Proposition 8

It has become a little bit outdated content, but still, I had to write something about it. When there was the presidential election, there ...

Pomegranate

My nearby supermarket (Safeway) had buy one get one free sale for pomegranate, so I got two of them. There are so many pomegranate produc...

Ski and Snowboards Show

Meet Shasta, a rescue dog in ski/snowboard resort. :D! Or at least that's what I think he is. My husband and I went to Ski and Snowboards...

Lamp...?

I saw this at IKEA today. ... Human-shaped lamps?! I wonder if anyone would actually buy this to use it at his/her home. I participate ...

Potluck

Whenever there's a potluck, at least one person brings ice cream, just because it's one of the easiest food to buy and bring, and everyone l...

Series "Frozen"

Number one: I left this broccoli at the bottom of my fridge. Can you see the icy part? I don't know why it can be frozen down there... Nu...

What Do You Wear to Sleep?

I was running out of stuff to write already... I spend pretty much boring life :/ ANYWAYZ. I don't know "writing in English every day" help...

Me, My Husband, and English

My husband was born and raised in the States. Even though his mother tongue is not English, we can say he is a native English speaker. Natu...

Holiday

There were many children today at work when I went down to cafe. What's going on? It turned out it was Veteran's day today. In the States,...

If we ignore the year...

...then it looks like I didn't take that big of break, doesn't it? I'm hoping to restart my English blog, as well as writing some other ran...

Came Back Alive?

Hello, long time no see. It's been almost two weeks, hasn't it? I was so busy these past two weeks, and while I wanted to update the entries...

Azalea

Azalea - 躑躅 - つつじ Something hard for me to memorize in English is flower names. Not that I know all kinds of flower names in Japanese, but a...

Blog Action Day Wrap

Wrap - wrap up - まとめ. http://blogactionday.org/ The statistic is posted. Seeing how many people participated in the action gave me shiver...

English-Adapted Japaense Words

orz orz orz I packed my lunch today, but forgot to bring it. There are many Japanese words out there that were adapted to English. Sushi is...

TOEIC?

日本ブログ村 に登録してあるブログタイトル、 Ficus Passiflora ではなく Passiflora だけだったことにいまさら気づく。訂正。名前の由来はまた後ほど。ちなみに「英語の日記」の URL が english_diary ではなく english_dairy に...

The Day After Blog Action Day

I was supposedly writing about environment yeseterday , but it was pretty busy day, so I missed it. Or, maybe I can say I go by Hawaiian tim...

Tracking Comments

I started to go visit random blogs through Blog-mura . It's a nice experience to read what someone with same background (well, sort of) wrot...

Difference - Parking Fee

I was visiting natsuwo-beer-san's blog and while talking to him in comment, he got me thinking... In Japan, parking is free during weekday...

Blog Action Day

I got to know about it through LiveJournal , where I keep regular diary. From Blog Action Day! website: On October 15th, bloggers arou...

Jewish Community Center

There is an empty lot on my way to work. Actually, it's been sitting there for a while but I didn't notice it because it was hidden among tr...

Autumn's Welcome

I like the word autumn better than fall for some reason. It sounds more poetic, and autumn is all about... art. When I left work yesterday...

English

Fiance vs fiancee. I always get mix up. Fiance is guy. I have a fiance. I'm a girl. Oh this sounds so ridiculus. Spelling always gave me hea...

Girls Talk

I always wonder if it's supposed to be Girl's Talk, Girls' Talk, or Girls Talk. Anyway. My period has been irregular ever since it started....

Rankings and Webrings

I don't know how much of these rankings and webrings are popular among non-Japanese bloggers. For almost my entire blogging experience, I've...

Personality

I'm almost always very calm, and really - never fangirls of any sort. When I see something very exciting, I just enjoy it to myself and... t...