I enjoy Beijing Olympics this year, mainly on TV and sometimes on the radio.
Olympic games themselves are really exciting, but I love the participants' interview programs very much.
I learn lots and lots of things from them, even though some of them missed the medals. Being enrolled in the national Olympic teams is unbelievablly tough.

I've heard not all of the medalists so far have enough time for practice with high motivation.
Perhaps more than half of them had suffered from injury, mental disorders, changes of lives, etc.
Still, they've come to Beijing conquering their hardships.
That's why I feel olympians teach us so many things.

I'm not the only one that feel tough.
Open up my mind's eye and keep going...

In summer, we can enjoy band competitions all over Japan.
Summer is the most hectic season for band members, they have to practice so hard for the competitions, which are the biggest of all they join in a year.

In most junior high school and senior high school bands, prefectural band competitions in summer are the last performance for the third year members.
Elementary school bands are a little different, the sixth graders' last performances are often set in autumn, winter, or even in the beginning of March.

My younger daughter's school band played at the prefectural competition yesterday and got the silver prize two consecutive years.
We realized that we had lots and lots of things to learn and acquire to go to the Kanto division.

吹奏楽コンクール、茨城の小学校の部県大会成績・・・ポチっとすると見られます。
その他のコンクール情報は、ありがとう♪小さな音楽家たち に載ってます。
管理人さんが茨城の方みたい。

上の娘の中学の吹奏楽部も、無事県大会出場（彼女は吹いてないんだけどね）。
昨年次点だったと知り、今年は小学校以上に「目指せ！東関東」を掲げてることと思います。
中学や高校の部のコンクールレビュー、どこか見られるとこ、ないかなあ？？？

すたれそうですたれない、こいつ・・・
「飽きてるかな？」と手放した後で懐かしくなって、買い戻したりもしてる。

買い戻しゲー、うちには結構あるんです。
どうぶつの森しかり、ポケモン・エメラルド、ポケモン・リーフグリーン・・・（ポケモンはDS版が出てもGBA版の使い道があるってとこがすごく無駄がないと思う）

他にも・・・何だか大勢対戦型ゲーにどんどこ巻き込まれていきそうな自分がいます。

パソは・・・今時ADSLを娘１がジャック!!!!!!・・・でさ・・・・・・・・他にのびのびイキイキできるリアルな場、ないのか？？？んだけど、PC越し、ゲーム画面越しののびのびイキイキが生きてる実感なら、それにケチつけちゃいけないのかなあ？？？？とも思ったり。

These days, I'm often asked to play my daughters' Nintendo DS games.
I had to make my avatar on "Doubutsu no Mori" too...

I wish I wanted to study English in a time I play with Nintendo DS.
Or rather I want to use it for my study of English!!

But....I feel my study of English is prevented by my daughters.
Are they jealous on English???

Maybe they're desperately looking for something they can share with me.

Well, I think it's natural.
Sharing hobbies in a family surely tighten family ties.