt;br /&gt;なっていたのですが、それがぎりぎりまでわからず、&lt;br /&gt;結局は出発前日の元旦に全てをキャンセル。&lt;br /&gt;苦渋の決断でしたが、体にはかえられません。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ところがそこで１つ問題が・・・&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;実は僕の友人がわざわざ予定を合わせて&lt;br /&gt;バンコクまで会いに来てくれることになっていました。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;皆にも話したところ幸いにも&lt;br /&gt;“行って来なさい！”&lt;br /&gt;と言ってくれましたので、これも苦渋の決断、&lt;br /&gt;帰ってくる日を早めて僕だけ行くことに決めました。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;というわけでいろいろな手続きを済ませ&lt;br /&gt;僕だけタイ、バンコクへ。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;（ゴメンナサイ、リサ！m(_ _)m）&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;次回はバンコク編です。&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-8147918977713330413?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/feeds/8147918977713330413/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4761244549378063146&amp;postID=8147918977713330413' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/8147918977713330413'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/8147918977713330413'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/2010/01/our-winter-break_12.html' title='Our Winter Break②'/><author><name>Mashi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00267793299486619817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SAw7p8a2_HI/AAAAAAAAAAM/JgXieCLBUP0/S220/ml-spr-bw.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-624333866248863059</id><published>2010-01-12T17:20:00.008+09:00</published><updated>2010-01-13T19:10:30.130+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Classes Resume</title><content type='html'>今日から私たちEnglish Squareも&lt;br /&gt;クラスが始まっています。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;今のところお休みもなく皆さん元気に来てくれています。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;明日からも久しぶりの子供たちや大人クラスの方たちの&lt;br /&gt;お顔を見るのが楽しみです(＾＾)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;またこの新しい1年、よろしくお願いいたしますm(_ _)m&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/S02bAP2fpFI/AAAAAAAAAU8/CE_9isyCCiI/s1600-h/CIMG4937.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426163554608718930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/S02bAP2fpFI/AAAAAAAAAU8/CE_9isyCCiI/s320/CIMG4937.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/S02a_lhRjYI/AAAAAAAAAU0/4Yr8vj8nXDE/s1600-h/CIMG4938.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426163543245426050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/S02a_lhRjYI/AAAAAAAAAU0/4Yr8vj8nXDE/s320/CIMG4938.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;皆様！&lt;br /&gt;今年も年賀状ありがとうございました！！！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-624333866248863059?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/feeds/624333866248863059/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4761244549378063146&amp;postID=624333866248863059' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/624333866248863059'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/624333866248863059'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/2010/01/classes-resume.html' title='Classes Resume'/><author><name>Mashi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00267793299486619817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SAw7p8a2_HI/AAAAAAAAAAM/JgXieCLBUP0/S220/ml-spr-bw.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/S02bAP2fpFI/AAAAAAAAAU8/CE_9isyCCiI/s72-c/CIMG4937.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-4372244110862560070</id><published>2010-01-11T21:37:00.019+09:00</published><updated>2010-01-12T19:44:16.330+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Our Winter Break①</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;実は、12月のクリスマスパーティーが終わった次の日から&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;今日までリサの両親が遊びに来てました。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;今頃両親は飛行機の中で・・・&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;食事が終ったころかでしょうか。。。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;今回はいろいろとありましたが、&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;まずはこちらに着いて次の日に&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;このブログでも何度か紹介している&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;彦根の&lt;a href="http://www.milk-house.com/"&gt;Milk House&lt;/a&gt;へ。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/S0sdeTof32I/AAAAAAAAATM/Ixu-sAEZwi8/s1600-h/CIMG4821.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425462582601310050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/S0sdeTof32I/AAAAAAAAATM/Ixu-sAEZwi8/s320/CIMG4821.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; アップタイザ～&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/S0sdd6hU9uI/AAAAAAAAATE/4AzSFDrw37k/s1600-h/CIMG4824.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425462575860348642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/S0sdd6hU9uI/AAAAAAAAATE/4AzSFDrw37k/s320/CIMG4824.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; お肉ー&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/S0sddlmFZsI/AAAAAAAAAS8/Ymfrwbp5eb4/s1600-h/CIMG4827.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425462570243155650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/S0sddlmFZsI/AAAAAAAAAS8/Ymfrwbp5eb4/s320/CIMG4827.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; フォアグラ～！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/S0sddBKkNdI/AAAAAAAAAS0/WfPJRHVtkJM/s1600-h/CIMG4828.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425462560464057810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/S0sddBKkNdI/AAAAAAAAAS0/WfPJRHVtkJM/s320/CIMG4828.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; デザート♪&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;いつ食べてもおいしいMilk Houseです。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425462587098248514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/S0sdekYptUI/AAAAAAAAATU/lC5hm9Ra_hs/s320/CIMG4825.JPG" border="0" /&gt;みんなで(＾＾)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;その後はリサが以前住んでいた甲賀へ。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;相変わらずいつものように暖かく迎えていただき、&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;蒔きストーブでピザを焼いてくれたりなどなど。。。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;いろいろとお世話になりました。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;帰りにはお米30キロ！(^O^)と野菜などなど頂いてしまいました。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;甲賀の皆様、いつも本当にありがとうございます。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;リサの両親は日本は・・・&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;何度目でしょう、４～５回目ぐらいかな。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;まずは懐かしいお顔を見れて良かったかな～。 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;話は少し飛びますが、&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;その次の日は、両親のリクエストにより&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;淡路島の洲本温泉に。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425798614806161826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/S0xPF9JT6aI/AAAAAAAAAUk/wZROa9UFzgY/s320/DSCF1070.JPG" border="0" /&gt;お宿は&lt;a href="http://www.yumekaiyu.com/"&gt;夢海游&lt;/a&gt;という旅館。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425798621597255538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/S0xPGWcbx3I/AAAAAAAAAUs/kcYImZX4OHk/s320/DSCF1077.JPG" border="0" /&gt;お部屋にて。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;食事お風呂も良かったです(＾＾)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;このあとちょっとした出来事が・・・&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-4372244110862560070?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/feeds/4372244110862560070/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4761244549378063146&amp;postID=4372244110862560070' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/4372244110862560070'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/4372244110862560070'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/2010/01/our-winter-break.html' title='Our Winter Break①'/><author><name>Mashi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00267793299486619817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SAw7p8a2_HI/AAAAAAAAAAM/JgXieCLBUP0/S220/ml-spr-bw.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/S0sdeTof32I/AAAAAAAAATM/Ixu-sAEZwi8/s72-c/CIMG4821.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-9103359249018496977</id><published>2010-01-06T22:59:00.003+09:00</published><updated>2010-01-06T23:16:50.201+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy New Year 2010!</title><content type='html'>新年明けましておめでとうございます。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;２０１０年ですね。。。&lt;br /&gt;皆様よいお正月を過ごせましたでしょうか？？？&lt;br /&gt;私たちはちょっと年末に色々とあり、&lt;br /&gt;年が明けた実感が全くない年末・お正月でした。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ともあれ、お正月が明けてからは僕一人だけ出かけて&lt;br /&gt;今1月６日の夜、マレーシアのクアラルンプール空港で日本に帰る為の乗り換え待ち中です。&lt;br /&gt;一人であまりにも暇！なので簡単ですが更新です。&lt;br /&gt;また後ほどゆっくりと更新しますのでよろしくお願いいたします。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;今年も皆様にとって、また私たちにとっても&lt;br /&gt;よい一年になることを願って新年のご挨拶とさせていただきます。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Masashi&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-9103359249018496977?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link 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src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SAw7p8a2_HI/AAAAAAAAAAM/JgXieCLBUP0/S220/ml-spr-bw.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-7199015975706600070</id><published>2009-12-08T18:02:00.004+09:00</published><updated>2009-12-15T17:34:53.439+09:00</updated><title type='text'>December</title><content type='html'>早くももう12月、師走ですね。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;毎年書いているかもしれませんが、&lt;br /&gt;最近の街は、ハロウィンにしてもクリスマスにしても&lt;br /&gt;どんどんその飾りつけする時期が早くなっていると思いませんか？？？&lt;br /&gt;11月末ぐらいからクリスマスツリーを飾っていたり・・・&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;欧米の人に言わせると&lt;br /&gt;“おかしい”&lt;br /&gt;らしいです(^_^;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;日本人の感覚でいうと、&lt;br /&gt;１２月中頃から鏡餅やしめ縄を飾っているようなものでしょうか・・・&lt;br /&gt;たぶん。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;やっぱりクリスマスはクリスマス！&lt;br /&gt;12月みたいです。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;というわけで&lt;br /&gt;12月に入ってからクリスマスツリー！&lt;br /&gt;飾りました！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415016523796405602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SyYA1qHBXWI/AAAAAAAAASs/HtzgC_jWSJk/s320/CIMG4178.JPG" border="0" /&gt;今回は昼間の写真。&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;んー、やっぱり夜のほうが雰囲気あるかな～。。。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-7199015975706600070?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/feeds/7199015975706600070/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4761244549378063146&amp;postID=7199015975706600070' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/7199015975706600070'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/7199015975706600070'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/2009/12/december.html' title='December'/><author><name>Mashi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00267793299486619817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SAw7p8a2_HI/AAAAAAAAAAM/JgXieCLBUP0/S220/ml-spr-bw.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SyYA1qHBXWI/AAAAAAAAASs/HtzgC_jWSJk/s72-c/CIMG4178.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-3375286338045140124</id><published>2009-12-01T16:54:00.002+09:00</published><updated>2009-12-25T11:11:45.806+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Kansai ETJ Expo 2009</title><content type='html'>11月29日は、Kansai ETJ Expoでした。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;いつものようにLisaは前日からお泊まりでお手伝い。&lt;br /&gt;土曜日のクラスが終わってからすぐ会場となる&lt;br /&gt;大阪上本町にある清風高校へ。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;僕は当日だけ(^_^;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414999254219194050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SyXxIb69fsI/AAAAAAAAAR8/Ts27i4SshU8/s320/CIMG4167.JPG" border="0" /&gt; 行く途中心斎橋から難波まで歩いてみましたが、&lt;br /&gt;御堂筋のイチョウがきれいな黄色に。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;きれいでした。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414999259912519090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SyXxIxIWvbI/AAAAAAAAASE/hAQoaShqhmc/s320/CIMG4169.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;いつもの会場。&lt;br /&gt;閉会するちょっと前で人もまばら。。。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;その後は後片付け、お金の計算などなど。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;で、終了後近くの焼き鳥屋さんで打ち上げです～。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414999269625622658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SyXxJVUI8II/AAAAAAAAASM/2a3xckNj-hA/s320/CIMG4171.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414999276547741602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SyXxJvGgF6I/AAAAAAAAASU/bAY7o4Provw/s320/CIMG4172.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414999283933709122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SyXxKKndA0I/AAAAAAAAASc/zSkDRLMUrYg/s320/CIMG4173.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415004032154896450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SyX1ejHmiEI/AAAAAAAAASk/tUbT1YFamuQ/s320/CIMG4174.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;このexpo、英会話講師による英会話講師へのプレゼンテーションイベントですが、&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;いろいろな講師のスキルを得れる貴重な情報交換の場といったところでしょうか。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;入場料は500円ですが、それにしてはたくさんのプレゼンテーションを見れますし&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;また英語教材の出版社の方たちから直にいろいろな教材の情報・アドバイスも得られます。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;英語を教えている先生にとっては悪くないというか、結構お得なイベントだと思います。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;それにしても↑に移っている皆さん、&lt;br /&gt;無償のボランティアスタッフなのに毎年・毎年がんばります。&lt;br /&gt;えらいですねー！！！&lt;br /&gt;本当に、感心します！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;お疲れ様でした(＾＾)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-3375286338045140124?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' 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src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SAw7p8a2_HI/AAAAAAAAAAM/JgXieCLBUP0/S220/ml-spr-bw.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SyXxIb69fsI/AAAAAAAAAR8/Ts27i4SshU8/s72-c/CIMG4167.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-8186214376918872207</id><published>2009-10-12T19:22:00.005+09:00</published><updated>2009-10-13T08:55:31.151+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Halloween Festival Fun</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Here's what went down at Halloween Festival 2009.  Very importantly, there was sunshine...whew! But more importantly, there many happy, costume-wearing, fired-up little festival-goers!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We're all set-up and ready to go...&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/StMETAdakqI/AAAAAAAABDU/jqVlMs4ouEo/s1600-h/CIMG3908.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 245px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/StMETAdakqI/AAAAAAAABDU/jqVlMs4ouEo/s320/CIMG3908.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391657903480017570" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;"Yay!!!" we cheered for sunshine, "Yay!" for candy, "Yay!" for games...for hamburgers, for pumkins and perhaps other things I could think of on the spot.  "1..2..Yay!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/StMESk5N8tI/AAAAAAAABDM/dxt2Z5-30zg/s1600-h/CIMG3929.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 179px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/StMESk5N8tI/AAAAAAAABDM/dxt2Z5-30zg/s320/CIMG3929.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391657896080437970" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;In our first game corner, my friend Chako got S ready for Ghost Bowling.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/StMESE9_yUI/AAAAAAAABDE/sRl6wMajjtc/s1600-h/CIMG3974.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 192px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/StMESE9_yUI/AAAAAAAABDE/sRl6wMajjtc/s320/CIMG3974.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391657887510546754" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Yuka and his big sister, got J ready for the Monster Ring Toss.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/StMERRZxmyI/AAAAAAAABC8/sjBL3JG08JE/s1600-h/CIMG3936.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 211px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/StMERRZxmyI/AAAAAAAABC8/sjBL3JG08JE/s320/CIMG3936.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391657873668414242" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Y kept his eyes closed for the ENTIRE round of "Pumpkin Face"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/StMEREccreI/AAAAAAAABC0/3eRxfC3QY8c/s1600-h/CIMG3963.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/StMEREccreI/AAAAAAAABC0/3eRxfC3QY8c/s320/CIMG3963.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391657870189964770" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;and opened them up nicely for the photo op afterwards...well, sortof.  Don't you just love those smile dimples!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/StMGop_gTyI/AAAAAAAABDc/Q7fhaXw9J_8/s320/CIMG3966.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391660474429361954" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Challengers lined up at the Coin Drop Station, without realizing that the nun helping them out was really one of their teachers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/StMD3mHMXiI/AAAAAAAABCs/-4k4AY_K_-M/s1600-h/CIMG3943.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 234px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/StMD3mHMXiI/AAAAAAAABCs/-4k4AY_K_-M/s320/CIMG3943.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391657432551022114" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Meanwhile, our tireless volunteers got ready for the hamburger line.  N's mom was amazing!  She volunteered to help despite bringing three kids with her on her own - one, you can see, she has in her arms while still helping set up.  You rock!!  Thank you!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/StMD3PbODmI/AAAAAAAABCk/Ivjq_uHEjF8/s1600-h/CIMG3951.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 236px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/StMD3PbODmI/AAAAAAAABCk/Ivjq_uHEjF8/s320/CIMG3951.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391657426461003362" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The burgers were ready, thanks to our grill master dads who also worked non-stop from morning to evening.  And the crowds were ready. Let's eat!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/StMD2u8BLLI/AAAAAAAABCc/arBB_e18_qI/s1600-h/CIMG3970.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/StMD2u8BLLI/AAAAAAAABCc/arBB_e18_qI/s320/CIMG3970.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391657417740201138" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;We ended the festival with some jack-o-lantern carving.  C's mom got an eye out...of the pumpkin that is.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/StMD2Oz1Q0I/AAAAAAAABCU/9JbvbYLK6fU/s1600-h/CIMG4002.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/StMD2Oz1Q0I/AAAAAAAABCU/9JbvbYLK6fU/s320/CIMG4002.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391657409115931458" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I even got a chance to carve and enjoyed the memories of my own backyard pumpkin carving days with my family.  We always had great holiday times including trick-or-treat nights every year in our neighborhood back home, long, long ago. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/StMD1i6IqhI/AAAAAAAABCM/dmA9uDBKLDI/s1600-h/CIMG4005.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/StMD1i6IqhI/AAAAAAAABCM/dmA9uDBKLDI/s320/CIMG4005.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391657397331208722" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;We ran out of time and volunteers and had to cut the smores from the schedule, but all in all, I think it was a fun day for our little English Square.  Thanks for coming, everyone!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-8186214376918872207?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/feeds/8186214376918872207/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4761244549378063146&amp;postID=8186214376918872207' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/8186214376918872207'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/8186214376918872207'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/2009/10/halloween-festival-fun.html' title='Halloween Festival Fun'/><author><name>Lisa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15141405009680562701</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/StMETAdakqI/AAAAAAAABDU/jqVlMs4ouEo/s72-c/CIMG3908.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-759315906511072685</id><published>2009-10-12T18:55:00.005+09:00</published><updated>2009-10-13T08:58:18.318+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Some Posed Pics from Prize Winners to Pumpkins</title><content type='html'>Announcing the results of the English Square Halloween Festival Costume Contest:&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;For the 2nd year in a row, the "Family Costume Prize" went to the "K-Clan", only half of whom are pictured here because Dad was busy grilling burgers for everyone, their daughter playing festival games. Three cheers to you for always getting decked-out and always bringing such life to our party!  &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/StL9suHdYtI/AAAAAAAABCE/4DL8YlScoPQ/s1600-h/CIMG3987.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 286px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/StL9suHdYtI/AAAAAAAABCE/4DL8YlScoPQ/s320/CIMG3987.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391650648651293394" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The Brother and Sister Prize went to the "M-siblings" who have come to our party every year, are always so well-behaved, join in every activity, and manage to stay smiling!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/StL9sGjUlUI/AAAAAAAABB8/2BcEmhN33e0/s1600-h/CIMG3949.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 270px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/StL9sGjUlUI/AAAAAAAABB8/2BcEmhN33e0/s320/CIMG3949.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391650638030738754" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;"N-chan" got the girl"s prize in a costume her grandmother made for her.  Incidentally, the grandmother also made her cousin's costume, pictured here.  Nice! and so cute!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/StL9r3Sf4fI/AAAAAAAABB0/s4nvP4ULUIQ/s1600-h/CIMG4018.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 216px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/StL9r3Sf4fI/AAAAAAAABB0/s4nvP4ULUIQ/s320/CIMG4018.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391650633933644274" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;And our youngest student, "R-kun", got the boy's prize as this adorable, young Peter Pan. (I wanted to give a beauty prize to his mom who is always impeccably gorgeous, but I think she was happy enough for her son.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/StL9rWKzRoI/AAAAAAAABBs/dpXCKmE6o_E/s1600-h/CIMG3992.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 270px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/StL9rWKzRoI/AAAAAAAABBs/dpXCKmE6o_E/s320/CIMG3992.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391650625042990722" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here are a few other shots I touched up...from some kinder kids,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/StL9q3tqgbI/AAAAAAAABBk/e0d9KnIXbw0/s1600-h/CIMG4010.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 230px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/StL9q3tqgbI/AAAAAAAABBk/e0d9KnIXbw0/s320/CIMG4010.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391650616867717554" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;to some elementary students,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/StL9afdzl_I/AAAAAAAABBc/vQ5ADqvM9u0/s1600-h/CIMG3989.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/StL9afdzl_I/AAAAAAAABBc/vQ5ADqvM9u0/s320/CIMG3989.