<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450</id><updated>2011-04-22T03:56:16.503+09:00</updated><title type='text'>hopewasneverclosed</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>66</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-116359051752927086</id><published>2006-11-15T20:32:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2006-11-15T20:42:54.176+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Flickr</title><content type='html'>Sorry for not updating for soooooooooo long...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've updated photo in Flickr so If you are interested in...&lt;br /&gt;Please check!!!&lt;br /&gt;I hope you enjoy with it!!!! ^o^&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/57604996@N00/"&gt;http://www.flickr.com/photos/57604996@N00/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-116359051752927086?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/116359051752927086/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=116359051752927086&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/116359051752927086'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/116359051752927086'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2006/11/flickr.html' title='Flickr'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-114856884028539223</id><published>2006-05-25T23:38:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2006-05-25T23:54:20.523+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Almost addicted to....</title><content type='html'>Last night I was also sitting in front of PC doing Yahoo Auctions.....&lt;br /&gt;Before going to Tokyo for my friend's wedding,I was looking for a dress(?) that I wanted to wear for the wedding. Then I've found one in there and of course I bought it!!! The dress was arrived in my house and I saw the real dress, I liked it a lot!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I thought I wasn't going to use Yahoo Auctions any more so I was thinking to quit.&lt;br /&gt;But before quitting, I had another look of clothes auction then I've found another nice one-piece dress（≧　≦）　There were maybe 17 people already put the price.&lt;br /&gt;Anyway I won then I sent the money today... so It's going to arrive soon^o^&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And again tonight....I'm sitting in front of PC doing the Auctions.&lt;br /&gt;Then I've found a nice jeans.... then I won again. I think these two weren't really famous. But anyway I'm going to send money again tomorrow....&lt;br /&gt;I think I'm totally addicted to this....ah--------- &gt;__&lt; HELP ME!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Have you ever done this before??????&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-114856884028539223?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/114856884028539223/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=114856884028539223&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/114856884028539223'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/114856884028539223'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2006/05/almost-addicted-to.html' title='Almost addicted to....'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-114717356213923092</id><published>2006-05-09T19:51:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2006-05-09T20:19:22.743+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Photo of the day</title><content type='html'>I've decided to take a photo once a day.... I don't know how comes up my mind ?_?&lt;br /&gt;It's going to be a photo of Mt Iwaki mostly but hope everybody won't get bored!!&lt;br /&gt;This weekend I'm going to Tokyo and I borrowed degital camera from my brother so I'm able to take a nice and better photo!!! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/1600/200605091917000.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/320/200605091917000.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I took this photo on the way to go back home from work. Now the sky is lighter and Mt Iwaki looks great and beautiful^o^ Everyday looks different and I love taking a photo!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-114717356213923092?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/114717356213923092/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=114717356213923092&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/114717356213923092'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/114717356213923092'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2006/05/photo-of-day.html' title='Photo of the day'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-114701600919194335</id><published>2006-05-08T00:23:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2006-05-08T00:34:00.323+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Mt Iwaki</title><content type='html'>I see Mt Iwaki every day when I go to work and come back from work.&lt;br /&gt;I really appreciate that I can see the Mountain every day.&lt;br /&gt;To see the Mountain makes me happy so I want you to be happy so&lt;br /&gt;there you go...ENJOY INDEED!!! ^o^&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/1600/200604211425000.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/320/200604211425000.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/1600/200605011812001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/320/200605011812001.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/1600/200605011811000.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/320/200605011811000.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-114701600919194335?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/114701600919194335/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=114701600919194335&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/114701600919194335'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/114701600919194335'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2006/05/mt-iwaki.html' title='Mt Iwaki'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-114312681110682845</id><published>2006-03-24T00:04:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2006-03-24T00:18:31.963+09:00</updated><title type='text'>New Grasses(Glasses)!!! ^o^</title><content type='html'>I had an old grassses which made long long long time ago and even it doesn't fit(??)&lt;br /&gt;I can't see clearly properly with that old grasses.&lt;br /&gt;Finally I bought a new one last sunday but I have a bad eye sight so it took more than week to be done. Normally it will take three days to be made...&lt;br /&gt;Anyway yesterday I've got my new grasses!!! ^o^v&lt;br /&gt;My old one doesn't look good on me. Because one of friend told me that when I put on grasses, I looked dumb INDEED &gt;__&lt;&lt;br /&gt;But with my new grasses, I look good on me!!!&lt;br /&gt;Don't you think???&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/1600/200603222124000.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/320/200603222124000.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-114312681110682845?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/114312681110682845/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=114312681110682845&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/114312681110682845'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/114312681110682845'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2006/03/new-grassesglasses-o.html' title='New Grasses(Glasses)!!! ^o^'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-113983584249248020</id><published>2006-02-13T21:18:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2006-02-13T22:04:02.546+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Ｌａｚｙ</title><content type='html'>It's been a long long time since I wrote last time...&lt;br /&gt;As you know I've been lazy INDEED!!  sorry..&gt;__&lt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So how is your life going?? I hope that everything is going well for all.&lt;br /&gt;These days I don't have nothing to write...&lt;br /&gt;SO this time just I want to show my photos..so please enjoy!!&lt;br /&gt;I will write soon!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/1600/200601241417001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/320/200601241417001.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/1600/200512180938000.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/320/200512180938000.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/1600/200512180906000.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/320/200512180906000.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-113983584249248020?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/113983584249248020/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=113983584249248020&amp;isPopup=true' title='151 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/113983584249248020'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/113983584249248020'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2006/02/blog-post.html' title='Ｌａｚｙ'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>151</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-113638089007070293</id><published>2006-01-04T22:02:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2006-01-04T22:21:30.096+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy New Year 2006</title><content type='html'>Happy Happy New Year everybody!!! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hope that everybody had a great Christmas and New year!!!&lt;br /&gt;How was your last year?? &lt;br /&gt;When I looked back my 2005. I'm pretty sure that my last year was crap.&lt;br /&gt;It was really tough INDEED..&gt;__&lt; Buy the end of December was pretty good.&lt;br /&gt;I went to Tokyo for my friends wedding and I met up with friend.&lt;br /&gt;I hadn't seen friends in Tokyo for a long time so it was really good to see them.&lt;br /&gt;Of course we can chat forever in a cafe!!! One of the other friend is going to get married on May so I'm going to Tokyo again!!! Her husband is Korean!!! International INDEED!! ^o^  &lt;br /&gt;Anyway 2 weeks before 2006 was really enjoyable^o^&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My last year's resoluton was CHANGE MY LIFE. But Obviously I couldn't change it. I think this year I can change my life litlle by little....&lt;br /&gt;It's difficult to explain but I'm feeling better than last year about everything.&lt;br /&gt;I'm really glad to feel about myself.. but still life is not easy &gt;__&lt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Everybody Let's がんばりましょう　^o^&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-113638089007070293?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/113638089007070293/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=113638089007070293&amp;isPopup=true' title='1796 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/113638089007070293'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/113638089007070293'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2006/01/happy-new-year-2006.html' title='Happy New Year 2006'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1796</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-113438911388353135</id><published>2005-12-12T19:30:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2005-12-12T21:05:13.926+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Quick Tokyo trip</title><content type='html'>My mum and I left Hirosaki on 9th of Dec and arrived in Tokyo at 7am on 10th.&lt;br /&gt;First we went to Tsukiji(築地) ( called Kitchen of Japan). Tsukiji is a market place but it's huge.... Have you ever been?? Every time I go there,It's suprisingly huge and busy. We went there to eat Susi. The restaurant we went to is the most famous one in there. When we got there, there were at least 40 people in queue. I didn't bother to eat there but my mum insisted to eat there so we were in a queue for an hour. Finally we were inside of the restaurant then finished eating for 20 mins then left there.Maybe the susi bar can fit 20 people inside and it's not a big restaurant... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/1600/200512100808000.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/200/200512100808000.0.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  This photo is really bad but this is what we ate...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Next we went to Shinjuku(新宿)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/1600/200512101150000.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/320/200512101150000.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;This is the first thing I saw in Shijuku. I felt like that I was hobbit...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/1600/g_new007.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/200/g_new007.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; The Prison Courtyard... Vincent Van Gogh&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/1600/g_new001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/200/g_new001.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Goldfish... Henri Matisse &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These paintings is the most important things that we went to Tokyo for...&lt;br /&gt;We went to Tokyoto Art Museum. There were 75 paintings all together.&lt;br /&gt;Before I didn't have any interests in paintings but when I went to Barcelona,we went to Picaso Museum. I've never had an interest in going to any museum but that was the first time I liked it a lot. I never felt board of looking around. Since then I like going to museum to see loads of painings. I'm not an artist so I don't know about paintings but I just like it^o^ Anyway oinside of the museum,there were loads of people so I couldn't look around proplerly but It was good to see them!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ginza（銀座）&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/1600/200512101916000.1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/200/200512101916000.0.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; It's not good photo but can you recognise this??&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We left Tokyo on 10 th at 22:30 and arrived in Hirosaki next morning at 7am.&lt;br /&gt;It was absolutely tired quick trip but I had A great fun with my mum!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tonight She is going to take an English exam in Jan so she is studying hard.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/1600/200512122005000.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/200/200512122005000.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-113438911388353135?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/113438911388353135/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=113438911388353135&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/113438911388353135'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/113438911388353135'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2005/12/quick-tokyo-trip.html' title='Quick Tokyo trip'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-113388189055257174</id><published>2005-12-06T23:42:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2005-12-07T00:11:30.583+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Photos....</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/1600/200512031543000.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/320/200512031543000.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's last Saturday.... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/1600/200511181521000.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/320/200511181521000.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I was at work....delivering.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/1600/200511231513000.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/320/200511231513000.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's 23rd of 11. When I went to the gym.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/1600/200512011459000.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/320/200512011459000.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Can you these swans??&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/1600/200511261345000.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/320/200511261345000.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maybe they are family!