Convenience stores are now in a battle of selling desserts.
They are eager to defeat traditional dessert shops.
They offer sweets with cheap price but in good quality.
Being influenced of the recession, they are putting efforts to catch customers, this time with a aggressive dessert strategies.
Lawson has made its own sweets brand, Uchi Cafe, and the most popular of all is Premium Rolled Cake, which is sold at only 150 yen.
Family Mart has made its own brand, Sweets Plus, and their W Cream Eclair is very famous.
I especially like Premium Rolled Cake of Lawson's. However, Family Mart has many different sweets than Lawson, I think. Family Mart often release new sweets, which attracts young people.
2009年11月18日水曜日
Obama Bows Too Deeply
The US President Barack Obama bows Saturday while he greet Emperor Akihito at the Imperial Palace.
However, according to U.S. conservatives, he bowed too low.
Many countries have its own unique way of greeting.
Therefore I think it is hard for foreigners to follow different customs just like the way native people do in the country.
Maybe the president bowed too low, but I think he just wanted to show his modesty. Besides, he looks very polite the way he greet to the emperor.
Some U.S. ex-presidents had also claimed by the conservatives of their way of greeting in foreign countries.
They should not criticize the president too much, since some people have hard time following the custom of different countries. Rather, that can happen to everyone.
However, according to U.S. conservatives, he bowed too low.
Many countries have its own unique way of greeting.
Therefore I think it is hard for foreigners to follow different customs just like the way native people do in the country.
Maybe the president bowed too low, but I think he just wanted to show his modesty. Besides, he looks very polite the way he greet to the emperor.
Some U.S. ex-presidents had also claimed by the conservatives of their way of greeting in foreign countries.
They should not criticize the president too much, since some people have hard time following the custom of different countries. Rather, that can happen to everyone.
2009年11月7日土曜日
A Head Found in Hiroshima can be hers?
A head was found on mountain in Hiroshima on Friday.
It is not yet clear whose head it is, but the police think there is a connection between the head and the disappearance of a 19-year-old college student, Miyako Hiraoka.
No one has seen her since Oct. 26th, after she had left from her part time job.
I don't understand that there are people who can do such crual things to others. Recently there are many murders that kill young women, which I think is very sad.
What I hate most of all is that man kill young woman because she refused to go out with him.
I think he is wrong. That is not her to blame but him. Usually men who do such a selfish thing are less attractive to women.
It is not yet clear whose head it is, but the police think there is a connection between the head and the disappearance of a 19-year-old college student, Miyako Hiraoka.
No one has seen her since Oct. 26th, after she had left from her part time job.
I don't understand that there are people who can do such crual things to others. Recently there are many murders that kill young women, which I think is very sad.
What I hate most of all is that man kill young woman because she refused to go out with him.
I think he is wrong. That is not her to blame but him. Usually men who do such a selfish thing are less attractive to women.
A man shot three, commited a suicide
A sixty-year-old man who had a gun commited a suicide after he shot three men. It occured on Friday, in a building in Yokohama.
They were arguing about the loan payment. The man who killed himself was a member of a gang, which is something to do with Inagawa kai, a major yakuza group.
One of the three people got shot in the left chest, the others got shot on the neck.
The incident washapped near the busy subway stationon the afternoon.
Because of the incident it became clear that the group has a connection with owing a gun, which is illegal in Japan.
What was happed in the incdent can be ironical because the man couldn't kill any of the three at the moment, although he killed himself.
They were arguing about the loan payment. The man who killed himself was a member of a gang, which is something to do with Inagawa kai, a major yakuza group.
One of the three people got shot in the left chest, the others got shot on the neck.
The incident washapped near the busy subway stationon the afternoon.
Because of the incident it became clear that the group has a connection with owing a gun, which is illegal in Japan.
What was happed in the incdent can be ironical because the man couldn't kill any of the three at the moment, although he killed himself.
2009年11月2日月曜日
Why France is Pushing Its Students to Master English
French President Nicolas Sarkozy say " all our highschool students must become bilingual, and some should be trilingual." The reason why he say so is his government has spending 5.8% of annual GDP on education ( the 5th highest amount in the world) , but its currently score of TOEFL is 69th out of 109 countries. He says that the master of foreign languages are essencial in this internationalized world.
I hear that French are very proud of its own country, so it can be possible they are not willing to study foreign languages so hard. However, speaking foreign language is necessary especially in Europe, where many counties are connected together and has a tie culturally and economically.
Besides, many people in Europe speak more than one languages. My friend, who is Danish, speak 3 languages, including English, Danish, and German. Her boyfriend speak 4 languages, including German, French, Danish, and English.
I hear that French are very proud of its own country, so it can be possible they are not willing to study foreign languages so hard. However, speaking foreign language is necessary especially in Europe, where many counties are connected together and has a tie culturally and economically.
Besides, many people in Europe speak more than one languages. My friend, who is Danish, speak 3 languages, including English, Danish, and German. Her boyfriend speak 4 languages, including German, French, Danish, and English.
Is Trick-or-Treating Dangerous?
It's about an article in TIME magazine.
They say trick-or-treating can be dangerous.
The parental fear of it first appeared in around 1964, when a woman handed out dog biscuits, steel-wool pads, and aunt poison to teenagers she thought too old to be trick-or-treating.
There have been reports of people with twisted minds putting razor blades and poison in taffy apples and candies. At least we have some risks when we allow them to trick-or-treating.
The day before yesterday was Halloween.
Kids who live in my neighborhood were doing trick-or-treating wearing cute costumes.
They visited the room of a couple who lives next door. So I was worried if they also come to my room, since I don't keep any sweets in my house recently. I was very relieved when they passed.
It seems like that Halloween is getting popular in Okinawa. When I was a kid, which is only about 10 years ago, there were no kids who wear costumes and doing trick-or-treating. Now I saw several kids who were doing trick-or-treating near my house.
They say trick-or-treating can be dangerous.
The parental fear of it first appeared in around 1964, when a woman handed out dog biscuits, steel-wool pads, and aunt poison to teenagers she thought too old to be trick-or-treating.
There have been reports of people with twisted minds putting razor blades and poison in taffy apples and candies. At least we have some risks when we allow them to trick-or-treating.
The day before yesterday was Halloween.
Kids who live in my neighborhood were doing trick-or-treating wearing cute costumes.
They visited the room of a couple who lives next door. So I was worried if they also come to my room, since I don't keep any sweets in my house recently. I was very relieved when they passed.
It seems like that Halloween is getting popular in Okinawa. When I was a kid, which is only about 10 years ago, there were no kids who wear costumes and doing trick-or-treating. Now I saw several kids who were doing trick-or-treating near my house.
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