De-Lovely & Korean BBQ
First of all, thank you all so much for your comments on our diary. We really want to reply to all of you, but we are a little busy with going out, so we are very sorry for not replying. But we really enjoy reading your comments!:)Today, we went to a Korean BBQ restaurant with my Rakuten friend Ucchan-san and my college friend Acchan-san, who sometimes gives comments on this webpage. We had a very good time!The BBQ was very good as usual, and I hope they enjoyed it so much, too. Well, we were kind of quiet while eating...:PAfter BBQ, we went to Mr. Donuts at Kobe station, and talked a lot there. We talked about hunting, hobbies, jobs.... And it was very interesting Ucchan san and Rick were talking about some differences between UK and USA. What else did we talk?Oh, Ucchan san told us that she just started playing table tennis, and she was wondering how much she would spend for the racket. (American call it "puddle", and British call it "bat", and we call it "raketto". And Rick said, "British call anything "bat". Is that true?:D)And then we talked about how to save money. I think Rick would write about "Happy Retirement" later.:P If you want to save money, ask Rick! He is our save-money-consultant!:DOh, before that, we went to see "De-Lovely" at a theater in Kobe. I wanted to see this movie because Robbie Williams sings in the movie. Well.... the movie was not that good as I had expected. I thought it was a very pure love story of the composer and his wife, but the composer had some weird taste about love, which means he also loved men, so I could not enjoy it so much. But the music was wonderful. Yes, only the music was wonderful. Story was kind of redundant and too long with no point. I was a little disappointed by that, but it is still good because I could listen to Robbie Williams' song, though I could not recognize which guy Elvis Costero was.... Did he get fat?Now I'm listening to the soundtrack of "Love Actually", while Rick is taking a bath. Hey, Maroon 5 is really cool, isn't it? Who are they?OK, it's your turn, Rick.********************What another wonderful day it was. Of course, we began with breakfast at the best place to eat-with food by one of the best cooks in the world. ;)After finishing another DVD, we went to an Indian food restaurant. Oiishi-oiishi-oiishi katta!I expected the movie to be what it was. Well, except for one little surprise-that I won`t tell you about! Go see it! It`s very representative of the old America show business. (And is supposed to be true about our Cole Porter.)Korean BBQ was wonderful. And smoke filled. :) Mr. Donut was very relaxed tonight. And...I could get a very American filled with chocolate-sugar-frosting and maybe fat and calories-donut!But the most wonderful part of the day was meeting new friends. My girlfriend`s friends were so polite-speaking in English often. Because I still hear a lot of words that I know in sentences-but I don`t understand the sentence spoken in Japanese. When they spoke in Japanese, I think that I always knew what the topic was about. But was discussion about a positive? A negative? Coming? Going? I just didn`t know, often.Anyway, both friends had much in common with me and things that I know about. The friend that works in England has been appropriately exposed to American/British ways. :D The college mate I found knows about a common tradition from my part of the U.S.! Actually, they both knew many things that maybe Americans would think that they do not know about western ways. In part, because us westerners don`t actually "own" everything that we think we "own" (as far as habits and traditions). Both friends are an impressive reminder about how we should all study and learn a foreign language well. All three of the company with me tonight transcended back and forth from Japanese to English and visa versa in an inspiring manner. Possibly that is the memory that will dominate my memories of tonight.