Christmas party

Today I attended Friday English Circle.

It was the last class in December.

We had a small Christmas party.

Our American teacher brought a box of Egg Nog
and pumpkin bread which she baked.

In the first halfof the class we enjoyed games--
bingo and language games.

In the latter half of the class we ate delicious cake
with some tea and egg nog.

We enjoyed talking both in English and Japanese.

koharu is my music teacher

koharu, my granddaughter, is in her fifth grade.

koharu has absolute pitch, I think.

When I practice the harmonica,
she always gives me some good advice.

Yesterday I practiced the song I'm going to play
on the harmonic at the mini-concert in January.

koharu said tapping out beat, "You are always
either slow or fast to start," though I thought
I was doing very well.

She also said, "Play the harmonica thinking of
the story you want to express."

Then Ｉ played 蛍の光 and 荒城の月on the harmonica
accompanied by her piano.

Next she played TV drama theme tunes on the piano
---龍馬伝, ゲゲゲの女房, and Q10.

She played 星に願いを　on the piano too.

She loves music very much.

koharu and I had a good time in her music room.

Her mother came home from her work around 6 o'clock
and I came back to my apartment with a feeling of gratitude.

Thank you, koharu.

(in front of my apartment, this morning)

Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World"

Every Saturday morning, I listen to the radio
English program "英語ものしり倶楽部."

I like this program very much.

Yesterday morning I listened to Louis Armstrong's song,
"What a Wonderful World"in that radio program.

"What a Wonderful World" is one of my favorite songs.

Whenever I listen to this song, tears come to my eyes.

Whenever I listen to this song, my heart fills with joy.

Whenever I listen to this song, I'm thankful to be alive.

Whenever I listen to this song, I always think to myself
"What a Wonderful World."

(skies of blue I saw in Odaiba)


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What a Wonderful World
(Words and Music by Robert Thiele and George Davit Weiss)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Uw_anMuCKI&feature=related

I see trees of green
Red roses too
I see them bloom
For me and you
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world

I see skies of blue
And clouds of white
Bright blessed days
Dark sacred nights
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world

The colors of the rainbow
So pretty in the sky
Also on the faces
Of people going

I see friends shaking hands
Sayin' how do you do
They're really saying
I love you

I hear babies cry
I watch them grow
They'll learn much more
Than I'll ever know
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world

And I think to myself
What a wonderful world

one-day bus tour in Tokyo and Yokohama (3)

It was already getting dark when I returned to Tokyo.
We enjoyed Christmas lights at Caretta Shiodome,
Tokyo Midtown, Roppongi and Omotesando.

I enjoyed their beautiful Christmas lights with music.

I'm sorry I am not good at taking pictures of night view.

(at Caretta)








(at Midtown)






(Roppongi out of my bus window)


(Omotesando)


I came home around 10:00p.m.

one-day bus tour in Tokyo and Yokohama (2)

Then our sightseeing bus took us to Yokohama.

It was my first visit to Yokohama Minato Mirai 21.
After enjoying some window-shopping, we went
to the Sky Garden in The Landmark Tower Yokohama.

The "Sky Garden" is the highest observatory in Japan.

It is on the 69th floor of the Landmark Tower.

Fantastic!

I wish I could see its beautiful night view some day!