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I guess this is a little surprising somebody who knows my music taste.The other day, I watched Glenn Gould's Goldberg Variations (1981) on TV out of a whim. It was so attractive that I bought its CD right after I watched it. Surprisingly, I'd never had the very popular CD.Glenn Gould was a Canadian pianist and released his debut album "Goldberg Variations" in 1956 from CBS record. After the

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Cooking oil 5mLLean ground beef 454gChopped onion 250mLBeef stock 1.25Lcan of mixed beans, rinsed and drained 540mLcan of diced tomatoes (With juice) 398mLColeslaw mix 250mLElbow macaroni 125mLChili powder 5mLGarlic powder 2mLPepper 2mLHeat cooking oil in Dutch oven

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I think that I fortunately came upon many good classical CDs this year. So, I should review all the CDs and introduce those to you.Now I'm into César Franck violin sonata which is performed by Alfred Cortot and Jacques Thibaud. César Franck(1822-1890, Belgium) is not so popular as a classical music composer. Maybe it's because of his much fewer main works than other composers'. But his violin

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●材料(4人分)お米　3合鶏肉　200ｇにんじん　1/2本乾燥しいたけ　20ｇ油揚げ　2枚ごぼう　100ｇゴマ　少々●タレしょうゆ　大7酒　大3みりん　大4だしのもと　少４1.お米を研いで　土鍋に入れる　30分待つ2.材料をこまかく刻む。しいたけと鶏肉は作っておいたタレに漬け込んでおく3.材料を土鍋に入れて　強火で炊き込む4.沸騰したら、火を弱めて微弱にして5分まつ5.火を止めてさらに5分間蒸らす6.ゴマを全体にふりかける

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I watched Monaco GP with SONY 40 inch-TV at friend's place today.Monaco GP stands out prominently as colorful seaside street course in F1. In this qualifying, both Force India showed strong potential and reached the Q2. And one of Force India, Fisichella came in 9th at the race. Though it actually is a tough race, both Brawns are keeping in tip-top shape.Last winner, McLaren is still suffering

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I finally got a guitar!Now I just started memorizing the chords and those fingerings.I'm a beginner at the moment.But I hope I can improve soon!

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The Golden Week has just started! This golden week is kind of busy for me. In the beginning, I have Mike's piano lesson, Inaken's art exhibition and Dan and Kana's wedding. After those, I will stay home in Shizuoka for three days.By the way, I'm now seriously thinking of buying a guitar. The other day, I researched a lot about guitars with a friend after the piano lesson. I found that there are a

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I went to my favorite musician's concert in Tokyo the other day. Maria Joao Pires is my favorite because I feel some special elements from her performances. Her performances are very warm and everybody'd feel as if your mother were there and were protecting you. This might be from her kind personality. The night's program was programed by mainly Chopin's works. I especially liked the third piano

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I played bocce ball at a park this Sunday. I think this not quite popular game here in Japan. But there was another group who was playing the same game there. I wrote this down just for a reminder of the name of this game, bocce ball.

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I had a cherry blossom viewing party last Sunday. The cherry bloom just reached full bloom. It was very beautiful. About 16 people came to the party. We cooked IchigoDaifuku (strawberry covered with Anko and Mochi) and Tonjiru(Miso soup with pork). It was fun.

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It's in the morning on the last day of 2008.Speaking of this year, I have a lot of good recollections.May 2009 be a peaceful and fruitful year!

