Sharing bike

Because I lost my bike, I rode hello sharing bike instead. There are many bike sharing on streets in our city, but most of them are electric bikes. Because my goal of riding a bike is to exercise my body, I don’t choose an electric one. It seemed there were only two bikes without electric power. I chose one of them at random. The first ride was about seven or eight kilometers away and I was so happy about the ride. It was very light and fast and it took only more than twenty minutes to arrive. The second ride I still chose this one (other people prefer electric bikes, so, it was still there) and the ride still felt so good. So I decided that before my new bike arrived, I would ride this one wherever I go. This is the happiest thing since I lost my bike, so, I wrote it down.

Wie geht es?

Manchmal frage ich mich, wie es meinen alten Freunden eigentlich geht. Die Freunde, die ich seit Jahren nicht gesehen habe. Ich denke, dass es viel Arbeit ist, ein guter Freund zu sein. Ich würde mich als einen eher schlechten Freund bezeichnen. Vielleicht ist das der Grund, warum ich nur wenige Freunde habe...

Man muss wirklich für einen Freund sorgen, es reicht einfach nicht, da zu sein. Eine Freundschaft ist etwas zu schätzen und zu pflegen und es ist sehr schade, wenn eine stirbt.

Ichiban Street / Little Japan in China

Japan also knows as second home of many Asian.

Due to the virus no one can go back to their second home for at least 9 months.

If you are a Chinses or live in China right now.

China just build a new street which almost looks like the one in Japan.

Personally I don’t think is a good idea.

But this street attract so many visitors.

As a business point of view it is a success product.

If anyone of you did visited this street in China.

Do tell us your comments.

Maybe you can change my mind.

“狐假虎威”的故事

在森林的一天，老虎抓住了一只狐狸。狐狸看见自己无法逃走，就说：“你不敢吃我，我是天帝任命的森林之王。你不相信的话，就跟着我看看所有的野兽见了我要不要赶快逃走。”老虎听狐狸说话的态度很强硬，所以相信了。森林的一切野兽一看到狐狸后面的大老虎，就马上逃命。可是老虎不知道它们都怕的不是前面的狐狸，而是它自己。最后，它不敢吃狐狸，也逃走了。

Bike

I lost my bike yesterday afternoon and I am very sad about it. This is a Phoenix brand bike which was bought from Fuyang commercial building in 2017 or 2018, and it cost more than 500 CNY. Although I do not ride it all the time, I think it's very helpful because I often ride it in spring and autumn. I didn't expect that it would be stolen by someone, because nowadays, people are rich enough to buy a bike, stealing a bike is really not necessary, but it happened. I once thought that maybe someone would ride it in a hurry and they would return it later, but I am waiting for that until this afternoon, no expected thing happens. Although I am very helpless, there is still no way. Forget it, buy another one online instead.

Mettbrötchen

Raw meat fans?


I like sushi, maybe only vegan won’t eat sushi.


However, in Japan you can eat raw horse meat too.

First time when I know that I was feeling a little scare


After, I have tried couple times, now I like it too.


Now this is a very common and popular German breakfast.


I watched few videos about this German food from YouTube.


But that just like the first time I hear the terms “raw horse meat”.

Shock!

Next time when I have a chance meet some local German people.

I will ask them do they make that kind of breakfast in here.


Do you want to try one?

Beef Bowls

Beef bowls are popular food because they are inexpensive and delicious. I often eat a beef bowl when I am reluctant to cook dinner.
By the way, a strange net meme was born recently. The word is "Chi-Gyu (チー牛)". This is an abbreviation of Chizu-Gyudon which means cheese beef bowl in Japanese. Then, this word represents sluggish and childish men, so this word is used in order to self-deprecation or insulting. This is base on prejudice that nasty men often eat a beef bowl with three kinds of cheese and a soft boiled egg. I don't know why this meme has spread explosively.

I plan on importing the text below into my Anki deck.

Please correct all the expressions.

I want to make sure these sentences are correct because they will show up frequently during my Anki review. Anki is an electronic flashcard system that helps with memorization.

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What is the meaning of the capitalized phrase?

The cat SCARED the birds AWAY.

Frighten someone so much that they go away.


