About music

People have known music since ancient time. Moreover, it is a way to communicate with them. Now, there are many types of music, and music has become entertainment all over the world. Moreover, the tastes of people for music have become diversified.

So, let’s talk about several types of music.

The first type is Hip-hop. Hip-hop is very popular among young people in Japan. Hip-hop consists of four parts. It is Rap, DJ, Break dance, and graffiti. American and Japanese use the words “B-Boy, B-Girl”, but the meanings are different. In Japan, “B” means “Black” and “B-Boy and Girl” mean the people who wear Hip-hop fashion. It is only Japan that such an idea! In America, “B” has two meanings. One means “Breakin’ or Break’n”. Both words mean “Break dance”. The other means “Bronx”. Bronx is the birthplace of Hip-hop.

Second type is Rock. Rock has the long history and been changing the music style. Now, there are over 45 styles. Therefore, many people have loved rock for a long time.

The main feature is the sounds of the guitar, bass, and voice. It is the force that it is necessary to make people a captive for a rock singer.

Third style is Pops. Pops is the music has soft melodies and a jaunty rhythm. In Japan, the people define it “the foreign music”. The Pops music that Japanese is playing is called J-Pop.

These three types of music are the trends and the main genres today. Moreover, they will still be the popular music in the future, I think.

Book review 2-9

I read this book “Apollo 13”. I have ever heard the name, but I do not know in detail. Then, I decided to read this.

Apollo 13 was flying to the Moon on Monday, April 13, 1970. The pilots were Jim, Jack, and Fred. Jim had a child, Jeffrey and he promised Jeffrey to take a Moon stone home as a souvenir. After the space shuttle lifted off for the Moon, some problem occurred. The biggest thing is the decreasing of power and air of the shuttle. One of the oxygen bottles broke and it brought the impossibility to go to the Moon. However, thanks to the directions from Houston, they could get back to the earth. Although Jim could not get a Moon stone, he and other astronauts could take their lives home.

It was interesting story. It was also a historic event, so it is worth reading well. I recommend it.

Japanese snacks 1

Today, I talk about popular snacks loved by many people in Japan.
It’s ‘Umai-bou’ (A delicious stick). There are many kinds of tastes sold at many stores.
So, I introduce some tastes and make a few comments on each.

This taste is so simple that everyone can eat it easily. Moreover, it leaves a little sweet taste in your mouth, so you may be able to eat others one after another.

At first, you may feel the taste of sauce for a second, a weak acid taste comes next to that, and sweetness comes at last. This product includes some little green laver, so do not forget to clean your mouse.

Although the name is Gyuutan-shio, I think that the flavor and tastes are similar to a salted fried Chiese noodle. However, I love this taste very much.

I will talk about other taste in the next time. See you!

To be continued.

Book review 2-8

I read this book “KIDNAPPER” written by Robert Louis Stevenson. This story is David’s adventure and starts from a meet to his uncle. He is very strange and David feels uncomfortable against his behavior. One day, they go to a town and there David is kidnapped by a stranger, taken to sea and meets many dangers. He makes friends with Ransome in the ship, but he is in danger himself and is killed by Mr. Shuan who is one of the ship’s leaders. A few days later, a guest comes to the ship and his name is Mr. Stewart. David hears that some seamen plot to kill him, then he tells him that, and he decides to fight them with David. They manage to beat enemies, but a great wave hits the ship, and David wakes up to find that he is on a beach of an island. He is alone, but gets some important information. He decides to go to other town, where he meets a strange man and Alan Breck. Some people call him a murderer, but David thinks that he is a fine man and an honest Highlander. After that, he starts his travel with Alan.
I think the beginning is a little interesting and unexpected. However, as you read it, the story gets deeper and deeper. This is popular among English literatures. The writer is also popular, so please read his works like this.

