Vol.96 dying to see you!

My letter finally arrived to hands of my friend abroad.


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My dear ***(My name),

With great pleasure I received your very kind postcard half an hour ago. How are you? I am yearning to see your e-mail to know your news, what you said about returning e-mail is right because I have an internal e-mail at **** (My ex-working place) I can send e-mails to any one, but I can not receive e-mail from any one, so you are kindly invited to send me e-mails to my address at my home in *** (His hometown): ***@yahoo.com (his e-mail address) noting that I am travel to my home every two Thursdays from Thursday to Sunday early morning



I am dying to see you again and more pleased to have enough time to visit my home; my friends will be so pleased to make a great day of this historical visit.



I ask you gently to be attention to your health more than usual in order to see you among us enjoying in a good health.

Please accept my best wishes hopping the best for a handsome young likes you, and do not forget to pass my regards to all your family members and friends.

Before I say good bye would you please define a suitable time for you to communicate via internet in the very near future.

Faithfully,

*** **** (Name of My friend).

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Yeah, I am pleased easily to imagine how happy he was to see my letter.
I will send messages to his another address from next time.



By the way, I have heard the phrases "yearning to see" and "dying to see".
These words suggest me how much he wants to see me.
But, to be honest with you, I laughed a little at seeing the phrase "dying to see you"!
The custom to express yourself directly even between two men is very common in Arabic society.
Maybe you feel a little bit strange if you are said "I am dying to see you" by a person of same sex.
But I like the Arab all the more for its directness to express their feeling.

* しとやかなのでなおさら（人）が好きである
like someone all the more for his modesty

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海外の友達のもとへ無事にポストカードが届きました。
彼のメッセージから推測する限り、感激してくれたようです。
dying to see you というフレーズを見たときは、おかしくて少し笑ってしまいました。
日本人からそんなこと言われたことないないですからね。
しばらくたってから今度はもっと素敵なポストカードを送ってみます。

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Vol.95 Stay-at-home boyfriend

I can say that I am kind of stay-at-home dad.
In case of ours, I am stay-at-home boyfriend because I have not married with my girlfriend.


I show you part of my work.
There are the foods which I cooked for dinner.



This one is teriyaki chicken which I cooked last Friday.

Despite my first trial of cooking this I think I did rather well than I expected.
Its apperance does not like beautiful but it was yummy.
She complimented me on my cooking well.
In addition, she hesitated to eat the last slice of teritaki chicken.



And another one is double cooked pork.
I experienced to cook this meal for the first time.
Although I followed the recipe it was too salty.
I felt as if I licked Miso itself.
I should not have put so much Miso into it.

So I fried it again with the excess amount of cabbage so that it will not so tasty.
It was still tasty but it was O.K.



Oh, now it is the time she comes back home!
What do I cook for dinner?


# 専業主夫
stay-at-home dad

ホイコーロー
double cooked pork

# かなりうまくできたと思う
think one did rather well

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レシピ通りにホイコーローを作ってみたのですが、
味噌の分量が多すぎてしまい、
まるで味噌をなめているかのようなしょっぱい味のホイコーローになってしまいました。
余ったキャベツを加えて炒めなおしてやっと食べれる味に・・・。
料理って難しいですね。
作る側に立って初めて料理を作ってもらえる側のありがたさがわかります。

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Vol.94 Souvenior from my senior

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I met me a senior of mine in my college days for the first time in a half year.
He came to Tokyo on the way his hometown Hokkaido after he had traveled Cambodia and Vietnam.
Before meeting him I was told to decide where to eat lunch in Akihabra.
I took a look at the Web for a restaurant.



I showed him the way to Niku no Mansei.
I ordered a set of beef steak and hamburger.

Good point of this restaurant is you can have a refill of rice free of charge.
In addition, they serve you a cup of coffee for free.



I talked with him over his impression about the 2 countries.
Especially, he talked me about a World Heritage site, the Angkor Wat temples.
According to his information, construction of buildings over 4th floors is not permitted because the temple has four floors.
The temple is regarded as the symbol by Cambodian people.