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391650335480846322" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;to our oldest group of "kid" students so cute as cats,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/StL9ZipV4hI/AAAAAAAABBU/wtEVJuXGyMI/s1600-h/CIMG3983.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 218px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/StL9ZipV4hI/AAAAAAAABBU/wtEVJuXGyMI/s320/CIMG3983.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391650319154668050" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;up to some parents who made it through a long day of fun in the sun (two of them surviving morning sickness).  Moms are tough for sure!  Thanks for coming everyone!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/StL9ZZemIKI/AAAAAAAABBM/h18KcWC3XUg/s1600-h/CIMG3946.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 254px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/StL9ZZemIKI/AAAAAAAABBM/h18KcWC3XUg/s320/CIMG3946.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391650316693676194" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;We have our biggest event done for the year and are already conjuring up schemes for next year's festival, believe it or not.  Grrrr....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/StL9Y2UB7FI/AAAAAAAABBE/pAAb77vBekM/s1600-h/CIMG3996.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/StL9Y2UB7FI/AAAAAAAABBE/pAAb77vBekM/s320/CIMG3996.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391650307254119506" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Happy Halloween!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/StL9Yd3JMiI/AAAAAAAABA8/GrdBWsHdYi4/s1600-h/CIMG4008.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/StL9Yd3JMiI/AAAAAAAABA8/GrdBWsHdYi4/s320/CIMG4008.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391650300690510370" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-759315906511072685?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/feeds/759315906511072685/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4761244549378063146&amp;postID=759315906511072685' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/759315906511072685'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/759315906511072685'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/2009/10/some-posed-pics-from-prize-winners-to.html' title='Some Posed Pics from Prize Winners to Pumpkins'/><author><name>Lisa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15141405009680562701</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/StL9suHdYtI/AAAAAAAABCE/4DL8YlScoPQ/s72-c/CIMG3987.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-4539236359222504231</id><published>2009-10-02T21:04:00.005+09:00</published><updated>2009-10-02T21:36:59.287+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Our Annual Camping Trip</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SsXttl4uHhI/AAAAAAAABAc/cyWHo7EKLiY/s320/CIMG3883.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387973896738577938" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Every year either in the heat of August or, more recently as the weather cools down a bit, in mid-September, we find ourselves heading to the mountain side for a camping weekend with friends. What started out as a large group adventure several years ago:&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SsXxcb2qzVI/AAAAAAAABA0/Hq_puFHZwrA/s320/Image088.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387978000034352466" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 304px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; has dwindled down to just us "die hards":&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SsXt_pWunLI/AAAAAAAABAs/trnGQhKJook/s320/9235_134651176934_609316934_2718451_7146318_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387974206907391154" /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Luckily we had a nice, long four-day weekend and spent two leisurely days and nights by this river in Shiga Prefecture.   The plan was to go and just sit around in our camp chairs, enjoy a casual read, take quiet walks along the river, etc.  And although we actually did these things, it seems most of our time was spent setting up our campsite, getting ready for meals, reorganizing our campsite, going shopping for firewood and outdoorsing-it necessities, cleaning up after meals, covering our belongings in case of rain, complaining about the "noisy" campers who had the nerve to want to enjoy the outdoors the same time we did, then packing up our unbelievably full car loads of gear, etc. "Leisure" is sure a lot of work, I'd decided. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SsXtt8hHcjI/AAAAAAAABAk/o2Ps4ZYt5zw/s1600-h/9235_134650736934_609316934_2718441_1935803_n.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SsXtt8hHcjI/AAAAAAAABAk/o2Ps4ZYt5zw/s320/9235_134650736934_609316934_2718441_1935803_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387973902813590066" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;But we did have a wonderfully cozy campfire thanks to Mashi's continuous and meticulous care, nice chats with our good friends, and....our favorite barbequed delights:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SsXttl4uHhI/AAAAAAAABAc/cyWHo7EKLiY/s1600-h/CIMG3883.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SsXts-00hdI/AAAAAAAABAU/xR0Ak9VDLcg/s1600-h/9235_134650991934_609316934_2718446_2097148_n.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SsXts-00hdI/AAAAAAAABAU/xR0Ak9VDLcg/s320/9235_134650991934_609316934_2718446_2097148_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387973886253237714" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;lots of veggies, including my favorite..."yamaimo with shiso" (mountain potato with perilla leaves)  all dolled up in butter and salt - simple and oh so good! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SsXtsvnXOBI/AAAAAAAABAM/BgVd8K-a--0/s1600-h/9235_134651121934_609316934_2718450_2287011_n.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SsXtsvnXOBI/AAAAAAAABAM/BgVd8K-a--0/s320/9235_134651121934_609316934_2718450_2287011_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387973882170259474" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;We also had a new-comer to our feast....mini potatoes skewered on rosemary stalks.  Delish!  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;(We did have other members in our feasting not belonging to the potato clan, but they just didn't make the photo opps.) &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SsXtsADaJ9I/AAAAAAAABAE/vwB_Ds_TJjU/s1600-h/9235_134651026934_609316934_2718447_4184662_n.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SsXtsADaJ9I/AAAAAAAABAE/vwB_Ds_TJjU/s320/9235_134651026934_609316934_2718447_4184662_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387973869402990546" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Another summer over, another fall in the works.  Our Halloween decorations are up and we're ready for our annual Halloween Festival on the 11th!  Photos coming soon, we hope, as we keep our fingers crossed for nice weather.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-4539236359222504231?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/feeds/4539236359222504231/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4761244549378063146&amp;postID=4539236359222504231' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/4539236359222504231'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/4539236359222504231'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/2009/10/our-annual-camping-trip.html' title='Our Annual Camping Trip'/><author><name>Lisa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15141405009680562701</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SsXttl4uHhI/AAAAAAAABAc/cyWHo7EKLiY/s72-c/CIMG3883.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-4347657679859527621</id><published>2009-08-25T08:47:00.005+09:00</published><updated>2009-08-25T09:53:04.647+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Birthday, Mom!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;Happy Birthday, dear Mo---mmy!!  Happy Birthday to you!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;When my brother's family and I were all home in Michigan earlier this month, we decided to get in a little bit of an early celebration for my mother's birthday.  It looked like this..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;consult the beloved Martha Stewart Wedding book for a yummy recipe, double check ingredients and their availability - quite simply everything you'd expect in a cake, plus the magic of lemons -rummage through cupboards to find some appropriate cake pans, whip up some icing, set up a decorating assembly line for my niece and nephew's cute little fingers and ....VOILA!!  instant birthday party!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;Here's the cake Skyler decorated for her grandmother,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SpMpUVOIJFI/AAAAAAAAA-0/MxhP0Ofwx3g/s320/DSC_0280.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373684209653654610" /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;and the cake Reed decorated - finished off perfectly with his little licking-finger design.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SpMpU6ALCnI/AAAAAAAAA-8/QPjxH2DRVSc/s320/DSC_0281.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373684219527236210" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;The candles are lit...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SpMpVaQCqVI/AAAAAAAAA_E/xqQuR9iDlU8/s320/DSC_0282.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373684228183730514" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 310px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;and blown out by the birthday girl with help from her grandkids,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SpMpVx4GFcI/AAAAAAAAA_M/_yCUfSrA_pQ/s320/DSC_0288.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373684234525742530" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;and enjoyed by all - I think mostly by Reed.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SpMpWaeP5cI/AAAAAAAAA_U/5OOkN9Pp9dY/s1600-h/DSC_0297.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SpMpWaeP5cI/AAAAAAAAA_U/5OOkN9Pp9dY/s320/DSC_0297.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373684245423187394" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 274px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;This was birthday time with the kids before we had hot-off-the-grill zucchini, sweet potatoes and salmon.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SpMsDiSH0HI/AAAAAAAAA_c/vANGJzJth3c/s320/DSC_0323.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373687219637178482" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SpMsECaygnI/AAAAAAAAA_k/JJH-B9myMsQ/s320/DSC_0324.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373687228263465586" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;followed by a less sugar sprinkled adult cake decorated by Emilie with a big "L" for "Lila" written in blueberries.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SpMsEonjSKI/AAAAAAAAA_s/ZGcgHT58FZo/s320/DSC_0340.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373687238517541026" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 235px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;We're thinking of you today, mom, and sorry we're not with you for your actual birthday.  But, hope it's a good one!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-4347657679859527621?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/feeds/4347657679859527621/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4761244549378063146&amp;postID=4347657679859527621' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/4347657679859527621'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/4347657679859527621'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/2009/08/happy-birthday-mom.html' title='Happy Birthday, Mom!'/><author><name>Lisa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15141405009680562701</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SpMpUVOIJFI/AAAAAAAAA-0/MxhP0Ofwx3g/s72-c/DSC_0280.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-7469129974466764041</id><published>2009-08-22T12:57:00.012+09:00</published><updated>2009-08-25T20:12:36.955+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Sweet Summer</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "&gt;"So, how was your summer vacation?" I always ask my students during our first class after the break.  I listen to their stories and they usually ask me the same question.  My answer this year was quite simple, "I just spent time with my family, saw my best friend and her family, and had a nice trip to Chicago."  And although those were the best parts of my summer, upon cleaning out my wallet this morning, I discovered that I actually did quite a lot besides sitting in my parent's backyard sipping beer and eating yummy food.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;So, first, for those interested, a few interesting places to visit if ever in western Michigan.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SpDruvqMNyI/AAAAAAAAA-s/DsGUofU8AvI/s320/CIMG3877.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373053543752939298" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;The day my brother and family arrived at the Grand Rapids Airport from Maine, we went to Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park.  My mother and I went early and enjoyed a guided tram tour of the amazing collection of outdoor sculpture - fantastic!  When my niece and nephew joined us, we headed to the Children's Garden.   A michigan summer off to a great start!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.meijergardens.org"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;http://www.meijergardens.org/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;The next day we had a "Girls Day Out" and Grandmommy Lila, my sister-in-law, my niece and I headed down to Holland to watch Charlotte's Web performed at the Hope Summer Repertory Theater.  Uniquely presented and magical!  We adults enjoyed it as much as the kids around us.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://http://www.hope.edu/hsrt/shows/2009/charlottesweb.htm"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;http://www.hope.edu/hsrt/shows/2009/charlottesweb.htm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;The next day while the rest of the family headed to Holland to cheer on my brother in his long-course swimming pursuit...  (He SWAM a 5k in just over 1 hour!!  WOW!)  my mother and I made a brief stop at our local art museum, where my mom volunteers as a docent.  For such a relatively small town, Muskegon sure has a fantastic art museum. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://http://www.muskegonartmuseum.org/index.php"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;http://www.muskegonartmuseum.org/index.php&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;Then we drove just minutes away to the bustling Muskegon Farmer's Market to fill our big wicker basket with juicy blueberries, cherries and peaches; ripe tomatoes, fresh picked corn, etc., etc.  What a great season for fresh fruits and veggies!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.muskegonfarmersmarket.com/view-farmers-market-commercial/"&gt;http://www.muskegonfarmersmarket.com/view-farmers-market-commercial&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "&gt;So, at this point I'm feeling very cultured and well nourished, indeed!  But, until my parents and I took a trip to Chicago, where we visited the new modern wing of the Art Institute of Chicago,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.artic.edu/aic/"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;http://www.artic.edu/aic/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.artic.edu/aic/"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; we spent time at the beach along Lake Michigan and simply hanging out.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;(And... finally some pictures to accompany my blog...thanks to my sister-in-law.  &lt;-.-&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;Here's my twin brother, Sam&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/So93-1l0mjI/AAAAAAAAA-k/53gX17zsTTM/s320/DSC_0104.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372644801897601586" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;my sister-in-law, Emilie, and her (pictured here as calm and quiet, but otherwise very lively, very funny and very cute) little boy, Reed,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/So93DW2nIHI/AAAAAAAAA-c/HR02xdM4FG8/s1600-h/DSC_0123.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 318px; height: 320px; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/So93DW2nIHI/AAAAAAAAA-c/HR02xdM4FG8/s320/DSC_0123.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372643780034240626" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;and my very sweet, smart, and also very lively, funny and cute, niece, Skyler.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/So9s_SwctDI/AAAAAAAAA88/bGR009nvAag/s1600-h/5656_948728169049_6850443_52938817_7251518_n.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/So9s_SwctDI/AAAAAAAAA88/bGR009nvAag/s320/5656_948728169049_6850443_52938817_7251518_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372632715098895410" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/So93C1aGG9I/AAAAAAAAA-U/FV1YhL8_m0w/s1600-h/DSC_0165.JPG"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;(Just look at that beach!  How much do I wish I were still on vacation??!!)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;Most evenings we just spent on the back patio chatting and, need I say it again?...you know, the beer and food with my parents.  It's just such a wonderful place to be.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/So9tS1iLZLI/AAAAAAAAA9M/5XD9Jr-rtQc/s1600-h/DSC_0264.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/So9tS1iLZLI/AAAAAAAAA9M/5XD9Jr-rtQc/s320/DSC_0264.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372633050851796146" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;The summer also provided a nice weekend of visiting with my dear aunt, many cousins, their children and grandchildren.  It was so special that so many made the effort to come visit us.  (Photos covered nicely at manhartfamily.blogspot.com, as I'm sure you who care, know.) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;Here's just one I like of me with my cousin and his beautiful daughter who I can't believe is going into her last year of college.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SpNcbROU0HI/AAAAAAAAA_8/nyscXHBb8bM/s320/5656_948734661039_6850443_52938996_5244102_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373740403932844146" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "&gt;I also had the chance to visit with my best friend from Florida who brought her whole family up to Michigan during the time I was there.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SpMx52O-OfI/AAAAAAAAA_0/JpDpaCbcdoU/s320/6571_1220204986418_1267734562_653920_226539_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373693650263751154" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px; " /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;Two days was too short, but...but...hmmm...just too short as it is with almost everything there is to say about summer, and vacation, and time spent with family and friends while living so far away.  Sometimes short and sweet is good, sometimes just not.  But it was a sweet summer.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-7469129974466764041?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/feeds/7469129974466764041/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4761244549378063146&amp;postID=7469129974466764041' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/7469129974466764041'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/7469129974466764041'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/2009/08/sweet-summer.html' title='Sweet Summer'/><author><name>Lisa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15141405009680562701</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SpDruvqMNyI/AAAAAAAAA-s/DsGUofU8AvI/s72-c/CIMG3877.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-4404458686847699264</id><published>2009-07-02T09:32:00.008+09:00</published><updated>2009-07-04T15:11:52.010+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Saturday in Kyoto</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/Sk7r-91nvCI/AAAAAAAAA78/HiGx2evlFe0/s1600-h/CIMG3537.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/Sk7pSmoh5mI/AAAAAAAAA70/_XYr1CCb_Bg/s1600-h/CIMG3520.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;First Saturday off in a long while, so, we headed off early to Kyoto.  We enjoyed a full day of celebrating Masashi's birthday.  First stop, Kurama-Kibune, north Kyoto.  Neither of us had ever been there before, so we were looking forward to a new adventure.  And we certainly found one.  &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We decide to tackle the hike from  Kurama to Kibune which took us up, up, up and up a beautiful temple-inhabited mountain side.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;A worthy guardian stood at the temple entrance....we eyed each other up.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/Sk7oaYjG8fI/AAAAAAAAA7s/847xldl7M5c/s1600-h/CIMG3522.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/Sk7oaYjG8fI/AAAAAAAAA7s/847xldl7M5c/s320/CIMG3522.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354472546954047986" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/Sk7pSmoh5mI/AAAAAAAAA70/_XYr1CCb_Bg/s320/CIMG3520.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354473512807556706" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "&gt;then headed up along lantern-lined walkways, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/Sk7oZ7AQpwI/AAAAAAAAA7k/alKtHve_YjA/s1600-h/CIMG3529.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/Sk7oZ7AQpwI/AAAAAAAAA7k/alKtHve_YjA/s320/CIMG3529.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354472539023255298" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;past beautiful, ancient, tall trees&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/Sk7oFCVqVMI/AAAAAAAAA7c/LTBqbvBlBlQ/s1600-h/CIMG3524.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/Sk7oFCVqVMI/AAAAAAAAA7c/LTBqbvBlBlQ/s320/CIMG3524.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354472180214813890" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;huffing, puffing, and breaking for cool water&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/Sk7oEuzX0nI/AAAAAAAAA7U/5wRVc_lh25o/s1600-h/CIMG3530.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/Sk7oEuzX0nI/AAAAAAAAA7U/5wRVc_lh25o/s320/CIMG3530.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354472174970720882" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/Sk7oEb4HtcI/AAAAAAAAA7M/rJeFgKIZV6k/s1600-h/CIMG3531.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/Sk7oEb4HtcI/AAAAAAAAA7M/rJeFgKIZV6k/s320/CIMG3531.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354472169890362818" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;then down, down, down past root mazes.   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/Sk7r-91nvCI/AAAAAAAAA78/HiGx2evlFe0/s320/CIMG3537.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354476473973980194" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;By the bottom my calves were quivering and we were ready for a break.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Luckily, this is what we found along the river in Kibune.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/Sk7oDqNxxhI/AAAAAAAAA68/Z27HGxCXmLU/s1600-h/CIMG3544.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/Sk7oDqNxxhI/AAAAAAAAA68/Z27HGxCXmLU/s320/CIMG3544.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354472156559427090" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Restaurants with decks built over the cool, flowing river bed.  