What do cats eat in your country?

In Japan, cats love fish.

That is a theory.

What food do cats like in your country?

I liked Television This essay is continuation from yesterday that I was posted. When I was around twenty-five years old, I was travelling England with my mother. One day, I was listening to radio at the hotel, my ear caught an advertisement of musical, “David Cassidy stars on musical Time.” That ad was something like that. I thought I had to go that musical. Because, I watched The Partridge Family, and I was a fan. I went to the theater of West End and fortunately I could get the tickets. A few days later, I went to the theater with a bunch of flowers. There were many audiences in the theater. David Cassidy was so popular in England. The end of the show, I could pass the flowers to him. And many women’s fans rushed to the stage holding presents of him. They were also taking pictures. I couldn’t forget that seen. I thought Idol fans were the same Japanese and English. I became an adult. Satellite TV began. Many new devices appeared like a mobile phone. Nowadays, we can enjoy net surfing and if we have enough money, we can go any foreign countries that we want go. We don’t stick on only TV any more. We have many things to do. I still watch American TV programs. Recently, I watched Desperate Housewives. That was long series, but I like neighbor’s gossips and enjoyed every day. We have many method to watch TV programs. And we can watch old and new programs. That is good to me. I would like to enjoy watching TV from now on.

I liked Television When I was child, there was no McDonald’s and Kentucky Fried Chicken in Japan. Even hamburgers are not popular. We ate hot dogs instead of hamburgers at rest areas. When I came back from school, I watched American TV dramas in Japanese every day. That was common thing at that time. We could see many American TV dramas on grand wave. For example, Flipper, Star Trek, Lawhide, Lucy Show, Lassie, Bewitched, Columbo, etc. Especially, I liked Lucy Show and Bewitched. I liked to watch American TV programs. My mother loved Western movies. She often took me to the cinema. She always confirmed at the ticket booth, “Is this movie eligible to this child?” And I watched many Western movies. At home, my mother listened to the soundtrack of the movies. My father loved opera and classical music. My parents took me to classical concert or ballet performance once a month. I practiced piano every day. In my elementary school, there were many Spanish nuns. So, Western culture was familiar to me. I was also interested in Western culture. At the sports day of elementary school, I ate Kentucky Fried chicken at the first time. That was so delicious and unforgettable taste. Western food was more tasty and colorful than Japanese one to a child. When I was a junior high student, I was interested in western pop music. I corrected many records and magazines. I was also still watching American TV program. I liked Charlies Angels and The Partridge Family. Especially, The Partridge Family was the story of the family band, and is my favorite program. The vocalist was David Cassidy, and at that time, he was a super American idol. I had his and Partridge Family’s records. When I was a high school, I went to some concerts. For example, Peter Frampton, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Beach Boys, Rod Stewart, etc. When I was a high school student, I was always listening music and radio in my room. I liked pop music very much. On TV, American programs were decreasing, and Japanese programs were increasing. When I was around twenty-five years old, I was travelling England with my mother. One day, I was listening to radio at the hotel, my ear caught an advertisement of musical, “David Cassidy stars on musical Time.” That ad was something like that. I thought I had to go that musical. Because, I watched The Partridge Family, and I was a fan. I went to the theater of West End and fortunately I could get the tickets.

Do you have any irritating sound?

My ears are too sensitive to some kind of sound.

For example, I don't like musical doorbells, chimes, the voice of car navigation, wind-bells, and so on.

I Can't Stand That Noise. My ears are too sensitive about some kind of sound. Lately, I especially annoyed about entrance alert chimes. For example, when I go into a convenience store, a musical doorbell welcomes me. I like convenience stores, but I hate musical doorbells. If someone remains near the door, the sensor react and the doorbell keep ringing over and over and over again. That is awful. When I go to a restaurant, I am irritated many chimes. I go to the restaurant, at first, the musical doorbell welcomes me, not a waiter. And when I order a meal, I have to push the chime to call a waiter. If I call to need a waiter, every time I have to push it. If each table push the chime several times, they would make me go crazy. After I survive chime attacks, at last, the time come to pay the bill. When I stand in front of register, the musical chime begin to start automatically over and over and over again, until when I leave the restaurant. How is that for nice? At that time, the chime echo in my head over and over and over again, and I almost fall. When I go down the street, and if I feel thirsty, I approach toward a vending machine. The vending machine suddenly start to talk, " Welcome! It's hot today, isn't it?" with a big voice. I get upset, when I hear the vending machine's voice. I don't like its voice's tone. I enjoy walking alone, but civilization doesn't leave me alone. Recently, I got a nice thing to get silence. Ear muffs. They are not headphones to listening music. They are the things to cope with sound pollution. There are many people, from little children to elderly people, who have problems to hear certain sounds. But, if you have such symptoms, you don't have to worry. Some geniuses have problems to hear sounds, such as Proust, Franz Kafka, Charles Darwin, Anton Chekhov and many others. If you were irritating certain sound, you could be a genius.

My challenge Summer is over. Everyone came back to ordinary life. My summer, there was no special event. Because, I became a student of UMUC from this August. I’m taking Bridge Program. This is my challenge.

Culture Vulture * This is a speech script. This is a vulture. (I show the picture) Vulture is hagetaka in Japanese. Do you like vultures? Maybe most people don’t like them. Because, they are unfriendly, have sharp eyes, eat dead animals. I would like to introduce an idiom today using vulture. “Culture Vulture”. When I was a junior high school student, I heard this idiom for the first time. I still memorize it. Culture vulture is a person who is very keen to see and experience art, theatre, literature, music, etc. I think a culture vulture is not so bad. They have a lot of curiosity. This year, we decided to study English very hard. Let’s be an “English Vulture” for one year.

Tomorrow's Schedule Tomorrow, I am going to hairdresser in the morning. I would my hair more short. Bangs are also too long. I would like my bangs not to cover my eyebrows. In the evening, I am going to the beach bar with my friend. Her friend is playing sax there. At that bar, we can enjoy drink, food and live music every day. It's a cozy bar. But, it is opened only summer season.