Today most young children can play games of pc. ( personal computer ). In my case I played outside more than inside the house. Till primary age we lived in a place where there was a river. I could cat
マレーシアから日本にやってきた主婦の日本奮闘記
35年も前に日本にやってきたのですが、いまだに新発見ばっかり、戸惑いつつも、明るさとガッツで生き抜いています。
My experience of asking for discounts.
I came from a place where we could negotiate the cost for example taking a taxi or buying clothes. Usually the price listed buy 1 get 1 for free or 3 for .......When I first came to this country I tho
Our culture back home was more difficult to call people. Usually for men, we call uncle and for women we call auntie. Let say the dialect of Teochew( a kind of dialect Chinese) aunt's side of relativ
When I was a little girl, my mother asked my two older sisters to help her milling rice. In those days we had a kind of round big double separated stones and a handle and a bigger size hole to put ric
We have a custom calling someone over here. For example married couples. In my generation husbands call the wives ooi, choto or names. As for wives anata or names. When they have children they changed
Today most people can speak multilingual. Japanese, Mandarin and so on. Of course for communication English, Mandarin and other languages are important. The company might want to employ people who can
In Japan Setsubun Day falls on Feb 3rd.We have the similiar celebration like back home. Back home we eat dumplings milled from rice. In those days we children were asked by our mother to help rolling
I have experienced two different ways of celebrating New Year, One is in Japan and the other is in my home town, Athough both countries celebrate New Year but both countries celebrate differently. In
Japanese are punctual and well-mannered.
Talking about being punctual Japanese are punctual. Not only people tranportation like trains, buses are also punctual. If the trains or buses are delayed according to the schedule they usually apolo
How sad it was to lose a pet who was so close.
Last month our pet dog named Kojiro suddenly passed away. It was with our family for more than 14 years. We knew sometimes he coughed but it recovered soon. So we didn't take it seriously. There are
Appreciation to the performers of lion and dragon dances.
Recently our family lost our pet dog. How sad I was! And so as the members in our family. No one said but surely they are sad because I am sad.. I tried to forget but our mind automatically can't forg
Don’t be afraid of making mistakes.
Japanese Language isn't my mother's tongue. My mother's tongue is Teochew. I progress my Japanese by watching Japanese TV dramas. I've been in Japan for ages but to tell the truth I still make mistake
We have greeting cards like Christmas cards, New cards and so. Most countries start sending greeting cards earlier but as for Japanese New cards if they want the cards to arrive on the first day, they
Today our family was free so we went to visit Kojiro. I brought along what Kojiro loved. It is hard to say goodbye but I decided to say goodbye to Kojiro and I only think good memories of him for thes
I am sorry to say but I feel difficult to live in these two seasons. If there aren't these two seasons I could enjoy more here. As in Winter it is pretty cold and in Summer it is pretty hot. Luckily w
5 decades have passed. It was the day I left my country for the present place I am now in. I was sent by my mother, siblings, nieces and nephew at the Changi airport. I arrived in Japan at night and
Ebisan( the business of Osaka)
We have Ebisan in Osaka. It is the town of businesses. It falls on Jan 9th 10th and 11th. Usually people who are doing their own businesses visit the shrine and they buy stalk of bamboo with many deco
Porridge of Nanakusa (7 kinds of veggies)
We have a custom of boiling 7 kinds of veggies to eat. In those days we just gathered 7 kinds of veggies but now we can get them in a plastic pack. Why do we have this custom? During New Year we had g
Porridge of Nanakuma (7 kinds of veggies)
We have a custom of boiling 7 kinds of veggies to eat. In those days we just gathered 7 kinds of veggies but now we can get them in a plastic pack. Why do we have this custom? During New Year we had g
「ブログリーダー」を活用して、southernheroineさんをフォローしませんか？
指定した記事をブログ村の中で非表示にしたり、削除したりできます。非表示の場合は、再度表示に戻せます。
画像が取得されていないときは、ブログ側にOGP(メタタグ)の設置が必要になる場合があります。
Today most young children can play games of pc. ( personal computer ). In my case I played outside more than inside the house. Till primary age we lived in a place where there was a river. I could cat
Ingredients. A pack of steak beef, an egg, breadcrumbs, flour and oil and hand made sauce. (half onion, ketchup and mayonnaise and red wine) Cut the beef into small size. Hit the beef using the blunt
In my hometown JB. we have goreng pisang for breakfast. All you have to prepare is 4 bananas, half cup of flour and one third of sugar. Prepare a bowl. Peel 4 bananas and mash them. Add in flour and s
I once checked in a clinic what causes me, running nose, sneezing and so on. I was said house dust, cedar and pollen caused me and every year between Wnter and Spring I was very careful to get eye dro
April is the best month to start new things in Japan. If I were to be asked, I would answer, I want to write a book of my life. I want to leave it for my decendants to know where I was born, how I was
Buy a pack of dry mushroom. Prepare a medium size saucepan. Open the pack of 10 mushrooms. Fill up the pan with water. Keep boiling until the water becomes one third of the pan. Stop the heat. Drink o
Ingredients, 2 eggplants, 100 gram of minced meat, one tablespoon of cornstarch and seasoning. Wash eggplants. Cut the top of egg plant and cut into half and then cut into 4 long pieces. Prepare a sa
In Japan fiscal year starts on first of April. All new employees of all kinds of jobs start on this day. I believe all new workers are nervous. Hope they get used to their new lives soon.