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy!!! ^o^&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-113388189055257174?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/113388189055257174/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=113388189055257174&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/113388189055257174'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/113388189055257174'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2005/12/photos.html' title='Photos....'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-113233157590730335</id><published>2005-11-27T23:30:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2005-11-27T23:31:07.666+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Apple Picking</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/1600/200511131257000.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/320/200511131257000.0.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My uncle lives in Itayanagi and first week of November,I went to his house to help picking apples with my parents. It was raining day but I worked really hard INDEED^o^&lt;br /&gt;Next day my body was screaming of pain but I took a few photos so I just want to show you... Enjoy!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/1600/200511131314000.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/320/200511131314000.0.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/1600/200511130958000.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/320/200511130958000.0.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-113233157590730335?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/113233157590730335/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=113233157590730335&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/113233157590730335'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/113233157590730335'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2005/11/apple-picking.html' title='Apple Picking'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-113023870947454556</id><published>2005-10-25T20:05:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2005-10-25T21:10:02.763+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Finally</title><content type='html'>This morning I've got the letter from TOEIC about my result....&lt;br /&gt;I had been waiting for a long long time. It was really scary to receive it.&lt;br /&gt;But finally I've got it!!!! &lt;br /&gt;Before receiving it, I've promised one of my friend. If I got the score less than before,I would stop drinking for a months. Instead of drinking,I was going to study every weekend. But I don't need to do this!!! I'm glad that I can keep drinking every weekend ^o^ I'm not going to tell you the score but I did very well INDEED!!!&lt;br /&gt;I got 100 points compared before so I did very well ne!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This morning I opened it with my mum and she was really happy that I got such a good score^o^ Even I didn't study really hard and I was going out every weekend instead of studying but anyway I'm really happy happy ★　^o^&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-113023870947454556?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/113023870947454556/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=113023870947454556&amp;isPopup=true' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/113023870947454556'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/113023870947454556'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2005/10/finally.html' title='Finally'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-112964830229025163</id><published>2005-10-18T23:40:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2005-10-21T00:19:43.066+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Cute old lady</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/1600/rice1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/320/rice1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/1600/rice23.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/320/rice23.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/1600/2005082818281.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/320/200508281828.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My daily life is going well...I think. The other day I was delivering medicine to people who can't move from their house. (as I mentioned before...) I was driving my car and I saw an old lady who comes to our pharmacy. She was walking and I didn't know where she lives so I stopped the car and asked the old lady where she was going to. And she said she missed a bus to go back home so she decided to work to her house. But Her house is far far from there. It's pretty close to the mountain(but the mountain is more like a hill). Maybe it will take a couple of hours for her to go back home so I decided to give her a lift. Obviously she is an old lady,she walks really slow...&lt;br /&gt;I've known her for a while and she is kind of deaf but she is a cute old lady so I like her^o^&lt;br /&gt;When we talk,I have to speak loud but I love her smiling face. Anyway on the way she talked with me abouy missing her bus. When we arrived her house,she started opening her bags and there were loads of fruits in her bags. Then she gave them all to me and her bags were empty.She was really happy that I gave her a lift. It was last Friday.... Today she came to my pharmacy and gave me a bag of grapes. I think they were from her house. She didn't need to do that but she said thank you again to me and she said she wants me to give her lift again,If it will happen again like that.&lt;br /&gt;I will be happy to give her a lift again. &lt;br /&gt;If you are nice to the other people, they will make you happy.&lt;br /&gt;Actually she made me happy. I just gave her a lift,she was really happy so I'm glad that I make somebody happy.... Before I thought that I couldn't make somebody happy but she encouraged me and gave me a confidence. I think I'm mentally stronger than before....probably. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hope that everybody understand my CRAP english &gt;__&lt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-112964830229025163?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/112964830229025163/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=112964830229025163&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/112964830229025163'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/112964830229025163'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2005/10/cute-old-lady.html' title='Cute old lady'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-112912411388879836</id><published>2005-10-12T22:07:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2005-10-12T22:35:13.903+09:00</updated><title type='text'>sky(sora)</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/1600/sky.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/320/sky.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/1600/sky3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/320/sky3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you help or be nice to other people,it will make you really happy.&lt;br /&gt;It makes your day even better, especially when you feel clap these days...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-112912411388879836?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/112912411388879836/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=112912411388879836&amp;isPopup=true' title='10000 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/112912411388879836'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/112912411388879836'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2005/10/skysora.html' title='sky(sora)'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>10000</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-112844202469331162</id><published>2005-10-05T01:01:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2005-10-05T01:07:04.706+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Have you ever....???</title><content type='html'>Have you ever seen a shooting star?? I saw tonight just half an hour ago...&lt;br /&gt;I was just sitting outside and looking up the sky... There are loads of stars in the &lt;br /&gt;sky. The sky is clear so just few clouds... And suddenly I saw shooting star^o^&lt;br /&gt;I had never seen it before so I was impressed. I think I was very lucky to see it!!!&lt;br /&gt;There was line from up to down not left to right or right to left...but I saw it today!!! Amazing o^o^o&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-112844202469331162?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/112844202469331162/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=112844202469331162&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/112844202469331162'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/112844202469331162'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2005/10/have-you-ever.html' title='Have you ever....???'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-112783241357030774</id><published>2005-09-27T23:27:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2005-09-28T20:07:40.370+09:00</updated><title type='text'>ine(rice) Part 2</title><content type='html'>Somebody who left the commnet of my photo....THANK YOU VERY MUCH and I really apprecitate that^o^ These days I really enjoy taking photo of rice field!!!&lt;br /&gt;Not right now but I'm thinking to buy a degital camera in a few months.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last Sunday I went to Aomori-city to take TOEIC exam... I'm not sure I can get good score this time but I can say that listening was not too bad.I understood most of it. I thougth listening was pretty easy but Reading was...??? They were 100 questions about listening and 100 for Reading. First you do listening for 45 mins and 1 hour and 15 mins for Reading.They are 900 points for the total. Last time I took that it wasn't too bad but this time I can't say. Cos I didn't have enough time to think carefully for the all questions of Reading. But I did answered all the questions... I will know my result in a month so let's see... SCARY INDEED....&gt;_&lt; Hope that I did very well!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/1600/yuuyake2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/320/yuuyake1.JPG" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/1600/green2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/320/green.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/1600/ine4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/320/ine4.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/1600/ine22.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/320/ine2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/1600/ine52.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/320/ine5.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hope that everybody enjoy my photo!!!^o^&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PS Hugh, Thank you very much for helping about photos!!! ^o^&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-112783241357030774?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/112783241357030774/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=112783241357030774&amp;isPopup=true' title='823 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/112783241357030774'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/112783241357030774'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2005/09/inerice-part-2.html' title='ine(rice) Part 2'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>823</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-112721436994085927</id><published>2005-09-20T19:59:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2005-09-20T21:33:16.116+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Days</title><content type='html'>My day has been a crap these days but when I see the amazing view with mountain, I'm happy and think myself I have a tomorrow to survive...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These 3 photos doesn't look good but when I saw these, they were amazing..&lt;br /&gt;I hope you enjoy!!!^o^&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/1600/200509161817.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/400/200509161817.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/1600/200509161816.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/400/200509161816.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/1600/ph.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/400/ph.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So what do you think of these??? Did you enjoy??? ^o^&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-112721436994085927?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/112721436994085927/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=112721436994085927&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/112721436994085927'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/112721436994085927'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2005/09/days.html' title='Days'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-112669878593930586</id><published>2005-09-14T20:35:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2005-09-14T20:54:26.826+09:00</updated><title type='text'>ine(rice)</title><content type='html'>In Hiraka, There are loads of rice field and apple trees. I go to a delivery at least 3 times a week. Every time I go, I take a photo of the rice field and apple trees. I took some today but as I said before, the quality is not good but...&gt;__&lt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/1600/ine2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/400/ine2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The path:Can you see the colour difference compared with a previous one??&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/1600/ap.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/400/ap.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Can you see a red parts?? These are apples...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/1600/hiraka1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/400/hiraka1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;sky 2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love the countryside INDEED!!!^o^&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-112669878593930586?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/112669878593930586/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=112669878593930586&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/112669878593930586'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/112669878593930586'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2005/09/inerice.html' title='ine(rice)'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-112652971300678664</id><published>2005-09-12T21:25:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2005-09-12T21:55:13.016+09:00</updated><title type='text'>...???</title><content type='html'>I'm going to take TOEIC(Test of English for International COmmunication) on 25th of September so that means in 2 weeks. Have you heard of this before??? I was talking with my friend the other day but she didn't know it. She is from America and I thought TOEIC was really famous in there but it wasn't.... &lt;br /&gt;Anyway I haven't studied really hard for that. I don't feel like studying at all... But If I get a good score,It would help to get to another job... I know it will help me a lot. It's not cheap to take this exam and I paid for this about 6000yen. I guess I'm going to waste of the money... &gt;__&lt; What am I doing??&lt;br /&gt;I was going to study last night but while I was checking emails and blogs, Hugh was in MSN Messangers so we were chatting for a while then started talking each other but it was really good to talk with him. I didn't feel that Hugh is in Canada. I felt really close to him. We were talking for a hour and he made me happy^o^ &lt;br /&gt;These days Technology is amazing, isn't it?? The voice was really clearly to talk^o^&lt;br /&gt;Hugh has been lazy and not doing too much...hahahah o^o^o &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These days I've been thinking about is to go somewhere...I mean not in Japan. &lt;br /&gt;I really want to go to Combodia. I was thinking of going to Canada 2 days ago to see Hugh. I miss him but all I want to do is going somewhere in the world.