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April 4, 2026
The First Night in Prague
For our first dinner in Prague, we decided to go to an Italian restaurant to fulfill my eldest daughter’s strong wish to try pasta in Europe. On the recommendation of the Hilton’s bell captain, we headed to a nearby Italian restaurant called “Piazza Coloseum.”
My eldest daughter was full of energy, but my younger daughter was starting to feel tired. I was also quite exhausted myself. The prices looked rather high, but since I had exchanged a fair amount of euros into Czech koruna at the Hilton Hotel, I didn't mind the fair even if it turned out to be a bit expensive.
April 4, 2026
Le bilby de Pâques
Pâques arrive ce week-end, alors j’aimerais parler un peu de nos traditions en Australie. Pâques est de loin ma fête préférée. J’adore les brioches du Vendredi saint, la chocolate et (peut-être la chose la plus importante) le long week-end. J'achète les brioches depuis janvier, et elles me manqueront quand elles disparaîtront. Mais ma tradition préférée est le bilby de Pâques. Le bilby est un petit marsupial australien, qui vit à l'intérieur du pays (aussi appelé l’outback). Ils sont nocturnes, ils creusent des terriers, et ils mangent des insectes et des plantes. Ils ont aussi de grandes oreilles. Ils sont parfois appelés les lapins de l’Australie, alors c’est logique qu’ils remplaceraient le lapin de Pâques. Traditionnellement, le lapin de Pâques apporte les œufs de Pâques pour les enfants. Mais en Australie, c’est plutôt le bilby qui porte les œufs. Cela a été proposé pour sensibiliser à leur sort. Malheureusement, ces animaux sont en voie de disparition. Principalement, ils sont menacés par des chats redevenus sauvages et des renards. Le nom « bilby » est un emprunt au gamilaroi, une langue aborigènes de Nouvelle-Galle du Sud. Mais les bilbies ne vivent plus dans cette région. En fait, ils vivaient autrefois partout dans le pays, mais ils vivent maintenant seulement dans le désert d’Australie-Occidentale. Il y a aussi une réserve animalière avec une clôture. Il y avait deux espèces, le grand bilby et le petit bilby, mais de nos jours seulement le grand bilby survit. Le petit bilby a disparu dans les années 1950. Quand j'étais petit, on mangeait des bilbies en chocolat pour fêter Pâques. Les recettes de ces chocolates ont été versées à la réserve. Pour être honnête je pense qu’il devrait y avoir un échidné de Pâques, parce qu’il pondent en réalité des œufs. Un lapin n’a pas de sens. Où se procure-t-il les œufs ? Mais, j’aime trop le bilby de Pâques pour vouloir changer maintenant.
April 4, 2026
Symbole von Burgund
Hier werde ich mich mit Heraldik (nicht mit Monumenten oder Sehenswürdigkeiten) beschäftigen.
Die Fahne und Wappen von Burgund bestehen aus vier Ecken und zwei Mustern, also gibt es zwei Ecken mit demselben Muster. Ein Muster umfasst schräge königsblaue und gelbe Streifen mit einer roten Kante. Das andere besteht aus gelben Lilien auf einem königsblauen Hintergrund, die mit einer weißroten Kante umgeben sind. Die Lilie ist eine Erinnerung daran, dass die Herzögen von Burgund dem König von Frankreich unterworfen waren. Heute haben wir eine moderne Fahne, denn unsere Region mit der Franche-Comté (der Freigrafschaft Burgund) zusammengeschlossen, also integriert die neue Fahne auch die Waffen der Franche-Comté.
Ein anderes Symbol meiner Region ist das Burgunderkreuz, das in der Tat eine stilisierte Version des Andreaskreuzes ist. Es geht um zwei rote abgekreuzte Äste auf einem weißen Hintergrund. Die Äste zeigen Unebenheiten, wie kleine Zacken, die tatsächlich Astknoten repräsentieren. Da das Erbe der burgundischen Herzöge den Habsburgern durch Maria von Burgund hinterlassen wurde, ist das Andreaskreuz auch ein Symbol von Spanien.
Das Symbol meiner Heimstadt ist auch ein Waffen. Darauf sieht man ihre Beschützerin, die Jungfrau Maria. Mit einer Arm hält sie das Jesuskind und mit der anderen Hand ein Traubenbündel, weil wir natürlich in einer Weinregion leben. In meiner Heimstadt gibt es eine Statuette des Jesuskind, die vermeintlich Wunder wirken kann, und die Stiftskirche ist der Jungfrau gewidmet.