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I was shocked that the Honda's retirement from Formula One. I knew the news in the lunch time. They were well preparing next season and they had prospects of getting podiums, though. A co-worker and I talked about Honda F1 team. All Honda fans have believed that they'd come back to a top team. It's a shame that they finished this season with poor result. But I proud of their dedication for the

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This weekend, I got invited to Kuruma Mirai Festival of NISSAN. So I visited to the festival with my friend.I was amazed by the beautiful and huge facilities. I was especially stunned by the huge wind tunnel. I heard that the world-leading wind tunnel is able to fan the winds of more than 250 kph. The inside was huge enough like a tunnel of highway. Its electric power consumption is 2200kw!After

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Last night a typhoon attacked Japanese archipelago.This morning, I woke up and found the scenery was very clear and beautiful. And I also felt that now It was autumn already. This year, I have tried some, it's very small thing though but things such as teaching the piano and taking the photos with DSLR, having a roommate and playing the piano.I'm just wondering how I am feeling about this new

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Last weekend, I had quite busy but very productive weekend. I hosted a fireworks viewing party at my place. This was my fourth fireworks viewing party.The first one was very small party with just four guests. I was impressed with the beauty of the fireworks view at my place. Then I thought I should invite many people for the next fireworks and have a good time with them.Since the second time,

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Barrichello and Honda, congratulations on the podium, the third place! It's been a long time since his last time. He last took a podium at the 2005 United States Grand Prix. I guess he's waited for this moment for long time.In the wet weather, the race seemed to be tough. His car's potential so far was not so stronger than other competitors. But, his team's clever tire decisions, the switch to

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Nikon's new D-SLR, D700 will sure be released on July 25th. The price will be about 300,000yen.It's apparently ranked as between D3 and D300. It's really cool,- FX-format CMOS image sensor- Extremely wide sensitivity range of ISO 200 to 6400- Exclusive 51-point AF systemIt's almost like the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

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I just realised that the next Focus Point would be my final lesson of it.Though, one of the stuff members said we would set up a higher level lesson in the future. I don't think I sign up for the Round up Lesson soon. For the time being I keep studying with Odyssey.Speaking of that, my first English lesson was sort of a disaster. I was not able to understand what was going on at the lessons. Of

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I watched the Canadian GP last weekend. In general, Canadian GP is notoriously known as a hard circuit due to the bumpy, dusty and high-speed streets. So people had expected some accidents and troubles.Actually, an unusual accident happened during the race. It happened in the pit lane! Hamilton crashed into the rear of the Raikkonen in the pit lane. At that time Raikkonen had stopped for a red

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Hi everyone, I'm thinking about the next home party on 14th, the Saturday. Last weekend, I talked with Aeon friends about it. 1. Making European sweets while preparing 6pm - Focus Point. 2. Cook Okonomiyaki, Gyoza or something after the Focus Point. 3. Many friends request my piano playing. 4. There is no F1 race the night, but reviewing the Canadian GP would be also nice. What do you think about

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Now that the rainy season is getting closer.It yet comes the second half of this year.Time has passed very quickly, hasn't it?This picture was taken the other day.

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I've been keeping an eye on Nikon digital SLR's price information recently. It seems almost all stores are cutting its price. According to Kakaku.com,D80 : \67,988.D200 : \107,860.D300 : \161,460.I heard Nikon would unveil its new series sometime soon. The new series would be better and cheaper than current series. I mainly want to take pictures of racing-car. Now, therefore D200 and D300's

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I had very productive days on last weekend. First, I made my first piano lessons to a friend. I had made chorus lessons and rehearsals many times. But this time, I had to learn a lot of musical terms for the lesson in advance. And I also needed to prepare many word-expressions for the lesson. It was fun! When I was preparing musical terms, I found most of my music words were Italian. I think many

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Today I played Schubert's sonata D960 as a practice. This music was composed in September, 1828. This is his last sonata and he passed away in November, two months after having completed it.This has his totally innocent soul. It's an astonishment that it's completely free from all extra ornaments - such as lust, greed, wrath and pride. Whenever I am exposed to this music, it makes me forget about

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I am disappointed at the Super Aguri's premature withdrawal from F1.I won't blame them for their management. They had always worked hard and tried their limits. They showed me many impressive performances.One of unforgettable races is obviously the Canadian GP in 2007. Takuma sealed Alonso- double World Champion's final position at the race.And also I can't forget the superb qualifying

