Good Day ^^

Hi, everyone, it’s Ken23e. Today is the 3 year anniversary of the day that my mother passed away.<strike> Since then it has been exactly 3 years.</strike> This morning, my family and I visited the cemetery where she rests peacefully. First, we cleaned up around her grave, <strike>next</strike> then placed flowers on it, and last talked to her in our own hearts. Afterwards, we headed to my father’s house. There, I found a letter <strike>written by him</strike> he wrote for my mother, on the family altar. I read it, since he told me that he never minds if I <strike>did</strike> do. The letter was full of his love. I hope that my wife and I will spend our <strike>life</strike> lives like them. Anyway, I’m so happy <strike>to be</strike> I was able to have a really good holiday!!

みなさん、こんばんは、Ken23eです。今日は母が亡くなってちょうど3年経ちました。今朝、家族で母の眠る墓地に行きました。まず墓をきれいにし、花を供え、心の中で話しかけました。それから、父の家に向かいました。父の家の仏壇の上に、父から母に宛てた手紙が置いてあるのを見つけました。父が読んでもいいと言ってくれたので読みました。その手紙には父の思いやりがいっぱい詰まっていました。妻と私も同じように過ごせたらと思っています。とにかく、とても良い休日になって本当によかったです！！

I went to an international party held in Kyoto (please correct this entry <strike>book</strike>)

Today was Cultural Day (<strike> one of national holidays in Japan </strike>A Japanese national holiday), <strike>and</strike> so I went to an international party held in Kyoto.
There, I <strike>could </strike>enjoyed different foods from all over the world<strike> there</strike>.
All of them were good. <strike>and</strike> I especially liked a<strike>n</strike> <strike>Perubian</strike> Peruvian food called 'Enpanada.' 
<strike>( </strike><strike>It is</strike> It's like <strike>Perubian </strike>Peruvian <strike>meet </strike>meat pie<strike>)</strike>.

My Plants

There is a beautiful flower called the 'bird of paradise' on my desk, with an <strike>beautiful</strike> orange color.
I happened to <strike>own</strike> <font class="Apple-style-span" color="#FF0000">get</font> it this Monday. That day, I was reading a book on a bench on campus, while a gardener was pruning the <strike>lesves</strike> leaves in front of me. As I rose, I saw him holding <strike>sth</strike> something orange. He pruned the leaves around it, leaving the flower alone. It looked like a big water-drop. Then I got it.
I cut<strike>ted</strike> a plastic bottle into halves, and put some water and the flower into the bottom half one.
Today is <strike>ehw</strike> the third day. One petal has parted from the others (<strike>Like</strike> as in the photo below), exposing some pistils or stamens which <strike>the top of them are green somehow</strike> <meta charset="utf-8" />, somehow, are green.

<strike>Hope it go well on the process of coming out.</strike> I hope it grows well.

I like to live with <strike>some</strike> plants. So far, I've <strike>rasied</strike> raised 3 <strike>cactus</strike> Cacti. The first two died<strike>, </strike><strike>for</strike> because I put them on the desk, isolating them <strike>to</strike> in the sunshine. The cactus wasn't as die-hard as I'd imagined. SORRY<strike> </strike><strike>TO THEM</strike>!

Mika's notebook entry: Oct 28, 2010

I began swimming this July.
Since the swimming pool is near my house, I can go there almost everyday.
Swimming enables you to burn up calories efficiently and to sleep well.

Perfect! 

Chesnut -- please correct this entry <strike>book</strike>

It is autumn here in Japan. I wanted to make a<strike>n</strike> autumn sweets.
So I made kuri-kinton for the first time.
<strike>It</strike> "Kuri-kinton" is a Japanese-style sweet which is only made
with mashed chestnuts and sugar. ( I mixed <strike>whipping cream</strike> a little whipped cream in, too.)

I think Japanese-style sweets are not so sweet.
Maybe some of you dont even <strike>notice</strike> think of them as sweets.

Well, <strike>it was very tasty for me </strike>I thought it was tasty. ^^

[It sounds good to me! Maybe I'll ask my Japanese teacher about kuri-kinton.]

My guitar gently sweeps

I was 14 years old when I seriously started playing the guitar. Before, as is the case with many Italian guitar players, I was one of my town church's guitar boys.

It was very boring and I decided to <strike>jump to the boat of rock</strike> start playing rock music. My teacher was like a Guns and Roses member and<strike> teached my</strike> taught me a lot of amazing things and <strike>growed</strike> grew <strike>in me </strike>the idea in me that this instrument wasn't just an hobby but <strike>mainly i</strike> a main part of me.

After years <strike>with</strike> of having long <strike>hairs</strike> hair and big speakers something happened and i started listening to jazz. I found it really smooth and full of creativity. Therefore, my relationship to the <strike>played</strike> music I played changed as well as my lifestyle.

Currently <strike>i</strike>I don't play with anybody, but <strike>i had about 8 years of live concerts all around Ital</strike><strike>y</strike> I played live concerts in Italy for about 8 years. 

Watching TV

Hi, everyone, it’s Ken23e. Tomorrow, my wife is supposed to participate in a regional recycle service-related PTA. She has to arrive at the designated spot by 7:30am, and the service will close at around 2pm. The kids and I have no plans during her work, <strike>kids and I have no plan</strike>, so I’ve been thinking about what we should do. I’m wondering if we’ll go an arcade to play games, or cook something together, such as hand-made bread, hot cake, cup jerry and so on. Now<strike>,</strike> I’m writing this notebook entry<strike>,</strike> and watching <strike>TV of </strike>The Artistic Gymnastics World Championship 2010. Of course, my favorite gymnast is Uchimura Kouhei!! The performances <strike>of </strike><strike>all gymnasts</strike> are really exciting, and that is why I can’t go to bed. I know I should go to bed earlier. ^^; <strike>Now, </strike>Uchimura just won first!! Congratulations!!

((Thank you for correcting my introduction earlier!))