&lt;br /&gt;And I don't think it's good idea to keep working in the stupid pharmacy. I like my job and talk with old people makes me happy and relax... &lt;br /&gt;But I was looking for a job through the internet but all the interesting job is in Tokyo but I don't want to live there. I alredy lived there for 2 years and I think 2 years enough to live. I didn't like countryside before but now I'm working countryside and countryside is a great. Clear sky, rice field, apple trees and nice people.... I guess I'm getting older. I never though this before but here I am.&lt;br /&gt;I'm definetely getting older...&gt;__&lt; I just want to run away from the real world...I think.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think my all sentences are mixed up.... like my mind. Apologise desu...&gt;__&lt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-112652971300678664?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/112652971300678664/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=112652971300678664&amp;isPopup=true' title='1605 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/112652971300678664'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/112652971300678664'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2005/09/blog-post.html' title='...???'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1605</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-112558582025472751</id><published>2005-09-01T23:36:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2005-09-05T20:24:57.766+09:00</updated><title type='text'>It's not good but....</title><content type='html'>Photos I've been taking these days....(as I said I used my mobile phone so I think it's not good quality but I hope every body enjoy^o^)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/1600/ine.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/400/ine.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I work in a countryside and surrounding by rice field. It's nealy done...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/1600/200508281828.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/400/200508281828.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Is it amazing sky????????????????????&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-112558582025472751?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/112558582025472751/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=112558582025472751&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/112558582025472751'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/112558582025472751'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2005/09/its-not-good-but.html' title='It&apos;s not good but....'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-112558132820415227</id><published>2005-09-01T23:30:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2005-09-01T23:29:32.390+09:00</updated><title type='text'>missing somebody...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/1600/IMG_3473.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/400/IMG_3473.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My best male friend of the world went back to Canada last Saturday...&lt;br /&gt;I think everybody already wrote about Mr Skinny legs but I have to write about him as well...T_T&lt;br /&gt;I think he is my best male friend who I've never had before. I've known him for a couple of years but in a year we got really close to each other and we spent every weekend drinking together or going to Onsen. Sometimes he cooked us a nice BINBANGBON. I wanted to eat for the last time in Hirosaki but he didn't cook it.&lt;br /&gt;I really miss that...&gt;_&lt; Nobody cooked perfectly like Hughy!!! I don't know where he is now but he left Japan on 31th of August. He must be Canada now...maybe^o^&lt;br /&gt;I want to visit Canada someday and He promised me that If I go to Canada, He will take care of me!!! So I have a sugar daddy in Canada^o^ &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since He left we went out with everybody but I feel strange that he isn't here any more. I guess we used to hung out all the time so... I really miss Hugh INDEED!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hughy...Please please come back sooooooon&gt;_&lt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-112558132820415227?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/112558132820415227/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=112558132820415227&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/112558132820415227'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/112558132820415227'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2005/09/missing-somebody.html' title='missing somebody...'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-112488225214488175</id><published>2005-08-24T20:12:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2005-08-24T20:17:32.153+09:00</updated><title type='text'>sky</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/1600/photo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/400/photo.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These days  when I go home from work, always sky looks really amazing. So I took a photo today with using my mobile phone... but I think my mobile phone isn't really good so I can't take really nice one... but What do you think???&lt;br /&gt;If I had a degital camera, I could take clear and nice photo..&lt;br /&gt;Two days ago's sky was really good. When I finished it looked really red and befutiful. I took a photo of it but I took it with my normal camera so I can't show you but today it looked really nice too. These days I just take a photo of sky everyday.... If you take some, Please show me some...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-112488225214488175?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/112488225214488175/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=112488225214488175&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/112488225214488175'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/112488225214488175'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2005/08/sky.html' title='sky'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-112376097086444939</id><published>2005-08-11T20:22:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2005-08-23T22:42:49.056+09:00</updated><title type='text'>でぶ(fat)</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/1600/jacket_m2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/400/jacket_m1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/1600/jacket_m1.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/1600/jacket_m.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;I've not written for ages now and I was really lazy to write a blog &gt;_&lt; &lt;p&gt;First week of Ausgust were the festival week so I just kept drinking except Thursday and now here I am. Because of the drinking almost everyday I put the weight so I've started going to the gym. I've been there just twice so far but I want to keep going. Amazingly I'm fat..... I'm like a pregnant T_T Seriously I have to do something with me....&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Everybody, Let's exersise!!!!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-112376097086444939?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/112376097086444939/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=112376097086444939&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/112376097086444939'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/112376097086444939'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2005/08/fat.html' title='でぶ(fat)'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-112238905405587677</id><published>2005-07-26T22:42:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2005-07-26T23:46:20.493+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Traditional Part 2</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/1600/03034251.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/320/0303425.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;In winter, The weight of snow will be 100t on the roof but there is no problem to support that much heavy snow. The roof has a special structure. I can't explain perfectly so there is perfect explanation of the roof : &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Thick A-frame crossbeams support the Gassho style roof. The edge of this the crossbeams were acuminate. It is called "Komajiri". The Komajiri attached to the hole of A-frame beam, and build many A-frame crossbeams for one roof. These equilateral triangle A-frame crossbeams disperse the barycenter to right and left, and keep the balance of stable structure. For reinforcing the A-frame crossbeams, crossbars "yanaka" and length bars "taguri" were through outside of A-frame, and also add diagona braces then top out the skeletal structure. It uses flexible wood hamamelis, called "sone", to tie "yanaka" and "taguri". The "sone" is also used for forming the ridge with thatchs.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This roof is completely tight and the length is 1m. It it rains, rain is going to change to a glue. That's why rain never drop inside the house. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Inside the house, they use different wood. There are 6 kinds of wood which is cypress for the floor, pine(Hime-komatu) is for the pillar, katura(I don't know how to say in English), Zelkova tree and Japanese cedar. Is it amazing?? It depends on where you are using fort. I thought this house is a valuable INDEED!!! Of course this is the world heritage!!!  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-112238905405587677?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/112238905405587677/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=112238905405587677&amp;isPopup=true' title='11 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/112238905405587677'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/112238905405587677'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2005/07/traditional-part-2.html' title='Traditional Part 2'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-112195481313483828</id><published>2005-07-21T19:07:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2005-07-25T23:38:59.700+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Traditional Part 1</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/1600/P10000861.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/320/P10000861.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/1600/Dscf23421.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Have you ever seen this kind of house before??&lt;br /&gt;I've just seen it on TV but I would like to see a real house!!&lt;br /&gt;These house called "Gasshou-dukuri". Gasshou means the structure that supports the roof. When they built these houses,they don't use any of nails. Is it amazing?? The highest house's height is 14.5m and it's a five-storied house. The roof is made of a thatch.&lt;br /&gt;From April to June,it will be changed to a new thatch roof. The old one is going to be used for the new way to be useful. People who lives in Shirakawa village are going to use this as a fertliser. The old one has a high food value so the field is activated.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-112195481313483828?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/112195481313483828/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=112195481313483828&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/112195481313483828'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/112195481313483828'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2005/07/traditional-part-1.html' title='Traditional Part 1'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-112117710510028433</id><published>2005-07-12T22:54:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2005-07-12T23:05:05.106+09:00</updated><title type='text'>complicated</title><content type='html'>Since last night I've started studying English again.... and Now I'm studying about ---ing or       to do.  There is one unit for --ing and two units for to do then --ing and to do, mixing one has 3 units. First units I was doing ok and what I studied today was too complicated.&lt;br /&gt;I think everybody understand this complication but I don't understand at all and it just makes me complicated and tired. So I decided to write about my complication on my blog.&lt;br /&gt;so.... Could you tell me the difference between "RECOMEND ---ing / RECOMEND to do"??&lt;br /&gt;There are two another similar complication " REGLET --ing / REGRET to do" and                        " GO ON ---ing  /GO ON to do". My grammer book shows the explanation and I kinda understand but I think it's just complicated so please somebody tell me easy explanation about these 3.  Thank you for your favour!!! ^o^&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-112117710510028433?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/112117710510028433/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=112117710510028433&amp;isPopup=true' title='11 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/112117710510028433'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/112117710510028433'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2005/07/complicated.html' title='complicated'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-112108746334623085</id><published>2005-07-11T22:07:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2005-07-11T22:11:03.350+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Child dream</title><content type='html'>I think everbody had a dream when we were child. The dream what you wanted to be....&lt;br /&gt;I mean not a job dream what kind of person you wanted to be....&lt;br /&gt;Every time I see children,I envy them because they have loads of possibility to do everything they want to do or be.... I'm too old to do anything. I wish I were young....&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-112108746334623085?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/112108746334623085/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=112108746334623085&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/112108746334623085'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/112108746334623085'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2005/07/child-dream.html' title='Child dream'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-112099746072981604</id><published>2005-07-10T21:04:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2005-07-10T21:11:00.736+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Change a life....</title><content type='html'>Have you ever thought of changing your life before??&lt;br /&gt;My new years resolution was to change my life this year and I've been thinking of this for a long time now but I don't know how to change it then I've found out that If I stay in the same place,I will never be able to change my life so I'm thinking to move somewhere else....&lt;br /&gt;If I work in the same place and live with my parents, it won't change anything...      &lt;br /&gt;Don't you think??  I'm starting to find a new job somewhere in Japan... and it would be nice where I don' t know anybody. Is it good idea?? Finally I have to be independent from my parents.  Behave like 27 years old.... hopefully&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-112099746072981604?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/112099746072981604/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=112099746072981604&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/112099746072981604'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/112099746072981604'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2005/07/change-life.html' title='Change a life....'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-112048344202949041</id><published>2005-07-04T22:20:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2005-07-04T22:24:02.036+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Raining Biking</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/1600/ireland_2_2003_208_s_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/400/ireland_2_2003_208_s_1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/1600/ireland_2_2003_208_s_.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today I went to work by bike. Now we are in a rainy season. This morning was kind cool but it wasn't raning so I decided to bike. It wasn't a lovely day to bike but I've been biking before and another day was wonderful to bike and I was glad that I biked to work. I started to work from 10 am today and few hours later it started raining. Then it stopped,raining,stopped and raining.