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I've just got home. I had a relatively productive vacation.The other day, I visited Hamamatsu to see the Kite festival with friends. It was fun! It was a beautiful day for watching flying kites in the sky. About 20 people work on letting a 9 square foot kite fly and tugging it with a vivid trumpet and drum sounds. Each kite has energetic and distinctive design pattern. Watching many flying-kites

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My tiny golden week has just started! I got only four days vacation! I wish I had more days for this vacations. But I have some attractive plans for the first two days. And in the second half of the four days vacation, I am going to have relaxing days at home in Shizuoka.I have many books to finish reading. I will spend a time reading those books at home. Recently, I haven't read so much. Because

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Last weekend was kind of productive. As usual, I went to my library and borrowed some books and CDs and did grocery shopping.Then I sanded and painted the table chair on my patio. It was harder than I had expected though, but I am satisfied with the finish.The night, I watched the Spanish GP on TV. Alonso, a Spaniard qualified in the second for his home GP the night before and I thought he would

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Five things that I want to buy.- a digital single-lens reflex camera.- a liquid-crystal TV set.- a Blue ray recorder.- a fridge.- a rice cooker. But I don't think I will buy them soon. I think I can manage it without those new ones so far. Keeping dreaming is not so bad.

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I played Brahms's Intermezzo 117-1 at first sight today. I haven't played his works so much but have listened to his works so much. I think his works have a romantic color and some nostalgic feels. It sounds as if I felt the sorrow of parting and had the good old days in my eye. When I was a teenager, I was too young to sentimentalize of my old days. It's a best song when I think of my old

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As I said before, I went to the first piano lesson in twenty-two years today. I got so nervous that I could only play the piano awkwardly. I guess I have a lot of things to learn about techniques, harmonies and many kinds of music styles. But it was fun. I only played an easy piece. At the end, I was required to bring a more difficult and challenging music. Yeah, I'd do my best, though. Oh, man.

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As I said before, I went to the first piano lesson in twenty-two years today. I got so nervous that I could only play the piano awkwardly. I guess I have a lot of things to learn about techniques, harmonies and many kinds of music styles. But it was fun. I only played an easy piece. At the end, I was required to bring a more difficult and challenging music. Yeah, I'd do my best, though. Oh, man.

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Super Aguri's future is in doubt. I read the article in the internet the other day. I was so shocked! They couldn't get a financial assist from Magma Group eventually.Super Aguri has just announced that they won't attend Barcelona test due to the financial difficulty. But hopefully they will keep racing and get some points in this season. The financial solution is obviously their key to start

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Super Aguri's future is in doubt. I read the article in the internet the other day. I was so shocked! They couldn't get a financial assist from Magma Group eventually.Super Aguri has just announced that they won't attend Barcelona test due to the financial difficulty. But hopefully they will keep racing and get some points in this season. The financial solution is obviously their key to start

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This is my dinner!It's been a short while since I practiced the piano last time. It was all right. And I played some of Chopin's Etude and tried the difficult parts many times. I think I should try another piece of the Etudes sometime soon. It might be Op10-5, called black keys. But I think something also like Liszt's Paganini Etudes might be good.

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This year's cherry blossom season here has gone yet. As I said before, I has quit my singing lesson and will restart piano lesson from now. (But I am going to keep studying German at the moment.) It would be a sort of turning point of my life. Singing and playing the piano are both music itself though, but I feel those have something, complete different aspect each other. I haven't yet found what

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I just tried 'iKnow' you told me the other day. That's cool! I started as the beginner's level and just fulfilled today's norm. I hope my English level will become much better soon!