Mostly way too expensive for us, except the somen noodle place.  So, we walked down the stairs and sat on the "waiting deck."  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/Sk7nkBGwG9I/AAAAAAAAA60/4kuAG8_HlQU/s1600-h/CIMG3551.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/Sk7nkBGwG9I/AAAAAAAAA60/4kuAG8_HlQU/s320/CIMG3551.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354471612948159442" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;No one else seemed to be tempted to dip their toes in the cool water.  Unthinkable to me, so after everyone except us got moved to the next waiting area - the tables on the upper deck, I scooted over to the edge and snuck in some feet dipping.  To my sheer delight, though, a young couple joined us on the waiting deck and the guy immediately slung his legs over the side and partook in the joy of cool water flowing over tired feet.  Ahhhh...  Then I convinced Mashi to give it a try while he partook of another cool, flowing liquid.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/Sk7njs-c5wI/AAAAAAAAA6s/jkLsTQVxfis/s1600-h/CIMG3557.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/Sk7njs-c5wI/AAAAAAAAA6s/jkLsTQVxfis/s320/CIMG3557.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354471607544637186" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This was Saturday relaxation at it's best!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/Sk7njaOADQI/AAAAAAAAA6k/WARKLPl1CL8/s1600-h/CIMG3571.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/Sk7njaOADQI/AAAAAAAAA6k/WARKLPl1CL8/s320/CIMG3571.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354471602509581570" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Our turn came and we enjoyed the view before the noodles started flowing towards us in the bamboo troughs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/Sk7ni3irEpI/AAAAAAAAA6c/4daedEXQs5o/s1600-h/CIMG3562.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/Sk7ni3irEpI/AAAAAAAAA6c/4daedEXQs5o/s320/CIMG3562.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354471593201046162" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;They kept coming and we kept slurping until the sign came - the last dollop of noodles - the red ones.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/Sk7nilif7kI/AAAAAAAAA6U/flnWZt7j9x0/s1600-h/CIMG3566.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/Sk7nilif7kI/AAAAAAAAA6U/flnWZt7j9x0/s320/CIMG3566.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354471588368477762" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;So, we walked along the river back to the train station in the mountains and headed back to downtown Kyoto.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/Sk7m-Xd-L-I/AAAAAAAAA6M/b-fSVLGqg9s/s1600-h/CIMG3580.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/Sk7m-Xd-L-I/AAAAAAAAA6M/b-fSVLGqg9s/s320/CIMG3580.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354470966116102114" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Masashi and our friend Cat share the same birthday (Cat 10 years younger, Mashi 10 years...wiser?)  We met for a nice dinner to celebrate their special day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/Sk7m97KHw7I/AAAAAAAAA6E/uYHU0e9WzOY/s1600-h/CIMG3585.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 262px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/Sk7m97KHw7I/AAAAAAAAA6E/uYHU0e9WzOY/s320/CIMG3585.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354470958516650930" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;and later joined some more friends for more casual fare...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/Sk7m9o7UmnI/AAAAAAAAA58/D1Gec3M0aUE/s1600-h/CIMG3600.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/Sk7m9o7UmnI/AAAAAAAAA58/D1Gec3M0aUE/s320/CIMG3600.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354470953622739570" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;and a nice ending to a great day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/Sk7m9LJgiUI/AAAAAAAAA50/jZr0U1Rsvn0/s1600-h/CIMG3605.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/Sk7m9LJgiUI/AAAAAAAAA50/jZr0U1Rsvn0/s320/CIMG3605.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354470945629178178" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;We even had cake and candles - 4 + 1 , for my dear 41 year old husband.  Happy Birthday!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/Sk7m87Eh37I/AAAAAAAAA5s/AMDe2RV-haY/s1600-h/CIMG3610.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/Sk7m87Eh37I/AAAAAAAAA5s/AMDe2RV-haY/s320/CIMG3610.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354470941313327026" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-4404458686847699264?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/feeds/4404458686847699264/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4761244549378063146&amp;postID=4404458686847699264' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/4404458686847699264'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/4404458686847699264'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/2009/07/saturday-in-kyoto.html' title='Saturday in Kyoto'/><author><name>Lisa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15141405009680562701</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/Sk7oaYjG8fI/AAAAAAAAA7s/847xldl7M5c/s72-c/CIMG3522.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-6988661573182912294</id><published>2009-06-08T13:35:00.006+09:00</published><updated>2009-06-16T15:29:51.966+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Live &amp; BBQ</title><content type='html'>日曜日は、Catのバンドのライブとバーベーキューパーティーがあったので、&lt;br /&gt;滋賀県の甲賀にあるLisaのお友達のところへ。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/Si888_rZB6I/AAAAAAAAAR0/ypmsAw6dd2g/s1600-h/CIMG3371.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345558301295314850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/Si888_rZB6I/AAAAAAAAAR0/ypmsAw6dd2g/s320/CIMG3371.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; 会場！？&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/Si888VAopgI/AAAAAAAAARs/cquiznZtdZI/s1600-h/CIMG3367.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345558289841694210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/Si888VAopgI/AAAAAAAAARs/cquiznZtdZI/s320/CIMG3367.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; ご覧のとおり周りは自然いっぱいでのどか。。。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/Si888Nz7G5I/AAAAAAAAARk/7aKyvy8HyP8/s1600-h/CIMG3392.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345558287909329810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/Si888Nz7G5I/AAAAAAAAARk/7aKyvy8HyP8/s320/CIMG3392.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Cat、熱唱中！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/Si887_U2cLI/AAAAAAAAARc/kL276rpDu60/s1600-h/CIMG3451.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345558284020904114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/Si887_U2cLI/AAAAAAAAARc/kL276rpDu60/s320/CIMG3451.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; 最後のほうは歌っている人が増えてました。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;懐かしい人たちにも会えて、&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;のんびりいい空気とおいしい食べ物を楽しめた１日でした！ &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-6988661573182912294?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/feeds/6988661573182912294/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4761244549378063146&amp;postID=6988661573182912294' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/6988661573182912294'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/6988661573182912294'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/2009/06/live-bbq.html' title='Live &amp; BBQ'/><author><name>Mashi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00267793299486619817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SAw7p8a2_HI/AAAAAAAAAAM/JgXieCLBUP0/S220/ml-spr-bw.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/Si888_rZB6I/AAAAAAAAAR0/ypmsAw6dd2g/s72-c/CIMG3371.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-3194926564238421538</id><published>2009-06-05T13:11:00.001+09:00</published><updated>2009-06-10T13:30:35.870+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Root Beer</title><content type='html'>最近あるひとつのキッズクラスで&lt;br /&gt;"Root Beer"というものがテキストの中ででてきました。&lt;br /&gt;その時の子供たちは・・・&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Root Beer ってなんぞや？？？”&lt;br /&gt;といった様子。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;・・・そこで買ってきました！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/Si80LsspMLI/AAAAAAAAARM/drbd-JAzp3I/s1600-h/CIMG3351.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345548658293682354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/Si80LsspMLI/AAAAAAAAARM/drbd-JAzp3I/s320/CIMG3351.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Root Beer&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ちなみに、ビールではなくコーラのような炭酸飲料。&lt;br /&gt;アメリカなどでは子供たちがアイスクリームを入れたりして&lt;br /&gt;飲む？食べる？ポピュラーな飲み物です。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345548662432741954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/Si80L8HeOkI/AAAAAAAAARU/BWqWSBBpS_I/s320/CIMG3350.JPG" border="0" /&gt;お待ちかねの試飲タイム。。。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“薬みたいな味！” とかいろいろとコメントがありました。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;・・・確かにそう言われてみると薬みたいな味かも・・・&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;初めてのお味は楽しめましたかー！(^O^)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-3194926564238421538?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/feeds/3194926564238421538/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4761244549378063146&amp;postID=3194926564238421538' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/3194926564238421538'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/3194926564238421538'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/2009/06/root-beer.html' title='Root Beer'/><author><name>Mashi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00267793299486619817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SAw7p8a2_HI/AAAAAAAAAAM/JgXieCLBUP0/S220/ml-spr-bw.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/Si80LsspMLI/AAAAAAAAARM/drbd-JAzp3I/s72-c/CIMG3351.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-5627107404219692325</id><published>2009-06-03T19:27:00.014+09:00</published><updated>2009-06-11T12:06:45.280+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Nagasaki</title><content type='html'>先週末は前からどうしても行きたかった&lt;br /&gt;プレゼンテーション＆会議があったので&lt;br /&gt;長崎に行って来ました！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;今回はこれ→&lt;a href="http://www.jr-odekake.net/navi/nishipass/"&gt;http://www.jr-odekake.net/navi/nishipass/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;JR西日本が期間限定で発売している西日本パス。&lt;br /&gt;これを利用した節約移動！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ついでに少しだけ観光もしてきました。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343050303909091906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SiZT8VWLWkI/AAAAAAAAARE/vY034MUHODM/s320/CIMG3277.JPG" border="0" /&gt; Glover Garden （グラバー園）&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343049891685221314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SiZTkVsWQ8I/AAAAAAAAAQ0/c6FbisU5x-w/s320/CIMG3271.JPG" border="0" /&gt; 今回はJ&amp;amp;Mと一緒です。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SiZTkjMOLzI/AAAAAAAAAQ8/mYSHj3wEpSg/s1600-h/CIMG3258.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343049895308570418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SiZTkjMOLzI/AAAAAAAAAQ8/mYSHj3wEpSg/s320/CIMG3258.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; 出島ワーフ&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SiZTkCPeNwI/AAAAAAAAAQs/G8hN9w9lJG0/s1600-h/CIMG3297.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343049886463833858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SiZTkCPeNwI/AAAAAAAAAQs/G8hN9w9lJG0/s320/CIMG3297.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; 中華街&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SiZTjpY2XOI/AAAAAAAAAQc/SUSLMuqa-mY/s1600-h/CIMG3318.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343049879792278754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SiZTjpY2XOI/AAAAAAAAAQc/SUSLMuqa-mY/s320/CIMG3318.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; ＠＠&lt;br /&gt;眼鏡橋 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;バタバタとしてしまいましたが、&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;なかなかよかった長崎でした(^-^)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-5627107404219692325?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' 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xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SiZT8VWLWkI/AAAAAAAAARE/vY034MUHODM/s72-c/CIMG3277.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-152264810401192647</id><published>2009-05-23T10:59:00.003+09:00</published><updated>2009-05-23T11:08:14.672+09:00</updated><title type='text'>School's back on!</title><content type='html'>It's been a quiet week here at English Square with no kids classes.  We had to cancel classes for the week because of the decision to close all the local schools due to the influenza scare.  Kids were advised to not go outside and many teachers were out patrolling the streets, parks, etc.  &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;So while I had some extra time on my hands and didn't feel quite so tired by the time Saturday rolled around, I sure did miss all those cute, smiling  faces coming in the door saying, "Hello!"  &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We just got the official word that schools will reopen on Monday, so we're ready for students to come back next week and get back to our regular schedule.  We'll be happy to see them and are sure glad this didn't last more than a week!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-152264810401192647?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/feeds/152264810401192647/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4761244549378063146&amp;postID=152264810401192647' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/152264810401192647'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/152264810401192647'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/2009/05/schools-back-on.html' title='School&apos;s back on!'/><author><name>Lisa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15141405009680562701</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-8194571802119699430</id><published>2009-05-22T19:14:00.004+09:00</published><updated>2009-06-03T19:27:27.100+09:00</updated><title type='text'>New Flowers</title><content type='html'>最近プランターのお花さんがすごい状態、&lt;br /&gt;伸びすぎて風が強いと七三わけみたい(≧▽≦)&lt;br /&gt;なおかつ冬のお花だったので枯れ気味なってきた為&lt;br /&gt;植え替えをしました！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SiZNl2qxozI/AAAAAAAAAQU/8NqQCOnN8VU/s1600-h/CIMG3238.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343043320647099186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SiZNl2qxozI/AAAAAAAAAQU/8NqQCOnN8VU/s320/CIMG3238.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; どうでしょう。。。&lt;br /&gt;やっぱり植えた直後はさびしいですが、&lt;br /&gt;またフッサフッサになるのをお楽しみに(^Q^)/^&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-8194571802119699430?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/feeds/8194571802119699430/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4761244549378063146&amp;postID=8194571802119699430' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/8194571802119699430'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/8194571802119699430'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/2009/06/new-flowers.html' title='New Flowers'/><author><name>Mashi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00267793299486619817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SAw7p8a2_HI/AAAAAAAAAAM/JgXieCLBUP0/S220/ml-spr-bw.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SiZNl2qxozI/AAAAAAAAAQU/8NqQCOnN8VU/s72-c/CIMG3238.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-6810322085036405414</id><published>2009-05-18T23:57:00.004+09:00</published><updated>2009-05-19T00:50:27.950+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Swine Flu</title><content type='html'>今日は・・・１日&lt;br /&gt;“インフルエンザ”&lt;br /&gt;でしたね。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;昨日からあやしい雰囲気になっていましたが、&lt;br /&gt;朝起きてみるとやはり大阪府全公立学校は休校。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“私たちのスクールはどうしようか・・・”&lt;br /&gt;まずはいろいろと確認しないとと言うことで何箇所かにTEL。&lt;br /&gt;その間にも生徒さんの親御さんからもTELがあり、&lt;br /&gt;考慮した結果、私たちも今日月曜日はクラスをキャンセルすることとなりました。&lt;br /&gt;その後、午後になって正式に市のほうから今週いっぱいは全ての&lt;br /&gt;私立学校で休校、また私立にも同等の対応を要請と発表あり。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;散々悩んだ末に私たちも今週いっぱいはクラスをキャンセルすることとしました。&lt;br /&gt;本当は通常通りクラスを行いたかったのですが、学校だけでなく&lt;br /&gt;塾やその他の習い事などほぼ全ての機関・施設が休校あるいは休館。&lt;br /&gt;その中で、私たちだけ迷惑や不安を与えることはしてはいけない&lt;br /&gt;と思った末の苦肉の決断です。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;それからはメール・電話で休校のお知らせをし、&lt;br /&gt;また同時にいろいろな方からもお電話いただいたりと&lt;br /&gt;最後の電話が終わったときは夜の９時をまわったところでした。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;今日は何回“インフルエンザ”という言葉を発したでしょうか？&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;その後近所のスーパー“サボイ”さんに行きましたが、&lt;br /&gt;本当に閑散としていて、また今日お話した中の親御さんが言われていたように&lt;br /&gt;とりあえずの食事としてのパン類が本当にほとんど売り切れ状態でした。&lt;br /&gt;なにかこう・・・近年にはない不思議というか異様な雰囲気が&lt;br /&gt;町全体にあふれているような感覚です。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;必要以上に敏感になる必要はないと思いますが、&lt;br /&gt;やはり健康のことなので気になることでもありますし、&lt;br /&gt;また特に小さいお子さんをもたれている親御さんは&lt;br /&gt;そういった心配が大きくなりますよね。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;でも何とかここ１週間で状況が改善され来週には&lt;br /&gt;普通の生活に戻れることを願っています。&lt;br /&gt;皆様もどうかお気をつけてまた来週には元気にお会いしましょう！&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-6810322085036405414?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/feeds/6810322085036405414/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4761244549378063146&amp;postID=6810322085036405414' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/6810322085036405414'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/6810322085036405414'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/2009/05/swine-flu.html' title='Swine Flu'/><author><name>Mashi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00267793299486619817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SAw7p8a2_HI/AAAAAAAAAAM/JgXieCLBUP0/S220/ml-spr-bw.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-150895111927362363</id><published>2009-05-16T00:52:00.004+09:00</published><updated>2009-05-19T01:14:33.028+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Test</title><content type='html'>明日（正確には今日）はいくつかのクラスを対象としたテスト日です。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;今は最終仕上げを行っています。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/ShGFRVIRN1I/AAAAAAAAAQM/clcQ6PstRw8/s1600-h/CIMG3233.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337193566186846034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/ShGFRVIRN1I/AAAAAAAAAQM/clcQ6PstRw8/s320/CIMG3233.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; リスニングで使用する音声を&lt;br /&gt;Lisaと僕の生声で録音中。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/ShGFRFpC9DI/AAAAAAAAAQE/1Mo3T1M55_E/s1600-h/CIMG3236.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337193562029356082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/ShGFRFpC9DI/AAAAAAAAAQE/1Mo3T1M55_E/s320/CIMG3236.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; 最終的に仕上げたテスト用紙。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;皆さんにわかりやすく、でもちょっと難しく作りました！（えっ、どっち？）&lt;br /&gt;明日は楽しみですね。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;みなさんがんばれー！(^O^)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-150895111927362363?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/feeds/150895111927362363/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4761244549378063146&amp;postID=150895111927362363' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/150895111927362363'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/150895111927362363'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/2009/05/test.html' title='Test'/><author><name>Mashi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00267793299486619817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SAw7p8a2_HI/AAAAAAAAAAM/JgXieCLBUP0/S220/ml-spr-bw.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/ShGFRVIRN1I/AAAAAAAAAQM/clcQ6PstRw8/s72-c/CIMG3233.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-9156189541542721942</id><published>2009-05-10T12:38:00.009+09:00</published><updated>2009-05-11T11:46:45.823+09:00</updated><title type='text'>What We Found Up North</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SgZUxg-fWFI/AAAAAAAAA44/hYNqBXqfSmY/s1600-h/CIMG0573.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Just in the first day of our trip, we found some nice men along the quaint streets of Otaru... &lt;div&gt;this quite shy one giving free samples of ...&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SgZQmfrBm_I/AAAAAAAAA4o/PZK7wZN2viY/s1600-h/CIMG3127.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 206px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SgZQmfrBm_I/AAAAAAAAA4o/PZK7wZN2viY/s320/CIMG3127.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334039430934141938" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;chocolate!  (very good chocolate at that!)&lt;br /&gt;this quite friendly and laid-back one grilling seafood along the streets...&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SgZQmG-VcwI/AAAAAAAAA4g/2elKKKMD6jE/s1600-h/CIMG0512.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SgZQmG-VcwI/AAAAAAAAA4g/2elKKKMD6jE/s320/CIMG0512.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334039424304247554" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;this fun and very outgoing one wanting to take a picture with me posed as a crab...&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SgZQl-0_4LI/AAAAAAAAA4Y/ULq15xCUyJU/s1600-h/CIMG3126.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 251px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SgZQl-0_4LI/AAAAAAAAA4Y/ULq15xCUyJU/s320/CIMG3126.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334039422117601458" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;and my man waiting with a local beer in hand. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SgZQlu3XV5I/AAAAAAAAA4Q/-spXVw9HLOg/s1600-h/CIMG3125.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SgZQlu3XV5I/AAAAAAAAA4Q/-spXVw9HLOg/s320/CIMG3125.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334039417832560530" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;There were nice canals to walk along...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SgZPsVWj-RI/AAAAAAAAA4I/_Bb85cFN1Cw/s1600-h/CIMG0554.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SgZPsVWj-RI/AAAAAAAAA4I/_Bb85cFN1Cw/s320/CIMG0554.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334038431731546386" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;and a cool micro-brewery to drop into.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SgZPsA4_ppI/AAAAAAAAA4A/KDq0zYMdng4/s1600-h/CIMG3178.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 232px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SgZPsA4_ppI/AAAAAAAAA4A/KDq0zYMdng4/s320/CIMG3178.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334038426238822034" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;We found three distinct micro-brews to try. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;And since in our party, one of us is allergic to alcohol...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SgZPr9HcP8I/AAAAAAAAA34/zLfUyyTbmss/s1600-h/CIMG3138.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SgZPr9HcP8I/AAAAAAAAA34/zLfUyyTbmss/s320/CIMG3138.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334038425225674690" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SgZPrhGfrLI/AAAAAAAAA3w/ZrOC3E0oL3k/s1600-h/CIMG3145.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;"Kampai!" looks like this...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SgZUxg-fWFI/AAAAAAAAA44/hYNqBXqfSmY/s320/CIMG0573.