Super Size Me

I enjoyed “Super Size Me” very much. Indeed, I was very surprised at the people who have huge belly and butt when I went to Canada this summer vacation. Whenever I went upstairs in a station, there was a big butt in front of my eyes. It was troublesome… I found that men tend to get fat on their belly but women get fat on their butt. Mmm…interesting. However, we rarely see such fat people in Japan fortunately. This is obviously because of the difference of eating habit. In Canada, my host mother often served oily food. That’s why they have big bellies and butts after all and I guess she can’t wear the T-shirt I gave her for a present… As for me, I go to Mcdo four times or more in a week, I eat out for about 90%, and to make matters worse, I rarely exercise. Certainly, I’m getting fat on my belly recently. Oh, Jesus…I can be such a fat and unhealthy man though I wanna be a pilot in the future, and to be a pilot in Japan we need to be very healthy. Mmm…I’m confused. Who put the McDonald’s within our campus!! Also, I’m worried about me at the time when I come back from America after studying abroad. (I don’t know whether I can study abroad or not because of my bad grade but I really want to.) I would have to regulate myself in America otherwise I would be fat and unhealthy, but I’m not good at regulating myself unfortunately… Be strict with myself!! Oh, yes, I have a question. Why can Americans eat a lot even when they are children like you, Scott? It’s incredible for us that you would have eaten three cheeseburgers, a big French fries and a drink when you were six years old. All what I could eat when I was such a child is a hamburger, a S size French fries and a S size drink. Anyway, though I’m tough enough not to be affected by such a movie, I think I’ll try to avoid fast foods from now on.

Street Basketball

I went to Tokyo to see the street basketball game with my good friend (not stupid) last weekend. It was my second time to go to see the game in Tokyo.
I missed the night bus on which I was supposed to ride on Friday because of my carelessness though I bought a ticket which costed 4200 yen... So I went back to Hirakata with anger. Next day I took trains in the early morning and arrived at Tokyo in the evening... It was so tough and made me pay extra 9300 yen... After arriving there, I met my friends who came from Fukui and we strolled in Tokyo, and then stayed at the tube hotel.
On Sunday, we went to see the main event of this trip, street basketball game!!!! In the daytime, 240 public entries played games outside to be picked up for the main game in the evening. Then two skillful and aggressive guys were picked up. In the evening, the main game started!! The American professional team including the two chosen guys was against the Japanese team. My seat was S class actually but I wanted to see the game more closer, so I added "S" on my ticket with a pencil and showed it to a staff to get closer to the court. Surprisingly, it succeeded!! lol I was very excited close to my hero. Whenever we saw an amazing play, all of the spectators rose to their feet and shouted out. The sight was really unforgettable for me. Even two chosen players excited us very much. Moreover, I got one of my hero's autograph on my T-shirt!!!! Even though it's a small autograph, it is so big for me!!!! Thanks, God!!!!
After that, I took a night bus and had an uneasy seat until the early morning on Monday, then I went to school rubbing the sleep out of my eyes...

"No, thank you." in Japanese

Positive : iie kekkoudesu
Neutral : irimasen or iidesu
Negative : iranai or iran
Terrible : iruka!!!

#We Japanese use the positive way while we're talking to interviewers or someone who is higher position to show them that we're intelligent and well-educated.

#When we use the neutral way, the objects should be strangers, acquaintances, our teachers or fellow workers. But, "iidesu" sometimes means the opposite meaning. It's interesting, isn't it? So I recommend you to use "irimasen" unless you can pronounce "iidesu" well.

#The negative way is rude for people I mentioned on the neutral part, but it's popular among our familiar friends or family. So don't hesitate! If you use the neutral way with your friends, it can be a joke, or sometimes your friend would think "I'm not your friend??;("

#Here is a terrible-way part!! "iruka!!!!" is used with big voice when we're really irritated with someone. However this also can be a joke if we say it to your friend with smile:)

I will be happy if you can use them well.

Intelligence Inventory 2

Do you think intelligence is fixed at birth, or is it constantly changing?

I think it is fixed at birth. I think intelligence is a kind of abilities of think, memorize, express, describe and so on, and these are impossible to improve. Even if we study hard, what we can get is not intelligence but just knowledge and information. Someone, who is what we called "genius", have much higher intelligence in particular field from their birth than ordinary people. It can be art, literature, mathematics, etc. We ordinary people can never keep up with such geniuses in the field even if we try hard, I believe.

Why is society interested in your intelligence and schooling?

Because prosperous society depends on our intelligence. Technologists can make the world convenient, scientists can predict disasters, economists can control money throughout countries, politicians can control the nation, mathematicians can figure complecated numerical formulas, chemists can make new fuels, doctors can save our life, and so on. Thus highly intelligent people can do something great for society. That's why society needs intelligence talents, I think. Therefore there is compulsory educations, and highly intelligent people can grant scholarships with hopes.

Why do some highly intelligent people fail to achieve their potential?

Before answering this question, I want to ask the questioner how you know there are highly intelligent people who fail to achieve their potential. There might be no people who fail to achieve their potential. Anyway, if so, here is my answer. It is because they don't try various things or they have no chances to do various things that they fail to do it. I mean if someone who have talent for sing don't sing songs, they could not recognize their talent. I think school education helps us to find our own talents.

Gaidai Festival

We aviation club's member ran the tempura ice cream stand. Finally, we got the very best prize on tempura ice cream and received an award of 5000 yen from the student council at the closing celemony. Certainly we sold about 3300 tempura ice creams in four days, that is to say, no one earned more money than us!! That's incredible!! Yahoo!!
But here is another story. We worked 9 hours in a day for four days without having enough meal, because so many customers came to buy tempura ice creams almost continually. Sounds nice for business, but I was exhansted when I got home, and then fell asleep unconsciously every day... That recured for four days!! Since I have never worked part-time, it was very tough to work hard contunually.
At any rate, I seemed to learn something precious through this experience. Thank you guys for buying! Did you like tempura ice cream?

I added some pictures HERE.