Culture Shock カルチャーショック&International Marriage 国際結婚

昨晩、ラーメン屋さんに行きました おいしいと噂に聞いていたラーメン屋さんです。 評判通り、とっても混んでいました ご主人様の驚きは 一人で来る男性がほとんどで、お...

先日、主人が電車に一人で乗っていたところ フォームでおばあちゃん３人組が、電車の行き先を 周囲の人たちに聞きまくっていたけれど、答えを得られずにいたとのこと 　...

Although my circle had no practice on Sunday, I just could not live without tennis on this day. So, I called a person whom I had met once and asked him if...

子供たちが、留学して、二人になってから 健康と老後のために、テニスを始めました。 「スポーツ好き」と「負けず嫌い」を兼ね備えた主人は ここ数年、ある程度のテニス...

My biggest problem with shutters is darkness. I think Japanese houses have small rooms and not many rooms have nice views. So, why block the windows, espec...

内のご主人様、「雨戸」の存在自体が意味不明のようです。 私の両親と同居していた頃、母が夕方に、ちょっと暗くなると 「雨戸」を閉めたのですが、彼にしてみると・・・ ...

私の家族との同居が始まってからは、毎日、大騒ぎ！ 質問の嵐です！ 食事のとき、我家では、各自決まった席で、各自のお茶碗、おわん、おはしがありました。 主人も母...

私、妻のカルチャーショック！ なんと言っても、外国人との結婚ですね。 最近では国際結婚も増えてきましたので、それ程めずらしくもございませんが・・・1989年に私達...

Taiwan is similar to Japan in many ways. Trains come on time and the stations are nice and clean. People dress nicely, they are polite and never jump lines. Peo...

I used to pay 3,000 to 4,000 yen for a hair cut. But these days there are many shops that offer hair cut for 1,000 yen. I wonder if I should take a chance and g...

This summer I plan to lose 2-3 kilograms. If I can do it, I will post a picture of myself at the end of the month. But if I fail, then you will see no picture o...

I finished giving the speaking test to my students 　and although some of them looked kind of nervous, I really enjoyed listening to them. In some classes, due ...

It has been a long time since I updated my blog, but this heat is making me very lazy. I do not care about four seasons. All I need is a lot of spring weather a...

ちょっとの間、ご無沙汰していました テニスのトーナメントに参加し 3球めのサーブを受けたところで 腰を痛めて、固まってから…やっと復帰しました ばんざーい！ それか...

While standing at a red traffic signal and no cars in sight, I was debating whether I should cross the road even though the light was not green yet. But there w...

In one of my classes, a few boys said that I looked muscular and fit. I said thanks and showed my biceps. Then they said that I had big muscles around my stoma...

Speaking of bad luck, this happens to me often; I'm watching a soccer match and no goals are scored. As soon as I go the bathroom, one of the teams scores! Funn...

I went grocery shopping yesterday and once again, I picked a cart with bad wheels. I'm not sure whether it is a coincident or my bad luck, but more often than n...

The other day, we went to a shopping mall around 5 in the afternoon and saw a long line of cars, trying to exit the parking lot. I have noticed that many people...

I heard that the weather this weekend is going to be bad, lots of rain. This means I will not be able to play tennis. How can I have a weekend without tennis B...