The below is from my writing, or replying to someone's suggestion, on a technical matter.

I happened to see your suggestion. What a simple solution! I didn't remove and reinstall the Transcend program as you did, but simply turned off the "battery save" switch. I had formatted the disk with APFS(apple file system) for encryption before that and migrated my Photos library to it. Nevertheless, it has been working perfectly so far. Your suggestion helped me to get out of the hassles that has started after, if I remember correctly, upgrading to MacOS Catalina: manually ejecting and remounting the disk countless times, reformatting it to APFS or Mac OS Extended (because someone hinted somewhere that the formatting could be the culprit), and searching for every bit of information that might be useful. Thank you!

失われる物語

先日知り合いに乙一の『失われる物語』を勧めてもらいました。短編小説集で、話が全部で五つぐらいあります。最近は結構忙しくて読む時間があまりないんだけど、昨の夜は寝る前に「君にしか聞こえない」という一個目の話を一発で読みました。知り合いが高く評価したものだからそれなりに期待していたんだけど、想像以上に素晴らしい作品でした。興味のある方はいらっしゃるかもしれないし、ネタバレせずに短いあらすじと感想を言わせてもらいます。

主人公のリョウは高校生で同級生と違って友達もいないし携帯電話も持っていません。部活にも参加しないし回りに相手にしてくれる人がどこにもいないから暇つぶしに一人で図書館の片隅で理想の携帯電話を想像して日々を過ごします。しかし、ある日頭の中で作り上げた携帯電話が鳴り、向こうには自分とほぼ同じ生活をしている男子高生がいます。二人はなぜか頭の中の携帯電話を本物のと同様に電話をかけたり受けたりできるんですが、現実の電話にかけることができないことに気づきます。それに、あくまでも頭の中の携帯電話だから使いたい時は声を出す必要がありません。こうやって二人は回りの人にバレずずっと電話がつながったまま無言で話し合ったりして、非常に仲良くなります。

極めて短い短編小説ではあるけど、立派に描かれた青春物語でもあります。乙一の文章は読みやすい割に表現力に富んだものです。最初からいくつかの伏線が巧妙に張られ、最後の回収もすごかったから、読み終わったら数か所を読み返したくなりました。最後の三ページは特に刺激的でさめざめと泣きながら読みました。今まで読んだ短編小説の中で、胸を打たれて涙なしでは読めない一番好きな作品の一つです。青春物語、ファンタジー、切ない話などが好きな方に是非お勧めします。

字幕

私は普通に、字幕なく日本語のアニメと映画を観ます。何かを観るとき、私の目標は聴聞の練習です。字幕があるなら、無意識に読書の練習になります。読書の練習をしたいとき、本や漫画などを読みます。もちろん英語字幕はダメです。英語字幕があれば、脳が日本語を無視して、英語を集中します。英語字幕は効率な練習ではないと思います。もう一つの理由は私にとってムカつく人のせいです。ネットでは「俺は英語字幕付きアニメを観て、日本語を覚えました」の言う人は多いです。その態度と思いが嫌いです。なんでも言語を学習するのはそんな簡単なことではないです。その連中は平仮名を全然知りませんので、「日本語を知ています」を言ってるのはすごく傲慢で、偉そうです。

Journal

In my memory, since I started work, I am always afraid that I may get fired. Our leader always threatens us by firing us if we don't work hard. We once studied hard to get a job, and I think it would be really terrible if I got fired because of my slack off. So, to avoid getting fired, I always work hard. Later, I have to think about it seriously. If I really get fired, what can I do, and can do better than my current work? So I decided to learn some things to support my living as an alternative in case. Many years have passed, fortunately, I didn't get fired. But now, I'm not afraid of that anymore. Although I can't be fired, I still work hard because that is what I should do.

Wie ich lerne

Ich habe herausgefunden, dass es besser ist, wenn ich auf deutsch regelmäßig reden. Jeden Tag habe ich Karteikarten geübt, Grammatik gelernt, und Bücher gelesen, und immer habe ich mich gefragt, warum es nicht funkioniert. Dann wurde mir klar, dass ich etwas ändern musste. Seit den letzten Tagen habe ich mit jemandem laut gesprochen. Nach drei Tagen habe ich bemerkt, dass ich mich verbessern habe. Was für ein gutes Gefühl. Ich weiß, dass ich noch viel zu tun habe, aber ich habe mehr Selbstvertrauen als gestern.

