藍乃介君がやって来た～！

妊娠6ヶ月位の時にラストレッスンを迎えた生徒さんが、出産後Cafeに遊びに来てくれました！！！名前は「藍乃介」君！

お店の外で生徒さんを見かけたとき、私たちは「うわ～～～～！！！」と歓喜の声をあげ、藍乃介君は隠れてしまい、お店に入る前に涙がポロポロ・・・・・

Misato「私たち声でかかったですよね！！すみません！大丈夫だよ～～～！！！」

藍乃介「・・・・・・」お店の前に座り込む

生徒さん「たぶん預けられると思ってるんだと思います。初めての場所と人はなれるまで時間が掛かるので・・・・」

藍乃介「う・う・う・うわ～～～～ん！！！！」

Misato「大丈夫大丈夫！！預からないから！！！ちょっと私たちもおとなしくしてるから！！しかし大きくなったね！！」

Miki「Misatoさん妊娠姿しか見てないじゃないですか！！大きくなったね・・・なんて。」

Misato「想像という事で・・・・」

数分後、私たちが安全とわかり、涙をいっぱい貯めながら、ニヤリと笑い始めました。

か・か・かわいい！！また、Cafeに遊びに来てくれるとの事で、会えるのが楽しみです！！

覚えててね！私たちの事！！

最後にMikiより一言コーナー

「ティッシュで鼻をかむ振りをして、ティッシュ食べてベロについてたので、もう食べちゃ駄目だよ。ふふふ。」

私の四日目のホリデー番外編！

夜、友達の家に帰り、シャワーを浴びて、ドアを開けたら、たくさんの男子達がバスケットボールをテレビで観てちょー盛り上がっていました。その光景にびっくり！シャワーを浴びる前は、こんなに人いなかったのに！

私はバスケットボールには興味がないので、みんながちょー盛り上がっている中、一人で音楽を聴きながら、ワインを飲んでいると。。。突然、その男子のひとりにヘッドフォンを取られ“一緒にもりあがろー!”と言われ、無理やり、私も観戦させたのですが、、、30分ぐらい観ていたら、私もゲームにはまり、大歓声！！！！！

日本では、バスケットの試合は観た事がなかったのですが、面白かったでーす！そしたら、眠くなってしまい、イベントの歌覚えなくちゃって思っていたので、寝ながら、聴いていました。睡眠暗記信じたい～！と願いつつ、zzzzzzzzzzzzz~

今日はちらし～寿司～♪

いつも色々な生徒さんから、お土産や差し入れをして頂き、お気遣いいつも本当に本当にありがとうございます。感謝でいっぱいです。 

今週は再びタケノコご飯を頂いたと言うのに！！！なんと、今日はCafeにも来て頂きちらし寿司を頂きました！！！！！頂いた時は、「すいません～！！！」と心から感謝しつつ、手がすばやく伸びてしまい・・・・遠慮がなくてすみません。

Misato「私、1週間のうちで今日が一番豪華な食事になるよ・・・」

Miki「私もです。本当に私達夕飯簡単にすませちゃいますもんね。」

　盛り付けた瞬間、歓声をあげてしまいました。

 も～！！今日もお吸い物つきで、すごい！！といいつつ、しっかりお吸い物にも、「うまい！」と言いながら頂きました。

とてもお腹が空いていたようで、話もせずに無言でガツガツ食べてしまいました。

本当にごちそうさまでした。そしてありがとうございました！！

A Golden Week

Hi there,

A few lines about my own Golden Week holiday.

Last Thursday I went to Hong Kong for four nights. I’m sure many readers have visited this fantastic city but if you haven’t I strongly recommend that you go as it was one of the best trips I’ve ever been on.

Though the weather was initially rather hot and sticky, it cooled down for the last couple of days whilst sparing me the threatened rain. This allowed me to spend my time roaming the street markets, cruising the harbour and enjoying magnificent views from the top of the city’s several well-known peaks.

HK is famous for its food and the shopping but is also surprisingly green on the outlying islands. The public transport is excellent (maybe even better than in Japan) and I found the people to be friendly and welcoming.

In some ways Hong Kong remains a slither of Britain in the South China Sea even though it returned to China some eleven years ago. English remains an official language, British English is used in all signs and on some television channels and the Queen’s name or picture can still be found on coins and post boxes. It is also a great place to pick up British foods, beers and newspapers if you don’t fancy the long slog to Heathrow.

Last Saturday I spent the afternoon in Macau seeing the sights and sampling the slots. I’m not much of a gambler so I didn’t get such a kick out of the casinos but if you are a betting man (or woman) it must be the perfect place to visit.