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334044018309290066" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 162px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;We found sushi restaurants with the freshest selections... &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;(Mashi ordered these Hokkaido specialties - uni, ikura, and tobiko.  Having not yet acquired a taste for sea urchin or fish eggs, he thoroughly enjoyed these delicacies all to himself.)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SgZPrhGfrLI/AAAAAAAAA3w/ZrOC3E0oL3k/s1600-h/CIMG3145.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt; &lt;img style="text-decoration: underline;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SgZPrhGfrLI/AAAAAAAAA3w/ZrOC3E0oL3k/s320/CIMG3145.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334038417705512114" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;and our first day ended as a fun evening out.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SgZPrUxLQMI/AAAAAAAAA3o/39FsONiLosY/s1600-h/CIMG3142.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SgZPrUxLQMI/AAAAAAAAA3o/39FsONiLosY/s320/CIMG3142.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334038414394867906" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;On the rest of our short trip we found...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; beautiful views of the sea...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SgZPNqF5xrI/AAAAAAAAA3g/Tlj7jYIma6o/s1600-h/CIMG3170.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 134px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SgZPNqF5xrI/AAAAAAAAA3g/Tlj7jYIma6o/s320/CIMG3170.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334037904722871986" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;which inspired dancing...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SgZPNcqGs8I/AAAAAAAAA3Y/twT2_azuvTk/s1600-h/CIMG3177.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 272px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SgZPNcqGs8I/AAAAAAAAA3Y/twT2_azuvTk/s320/CIMG3177.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334037901116617666" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;and silly posing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SgZPNChmTPI/AAAAAAAAA3Q/vi3P4IosY6k/s1600-h/CIMG0624.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 293px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SgZPNChmTPI/AAAAAAAAA3Q/vi3P4IosY6k/s320/CIMG0624.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334037894101617906" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;We found serene rows of poplars at the Hokkaido University campus in Sapporo...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SgZPM6U32GI/AAAAAAAAA3I/oR9CFpzvVzQ/s1600-h/CIMG0653.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SgZPM6U32GI/AAAAAAAAA3I/oR9CFpzvVzQ/s320/CIMG0653.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334037891900758114" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;bright streets for nightlife...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SgZPMvSUzKI/AAAAAAAAA3A/_0wgoBHPjI0/s1600-h/CIMG0674.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SgZPMvSUzKI/AAAAAAAAA3A/_0wgoBHPjI0/s320/CIMG0674.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334037888937282722" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;yummy ramen...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SgZNPHtR6jI/AAAAAAAAA24/nifu91tbi6k/s1600-h/CIMG3205.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SgZNPHtR6jI/AAAAAAAAA24/nifu91tbi6k/s320/CIMG3205.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334035730829273650" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;a riverside and snow-capped mountains to enjoy during a morning jog...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SgZNOi3aYoI/AAAAAAAAA2w/OkuGbAPpaZk/s1600-h/CIMG3212.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SgZNOi3aYoI/AAAAAAAAA2w/OkuGbAPpaZk/s320/CIMG3212.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334035720939659906" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;and finally, a second chance to see spring...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SgZNOc_NiOI/AAAAAAAAA2o/Bfcl2kDrWgU/s1600-h/CIMG3217.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 226px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SgZNOc_NiOI/AAAAAAAAA2o/Bfcl2kDrWgU/s320/CIMG3217.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334035719361759458" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;this work of art which doubles as a slide...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SgZNN5eK1VI/AAAAAAAAA2g/5oNgynatfnQ/s1600-h/CIMG3220.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 260px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SgZNN5eK1VI/AAAAAAAAA2g/5oNgynatfnQ/s320/CIMG3220.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334035709827929426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;and a nice bench to give our master trip planner a much deserved break.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SgZNNs6O_lI/AAAAAAAAA2Y/BVPyP9afMQk/s1600-h/CIMG3223.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SgZNNs6O_lI/AAAAAAAAA2Y/BVPyP9afMQk/s320/CIMG3223.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334035706455981650" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The rest of our "Golden Week" vacation was, well, much more of the same.  I'm afraid we find ourselves often going out for beers with friends, walking along riversides, and eating fish.  Thanks for reading this far those who did.  And if you're up for more photos, our travel companion wrote about our trip as well.  You can find her version here:  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://acatsblog.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://acatsblog.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-9156189541542721942?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/feeds/9156189541542721942/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4761244549378063146&amp;postID=9156189541542721942' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/9156189541542721942'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/9156189541542721942'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/2009/05/what-we-found-up-north.html' title='What We Found Up North'/><author><name>Lisa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15141405009680562701</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SgZQmfrBm_I/AAAAAAAAA4o/PZK7wZN2viY/s72-c/CIMG3127.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-5648995079964935406</id><published>2009-05-08T15:52:00.022+09:00</published><updated>2009-05-18T23:55:27.842+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Golden Week</title><content type='html'>新年度もあっという間に１ヶ月が過ぎ、&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;早いものでゴールデンウィークまで過ぎてしまいました。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;今年のゴールデンウィークはお天気もよく&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;行楽日和のお休みとなりましたね。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;私たちはというと、&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;昨年と同じく親戚に会う為、北海道へ。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;今回は小樽と札幌です。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;神戸空港から新千歳へついた後は&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;そのままJRにて小樽のホテルに向かいましたが、&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;そのホテル横のショッピングモールにてお昼ご飯。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SgPc8xZ1Y2I/AAAAAAAAAP0/cM4hqF4FN3U/s1600-h/CIMG3122.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333349320348754786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SgPc8xZ1Y2I/AAAAAAAAAP0/cM4hqF4FN3U/s320/CIMG3122.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;回転寿司です。。。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;でも侮るなかれ、&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;北海道の回転寿司はすごい！です。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;ネタ的には大阪の一流のお店か、いやいや、それ以上？&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;北海道人が大阪などに来て回転寿司を食べるとどう感じるのでしょう？&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;・・・とか真剣に考えてしまうほど。&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;ともあれお腹いっぱい大満足で今宵のホテルへ。&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333344482349463426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SgPYjKc6t4I/AAAAAAAAANs/A_b9X01z3lY/s320/CIMG3147.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.parkhotelgroup.com/Default.aspx?alias=www.parkhotelgroup.com/gpot"&gt;http://www.parkhotelgroup.com/Default.aspx?alias=www.parkhotelgroup.com/gpot&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;このGrand Park Otaru、あえて説明をさせていただきます。&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;ちょうど石原裕次郎館の向かいにあるこのホテル。&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;昨年末まではHiltonブランドでしたが、&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;今年からはリブランドされその為のキャンペーン価格、&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;ツイン２人利用で、な・な・なんと！&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;￥５，５００！！！&lt;/p&gt;１人あたり￥２，７５０！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;きれいなお部屋にきれいな海の眺め、本当にびっくりラッキー(＾＾)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SgPcw2TUKAI/AAAAAAAAAPs/0mGvjijW8us/s1600-h/CIMG3126.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;チェックインの後は早速小樽市内散策。&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SgPcw7UaiWI/AAAAAAAAAPk/U1ecl_lGyk4/s1600-h/CIMG3125.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333349116851947874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SgPcw7UaiWI/AAAAAAAAAPk/U1ecl_lGyk4/s320/CIMG3125.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; 歩いているだけで楽しく何度行っても好きな街です。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SgPcwrP6nfI/AAAAAAAAAPc/jYb4El_e1xc/s1600-h/CIMG3131.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333349112538111474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SgPcwrP6nfI/AAAAAAAAAPc/jYb4El_e1xc/s320/CIMG3131.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SgPcwAyc_hI/AAAAAAAAAPU/BYFlsskgLlM/s1600-h/CIMG3134.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333349101140246034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SgPcwAyc_hI/AAAAAAAAAPU/BYFlsskgLlM/s320/CIMG3134.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Cat &amp;amp; Lisa @ 小樽運河。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;今回は、皆さんもご存知わがEnglish Squareのハロウィンフェスティバルに&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;も来てもらったCatと彼女の旦那さんとの同伴旅行です。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333401821317508226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SgQMsuwNLII/AAAAAAAAAP8/7Ih6IBn5bLg/s320/CIMG3179.JPG" border="0" /&gt;Otaru Beerにて地ビールを少し。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SgPcvmaX4CI/AAAAAAAAAPM/NCyNhhmIhSE/s1600-h/CIMG3138.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333349094059925538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SgPcvmaX4CI/AAAAAAAAAPM/NCyNhhmIhSE/s320/CIMG3138.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; おいしい！&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333348234754491810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SgPb9lP_haI/AAAAAAAAAOs/OVynSu6NmtY/s320/CIMG3183.JPG" border="0" /&gt;この小樽運河沿いは駐車場まで雰囲気あります。&lt;br /&gt;その後も街をぶらぶら、夕食を食べてホテルに戻り就寝。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;次の日はレンタカーを借りて&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;札幌までの道中を楽しみました。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SgPb-vhTYQI/AAAAAAAAAPE/RPJs3BHu5WQ/s1600-h/CIMG3164.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333348254691320066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SgPb-vhTYQI/AAAAAAAAAPE/RPJs3BHu5WQ/s320/CIMG3164.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SgPb-BSLvlI/AAAAAAAAAO8/uyHFKnfRLJw/s1600-h/CIMG3174.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333348242279874130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SgPb-BSLvlI/AAAAAAAAAO8/uyHFKnfRLJw/s320/CIMG3174.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SgPb910P1wI/AAAAAAAAAO0/LsncRHN1tqE/s1600-h/CIMG3175.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333348239201523458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SgPb910P1wI/AAAAAAAAAO0/LsncRHN1tqE/s320/CIMG3175.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;札幌に着きまずは北海道大学へ。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;ここへは・・・何年ぶりかな？&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;おそらく最後に来たのは僕が小学生のとき。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SgPb9csO3xI/AAAAAAAAAOk/q3I1AXgiWHs/s1600-h/CIMG3194.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333348232457019154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SgPb9csO3xI/AAAAAAAAAOk/q3I1AXgiWHs/s320/CIMG3194.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; 学内にあるポプラ並木、懐かしい！&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;札幌駅ちかでとんでもなく巨大なキャンパス、&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;さすが&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;でっかいどー！はっかいどー！&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;・・・(^_^;) &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;札幌でホテルにチェックインのあとは、&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;ろばた焼きやさんにて晩御飯、&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;すすきの周辺から大通り公園などを歩き&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;ホテルへの帰り道にちょっと道草を。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SgPaXnpG63I/AAAAAAAAAOc/PakRPCT_6t0/s1600-h/CIMG3204.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333346483050048370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SgPaXnpG63I/AAAAAAAAAOc/PakRPCT_6t0/s320/CIMG3204.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; とても雰囲気ある居酒屋？飲み屋さん？&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;翌日はこの旅の本題、&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;親戚のお家にお邪魔しました。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;行く途中、大通り公園にて。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333346471615617090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SgPaW9C7WEI/AAAAAAAAAOE/wF9lVY9kgKs/s320/CIMG3219.JPG" border="0" /&gt;さくらー！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;叔母さんたちのお家にてこの日はゆっくり。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333346478866955202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SgPaXYDx-8I/AAAAAAAAAOU/JrWVezLqXEU/s320/CIMG3206.JPG" border="0" /&gt;夜ホテルに戻る前にはやっぱりラーメン♪&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;札幌でのホテルは川沿いにありとても気持ちいいところで、&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333346475027886066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SgPaXJweb_I/AAAAAAAAAOM/rNViwsjzO9Q/s320/CIMG3212.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;朝からLisaはジョギング！ &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;最終日も叔母さんなどに会ったりしながら&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;夕方の飛行機で関西空港へ。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;空港でマスク姿の人の多さに（新型インフルエンザ？）&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;じゃっかん引きながらバスにてお家に帰りました。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SgPaWXpZqhI/AAAAAAAAAN8/V0eoP5gwF2c/s1600-h/CIMG3226.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333346461576440338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SgPaWXpZqhI/AAAAAAAAAN8/V0eoP5gwF2c/s320/CIMG3226.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;＠ 北海道庁&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-5648995079964935406?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/feeds/5648995079964935406/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4761244549378063146&amp;postID=5648995079964935406' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/5648995079964935406'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/5648995079964935406'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/2009/05/golden-week.html' title='Golden Week'/><author><name>Mashi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00267793299486619817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SAw7p8a2_HI/AAAAAAAAAAM/JgXieCLBUP0/S220/ml-spr-bw.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SgPc8xZ1Y2I/AAAAAAAAAP0/cM4hqF4FN3U/s72-c/CIMG3122.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-1971844037873108206</id><published>2009-04-09T15:00:00.003+09:00</published><updated>2009-05-18T23:57:18.024+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Flowers</title><content type='html'>桜も満開ですが、私たちのプランターも&lt;br /&gt;満開です！(^O^)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333330556064631970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SgPL4i_4DKI/AAAAAAAAANM/PVfC-kuYN3U/s320/CIMG3050.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;約半年前の１０月に植え変えた時が↓&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333331330795072946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SgPMlpGAbbI/AAAAAAAAANk/DG6kWwCO6A0/s320/CIMG1419.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;今現在↓&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SgPL5Hfn3II/AAAAAAAAANc/Yd-C_kA2mvk/s1600-h/CIMG3051.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333330565861465218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SgPL5Hfn3II/AAAAAAAAANc/Yd-C_kA2mvk/s320/CIMG3051.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; 立派になりましたー！パチパチパチッ！！！&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;花正さんの助言によりバンジーとチューリップ。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;この仕込んでいたチューリップもきれいに咲きました(＾＾)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SgPL4w4F-TI/AAAAAAAAANU/8eWVVuaI0nc/s1600-h/CIMG3053.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333330559790086450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SgPL4w4F-TI/AAAAAAAAANU/8eWVVuaI0nc/s320/CIMG3053.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-1971844037873108206?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/feeds/1971844037873108206/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4761244549378063146&amp;postID=1971844037873108206' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/1971844037873108206'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/1971844037873108206'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/2009/04/o.html' title='Flowers'/><author><name>Mashi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00267793299486619817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SAw7p8a2_HI/AAAAAAAAAAM/JgXieCLBUP0/S220/ml-spr-bw.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SgPL4i_4DKI/AAAAAAAAANM/PVfC-kuYN3U/s72-c/CIMG3050.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-6933250381057840704</id><published>2009-04-08T16:12:00.010+09:00</published><updated>2009-04-08T17:11:36.018+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Spring!</title><content type='html'>今日は４月の８日、ほとんどの学校の新学期が始まっていますね！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;桜もほぼ満開、心なしか大人までも&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;“ウキウキ・わくわく！(^O^)”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;お外に出る頻度が増えますよね～&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;ここ数ヶ月の私たちは、&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;・参加日&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;・保護者面談会&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;・新年度クラス・スケジュール調整&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;などなどでいっぱいいっぱいになってしまい、&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;ブログ更新が・・・(^_^;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;ちょっとこれからがんばりますっ。。。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;早速ですが、今日はお昼前後にクラスがなかったこともあり&lt;br /&gt;摂津峡にある桜公園へ。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322221863686270370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SdxUljDWbaI/AAAAAAAAAM8/QKsL0U64YiM/s320/CIMG3112.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322221874791595714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SdxUmMbEPsI/AAAAAAAAANE/Uk9WJcLSy80/s320/CIMG3113.JPG" border="0" /&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;少しだけでしたが、お天気もよく気持ちよい時間を過ごせました(＾＾)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;私たちのスクールも今月から新年度が始まりました。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;また２人でがんばっていきますので、&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;皆様どうぞよろしくお願いいたします(^-^)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-6933250381057840704?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/feeds/6933250381057840704/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4761244549378063146&amp;postID=6933250381057840704' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/6933250381057840704'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/6933250381057840704'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/2009/04/happy-spring.html' title='Happy Spring!'/><author><name>Mashi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00267793299486619817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SAw7p8a2_HI/AAAAAAAAAAM/JgXieCLBUP0/S220/ml-spr-bw.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SdxUljDWbaI/AAAAAAAAAM8/QKsL0U64YiM/s72-c/CIMG3112.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-2358390367079145938</id><published>2009-04-06T20:40:00.006+09:00</published><updated>2009-04-08T23:08:19.087+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Our Very Japanesey Day</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"&gt;I know that by living in Japan, it should mean that every day is a very "Japanesey" day, but it doesn't seem so as much lately.  The days go by and daily life is just, well, just daily life.  But when it's cherry blossom season, the Japaneseness of Japan just comes blooming out all around.  And today was just one of those days filled with Japanese things.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"&gt;We started off at Tenjin Temple in Takatsuki, enjoying a small tea ceremony.  Peaceful and beautiful under this blooming cherry.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SdnymL8vpfI/AAAAAAAAA1o/TwTbqobiiQc/s1600-h/CIMG3063.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img style="text-decoration: underline;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SdnymL8vpfI/AAAAAAAAA1o/TwTbqobiiQc/s320/CIMG3063.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321551172571473394" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/Sdnyl08fNjI/AAAAAAAAA1Y/tJHm_Humm3M/s320/Image013.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321551166396380722" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SdyfRk7AHsI/AAAAAAAAA14/A7BohdTGmgo/s1600-h/CIMG3060.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SdyfRk7AHsI/AAAAAAAAA14/A7BohdTGmgo/s320/CIMG3060.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322303983962824386" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SdyfR7ha2FI/AAAAAAAAA2A/k42riPVzdZ0/s320/CIMG3057.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322303990029539410" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/Sdnyl-s-YRI/AAAAAAAAA1g/Sw1ZEDJ04yQ/s1600-h/Image014.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/Sdnyl-s-YRI/AAAAAAAAA1g/Sw1ZEDJ04yQ/s320/Image014.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321551169015669010" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"&gt;Adding to the "Japaneseness" of my day, I learned how to use a new function on our camera that can take three shots and arrange them like this one.  (Furthermore, my subject for this experiment was the temple cat, about which I'm sure I squealed,  "So cute!"  in proper Japanese fashion..."Kawaii!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SdnwDBgnt7I/AAAAAAAAA1Q/sWGgCSnhAbA/s1600-h/CIMG3065.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SdnwDBgnt7I/AAAAAAAAA1Q/sWGgCSnhAbA/s320/CIMG3065.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321548369450481586" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"&gt;We then headed to Osaka to visit a small art gallery where my former pottery teacher was finishing a special exhibit.   We got an invitation postcard in the mail last week:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SdyfRVP0HFI/AAAAAAAAA1w/YDgDaxxGv5w/s320/Photo+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322303979755150418" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SdnwC3rtjLI/AAAAAAAAA1I/2Wy-xc-itzs/s1600-h/CIMG3070.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I took pottery lessons from this kind and very talented potter for the 5 years I lived in Koga.  