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Today I went to Aeon Caffee for a free conversation. It was fun! I hadn't known this, but the topic was supposed to be about travel. But the topic had gone quickly and many other topics came. I talked about the Golden Week at first. This year's consecutive holidays, from the end of April to May is not so convenient - it's like a scattered holidays. I heard some people would be able to take 11

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Today I finished my singing lessons. I remember I started to take the lesson in 2001, so I have taken it every Saturday for seven years. I think I've done a good job. I improved a lot and sung many many songs. Some of the songs gave me a really deep impression. Some of the songs harrowed me as well. My efforts were well rewarded, weren't they? I will start taking piano lesson from the next

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The Formula 1 season has started! The first race in Melbourne was interesting race. Ferrari that everyone had expected as a winner was in pretty bad shape from qualifying. Some teams such as McLaren, Williams and BMW showed us a consistent performance. It was astonishment that only 7 of 22 drivers survived the first race in Melbourne. I think you can say it was an extraordinary survival race.

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A week ago last Sunday, I went to see The Hakone Open-Air Museum. I found a big-ancient coin there. I can't really figure out how you use this. For sure, you don't have to worry this will be stolen.

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On the way to work in the morning, I saw this scene. I thought it was a train at first glance. Yeah, it can not be a train on a street. Then I showed this picture to my co-workers. They all did think this was a train at first glance as well.

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The new Honda's machine was finally unveiled at the press conference. I think it's nicer than last years. I was very surprised at the first sight of RA107 last year. Generally, you'd choose something in vivid and sharp design for a world fastest car. I felt as if it were a running billboard of the earth. I would be okay when it was in good shape. But, I would seriously think about environmental

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The other day, I bought a new oven. My old one is not able to regulate its temperature. One day, My friend and I baked pizzas with the old oven, but we could only do small ones and didn't look so nice. Then I decide to buy new one that's able to bake pizzas nicely. After that, we did the second try to bake pizzas with new oven. It was nice. We succeeded in making crispy, savory pizzas! Now, I'm

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I went to a concert at MinatoMirai in Yokohama last Saturday. The German orchestra has a relaxed sound and it reminds me of an easygoing flow of time. It sounds as if I would be far away from bustle of big cities. After the concert I found I should have a relaxed life. They performed Mozart's piano concerto No.23 and Bruckner's 7th symphony. The curious and unusual combination of both different

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Congratulations Kimi Raikkonen!It's a great birthday present, isn't it?Kiitos - Gracias - Thanks for all memorable races throughout this season in 2007!Good job, all drivers! I'll see you guys in next season in 2008!

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Now, it's about to start the final Formula 1 race in this season in Brazil. There're three drivers who still have a chance to win the championship.Lewis Hamilton is leading the championship so far. He is one complete rookie driver who has set some glorious records in his first season. Fernando Alonso is a notorious driver who won 2 consecutive championship in 2005 and 2006. But he is chasing

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I went to watch the Japanese F1 GP last weekend. (Actually, I wrote this on Oct 6th) It rained and fogged throughout the weekend. But it didn't really on Friday though. It seemed it was tough weekend for audience and drivers. One driver said the visibility was poor and sometimes near zero so he sometimes only had to follow the blinking rear light ahead. In spite of the tough condition, I had a

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It's my second time to go watch the F1 Japanese GP. This season the grand prix is held at Fuji Speed Way. It's been 30 years since the last grand prix at the venue. I heard that they did a major renovation for it and everything would look new. After 30 minutes train ride and 45 minutes bus ride, I arrived to the venue. As soon as I got off the bus, I heard the characteristic -F1 engine sound. I

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Hooray! I've waited for this moment! Today was a sort of lucky day. To be exact, I was unlucky at first. I couldn't get a ticket for special seats area which was applied for only 300 people. And weather was getting worse and it begun to rain. I was forced to see the entertainments from the people-jam. It was quite hard to see. But at a certain moment, right before the F1 demonstration people who

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Long-awaited F1 Japanese GP is coming in two weeks in Fuji. Today I went to Shibuya to see a F1 event of Toyota. They hosted a talk show and tyre exchange demonstration. I enjoyed seeing displayed F1 cars and pit tools. Next weekend there is Motor Sport Japan 2007 in Odaiba. I feel it's a sort of Japanese GP's eve. Think of this season, it's been an eventful season to look back on. Hamilton made

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I recorded my piano performance. The piece is Aquileja Op85 by Sibelius. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the death of him. I think it's a good chance to rediscover his buried pieces. I told about beauty of this piece before. I will be happy if you listen to this piece.