Ingredients, 200grams minced meat( mixed beef and pork) half onion, 5 big sheets of cabbages and one cube of kosome and a little salt. Cut the hard part of cabbages. Boil them for a short time. Put th
The school system over here in Japan is 6 years in Elementary, 3 years in Junior and 3 years in Senior High School. In those days many students would graduate and start working. or entered Junior Col
Last Sunday we had a holiday so we decided to visit our sisters-in-law. My husband has two sisters. They live near each other. Firstly we visited the first sister--in-law. She lives alone and she has
Ingredients, 2 slices of bread. An egg, half cup of milk. Prepare a bowl. Cut the side of bread. Cut into two. Pour the milk in the bowl. Break the egg in the bowl. Beat it up. Add in the bread. Prepa
From there we started to exchange both cultures between Japan and Malaysia. We also exchanged photos. In those days we wrote by hands and letters. Whenever I received the letter from my pen pal I repl
From there we started to exchange both cultures between Japan and Malaysia. We also exchanged photos. In those days we wrote by hands and letters. Whenever I received the letter from my pen pal I repl
One day one of my friends gave me an address of a Japanese guy. He said if you would like to know the culture and customs more you could be a friend of him. I was very happy to get the address from my
My friend had so many friends because she published on a column, she welcomed friends who wanted to correspond with her. She passed me a friend who lived quite near to my hometown. We started to corre
I was very interested in exchanging cultures with foreigners. I belonged to the correspondence club in school days. I requested someone and they introduced a girl who lived in New Zealand. She lived i
When I first came to Japan I had no friends. I tried to make friends because friends are best friends if we are in need. One day when my children started to go to kindergarten I had a good friend. My
What on earth has the world changed? In those days when I was a young child, our family back home usually gathered in the living room and our family always chatted. See today even young kids are busy
Whenever I am free, I would like to visit him. Maybe he was too close to me. Time flies, Kojiro had passed away for nearly a year. Actually he passed away in December. Now I can imagine him when I clo
Today most young children can play games of pc. ( personal computer ). In my case I played outside more than inside the house. Till primary age we lived in a place where there was a river. I could cat
Ingredients. A pack of steak beef, an egg, breadcrumbs, flour and oil and hand made sauce. (half onion, ketchup and mayonnaise and red wine) Cut the beef into small size. Hit the beef using the blunt
In my hometown JB. we have goreng pisang for breakfast. All you have to prepare is 4 bananas, half cup of flour and one third of sugar. Prepare a bowl. Peel 4 bananas and mash them. Add in flour and s
I once checked in a clinic what causes me, running nose, sneezing and so on. I was said house dust, cedar and pollen caused me and every year between Wnter and Spring I was very careful to get eye dro
April is the best month to start new things in Japan. If I were to be asked, I would answer, I want to write a book of my life. I want to leave it for my decendants to know where I was born, how I was
Buy a pack of dry mushroom. Prepare a medium size saucepan. Open the pack of 10 mushrooms. Fill up the pan with water. Keep boiling until the water becomes one third of the pan. Stop the heat. Drink o
Ingredients, 2 eggplants, 100 gram of minced meat, one tablespoon of cornstarch and seasoning. Wash eggplants. Cut the top of egg plant and cut into half and then cut into 4 long pieces. Prepare a sa
In Japan fiscal year starts on first of April. All new employees of all kinds of jobs start on this day. I believe all new workers are nervous. Hope they get used to their new lives soon.
Ingredients, 200grams minced meat( mixed beef and pork) half onion, 5 big sheets of cabbages and one cube of kosome and a little salt. Cut the hard part of cabbages. Boil them for a short time. Put th
The school system over here in Japan is 6 years in Elementary, 3 years in Junior and 3 years in Senior High School. In those days many students would graduate and start working. or entered Junior Col
Last Sunday we had a holiday so we decided to visit our sisters-in-law. My husband has two sisters. They live near each other. Firstly we visited the first sister--in-law. She lives alone and she has
Ingredients, 2 slices of bread. An egg, half cup of milk. Prepare a bowl. Cut the side of bread. Cut into two. Pour the milk in the bowl. Break the egg in the bowl. Beat it up. Add in the bread. Prepa