What a pleasure to see them and their beautiful Japanese pottery!  It made we want to get my hands on clay again, for sure!  (This picture Masashi took while we were getting ready to pose for a picture - it catches the moment nicer than the posed version.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SdnwC3rtjLI/AAAAAAAAA1I/2Wy-xc-itzs/s1600-h/CIMG3070.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: left; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SdnwC3rtjLI/AAAAAAAAA1I/2Wy-xc-itzs/s320/CIMG3070.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321548366812646578" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SdnwCgYDdSI/AAAAAAAAA1A/5BxYWb_F-1s/s1600-h/CIMG3073.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SdnwCgYDdSI/AAAAAAAAA1A/5BxYWb_F-1s/s320/CIMG3073.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321548360556180770" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SdnwCXJKc_I/AAAAAAAAA04/f5NdqNIsYPw/s1600-h/CIMG3104.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"&gt;Finally, we strolled around Osaka Castle and took in the sights, sounds and smells there.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SdyfSWVoUxI/AAAAAAAAA2Q/6-eGAFSZJh8/s320/CIMG3100.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322303997227848466" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SdyfSLsMmtI/AAAAAAAAA2I/FmCNkfGgNos/s320/CIMG3080.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322303994369710802" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SdnwCXJKc_I/AAAAAAAAA04/f5NdqNIsYPw/s1600-h/CIMG3104.JPG" style="text-decoration: none; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"&gt;The cherry trees were in full bloom, the vendors were out in full force, and there were several music groups to encounter from jazz to drum groups, guitarists to....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"&gt;good ole' American 50's music just as we were walking out of the park.  A crowd had gathered and as I approached I realized it was a group of dancers - leather jacket, tight jeans, pointy sleek shoes for the guy... poodle skirts and cardigans, etc. for the girls - twistin' the day away.  It was a unique sight - a group of Japanese dancin' American, and this American being Japanese taking their picture.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SdnwCXJKc_I/AAAAAAAAA04/f5NdqNIsYPw/s1600-h/CIMG3104.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img style="text-decoration: underline;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SdnwCXJKc_I/AAAAAAAAA04/f5NdqNIsYPw/s320/CIMG3104.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321548358077805554" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SdyfSLsMmtI/AAAAAAAAA2I/FmCNkfGgNos/s1600-h/CIMG3080.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SdyfSLsMmtI/AAAAAAAAA2I/FmCNkfGgNos/s1600-h/CIMG3080.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SdnwCGrtOWI/AAAAAAAAA0w/rK6eIGeGlQs/s1600-h/CIMG3106.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SdnwCGrtOWI/AAAAAAAAA0w/rK6eIGeGlQs/s320/CIMG3106.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321548353659287906" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"&gt;We finished with a nice dinner for two in Umeda.  A pretty good day in our lives in Japan.  More to come as the weather warms up and we venture out and about.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-2358390367079145938?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/feeds/2358390367079145938/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4761244549378063146&amp;postID=2358390367079145938' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/2358390367079145938'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/2358390367079145938'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/2009/04/our-very-japanesey-day.html' title='Our Very Japanesey Day'/><author><name>Lisa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15141405009680562701</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SdnymL8vpfI/AAAAAAAAA1o/TwTbqobiiQc/s72-c/CIMG3063.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-6463431028015934795</id><published>2009-03-15T13:25:00.005+09:00</published><updated>2009-03-15T14:45:10.476+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Kyoko's Wedding Party</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SbyTQDkLFPI/AAAAAAAAA0o/dJG8zwmyGq0/s1600-h/CIMG2945.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My host sister and her husband had their official wedding ceremony last year, a private ceremony at a church in Paris last month, and finally a party with friends last weekend which we happily attended.   &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I stayed with this host family when I studied Japanese in Shiga many years ago when their daughters were still students.  They own and run a fantastic mediterranean restaurant in Hikone called Milk House.  (http://www.milk-house.com)  Now, the older daughter is expecting her first child, and the younger is a full-time chef in the family restaurant.  The parents still work as hard as ever.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The party was at the family restaurant and my host sister reportedly did most of the food preparation herself before slipping into her beautiful wedding dress and being greeted by a room full of friends.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SbyIqbPfxvI/AAAAAAAAAz4/-PO0LA20rjg/s1600-h/CIMG2937.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SbyIqbPfxvI/AAAAAAAAAz4/-PO0LA20rjg/s320/CIMG2937.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313271922838980338" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SbyIqerwH2I/AAAAAAAAA0A/n6VIWJLSQVk/s320/CIMG2951.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313271923762798434" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 229px; " /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;My host mother made their wedding cake and brought it in from the kitchen.  Covered with a layer of beautiful fresh fruit...light and delicious!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SbyIp6iEegI/AAAAAAAAAzw/WVsNeU4zZkw/s1600-h/CIMG2943.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 278px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SbyIp6iEegI/AAAAAAAAAzw/WVsNeU4zZkw/s320/CIMG2943.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313271914058512898" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;She even prepared a special plate to present their portions on with extra homemade desserts on the side.  Their friends, some from their high school sports clubs, made special presentations of gifts for them, adding to the festivities.  &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SbyIpba4FpI/AAAAAAAAAzo/VNSfUyBIrkY/s1600-h/CIMG2975.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SbyIpba4FpI/AAAAAAAAAzo/VNSfUyBIrkY/s320/CIMG2975.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313271905706841746" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;We enjoyed hanging out with their young friends who, though we're years ahead, made us feel young.  (The wine helped a little, too.)  It was a beautiful and yummy evening indeed!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SbyTQDkLFPI/AAAAAAAAA0o/dJG8zwmyGq0/s1600-h/CIMG2945.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SbyTQDkLFPI/AAAAAAAAA0o/dJG8zwmyGq0/s320/CIMG2945.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313283564434560242" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SbyTPxzD1eI/AAAAAAAAA0g/ppoVzAXv5hM/s1600-h/CIMG2954.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SbyTPxzD1eI/AAAAAAAAA0g/ppoVzAXv5hM/s320/CIMG2954.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313283559665161698" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 235px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-6463431028015934795?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SbyIqbPfxvI/AAAAAAAAAz4/-PO0LA20rjg/s72-c/CIMG2937.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-8957056233360438933</id><published>2009-02-16T18:07:00.005+09:00</published><updated>2009-02-19T16:53:09.726+09:00</updated><title type='text'>St. Valentine's Day ②</title><content type='html'>先週の土曜日は、バレンタインデー♡&lt;br /&gt;でしたね！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;みなさま、どんなバレンタインデーを過ごしましたか？？？&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;僕はというと・・・&lt;br /&gt;毎年チョコレートをくれる&lt;br /&gt;H&amp;amp;Mちゃん姉妹がいつものように！&lt;br /&gt;くれました（V＾－°）&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SZvRh6yACBI/AAAAAAAAAMU/YgAeWpEV3yw/s1600-h/CIMG2909.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304063366803752978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SZvRh6yACBI/AAAAAAAAAMU/YgAeWpEV3yw/s320/CIMG2909.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; 手作りのチョコレート&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SZvRg5qAYiI/AAAAAAAAAMM/rUprtqZWP-I/s1600-h/CIMG2911.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304063349321916962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SZvRg5qAYiI/AAAAAAAAAMM/rUprtqZWP-I/s320/CIMG2911.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; こちらは金曜日クラスのMちゃんが持ってきてくれたイチゴチョコレート。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304132576281475842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SZwQecLVuwI/AAAAAAAAAMk/vw72niQ0noo/s320/CIMG2918.JPG" border="0" /&gt;木曜日クラスのNちゃんからの手作りクッキー。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;子供たちが作ってくれたと思うとなおさらうれしいです(＾＾)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SZvRDzjodDI/AAAAAAAAAME/Y3AvESOQjjE/s1600-h/CIMG2916.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304062849468363826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SZvRDzjodDI/AAAAAAAAAME/Y3AvESOQjjE/s320/CIMG2916.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;こちらは大人クラスのTさんから頂きました。 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;本当にうれしかったです。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;皆さんありがとうございます。 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;ついでに・・・&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;今僕たちが行っているジム（ZAVAS SPORT CLUB DELTA）&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;の帰り、チェックアウト？をした時に↓を手渡れました。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SZvRD0AVGWI/AAAAAAAAAL8/hKJrnbCtQao/s1600-h/CIMG2914.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304062849588730210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SZvRD0AVGWI/AAAAAAAAAL8/hKJrnbCtQao/s320/CIMG2914.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; “今日は男性の方にチョコレートをプレゼントしています♡　”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;とのこと。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;さすが、明治製菓が経営しているジムです。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;入口を出た後、Lisaを待つ為に少し待っていると、&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;出てくる男性陣のお顔は心なしか・・・　にやけていました。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;あぁ、僕もこんな顔して出てきたんだなー(^^ゞ&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;でその後ですが、散髪にいつも行っている&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Hair Timeに行くと、なんと帰りの際↓を頂きました。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SZvRDbte2FI/AAAAAAAAAL0/k0J5a7L6NKY/s1600-h/CIMG2915.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304062843067226194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SZvRDbte2FI/AAAAAAAAAL0/k0J5a7L6NKY/s320/CIMG2915.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; 最近はどこもすごいですねー！&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SZvRDAN7SiI/AAAAAAAAALs/bZeC78Wsn18/s1600-h/CIMG2912.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304062835687115298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SZvRDAN7SiI/AAAAAAAAALs/bZeC78Wsn18/s320/CIMG2912.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; もちろんLisaからも(＾＾)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SZvRC0ua6mI/AAAAAAAAALk/TtS1uHDqwJk/s1600-h/CIMG2917.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;皆様本当にありがとうございました！ &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-8957056233360438933?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/feeds/8957056233360438933/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4761244549378063146&amp;postID=8957056233360438933' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/8957056233360438933'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/8957056233360438933'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/2009/02/st-valentines-day_18.html' title='St. Valentine&apos;s Day ②'/><author><name>Mashi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00267793299486619817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SAw7p8a2_HI/AAAAAAAAAAM/JgXieCLBUP0/S220/ml-spr-bw.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SZvRh6yACBI/AAAAAAAAAMU/YgAeWpEV3yw/s72-c/CIMG2909.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-1882715493781135857</id><published>2009-02-10T21:04:00.004+09:00</published><updated>2009-02-11T08:56:01.376+09:00</updated><title type='text'>We should glue what?</title><content type='html'>Just finished my Tuesday night private class with a high-school senior.  He's very bright and getting better and better at English, of course, but in this evening's class we both just had to laugh at his little English blunders.  &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Our textbook provides an outline conversation for discussing plans and we worked together to make suggestions on what needs to get done.  So, we picked two plans - one is to travel abroad, the other to try to be more eco-friendly.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;First, travel abroad discussion...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Me: We should decide where we want to go.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Student:  Yeah.  That's important.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Me: So, where do you want to go?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Student: How about America?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Me: Great!  But, America is a big place.  Is there anything you really want to see?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Student: (long pause with pensive face) Angel.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Me: (trying hard to be funny....) Oh.  You want to see an angel?  I don't think America is a good choice then.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Student: (courtesy laugh)  (thinking) ummm....&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Me: (bright look on face of instant realization and sheer confidence) OH!  You mean Los Angeles!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Student: (laughing) No....  (thinking)   Angel.....angel....(bright look on face) The Angel of Liberty!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Me: OH!!!  Her!!  Yeah...we can see her.  New York City it is!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Next plan....let's be more eco-friendly&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Me: We should try to remember to take our own bags when we go shopping.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Student: Yeah. That's a good idea.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Me: Do you have any ideas?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Student: We should ....(thinking) plans.....hmmm... g...g...glue&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Me: glue?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Student: hmmm...glue ....glue (bright look on face) glue planets!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Me. ....???  glue planets...(gesturing and wondering and trying to get it)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;       AAAHHH!  Grow plants!!  (laughing)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Student: (confused face)/ Me: (explaining what glue planets means)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Both: (laughing)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Me: I think that even though you just passed the test and got your driver's license this week, you should NOT drive and only ride your bike, walk, use public transportation...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Student: We don't need that.  (half smirking)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Me: (trying to remember how exciting it was to be able to drive) Yeah...I was just joking.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;See you next week.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-1882715493781135857?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/feeds/1882715493781135857/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4761244549378063146&amp;postID=1882715493781135857' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/1882715493781135857'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/1882715493781135857'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/2009/02/we-should-glue-what.html' title='We should glue what?'/><author><name>Lisa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15141405009680562701</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-8214170205210244815</id><published>2009-02-04T14:44:00.008+09:00</published><updated>2009-02-04T18:57:55.494+09:00</updated><title type='text'>St. Valentine's Day</title><content type='html'>早くももう２月・・・&lt;br /&gt;そう！今月はバレンタインズデー！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;今月からクラスルームも&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SYldn_BPM-I/AAAAAAAAALc/0YUsqSgQkJE/s1600-h/CIMG2903.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298869378091004898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SYldn_BPM-I/AAAAAAAAALc/0YUsqSgQkJE/s320/CIMG2903.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;こんな感じにバレンタインです。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;そろそろ女の子たちはチョコレートの話で盛り上がりぎみ！ですが・・・ &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;今年は“逆チョコ”なる言葉も見かけることもありますが、&lt;br /&gt;本来のバレンタインデーは特に女性→男性というわけではなく、&lt;br /&gt;女性⇔男性。 &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;しいて言えば&lt;br /&gt;“&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff99ff;"&gt;愛の日♡&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;”&lt;br /&gt;とでもいうのでしょうか。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;アメリカではこの日になると通りにお花屋さんが並び、&lt;br /&gt;仕事帰りなどの男性が彼女・奥さんにそのお花を買って帰ります。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;どうでしょう！日本の男性陣も、愛の告白♡・日ごろの感謝♡のしるしに&lt;br /&gt;女性に何かちょっとしたものをプレゼントしてみては？！&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-8214170205210244815?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/feeds/8214170205210244815/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4761244549378063146&amp;postID=8214170205210244815' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/8214170205210244815'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/8214170205210244815'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/2009/02/st-valentines-day.html' title='St. Valentine&apos;s Day'/><author><name>Mashi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00267793299486619817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SAw7p8a2_HI/AAAAAAAAAAM/JgXieCLBUP0/S220/ml-spr-bw.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SYldn_BPM-I/AAAAAAAAALc/0YUsqSgQkJE/s72-c/CIMG2903.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-5262254931652761565</id><published>2009-01-18T15:05:00.006+09:00</published><updated>2009-01-18T18:23:38.219+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Yet Another Birthday Celebration</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SXLJVj-gQmI/AAAAAAAAAzY/ff_vT-FjJ5w/s1600-h/CIMG2866.JPG"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"&gt;Those of you who knew me well in my younger days would be shocked if I posted the pictures of what I sandwiched between salt and lemon last night at our friends annual infamously wild birthday party, so I'll spare you and my friends the photos, save these two. We had a fun night and hope our friend had a memorable birthday - or at least that he remembers it. ; D&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The birthday man...and his aikido buddy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SXLJVj-gQmI/AAAAAAAAAzY/ff_vT-FjJ5w/s1600-h/CIMG2866.JPG"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292513884385591906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: left" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SXLJVj-gQmI/AAAAAAAAAzY/ff_vT-FjJ5w/s320/CIMG2866.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Us getting ready to leave to catch the last train home and friends kindly insisting we stay longer. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SXLIRapplZI/AAAAAAAAAzQ/9ak4CgxZEzQ/s1600-h/CIMG2883.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292512713651099026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 190px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SXLIRapplZI/AAAAAAAAAzQ/9ak4CgxZEzQ/s320/CIMG2883.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-5262254931652761565?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/feeds/5262254931652761565/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4761244549378063146&amp;postID=5262254931652761565' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/5262254931652761565'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/5262254931652761565'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/2009/01/salt-and-lemon-tales.html' title='Yet Another Birthday Celebration'/><author><name>Lisa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15141405009680562701</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SXLJVj-gQmI/AAAAAAAAAzY/ff_vT-FjJ5w/s72-c/CIMG2866.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-2223424309236513167</id><published>2009-01-18T14:50:00.003+09:00</published><updated>2009-01-18T15:05:20.946+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Winter Veggies</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;Anyone want to come over and have a veggie party?  These are gifts from one of our students' gardens.  Two huge giant white radishes, equally giant Chinese cabbages, broccoli, green onions, carrots, and mizuna.  It's "kimuchee nabe" nite, I think.  YUM! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The poor woman wheeled this load of vegetables on a luggage cart in two plastic crates from her garden to our house.  Must have been very slow going and very heavy over the not so great sidewalk.  OTSUKARE SAMA DESU, Mrs. I!  and ARIGATO GOZAIMASU!!  (head bowing repeatedly as I write.)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SXLDilk1hGI/AAAAAAAAAzI/lB0I21_ULcY/s1600-h/CIMG2824.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SXLDilk1hGI/AAAAAAAAAzI/lB0I21_ULcY/s320/CIMG2824.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292507511083336802" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-2223424309236513167?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/feeds/2223424309236513167/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4761244549378063146&amp;postID=2223424309236513167' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/2223424309236513167'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/2223424309236513167'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/2009/01/winter-veggies.html' title='Winter Veggies'/><author><name>Lisa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15141405009680562701</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SXLDilk1hGI/AAAAAAAAAzI/lB0I21_ULcY/s72-c/CIMG2824.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-1440408372934633279</id><published>2009-01-17T08:59:00.002+09:00</published><updated>2009-01-18T15:20:58.345+09:00</updated><title type='text'>I'm Mickey.  I'm a mouse.  You're Babe. You're a pig.</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "&gt;Teaching kids the tricky "be" verb has never been so fun!  Mickey, Winnie the Pooh, Buzz Lightyear, Woody, Peter Rabbit, Babe and Snoopy helped a lot.  They have no idea they're learning the "be" verb, of course. But they sure were good at it and enjoyed this activity.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/ST237HXMTVI/AAAAAAAAAhM/DPY5JqpxCus/s320/CIMG0994.