ポッピーママ

単なる犬好きで英語好きな人。

ポッピーママ

単なる犬好きで英語好きな人。

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Who Wants Osaka Expo 2025? — PART 2

Danger I talked about how useless Osaka Expo 2025 was before. The place is dangerous in many ways. Osaka prefectural governor and Osaka mayor, both are members of the Japan Ishin Party, really want to build infrastructures in the island fo

    • Not to Live a Long Life, To Live well

      It was on a Sunday last October: while I was carrying an old and heavy dehumidifier, accidentally I dropped it on my left big toe. There was internal bleeding under the nail and it hurt for a few days after that. I went to an orthopedic, ha

      • Though it has been said that blood is thicker than water….

        Idioms related to ‘blood' There are many idioms and sayings about ‘blood’ and they are mostly related to values of family, or personality that seems to resemble someone in your family. blood is thicker than water:family relationships a

        • Money Talks But People are Voiceless

          I have been angry at the slush fund cases of the LDP for these months. According to the Political Fund Control Law, it is LEGAL for a legislator’s office to collect money through fundraising parties as long as tickets are bought by individ

        Who Wants Osaka Expo 2025? — PART 2

          Onions! Those Incredible Vegetables!          Benefits for health as well as history

          Soups, stews, fries, salads, BBQs, curry, Japanese noodles…… almost all dishes would taste less without onions. All features of onions are indispensable for cooking: the sweetness and brown color of the caramelized ones, tender texture of t

          Onions! Those Incredible Vegetables!          Benefits for health as well as history

          That’s A Typical Formula --- Afraid that Japan will Go Down the same path as Israel is Going On

          Now we are eyewitnesses of inhumane events We have been seeing the Russian invasion into Ukraine for more than a year and half. Now we are seeing one more; ‘Israel-Hamas war’. One child is killed every ten minutes in Gaza. Hospital

          That’s A Typical Formula --- Afraid that Japan will Go Down the same path as Israel is Going On

          Who Wants Osaka Expo 2025? Nobody but those who expect a big profit from it

          An Expo will be held in Osaka City in 2025. However, most of the countries that are going to participate in it have not started to build their pavilion nor even submitted a construction plan and design yet. Many people are afraid that

          Who Wants Osaka Expo 2025? Nobody but those who expect a big profit from it

          The Remains of the Days with A Dog ----Forever Unforgettable----

          In a backyard    While you are walking in a residential area, you come across dogs and their owners walking as well as some remains which make you feel that there used to be a life of people and a dog; a wasted doghouse in a backyard, whic

          The Remains of the Days with A Dog ----Forever Unforgettable----

          Being Updated Keeps Me Sane Why I’m always seeking newer information on COVID-19

          My everyday routine Open my laptop. Check out tweets of the variant hunters and researchers whom I’ve been following these years. They are so trustworthy that I always jump to articles, data sets and websites that they introduce in t

          Being Updated Keeps Me Sane Why I’m always seeking newer information on COVID-19

          Read an English-English Dictionary   I really recommend Japanese learners of English to do that 

          Read it, don’t look up a word in it You may feel a little odd when you hear someone says that he/she is reading A DICTIONARY. A dictionary is not a thing for reading like a novel. It’s a tool for looking up a word in. However, i

          Read an English-English Dictionary   I really recommend Japanese learners of English to do that 

          What The Immigration Service Agency Is Doing

          Imagine — that’s the reality of Japan Close your eyes and imagine that you were in the following situation; You have been discriminated and persecuted for your religious faith in your own country for many years. One day, you feel afra

          What The Immigration Service Agency Is Doing

          Words aren’t always enough for what you want to say           Will AI come to feel the same way?

          When you say something, you may feel awkward     Have you ever felt awkward when you say something? Or something of a word or sentence does not properly express what you think or feel? I am experiencing such feelings now.      I have lost m

          Words aren’t always enough for what you want to say           Will AI come to feel the same way?

          忘れない きっと ずっと

          ポーちゃんを見送って、ひと月が過ぎた。ふとした時に、小さいことを思い出しては涙ぐんだり、スマホに保存してある写真を見てはため息ついたりしている。引き出しの中から、写真館で写した自分とポーちゃんの写真を見つけて、声を上げて泣いたりもした。 一方では、努めて家に篭らないよう、日に一度は散歩に出るようにしている。思えば、昨年一年は、ほとんど散歩に出なかった。ポーちゃんが歩けなくなってしまって、一人で散歩することに抵抗感があったからだ。ポーちゃんを置いて、自分一人で出かけることに罪悪

          忘れない きっと ずっと

          Does Japan Really Deserve To Host G7? Hey, world, the Japanese government doesn’t care about human rights at all

          G7 Hiroshima Summit will be held from May 19th to 21st, 2023 and Japan will host it. Looking back on things that have happened in recent years, I doubt that Japan deserves to be a member of G7. What were those things? S

          Does Japan Really Deserve To Host G7? Hey, world, the Japanese government doesn’t care about human rights at all

          My Dog

          I remember the first moment when I saw my dog. It was in the evening of an autumn day seventeen and a half years ago. While I was walking along the bicycle trail, two young girls stopped their bikes and seemed to be hesitant about somethin

          COVID-19: It’s not just a cold    What I’ve learned about COVID-19 so far

          The third year of the pandemic has passed. I remember that so many videos, pictures and texts about the unknown and horrible infectious disease started running around on the Internet in February of 2020. Many countries stopped cou

          COVID-19: It’s not just a cold    What I’ve learned about COVID-19 so far