Enter Key Crazy?

I have two blogs; this one and a Japanese blog which I started last May.  A week has passed since I started this blog.  During this week, I noticed that I had a strange habit.

Enter key is tapped too often when I 'm writing Japanese.  In fact, on a small display of  a cell phone, Japanese paragraphs with many "kanjis" (Chinese characters) sometimes seem overwhelming.  So many bloggers make a sentence short, and they often make blanks. 

A survey says that a good-looking sentence in a Japanese blog is written with about 10 letters in one line.  However, on a PC screen, the article looks too thin.  On a smart phone ( 20 letters in one line looks fine on mine) the article is hard to read.

After all, I decided to write my Japanese blog the same way when in English.  I don't want to be "Enter Key Crazy" any more.

April At A Bookstore

I bought the April issue of  "MISS" for the first time.  The magazine features conservative and cute fashon.  I was taken by "Spring Coordinate Tips"and the article for better hair dressing when wearing a stole.

I like stoles but I 'm weary of seeing my hair unruly when I take a stole off. Especially in a windy day,  the first thing to do at my office is resetting my hair.

A changeable weather in this spring will be no more bother to me!

A Bird Person

"Are you a cat person or a dog person?" is very common quiestion.
I like both animals, but to answer honestly, I'm "a bird person."

When a child, my father brought young parakeets home. Very small
and warm chicks are very cute.  I used to run home every day to take
care of them.  Once I 've seen a chick came out of an egg, I counl't
express how happy I  was.

Now I can't have any pets in my apartment.  I live with many stuffed
bird dolls. Most of them are penguins, some parakeets.

I visit zoos, auariums, and other facilities to see especially birds.
One of my favorite places is "Kachoen " in Kobe.  There you
can have a good time with many flowers and birds.

Road Warriors In Tokyo

Tokyo Marathon was held today.

My favorite runner is Yuki Kawauchi.  He's  a civil servant
and he's called a star "Citizen Runner." Unluckily, he finished
this race 14th. 

Though sitting in front of a TV, I was watching the race as if I
had been one of the people lining the running route.

Every runner seemed to me dynamic, brave, and elegant.
Marathon races always excite me.

Vocabulary Wanted

My latest TOEIC official score certificate came.

It's 45 points lower than the score I 'd got the last time
in 2010.  I felt down about the result.

Reading advice on the accompanying paper, I found
I had to work much harder to build up my vocabulary.

Writing a blog in English is more difficult than I imagined.
In fact, it takes at least 1.5 hours to write what I wrote in
15 minutes in Japanese.  However, I'm getting excited with
writing in English day by day.

Marguerite Attacked Me

I bought a small bunch of flowers and put it into a vase
on the table in the living room.

Looking at pretty flowers was very relaxing...only for a while.
Suddelny I started coughing, feeling ichy on my face and neck.

I have a cedar pollen allergy and I have taken the appropriate
medical care. Checking "pollen scattering" infomation on TV is
on my to-do list every morning at this time of the year.

Worrying that my allergy' s getting worse, I went to my doctor.
He just told me not to touch marguerite. I didn't know the flower
could cause allergy.

There are only some blades of grass in the vase now.
No flower without pollen, indeed. I'm feeling sad as if one
of my friends had left me.

Spring Pink Has Come Again

In the old days, one of my friends told me that pink didn't
suit me.  I was too sensitive to her words.  Then the color
was kicked out of my clothes and cosmetics.

I dropped in a clothing store after work a few days ago. 
When I reached for a beige cotton sweater, a clerk's words
surprised me.

"Excuse me, ma'am, the beige is good, but I think this pink
one looks better on you."

I tried on both sweaters, and found that my face looked
brighter in pink than in beige. I decided to buy the pink one.

What a waste for me to have lived a pink-less life! I am now
thinking of trying a pink lipstick.

No "Partners" Wednesday

Today there's no "Aibou"(Partners) on TV.  It's my favorite
policier drama.

I love Ukyo Sugishita, a clear-headed, straight, stubborn
man of justice, who solves crimes excellently. He reminds
me of Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot.

Other characters, too, attract me a lot.  I'm looking forward
to the next Wednesday.

About me!

My name is  Adelie, and I am the writer of
"Adelie A Day"blog.

I 've just bought "English Blog Writing from Scratch"
by Ms. Mayumi Asaba.  This book let me start my
first English blog.

I love traveling, having fun with my friends and
familiy, and going to zoos and aquariums.