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- 2008/08/29 05:42Labor Day Weekend is Coming Up
- Hi there,As you know, next Monday is Labor Day, which is a federal hol
iday in the States. And I'm very excited about this coming 3-day weeke
nd because... I'm going on a trip to Portland, OR!I don't know if my b
log has any reader, who actually comes back to read my newer posts. Bu
t if there were, they'd probably be wondering what happened to the tri
p plan because I didn't bring it up at all until n [続きを読む]
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- 2008/08/27 15:35Tears
- There are days when you cry for no reasonTears just keep coming outYou
have no control over itWho says you can't cry without a reason?Who s
ays you always have to be strong?Difference between half full and hal
f emptyThere are days when you can only see it as half emptyLike there
are sunny days and rainy daysBut we always see the clear sky after ra
iningIf you can see it as half full after the rain,w [続きを読む]
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- 2008/08/26 05:11Irish Style?
- This weekend, we went to a restaurant, called Shawn O'Donnell's, for b
reakfast. Yup, I'm going to write about breakfast again! Maybe I shoul
d make a new category...Anyway, it's not like we planned to have break
fast there beforehand. We decided to go into this restaurant just beca
use we were very hungry and driving by it, which turned out to be a gr
eat decision.This restaurant is also an Irish pub. [続きを読む]
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- 2008/08/23 06:56Never Know..
- It’s often said, “You never know what you got till it’s gone.”It’s so true, and you should never take what you have for granted. Nothing is more heartbreaking than realizing all you wanted was once in your hands.However, as for relationships, some people want what they had back even when they were never satisfied with the person; it could be because of mere 'Naimono Nedari' (wanting something [続きを読む]
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- 2008/08/19 06:46Nice Weather, Nice Beach
- It's the hottest and nicest summer I've ever had in Seattle! Last Satu
rday, my boyfriend and I went to a small island in Everett, called &qu
ot;Jetty Island."Jetty Island is a 2-mile long island with sandy
beaches. We get on a little ferry (or I'll say, a boat) to go to thi
s island, which only takes a few minutes. What's cool about it is that
the ferry ride is free! They accept donations, like [続きを読む]
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- 2008/08/16 16:16Promise
- 約束が嫌いだった。前ほどじゃないけど、今もあんまり好きじゃない。私の元彼はいっぱい約束をしてくれた。「絶対泣かせるようなことはしないから」「君が望まない限り、僕からは別れないよ」「君を捨てたりは絶対にしない」私はすべてを信じた。あの頃は、その前の恋愛でめっちゃ傷ついてちょっと心が病んでたときで。元彼はただ単に私の笑顔を見たかったてか、私の心を救って正常にしたかったのかな、なんて今なら思う。愛なんて [続きを読む]
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- 2008/08/15 03:05My Favorite Ice Cream
- Well, actually, I'm more of a chocolate person. BUT there's one kind o
f ice cream that I love. That is... Starbucks Mud Pie Ice Cream!Oooh
my god, it's good :p It's "coffee ice cream on top of a chocolate
cookie covered in rich milk chocolaty coating." Doesn't it sound
good?? The part I love the most is the chocolate cookie on the bott
om. Without it, I don't think it'd be my favorite ic [続きを読む]
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- 2008/08/14 03:38Is It Bad? - Cont'd in Japanese
- ＊＊前回は勢いで書いてしまいまとまりがない感じなので、今回は日本語で書きます＊＊「相手からの愛情（愛情表現）を期待しない」ことについて、私が言いたかった点は大きく２つ。１つ目は、相手との信頼関係。この「相手から期待しない」っていう考えは、期待すると返ってこなかったときにショックを受けるとか想われてないのかと不安になる、って理論（？）に基づいているんだと思う。でも根本の問題は、相手に期待するとかしな [続きを読む]
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- 2008/08/12 10:27Is It Bad?
- Today's topic is: Is it bad to expect to receive the affection (Aijou
Hyougen) from your partner?It seems like a lot of Japanese girls th
ink it's a bad thing or even a "sign of obsession" (in Japa
nese, we use 'addiction' or 'dependence'). I understand where it come
s from. Some girls can be so obsessed with their boyfriends, and their
boyfriends become the only thing they care about. Thos [続きを読む]
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- 2008/08/09 06:18Lost
- Complete darknessThat I was inIt didn't matter if I couldn't see anyth
ingThought I knew where I was goingEnd of this darknessIt wasn't where
I thought it would beI just kept goingWithout knowing what else to do
Without accepting I was wrongScaredLonelyTiredI heard someone say “L
et’s just stop”So I stoppedThen I saw the light coming inBrightene
d my worldDarkness is goneI’m not lost anymore [続きを読む]
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- 2008/08/08 08:58On the Street
- I seriously don't know why, but more and more strangers speak to me on
the street. Here are 2 interesting/weird conversations I had recently
.？ Case of a semi-old African-American guy (AA):I was listening to
my iPod, and AA came up to me.AA: Hey, are you from Japan?Me: Yeah..