He asked me if I would attend the wedding party of other senior of mine.
I said,
"I would like to attend it and cerebrate him but maybe I could not attend..."
He said,
"It's just how you are. Other junior, N told me that he is attending but why you cannot?"
I explained my situation to him, but he seemed not to have tuned in to me.


I do not know whether I should go out of my way to attend his party....


Anyway, I received Vietnam coffee and T-shirt.

He said to me goodbye and added
"Graduate from NEET as soon as possible!"



Am I a NEET??




* インターネットで調べる
do research on the Internet // take a look at the Web

# ～をおかわりする
have a refill of

あいつはそういうやつなんだよ。
It's just how he is.〔

# 人の感情に理解を示す
tune in to others

# 無理してまで～する
go out of one's way to

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半年振りに先輩に再会してきました。
アンコールワットが一番良かったそうです。
肉の万世でランチをゴチになったほか、ベトナムのお土産もいただきました。
次はマチュピチュかペトラに行くそうです。

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Vol.93 Failure at Watami

After copying I went to meet my friend.
As soon as we met each other he asked me how much he must pay the present for my father.
I said,
"No! No need have to pay."
He said very strongly,
"Please let me pay some. Because Your father is my father in Japan."
I was happy to perceive his feeling, so I received some money from him.


After that, he asked me to go to Shibuya because he wants to buy some CDs and poster.
I replied, "Why not?"


First, we visited HMV.
He found some CDs but they did not have posters which he had been looking for.
Second, we entered Loft on the way to Tower record.
He was looking for star-shaped sticker which glows in the dark but we could not.
Next, we went to Tower record.
The posters of his favorite artist were already sold out.
And they had the same CDs as sold in the HMV but they sold at the higher price.
Next, we went to Tokyu Hands to buy the star-shaped sheel.
And then, he bought the CDs in the HMV.



Feeling hungry, we were looking for a place to have dinner all over.
I did not know where go because it was the four or fifth times to come to Shibuya.
Finally, we entered Watami.
But my choice was wrong.
Because he is Muslim so we can not drink alcohol.
I realized that without drinking alcohol, chat and shout by the other customers are just noise for us.
We did not concentrate on our conversation at all because of noise.
I felt very sorry for him.
But the foods we ordered were O.K.


After having dinner at Watami, I invited him to eat ice cream at the Blue Seal.

We said goodbye and see each other soon.


# 暗闇で光る
glow in the dark

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ワタミに行って大失敗。
いつも居酒屋ではお酒を飲んでいたので気がつかなかったのですが、
酒を飲まないとこんなに周りの客の音が気になるとは・・・。
ムスリムの友達に不快な思いをさせてしまって申し訳なかったです。
今度はもう少し気が利いたところに連れて行こうと思います。

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Vol.92 Tama Library

Last Sunday I went to Tama Library to copy of magazines "Science of Biology".
It was very far from my house and it took about one hour to arrive there.
I felt as if there was not Tokyo prefecture.


The magazines I wanted to copy are available only in the library.
Other library, Center Libray has also the magazine, but now it is under construction.
That's why I had to come to Tachikawa all the way from Shinagawa.


The library has huge space to read and study as well as so many books.
To my surprise, they render of copy service.
You have only to inform them of the pages which you want to copy in a magazine or book.
But the problem is the cost.
It costs 25 yen as a sheet.
To make matters worse, you can not copy by yourself and you cannot borrow a book.
I had no choice but used the service.
It is convenient for you but it is too expensive.
Why I must pay as much as 25 yen?



Anyway, I asked them to copy it.
I paid over 1000 yen in total.

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多摩図書館に行ってびっくり。
なんとコピーが一枚２５円。
この貧乏人からいったいいくらお金を取るつもりなんだ？
と怒りたくなりました。（というか怒ってるｗ）
何はともあれ、1000円分くらいコピーしてきました。
高い交通費かけて立川まで行ったのに・・・。

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Vol.91 A Man Like A Woman

My girlfriend works at an animal hospital.
She told me a funny story.