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My friend found this on the way to work. It clearly reminds me of Formula 1 Japanese GP is getting closer. In three week, I'm watching the practice, the qualifying and the race with Kangaroo TV at Fuji Speed Way. I've already prepared the ticket, and camera! Oh, I also have to get my favorite team's gears! I'm sure I can find some nice gears at the team booth in the venue. I'm getting more

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The Bayreuth Festival is a music festival held annually in Bayreuth, Germany. My most memorable one was took place in 1951. The festival in the year was remarkable as it was its first music festival since World War II. On that evening, Beethoven's ninth symphony was performed by a German conductor, Wilhelm Furtwängler. Even now, you can get a live-recorded CD of the performance. About fifteen

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I made a beeline for a CD shop after work. Today, a CD that I had waited for the release came out. She has made some records of Beethoven like G major concerto, Choral Fantasy and some piano sonatas before. I think for sure her performance is very brilliant and impressive. But I have thought she'd be the last person to play Beethoven's fifth concerto. I couldn't imagine it matches her character.

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I climbed Mt. Fuji. I was a little concerned about weather. In this season, late summer, weather in the mountain area is getting broken weather. It actually was very beautiful all the time. It was windy on the summit though, but it didn't rain and mist at all. So, I was able to watch the very beautiful sunrise, the crater and facilities on the summit such as the weather station, the post office

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I went to Ginza to get music sheets at Yamaha. But there was no Yamaha building there because of under reconstruction. So, I went to Yamano instead. Fortunately, I could find the music sheets what exactly I had wanted. After that, I went to grand piano section in the same building. They have middle size of Stainway & Sons, Bosendorfer and Bechstein. They're indeed great pianos. You can hardly

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I took my first Odyssey lesson on Saturday. The title of the lesson was funny, 'Telling the jokes'. Most students tell me it's very tough to find English jokes. But it reminds me lots of funny stories at my English lessons. I have been studying English at an English school over five years. I ever remember I couldn't understand what was going on at the classes during the initial several months.

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I went to Parco to meet up with my friends. There, I found a recipe book, 男のイタリアン and browsed it. It has simple and quick recipes. I really wanted the book. But I wanted to try one of recipes before purchase. So, I put it off and memorized one of recipes. The recipe I chose was carbonara of Roman style. It takes you only 15 minutes and it is easy to cook. The key is that you need to stir-fry all

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It seems we're in beginning of rainy season now. In this season I spend time at home or my library to read some books. I don't feel bored but rather I feel I have plenty of time to relax and think about plans for Summer and Autumn. I watched the Canadian GP last Sunday on TV. It was a survival race. Only 12 of 22 cars were able to complete the race. The safety car came in to the track for the

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I wrote about the Finnish national anthem before. Since that I've been interested in Finnish classical music. Speaking of Finnish classical composers, you might think about only one person, Jean Sibelius(1865-1957). He is known as a great composer of symphonic music. Everybody knows his symphonic poem 'Finlandia'. He also composed about 150 works for solo piano. Most his works for piano are

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It's been a long time since I posted an article. First, I'd like to write about trip to Hawaii with my family in April. It was my first trip to Hawaii. Before the trip, I was worried about the weather in Hawaii because weather forecast had said it wouldn't be fine. But luckily, it was beautiful throughout the trip. We traveled around Oahu island and Hawaii island. I enjoyed many activities at the

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Today, I went to a hearing aid shop in Machida. I've been looking for new one over a couple of years. Now, I am using a terrible one which obviously has the improper circuit design. It doesn't really matter on normal Japanese conversations but it does in music scenes and on conversations with foreign languages. At the end of the day, I found much better and very expensive one luckily. It was