MR4 Mrs. Doubtfire

I watched “Mrs. Doubtfire” produced by Chris Columbus in 1993. This is an interesting and heartwarming story. The main casts are Robin Williams as Daniel Hillard, Sally Field as Miranda Hillard, Pierce Brosnan as Stu, Harvey Fierstein as Frank, and Polly Holiday as Gloria and so on.
Daniel Hillard has his wife, Miranda, and 3 children. He loves them very much and has many kinds of voices as his skill. However, he does not like talk a serious story and Miranda is always busy attending to her works. One day, He held a birthday party for Chris who is his son with many people and animals. Then she comes home, gets angry very much, and divorces him. She gets the right to raise children and Daniel must find a job and make an environment enough to live with them comfortably. What is worse, he does not meet them except on only every Saturday. He begins to work for a TV station to carry files, but he hears from Miranda about a job of her house keeper. He decides to take this job and he gets it easily by changing his voice, wearing the disguise of a lady and calling himself Mrs. Doubtfire. Miranda and children liked her and they had a good time with her. However, Stuart who is one of her old friends also gets along with her and her children. On the other hand, the president of the TV station likes Daniel’s performance and makes a promise with him to meet at a restaurant on Friday. He is happy because it is a big chance for him to get a great job, but when he is Mrs. Doubt Miranda invites her to her birthday party at the same place and on the same day. He tries to pretend he is Daniel and Mrs. Doubtfire, but everyone finds who he is after all. After that, he cannot meet them without a supervisor, but he starts a new TV program and it gets very popular. Moreover, his life as Mrs. Doubtfire is a great chance each other to review each good points and bad points. She gradually begins to think that the best person takes care of them is Daniel. She allows him to do. Smile comes back to their family again.
I think it is not only a funny but also moving movie. Daniel is a wonderful father because he always loves his whole family. Actually, his behaviors sometimes get somebody angry, but it is the best feature. The most interesting part is Daniel’s behaviors at the restaurant. I felt funny his actions and reactions of customers. I think we cannot do many actions at the same time. However, I was moved the last part. I recommend for you to see that scene and this movie itself. There are many kinds of family in the world. I recognized the fact and the importance through this movie.

Health and Food

Today, the lifestyle of food is changing rapidly. Moreover, this makes children’s thoughts for the food worse and worse. What is the problem?
The main problem is having too many likes and dislikes for children in what they eat. Then, I expect that two main reasons cause this problem.
First, one can say the appearance of the fast-food shop and convenience store is part of the problem.
Second, it is how parents raised their children. Today, the breeding of parents seems to be short. Some parents have too much work and cannot prepare dishes for their children. As people can purchase many foods cheaper and easily because of the convenience store and fast food store, they come to use them. For example, the children who go to a crammer or have more time to be alone at home often eat a box lunch of a convenience store. As a result of this, the various bad influences; what they eat become fixed; the balance of nourishment gets out of shape and they can get ill.
Cooking homemade dishes is very important. Therefore, the main solution is making the time to cook a dish for the children. If their parents can do so, the cooking guidebook gives them many ideas and knowledge for solving the problem; changing the food’s shape or taste, for example.
In the future, the lifestyle will become more useful, but we have to be careful about our health.

Book review 2-7

I read this book "The wind in the Willows" written by Kenneth Grahame.

This story is about four friends, Toad, Rat, Mole and Badger. They have their favorite things, for example, Rat loves the river, Mole is afraid of things, Badger likes to stay at home and Toad is always looking for exciting new adventures, but he is poor at helping someone.

One day, Mole and Rat go down the river with a boat and meet Toad. He is very rich and always interested in new thing. He is now interested in a caravan and has it. Then he invites them to go anywhere for a few day by the caravan. On their way, a car driver takes a horn and surprises a horse which is pulling their vehicle. The horse runs away and their caravan and their baggage break up. Rat gets angry, but Toad is not angry and he is interested in a car. They return to their home and Toad buys an expensive car in the next day. As you can see, Toad is rich and selfish.
On the other day, they make friends with Badger who is an inhabitant in the forest. Winter passed, and Toad buys his second car, but the police are angry at his wild driving. They take him inside his room and locked the door, but he tells a lie to Rat, he escaped him room and drives a car. However the police arrests him, but he runs away from the prison. He uses many things to get away anywhere and Rat finally catches him flowing the river.
He says the weasels are living in Toad Hall and it amazes Toad. They begin to consider how to throw them out and decide to break in there. They fight them and win. Toad recaptures his home and he writes invitations for his friends to hold a party. He is still selfish but he gives people who are made trouble by him things which he uses at that time and he is not interested in cars.

There are many kinds of people in the world and some people have friends like Toad. I think Toad is the main character of this story. He was still selfish from start to finish, but he learned something important from his adventures. My favorite lines is this spoken by Badger “I hate it too, but we’re his friends. We have to tell him these things.” It is a interesting book, so please read it once.