&lt;br /&gt;Around 3 pm(I think...) It kept raining but I hope that it would have stopped when I was going back home but It didn't. I could take a train or I could ask my pharmacist to give me a lift but I wasn't bothered. Even I wasn't bothered to hold an umbrealla to ride a bike so when I arrived home,I was completely wet. My bag,trousers,T-shirts and shoes so It means everything. But one thing didn't get wet. That is my lovely i-pod mini (Christmas present).&lt;br /&gt;While I was cycling, a rain drops kept coming into my eyes so If I had a goggle, raining biking would be more nicer...I think. It was good to bike while it's raining ^o^&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ps Hughy, Thank you for teaching me how to attatch the photo. I'm having "A" fun ^o^&lt;br /&gt;     I wish I had a degital camera.... &gt;_&lt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-112048344202949041?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/112048344202949041/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=112048344202949041&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/112048344202949041'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/112048344202949041'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2005/07/raining-biking.html' title='Raining Biking'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-112021234657982651</id><published>2005-07-04T00:25:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2005-07-04T00:26:01.443+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Cambodia</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/1600/reflection_angkor_wat.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6678/979/320/reflection_angkor_wat.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Few days ago I was looking at TrekEarth.... I found one photo from Cambodia and I don't remember what kind of photo was that but I don't know I felt wierd. Then I searched Cambodia in TrekEarth and I looked at the photos were taken there.&lt;br /&gt;Before looking at those photos,I've been interested in there. Of course World heritage Angkor Wat. Have you been there before?? If I could get 1 or 2 weeks holiday,my first travel plan will be there to see the world helitage Angkor Wat!!! I told my friend that I want to go there but she said it will be a dangerous to go there. If I could,I want to go by myself. I wish I could get a long holiday to go travel to my dream country Cambodia....&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-112021234657982651?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/112021234657982651/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=112021234657982651&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/112021234657982651'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/112021234657982651'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2005/07/cambodia.html' title='Cambodia'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-111979400074899688</id><published>2005-06-26T22:47:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2005-06-26T22:53:20.753+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Are you...???</title><content type='html'>S・T・R・O・N・O・G??? Be strong??? Are you strong??&lt;br /&gt;Be strong, be tough.... Are you???&lt;br /&gt;I'm absolutely sure that I'm not.... How can I be???&lt;br /&gt;What do I need?? experience?? study??? watch more news?? knowledge of something??&lt;br /&gt;It's difficult to be strong person.....isn't it??&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-111979400074899688?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/111979400074899688/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=111979400074899688&amp;isPopup=true' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111979400074899688'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111979400074899688'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2005/06/are-you.html' title='Are you...???'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-111944286135346206</id><published>2005-06-22T20:58:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2005-06-22T21:21:01.356+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Biking</title><content type='html'>Since yesterday I've started cycling to my work. I work in Hiraka where it takes about 20 minutes from my house by car. On Sunday I went to Iwaki by bike. It was lovely day and we decided to bike there. It took 2 hours..I think. We went to Iwakisou(Top 3 in Aomori) It was really nice to be there after biking 2 hours.&lt;br /&gt;Anyway since Sunday I started thinking of biking to my work place. It's been 2 days and I'm doing pretty good. I've got little tanned and it's a good excersise so maybe I can get slim.^o^ ^o^ I want to keep biking as long as possible INDEED!!! It takes 30 or 40 minutes. not too bad,huh?? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PS I'm also writing about Pest in the sea..Part 2.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-111944286135346206?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/111944286135346206/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=111944286135346206&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111944286135346206'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111944286135346206'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2005/06/biking.html' title='Biking'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-111884452887437840</id><published>2005-06-15T23:06:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2005-06-15T23:11:10.246+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Convent</title><content type='html'>http://www.guadaluperesidence.com/&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As some people knows,When I was living in Ireland(Dublin),I used to live in convent.&lt;br /&gt;I hope everybody enjoy with it!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-111884452887437840?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/111884452887437840/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=111884452887437840&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111884452887437840'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111884452887437840'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2005/06/convent.html' title='Convent'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-111876081086363896</id><published>2005-06-14T23:50:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2005-06-14T23:53:30.866+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Pest in the sea...Part 1</title><content type='html'>There is a TV program on Sunday night about what has changed in the world.&lt;br /&gt;I quite like it so I try to watch every Sunday. If you watch it, you will think about an environment of the earth. I’ve seen it and think about what I can do for the earth….&lt;br /&gt;I thought about it but no idea at all &gt;_&lt; At least I’m thinking about it so it’s good, isn’t it??? ^o^ &lt;br /&gt;Anyway last Sunday was about Ballast Water in Tasmania and Japan. Do you know it??? I didn’t have any idea of this and never heard of it before. I don’t have any knowledge of this but I looked up a dictionary and it says that to keep a vessel to be stable. Do you know what I’m talking about?? Anyway if you have a ballast water in your vessel, your boat is never going to sink down to the sea.(I’m not sure this is right explanation of it but…)&lt;br /&gt;Every vessel has a Ballast Water and one vessel leaves from Japan to Australia. Japanese vessel carries it and when it arrives there, they throw it there.&lt;br /&gt;Because instead of it, they will freight with something.     &lt;br /&gt;What’s happened if you throw it? &lt;br /&gt;The ballast water included with loads of plankton. Tasmania’s fishery is scallop, I think.&lt;br /&gt;So because of the plankton from Japan, now there are loads of starfish(Japanese starfish). Japanese starfish eats scallop so Tasmania fishermen can’t get scallop any more so some fishermen have to quit the job. Could you understand so far???.&lt;br /&gt;Sorry the story is going to finish in the middle but it’s too difficult to write about it so please forgive me…. I will write tomorrow or the day after tomorrow…&lt;br /&gt;And I want to know that everybody understand this or now… please let me know…&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-111876081086363896?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/111876081086363896/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=111876081086363896&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111876081086363896'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111876081086363896'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2005/06/pest-in-seapart-1.html' title='Pest in the sea...Part 1'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-111832822724528927</id><published>2005-06-09T23:14:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2005-06-09T23:45:38.936+09:00</updated><title type='text'>フーリガン</title><content type='html'>How do I say "フーリガン" in English?? Fooligan???&lt;br /&gt;Last night I went a sports bar with Steph. Of course we wanted to watch Japan against N Korea. When we got there,maybe there were 15 people there.It's not a really big pub but... anyway when we got there, the game was already started.&lt;br /&gt;We managed to sit down and another guys were stangind on the sofa and watching the game. It was kind a packed.... We started drinking beer and watching it. First we goaled then everybody was cheered and loud. Then really the end we got the other goal. We won so we can go to the World Cup in Germany!!! o^o^o Then a master in the pub started surving champang and lads in the pub getting really mad and shaking the champang bottle and threw the beer to each other so the pub was mess. Everybody got really drunk and crazy...I think except me. One guy,I guess he was really happy that we won so he started kissing around the guy's cheek. Anyway everybody were singing and two guys started to do pro wrestling then next they were fighting and two guys were really drunk so getting really aggressive. They were fighting for at least three hours. Another guys were trying to stop them but he was kind a big guy so 3 or 4 guys were trying to hold him. I don't know what's happened in the end but Steph and I stayed in the pub. Fighting guy were outside...&lt;br /&gt;It was really tough night and as Steph said exausted. Just one night too much things happened. I've seen the fighting in Dublin but I was never involved. I say it was good experience to see the other world what I have never involved. But Stupid guys.&lt;br /&gt;I'm not sure everybody understand my english but loads of things happed one night.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No problem Steph!!! I had "A" fun as well ^o^&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ps I apologise my crap English.... &gt;_&lt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-111832822724528927?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/111832822724528927/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=111832822724528927&amp;isPopup=true' title='622 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111832822724528927'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111832822724528927'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2005/06/blog-post.html' title='フーリガン'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>622</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-111824804312949160</id><published>2005-06-09T01:22:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2005-06-09T01:28:45.000+09:00</updated><title type='text'>2-0</title><content type='html'>We kicked North Korea's ass o^o^o (If I'm rude to use this sentence...apologise)&lt;br /&gt;We are going to Germany INDEEDy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! &lt;br /&gt;^o^ ^o^ ^o^ ^o^ ^o^ ^o^ ^o^ ^o^ ^o^ ^o^ ^o^ ^o^ ^o^ &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And there is the other story that I want to write about but... It's really late now and I'm better go to bed so... night night,sleep tight, make sure the bed bugs don't bite....(perfect this time...)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-111824804312949160?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/111824804312949160/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=111824804312949160&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111824804312949160'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111824804312949160'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2005/06/2-0.html' title='2-0'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-111763529020388101</id><published>2005-06-08T00:06:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2005-06-08T00:06:58.846+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Countries</title><content type='html'>How many countries have you been??&lt;br /&gt;I think I’ve been 9 countries. As you can see I’ve been to New Zealand,China,London,Spain,France,Germany,Ireland,Andorra and on the way to go to Dublin,I stopped at Kuala Lumpur. I think I can count as one country, right??&lt;br /&gt;Of course I’m in Japan so actually I’ve been to 10 countries. No, I’ve been to Hawaii as well so 11 countries…. ^o^ Where is Hawaii??? I don't know where....&lt;br /&gt;(Even I've been there once,I don't know where it is...)&lt;br /&gt;There are many many many many many many many many countries I want to go....&lt;br /&gt;First of all I want to go the countries all around Europe. &lt;br /&gt;Definetely I want to visit my second home Ireland again... Bulmers..&lt;br /&gt;On 27th of May, we went out with Hugh's dad. Hugh's dad is the best dad in the world. He is cool and He inspired me a lot.... He's been loads of countries and we all heard about Hugh's dad's adventure. It was really interesting INDEED!!!&lt;br /&gt;That's why I've been thinking of travelling around the world. If I could,It would be cool to travel around to meet a people who I've never met.... Especially I work in the countryside so made me think that I want to see another world!!! I'm not saying that working countryside isn't bad at all. People are kind and friendly. But sometimes you feel bored cos there are just rice fields and mountains. Ah one more things,of course there is an Apple trees!!! Anyway when you start something,what you need is the money. Money,money,money..... &gt;_&lt; If I save enough money to travel around the world,I would be an old lady T_T As long as I'm alive,I would like to visit countries as much as I can!!! I look forward to seeing another world ^o^&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-111763529020388101?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/111763529020388101/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=111763529020388101&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111763529020388101'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111763529020388101'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2005/06/countries.html' title='Countries'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-111763531870065575</id><published>2005-06-01T23:14:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2005-06-06T20:51:50.690+09:00</updated><title type='text'>27 th Birthday</title><content type='html'>As most of people knows that in 11 days I will be 27th &gt;_&lt; &lt;br /&gt;Since couple years ago, I'm scared to celebrate my birthday. But I'm happy to receive my birthday present (^^ゞ&lt;br /&gt;Because I'm just getting old and I don't behave like 26 years old at all.&lt;br /&gt;Maybe next year will be the same and I behave like 18 years old.&lt;br /&gt;I don't look like 26 years old as everybody said but I want them to look that I'm 26 years old.... impossible &gt;_&lt; Do you think you behave like your age??&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-111763531870065575?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/111763531870065575/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=111763531870065575&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111763531870065575'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111763531870065575'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2005/06/27-th-birthday.html' title='27 th Birthday'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-111755360024788069</id><published>2005-06-01T00:32:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2005-06-01T00:33:20.246+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Where I have been...