"Memories"

Good evening

Today, I wanted to introduce to you a cafe a friend of mine introduced to me.

*Memories Cafe& Gallery*

*Lunch Set* 1260 yen

*Gallery* 「The Proper Noun」（固有名詞）：申恵眞

*Overall* So many cafes and restaurants in Tsukuba are so spacious compared to similar ones in Tokyo... they are very lucky with so much space! Memories is extremely spacious, with a gallery and an area that sells accessories.

It's not easy to find, but once you find it, I think you will enjoy your time there. The lunch plate consisted mainly of local vegetables in season.

*Satisfaction & Yummy Scale*:

http://homepage2.nifty.com/memory-s/home_cafegallery/index.html

Thank you for joing me today

"Photography Course"

Hello, everyone!

I am very excited today because I started a photography course today!

course=講座

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　There is so much I want to learn

I enjoy teaching... but I enjoy learning even better!

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Quotes & Expressions

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It's never too late to learn

学ぶのに遅過ぎるということはない。

Thanks a bunch!

"Gift Giving"

A few days ago, a woman who teaches English with me gave me a little gift.

Just because.

Of course, Japanese people love to give gifts.

Summer gifts, winter gifts, souvenirs from their travels, and so on...

Foreign teachers new to Japan are also taught to bring a "gift"for the school staff.

I have really started to enjoy this custom!

Of course, this means that you need to reciprocate.

"It is better to give than to receive"

受けるよりは与える方が幸せである。あなたは与えたもの以上のものを見つけます。

But I enjoy both giving and receiving !

Have a great day!

"An Apple a Day..."

Good evening!

Can you believe that it's already December?

Last week, we received a winter gift from Nagano...

The "Fuji Apple"is not only the most popular apple in Japan,

but is now very popular all around the world.

The "Fuji Apple" is not named after Mt. Fuji, as many people think, but rather after a place in Aomori Prefecture, famous for its apples.

This Japanese apple has American parents - the Red Delicious and Ralls Janet, an heirloom apple that goes back to Thomas Jefferson in 1793. The Fuji was "born" in 1952 in Japan and introduced into the United States in the 1980s.

The Japanese like their apples to be bigger and extremely sweet! Japanese like the apple to be fully rippened so that you can see the "honey-like" sugar in the apple.

"An apple a day, keeps the doctor away..."

I am definitely going to start eating one everyday!

1日1個のリンゴを食べれば医者はいらない

Enjoy!

30 days hath November...

Good afternoon!

A gorgeous December afternoon...

It's hard to believe that it's already December

Did you remember to say White Rabbit's Foot this morning

This will bring you good luck this month

When you forget how many days there are in the month,

try to remember this rhyme:

Thirty days hath September,

April, June, and November;

All the rest have thirty-one,

Excepting February alone,

Which hath twenty-eight days clear,

And twenty-nine in each leap year

I know it's a bit difficult to remember the entire rhyme...

so as long as you remeber the first two lines,

you won't forget the number of days in each month!

　　　　　"Thirty days hath September,

　　　　　　April, June and November..."

You can also use your knuckles to count...

Make a fist and count the first knuckle as January..

knuckles= 指関節、指の節

The last month of the year...

Let's have a great December!

"Plus One Cafe"

Name: Plus-1 Garden Cafe

Place: Tsukuba, Ibaraki

*Located in Tsukuba City. The interior is very spacious, and reminds you of the South of France.

*The outside terrace and garden is also very spacious...

*They recently filmed a Toyota car TV commercial here! Look for it!

*Plus-1 Garden Cafe ：0298-57-3810

http://www.plus-1.bz/

Miu's Weekend

Country Cat Miu

Are you enjoying your weekend?

Meow! (Thank you (*^.^*)

"Black Friday"

How was your Thanksgiving?!

I know in Japan, we don't celebrate Thanksgiving... but I enjoy saying Happy Thanksgiving

So, today is "Black Friday" in the U.S.

What is Black Friday?

Black Friday is the Friday after Thanksgiving in the United States, which is the beginning of the traditional Christmas shopping season.

Lots of sales... lots of bargains!

First Halloween... then Thanksgiving... and finally, the biggest holiday in North America...Christmas!

So starting today, people in the U.S. with start their shopping for the Christmas season!

What is your favorite holiday?

Be careful!

Happy Thanksgiving (U.S. only)

Did you have a nice day?

Happy Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is celebrated on the 4th Thursday in November... so

this year Thanksgiving in the U.S. falls on Thursday, November 26th.

Did you know in Canada, Thanksgiving is celebrated on a different day?

In Canada, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the 2nd Monday in October... strange, huh?

In Canada, you usually have a large meal with turkeyto give thanks at the close of the harvest season.

harvest=収穫

My sister (who lives in the U.S.) likes Thanksgiving the best...even better than Christmas because you don't have a worry about giving presents like you do at Christmas