NY3

So today I am going to talk about next impressive place.
It is 'Circle Line Cruise'.

This is the tour which we can see Manhattan, the Statue of Liberty or beautiful sunset from the boat. 

I was really impressed with their beautiful views!!!! 

As you see the pictures, you can see not only the sunset but also the night view of the Manhattan from the ship if you visit NY in winter.


By the way, I never recommend you to go to NY in winter.
I am going to tell you the reason why I think so later.


Ayumi*


[Today's]
steps: 6062
breakfast: cereal w/milk
lunch: leftover
dinner: roasted chicken/boiled Brussels sprout/ potatoes

NY2

Today I am going to talk about the other impressive place.

It is one of the museum in NY, Dia:Beacon.
This museum exhibits the collection of the art from 1960s to the present.
There are a lot of works that totally I couldn't make out.
However there are some sculptures of Richard Serra on long-term view.
He is one of the artist as well as the sculptor who my family loves.

The first time I met his sculptures is when I visted Guggenheim Museum Bilbao 2 years ago.
Most of his works which I know are made of rusty steel and some of his sculptures can be entered into.
When I entered into his sculptures, I felt that I came to another world.
The steel wall surrounds me and any sounds other than my voice cannot be heard.
His sculptures gives me meditation time.
Although I love his sculptures, photography is prohibited so I couldn't take pictures at all....
If you are interested in his works, please look for him on the Internet.
You can find him there easily.

And Aalthough I like this museum, I can't recommend you to this museum.
This museum is located in very north place of New York City and so it takes more than 1 hour by car.
And also there are only works of the contemporary art.
Those are why I can't recommend you to visit there.
However I like that museum and I want to visit it again except in winter.

Ayumi*

[Today's]
steps: 6956
breakfast: cereal wth milk
lunch: left over
dinner: spaghetti with meat sauce/ bread

NY1

From today I am going to introduce you 5 most impressive places each day.

So first of all I'll tell you the most common place which moved me.
It is 'The Statue of Liberty'.
As I inserted in the yesterday's blog, that day we visited was so wonderful day except heavy wind.

Fortunately we went up to the inside of her crown because my mother reserved the tickets about 2 months before that day.

Although it was too hard for us (especially for my mom) to go up, the view we could see from the top of the Statue was so beautiful beyond belief.

Someone think there is a lot of cloud, but I think cloud can make sky more beautiful because of its shadow.
On the way back to the Manhattan Island, we could see beautiful sunset with the Statue of Liberty.


Actually I took a lot of pictures of sunset during this trip.
I noticed during this trip that I really like sunset or a starry night.
Please look forward to other pictures!!!

Ayumi*

[Today's]
steps: 7509
breakfast: cereal with milk
lunch: rice with meat sauce and cheese
dinner: some Mexican food

NY

In the winter vacation, I visited to New York for 2 weeks and meet with my mother coming from Japan.
During this trip we met a lot of incidents.
I will tell you 5 incidents from tomorrow.
Please look forward to those.

Ayumi*

[Today's]
breakfast: cereal and milk
lunch: french toast
dinner: rosted chicken/ Brusseles sprouts/ potato

Full Moon

Today the moon is at the full.
It is awesome!!!
It is sooooo beautiful though I don't like the full moon because it seems to me to be afraid as if something happens.

However I want to have been with someone while viewing night sky.
I want to share the beautiful sight with my friends.

Ayumi*

[Today's]
steps: 10500
breakfast: cereal with milk
lunch: left over
dinner: omlet/ sliced and roasted potatoes/ biscuit

Friends

Today I made up my mind to be obedient to my feeling.
Sometimes I may need to expose myself to my close friends.
I want to cherish my precious friends.

Ayumi*

[Today's]
steps: 3839
brunch: turkey soup
dinner: red curry(@ Thai restaurant where I often go with my friends)

Today

Today is the day I was awoken to....
1. I think my fortunate surroundings to be natural, but it is not definitely.
2. I desired much better surroundings, but it is too much.
3. I must thank for my current surroundings.
4. All I can do is trust you.

Ayumi*

[Today's]
steps: 3451
breakfast: cereal with milk
lunch: pancake
dinner: Indian currey(chicken/ tomato/ pepper/ onion, I went to Indian restaurant with my friends)

Sorry for waiting...

I was filled by many things every minute of these days, such as assignments and quizzes.
However because of an assignment I couldn't study enough for quizzes.
So I want to be able to use time more efficiently and draw a line between studying and intermission.

