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