</title><content type='html'>Please look the bottom ^o^ (一番下を見てください。）&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-111755360024788069?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/111755360024788069/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=111755360024788069&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111755360024788069'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111755360024788069'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2005/06/where-i-have-been.html' title='Where I have been...'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-111754977889139304</id><published>2005-05-31T23:19:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2005-05-31T23:29:38.896+09:00</updated><title type='text'>think</title><content type='html'>Everybody thinks every day about something....&lt;br /&gt;What do you think of the most?? &lt;br /&gt;I think about my life these days... which maybe I never find the answer.&lt;br /&gt;Do you know the answer of yours?? If somebody found the answer,I think they are lucky. And I envy them.... I think everybody will suffer to find the answer then some day I will find it... hopefully. I hope it will be soon to find out...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-111754977889139304?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/111754977889139304/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=111754977889139304&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111754977889139304'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111754977889139304'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2005/05/think.html' title='think'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-111745782759588620</id><published>2005-05-30T21:39:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2005-05-30T21:57:07.596+09:00</updated><title type='text'>La vita e bella</title><content type='html'>La vita e bella = Life is beautiful. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do you think your life is beautiful??? I don't know what kind of life is beautiful.&lt;br /&gt;Maybe If I get older,I would know what kind of life is beautiful. &lt;br /&gt;My life.... If I could,I want to smile for whole day and be kind to everybody.&lt;br /&gt;I wish I could.....&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-111745782759588620?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/111745782759588620/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=111745782759588620&amp;isPopup=true' title='17 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111745782759588620'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111745782759588620'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2005/05/la-vita-e-bella.html' title='La vita e bella'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>17</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-111702193701936208</id><published>2005-05-25T20:39:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2005-05-25T20:52:28.096+09:00</updated><title type='text'>AMAZING &gt;_&lt;</title><content type='html'>This morning my mum got a phone call from aunt who lives in Tokyo and she said my uncle's broken knee healed so he doesn't need to have a operation any more!!!&lt;br /&gt;Is it amazing?? It healed in a months... AMAZING!!! I'm really happy and now finally he can get out of the hospital....I think. Is it great?? My uncle is amazing. When you broke your something,the borne try to stick together...I think. Anyway I'm really happy for him and releaved again!!! HAPPY HAPPY^o^&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These days I've got loads of spods on my face. I wash my face twice every day.&lt;br /&gt;Normally when you are kid,you will get loads of spods or not. I didn't have any spods on my face when I was a high-school student or junior-high school. But now I have many,many,many.... HELP ME!!!! I didn't get before so maybe that's why I have loads now... I don't want it &gt;_&lt; Is there any sollutions??? If somebody knows about spods,please please let me know....&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-111702193701936208?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/111702193701936208/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=111702193701936208&amp;isPopup=true' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111702193701936208'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111702193701936208'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2005/05/amazing.html' title='AMAZING &gt;_&lt;'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-111685799000835585</id><published>2005-05-23T22:45:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2005-05-23T23:30:22.456+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Busy Tokyo weekend</title><content type='html'>Actually I went to Tokyo with my parents and we left Hirosaki on Friday. Then we left Tokyo on Saturday. We took the night bus both Friday and Saturday. So that means we left Hirosaki at 10 pm on Friday then we arrived in Tokyo around 7 am in the morning. Always it leaves at 10pm and arrives at 7am. It was really tough but it was really good to see my uncle. I thought he was really sick. I mean he is really sick but when he spoke,he was like before the uncle I know very well. Actually he broke his right knee so he can't move from his bed. He has tube from his body so he doesn't need to go to the bathroom. Basically he can't move and go anywhere.poor my uncle...&gt;_&lt; The first we got into the room,I was really upset and shocked. Because he lost his weight a lot and his tone of the voice was lower than before. When he spoke,it was kind a mobbling. I could hear clearly but.... Maybe it was because of the medicine or something but his forehead was kind a reddish black(??). It looked like a bluse. He looked totally different cos very first time I couldn't recognise him for a second. I thought I would be crying when I saw him but I was fine. Of course I cried a little but after that he told us a joke and made us laugh so I was releaved. His eye wasn't dead yet. I mean we could see that he wants to live as long as possible. I thought that he is fighting with the cancer and broken knee.He is trying to find the best solution for himself.He is thinking a lot of his sick and studying as well. &lt;br /&gt;If somebody tells you that you are going to die tomorrow or in a months. What are you going to do?? Do you just wait until you die or try to survive and live as long as possible?? (Maybe this was stupid question but a situation is like this... I think)&lt;br /&gt;Anyway my uncle he is surviving. Do you know what I mean??? I hope everybody understand what I mean... I think I need to study more harder.....crap English T_T&lt;br /&gt;Anyway we stayed in the hospital for one hour and half or two hours. Then we went to the other place called Asakusa(浅草) There was Asahi beer company so my dad wanted to go to drink real beer so went there and drunk really good beer. Before I thought that every beer taste the same but a beer I drunk was absolutely tasty INDEED!!! &lt;br /&gt;Now I can recognise what good beer is....^o^ After drinking beer we went to sennsouji(浅草寺）and there was a festival. We were lucky to see ^o^ There was too many people there but it was really good fun!! Of course I'm Japanese so I took loads of photos. Actually I haven't gone to a photo shop yet so If I go,hopefully I can attach the photo with my blog!!! &lt;br /&gt;It was really busy Tokyo weekend but It was a great to see my uncle and I drunk really tasty beer so I'm very happyです^o^&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-111685799000835585?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/111685799000835585/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=111685799000835585&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111685799000835585'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111685799000835585'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2005/05/busy-tokyo-weekend.html' title='Busy Tokyo weekend'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-111650585667618975</id><published>2005-05-19T20:53:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2005-05-19T21:30:56.680+09:00</updated><title type='text'>How many times??</title><content type='html'>Yesterday I watched the news before going to the work and an anchor woman said that Tokyo's pollen was 42 times compared with last year. Is it amazing?? 42 times.&lt;br /&gt;OH MY GOD!!! Tokyo-to was guessing that it would be around 21 times to 31 times. I have no idea about other city but my hometown was not too bad,I think... What about the other city?? I have a hay fever all around the year but I wasn't too bad. Maybe they will come later to my hometown. Scary...&gt;_&lt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I guess that everybody knows about the guy arrived in the coast of England. I'm really curious about the guy... He is a mystey pianist. Actually I read the news that he is from Poland and he is a street performer. He has a partner and his partner is looking for him in Italy. I'm just wondering that how it happened. He must have a scary experience caused being unspeakable person. What do you think where he is from???&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-111650585667618975?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/111650585667618975/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=111650585667618975&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111650585667618975'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111650585667618975'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2005/05/how-many-times.html' title='How many times??'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-111641600355884712</id><published>2005-05-18T19:58:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2005-05-18T20:36:12.786+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Well done!!!</title><content type='html'>Yesterday I had an Italian lesson with Angela and she game me a small exam. I studied before going to her house but.... First questions I had to speak the answer and the next one I had to write down. Do you remember about the last exam's score??&lt;br /&gt;I think I just got 4 answers correct but this time I've got 16 out of 20. I think I did very well INDEED!!! I'm proud of myself!!! ^o^ ^o^ ^o^ ^o^ &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last Sunday I went to the party after the wedding ceremony. We call "Nijikai"(the second party in general). It started from 7pm and I wore a pretty fancy clothes ^o^&lt;br /&gt;Anyway groom and I live near close and we hung around all the time when we were small. &lt;br /&gt;At the party there were a few people I've known so it was like a class reunion.&lt;br /&gt;There was another my childhood friend. Mostly I was talking with him about our childhood and a lot of things. We had the party in a snack bar(Normally guy goes to there because there are loads of girls surve for you and sit next to you so you can have a chat with them). The person who decided the place was a guy so.... but I had never been to the snack bar with loads of young girls so it was a good experience. The girl who is charging there was 22 years old!!! Amazing!!&lt;br /&gt;Anyway we stayed there until 10 or 11pm so after that 5 of us went to the bar to have another drink and we stayed until 1am. I had a glass of beer and after that I was just drinking water so I wasn't hammered at all. But my best friend she was absolutely drunk cos she couldn't stand by herself. She fell down at the door. In the end her boyfriend came to pick us up so she went back safely. Just Sunday I was drinking a lot so it wasn't drinking weekend. &lt;br /&gt;Next weekend I'm going to Tokyo to visit my uncle cos he is in the hospital and he is really close uncle so I'm going there with mum. He isn't in a really good form. We are leaving on Friday night to take the night bus and coming back on Sunday morning. It will be a tiring but we have to go. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway Have a nice weekend!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-111641600355884712?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/111641600355884712/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=111641600355884712&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111641600355884712'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111641600355884712'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2005/05/well-done.html' title='Well done!!!'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-111632456044293998</id><published>2005-05-17T19:04:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2005-05-17T19:11:19.250+09:00</updated><title type='text'>English question</title><content type='html'>Please write the answer...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Please help me." I  _  if  I  _  but  I _ ."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think it's really easy question but I just want to know that how many people will write the same answer...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you for your favour ^o^&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-111632456044293998?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/111632456044293998/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=111632456044293998&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111632456044293998'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111632456044293998'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2005/05/english-question.html' title='English question'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-111589667079344692</id><published>2005-05-12T20:01:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2005-05-12T20:17:50.896+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Where is the Spring??</title><content type='html'>What season is it now??? I think it should be spring but every day is not like a spring. Today was raining and cold However tomorrow will be colder than today.T_T&lt;br /&gt;Is this because of Global warming??? &lt;br /&gt;During the Golden week, the weather was perfect(nice and warm) After the Golden week,the tempreture was going down and few days ago I felt like it was in winter or automn. I need spring!!! &gt;_&lt; I really need it INDEED!!!  &lt;br /&gt;I don't know about the other country or city. What's going on the earth??&lt;br /&gt;Two years ago's summer was really cold and it didn't like summer at all then last year was really hot and humid summer. I like really hot summer but now in my hometown is not like spring so I'm scared that this summer will be a cold??? I hope not....  When it's spring. Nice and warm,I don't know why but I feel really happy and free!!! Don't you think??? And also I like the smell of spring. Do you know that each season has smell?? Maybe you think that I'm wierd but one of my friend,she can also smell it. Can you smell? I can't really explain what kind of smell is but if you are careful,you could smell it!!! ^o^ Anyway I need SPRING!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-111589667079344692?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/111589667079344692/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=111589667079344692&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111589667079344692'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111589667079344692'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2005/05/where-is-spring.html' title='Where is the Spring??'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-111573037863488829</id><published>2005-05-11T15:35:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2005-05-11T15:34:48.790+09:00</updated><title type='text'>First step of my future...</title><content type='html'>Finally I've got an idea what I want to do..... I would like to go to New Zealand to do a working-holiday!!! Since few days, a word "New Zealand" is always on my head.&lt;br /&gt;If I will do a working-holiday in the other country,my first choice would be New Zealand...maybe Cananda?? I can apply there until 30 years old so thatt means I've just got three years left but still I have an opportunity,haven't I??? I've just got the idea and I haven't decided what I want to do there(work in the airport or travel agency??). But at least I've got the idea of my future ^o^ As I said I'm thinking to take a Japanese English exam and TOEIC. If I get a good score then it will improve my english. If I study Italian really hard then I would be able to speak perfect Italian. When I go there,it will help to easy to get a job in there,won't it???