Kea and Kiji

I will tell you about Kea and Kiji. Both of them live in the local area.

First, I will introduce Kea to you. Kea lives the particular places, in or near the mountains of South Island, in New Zealand. It is a parrot that adapted to life in the mountain. As well as have intelligences to suffer from living in the harsh conditions, they have a curiosity. Attacking people and pecking car are their famous actions.

We can see the bright orange feathers under wings as they spread their wings. However, the other side of wings is blue-green. The Kea's topside is mainly green with some brown, yellow and red. Young Keas have a yellow cere and eye-rings, both of which become grey in adults. Males weigh about 1 kilogram and females 800 grams.

Kea moves often in groups. Adults and their children stay together for a year.

The number of Kea is not estimated exactly. They tend to fly long distance. It makes difficult to count. According to researcher, the estimate of the total population is from 1000 to 5000. Scientists anticipate that their numbers are declining.

Second, Kiji lives in Japan, except Hokkaido. Male total length is around 80cm and female is 60 cm. The former weight is 800 grams and the latter is 600 grams. Kizi is mainly bright green and topside is blue-green. They have a red eye-rings.
Their main staple foods are the fruit of tree, grass and small insect.

Mythology of the Moon

I would like to talk about the mythologies. It means shinwa in Japanese. There are several mythologies about the moon in China.

In Japan, the story a rabbit is living in the moon has been known well, while Chinese people believed a frog live in the moon before the Warring States period. The story is that a beautiful woman had become frog.

In the Kan era, a rabbit appeared. The story is that a rabbit made a medical herb in the moon. In short, there are both frog and rabbit in the moon. It is so interesting that both animals can jump up and down.

From Kan era to Shin era, Chinese people thought a fragrant olive tree is in the moon. This tree is not only big, but also strong. It has a strong recovery power. Therefore, if someone would try to cut down, it cures a wound itself quickly.
These mythologies have been believed in China.

Festival of the Dead

The festival of the dead is one of the traditional festivals in Mexico. It is held from October 31 to November 2 every year. Its purpose is to mourn for the dead people. This festival likes the Bon in Japan. It is needless to say, the main part is the dead. Therefore, a city is full of skeletons, or gaikotsu in Japanese.　There are skeleton objects or goods in everywhere of the city.

We can see a fancy dress parade on the road. The most popular disguise is to dress a man up as a woman. We can enjoy only watching the parade, but also listening to brass band music. Entire the city become lively. At night, every grave is decorated with many candles and flowers. It does not seem it is graveyard. The people sing and drink there. Their children dress up as Dracula, bones and so on. This custom likes Halloween in America. Finally, we can see fireworks at beside church. It represents the end of the festival.

My Favorite Movies

I would like to introduce two movies to you. I watched them in this summer.

First, the movie title is Kung fu Panda. No actors and actresses appear on the film. It is an animation movie. The main character is a fat panda which he wish to become a kung fu master. One day, he is chosen a fighter of dragon, but he is too big to move quickly. He needs to do training hard. Do his best, but it is comical that he makes a blunder. If you have a free time, I recommend you to watch.

Second, I watched Japanese movie, “Paco and a magic picture book”, which is very funny and moving movie. My favorite actor, Abe Sadao, take part in this movie. He is not very handsome, but he is good at laugh maker. Seldom have I seen he acts strictly. It is Abe Sadao that makes this movie funny. I think he has a nice humor. I’d like to talk a little about the story of the movie.

Main characters are Paco and Onuki. Paco has serious disease that cannot keep memories only a day. Onuki is a strict and unfriendly man, but he have changed since he met her. He is hit by her smile. He tried to be remembered himself by reading a book to her. Finally, surprising end is waiting for you. You cannot see without laughing or crying.

Mt.Fuji

I climbed Mt.Fuji as an activity of club. About 30 people participated in this activity.

I was very nervous because it was first to climb Mt. Fuji. I was afraid of the mountain sickness before I started to climb. When I started to climb, it was raining lightly. It was foggy on the way to top of the mountain. I thought it was bad condition. Gradually, my tension fell down. To climb toward the summit was hard than I thought. I had only three hours to sleep, and climbed again to see a sunrise viewed from the top of a high mountain. It was not enough fro me to charge energy. Moreover, it was so cold like winter, so I desired to eat something hot,for example, oshiruko. I thought that wanted to give up climbing many times. However, I could not do because it did not be only hard thing, but also there were some glad things. I could see several wonderful views.

Firstly, at night, many stars were bright in the sky. I had never seen before, such beautiful stars. When I saw them, I was very impressed. It seemed that my mind was refreshed.

Secondly, I saw the Goraikou on the way to top of mountain. The sun rose up under the cloud and shone in red. It was so graceful view. I could not have said except “What a beautiful”. It was precious for me to experience to climb Mt.Fuji.

There are many picture on the Internet. Click here and check it out.

Yogurt

Do you like yogurt? I love it, especially it contain blueberry sauce. I think yogurt is one of the healthy food. It is made of milk, and its content is many good bacillus for bowels. It can resolve the problem of constipation, and become beautiful from inside our bodies. As you know, it came from Bulgaria and now spread in all over the world. In Bulgaria, there are many kinds of yogurt and they have it every day. To our surprise, it is used to cook anything. I would like to introduce one of the interesting yogurt meal. It is yogurt soup that called Tarator and popular in Bulgaria.

Its Ingredients

・Cucumber 3

・Yogurt 500g

・Water 100cc

・Garlic a little

・Salt and herb

1. Cut the cucumbers. After that add salt and herb, and leave for minutes

2.Smash the Garlic

3.Stir the water and yogurt in bowl and add 1 and 2.

It takes just five minutes!! This is easy and healthy food, isn't it. It is cold soup, so the best season to make this in summer. If you are interested in, please try it.

Yoga

Do you konw yoga? It is famous among women. If you want to go on a diet, I will recommend you to do yoga. As you know, it is effective for loose weight. However, the effect is not only loose weight.

Main effects
・Removing the stiff shoulders
・Having a good sleep
・Giving the relaxation

The reasons for these, blood flow are increased as you get exercise. You can be stress free and sleep well by much sweating. This exercise also can get rid of the stiff shoulders by relaxed muscles. You had better exercise before going to bed. Yoga is worth doing to keep our bodies lively.
This video will help you to do yoga. Please try this exercise at home!

Laughter

1. Information
Laugher has various benefits, for example stress-free, lose weight, and heal the diseases and so on. In Japan, there are laughter therapists (Warai- aryohosi). If you would like to know about them, please check this article.

2. Funny video
Have you ever have had a cat as your pet? I don’t have cat now but I like cats because they are very cute. The cats come up with an accident. I think this video makes you laugh. Please check this video.

My favorite entertainer is NON STYLE. Please click their performance and enjoy.