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277576564564577618" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; 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"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This class was quite a while ago, but I just found these precious photos in the depths of our computer and wanted to share.  They have the "It's.." and "It isn't..." down now, too.  And the new year will bring "He's/He isn't" and "She's/She isn't" into the picture.    Looking forward to more adventures with this always fun, enthusiastic, and attentive class!  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;(Hints for my students:  "to have down" means to understand and be able to use, "to bring into the picture" means to have something introduced.  Boy, English idioms are tricky, right?)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-1440408372934633279?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/feeds/1440408372934633279/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4761244549378063146&amp;postID=1440408372934633279' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/1440408372934633279'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/1440408372934633279'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/2008/12/hello-im-mickey-im-mouse-youre-babe.html' title='I&apos;m Mickey.  I&apos;m a mouse.  You&apos;re Babe. You&apos;re a pig.'/><author><name>Lisa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15141405009680562701</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/ST237HXMTVI/AAAAAAAAAhM/DPY5JqpxCus/s72-c/CIMG0994.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-6424647484625094007</id><published>2009-01-08T18:12:00.003+09:00</published><updated>2009-01-08T18:36:16.745+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Keep it Simple.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Dear Lisa and Mashi,&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; "&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Hello! Thanks!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;A Happy New Year!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Party Iwao「OK」 Sachiyo「NG」&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Iwao Go!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Oh! 「11」special day!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;♪It is my birthday.♪&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;I am looking forward to seeing you.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; "&gt;by Iwao.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;Great message, I think!  Keep it Simple!  Not only is this the slogan of one of my favorite children's music makers, Super Simple Songs, it is what our friend reminded me of with this e-mail message in which he responded to an invitation to our house this weekend.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;I s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;pend some of my working life trying to teach students to make full, complete, grammatically correct, yet concise sentences - well, I sort of do that.  But, anyway, as you notice, I go on and on and babble and babble and don't always "Keep it Simple!"  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;So, thank you Iwao for your nice reminder that simple is not only best, it's more than enough.  Message appreciated and thoroughly understandable! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;11th - Iwao's birthday.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;"Good!"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;Simple cake - OK?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-6424647484625094007?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/feeds/6424647484625094007/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4761244549378063146&amp;postID=6424647484625094007' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/6424647484625094007'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/6424647484625094007'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/2009/01/keep-it-simple.html' title='Keep it Simple.'/><author><name>Lisa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15141405009680562701</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-3218854783606716347</id><published>2009-01-06T21:17:00.006+09:00</published><updated>2009-01-08T18:12:30.398+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Japanese New Year's Postcards</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SWNnbQPQ0cI/AAAAAAAAAzA/ZQWik7L40j0/s1600-h/CIMG2807.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;In many western countries it's tradition to send Christmas greetings to family and friends, whereas in Japan it's tradition to send greetings for each new year in the form of postcards.  We are lucky to get some really nice postcards every year.  I just wanted to share with my "readers" back home, if there are even enough to be labelled as such, some of my favorites.  I selected all hand-made postcards from our students, two written in Japanese, two in English.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;These are from elementary school age kids who attend our small school:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The big character written in the center stands for "cow" complete with cow print and all.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SWNNqM26ZcI/AAAAAAAAAy4/zFFshCpcAiw/s1600-h/CIMG2801.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SWNNqM26ZcI/AAAAAAAAAy4/zFFshCpcAiw/s320/CIMG2801.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288155774864483778" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SWNNptsmgCI/AAAAAAAAAyw/hvQIPQORYgM/s1600-h/CIMG2802.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline; "&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SWNNpnCB4JI/AAAAAAAAAyo/OOLCnr3Os7A/s320/CIMG2803.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288155764710563986" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SWNNpnCB4JI/AAAAAAAAAyo/OOLCnr3Os7A/s1600-h/CIMG2803.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;On the second one above, I cut the students names for sake of privacy, but it was so cute... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;They are twin sisters who each signed the card.  At first they wrote their names in English letters in traditional Japanese order with the family name first, then they erased them, I'm guessing on the advice of their always attentive and very caring mom, and wrote them the more accepted English way of given name first.  These students are so thorough in everything they do.  Even their dots on the exclamation points are cute.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The next is from a boy in my 3 year olds class...yes, THREE years old!  He wrote each of our names out, under cute faces.  I was so touched...and impressed.  His mom wrote "Happy New Year" I'm sure.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SWNNpZkVTGI/AAAAAAAAAyg/5jS73-H5C4c/s1600-h/CIMG2804.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SWNNpZkVTGI/AAAAAAAAAyg/5jS73-H5C4c/s320/CIMG2804.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288155761096346722" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SWNNpJvc6uI/AAAAAAAAAyY/1exXD2x8hdE/s1600-h/CIMG2805.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Below is a card from a student in one of our adult classes.  She hand writes / paints a limited number of postcards each year, out of which I'm fortunate to receive one.  I think it's just beautiful and so delicately written.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SWNNptsmgCI/AAAAAAAAAyw/hvQIPQORYgM/s1600-h/CIMG2802.JPG" style="text-decoration: none; "&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SWNNptsmgCI/AAAAAAAAAyw/hvQIPQORYgM/s320/CIMG2802.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288155766499737634" style="text-decoration: underline; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SWNNpJvc6uI/AAAAAAAAAyY/1exXD2x8hdE/s1600-h/CIMG2805.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;The last one I chose is from friends of ours.  For those of you who can't read Japanese, it says "Happy 'Nyu' Year" - 'nyu' in Japanese means milk and since it's the year of the cow, well, you get it.  And I just loved the Obama reference!  We're looking forward to the year ahead!   We got so many cute cards, wish I could share them all, but wanted to say thanks to everyone.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SWNNpJvc6uI/AAAAAAAAAyY/1exXD2x8hdE/s1600-h/CIMG2805.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img style="text-decoration: underline;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SWNNpJvc6uI/AAAAAAAAAyY/1exXD2x8hdE/s320/CIMG2805.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288155756848016098" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SWNNptsmgCI/AAAAAAAAAyw/hvQIPQORYgM/s1600-h/CIMG2802.JPG" style="text-decoration: none; "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;And if you've read this far, I just had to share my favorite American style family Christmas card, of course including my favorite kids - my niece and nephew in Maine.  The red nose is just the right touch!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SWNnbQPQ0cI/AAAAAAAAAzA/ZQWik7L40j0/s320/CIMG2807.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288184105376207298" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;You're such a great family - and I just loved your letter again this year, Emilie!  You certainly have a gift for writing.  Hope you don't mind me sharing.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-3218854783606716347?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/feeds/3218854783606716347/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4761244549378063146&amp;postID=3218854783606716347' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/3218854783606716347'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/3218854783606716347'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/2009/01/japanese-new-years-postcards.html' title='Japanese New Year&apos;s Postcards'/><author><name>Lisa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15141405009680562701</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SWNNqM26ZcI/AAAAAAAAAy4/zFFshCpcAiw/s72-c/CIMG2801.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-3712592033702915087</id><published>2009-01-05T13:35:00.024+09:00</published><updated>2009-02-18T23:01:14.400+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Thailand &amp; Malaysia ③</title><content type='html'>(Blogged by Mashi with English comments by Lisa)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;マレーシアのクアラルンプール。 After Thailand, we were off to Kuala Lumpur.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ここへは、本来乗り継ぎの為来ましたが、&lt;br /&gt;折角なのと、Lisaの誕生日と重なった為&lt;br /&gt;ちょっと奮発してみました。&lt;br /&gt;（バンコクで節約してよかったです～(^_^;)&lt;br /&gt;We tried to up our level of travel from our $30/night room in Bangkok, to a, well, I'll just say a bit more expensive room in KL. We stayed at this 5-star beauty...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287670829060522706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SWGUmo9ZAtI/AAAAAAAAALU/nAceyu-i4lE/s320/CIMG2743.JPG" border="0" /&gt;あの有名な&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mandarin Oriental&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mandarinoriental.com/kualalumpur/"&gt;http://www.mandarinoriental.com/kualalumpur/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287670822961943458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SWGUmSPYE6I/AAAAAAAAALM/-_dxghIDWHk/s320/CIMG2741.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;立派です。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;こんなホテル泊まったことありません(^_^;)&lt;br /&gt;We certainly weren't used to this much luxury...I mean, welcome star fruit, come on!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SWGSjyupPDI/AAAAAAAAAK8/nWZ7ZFNwcI8/s1600-h/CIMG2688.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287668581120162866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SWGSjyupPDI/AAAAAAAAAK8/nWZ7ZFNwcI8/s320/CIMG2688.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287668073677773074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SWGSGQW82RI/AAAAAAAAAKk/dH_G1REhCp8/s320/CIMG2689.JPG" border="0" /&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287668089077210354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SWGSHJudnPI/AAAAAAAAAKs/rO0-C_tUbUc/s320/CIMG2690.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SWGSF-DAHKI/AAAAAAAAAKc/AKGrYhvHMas/s1600-h/CIMG2693.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287668068762262690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SWGSF-DAHKI/AAAAAAAAAKc/AKGrYhvHMas/s320/CIMG2693.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SWGSFEx_TOI/AAAAAAAAAKU/ac8VUzdijhk/s1600-h/CIMG2694.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287668053390085346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SWGSFEx_TOI/AAAAAAAAAKU/ac8VUzdijhk/s320/CIMG2694.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; ウェルカムフルーツも。&lt;br /&gt;思いっきりおのぼりさんになり&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;写真を撮りまくり(^^ゞ&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;プールがいいと聞いていたので&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;早速行ってみました。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;...and this pool overlooking the main city park...too much!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SWGSEyurdHI/AAAAAAAAAKM/QTA0CCwa_Ws/s1600-h/CIMG2703.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287668048544363634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SWGSEyurdHI/AAAAAAAAAKM/QTA0CCwa_Ws/s320/CIMG2703.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SWGRWUbimxI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/IxY8LZs5C0M/s1600-h/CIMG2739.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287667250137045778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SWGRWUbimxI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/IxY8LZs5C0M/s320/CIMG2739.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;う～ん、なるほど・・・&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;優雅な雰囲気です。 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;今回はラッキーなことにコーナーの部屋、&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;窓が２面にあり一方からはあのペトロナスツインタワーが目の前に見えます。 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287668572219226290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SWGSjRkfuLI/AAAAAAAAAK0/kPmBdy4BN3I/s320/CIMG2720.JPG" border="0" /&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;夜はぶらぶら。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;But, we still found ourselves drawn to these street side shops for dining...they're just so lively and different...oh, and cheap.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287667241414259954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SWGRVz73dPI/AAAAAAAAAJk/7iqmDVaqeeM/s320/CIMG2756.JPG" border="0" /&gt;ジャラン・アロー&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;やっぱり屋台街に来てしまいます(^^ゞ&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;In front the Petronas Towers or the "twin towers" - after all, it's my birthday, and I'm a twin. Happy 40th, Sam!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SWGO9EH295I/AAAAAAAAAJc/JZK2cNBVjRA/s1600-h/CIMG2759.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287664617239541650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SWGO9EH295I/AAAAAAAAAJc/JZK2cNBVjRA/s320/CIMG2759.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;日本に帰る日は出発が夜１２：５５なので&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;チェックアウトの後は↓で観光。 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SWGO7d7EgLI/AAAAAAAAAJE/7IZVBfOtA70/s1600-h/CIMG2773.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287664589805486258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SWGO7d7EgLI/AAAAAAAAAJE/7IZVBfOtA70/s320/CIMG2773.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Hop-on Hop-off Bus Tour&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;街を巡回しているバスで、２４時間以内なら&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;どのバス停でも乗り降り自由。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287664600064549282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SWGO8EJBYaI/AAAAAAAAAJM/ea_tAqlhANE/s320/CIMG2769.JPG" border="0" /&gt; バスの中、２階席から。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287664605210460386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SWGO8XT5wOI/AAAAAAAAAJU/rpz8k_HP5R8/s320/CIMG2771.JPG" border="0" /&gt;チャイナタウンで下車、遅いお昼ごはん。サテー！&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;We ended up in China town eating again before heading to the airport - only to eat again there and on the plane. I gotta get back to Japan and running again!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;なんとか夜まで時間をつぶした後は空港へ。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SWGO6kYrnaI/AAAAAAAAAI8/Z0ZFox6pGL8/s1600-h/CIMG2775.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287664574360427938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SWGO6kYrnaI/AAAAAAAAAI8/Z0ZFox6pGL8/s320/CIMG2775.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;今回最後の写真@Kuala Lumpur Airport&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;これにて終了です。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;飛行機の遅れもなく、というか&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;予定より３０分ぐらい早く関空に到着。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;無事自宅に帰りました。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;移動が多い旅でしたが、本当に楽しい時間を過ごすことが出来ました。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;感謝、感謝です(^-^)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-3712592033702915087?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/feeds/3712592033702915087/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4761244549378063146&amp;postID=3712592033702915087' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/3712592033702915087'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/3712592033702915087'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/2009/01/thailand-malaysia_2158.html' title='Thailand &amp; Malaysia ③'/><author><name>Mashi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00267793299486619817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SAw7p8a2_HI/AAAAAAAAAAM/JgXieCLBUP0/S220/ml-spr-bw.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SWGUmo9ZAtI/AAAAAAAAALU/nAceyu-i4lE/s72-c/CIMG2743.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-1057606146646688628</id><published>2009-01-05T11:49:00.018+09:00</published><updated>2009-01-06T20:00:49.835+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Thailand &amp; Malaysia ②</title><content type='html'>バンコク、スワンナプーム空港。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287641606150549778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SWF6BpIt8RI/AAAAAAAAAIk/io_r_o9eOdo/s320/CIMG2544.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;ついこの間まで閉鎖されていたのが嘘のよう。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;普通に機能していました。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;で、今回の旅行で唯一お金を払って乗った飛行機、&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287641819172311634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SWF6OCtEElI/AAAAAAAAAIs/V9vyx9hz9Fw/s320/CIMG2546.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Air Asia&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.airasia.com/"&gt;http://www.airasia.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;いわゆるLCC、&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;ロー・コスト・キャリア　・・・だったかな？&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;日本では最近カンタス系のJet Starが有名になってきてますね。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;バンコク→プーケット　２人分全て込み込みで１３０ドルぐらいでした。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;安いですよねー！&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;というわけでプーケット！&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287640668767138050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SWF5LFHGMQI/AAAAAAAAAIM/IA1-WG7skLI/s320/CIMG2665.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;ホテルに到着。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;DEEVANA PATONG RESORT &amp;amp; SPA&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.deevanapatong.com/"&gt;http://www.deevanapatong.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287640641608893986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SWF5Jf8ERiI/AAAAAAAAAH8/8ILx6SGTlBs/s320/CIMG2561.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;ベランダからはプールが目の前、良い部屋ですー&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287640651155165202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SWF5KDgE0BI/AAAAAAAAAIE/o7iW8HCpPEs/s320/CIMG2562.JPG" border="0" /&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SWF5IpEVaAI/AAAAAAAAAH0/cqc6-1_peBM/s1600-h/CIMG2557.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287640626879621122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SWF5IpEVaAI/AAAAAAAAAH0/cqc6-1_peBM/s320/CIMG2557.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; ベッドの上にあったこのバスタオル、&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;僕は&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;あー、象さんー！&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;と言っていたところ&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Lisaは&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;白鳥ー！と言っていました。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;どっちでしょう？？？&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287651740782490898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SWGDPjlQ9RI/AAAAAAAAAI0/Q4RskNhCjBE/s320/CIMG2671.JPG" border="0" /&gt;Patong Beach&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SWF5IcdHzmI/AAAAAAAAAHs/uZ2UOT3bSRc/s1600-h/CIMG2574.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287640623493926498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SWF5IcdHzmI/AAAAAAAAAHs/uZ2UOT3bSRc/s320/CIMG2574.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; 夕暮れ時です&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ここプーケットでも屋台ばかりでご飯してました。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SWF3T812bZI/AAAAAAAAAHk/UE4y_deTGas/s1600-h/CIMG2578.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287638622142885266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SWF3T812bZI/AAAAAAAAAHk/UE4y_deTGas/s320/CIMG2578.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SWF3TVFSjYI/AAAAAAAAAHc/9nNsU9Umx-g/s1600-h/CIMG2580.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287638611470224770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SWF3TVFSjYI/AAAAAAAAAHc/9nNsU9Umx-g/s320/CIMG2580.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287641604799355298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SWF6BkGkWaI/AAAAAAAAAIc/4ipxeEW_yes/s320/CIMG2681.JPG" border="0" /&gt; テーブルの上にある調味料？&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;場所によっては、&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;うっ(^_^;)・・・と躊躇うときもありましたが、&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;ここはタイランド！&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;気にしない気にしない！！&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;幸い食べ物にあたることもなく良かったです(＾＾)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SWF3TDaFOxI/AAAAAAAAAHU/De_vcQcVano/s1600-h/CIMG2598.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287638606725593874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SWF3TDaFOxI/AAAAAAAAAHU/De_vcQcVano/s320/CIMG2598.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Patongのメインどおりといってもいい&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Bang-La Road&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;いろんな意味で賑やか、奇抜な通りです。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;大勢で行くと楽しめるかも。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SWF3SpiwP_I/AAAAAAAAAHM/Ml9xuno47Ng/s1600-h/CIMG2633.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287638599782645746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SWF3SpiwP_I/AAAAAAAAAHM/Ml9xuno47Ng/s320/CIMG2633.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;象さんにも乗りました！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;プーケットには色んなリゾート地があるようですが、&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Pantong beachは思った以上に賑やかで、&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;また物価もバンコクより高かった！です(T_T)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287638596100847986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SWF3Sb08eXI/AAAAAAAAAHE/qMqYC1O6pyY/s320/CIMG2674.JPG" border="0" /&gt;いつも最後の夜は寂しくなります。