"El laberinto del fauno"

¡Enhorabuena! Se me ocurre “Los mundos de Coraline”, me parece muy al estilo de lo que viste en “El laberinto del fauno”, es decir, surrealista y gótico. “La montaña sagrada” también es una película altamente recomendable, el hecho de que toque diferentes temas filosóficos y esotéricos hace que sea una obra perturbadora y muy fascinante.

Tenis

Hoy jugué al tenis con mi padre. Quería practicar para prepararme para el martes que viene cuando jugaré al tenis de nuevo con mis compañeros de trabajo. Quiero poder participar con ellos y no impedir el partido.

Esta tarde me sentí frustrada porque estaba jugando muy mal (peor que la primera vez que jugué) y no tuve mucha esperanza. No obstante, encontré unos videos de tenis para principiantes y espero que me ayuden a aprender.

Journal

In my memory, no matter if we watch a movie, read a story or listen to a story told by others, it is always in the same plot: a long time ago, there was a rich landlord, he had plenty of land and so much money. In short, he was the richest and the strongest man in that area. Then he must have a son and his son was a fool, a deadly fool. Also, there must be a farmer in the same area and he was very poor, even if he didn't have enough food or clothing to live, but he must have a son and his son was very smart and brave. So a good story began. In every battle between the rich and the poor, the poor was always the winner and the rich were always the loser. In every battle, the poor son behaved cleverly and bravely, but the rich son always behaved stupidly. Now we think about it seriously. That is true, people growing up in a rich family usually don't strive for advancement, and people growing up in a poor family usually work hard to change their situation. So if you think you are a person who doesn't want to work hard, it doesn't matter because your offspring must be getting clever, stronger and richer.

てほしいです。

彼に私と喋ってほしくないです。

「Miami Heats」に勝ってほしいです。

健康のためにお母さんに泳いでほしいです。

上司に私に怒らないでほしいです。

Los colores

¿Qué es tú color favorito? ¿Puedes decirlo en otra idioma? Hay tres colores primarios, pero existen miles de diferentes colores, aunque muchos son tonos de otros en realidad. Los seres humanos son criaturas visuales y color es una herramienta importante para describir el mundo. Sin embargo, idiomas pueden tener colores diferentes. Por ejemplo, ¡en ruso hay dos colores distintos para el azul! Nos muestra los perspectivos diferentes que idiomas darnos. Si eligiese hablar un idioma cuando he nacido, sería el idioma con más colores. ¿Por qué? Porque podría ver el mundo de una manera diferente y ¡pienso que es súper guay!

Was würde ich Pina Bausch fragen?

Pina Bausch war eine sehr berühmt deutsche Tänzerinne. Ich habe ihre Lebengeschichte gelesen und dann habe ich mich selbst gefragt: Was möchte ich ihr Fragen?.
Als ich die Möglichkeit bei ihr sprechen hätte, würde ich ihr fragen: Wie fühlt sie sich, eine neue Art von Tanz zu erschaffen? Hat sie gewusst, dass sie den Anfang einer neuen Zeit von Tanz erschaffen hat? Hat der zweite Weltkrieg ihre Lebenserfahrung und ihre Karriere beeinflusst?.

jour 22

J'ai me promène dans les bois aujourd'hui. Les premières feuilles deviennent rouges, jaunes et oranges. Cela signifique que ma saisone préférée, l'automne, est arrivée.

Segeln

Heute bin ich zum ersten Mal auf einem Segelboot gefahren. Es hat Spaß gemacht, war aber auch etwas anstrengend. Ich kann jetzt stolz sagen, dass ich einmal gesegelt habe :).

Вторая глава книги "Азазель"

Сегодня, я прочёл вторую главу книги "Азазель". Вот её краткое содержаное:

Фандорин, узнавший что студент у Яуского моста попробовал убить себя (но остался живым), решил его расследовать. Может быть, он думал, есть что-то общее между ним и Кокориным.

Фандорин пошёл в университет искать этого студента. Фандорин знал что студент был сутулым с плохой кожей и носил очках. Он его нашёл и тайно следил за ним.