The spiciest war in 2007

The spiciest war in this year broke out today!
I bought a strange beverage the other day. I wanted to eat or drink something very spicy today because I had taken a mistake in that day.
I bought these fascinating products in Seven Eleven and Lawson today. The left product is 'Habanero, the super tyrant'. The package says the spiciness is twice as spicy as usual one.
The right product is 'Jolokia, the great devil'. The real name of jolokia is 'Bhut Jolokia' and it is the spiciest spice in the world now! It is also called 'a phantom spice' and it means that few people can understand how spicy it is. the spiciness is about twice as spicy as that of hebanero pepper.
At first, I ate the left. The taste is much spicier than that drink I had drunk the other day. When I finished eating almost all of them, I could not help stopping sweating.
Next, I ate the right. The taste is more terrible than that of the left. My sweat began to run from my body since I had finished eating a half of them. In the end, I ate the rest of them at a stroke. I won the battle, but my tongue did not work well for a little. It bites the tongue.
Finally, I give you an advice. Please prepare something to drink by you when you eat them. A dairy product like a yogurt is better. I'm sure it helps you from the terrible spiciness.

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Book review 2-6

I read “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” written by Mark Twain in 1885. This work is very popular in not only America but also all the world. This work had a big problem that discriminative words used in the play. However, it got popular and popular as the time passed.
One of reasons of the popularity is the existence of Huckleberry Finn. He solves problems to tell a lie, to get information, steal things, and so on. The existence to do such these behaviors is children, so Huckleberry plays them well. In addition, Huck is very active and loves the freedom, so the escaping from his father is very impressive.

There are other reasons why this work is very popular in the world. Discrimination between White people and Black people, the system of slaves are still big problem now. This theme is too deep to solve easily, but it is the key to get itself popular. It will have been loved by many people in the future.

A strange beverage in Lawson

I found a new product in Lawson today. This is the picture. It is "Tyrant Habanero pepper's delicious soup". The price is 120 yen. The message says that it is compatible with sandwiches or rice balls. The illustration is cool, but I do not understand why the character gets angry. It shows the spiciness, I think.

I imagined the taste was like a tomato juice with Habanero pepper's essence. However, the image was broken up by the real taste. The taste was like waterish Pizza-man sauce. If you have eaten Pizza-man, you could imagine the taste. This beverage's taste is similar to it. What is worse, it was not spicy and other taste like the flavors of chicken and vegetable are a little stronger than the spiciness. It is not spicier than a couple of drops of jalapeno sauce.

What I want to say is not to buy it. Do not buy it, or you will regret!

MR3 Romeo and Juliet

The third movie review is ‘Romeo & Juliet’. It is made by William Shakespeare and the most popular tragic romance in the world. I have ever watched old one which is made in 1968, therefore I could understand the story. However, there is some differences between this and old one.
The story is very simple and very miserable. Montague and Capulet are in an adversarial relationship. Romeo of Montague and Juliet of Capulet fall in love each other in the first contact at a party. After that, they marry each other secretly, and a priest, Lawrence, expects that this marriage makes the relationship good.
However, a case breaks it up. Tybalt of Capulet kills Mercutio of Montagu. What is worse, in a fit of anger, Romeo kills Tybalt. Romeo is banished from the country and Juliet parents force her to marry other bridegroom. Juliet consults with Lawrence and he suggests drinking a medicine which brings a suspended animation to her. She decides to do that, but Romeo found her dead later without any news about that. Romeo pulls his gun and shoots himself. Soon later, Juliet wakes up and discovers Romeo and she also died with his gun. After this tragedy, Montague and Capulet are reconciled in exchange of two lives.
The story is very sad, but the main thing is the love between Romeo and Juliet. The love is very heat like lava and strong like a metal chain. The deep eternal love is the main theme of this work. Actors are also important, but the core is the story. Frankly speaking, I am not interested in actors of this movie. Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio plays Romeo and Claire Danes plays Juliet. However, their performances, tools, cloths are different from old one. I think this work includes some director’s interest. Other amazing thing I noticed is the weapon that Romeo and Juliet used in the end. In the old movie, they used a knife and stab their chest, but they used a gun and shot themselves in the new one. I thought it was a symbol of the times. The new is much more modernistic than the old. Guns did not come out in the old time, but they spread in many countries now. The times’ feature was showed in the new movie.
After watching this movie, I was impressed by the story. People have ever heard at least the story, but it moves us every time.