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;さぁ、明日はまた移動です。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-1057606146646688628?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/feeds/1057606146646688628/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4761244549378063146&amp;postID=1057606146646688628' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/1057606146646688628'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/1057606146646688628'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/2009/01/thailand-malaysia_05.html' title='Thailand &amp; Malaysia ②'/><author><name>Mashi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00267793299486619817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SAw7p8a2_HI/AAAAAAAAAAM/JgXieCLBUP0/S220/ml-spr-bw.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SWF6BpIt8RI/AAAAAAAAAIk/io_r_o9eOdo/s72-c/CIMG2544.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-4166211216295188265</id><published>2009-01-01T22:45:00.037+09:00</published><updated>2009-01-05T13:33:55.000+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Thailand &amp; Malaysia ①</title><content type='html'>この冬休みはタイとマレーシアに行きました！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;今回は貯まっていたマイレージでの無料特典旅行です（V＾－°）&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;まずは関空から台北経由でタイのバンコクへ。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;到着は夜の遅くだったのでその日は就寝。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;次の日は早速チャオプラヤー川に。 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286326712409530738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SVzOIwPUIXI/AAAAAAAAAF8/PL6M9VUmK8s/s320/CIMG2450.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;ちっちゃい船にて観光です。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286326724443718514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SVzOJdEfQ3I/AAAAAAAAAGE/2vJu8yJRyFA/s320/CIMG2463.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;両側にいろんなお家が並んでいます。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286326731181805538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SVzOJ2K-T-I/AAAAAAAAAGM/apmpiPbBgNI/s320/CIMG2495.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;船を降りた後に行ったワットプラケオ（王宮）&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;キンキラの建物が多く太陽光線が反射するのもあり&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;眩しいです！&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286326737858735490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SVzOKPC4LYI/AAAAAAAAAGU/_0yHTmpd3VE/s320/CIMG2516.JPG" border="0" /&gt;Siam Square&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;BTS（スカイトレイン）サイアムスクエア駅。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286326745748996946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SVzOKscEA1I/AAAAAAAAAGc/yKb_nlGh-TY/s320/CIMG2541.JPG" border="0" /&gt; Siam Paragonという駅前のショッピングモールみたいなところ。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;とっても！賑やかです。毎日毎日ライヴをしていました。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;こんなに活気のあるところは日本であるかな？？？&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;と思ってしまうぐらいバンコクはすごいですねー！ &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286357234852929090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SVzp5ZM5nkI/AAAAAAAAAG8/UXWceN3EQ48/s320/CIMG2529.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;今回の旅行のメインといってもいいぐらいの目的は&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;タイ料理。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286339033791235906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SVzZV89oh0I/AAAAAAAAAG0/7W_aYbvLsik/s320/CIMG2532.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;僕たち２人はタイ料理大好きで、&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;それこそほぼ毎日屋台でご飯を食べていましたが、&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;すばらしい！おいしい！！&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;しかも２人でビールを飲んで普通にお腹いっぱい食べて&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;日本円で約２，０００円弱ぐらい！&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286339025919794658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SVzZVfo73eI/AAAAAAAAAGs/QNB340hLnIE/s320/CIMG2530.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;バンコクでのホテルは、&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Best Western Mayfair Suites&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://book.bestwestern.com/bestwestern/productInfo.do?&amp;amp;srcPage=SelectHotel&amp;amp;isMapOpen=false&amp;amp;selectedHotels=undefined"&gt;http://book.bestwestern.com/bestwestern/productInfo.do?&amp;amp;srcPage=SelectHotel&amp;amp;isMapOpen=false&amp;amp;selectedHotels=undefined&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;立地は今ひとつでしたが、&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;きれいで、スタッフも親切、なおかつとても安かったです！&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;ゲストハウスかなと思うぐらいの値段設定で、&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;コストパフォーマンス最高でした！&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;（写真を撮り忘れたのが残念・・・）&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;バンコクは３泊だったのであっという間。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;すぐに次の場所へ移動です。。。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-4166211216295188265?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/feeds/4166211216295188265/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4761244549378063146&amp;postID=4166211216295188265' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/4166211216295188265'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/4166211216295188265'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/2009/01/thailand-malaysia.html' title='Thailand &amp; Malaysia ①'/><author><name>Mashi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00267793299486619817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SAw7p8a2_HI/AAAAAAAAAAM/JgXieCLBUP0/S220/ml-spr-bw.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SVzOIwPUIXI/AAAAAAAAAF8/PL6M9VUmK8s/s72-c/CIMG2450.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-3722160271566771013</id><published>2009-01-01T19:31:00.009+09:00</published><updated>2009-01-01T22:02:35.296+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Thailand - Treats for the Eyes and Mouth</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SVy37wMkX-I/AAAAAAAAAyQ/L5jsWdxuzUA/s1600-h/CIMG2508.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;We found Bangkok shiny by day&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SVyeRiVzJhI/AAAAAAAAAwA/WvB3-45cqFQ/s1600-h/CIMG2496.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SVyeRiVzJhI/AAAAAAAAAwA/WvB3-45cqFQ/s320/CIMG2496.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286274086739322386" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SVyeRelMm5I/AAAAAAAAAv4/RUti3-78lko/s1600-h/CIMG2498.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;and by night,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SVyeUDM9S0I/AAAAAAAAAwI/KjFfLN7T_Ak/s320/CIMG2543.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286274129920346946" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;full of ancient colorful places like this ornate temple&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SVyeRelMm5I/AAAAAAAAAv4/RUti3-78lko/s1600-h/CIMG2498.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SVyeRelMm5I/AAAAAAAAAv4/RUti3-78lko/s320/CIMG2498.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286274085730163602" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;and modern colorful places like this outdoor stage in front of the shopping mall.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SVyiGhG67YI/AAAAAAAAAwY/eW6NqWwmp68/s1600-h/CIMG2514.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SVyiGhG67YI/AAAAAAAAAwY/eW6NqWwmp68/s320/CIMG2514.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286278295476432258" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;There were rich homes along the river  (in front of which Mashi took a nice photo of me in the sun)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SVylVym4H-I/AAAAAAAAAwo/KHJlGxGaoio/s1600-h/CIMG2465.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SVylVym4H-I/AAAAAAAAAwo/KHJlGxGaoio/s320/CIMG2465.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286281856406790114" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SVylVuD94xI/AAAAAAAAAwg/yhR2N-qYD6k/s1600-h/CIMG2460.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;and, not so rich ones (in front of which I took a not so good photo of Mashi in a shadow.  Sorry hon'!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SVylVuD94xI/AAAAAAAAAwg/yhR2N-qYD6k/s320/CIMG2460.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286281855186625298" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;There were crowded, noisy streets with pink - yes, bright pink and orange taxis&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SVy37wMkX-I/AAAAAAAAAyQ/L5jsWdxuzUA/s1600-h/CIMG2508.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SVy37wMkX-I/AAAAAAAAAyQ/L5jsWdxuzUA/s320/CIMG2508.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286302299803901922" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;and quite tree-lined beaches with bright umbrellas to relax under.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SVy37gCiAII/AAAAAAAAAyI/sZQLyHKabYI/s1600-h/CIMG2667.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SVy37gCiAII/AAAAAAAAAyI/sZQLyHKabYI/s320/CIMG2667.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286302295466836098" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;There were friendly, smiling men who led us on our elephant ride&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SVysqlRTCrI/AAAAAAAAAxQ/prl13LBxByQ/s1600-h/CIMG2615.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SVysqlRTCrI/AAAAAAAAAxQ/prl13LBxByQ/s320/CIMG2615.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286289910185265842" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline; "&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SVytE18gJ-I/AAAAAAAAAxY/vxEwyhhB2zw/s320/CIMG2636.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286290361338046434" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SVysp0arLmI/AAAAAAAAAxA/jmC8Ism8iOA/s1600-h/CIMG2590.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SVyspYPAIrI/AAAAAAAAAw4/yKGvR8BJWr4/s1600-h/CIMG2521.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;More smiling men...beautiful "ladymen" as they were called, wishing everyone Merry Christmas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SVysp0arLmI/AAAAAAAAAxA/jmC8Ism8iOA/s320/CIMG2590.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286289897071259234" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 274px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;There were friendly, smiling women, one who made us a delicious glass noodle salad on our first day and recognized us when we went back for more the next.  She was impressive - working day in and out along one of the busiest, noisiest streets in Bangkok, decked out in nice clothes, make-up, well-done hair, and a cart full of more ingredients than you couldn't imagine lugging around the busy, hot streets, serving tasty treats day after day with a smile.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SVyspYPAIrI/AAAAAAAAAw4/yKGvR8BJWr4/s1600-h/CIMG2521.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SVyspYPAIrI/AAAAAAAAAw4/yKGvR8BJWr4/s320/CIMG2521.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286289889506108082" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 270px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;Which brings me to our favorite part of Thailand...the spicy, yummy food...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;Recycling and pollution control seems a bit lagging in Thailand, but there is no lack of green...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;green curry, green salads, green leafy vegetables in oyster sauce, like this..our Christmas Eve dinner&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SVy0xhYSrEI/AAAAAAAAAxw/MrYe27CyHJ0/s1600-h/CIMG2532.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SVy0xhYSrEI/AAAAAAAAAxw/MrYe27CyHJ0/s320/CIMG2532.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286298825492966466" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 221px; height: 320px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;...green herbs, limes, peppers on the sides of spicy dishes like this that accompanied our pad thai in the market place along the banks of the river near the national palace&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SVy0xKEIVwI/AAAAAAAAAxo/7DIEoigDTgA/s320/CIMG2493.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286298819234387714" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 229px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;...and our favorite, green papaya salad, which we ate every day, some days for both lunch AND dinner&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SVy0xqWB4fI/AAAAAAAAAx4/oh-GEYGCUp8/s320/CIMG2651.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286298827899396594" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 235px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;...and, of course, we had plenty of Singha beer to wash down all that spicy, yumminess.  It was a good Christmas in Thailand.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-3722160271566771013?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/feeds/3722160271566771013/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4761244549378063146&amp;postID=3722160271566771013' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/3722160271566771013'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/3722160271566771013'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/2009/01/thailand-treats-for-eyes-and-mouth.html' title='Thailand - Treats for the Eyes and Mouth'/><author><name>Lisa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15141405009680562701</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SVyeRiVzJhI/AAAAAAAAAwA/WvB3-45cqFQ/s72-c/CIMG2496.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-6460504728207759104</id><published>2009-01-01T12:49:00.003+09:00</published><updated>2009-01-01T14:35:59.790+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy New Year!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SVxUnJgNJeI/AAAAAAAAAvA/rl_zO70LW58/s1600-h/CIMG2797.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;We got back to Japan yesterday, welcomed home by many Christmas cards and gifts in our mail box.  Thank you, everyone!!  We treated ourselves to a plate full of sashimi and sushi and a quiet night on our comfy sofa and Japanese TV.  &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SVxUm_gBqvI/AAAAAAAAAu4/4jWhZ3ICHYo/s320/CIMG2794.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286193091483642610" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;The only sport Mashi likes to watch on TV, K-1 fighting, is on every New Year's Eve followed by coverage of the quiet toll of bells from the temples across Japan.  We watched both and fell asleep right away, then woke up to enjoy the ball dropping in NYC.  Bill and Hillary Clinton were there to push the button for the ball. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SVxUnJgNJeI/AAAAAAAAAvA/rl_zO70LW58/s320/CIMG2797.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286193094168749538" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;One day I hope to be in NYC on New Year's Eve...how about it Emilie - they have a run?  Only 4 miles - we could do it no problem!  Hopefully it won't be as cold as it looked there tonight.  Anyway...Happy New Year everyone!  Pictures from our trip coming soon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-6460504728207759104?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/feeds/6460504728207759104/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4761244549378063146&amp;postID=6460504728207759104' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/6460504728207759104'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/6460504728207759104'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/2009/01/happy-new-year.html' title='Happy New Year!'/><author><name>Lisa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15141405009680562701</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SVxUm_gBqvI/AAAAAAAAAu4/4jWhZ3ICHYo/s72-c/CIMG2794.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-2141491626456958353</id><published>2009-01-01T12:14:00.001+09:00</published><updated>2009-01-01T22:44:30.704+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy New Year</title><content type='html'>明けましておめでとうございます。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;新しい年、２００９年が始まりました。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;１年が過ぎるのは本当に早いですね～。&lt;br /&gt;今年も昨年以上にお仕事に、&lt;br /&gt;また生活全般に充実した１年を過ごしたいと思います。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lisa共々がんばっていきますので&lt;br /&gt;またこの１年よろしくお願いいたしますm(_ _)m&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;それでは早速ですが、&lt;br /&gt;私たちの冬休みの様子をLisaと僕それぞれがアップします。&lt;br /&gt;（内容・画像がだぶることがあるかもしれませんがご容赦くださいませ。）&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-2141491626456958353?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/feeds/2141491626456958353/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4761244549378063146&amp;postID=2141491626456958353' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/2141491626456958353'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/2141491626456958353'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/2009/01/happy-new-year_01.html' title='Happy New Year'/><author><name>Mashi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00267793299486619817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SAw7p8a2_HI/AAAAAAAAAAM/JgXieCLBUP0/S220/ml-spr-bw.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-7610474155672574716</id><published>2008-12-18T22:31:00.006+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-20T19:48:31.217+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Just a Glimpse of our Christmas Parties...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SUzLkSRfz4I/AAAAAAAAAuw/LwDhJpbqMgk/s1600-h/CIMG2249.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline; "&gt;Merry Christmas from English Square and our cute students!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SUzHamza7mI/AAAAAAAAAtg/1K7ymWn7UJg/s1600-h/CIMG2254.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 227px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SUzHamza7mI/AAAAAAAAAtg/1K7ymWn7UJg/s320/CIMG2254.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281815722905497186" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SUpZRIJ6RyI/AAAAAAAAAtY/OOwAuc9aI3w/s1600-h/CIMG2110.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;Here's some of what we've been doing this week at English Square for the kid's Christmas parties.  I see these and think...gosh, how can you call this much fun "work"?  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Bounce the ping-pong ball (snow) in the chimney to put out the fire before Santa comes!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SUzHbZuyqpI/AAAAAAAAAt4/AaL17m4EIOI/s320/CIMG2277.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281815736576289426" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SUpV0MLuozI/AAAAAAAAAsw/TA_CCyd4pU0/s1600-h/CIMG1995.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SUpV0MLuozI/AAAAAAAAAsw/TA_CCyd4pU0/s320/CIMG1995.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281127868157305650" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Santa, Santa, Where are you? game with Takako.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SUpS3cUL-bI/AAAAAAAAAsg/gTLj2o6ZOFM/s1600-h/CIMG2046.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SUpS3cUL-bI/AAAAAAAAAsg/gTLj2o6ZOFM/s320/CIMG2046.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281124625492474290" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Cookie making with master-chef Mashi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SUzKaQuprbI/AAAAAAAAAug/EujHjp1pYsI/s320/CIMG2000.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281819015514795442" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SUzJKk7cY9I/AAAAAAAAAuI/7qNvaVmZ-sQ/s320/CIMG2227.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281817646547624914" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SUzHbkmgSMI/AAAAAAAAAuA/MQKbHSOgCig/s320/CIMG2326.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281815739494320322" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 210px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;Even our mature JHS girls love cookies....&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SUzLkUCrdfI/AAAAAAAAAuo/rxyt4OfH9oc/s320/CIMG2248.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281820287714424306" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 218px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;and teddy bears!!  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SUzLkSRfz4I/AAAAAAAAAuw/LwDhJpbqMgk/s320/CIMG2249.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281820287239704450" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 246px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt; I like the cookies, too, as you can see. But, actually, I like the cookie dough - just like Ayumu and my cousin Jenny in Alaska!  ; ) &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We also got twisted up with Twister!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SUzHa-AufuI/AAAAAAAAAtw/k7Qe3J4oOMY/s1600-h/CIMG2321.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SUzHa-AufuI/AAAAAAAAAtw/k7Qe3J4oOMY/s320/CIMG2321.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281815729135320802" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SUzJsK9lnpI/AAAAAAAAAuQ/6kELXr1TTbU/s320/CIMG2073.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281818223692848786" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;and I  just couldn't resist showing the excitement...all over Christmas Concentration.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SUpV1J_k0pI/AAAAAAAAAtI/LoDpGgfOKwk/s1600-h/CIMG2207.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SUpV1J_k0pI/AAAAAAAAAtI/LoDpGgfOKwk/s320/CIMG2207.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281127884749329042" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 204px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SUpV0cD6v0I/AAAAAAAAAtA/zfUQ0WV8Qvs/s1600-h/CIMG2213.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SUpV0cD6v0I/AAAAAAAAAtA/zfUQ0WV8Qvs/s320/CIMG2213.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281127872419512130" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 314px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SUpV0UK0XeI/AAAAAAAAAs4/EULkxROW8D8/s1600-h/CIMG2205.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SUpV0UK0XeI/AAAAAAAAAs4/EULkxROW8D8/s320/CIMG2205.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281127870300970466" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 296px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Nice reaction!!  (It's not the same girl again, BTW...her twin.) &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Finally, from our Mommy &amp;amp; Me class - RUN! STOP! FIND THE CARD! Yuka on the piano makes magic.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SUpVz-S9KfI/AAAAAAAAAso/tizcUc7oeF8/s1600-h/CIMG2088.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SUpVz-S9KfI/AAAAAAAAAso/tizcUc7oeF8/s320/CIMG2088.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281127864429521394" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Here she is pretending not to be paying attention as the kids yell, ...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SUpZQrFqEwI/AAAAAAAAAtQ/pX5rPt6OJFE/s320/CIMG2116.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281131656024560386" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 299px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;"One more time, please!" like this:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SUpZRIJ6RyI/AAAAAAAAAtY/OOwAuc9aI3w/s320/CIMG2110.