Студент пошёл в дамский салон и разговаривал с красивой девушкой. Фандорин узнал эту девушку - её фотография была в квартире Кокорина. Фандорин следил за ней и нашёл её дом. Он спросил дворника, чтобы разбирать кто это девушка, но тот схватил его за шиворот и тащил его в двер.

Дверь открылась и Фандорин наконец встретил Амалию Бежецкую, девушка за которой он следил. Она уже знала что Фандорин шпионил на неё. Но она считала его смелым и симпатичным. Она пригласила его на вечеринку сегодня вечером.

Этот журнал уже слишком длинний, конец главы будет позже...

How I learn english

How i learn english
I often watch films in english.
I write in my learning diary every day so I can see what processes I make.
I usually record my voice so I can hear if I pronounce something wrong.
Right now I am reading a book in english.
I always set a goal for myself for the week.
At the moment my strategy is that I am reading everything one more time before going to bed.

台灣哥哥

我沒有真的哥弟。
我就是有兩個一半血妹妹。
他們是親爸爸的女兒。
我還是3嵗，親媽媽死掉了。
所以我奶奶和爺爺有照顧我。
因為親媽媽的家人都跟我不一樣，都壞的， 所以我不想要跟你們在一起。
我19嵗去大學，學希臘語。
在大學見面很多懷人，非常不開心。
所以我換學校，開始學日文。
學日文，開始用Lang-8。
在Lang-8見面我的台灣哥哥。
他為什麽是哥哥？
因為我們兩個的生活非常一樣的。
我們兩個都不開心。
我們兩個都想要快樂生活。
我先想要他可以是我的男朋友，但是我愛他比男朋友多。
所以，他是我的哥哥。
我很愛他。
如果我見新的男朋友，我的哥哥每次想要見面他。
哥哥每次先不喜歡我的男朋友。
但是他等一下開心我有一個人可以讓我開心。
我哥哥的生活不簡單，他還不開心。
但是他有我，我也有他。

Some people think that famous people can help international aid organizations to draw attention to important problems. Others believe that the celebrities can make the problems seem less important. Discuss both views and give your opinion.
I accept that there are the pros and cons of making use of famed individuals in carrying out assistance programmes but merely being a celebrity does not make someone a good representative. I shall put forward my arguments in the following paragraphs.
To begin with, famous people have a great deal of influence on the mass of people, thereby can ask them to take some appropriate actions. Although this influence can be good if it was not led into the right path we would end up with counterproductive results. For example, commercial companies and politicians tend to take advantage of well-known individuals to endorse their goods and ideologies. Possible failure to meet people’s expectations can result in them losing their trust in celebrities and also in what they represent. Moreover, some celebrities participate in these kinds of activities as a publicity stunt, hence lowering the importance of humanitarian programmes in the eyes of people. Due to these facts, some people will not believe celebrities unless they have a brilliant background in aid programmes.
On the one hand, famous people have access to a wide target audience all across the world to communicate, resulting in drawing attention to aid issues dramatically. For example, a famous football player can ask his fans all around the world to donate money to human rights institutions. On the other hand, since celebrities’ jobs mostly involve in entertainment industries, many of them try to convey messages in a funny and entertaining way and this may unintentionally lead people to take them less serious. Consider the Ice Bucket Challenge as an example: many celebrities participate in the challenge to increase the public awareness of the ALS disease but unfortunately, the result was that the event itself took the whole spotlight not the ALS disease.
As a result, considering the importance of these kinds of programmes, the scope of selection must be narrowed down to a few qualified celebrities.

My Mortal Dread Of Pikachu

Pikachu used to scare out of my wits. This small but deadly creature was once my biggest fear. When i was a little boy, someone gave me a set of stickers of Pikachu as a present, I was ecstatic and grateful but then he said, "pikachu could simply kill you by its electric power. Have you noticed there are two red spots on its cheek? That's right, Pikachu releases its power through them. Behold! Otherwise you would be killed!" I dropped the present and ran away immediately, because I was afraid if the stickers themselves could electrocute people. Since then I simply got away whenever I saw something similar to it, until my mother told me there was no such a creature in reality.