Ayumi*

[Today's]
steps: 14035
breakfast: cereal with milk
lunch: sandwich with salami and cheese/ salad
dinner: Pad Thai/fried rice (in Thai restaurant where we often go with my friends)

Snow

It is a silent night.
Snow rob the world of sound.
Snow makes the world silent.
At the same time if only snow would take away all ugly thing from me....

However I decided to confront whatever happens.
I hope it disappears but I never get out of it.

Ayumi*

[Today's]
steps: 5909
breakfast: cereal with milk
lunch: vegetable soup (at cafeteria)
dinner: left over (same as the day before yesterday)

COLD WEATHER !!!!!!!!!

I played with the Frisbee with my friend in the park after a long separation.
However it was soooo cold today, and so we couldn't play a lot.
I hope it becomes warm as soon as possible.

Ayumi*

[Today's]
steps: 5503
breakfast: brownie
lunch: left over
dinner: Chinese? buffet(with my friends in Bellevue)

UST

In the early morning I watched Ryuichi Sakamoto's concert in Seoul on the Ustream.
At last he plaeyd the tune which I listend to at the concert in Seattle.
And the title was found to be 'aqua'.
Please listen to this tune.



When I listened to it directly, I was almost crying.
I don't know the reason but I was certainly moved.


Ayumi*


[Today's]
steps:195?
breakfast: cereal with milk
lunch:curry with jasmine rice(Thai restaurant where I often go with my friends)
dinner: pasta with cream sauce

frustration

Yesterday in the advertising class we had a discussing time about the ads we chose for HW.

I talked with 3 classmates, 2 American and 1 Japanese.
While one American girl talked about her ad, she never saw us.
She just talked to one American guy.
In addition, while I explained my ad, she was talking with guy in the other group.
I was annoyed at that time.
However now I think that I am lucky because she implied that my English is poor.
She told me.
I want to get back on her during this quarter!!!

Ayumi*

[Today's]
brunch: baked sliced potato with cheese
dinner: pizza/salad (Today my host mom held her granddaughter's 13th B-day party!!!)

Movie

Today I went to watch a movie 'TRON:LEGACY' with my friends.
It was sooooo exciting for me because there is some hommages to 'STAR WARS', for example costume, spaceship or the fighting sword.
I have watched it again and again, and so 'TRON:LEGACY' reminds me of 'STAR WARS' and want to watch it absolutely.
Anyway, in this movie there are a lot of cooooool stuff such as vehicle, costume, farniture and so on.
I really recommend you to watch this movie if you are interested in it.



Ayumi*

[Today's]
steps: 6851
breakfast: cereal with milk
lunch: salad
dinner: 参鶏湯！

Cultural difference

Today One of my teachers talked about Caltural difference.
He gave us an example which was between Egyptian and American culture and we discussed it in a small group.
At dinner I talked about it to my host mom.
She also gave me a Turkish example.
Those differences are hard to understand but we have to understand them when working with people from other cultures.
For example, you should not eat all in China or Korea because finishing up your plate means that it's not enough for you.

Make sure that when in Rome, do as the Romans do.
Therefore I have to learn other cultures as well as Japanese culture.

Ayumi*

[Today's]
steps: 6328
breakfast: pineapple upside-down cake

lunch: leftover of last dinner
dinner: cheese sandwiches/tomato cream soup

A Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!

I'm sorry for bloging late again.....
This is the first blog in 2011!!!
I made up my mind to thank people around(=you) me everyday.
After I came here I realized that I have a lot of people who support me anytime.
That's why I really appreciate your cheer.

The Winter quarter has started from Monday!
I am taking 2 advertising classes, 1 business class, 1 English class and 1 French class.
French class begins from next week and I am looking forward it.
I really wanna learn French in addition to English.
And today in the business class I talked with Chinese guy to introduce ourselves as a part of class.
At last he said to me, "your English is good."
Honestly speaking, I hate this phrase because it sounds flattery.
I have to practice and in 9 months no one become saying so.

In addition, I may blog about the trip to NY on this weekend.
If I can't, I do before my memory serves me correctly.

Ayumi*

[Today's]
steps: 6299
breakfast: bread
lunch: beans soup with rice
dinner: taco-rice(Once I suggested my host mom to eat tacos with rice instead of chips!)

Now I really wanna eat おせち, お雑煮 and お汁粉!!!
And today I tried to explain them to her but I couldn't well though I am Japanese.
I should know that because I am Japanese!!!!
I realized again that I should know Japanese culture as well as I can explain in English!!!!!