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April 4, 2026
English Learning
I did a mock exam paper today and I just picked some of them from it.
1. put up with
She has read a large amount of books and travelled to many countries, after which she tends to put up with people's pecularities.
2. A large part of human activity, particularly in relation to the enviroment, is ______ condition or events.
A. in favor of B. in excess of C. in contrast to D. in response to
The answer is D but I can't understand the whole sentence at all...
3. comply
We find it impossible to comply with the regulations.
4. There being little money left, they decided to hold a meeting to discuss what to do.
I just find "there being" a little bit strange, though it's a right structure. When I learned gammar this morning, I also run into this problem.
5. vulnerable
She is so vulnerable that many people called her "Lin Daiyu".
6. sentence( as a verb)
He was sentenced because of his disobeying the law.
7. imponderable= hard to weigh
Love from parents is imponderable.
8. dispose
Please dispose of your trash.
I am disposed to his idea.
9. timid
He is so timid that a fake snake can scare him off.
10. apprehension= fright
11. discredit-discredible
You brought discredit to your whole family.
There is nothing to be duscredible, keep your head up!
12. compel
I am compelled to do that dirty work.
13. recklessness= rudeness
14. at stake= in danger
15. brood
When the day is over, let it go. Don't dwell on what you could or should have do and brood yourself in an enclosed place.
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I Stopped Watching YouTube
I’ve recently stopped watching YouTube. When I watch it, there are quite a few times when it doesn’t make me feel any brighter.
There is a YouTuber who has cancer. He grew up in a single-mother household, and he said he is at stage 4 and doesn’t have much time left. He believes that his illness may be related to the diet he had as a child. Because his family was poor, he said he often ate bean sprouts and meatballs.
Nowadays, it’s often said that one in two people in Japan will develop cancer, so there are many cancer patients in the country. Both my father and mother have had cancer, so I feel that I myself may also have a high chance of developing it someday due to genetic factors.
Watching people suffer from cancer doesn’t make me feel positive. He is a kind-hearted person who shares his message, saying, “Please take care of your diet, everyone.” However, from my perspective on life, it sometimes feels like people with beautiful hearts tend to pass away sooner or drift away from where they are most needed.
April 4, 2026
Living a Simple Life
Even if I were to win a large amount of money in the lottery, I would still want to live a simple life. When I watch YouTube, I almost always see the same commercials. In Japan today, there seems to be a growing number of households living in poverty, especially single mothers raising children on their own. Some children are not even able to eat enough, and they feel they have to say things like, “Mom, I ate a lot at school lunch today, so I’m not hungry anymore.”
In a capitalist society like Japan, businesses naturally focus on getting consumers to buy products and services in order to make money. Of course, buying goods and providing services are important, but I personally want to live frugally.
I believe that an ideal society is one where people do not feel a large gap between the rich and the poor. While Japan, as a capitalist country, does have economic inequality, I think what I can do is not envy the wealthy and instead live modestly and save money.
I am not wealthy myself, but if I happen to see a child, I would like to offer a warm, genuine smile without expecting anything in return.
April 4, 2026
The cost of learning English
The cost of learning English has changed significantly over the past 10 to 20 years.
First, thanks to the internet, there are now Filipino instructors who offer affordable online conversation lessons. Also, when I was a teenager, grammar and vocabulary books cost nearly 2,000 yen and were quite basic. Nowadays, for about the same price, you can get high-quality books that come with audio. These materials are very well-made, with clear and easy-to-understand explanations.
In the past, a cassette tape with English audio often cost around 3,000 yen for just about 60 minutes. Since around last year, I’ve been using ChatGPT to look up things I don’t understand for free.
I feel fortunate to have access to such a great environment for learning English, and I want to continue studying while enjoying the process.
April 4, 2026
Freitag, 14. November 2025
Freitag, 14. November 2025
Keine Arbeit heute. Ich habe mein Cello gespielt und ich habe Walisisch studiert. Walisisch? Wer studiert Walisisch? Ich kann nichts dafür. Es muss genetisch sein. Mein Urgroßvater wurde in einem Kohlenbergwerk in Wales geboren. Jedenfalls ist das die Familiensaga.
April 3, 2026
My Prayer
Oh God, thank you for giving us a new day.
You saved me from death, saved me from tears, and saved my feet from falling.
From the day I was born, you chose me.
Let us come before you today with a heart full of gratitude.
