Pixar movies: Remember Me Today I was watching Remember Me of Pixar. Since I had been busy with my school assignments recently, I wanted to treat myself to have time to be relaxed. Every time I watch Pixar movies, I’m always amazed by the dedication of the creators. Each movie tells a specific message consistently, however, the story of a movie is well organized so that it won't lose the audience's concentration until the end. Thus, all generations can enjoy their movies. In the case of remember me, the message was "family." There are many scenes characters emphasized the importance of family during the movie. In addition, the setting of Pixar movies comes from a variety of different cultures and they use the local language in the characters' sayings. They give us a scope to see the world through movies. Not only entertain but also educate us to tolerate different cultures. Watching their movies, I can see such huge efforts and messages from creators and it always inspires me.

Cleaning challange The other day, I cleaned my room's wall which was hanged a bunch of postcards. I used to decorate the wall with postcards that I got from my trip and my friends abroad. Sometimes I indulged my old memories by looking at those postcards. However, I found out that these items occupied most of the place in my room so I decided to wipe up all postcards from the wall. Looking at a white wall hid by numerous postcards, my room looks completely different. Every morning I wake up, I don't feel like that I'm in my room. It feels nice and helps my concentration on work. I still have many things in my room so I have to deal with them too such as old CDs, books, electric items, and decoration papers.....! I feel cleaning let me face to one of my weakness points: indecisiveness(mottainai mind) Well, but I will take this as a good opportunity so try to clean the rest of parts until June. The final goal is to surprise my brother and boyfriend who told me that my room is messy!

What makes your presentation better? The other day, I was talking with my friend about what is a point to be considered for a good presentation. What I found interesting from my friend's idea is "you have to know the person who cannot understand your idea the most". She always tries to put herself in the shoes of those who cannot understand the presentation and she keeps asking questions to herself. I think this approach hits a critical point when it comes to delivering a good presentation. Because people sometimes believe in themselves that they understand own topic the most. This subjective confidence allows people to tend to explain too much or use specific terminology during the speech. Therefore, in order to avoid creating a gap in comprehension, we have to consider the viewpoints of the audience and modify the way you speak. For example, how you can explain your idea with easy vocabulary so that even elementary students can understand? I guess eventually this method, thinking of the person who can understand the worst, will help you to understand your idea more deeply.

What is your favorite mom's food? After coming back home a week ago from abroad and being in quarantine, it indulges me to be fed by my mom's food every day. Oh boy, there is nothing can beat mom's food. They are all delicious without exception. It is just so different food experience from going out to nice restaurants. The food of mom is touching on the bottom of your heart called "stomach" and it gives you a sense of home to be relaxed. Maybe, home food also brings some old memories and it makes you feel nostalgic. Overall, mom's food comes with plenty of emotions that you cannot buy. One of my favorite recipes from my mom's food is "Chikuzen-ni(筑前煮)." In Japanese food, we have a lot of Simmered Food. I guess "simmering" is a unique cooking style in Japanese food and my mom is good at it. Chikuzen-ni(筑前煮) is simmered vegetables and chicken with dashi. I can taste different texture and taste from the number of these ingredients. Since it is difficult to find most of the vegetables used for this dish oversea, I can only eat it in Japan but specifically at my home. Because only my mom knows the most about the balance of seasoning and how long to be simmered. Cooking is great knowledge and it takes a village to reach mom's level. I hope, in the future, that I will be able to give people have the same feeling and experience from my food. Finally, what is your favorite of your mom's food? (BTW, I have started watching Ugly Delicious, hehehe)