All in all a truly Golden Week and two places I would definitely visit again.

The fouth day of my holiday!

I went down to the beach which I normally go to as the high school boys’ team had told me they were playing there the following day.

We played for a long time!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I really enjoyed playing!!!!!!!!!!!!

My Saipan tournament parter was there too! I was very glad to see her, because during last game of that tournament, her body condition became terrible, so I was worried that she might be fed up with playing beach volleyball but, she wasn’t fed up!

She’s a strong lady!!!

I really enjoyed playing with her! After playing, I went to the beach bar and there more of my islander drinking friends were hanging around so needless to say, I really enjoyed chatting and drinking!!!

私のホリデー三日目の番外編！

　　友達と車での帰り道、良い景色を見つけたので、車を止めてもらい、1ショット撮りました。

私達がプレーした場所は、かなり高い丘の上でした！そのため、車の中で何回も耳がキーンとしました。

それにしても、あの景色は素敵でした！夕日と海！マッチしてますよね！

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The third day of my holiday!

Finally, I could play volleyball!!!!!

One of my local beach volleyball friends was coaching the high school boys’ indoor volleyball team at that time so I helped his coaching. Well, actually, I really enjoyed playing with them!

However, there was a funny story typical of me…….

The gym where we practised was very far from where I was staying but another of my beach volleyball friends drove me there, but when we got there, I realised one big stupid mistake which I’d made!!!!!!!!!

The practice was indoors so I should’ve worn socks and shoes but I was wearing my beach sandals and no socks!!!!! I just couldn’t believe what I did!!!!

My friends were talking happily but I had to butt into their conversation!

I said ” Listen! I’m so stupid! Look at my feet!” And they looked at my feet.

They said ” Mi~na~~~~~~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

One friend said ” Don’t you remember? You had a terrible accident with your feet a couple of years ago! You should take better care of your feet! You’ve already had a terribly painful experience! I still remember that clearly! How can you forget that! Oh, god~~~~, Mina! What are you going to do?”

Another friend said ” They’re all boys whose shoes are much bigger than yours so you can’t borrow any shoes from anybody! Yes! I remember when you had that accident, you couldn’t walk! You were hopping but you bound some tapes to your feet to kill the pain!”

I said ” Yes! I know! I do remember, but I’m scatterbrained so it can’t be helped, can it? I’ll play in my bare feet! Don’t worry!”

My first friend said ” What? bare feet?! You know the floor is concrete!”

I said ” I’ll try anyway!”

And I played for 3 hours. We played non-stop but luckily my feet were okay! However, after playing, my friends reminded me that I should remember where I’m going to play volleyball each time!”

I’ll write about it more tomorrow!

タケノコご飯再び！！

以前にも差し入れをして頂きましたが、再びタケノコご飯を頂きました。本当に、自分達は恵まれているなぁと思います。感謝をしつつ、がっつり食べてしまいました。ごちそうさまです！！

タケノコご飯を頂いた生徒さんは、いつも私達の事を気遣ってくれます。英語のレッスンの感想や、それ以外の事でもストレートに物事を伝えてくれるので、ある時は聞いているこっちもすがすがしく、ある時はなるほど～思い、ある時は笑いを提供してもらってます。料理がとても上手な方なので、Mikiは何かのレシピを聞いて、確か試したとか言っていた様な気がする・・・・私の記憶が曖昧なので、また私もMikiにそのレシピを聞こうっと。

 タケノコがこれでもかぁ！と言うくらい入ってます。

 ワンタンスープまでご飯のお供につけれくれて、もう～何から何まですみません！と感謝しつつ、結局ルンルン気分で頂いちゃいました。

The second day of my holiday!

I slept for a long time which gave me a lot of energy for doing sports so I went down to the beach which I normally go to, but unfortunately there was only one beach volleyball player who was waiting for other players so I gave up the idea of playing. Instead, I decided to jog on the beach while listening to music which I have to remember for our next event!

I jogged for 1 hour and trained myself for the following day for 1 hour.

I felt really refreshed after doing that and I went to the beach bar which I normally go to.

There my islander drinking friends were hanging around so we enjoyed chatting and there was a new girl whose name was very interesting!!

Her name was ” Sweetone” When I heard it, I said ” Sweetone?!?! Is that your name???” I just couldn’t beleive my ears!!!

Anyway, she lived up to her name, because she really was a sweetone!

I mean she was lovely! I really got on well with her!

I really enjoyed drinking and chatting while watching the beautiful sunset!!

I’ll write about more tomorrow!