Oh God, grant me peace and joy, and protect me from the disturbance of Satan.
Oh God, please bestow upon us peace and joy.
Lead us to live in your will.
Social media and other such things belong to Satan.
Today I will turn off my phone for a day.
God will open my eyes and allow me to calm down and read His words.
Man does not live by bread alone, but by the word of God.
April 3, 2026
L'apprentissage
Étant quelqu’un qui veut apprendre le français, je trouve qu’il est difficile pour trouver le temps pour le faire. Souvent, ma journée passe très rapidement et je me retrouve à la fin de la journée en réalisant que j’ai oublié d’étudier.
Au lycée, j’apprenais le français mais maintenant, je l’ai oublié beaucoup parce que dans ma licence il n’y avait pas d’option pour prendre les cours de français. Normalement en Australie on peut faire des cours de français en même temps que sa licence.
J’ai une passion pour l’apprentissage parce que je pense que c’est important si on veut élargir ses horizons. Pour améliorer mon français, il faut que j’écoute y regarde plus médias de France.
April 3, 2026
Получать Исправления
Очень интересная вопрось! Обычно, я стараюсь исправить всё так я вижу неверный. Я тоже пишу на этом сайте, и конечно я хочу чтобы вы исправлялись всё на мои тексты. Последный несколько дней, я пишу здесь и я получила много ошибок от моих фраз. Но из-за этого, я стаю лучше писать. Я знаю, что все которие пишут комментарии хотят помочь. Мне нравятся комментарии на конеце моего поста. Они ответят о моей теме, вместо моей грамматики. По-моему, это очень добрый и я началась делать так же когда исправлю кого-то пост. Я должна сказать — я могу изучать больше когда больше люди исправляют мне, но я смущёна когда два человека говорят другой вещи. Поэтому, иногда я ещё пишу причину для моих исправлений. Когда я читаю посты по-английски, делает меня счастливым, что есть много ошибок но ещё я могу понимать их. Может быть вы понимаете моё писание с ошибками :)
April 3, 2026
April 3, 2026
My Time as a Hair Salon Assistant
I have a strong sense of discomfort toward hairdressers. When I was a teenager, I worked part-time at a local hair salon, helping with shampooing and customer service.
The owner of the salon had only completed junior high school and seemed to have a complex about his educational background. He wasn’t unintelligent—after all, he had become a business owner—but he appeared to have had a difficult upbringing, and there was something twisted about his personality.
He would constantly ask me very personal questions. For example, he would ask things like, “Have you had sexual experience yet?” or “Which woman in this adult magazine do you think has the most erotic pose?” Since the salon had many male customers, there were a lot of men’s magazines there.
Because of his personality, several assistants ended up quitting. One girl who was about to leave wrote her pager number on a piece of paper for me. I put it in my pouch, but for some reason, the owner told me, “You shouldn’t contact her.” That meant he had looked inside my pouch without permission, which made me feel very uncomfortable.
What angered me the most was when he mocked my sister. He said, “What does your sister do? Oh, she’s a university student? Which department? Agriculture? So does that mean she’s going to become a farmer? Hahaha.”
He didn’t even understand what is studied in an agriculture department, yet he mocked people who go to university out of his own inferiority complex. To me, he seemed like an unhappy person, and I now realize it was a mistake to endure working in that environment.
As a result, I took out my stress on my family.
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Von wegen?
Heute habe ich eine neue Redewendung gelernt: "von wegen". Sie hat mehrere Bedeutungen, aber am haüfigsten wird sie verwendet, um Zweifel auszudrücken oder eine Aussage ironisch zu widerlegen. Beispielsweise kann man auf jemanden lange wartend einmal sagen: "Der hat mir doch versprochen, er wäre pünktlich wie die Maurer. Von wegen!". Außerdem kann man diese Redewendung benutzen, um eine halb rhetorische Frage zu stellen, nachdem man heraustellt, dass die Aussage anderer nicht wahr ist. Zum Beispiel sagt Ihnen Ihr Freund, dass er gerade eben aus dem Fenster sah, wie irgendein Kerl Ihr Auto klaut. Sie laufen blitzschnell zum Fenster und sehen, dass dieser Typ tatsächlich sein eigenes Auto repariert, dessen Aussehen aber dem von Ihrem Auto stark ähnlet. Dann könnten Sie ausrufen: "Von wegen stiehlt er mein Auto? Das ist doch seins!". Habe ich diese Redewendung richtig hinbekommen?
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