Too Convenient To Write

I have two blogs; Japanese one and this one.  Japanese one can be seen and written on my smart phone so easily that this blog has been left with no articles so long.  I was appalled at seeing my latest article date.

When I got my phone, its display seemed great to see news and weather infomation, and check my PC e-mails while I am out.  But gradually, I began to do anything with the phone.  This morning I had some e-mails to reply with attached document files, I opened my laptop PC.  I felt that the PC became far bigger and heavier than it really is. 

"When the letters on the display became so big ?"  I've said to myself several times while I was writing this article. Oh, I need to "rehab." 

Two Miracles In May

Their pale pink wings are beautiful.  Some ibis chicks left their nests.  When I saw them on TV, I thought it was a miracle.  The flying birds, which were once known extinct, seemed to me that they gave a beam of hope.  I'm looking forward to their growth and breeding .

Another miracle is "the return of the penguin,"  which escaped from an aquarium in Tokyo in March.  The news that it was found alive surprised me.  The penguin has been missing for 82 days!  Born and raised up in the aquarium, it should be impossible to survive. 

Dr.Dolittle somewhere, could you talk to the birds and show us their stories?

Mother's Day Rose

In these three years, I sent my mother a seedling pot of rose for Mother's Day.  She likes gardening very much, and she especially loves rose.

When May comes,  I ask her which color of rose she wants.  I have sent yellow and pink already.  " I want red, but expensive?"  said she hesitately.  Red rose would be the symbol of "luxury" to her.

No problem.  I know one of the most famous rose farms; "Keisei Bara Engei " in Chiba.  I got to know the farm by NHK gardening program "Shumi no Engei." It has a shopping website (and you can choose by inputting color, size of a flower, strength of fragarance, for beginners, etc.
http://www.keiseirose.co.jp/ )

I ordered a pot of new seedling. The pot will be delivered in the late of this month.  My Mother's Day present is always late for the day, but it's OK because my mother has been enjoying the roses I sent. 
"shikizaki"(literally, all season blooming) types of them gives her a beautiful view four times or more a year.

How To Win A (Small) Prize

While I was having supper yesterday, the door bell rang.  I got a parcel from a confectioner. The firm held a "candy campaign" last month. 

Inside were a lot of candy (ten bags!) and a canvas bag made by "Ichizawa Shinzaburo Hanpu" in Kyoto.
Today I brought one bag of candy to my office.  Some co-workers asked me how to get a prize.  They are quite interested in getting prizes in campaigns and have entered many canpaigns, but they've never won.

I don't have any special tips for getting prizes but I have a few rules; before I enter a campaign I always ask if  I really want this present.  If not, I don't enter it.  When I get a prize luckily, I let my family and friends receive a share of the things I get.

 I believe that things (not only money) are great traveler in the world.

The Tiny Trainer Cheers Me Up

I have a multi-pedometer. 　I bought it at a drugstore last month, and I go to work with it everyday. The function which I got interested in most is showing how many calories are used not only by walking but also by other daily activities.  When you start using it, you have only to input your age, sex, and weight.

I make it a rule to see how many calories I've used in a day before going go bed, which gives me confidence in my getting healthier day by day.  If  I'm not satisfied with the result, I'll eat less the next day.  I don't give up sweets and  I walk more the next day. 
No weights gained since I go out with the pedometer.  Walking is becoming one of my hobbies now.

Mushrooms Are Stil Growing

I've downloaded the newest version of the game.  There are three seasons (stages) and you can see cutier Namekos; a snowman-like one in winter, a schoolgirl-like one (who is in love!) in St. Valentine's Day, and a cherry blossom-like one in spring.

In the new version less "new" Namekos are found than in the older one.  But the game keeps me in fun; you can get lovely "wallpapers" for a cell phone display by the points got in the game.

When you are not playing the game,  you can see cute mushrooms on your cell phones.

It's Go Time, Penguins' Fans!

I got an e-mail from Amazon.co.jp, which brought me a very exciting news.  Two DVDs (for Japan) of "Penguins from Madagascar" will be on sale at last! 

Amazon and TSUTAYA (chain stores where you can buy magazines, CDs and DVDs) advertised that the DVDs were released last Spring.  However, no "arrival infomation" came.  I don't know why they will be sold so later than the noticed date.

The strongest penguins in the world will come to Japan in the middle of July.   Let's give them a big hand, no, flipper!