One man, some 50 years old, visited the hospital with his cat.
A staff person at the reception desk noticed right away something odd about his appearance.
Because his face was put on foundation and his lip was put on a red rouge.
In addition, he was in bra!
But his voice was masculine one...
Can you believe it?



To hear that, my girlfriend was sure she will laugh at him if she sees his face.
So, while she was treating his cat she decided not to see his face as much as possible. Fortunately, she managed to make it. But, she is worried about if he visits the hospital again how she can avoid laughing. She has still bad habit of bursting out laughing when a thing holds true to her sense of humor. Sometimes, she laughs at the funny people or memories. Anyway, I advised her not to laugh however funny he is because he may be suffering from gender identity disorder. And I told her to do her duties with a sense of tension.


* 男の声
masculine voice

大笑いする
break up // burst out laughing

# 思い出し笑いする
smile at the memory

性同一性障害
gender identity disorder

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昔、週刊誌に「ブラジャーをする男たち」と題した記事がありました。
が、実際にそんな話を聞いたことも見たこともなかったので、
話を聞いてびっくりしました。
笑い事に聞こえるかもしれませんが、もしかしたら本人は相当真剣なのかもしれません。
巷では「男性メイドカフェ」なるものも出てきたようですが、
日本の男性の皆さん、どうなっちゃったんでしょうか？

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Vol.90 Invitation of wedding ceremony

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I am invited to three wedding parties.
The 1st one is my senior from my college days.
The 2nd one is my classmate in college.
The 3rd one is my cousin.



If I were not the current situation, I mean, if I worked and I had money I would attend all of them.
It seems that some people hold a ceremony to collect money from their attendance, but I think all the three poeple noted avobe are definitely not the case.
They invited me to the parties because they are wanted to cerebrate by me.



Regarding the 1 st one, he will have a small party in a chartered restaurant.
He had been great help to me since I moved to the domitory.
But I do not have enough money to go to Hokkaido.
If he had the party in Tokyo, I could attend...
I can't seem to attend it for economic reason.
There must be some other way like sending a present to convey my feeling to him instead of attending.



The 2nd one, he kindly told me that he would bear the travelling expences.
So, In this case I do not have worry too much about the expense.
But unfortunately I have the interview of examination comingup after the ceremony.
I am afraid that I might bare my soul to my friends inspite of happy ocassions.
I expect some friends will ask me personal question about job, salary and marriage and so on.
If I worked now I would ask them the same things.
But I have a bad character with drinking.
When I drink with friends I become emotional.
I can control myself but the reunion must make me drink alcohol too much.
Maybe I will not be able to contol.


The 3rd one, only I was invited to the wedding ceremony of my cousin.
Although there is a fact that he has many cousins he invited me.
Because we played with each other when he was a kid.
And to my joy, they do not require any congratiraion tip to me.
So I will attend his ceremony.


I like to invited to the wedding ceremony in Arabic style.
You do not have to give them money or present.
All you have to do is chat, sing and dance.


# definitely not the case
全く当てはまらない、全然そんなことはない、

* 交通費を負担する
bear the travelling expenses

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三組の結婚式に呼ばれたが迷っている。
一人目は、お世話になった人だけど、遠方に行くためのお金が今の自分にはない。
何か送ってお祝いしようかと考え中。
二人目は、現地までの交通費は負担してくれるという。
だけど、今自分がこんな状態なので、二次会でお酒を飲んだ勢いで場を盛り下げるような存在にならないかどうか心配。めでたい席に今の自分はそぐわないんじゃないかなと。向こうが気にしなくてもこちらは意外と気にするもの。
三人目は従兄弟から。従兄弟の中で唯一招待されるのが私だそうだ。
ご祝儀もいらないからぜひ来ててほしいらしい。これには行く予定。

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