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2024/03/18 English

ORIGINAL ALBUM CLASSICSアーティスト:TEENAGE FANCLUBSony Music CmgAmazonBGM: Teenage Fanclub - Hang OnIt was a day off today. This morning, I went to the hospital and saw my doctor. We talked about my mental and physical condition. After th…

2024/03/17 English

No Line On The Horizonアーティスト:U2UniversalAmazonBGM: U2 - Get On Your BootsIt was a day off, and this morning I enjoyed an English meeting on zoom as usual. After that, I wrote down what kind of English activities I've been doing now o…

2024/03/16 English

About Timeアーティスト:Original SoundtrackVerveAmazonBGM: t.A.T.u. - How Soon Is Now?I worked early today. This morning, I thought how to write my novel as I had written in this journal during my work. It will become a one about "a strange…

2024/03/15 English

Speechアーティスト:SpeechCapitolAmazonBGM: Speech - Like Marvin Gaye Said (What's Goin' On)I worked late today. This morning, I've read Karen Cheung's great memoir "The Impossible City" with Prune Deer's great songs. This author certainly …

2024/03/14 English

花的名字Dear MusikAmazonBGM: Triple Deer - 花的名字I worked early today. This morning, I attended an online meeting in English via. Facebook. There, we talked about what exercises we enjoy by using English. As I have written in this journa…

2024/03/13 English

StallingFRIENDSHIP.AmazonBGM: Prune Deer - 日光It was a day off. This morning, I started reading Karen Cheung's "The Impossible City" a little. Once, when I had been interested in Hong Kong, I tried to keep up with what is happening in the…

2024/03/12 English

食物連鎖FOR LIFE MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT,INC.AmazonBGM: 中谷美紀 - STRANGE PARADISEI worked early today. At this lunchtime, I asked to myself this question - Why do I work? Maybe I could get any welfare to live on from this government without …

2024/03/11 English

Ajaアーティスト:Steely DanMcaAmazonBGM: Steely Dan - Deacon BluesI worked late today. This morning, with The Charlatans' music, I've read the book "やっぱり英語をやりたい! [Sure, I wanna learn English!]" by a famous Japanese translator Kum…

2024/03/10 English

5CD ORIGINAL ALBUM SERIES BOX SET/ARETHA FRANKLINアーティスト:ARETHA FRANKLIN(アレサ・フランクリン)RhinoAmazonBGM: Aretha Franklin - Let It BeIt was a day off. Today, I went out to enjoy the Easter outdoor party which had been held by my c…

2024/03/09 English

ソリッド・ステイト・サヴァイヴァー(2018年リマスタリング)アーティスト:YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRAソニー・ミュージックダイレクトAmazonBGM: Yellow Magic Orchestra - Behind The MaskHow should I build any proper relationship among co-workers? It has…

2024/03/08 English

That's Entertainment: The Collectionアーティスト:The JamSpectrumAmazonBGM: Paul Weller - Into TomorrowThis morning, I've read Kazumi Saeki's public journal "The journal of Wheat [麦の日記帖 震災のあとさき 2010-2018]" completely. This book …

2024/03/07 English

ネヴァー・ストップ~ザ・ベスト・オブ・ザ・ブラン・ニュー・ヘヴィーズ[初回生産限定盤 ][帯付き] [Analog]アーティスト:ザ・ブラン・ニュー・ヘヴィーズPヴァイン・レコードAmazonBGM: The Brand New Heavies - Dream Come TrueI worked early today. Thi…

2024/03/06 English

BGMアーティスト:YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRAソニーミュージックエンタテインメントAmazonBGM: Yellow Magic Orchestra - 千のナイフIt was a day off today. This morning, at last I've read the travelogue "Midnight Express" by Koutarou Sawaki [沢木耕太…

2024/03/05 English

BGM: Massive Attack - DaydreamingAs I have written this many times, once I was never a diligent/dutiful student at any schools. When I was a teenager, I had already disappointed about this whole life itself (at that time, I had never learn…