&lt;br /&gt;I kinda want to work in the airport...thinking. Maybe become a Japanese teacher or traslator??? What I have to do is to study English and Italian &gt;_&lt; And also saving up money.I've been saving up 15000yen every months and I've started since last September but I'm thinking to have another bank account to save up 10000yen every months. I can save up the money quicker ^o^ ^o^ Anyway I'm happy that I've got the idea at least.....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today I've finished workin at half 12 then I had a lunch with my mum.&lt;br /&gt;I rarely work just in the morning... but If I finish earlier,I would be really happy cos I have loads of the time to do things,haven't I??? Tonight I'm going to study English and Italian. I will be a hard worker INDEED!!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-111573037863488829?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/111573037863488829/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=111573037863488829&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111573037863488829'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111573037863488829'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2005/05/first-step-of-my-future.html' title='First step of my future...'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-111565273852213860</id><published>2005-05-10T00:17:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2005-05-10T00:32:18.596+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Sit ups...tough</title><content type='html'>Since 4 days ago,I've been doing sit-ups because as I wrote that I felt fat.&lt;br /&gt;I do 50 every day but sometimes I did 100 sit-ups. And also I have a weights so I use them. Sometimes I dance in my room by myself for the exercise. Am I wierd??&lt;br /&gt;Maybe it's not like a dance... It's like a aerobics,I say. I have a big belly for a long time but this time I'm serious to lose my big belly!!! During the Golden week I ate loads of munches..&gt;_&lt; Today I also ate crisps as well. I want to stop eating crisps then maybe it's easy to lose weight..??? &lt;br /&gt;Anyway I've been doing a sit-ups for 4 days and I want to keep doing it!!!&lt;br /&gt;Normally I started doing sit-ups,I would quit for 3 days.... I've never be able to continue so this time I want to keep doing it!!! Guys,Summer is coming so work hard!!! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This time my blog is really short. Normally when I write,I thought that I have to write a long blog but It's not necessary to write long one,is it???&lt;br /&gt;Anyway Golden week is finished so I've started studying as well. Hopefully I'm going to take Japanese English exam and TOEIC. So I will study Monday to Thursday definetely. I need a break at the weekend. ^o^ ^o^&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-111565273852213860?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/111565273852213860/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=111565273852213860&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111565273852213860'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111565273852213860'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2005/05/sit-upstough.html' title='Sit ups...tough'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-111556198756870617</id><published>2005-05-08T22:50:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2005-05-08T23:50:27.053+09:00</updated><title type='text'>How was your Gloden week??</title><content type='html'>Most people got a long holiday but I had just just 3 days(3rd,4th,5th of May) off.. T_T Even I was working,I feel like it's like a long long weekend...&lt;br /&gt;I did loads of things since 29th of Apr. Most of the evening I went out and got drunk. But also I went to climb Mt.Iwaki twice. After climbing I needed to go to a onsen to massage of my whole body. I went there.After that we went to a Onsen and I did massage then next day my body moved like normal not like a robot. The second time I went to climb,I went to Onsen as well!!! It's like a set menu now INDEED!!&lt;br /&gt;My oldest brother family came on 30th of Apr. So my house was really busy and noisy. They have 2 sons and 1 daughter. They woke up early in the morning and started running around the house so I couldn't get a good sleep even on Sunday.... Normally Sunday is a resting day but that day I woke up half 8am. Anyway we went to the park to see the cherry blossom. It was a beautiful and lovely. The weather was perfect,sunny and warm!!! 3rd of May as I wrote alreday. 4th I went to climb mountain again. In the evening I went to the park with Luke and after that I met up with my best friend and her friends.I was at her house until 4am.I wasn't drinking at all. Amazing?? 5th Angela's mum and her younger sister were in Hirosaki so I met up with them and I was meant to be a translator but I didn't do my work at all and we did a flower arrangement. I had a really good time but Angela asked me to be a translator but I wasn't so I feel guilty about it. Sorry Angela..... &gt;_&lt;&lt;br /&gt;After the flower arrangement we went Nara Yoshitomo exhibition. Have you every heard of him?? He is from Hirosaki. He lives in Germany and I think He is kinda famous in Europe....  In the evening my aunt, uncle and my cousins were at my house to have a dinner together. There were 15 people all together.It's good to see them for a long time. 6th Steph and Hugh were coming back to Hirosaki so I went to the airport to pick them up then we went to see everybody to get drunk!!! First we went a really old fashoned Japanese Izakaya and after that we went to Karaoke. I was pretty drunk so next day went to work and got a take it easy night by myself. I was meant to go out with my best friend and her friends but she got a cold so just stayed in...&lt;br /&gt;I've been drinking and eating a lot so from tomorrow I will go on a diet. I feel fat so tomorrow night I'm going to the gym. I need a excersise!!! &lt;br /&gt;Work hard everybody!!! Starting of boring weekeday....Crap &gt;_&lt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-111556198756870617?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/111556198756870617/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=111556198756870617&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111556198756870617'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111556198756870617'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2005/05/how-was-your-gloden-week.html' title='How was your Gloden week??'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-111505422771443657</id><published>2005-05-03T01:37:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2005-05-03T02:17:07.716+09:00</updated><title type='text'>New technology DEGITAL CAMERA</title><content type='html'>How many people have it got??? I think the most people has it but I haven't got it.... I went to the electric store to see a degital camera tonight.If you want to buy a good one then of course you have to pay loads of money.... Since I've started this blog,I thought it's good idea to have it then I can add a photo with my post....&lt;br /&gt;As you know I bought clothes this months so I can't afford to buy one but maybe next months...??? When I was in Dublin,I bought a Cannon one but it's obviously not a degital one.... I think when I was there...They hadn't exsisted yet. I think I bought a good one at that time... But now If you go to the shop,You could see everywhere. Plus everybody has it so I feel like buying one &gt;_&lt; Should I buy it???&lt;br /&gt;If you go travelling then you could take loads of photo without changing the film.&lt;br /&gt;THe other hand the degital one you need to re-charge it... But obviously the degital one is better than the normal camera,isn't it?? What shuld I do??? Shall I buy it??? Do I really need it??? &gt;_&lt; another problem.... How many problems have I got it??&lt;br /&gt;Tooo mannnnnnnnnyyyyyyyy T_T&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tonight I saw a film called Veronica Guerin that I was talking about previous posts.&lt;br /&gt;Do you remember?? The film was not too bad.Maybe I expected too much... I was just really happy to hear the Irish accent ^o^ ^o^ Cate Blanchett was the main character and she is from Australia(I think....) but she spoke with a perfect Irish accent.Amzing!!! She was just perfect!!! That was really grate about this film. I relly love the Irish accent and Of course they filmed in Ireland(especially in Dublin) so I could see the city centre of Dublin. While I was watching it,I was in Dublin as well!!! I miss the time I was in Dublin and had a great fun(mostly drinking at the weekend and going to the night club. Dancing.)When I was in Dublin,I could say the best time in my life. ^o^ Maybe I'm here in Japan stucking with dead-end job and I was in the other country did the things I had never done before in my life... That's why I think that was my best time ever.... I want to have a new life... like a brand new life...If I could reset my life.... which never gonna happen &gt;_&lt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-111505422771443657?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/111505422771443657/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=111505422771443657&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111505422771443657'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111505422771443657'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2005/05/new-technology-degital-camera.html' title='New technology DEGITAL CAMERA'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-111461588997544869</id><published>2005-04-27T23:58:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2005-04-28T00:31:29.976+09:00</updated><title type='text'>What is your favourite film???</title><content type='html'>Tonight I've watched Kill Bill vol 2 but I didn't really get the story though...&lt;br /&gt;Have you every seen?? In the end,It's like the title KILL BILL. So what??&lt;br /&gt;(I borrowed loads of DVD from Hugh so now I have loads of film to watch. ^o^)&lt;br /&gt;One scene She took Elle's eye off and stumped on the floor. That was absolutely discusting INDEED!!! Anyway Kill Bill is enough to watch once..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Have you every seen Life is Beautiful?? I love this film and of course it's Italian film so more good(I don't think more good doesn't make any sence,does it?? I just traslated Japnese into English and this is Akigo^o^) This film is top 5 of me!!!&lt;br /&gt;If anybody hasn't seen it, You have to watch it!! I will guarantee you and everybody loves this film!!! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I was in Dublin, there was cinema called "Irish Film Centre". They always showed minor film like Japanese,Norwegian,French,Spanish etc... Basically it's not a Hallywood film. I used to go there pretty often. I think minor film is more intresting than Hallywood film. Yes, I admit that some Hallywood film is good. The film I've seen there is a homey atomosphere... I mean it's bossible to happen in a real life. Do you know what I mean?? Sorry I can'T explain perfectly but what I want to say is minor film is more intersting than Hallywood film...I think.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is one film I really want to watch is Veronical Guerin. She was a juournalist in Ireland and She mostly wrote about Irish Mafia. She was always in danger situation but I think she was really brave so she tried to do danger things to write better column. Unfortunately she got killed by somebody related to the mafia...&lt;br /&gt;I've read the book but I haven't seen the film yet.... I always wanted to lent a film but my friend didn't want to see it so I haven't got a chance to watch it. I don't have a video player or DVD player so I'm not sure when I can watch it....&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-111461588997544869?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/111461588997544869/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=111461588997544869&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111461588997544869'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111461588997544869'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2005/04/what-is-your-favourite-film.html' title='What is your favourite film???'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-111452656072545608</id><published>2005-04-26T23:13:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2005-04-26T23:42:40.726+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Viva la Italiana</title><content type='html'>Every Monday night from 0:30am There is a tv programme about learning Italian.&lt;br /&gt;I try to watch every Monday and learn Italian. Also There is a English ev programme as well but I'm not interested in watching it Because I speak PERFECT English so I don't need it. ^o^ Anyway I watched last night as well then I have a dreams. I have loads of dreams but... I've found another one. I want to go to Italy to live there for a while and learn Italian!!! I've never been to Italy so I definetely want to go there!!! Have you every been??? If you have,Where did you go???&lt;br /&gt;I nevery though that but When I was watching last night,I don't know why but I really feel like going there to learn Italian.... It will be nice,won't it??&lt;br /&gt;So now I have a new dream so I have to work it out Baby!!! ^o^ ^o^&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hadn't bought a clothes for a long long time because I couldn't afford it but today I went shopping!!! v^o^v I bought two pairs of skirts and camisole(proper clothes).I am Very very happy INDEED!!! I couldn't help it!!! Last Sunday I went to Sakurano with Hugh and Steph. I found a really nice skits and camisole and they were always on my mind so today I went to buy it!!! They are really nice and cute!!!&lt;br /&gt;HAPPY HAPPY v^o^v&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today I went to Tsutaya and I bought a book about getting license about my future job. I haven't read yet but I will have a look and think about my future plan...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's not New years but I make my resolution now....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WILL.... Study English and Italian every day,think before I'm going to say,&lt;br /&gt;         read a book every day,being generousity,work hard,change my life&lt;br /&gt;         help my mum to do the housework,be matured,think about my future&lt;br /&gt;         seriously,clean my room every weekend,behave(act) like 26 years old&lt;br /&gt;         &lt;br /&gt;WILL NOT.... immatured,negative,being persistent,acted like kid,being indecisive&lt;br /&gt;             be lazy,be selfish,waste of my life,untidy, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think that's it.... I want to do. I will try to improve myself!!!&lt;br /&gt;So wish me luck INDEED!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-111452656072545608?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/111452656072545608/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=111452656072545608&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111452656072545608'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111452656072545608'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2005/04/viva-la-italiana.html' title='Viva la Italiana'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-111434770787126030</id><published>2005-04-24T21:34:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2005-04-24T22:04:24.806+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Very Quiet Weekend</title><content type='html'>This weekend was really quiet one and of course this weekend was not drinking weekend as usual. Maybe I just had one pint of beer on Friday night going out with my close friends. That's the alchool I had this weekend... amazing??? On Saturday I got a day off so I went to change the winter tire to a normal tire,washed my stinky clothes and cleaned my room. Ah,I had a nap too!! ^o^ In the evening I went to Hugh's place to watch the Constantine and Big Revousky(I am not sure about the spelling though..)Have you ever seen those?? &lt;br /&gt;On Sunday I went to Hirosaki park to have a small lunch with Kate,Jamie and Hugh. Hirosaki park is a really famous of cherry blossom but they haven't bloomed yet... so we just walked around in the park and enjoyed the atomospher. This winter Hirosaki had loads of snow compared with last year so around this time last year there were loads of cherry blossoms was bloomed already but this year none so this year is late to bloom... Maybe this weekend will be great..I guess. Excited to see it!!! YES!! ^o^ ^o^ In the evening Steph,Hugh and I went to eat sushi near the Sakurano then we bumped into Erica and her cousin Brad(??). After that we went Sakurano to eat the icecream. That was LOVELY!! yammy..