Wednesday, 19 January 2011
Shopping at Market
Recently I enjoy shopping at Market. The main reason is that I can buy fresh foods. Once I buy fish at fish market, I can’t return to buy them at supermarket any more. In addition, I can buy vegetables from Asian countries which I can’t find at supermarket. Yesterday I went to Market and checked eggs before buying. Sometimes eggs are cracked in a carton box so I always open it and check them. During my careful checking, a man in the shop talked to me, "All packages have 6 eggs each, you can't find seven or eight, love." I laughed and bought one package and then he pointed the other package and said, "If you chose this one, this package has eight eggs in."
Friday, 31 December 2010
Thursday, 23 December 2010
Friday, 17 December 2010
Annual Concert
I have been a member of The University of Manchester Chorus for two and a half years and there was an annual concert on 5th December.
I joined the chorus with my husband so I was not alone. However, when we practice, we sit apart from one another and I take a seat in the middle of strangers. Naturally we say greetings before rehearsals start and during the rehearsals we basically are not allowed to chat so it took a long time to find a friend at the chorus. One year after joining the chorus, I now find a good friend and one of the good points about taking time to form a relationship is that, once we are friends, the relationship lasts longer. Both the Japanese and the British live in islands so I find some similarities in our personalities. People are polite and shy in general although it depends on the individual personality. Some people change their personalities after drinking too much. I feel comfortable talking with British friends.
Still there are some differences. In Japan, we normally line up on stage according to the height. It is practical and everybody needs to see the conductor on the concert day. However, here in the UK, people stand wherever they like. Even in Japan, I’m short so in the UK, I’m very short and I need to find a good place to stand on stage. Where you stand is fixed “first come first served” so I need to go to rehearsal one hour early for getting a good place to stand. It is different from how we do things in Japan but it is acceptable. Nobody cares whether I am short or tall. This could be said to be a kind of freedom!
On the day of the concert, a girl next to me asked “You’re not British, are you? ” I have been asked many different kinds of questions since I came to the UK. However, this is the weirdest question. At first I didn’t get her point so I did not answer her. She said, “I mean I’m also not British. I’m from Costa Rica.” It is very difficult for me to tell someone’s nationality if they speak very good English. Because I am not a native English speaker, I just speak English if it is necessary. However, this girl kept saying whatever she was thinking. Maybe this is one of the reasons she can speak English very well.
I joined the chorus with my husband so I was not alone. However, when we practice, we sit apart from one another and I take a seat in the middle of strangers. Naturally we say greetings before rehearsals start and during the rehearsals we basically are not allowed to chat so it took a long time to find a friend at the chorus. One year after joining the chorus, I now find a good friend and one of the good points about taking time to form a relationship is that, once we are friends, the relationship lasts longer. Both the Japanese and the British live in islands so I find some similarities in our personalities. People are polite and shy in general although it depends on the individual personality. Some people change their personalities after drinking too much. I feel comfortable talking with British friends.
Still there are some differences. In Japan, we normally line up on stage according to the height. It is practical and everybody needs to see the conductor on the concert day. However, here in the UK, people stand wherever they like. Even in Japan, I’m short so in the UK, I’m very short and I need to find a good place to stand on stage. Where you stand is fixed “first come first served” so I need to go to rehearsal one hour early for getting a good place to stand. It is different from how we do things in Japan but it is acceptable. Nobody cares whether I am short or tall. This could be said to be a kind of freedom!
On the day of the concert, a girl next to me asked “You’re not British, are you? ” I have been asked many different kinds of questions since I came to the UK. However, this is the weirdest question. At first I didn’t get her point so I did not answer her. She said, “I mean I’m also not British. I’m from Costa Rica.” It is very difficult for me to tell someone’s nationality if they speak very good English. Because I am not a native English speaker, I just speak English if it is necessary. However, this girl kept saying whatever she was thinking. Maybe this is one of the reasons she can speak English very well.
Monday, 15 November 2010
My journey to Seoul
I visited South Korea on my way back to Japan. I enjoyed sightseeing and tasty foods!
Tuesday, 19 October 2010
British Jokes
I listened to the raid and heard that "Johnny Depp had never appeared in Manchester. It was a joke."
Now I take an Academic writing class. My teacher is a retired gentleman and he said, "I'm 96 years old." None of my classmates laugh nor surprise. My friend says "it's his joke." What's the point of these jokes if no one laugh at about it?
Now I take an Academic writing class. My teacher is a retired gentleman and he said, "I'm 96 years old." None of my classmates laugh nor surprise. My friend says "it's his joke." What's the point of these jokes if no one laugh at about it?
Friday, 1 October 2010
YUZU (Japanese restaurant)
I had a "Tendon" lunch at a Japanese restaurant "YUZU". The restaurant opened in August 2010. It's a new restaurant and a web site isn't ready yet but taste is very nice! This Tendon lunch costs only 5.95 pounds. I'm happy to find good quality and reasonable price Japanese restaurant in Manchester.
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