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I found a CD of Mendelssohn Violin Concerto Op64, played by Joseph Szigeti in 1941. He performed it with Bruno Walter in New York and it was recorded as live performance. The record was discovered in 2006 by a American in America by chance. Szigeti recorded the violin concerto at least two times. The first one was recorded in 1933, with Beecham in Europe. In physical terms, The first one's

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me: Hey, I watched the F1 race yesterday. It was a lot of fun! It's a shame that you couldn't watch it!a co-worker: I know.me: The winner of the race is Kimi Raikkonen, a Finn. The Finnish national anthem at the victory ceremony was cool! I had never listened to such a cool national anthem like that.a co-worker: Mmm. So, what is the Finnish national language? English?me: ...a co-worker: And, do

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It was exciting and sort of surprising. The qualifying was more interesting than the race. Both of Super Aguri's cars got better results than Honda's cars at the qualifying. It was a real shakedown for Super Agri, though. The race was sort of predictable. Ferrari and McLaren came to the podium as I had expected. I was surprised when Coulthard ran over Wurz at a corner. I heard Coulthard's car was

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Today, there was practice and qualifying of Formula 1 in Melbourne. Albert Park in Melbourne is the first venue in 2007 season of F1. It's very important for me to watch the first practice and qualifying. Because it gives me some inspiration to predict the cars' and drivers' potential of this year. Watching F1 driving by TV and my laptop was a little surprising experience. You can see real time

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There is no singing lesson today. So, I don't have to prepare a song for the lesson. Then I played piano a bit and I found an adorable Mozart's piano sonata KV281 which was composed in 1774 in Salzburg. I especially love his sonatas written in his youth because they have sparkling bright sound. Who couldn't be attracted listening to the beginning of its sonata?By the way, I'm keen on Formula 1

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I am suffering from hay fever a bit these days. So, I don't want to go out without special reasons, nevertheless I need to go out frequently. I usually don't want any medication. But I decided to go to a drag store and got some medicine for hay fever. I guess it is working good at the moment.

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I listened to Fujiko Hemming's piano performance by CD. The other day, one of my co-workers recommended me her piano performance. The co-worker told me a lot about her with ardor. I had already heard about her great works by some other friends. Curiously enough, everybody, especially beginner of classical music listener praises her for her great performance.For whatever reason, I haven't listened

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I like collecting rare coins. The other day, I saw a very rare 5 yen coin in the cash register when I was paying at the cash register at a convenience store. I've been collecting the rare coins since I was a child, for about 25 years. But I encountered and got only 6 coins in the meantime. They are very rare coins. There are my own rules for collecting rare coins.- Don't ask a cashier to exchange

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I'm thinking about buying a new cell phone, or rather I'm interested in new cell phone. But, I won't buy new one immediately. I will use my current cell phone for a couple months at least.Now, I'm interested in Soft Bank's new 812SH, which has just come out this February.Its design is rather good, and it has some fascinating new functions such as S! Cast (weather icon), S! FeliCa, a PC Site

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I'm having relaxing days recently. Things are going as usual and haven't changed at all. Just one thing, I got older this January. As I got older I became curious about what I had never experienced. On the other hand, my sensibility of music is getting more delicate. Recently, I play Bach's music, Sechs kleine Praludien, BWV933-938. I didn't used to play his music, but I feel the beauty of the

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I cooked a new recipe today. I found an easy recipe in the internet.It's an easy style of pollo　alla　cacciatora. Ingredients.-boneless chicken leg.-Tomatos.-Green peppers.and some seasonings and olive oil.-Fry up cut chicken and green peppers and make tomato sauce.-Boil those with the tomato sause for 10 minutes. It's quite easy and tastes wonderful.