&lt;br /&gt;On Friday I went out with my close friends as I said. One of our friend He is going to get married on 15th of May and we are all invited to the party after the wedding party. In Japan, the wedding party in a hotel or restaurant after that we go to the bar with just close friends(We call NIJIKAI). I am invited to the party so excited to go there to cereblate him. I have to wear the fancy clothes(??)... &gt;_&lt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tomorrow will start the weekday and dead-end job starting T_T(Can you recognise this is crying sign??) This week I will start from 10am to 7pm. I prefer working early and going home early... Seriously I have to think to get another job... INDEED.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Work hard every body!!! Hugh and Steph I hope you guys will have a great fun in Aichi and looking forward to having a lovely PRESENT!! ^o^ Safe journey and miss you guys soooo much!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-111434770787126030?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/111434770787126030/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=111434770787126030&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111434770787126030'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111434770787126030'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2005/04/very-quiet-weekend.html' title='Very Quiet Weekend'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-111409318980376104</id><published>2005-04-21T23:00:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2005-04-21T23:19:49.803+09:00</updated><title type='text'>病院　Hospital</title><content type='html'>I went to the hospital after the work because Luke is in the hospital for a day.&lt;br /&gt;He had an operation today so I just wanted to see if He is ok or not...&lt;br /&gt;After he had a first operation,I went to the hospital but he was on drugs and he wasn't in a good mood at all. Today when I went there,He was really fine and very hungry so I went to the コンビ二　to get the food for especially him. He wasn't meant to eat the food tonight but I guess He insisted to the nurse then she asked to the doctor. He gave him a permisson so finally He could eat the dinner. Anyway He was very fine and lively INDEED!!! ^o^ Even we stdied Japanese together on the hospital bed... 勉強家　lukey IINDEED!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This week was really fast. The time was flying...I think. Tomorrow is alreday Friday.&lt;br /&gt;I'm pretty broke because of the drinking weekends so I will be quiet this weekend.&lt;br /&gt;Tomorrow I'm going to have a dinner with my close friends(かお、あさっち、まきちん）where ourfriend who is going to get married soon so we are just going to say congratulation to him.&lt;br /&gt;On Saturday I've got a day off so I have to change the tire and no plans yet so I guess I will take it easy this weekend...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Have a nice weekends boys and girls!!! ^o^&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-111409318980376104?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/111409318980376104/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=111409318980376104&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111409318980376104'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111409318980376104'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2005/04/hospital.html' title='病院　Hospital'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-111399709812611672</id><published>2005-04-20T20:14:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2005-04-20T20:38:27.716+09:00</updated><title type='text'>INDEPENDENT</title><content type='html'>Jan and Luke told me my English is getting better so I guess my english is no longer crap english INDEED!! Thank you lads!! I'm really happy to hear that. ^o^ ^0^&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was thinking to study english and Italian last night but in the end I was hoovering my room and waching my clothes so I didn't study at all. &lt;br /&gt;I know I am BAD INDEED. &gt;_&lt; but I did sit-ups for 50 times!! ^o^v &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My work my work my work my work my work my work....&lt;br /&gt;Again my pharmacist was kid. I don't care about her any more... She can't change so I guess I have to give up. Today was kinda busy so not too bad.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm thinking to live by myself so I asked my friend who is living in レオパレス.&lt;br /&gt;Have you ever seen a Tv advertisement?? Abou レオパレス,You just need to pay a lental fee. In Japan normally you have to pay a security deposit and reward(Do they make sense in English??) to the landload. But レオパレス, you don't need to pay those.&lt;br /&gt;I know one of my friend is living there so I asked her how much it costs to live.&lt;br /&gt;It was 50000円. She pays every months but If you have a longer contract,it will be more cheaper she said. They have all funiture, computer that you can use the internet as much as you want,bed etc. I mean you have everything in a room.&lt;br /&gt;I think it's a really big deal but I'm not sure I can afford it or not... &gt;_&lt;&lt;br /&gt;As somebody knows I have a small payment so maybe I have to start having a part-time job in the evening...??? If I want to be INDEPENDENT...&lt;br /&gt;　&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-111399709812611672?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/111399709812611672/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=111399709812611672&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111399709812611672'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111399709812611672'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2005/04/independent.html' title='INDEPENDENT'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-111391428232460299</id><published>2005-04-19T21:04:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2005-04-19T21:41:18.950+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Long long time...</title><content type='html'>It's been a long long time... I hadn't written my blog. Yes, I was  busy for drinking at the weekend. I got drunk on Friday and Saturday... &lt;br /&gt;On Sunday I went to play Badminton with my best friend, her boyfriend and his friends. I hadn't played any sports for a long time so I thought I need to do something with my body. I never really played badminton before but It was really fun to do it. We played football,valleyball,table tennis, basketball and badminton.&lt;br /&gt;We did loads of sports but we played badminton most of it. After playing badminton we went to onsen. The onsen was really small and there were loads of old people. Cos we went to the onsen in Hiraka where I work. It's enough to go there once in a lifetime. Next please.... ^o^&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The next day my body hurts everywhere and I moved like robot INDEED!! It has still hurt a little bit but it's getting better now. I think I have to do something sometimes. So maybe I will go playing badminton next Monday...I think.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I went to the Italian class today and again I'm really useless. Sorry Angela...&gt;_&lt;&lt;br /&gt;She has to teach me the same things again and again... But on Sunday her mum and yonger sister are coming to Japan so next lesson will be the 10th of May. She lend me the text book of Italian so definetely I'm going to study really hard and I want to suprise Angela!! ^o^ Anyway They are coming to Aomori so I will be a translater. It will be exciting cos I was in Ireland before so excitied to see them.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-111391428232460299?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/111391428232460299/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=111391428232460299&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111391428232460299'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111391428232460299'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2005/04/long-long-time.html' title='Long long time...'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-111349773769331052</id><published>2005-04-15T01:36:00.001+09:00</published><updated>2005-04-15T01:58:25.986+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Bou sou zoku</title><content type='html'>Today I went to Soma Romantomip's onsen with my friend.     &lt;br /&gt;It was really nice and we were there about 3hours... I think. &lt;br /&gt;I know Japanese girls are crazy.( And Steph too!!!) &lt;br /&gt;Onsening is really nice cos it's relaxing and chatting forever with your friends^-^ And I came back at Kao's place with あさっち. &lt;br /&gt;Then we were watching TV at her place. &lt;br /&gt;Suddenly We heard the sound of motorbike. &lt;br /&gt;We immideately looked at window. &lt;br /&gt;There were 5 or 6 motor bikes and 3 cars. &lt;br /&gt;They were making really big noise and driving through. &lt;br /&gt;I was really excited about it. Cos I've never seen Bousouzoku(I don't know how to explain in English... Yankees???) &lt;br /&gt;I didn't see the people but I saw the light was purple or blue. &lt;br /&gt;It was really quick.So I didn'T see much but it was really exciting night to see them. &lt;br /&gt;I asked Kao " Had you seen them before in this year?" She said"It was the first time this year" I wanted to see them closely...but it's obviously too scary. &lt;br /&gt;It was my first experience so I was really suprised and this will be my excited story for today... ^o^&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's ten to 2 am. Again I'm a nocturanl person. &lt;br /&gt;When I left her place, I was really sleepy but now I'm back at my place then I'm completely awake.... Why amn't I sleepy?? &lt;br /&gt;It was just one day I had a normal life T_T&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Tomorrow is Friday so that means my drinking weeked will start!! Yes ^0^ ^0^&lt;br /&gt;My plan for Friday is going to Magnet to get drunk and on Saturday I'm going to Steph's place to get drunk. &lt;br /&gt;As I said I will be very busy for drinking!!! &lt;br /&gt;See you and Have a nice weekend luds!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-111349773769331052?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/111349773769331052/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=111349773769331052&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111349773769331052'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111349773769331052'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2005/04/bou-sou-zoku_15.html' title='Bou sou zoku'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-111339438312445086</id><published>2005-04-13T21:11:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2005-04-13T21:13:03.123+09:00</updated><title type='text'>live in normal life</title><content type='html'>Last night I went to bed at 12 am. As usual I got one hour nap at lunch time. I didn't have Italian lesson so came back from work straight and had dinner with my family. Then I wrote my blog for one hour and there was a film "Two weeks notice" on Tv. So I watched it then I went to bed. When I wake up, It was in the morning. I was really suprised myself. Finally I can go to bed at normal time ^0^ HAPPY!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Again my pharmacist was pain in the ass. She was kid. She is 56 years old. why can't she behave like 56 years old?? (Am I talking about myself??) Anyway She made me more tired. Thank you very much.My work was alright. I didn't go to deliever so I stayed there for whole day since Monday. I don't like being there for whole day.... I want to go outside &gt;_&lt; Today's weather was raining all day long.... I don't like weekday.&lt;br /&gt;I don't feel like drinking weekday.... I want to have fun at the weekend like doing stupid things. I have never really done stupid things in my life.... Have you every done stupid things before?? I mean the most stupid things you have done...&lt;br /&gt;I'm just wondering... If you want to tell me the stupid story, you are always welcome to tell me ^o^&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-111339438312445086?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/111339438312445086/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=111339438312445086&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111339438312445086'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111339438312445086'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2005/04/live-in-normal-life.html' title='live in normal life'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-111331268078013308</id><published>2005-04-12T22:33:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2005-04-12T22:34:46.586+09:00</updated><title type='text'>How can I behave like 26 years old?</title><content type='html'>My lovely friend Jamie. You seriously Freaked me out and scared so bad. Cos I was thinking to quit my blog. I was going to ask Hugh and you not to put no more photos of me in your website. But I'm really glad that it was you.... releaved ^o^&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oggi non C'era la lezzione Italiana(Angela Doest it make sense??)I wanted to say"Today There was no Italian class" I'm not sure it's correct.....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I live with my parents. We used to live old house and small. But they built the new big house. I have never lived a new house so I love living in new house. But my older sister called me " Parasite adult"(I think it's Japanese word so I don't think it doesn't make sense in English... maybe) My parents want me to be independent and behave like an proper adult(same as my ex). As he said sometimes I'm like 16 years old kid and I don't behave 26 years old. I've know it. I try to behave like 26 years old but I don't know how I can behave and think like 26 years old. I'm going to be 27 years old in few months. Still I'm 16 years old kid. What can I do?? I'm too immatured. What should I do??&lt;br /&gt;what can I do about it?? I thought It's better to do the new things and try to things I have never done before. I don't like reading book. I read comic books sometimes.I thought I have to grow up so I strated readind book at the start like English book or Japanese one. I have read "Harry Potter" I have understood most of it but not all of them. Plus I have seen the film so I could understand what's going on. I bought 3 books of Harry Potter. &lt;br /&gt;Now I've been reading " DAVINCI CODE" Do you know??? I think this book is pretty famous. I'm reading Japanese one. Even It's Japanese, There are too many difficult vocabulary. I've been studying English every day... try every day. But at the weekend I'm busy for drinking so I can't do it. And Try not to get angry easily. I'm pretty short-tempered....  Be open-hearted and do things which people doesn't want to do it.... I'm not sure it's helping me to behave and think like 26 years old.&lt;br /&gt;But I try to be 26 years old. Do you behave like your age??&lt;br /&gt;If somebody wants to give me advise to behave like proper age, Please. I will be delighted to hear it!!! HELP MEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-111331268078013308?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/111331268078013308/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=111331268078013308&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111331268078013308'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111331268078013308'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2005/04/how-can-i-behave-like-26-years-old.html' title='How can I behave like 26 years old?'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-111322152281179447</id><published>2005-04-11T21:15:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2005-04-11T21:12:52.453+09:00</updated><title type='text'>What do you want to be???