?AA: What's your name?Me: Nite..AA: I'm AA. Nice to meet you.He put
his hand out to shake hands with me. I was a bit scared, [続きを読む]
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- 2008/08/06 02:09Yesterday was...
- My birthday! I had a really good evening. First, my boyfriend took me
to El Paraiso, a Mexican Grill Restaurant in Everett, for dinner. We b
oth had Fajitas, which satisfied our hungry stomachs very much (Well,
a little too much and we felt like we could explode afterward..hehe)
. Their Mojito was also delicious!During the dinner, he gave me one of
the birthday presents. It was a weekend trip to Ore [続きを読む]
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- 2008/08/02 04:25American Breakfast
- Yay, new background!! I can't believe I figured it out all by myself
(Like I said, I'm new to this whole blog thing).. Good job, Nite ;pSo
rry, I got a little too excited. Let's get back to the topic, "Br
eakfast."American breakfast is goooooooooooood. I don't think I c
an have American breakfast more than twice a week, but I'm sure I woul
d miss it very much when I go back to Japan. Pancake [続きを読む]
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- 2008/07/31 03:43Zoo Day
- My boyfriend and I went to Woodland Park Zoo a couple weeks ago. Last
time I visited there was with my host family, and I couldn't see much
because they had little kids. I don't blame them, though, since this z
oo is huge! Even this time, just me and my boyfriend, we couldn't see
all of it... Besides the size, it was pretty hot that day. AND I was s
tupid enough to wear heels (low but new, which mak [続きを読む]
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- 2008/07/29 08:15Thank You - Cont'd
- My parents are very traditional Japanese people. I'm not saying that's
bad or anything, but I'd say it was NOT easy for me to persuade them
to let me come to the States. It wasn't money that they were worried a
bout (maybe a little..); it was me and my safety. Although it's true
that they were being a little overprotective and conservative, they s
till had good reasons to say "no" to my pl [続きを読む]
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- 2008/07/27 08:28Thank You
- Even if I say these two words a billion timesIt wouldn't be enoughDoes
n't matter if you don't like it or notYou always support and respect m
y decisionsYou accept who I am and value what I wantI know this as a f
actAnd that's loveThat's why I feel so luckyTo have you as my parentsP
hoto: My hometown (it made me realize I should take more pictures of
my hometown) [続きを読む]
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- 2008/07/25 09:41British English
- I like British accent. I think it's sexy; to me, it has the same effec
t as "guys in a business suit" (meaning they look sexier).
It's kinda funny that it all started after I came to the States. I th
ink it's because I didn't know or/and couldn't hear the difference bet
ween British and American English when I was in Japan. Make sense, rig
ht?Well, it's not like I want to be able to talk wit [続きを読む]
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- 2008/07/23 08:29Love That You Once Had
- It's funny how it isHow you feel about the love you've lostThinking of
all the good memoriesYou wish you could go back in timeForgetting all
the bad memoriesYou think it was the happiest time in your lifeLove l
ost in the pastIt looks so beautiful because you can't touch it againY
ou want it so badly because you know you'll never get it backNothing i
s more beautiful than this kind of love [続きを読む]
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- 2008/07/22 13:08Sushi is Good!
- Hi there,Tonight, I had dinner at a Kaiten Sushi place, called "S
ushiland Marinepolis." It's relatively cheap just like the ones i
n Japan (plates are from $1 to $3) ! And their quality of sushi is
good, considering how much you pay. If you are in Seattle area and li
ke sushi, you should totally go try their sushi!!The funny thing is th
at I eat sushi more often than I did in Japan. I don't [続きを読む]
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- 2008/07/22 08:07"I Love You" & "I'm in Love with You"
- Do you know the difference between "to love" and "to be
in love with" somebody? These two are usually the same, but som
etimes, they aren't.My friend says, "I still and will always love
my ex-girlfriend, but I'm not in love with her." ..Wait, what do
es that mean? It doesn't make any sense!, you might think. I wouldn't
have understood either if it was a couple years ago [続きを読む]
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- 2008/07/21 04:03The Thing about Where I Live
- 1. Seattle, the biggest city in WA, isn't that big compared to other m
ajor cities.2. Many businesses were born in Seattle, such as Starbucks
and Microsoft, yet there isn't much to go/see for tourists.3. The wea
ther isn't that great; it usually rains for half a year, and summer is
like 2-month long (I'm dead serious!).4. Professional sports teams
suck in general. I mean, look at the Mariners...*sig [続きを読む]
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- 2008/07/18 10:45Hello World,
- Well, this is the very first blog entry in my whole life, so I'm actu
ally pretty nervous (yeah, you can laugh at me). Anyway, let me intr
oduce myself.My name is Nite. I've been living in Washington State, US
A for...let’s say, long enough to graduate from a university here. I
decided to start this blog ？because I love writing in English, and
？because I’ve wanted a place where I could write dow [続きを読む]
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