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281131663827027746" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 206px; height: 320px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Thanks for lots of fun this week, everyone!  Merry Christmas!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-7610474155672574716?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/feeds/7610474155672574716/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4761244549378063146&amp;postID=7610474155672574716' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/7610474155672574716'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/7610474155672574716'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/2008/12/just-glimpse-of-our-christmas-parties.html' title='Just a Glimpse of our Christmas Parties...'/><author><name>Lisa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15141405009680562701</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SUzHamza7mI/AAAAAAAAAtg/1K7ymWn7UJg/s72-c/CIMG2254.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-8403611082411801859</id><published>2008-12-16T20:44:00.005+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-16T21:39:51.569+09:00</updated><title type='text'>The Christmas Parties Begin!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SUeXaYcFCaI/AAAAAAAAAsA/Q4uNVDls8Fw/s1600-h/CIMG1955.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;It was a nice, intimate party with just a small group.  We ate the delicious food everyone brought, drank a few drinks, talked and laughed a lot.  Everyone played a game and got to pick a present from under the tree.  Even us adults get giddy over Christmas presents.  It was festive and fun.  Here are some photos.&lt;div&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SUeXZnPOCiI/AAAAAAAAArw/0gPyUj5o018/s1600-h/CIMG1935.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 218px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SUeXZnPOCiI/AAAAAAAAArw/0gPyUj5o018/s320/CIMG1935.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280355554400537122" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Two of our students named Yuko...the third couldn't make it.  Maybe next year!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SUeWGyt_klI/AAAAAAAAAro/MNC83XpHU3Y/s1600-h/CIMG1936.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SUeWGyt_klI/AAAAAAAAAro/MNC83XpHU3Y/s320/CIMG1936.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280354131553260114" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Reading the quiz card for the present exchange game...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SUeWGGJ99eI/AAAAAAAAArY/aAq0SMCojgg/s320/CIMG1941.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280354119590999522" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 275px; height: 320px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Getting a present from under the tree...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;img style="text-decoration: underline;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 285px; height: 320px; " src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SUeWGZjcclI/AAAAAAAAArg/Q4P0EFYLTB0/s320/CIMG1945.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280354124798128722" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SUeWGGJ99eI/AAAAAAAAArY/aAq0SMCojgg/s1600-h/CIMG1941.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SUeWFurD9uI/AAAAAAAAArQ/nUN5mxR_oQU/s1600-h/CIMG1946.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 306px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SUeWFurD9uI/AAAAAAAAArQ/nUN5mxR_oQU/s320/CIMG1946.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280354113287354082" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SUeXZxfoPWI/AAAAAAAAAr4/F0ygksqsx8Y/s320/CIMG1948.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280355557153717602" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 294px; " /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 316px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SUeWFcTeBbI/AAAAAAAAArI/eoeJShzFvx4/s320/CIMG1949.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280354108356560306" /&gt;Mr. T with the gift from me...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SUeXaYcFCaI/AAAAAAAAAsA/Q4uNVDls8Fw/s1600-h/CIMG1955.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SUeXaYcFCaI/AAAAAAAAAsA/Q4uNVDls8Fw/s320/CIMG1955.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280355567607810466" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 301px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I hope everyone enjoyed themselves.  I know Mashi and I sure did.  Thanks to those who made the effort to join us!  We'll definitely look forward to next year's party.  Happy holidays!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-8403611082411801859?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/feeds/8403611082411801859/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4761244549378063146&amp;postID=8403611082411801859' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/8403611082411801859'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/8403611082411801859'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/2008/12/christmas-parties-begin.html' title='The Christmas Parties Begin!'/><author><name>Lisa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15141405009680562701</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SUeXZnPOCiI/AAAAAAAAArw/0gPyUj5o018/s72-c/CIMG1935.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-6873285838071316379</id><published>2008-12-15T23:50:00.006+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-16T09:29:17.845+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Early Christmas Gifts</title><content type='html'>For the past three days it's felt like Christmas came early.  One of the moms in my Thursday morning class gave me this bag full of handmade ornaments including frosted pine cones that she and her son had found.  They're very cute ornaments that fit perfectly in our woody home...and that they're hand-painted makes them so much more special.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="text-decoration: underline;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SUZviZV3auI/AAAAAAAAAic/_tklna7ep3A/s320/VFSH0408.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280030249847319266" /&gt;Another mom of one of our students is a florist and made this truly unique, arrangement for us.  It has fresh greens and twigs, real princess apples, pine cones and little Christmas treasures on every corner.  It's so creative and cute...I just love it!  (Mashi wrote about it too, so see below for more pictures.  For the last two hours, we've been on separate computers arguing over who gets to use which pictures in their blog entry.  Haha!)&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SUZviPhTSII/AAAAAAAAAiU/s76y8Wpu98s/s1600-h/CIMG1923.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SUZviPhTSII/AAAAAAAAAiU/s76y8Wpu98s/s320/CIMG1923.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280030247210928258" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Friday evening brought the delivery man to our door with a box from two of my homes - one from the US and one from Shiga.  The first was from my cousin in Chicago who is so kind and thoughtful as to send us gifts despite the high shipping costs.  She sent her homemade snack mix that I love and can't stop eating once I start, my favorite chocolates with peanut butter inside, Mashi's favorite brand of Earl Grey tea, and a basket which comes from Ghana. It was purchased to supplement the income of the local farmers who make them.  She also included a family photo from my Aunt, bless her heart, which she knows I will treasure.  I so miss my family during the holidays.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SUZvhUpGk_I/AAAAAAAAAiE/gF3VxmYqN-4/s1600-h/CIMG1929.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 294px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SUZvhUpGk_I/AAAAAAAAAiE/gF3VxmYqN-4/s320/CIMG1929.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280030231405958130" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The second box came from Shiga from my old supervisor at Koka Junior High School where I worked when I first arrived in Japan - gosh, how many years ago??  twelve? thirteen?  I've lost count.  If it hadn't been for the kindness and constant care of Oki-sensei in those first years in Japan, I'm sure I wouldn't still be living here.  She still goes out of her way to send me gifts and a hand-written card, in perfect English, mind you, EVERY year.   She reports in this year's card the happy news that her eighth grandchild will be born in January.  I will go dig some photos out of my albums to pay proper tribute to this wonderful woman in a separate post once the holidays are over.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Finally, in this run of wonderful gifts that came my way, I got a very cute coffee mug from one of my adult students at our annual Christmas party on Saturday night.  We had a nice, intimate gathering with just a few of our students who could manage to come during this busy time of year.  We always play a simple game and do a present exchange.  For the past two years I've been lucky to receive the present that our student Yuko brought.  Last year I got a really cute frog-shaped tape dispenser, this year a mug from "The Story of Moominvalley."  She has fun taste!  I enjoyed my morning cup of coffee with Moomin this morning.  Thanks, Yuko!  (Christmas party pictures coming soon!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Thanks to our students and moms for making our Christmas holiday so warm despite my being so far from home, and for my cousin who always makes an effort to stay in touch and keep our small family close.  My life is so blessed with special people.  Tomorrow we start the Christmas parties for our kindergartners and elementary students....the cookie dough is made and in the fridge, cookie cutters washed, Christmas games and Twister set-up and ready to go!  Bring on the kids!  Ho! Ho! Ho!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-6873285838071316379?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/feeds/6873285838071316379/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4761244549378063146&amp;postID=6873285838071316379' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/6873285838071316379'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/6873285838071316379'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/2008/12/early-christmas-gifts.html' title='Early Christmas Gifts'/><author><name>Lisa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15141405009680562701</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/SUZviZV3auI/AAAAAAAAAic/_tklna7ep3A/s72-c/VFSH0408.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-6393395831834929526</id><published>2008-12-11T23:05:00.002+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-15T23:51:24.569+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Chiristmas Gifts</title><content type='html'>今日はびっくりうれしいことがありました。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ハロウィンフェスティバルのジャンボカボチャでお世話になった&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“A”ちゃんのお母さまが、かわいいクリスマス飾りを持ってきてくれました。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280019800574195970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SUZmCKxA-QI/AAAAAAAAAFM/YtcLRiwKeZw/s320/CIMG1923.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280019804248387586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SUZmCYdAsAI/AAAAAAAAAFU/o5M_XMe_QKc/s320/CIMG1925.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;お母様ご自分で作られた手作りだそうです。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280019813657562914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SUZmC7gVTyI/AAAAAAAAAFc/HrcWkihw5ww/s320/CIMG1926.JPG" border="0" /&gt; サンタさん(＾＾)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280019820185014450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SUZmDT0mULI/AAAAAAAAAFk/kRyAL4EVHQc/s320/CIMG1927.JPG" border="0" /&gt;ベルも。。。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;やっぱり手作りは違いますね！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ほんとうに！ほんとうに！！うれしい贈り物！！！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;クラスに飾ってますー！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ありがとうございます(o^∀^o)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-6393395831834929526?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/feeds/6393395831834929526/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4761244549378063146&amp;postID=6393395831834929526' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/6393395831834929526'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/6393395831834929526'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/2008/12/chiristmas-gifts.html' title='Chiristmas Gifts'/><author><name>Mashi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00267793299486619817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SAw7p8a2_HI/AAAAAAAAAAM/JgXieCLBUP0/S220/ml-spr-bw.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SUZmCKxA-QI/AAAAAAAAAFM/YtcLRiwKeZw/s72-c/CIMG1923.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-4707287317956751918</id><published>2008-12-08T22:14:00.009+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T08:59:21.555+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Yummy Autumn Food with Friends</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;Some friends joined me for an all-girls weekend eating extravaganza.  We are all married with no kids, two of us from the US with Japanese husbands, two Japanese with husbands from the US/Canada, all English teachers/small school owners. We all love to eat and talk and relax and had a great weekend together.  Thanks girls!  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Our first stop...grilled scallops and oysters just after getting off the train. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/ST0ia2TsyqI/AAAAAAAAAgc/UEsr--WwcBA/s1600-h/2008+Nov+Toba+003.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/ST0ia2TsyqI/AAAAAAAAAgc/UEsr--WwcBA/s200/2008+Nov+Toba+003.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277412182998174370" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 191px; height: 200px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;After a bit..a very little bit of hiking, we enjoyed a full-course seafood dinner and healthy Japanese breakfast at the hotel..all served in our room in between trips to the hot springs.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/ST0iaSW_R5I/AAAAAAAAAgU/9qalwExvN5I/s200/2008+Nov+Toba+017.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277412173348292498" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 122px; " /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Finally, we stopped for special Japanese sweets on our way to the beautiful, serene, (very crowded and a bit rainy) World Heritage Site, Ise Shrine.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/ST0iabKu4wI/AAAAAAAAAgM/2RLYeAZEukw/s1600-h/2008+Nov+Toba+022.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/ST0iabKu4wI/AAAAAAAAAgM/2RLYeAZEukw/s200/2008+Nov+Toba+022.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277412175712805634" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 118px; height: 200px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 139px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/ST0joXJCXdI/AAAAAAAAAgk/umE1sSrYn24/s200/2008+Nov+Toba++018.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277413514661748178" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This trip was made possile by my master trip-planner, Mashi.  He's a pro at organizing vacations and spent a lot of time on this one for us wives...Thanks, hon!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-4707287317956751918?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/feeds/4707287317956751918/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4761244549378063146&amp;postID=4707287317956751918' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/4707287317956751918'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/4707287317956751918'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/2008/12/yummy-autumn-food-with-friends.html' title='Yummy Autumn Food with Friends'/><author><name>Lisa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15141405009680562701</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mXA0hLtRsnw/ST0ia2TsyqI/AAAAAAAAAgc/UEsr--WwcBA/s72-c/2008+Nov+Toba+003.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-5268169057363735458</id><published>2008-11-30T23:03:00.015+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-01T17:17:30.669+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Christmas Tree!</title><content type='html'>今週末は、&lt;br /&gt;クリスマスの飾り付けをしました！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;もちろん、クリスマスツリーも！ &lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274732574659467682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/STOdVHXCWaI/AAAAAAAAAE0/s3o70vKMToo/s400/CIMG1890.jpg" border="0" /&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;夜暗くなってから撮ってみました(＾＾)☆&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-5268169057363735458?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/feeds/5268169057363735458/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4761244549378063146&amp;postID=5268169057363735458' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/5268169057363735458'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/5268169057363735458'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/2008/11/christmas-tree.html' title='Christmas Tree!'/><author><name>Mashi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00267793299486619817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SAw7p8a2_HI/AAAAAAAAAAM/JgXieCLBUP0/S220/ml-spr-bw.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/STOdVHXCWaI/AAAAAAAAAE0/s3o70vKMToo/s72-c/CIMG1890.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-5348325942822020847</id><published>2008-11-29T15:02:00.008+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-01T17:22:14.964+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanksgiving Day</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;アメリカでは毎年１１月の第４木曜日は、&lt;br /&gt;サンクスギビングデー（感謝祭・収穫祭）です。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;この日は祝日になり家族が集まり&lt;br /&gt;七面鳥などを食べてお祝いをするお祭りです。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;今年のLisaの両親はSam（Lisaの双子の弟）を訪ね&lt;br /&gt;メイン州にある彼のお家に行っています。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ちょうどむこうが感謝祭当日夜ぐらいに&lt;br /&gt;電話をしました。 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274733176837164130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/STOd4KpYzGI/AAAAAAAAAE8/_aJRae6Yd3s/s400/CIMG1887.jpg" border="0" /&gt;いつも使っているSkype。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:+0;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274733897108880290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/STOeiF3i-6I/AAAAAAAAAFE/9YWOgiLXQAU/s400/CIMG1882.jpg" border="0" /&gt;Joe, Sam, and Lila&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;一昔前までは、&lt;br /&gt;お互いの顔を見ながらの国際電話なんて考えられなかったですし&lt;br /&gt;またあったとしてもすごーく！高かったでしょうね。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;それにしても便利な世の中になりました～。。。&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-5348325942822020847?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/feeds/5348325942822020847/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4761244549378063146&amp;postID=5348325942822020847' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/5348325942822020847'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/5348325942822020847'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/2008/11/thanksgiving-day.html' title='Thanksgiving Day'/><author><name>Mashi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00267793299486619817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SAw7p8a2_HI/AAAAAAAAAAM/JgXieCLBUP0/S220/ml-spr-bw.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/STOd4KpYzGI/AAAAAAAAAE8/_aJRae6Yd3s/s72-c/CIMG1887.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-3238676633944620554</id><published>2008-11-28T15:49:00.001+09:00</published><updated>2008-11-28T15:42:17.822+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Off I go into the blogging world...again...</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(51,51,51)"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Ok.....so....ah...um.....I already have writers block. Just kidding! I have been wanting to start this blog so many times, on so many occasions, after being inspired by so many thoughts and blog ideas, so it's finally time to get this launched. I tried a few year ago on our original blog page, but realized none of my family or friends had been reading and gave up. This time, I'll use this site since it can be accessed in English...sorry about the confusing Japanese blog home on our first try.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;I'll start with a bit of a warning...I am overly crazy about my little niece Skyler, so if you see me stealing photos from her mom Emilie's amazing blog (manhartfamily.blogspot.com) and putting them here shamelessly, I apologize. I can see her cute little face peering out from behind my blog screen on my screensaver as I write. She has no idea how much she's loved from half way around the world.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;I have to make a commitment to this thing this time. I'll try my best even though Mashi seems better at getting posts out there. I wish my family could read Japanese and understand the simple joy that are Mashi's posts...but alas....you can at least see the photos he choses and now I'll try to write more often.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;So...in the next post, let me backtrack a bit in to the last few months....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Wish me luck!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-3238676633944620554?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/feeds/3238676633944620554/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4761244549378063146&amp;postID=3238676633944620554' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/3238676633944620554'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/3238676633944620554'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/2008/09/test_1339.html' title='Off I go into the blogging world...again...'/><author><name>Mashi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00267793299486619817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SAw7p8a2_HI/AAAAAAAAAAM/JgXieCLBUP0/S220/ml-spr-bw.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761244549378063146.post-766943763088121751</id><published>2008-11-28T10:19:00.003+09:00</published><updated>2009-06-03T18:35:25.543+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Our Blog Has Moved !</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;English Square Blog&lt;/span&gt; お引越し先ですー！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;これからはこちらで続けていきますので&lt;br /&gt;よろしくお願いいたします！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#9999ff;"&gt;Lisa &amp;amp; Mashi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;（以前の記事は↓をクリック）&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://ameblo.jp/englishsquare"&gt;http://ameblo.jp/englishsquare&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4761244549378063146-766943763088121751?l=englishsquare.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/feeds/766943763088121751/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4761244549378063146&amp;postID=766943763088121751' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/766943763088121751'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4761244549378063146/posts/default/766943763088121751'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishsquare.blogspot.com/2008/11/our-blog-has-moved.html' title='Our Blog Has Moved !'/><author><name>Mashi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00267793299486619817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_5qWvscs7ZLM/SAw7p8a2_HI/AAAAAAAAAAM/JgXieCLBUP0/S220/ml-spr-bw.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
