End of the year

I was busy the end of the last year because I had to do many things, like finishing reports, studying hard for exams, cleaning up my house and so on. However, I could have free time a little so I went to a temple with an exchange student for sightseeing, which is located near my university. The name of this temple is "Mondoyakujin Tokoji temple". It is famous because it is one of the three temples to remove bad luck, called "yaku". In Japan, people think they have "yaku" at a certain age so they want to get rid of it. At this visit, no one except us are there but in January so many people visit there. I visited there so many times so I didn't feel anything but the exchange student looked like interested in it. If you have chance to visit there, it is worth for visiting, I think.

My New Year's Resolutions

My new year's resolutions are not to be shy, to be healthy because I can't do those well. At first, I didn't make any friends easily because I can't talk to anyone. In my major, I didn't have my friends from my high school. I think I was worried about how they look me and how they think about me. I regret that I was too shy so I want to change myself. The second resolution which I want to do is because  I had more cold and fever sometimes the last year than two years ago. I don't know why I caught them so much but they bothered me so much. That's why I want to be healthy this year. To accomplish it, I will sleep longer, wake up earlier, and go to bed earlier. By the end of this year, I want to think 2014 is fruitful for me.

German Christmas Market

I visited the German Christmas market (in German, we call it "Weihnachtsmarkt") in Osaka last Sunday. It was my first visit to the market in Japan. At the market we could eat potatoes("Bratkartoffeln"), sausages("Wurst"), cakes("Kuchen") and sweets(like "Stollen") and drink Beer. I didn't drink it but I ate all of them. My favorite food for Christmas is Stollen. It is famous in Germany and it tastes like cake. In Japan, it is expensive but we can buy cheaper in Germany. If you have chance to eat it, please try it! Speaking of drink, hot chocolate is famous, too. If we order it, they will offer it in a cute cup, which is different in each year. This year's cup is like a snow man. By the way, a Christmas tree in the market is famous, too. Its height is 27m and this is the same size the tree in Rockefeller, Times Square, New York. They were the highest tree all over the world in 1993 so it is called one of the tallest trees. If you have free time to visit there, you should go there!

About Experiments Using Animals

I agree on using animals when conducting experiments. Because of them, we can live safely with using chemicals, like shampoo, soap, medicine and so on. If we couldn't examine these chemicals by using them, we wouldn't live comfortably and safely. Maybe some of you say experiments are cruel to them. However, facilities are ready to accept them and today's experiments are done in minimum necessary degree. Nowadays, many chemicals without these experiments are sold in many places, so you can buy them if you hate animal examinations. However they won't fade out, they are necessary for us to live, I think.

Sochi Olympic

This photo is about the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games torch in Lake Baikal. When I see it, I was so surprised because the torch was under the water! The news said the torch for this Olympic went not only on the earth but also space and under the water. I thought it was carried on the ground so I was really astonished. I don't know why the fire don't die. I wonder why they did under the water and why it didn't die. Talking of the Olympic, the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games will be held. I'm so excited because I may see the torch and games. Maybe the torch won't go under the see and in the space but the Olympic will be interviewed well in Japan and around the world.

Studying abroad

More Japanese students should study abroad. These days, I heard Japanese students don't study abroad because it's expensive, they are worry about speaking English, living there, and so on. However, studying abroad is good for you. First, we can know foreign countries and life there well. You can travel there anytime but you can know and see only life in tourist resorts. On the contrary, you know 'real' life if you study abroad. Second, you can learn what you want without your mother tongue. It must be difficult for you but making effort to understand or learn must give you good result. If you learn the same thing in your mother tongue, you won't study harder than do it in another language, because you can understand it well. So I think more students should study abroad.

Starry Sky

 

When I was an elementary student, I read a book said "These days, many young people walk the street with looking below by using their cellphones or thinking bad things, and so on. However, you can see the very beautiful sky if you see above." This sentence impressed me so much, so I became to look the sky. I like the best the blue and starry sky. If I can see them, I don't care of my mistakes, and other bad things. This picture is one of Galaxy NGC 4945. I know a little about space and astronomy but I thought this photo was so beautiful. This galaxy is approximately 13 million light years from earth, which surprised me so much! I wonder how big the space is. This photo motive me to want to travel the space in the future.