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I have caught the flu for a couple days, this weekend. Since the weakness, I couldn't eat and drink at all. So, I had to spend all weekend in the bed listening to good classical music. But Don't worry, I'm alright by now. It seems I completely recovered from my weakness and flu. I took a day off today for just in case. I went to McDonald's to get a new hamburger this morning. I haven't eaten at

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I went to an art exhibition in Saitama with friends. A friend of mine exhibited for the exhibition some kinds of works which look like small sculpture. Watching arts is fun. Fine arts give me various impression and show me new world that I have never experienced. I got some his works as souvenirs. They're not big but I like them so much.

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Time in the winter vacation has been flying by much faster than usual. I went back home in Shizuoka the the first day of the vacation, spend a night with family and caught up on our news. The following day, I met with a friend from China and some friends came to my apartment to have his welcome back party. I was happy meeting him again. He gave me nice Chinese tea which has fine aroma! The

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Beethoven's ninth symphony is one of the most popular symphonies in Japan. There are a lot of concerts of that at the end of years. The climax of the symphony is the last fourth movement. Four soloists and more than a hundred of people of mixed chorus join from the fourth movement. The finale is extremely exciting. It goes with tutti and extremely fast and vivid tempo. Every performer has to make

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Today, I got my piano tuned after all two years. Generally, pianos go out of tune across the ages. My piano have lasted pretty long, two years. My piano technician also restored it to optimal precision, in a process called regulation, which involves adjustments ranging from turning a small screw to sanding down a wood surface. Over five hours operation made my piano perfect!

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I had a small Xmas party with friends today. I made lasagne again. This time, I could do it pretty easier than last time. The taste was not so bad. And a friend made minestrone soup. But the soup was pretty delicious than mine.

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I finished work pretty earlier than usual today. Then, I went to my Ramen shop with a co-worker. I like Yokohama style Ramen. The soup is made with crushed pork bones that have been boiled for hours and a soy-based sauce. Everybody says Yokohama style is the most difficult style. I heard keeping same taste every day is very difficult. It means it's not always good. So, today, their ramen was good

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I had Sushi in Tsukiji on a whim today. I went to see a doctor in the morning. The diagnosis finished pretty earlier than I had thought. So, I got much free time after that. A friend who likes Sushi is coming to visit to Japan on New Year's eve. So, I was thinking about him at that time and I remembered that another friend had told me about a good Sushi restaurant in Tsukiji. That's why I decided

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I finally bought a coffee maker to enjoy having coffee after work at home. I've had hectic days at work and I get back to home late at night. Having coffee is good way to enjoy fleeting time before going to bed. And also, if I stumbled on good music at that time, it would be much better. I prefer to have coffee in winter. It makes me warmer.

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I went out for a drinking party with friends yesterday. That was my first drinking party with them in a while. I drank much. I also talked with friends in Japanese and in English. It was fun! I got back to home at 2:00 the night. On the way to home, I saw lots of Christmas decorations on a street, on a department store, at a park in the town. I was alone at that time, of course. Those're

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Narita Airport might be one of places with a mixture of deep emotions in Japan. I think most people are there for sightseeing. Some people might be there to be a student of a Japanese University or to be an employee for a Japanese company or to meet friends or family. In any case, each and all in the airport has particular emotion like anticipation, joy, anxiety and grief. It seems as if

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I listened to Chopin's two Sonatas today. He wrote three sonatas for piano in his life.The first sonata was written when he was a student in Warsaw. I don't think it's so bad though, but quite few pianists play that sonata quite infrequently. The other two sonatas are really famous pieces. If you would like to be a pianist, you would have learned and played these sonatas. Those require your quite

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There is no relationship to the title though, but I practiced the piano after a long time today. I have known my piano technique is a little bit unusual. And I have wanted to check my piano techniques by video or something. Today, I asked my friend to take a video of my piano performance. Checking my technique was interesting. It was obviously my performance, but I felt as if it was other

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A view from an observation room of Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building reminded me of my leisure activities of 2006 such as, Yokohama Bay area, Mt. Fuji, Mega Web in Odaiba, Mt. Mitake, Mt. Hinode and other spots. Luckily, weather was clear fine and I could see distant mountains. And also you can see full view of metropolis of Tokyo, adjoining cities, mountains and sea. The view from the

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I go for a walk around my apartment early in the morning sometimes. I do it when I'm looking for some new ideas or feeling short on ideas. Walking brings me fascinating, unexpected ideas and discoveries sometimes.