2024/03/04 English

BGM: Pet Shop Boys - FlamboyantThis morning, I did my homework writing for the coming English class. On that handout, I wrote about my own dream. Once, I had wished I could become a professional writer. Yes, it must have been a huge dream …

2024/03/03 English

BGM: David Bowie - China GirlIt was a day off. This morning, I had done a shameful mistake. On Discord, at a Spanish server, I did use English too much even though other members used Spanish mainly. This could come from my bias which has a…

2024/03/02 English

BGM: The Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is MagicThis morning, a friend of mine who has been working as an English teacher sent me a message on LINE. She taught me how the job as English teacher can be. As you can see easily, to work …

2024/03/01 English

BGM: The Jackson 5 - ABCAt last, March has begun. This morning, I went to AEON to do the rest of my homework, which is to read an English article from "The Book of Tea" by a Japanese intellectual Tenshin Okakura (岡倉天心) completely. And …

2024/02/29 English

BGM: Elvis Costello and The Attractions - Pump It UpRecently, I have become a friend of an Ukrainian person on Discord. But at first, I had to find out what I could talk as any good starter topics. What topics suits basic chitchat? For exa…

2024/02/28 English

BGM: Thelonious Monk - Straight, No ChaserIt was a day off, and this morning I went to AEON as usual with a dictionary. There, I tried to finish my homework of an English studying club, with Mouse On Mars' great album "Autoditacker". It is…

2024/02/27 English

BGM: b-flower - North Marine DriveThis morning, during my work, I thought this - Why? Why had I started writing this journal? As you can see, every morning I wake up so early to write the journal about the previous day. And, every afternoo…

2024/02/26 English

BGM: The Who - Magic BusI worked late today. This morning, at AEON I read a book by Haruo Erikawa, which has the title "English and the Japanese people [江利川春雄『英語と日本人』] ." Reading it, I have found that it is really a "funny" an…

2024/02/25 English

It was a day off today. This morning, I talked with a Chinese friend on WeChat. We used English to enjoy that talking (we used the video function,) and I found it was really an wonderful event. Even though it was a little bit embarrassing …

2024/02/24 English

BGM: Simon & Garfunkel - A Simple Desultory PhilippicI can't see how much this can work for me - but from 2020, I started trying to write down various ideas on a memo pad in English. It was when I had gone to Himeji to see my doctor. After…

2024/02/23 English

BGM: Pat Martino - Both Sides, NowI worked late today. This morning, I tried to read a book or think something as usual, but couldn't - I can't see the reason why, but maybe it's because of this bad weather. So I gave up reading and thinki…

2024/02/22 English

BGM: Tears For Fears - Sowing The Seeds Of LoveRecently I'm finding that I can't have any interest in reading books - and looking/gazing at this room which has really plenty of books. Is this showing that I am becoming/getting aged actuall…

2024/02/21 BGM: Soul II Soul - Back To Life

翻訳万華鏡 (河出文庫 い 49-1)作者:池 央耿河出書房新社Amazon今日は遅番だった。今朝、ある中国の友だちがぼくにWeChatでメッセージを送ってくれた。それで少しばかり英語で話をすることとなった。彼女は面白い言い回し(慣用句)を教えてくれた。「the le…

2024/02/21 English

BGM: Soul II Soul - Back To LifeI worked late today. This morning, a Chinese friend sent me a message on WeChat. We enjoyed chatting for a while in English, and she taught me an interesting idea/idiom to me. It was "the leap of faith", and…

2024/02/20 English

BGM: Blur - ParklifeAm I still a beginner about learning English? I am not joking. As I have written before, I started learning English at a junior high school when I was 13. And at a university I even chose English literature to study (I …

2024/02/19 English

BGM: XTC - English RoundaboutRecently, I went to the bookstore at AEON and tried to find out any new books to learn English more effectively (and also, just for a pure pleasure for reading them.) And I've found out that there are so many b…