Happy New Year to you all!

Probably the most-read entry on my blog would be "Yoroshiku".

I just started tweeting as my New Year's something new to do. So, Yoroshiku!

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Even though I'm a (supposed-to-be) Buddhist, Christmas is definitely something special. Yes, something white that I dream of every year.

The other day, I let the students in the fifth-graders' class listen to the song "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town." Interestingly, the words "better watch out" sounded like "belly macho" to them. So they were singing merrily, and jokingly, "You belly macho, belly macho... ."

Merry Christmas!

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斜里
shari: a town in Hokkaido, Japan

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初冬
sho-toe: early winter

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晩秋
ban-shoo: late autumn

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Well,

I don't know much

about Mr.Obama.

What I know is

in Japan

there is a city named Obama

and

there are a number of people whose first name is Obama.

Heh.

Seriously,

I wonder

why his speeches make me so moved.

Yes, you can!

Yes, we can!

Yes, I can! (hopefully)

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Uh, let me whine, nothing is more disgusting than snow shovelling on weekends!

Well, hi, Kumiko-san. Long time no see. There sure are times when you feel like you have lost your motivation. Don't worry. Just wait until you want to learn again. There is no end in learning a language. I, too, have a lot to do to improve my English. I haven't seen the other side of the tunnel yet. In a sense, nobody could "master" a certain language. You know, even the Prime Minister can't read kanji well. ;)

And, thanks, guys, for New Year's greetings. Forgive me for not answering them, 'cause I'm 筆無精 (fude-busho: a lazy letter writer).

So Happy New Year to you all. May the year 2009 be a great one.

Even though I'm still not in the mood for blogging, KEC Journal is, and will be, here to stay.

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We took a drive to Shibetsu last weekend.

Every time we go to Shibetsu, we drop in at this restaurant.

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No more snow, please.

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