I changed the design of my Japanese blog.
I chose a chocolate photo for sweet February and March having St. Valentine's Day and White day.

St.Valentine's "festival" is over.
My daughters really enjoyed exchanging chocolates made by themselves.

The next month we have "White Day" in Japan.
Will they exchange chocolates and goodies among their friends too?

I mainly write in my English diary on Twitter now.
I've started it since last August.
I wrote my 500th entry on January 27th.
It said:

I haven't updated my English blog in EigoTown for so long...

---and mumbled why I didn't write in this blog often.

That's because I can't edit my links or change the design by myself.
I really LOVE customizing my web sites and blogs!!

But I decided not to abandon this blog.
I've quit hesitatig my poor compositions; even though I can't write a constructive essay now, it's clear that writing English as often as possible is important.

I'll change the icon and background of my Twitter in the near future...

Twitter is one thing, this blog is quite another!!!

I've wondered what the name of this rock is for a couple of weeks.
I heard that it has the name, but I'm not sure.

Now I've found it!!!

Futatsu-shima

It is one of the symbol rocks of Isohara beach.

I'm so happy now.

Futatsu-shima...

I took my first TOEIC Speaking and Writing Test for the first time yesterday.
I bought the exercise book for that test last month, but I started to do it from January 1st.
It was full of extremely tough exercises, especially in speaking section, I got a kind of depressed after doing a couple of exercises.

I'm not sure how well I did on the actual test, but I did the best I could.

Children sometimes want two things at once...it seems a little selfish for parents, but they are quite sincere.

My younger daughter got completely fascinated with this game at the first time she watched its ad on TV.

Even though she had claimed it for her birthday present, she was so upset until she got Inazuma Eleven's latest software.
I know she's really into it as deeply as she watches it on Wednesday evenings, she also records every episode of it on video equipment in case she misses it.

My son wondered which to buy last month, and picked "Mag-kid" first.
But it was after getting it that he realized he had wanted Meteos more....and regretted and regretted, mumbled and mumbled....until I got it to him at second hand.
Of course I'm planning to auction his DS softwares he is less interested in now :(

I'm trying hard to catch my children's non-verbal feelings, and often think their purchasing actions have subliminal messages.

I've been suffering from chronicle cough for over three weeks.
I went to the doctor and was diagnosed as cough-variant asthma.

I'm relieved that I had not got swine flu anyway.
But I must keep on taking care not to catch it.

Two weeks ago, my younger daughter's elementary school was partially closed due to H1N1 swine flu.
At that time, maximum two classes were closed and the band practice were suspended for about a week.

About half a month ago, my daughter's elementary school purchased one bottled Cleverin gel for each classroom, and two air purifiers from the school budget.
Partial suspension of my younger daughter's school finished on September 10th, but all students still have been required to wear masks in school time and commuting time.

But H1N1 flu attack was not over.
Now my son's and older daughter's junior high school is hit by swine flu from yesterday and today it's completely closed until Friday.
My son and older daughter have NO classes this week and have to stay at home all week......

I've been suffering from cough for over three weeks, I must go to the doctor.