</title><content type='html'>I haven't written my blog because I was busy for drinking INDEED!!! ^o^&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First I want to say thank you to everybody who likes reading my blog! I'm really happy to read the comments and gave me a compliment. I think nobody really told me this much compliments before. Everybody gives me a confident so thank you very very much everybody!!! (Do you understand what I mean?? I'm not sure... &gt;_&lt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These days I've been thinking about my future. WHAT DO I WANT TO BE??&lt;br /&gt;Have you got a plan in your future?? Do you have a dreams??&lt;br /&gt;When I was small,I wanted to work in a sweet shop cos I could eat sweets every day. Next dream I wanted to be a グランドホステス(I don't know how to say in English. People work in the airport and sit in the check-in counter...)Do you know what I mean?? I hope you do... I was a high school student when I had this dream. That's why I went to Ireland to improve my crap English. When I came back from Ireland,I could have spoken perfect English. I think.... I understood everything what people said. But now I have no idea... &gt;_&lt;  Anyway now I don't know what I want to be...&lt;br /&gt;I have some plans what I want to do. But I'm not sure I really want to do that.&lt;br /&gt;I'm 26 years old and in a couple of months I will be 27. If I was young,I would have more possiblities. Why didn't I think about this long time ago?? I am stupid INDEED.&lt;br /&gt;But I'm 26 years old so I have to look for my possiblity.First thing I'm sure I want to work in the other country but I don't what I can do.So maybe Working holiday thing is good idea to me.I've been saving up money every months but I don't know how long it will take but I will see.... What I need is studying English and saving up money INDEED!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My weekend was fun. I got a day off on Friday. Take it easy and in the evening I went out with my mum to get drunk. On Saturday I went to Hiranai with Hugh. There was a birthday party. We stayed over in a cottage. There were 13 oe 14 or 15 people. There are some people I've never met before but I didn't talk with them. But I had a great fun. Drinking is great,isnt't it?? PS I'm not an alcoholic. I just drink at the weekend ^o^ あしからず&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-111322152281179447?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/111322152281179447/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=111322152281179447&amp;isPopup=true' title='19 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111322152281179447'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111322152281179447'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2005/04/what-do-you-want-to-be.html' title='What do you want to be???'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>19</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-111280619826279264</id><published>2005-04-07T02:00:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2005-04-07T01:55:57.830+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Nocturnal zzZ</title><content type='html'>Now It's 1 am But I'm still awake... I'm kind a sleepy but not sleepy sleepy.&lt;br /&gt;These day I go to bed around 1 or 2. Next morning I always reglet of not going to bed early then next evening I'm completely awake. I always have a nap in my pharmacy. Cos I've got one hour and half lunch break. So I finish eating my lunch for half an hour then have a nap. The other day I though It wasn't good idea to have one hour nap so I stopped having a nap but in the evening it didn't change anything. Again I'm a nocturnal person. Before I felt sleepy around 12 or 1. Now it's getting worse.. How can I do?? If I really want to, I can get a sleeping pill but I don't want to take it. So keep being a nocturnal person. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This evening I went to my pharmacist house to eat the dinner together. Since last Sunday my mum went to Tokyo to go to her grandsun's primary school entrance ceremony and also to meet up her friend. I'm not good at cooking so I went to her house. My pharmacist is 56 years old, single lady. I'm pretty getting well with her but she behaves like a kid and she is worse behavier than me sometimes. But we both like watching film so we watch a film together sometimes. Anyway we watched "Born Identity" Have you ever watched?? This is a pretty good film,I think.... what do you think? I want to see the "Born splemacy"(Am I spelling right??) Anyway we watched that then I came back home... My work was boring for whole day. In the afternoon I went to deliver and the weather in Hirosaki was great. Amazing^o^ It was like spring INDEED.&lt;br /&gt;It was really warm and nice breeze. If I went to the park to have a nap,It would have been the best day today!!! Damn work..&gt;_&lt;  The other area's weather was like sumeer in Tokyo. It is definetely beccause of global warming. We have to think seriously about the earth where we are living.... I think.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;   How is my crap English today???&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-111280619826279264?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/111280619826279264/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=111280619826279264&amp;isPopup=true' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111280619826279264'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111280619826279264'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2005/04/nocturnal-zzz.html' title='Nocturnal zzZ'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-111270671283692443</id><published>2005-04-05T22:10:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2005-04-05T22:12:44.846+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Catiiva Italiana</title><content type='html'>I've just came back from Angela( my lovely Italian teacher). She gave me questions and There were 9. I was right about 2... Just 2 &gt;_&lt; I am not good at Italian INDEED.&lt;br /&gt;She is going to give me another questions next Tuesday so I will study very hard and I will be perfect of it!!! &lt;br /&gt;About Machiko, I went to work with her and she is fine. Nissan guy didn't tell me that what caused the problem. If he explained it to me,I wouldn't understand. I think... Anyway about the money, I think First my dad is going to pay for it but I'M going to return it back little by little. I'm poor T_T I didn't ask about the second hand one but I think they've already ordered one so I guess I will pay for it. I'm just happy that Machiko is back with me ^o^ &lt;br /&gt;I'm glad that everybody are "collecting" my crap English. I really appriciate that and Thank you very much. Luke, Am I improving my english,really?? I think my English has loads of mistakes.... I think. I'm not sure even I can keep writing to publish my crap English to embrass me... What do you think??? I'm glad that everybody likes it but... I think I need to study more and more. Cos when I was in Dublin,I studyed very very very hard. I had never studyed that much before but now as you know I'm lazy. And also I'm Japanese but my Japanese isn't good. I think I need to study English,Italian and Japanese... &gt;_&lt;  faaaaar awwwwaaayyyy&lt;br /&gt;But I will try to write every day and do my best INDEED ^o^&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm going to study so see you tomorrow.. night night&lt;br /&gt;HAve a nice sleep. Make sure that bed bags don't bite...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-111270671283692443?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/111270671283692443/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=111270671283692443&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111270671283692443'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111270671283692443'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2005/04/catiiva-italiana.html' title='Catiiva Italiana'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-111260914144225940</id><published>2005-04-04T19:06:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2005-04-04T19:06:21.953+09:00</updated><title type='text'>How much does it cost to fix??</title><content type='html'>I've just came back from work and it is getting fun to write my blog every day... as Hugh says "write like a diary" So It's going to be my diary. About my Machiko...&lt;br /&gt;I gave a Nissan call and they came to my pharmacy to pick the key up and they drove to Nissan. While Machiko was there, I was really nervous cos I was just wondering how much cost to fix then I got a phone call from them and they say "It will cost 70000円　INDEED!!" T_T I don't think I can't explain proplerly in English but I try... When you start engine, The engine has a light up to start engine. It is like a fireworks as Nissan guy said to me. They have to order that parts but they put anothere one instead until they will get that. (I hope everybody understand with my crap English...) Anyway I can drive my Machiko but I have to look after her gently from now on. I was really worried cos I thought maybe I can't drive her again... then I have to go to work by train &gt;__&lt; But anyway she came back home safely ^o^&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My work was kind a boring and I work in Hiraka which is countryside. But in summer when you go home around half six in the evening,You can see the sunset. It is really nice. Last year I didn't bring my camera to work so this year I will keep my camera with me all the time. My pharmacy there are 6 people there(one pharmacist) Most patients are old people but I like talking with them. Sometimes they make me happy and they are funny. I mean not all of them. In the afternoon I will deliver the medicine who can't come to the hospital. I like delivering better than staying the pharmacy for whole day. Some people I have to go inside to talk with them. I like talking with them. Of course sometimes I don't feel like talking but.... I like my job most of the time. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm happy that everybody left the comments and "COLLECT" my English. Thank you luke and Hugh ^o^ Other people like Jan and Midori kame san, I'm glad that I have someone to read my bolg. Angela,Bene grazie and I will study hard then will be a good student INDEED!! Dee, Thank you!! I don't care about burry(bully??) people.&lt;br /&gt;I just want to say thank you to everyone to read my blog ^o^&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-111260914144225940?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/111260914144225940/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=111260914144225940&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111260914144225940'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111260914144225940'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2005/04/how-much-does-it-cost-to-fix.html' title='How much does it cost to fix??'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-111254029544459025</id><published>2005-04-03T23:50:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2005-04-03T23:58:15.446+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Drinking weekend &gt;_&lt;</title><content type='html'>Friday and Saturday I went drinking. I was pretty tired after drinking on Friday. so I though I wouldn't drink too much on Saturday. But I ended up drinking until 5 o'clock in the morning. Luke, Hugh and I went to the bar called "Cherry's bar". There was a party for Nicole and Pollet's(They are NOVA teacher) going away.We've been to the bar before. When we went there, It took sooooo long to serve just a glass of beer. It shouldn't take so long. When we went, we just drunk a glass of beer and left as soon as we finished drinking. So I didn't have a good memory...&lt;br /&gt;When we went there,AGAIN It took sooooo long to drink another one. But we sat nice cosy sofa. It was really nice to sit for a long time.But still it shouldn't take so long though... We were drinking and I was hungry so I ordered a pizza which is really tiny and thin. It cost 750円. Maybe Luke will say" This is rip off!!" and Yes,this was a rip off INDEED!!(Hughy,Thank you for paying) Anyway after that we went to the pub?? with Karaoke called "NEPTUNE"(what does it mean in English?)When I went there, I saw two of my high school friends. I was really suprised and happy!! It's good to meet with old friend ^o^. My friends were with loads of people who were pretty drunk and dancing like crazy. That made me cool down. we kept drinking as much as you want and after that we went to Gusto. When I arrived home,It was 5 o'clock in the morning. Amazing &gt;_&lt;&lt;br /&gt;On Sunday Luke, Hugh and I went to Owani onsen. They are really nice onsen INDEED!!&lt;br /&gt;I was really relaxing. I love it!! After that Luke made us a salad sandwitch which was really nice and healthy.(Thank you,Luke) Then we watched " DAY AFTER TOMORROW" Hugh had never seen it before and Luke likes it cos It is really cheasy(Am I spelling right?) film. I think this film is crap INDEED. When I tried to go home, My stupid car I couldn't start engine on. Hugh and Luke helped me but it didn't start so I have to go to NISSAN tomorro.Stupid my car(T_T)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-111254029544459025?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/111254029544459025/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=111254029544459025&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111254029544459025'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111254029544459025'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2005/04/drinking-weekend.html' title='Drinking weekend &gt;_&lt;'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-111243512384107066</id><published>2005-04-02T17:51:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2005-04-02T18:45:23.843+09:00</updated><title type='text'>First blog</title><content type='html'>I am Akiko. I've been to Ireland for 3 years so I think I can speak English...???&lt;br /&gt;I started this because I want to practise my english and everyone who read this can collect my english so If you find a mistakes, PLEASE let me know!!&lt;br /&gt;My blog title is made by Luke cos I have a T-shirts says "HOPE WAS CLOSED" But he put "NEVER"  I don't know.... Ah I also have a T-shirts say " WELL I AM FINE" &lt;br /&gt;Anyway I don't know what to write...?? &lt;br /&gt;I went out last with Luke,Hughy,Erican and I went to Izakaya near Sakurano called"壷屋" I've been there before and the others was the first time to go but They liked it so I'm happy!!! I meant to go to ski with Steph but I was hung over this morning so I didn't go... Sorry Steph &gt;_&lt; But I'm happy that you had fun!!!&lt;br /&gt;Anyway even I'm still hung over but I'm going out again....&lt;br /&gt;I hope you will like my blog!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-111243512384107066?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/111243512384107066/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=111243512384107066&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111243512384107066'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111243512384107066'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2005/04/first-blog.html' title='First blog'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11864450.post-111240951005773724</id><published>2005-04-02T11:37:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2005-04-02T12:44:45.383+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Hope was never closed</title><content type='html'>This is my new blog and have fun!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;img src="http://biffasblog.blogspot.com/0204051.jpg"&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11864450-111240951005773724?l=hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/feeds/111240951005773724/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11864450&amp;postID=111240951005773724&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111240951005773724'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11864450/posts/default/111240951005773724'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopewasneverclosed.blogspot.com/2005/04/hope-was-never-closed.html' title='Hope was never closed'/><author><name>aki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17555170980448538463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