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I went hiking in Mt.Mitake and Mt.Hinode in Tokyo with my friend last Friday. I hiked in the mountains for the third time. Hiking in the mountains provides me with different impressions every time. We left Atsugi at eight in the morning. The nearest train station to the base of the mountain is Mitake station on Chuo line. The station has unique and traditional looks. After we left Mitake

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I've had very busy days recently. I wake up around seven o'clock and go to work on foot and go back to home at ten or eleven at night.　And then, I eat a late dinner and listen to music a little bit. My favorite musicians are Ludwig van Beethoven(1770-1827) and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791).　Their music is always going through my mind, encouraging me and making me positive. Mozart's piano

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Gute Nacht Fremd bin ich eingezogen,Fremd zieh' ich wieder aus.Der Mai war mir gewogenMit manchem Blumenstrauß.Das Mädchen sprach von Liebe,Die Mutter gar von Eh', -Nun ist die Welt so trübe,Der Weg gehüllt in Schnee. Mein Lieblingslied.

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　One day, when I was watching TV in a hotel at midnight in San Francisco, I was awakened by a smoke alarm. All hotel guests had to evacuate the hotel immediately. A couple of fire-engines have already come to the hotel when I got outside of the hotel from an emergency exit. I was sleepy and I didn't know what happened to the hotel exactly. Everybody was trying to look for a room on fire from the

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Watching Formula 1 in Suzuka is one of big opportunities in my life. I have been interested in Formula 1 races, but I hadn't gotten a chance to watch them at any venues before. Luckily, I got a chance to watch them at Suzuka Circuit. This year might be the last Fomura 1 at Suzuka. And my friend offered to go to watch the races together. There was no reason to hesitate to go!Suzuka city in Mie

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I've been to U.S for 10 days. It was my second trip to U.S. It was more fun than last trip. I saw some unusual and some fantastic happens to me. Travel has an extra dimension for me. I will give you the details later!

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I went to Toyata's huge showroom Mega Web in Odaiba today with my friend. First, I was surprised by the change in Odaiba. Last time, I came to Odaiba six years ago, there weren't so many buildings at that time.Mega Web has not only car showcase but museum, pit, theater, merchandise shop and test driving course. We wanted to drive a car, but all reservations were already full.It was fun to look

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I went to my library in Atsugi and borrowed some classic CDs. One interesting piece 1812 Overture by Tchaikovsky is remarkable. As the title implied, it's an orchestral piece commemorating the unsuccessful French invasion into Russia. The piece is known as gorgeous sequence of cannon fire. You can never listen to the cannon fire at concert halls in Japan because of the fire laws. So, you can

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It's getting cooler and cooler these days. And it's becoming more and more like autumn. There is a nip of autumn in the air. I especially like crisp air and beautiful scenery of autumn. There are lots of fine autumnal activities such as hiking, camping and BBQ. Hiking is my most favorite activity in autumn. Planning autumnal activities is fun!

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I went to climb Mt.Fuji with my friend last Sunday. Even though I was raised in Shizuoka, I hadn't climbed Mt.Fuji thus far. Luckily, one of my friend gave us a ride to Kawaguchiko five station and I had another great friend who would climb Mt. Fuji together. Weather was getting fine and things were progressing favorably. First, We got to the Kawaguchiko 5th Station at 8:15 the night. Weather

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Today, I made a cup of snow cone with melon syrup. It's very good for hot day like today.

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