This is a caw... I mean a cat in my parents' home. Her name is mie chan. She used to be very skinny when she first came to my house...but now...as you can see, she has a metabolic syndrome...
My mother loves pets and we have had many dogs, cats, rabbits, and birds...but they have all tended to get rather... BIG!
I wonder why none of my brothers and sister get fat...
10 comments:
Wow! Mie chan has a belly like my husband's beer belly,doesn't she?
I can guess how much your mother cherishes her pets.
Can I take my son to your house when her pets have meal?
Mayu
She is a calico cat, isn't she? If it were a male, it's very rare. At first I thought she is pregnant. Apparently not, just a fatso. How heavy is she?
spartan
We had a cat probably as large as Mie-chan. However,he only comes back to our home after meals. After that, he goes out again to quarrel with other cats. Cats are very noisy when they are quarreling, and we usually wake up in the middle of the night. My father, who hate cats very much, splashes a pail of water to them;and then voila! It gets quiet again...
Now, since we are like chatting on the internet through your blog, how about sharing several tidbits of our native tongues? Posting a phrase or several words would gradually build up in our vocabularies, and I think it would help somehow for us to be less confused in case we'll visit other countries. What do you think?
(NOTE: I will not put my URL anymore. Tnx.)
Kay-san,
Thank you for keeping us informed with your blog! I think the reason you had such a loyal following is that you had a very friendly, relaxed style which made the (international) listener feel as if you were their Japanese friend, and this feeling is proven by you taking the time to create a blog for your listeners.
Nut sadly, all is not well for listeners of 'World Interactive' - this week's show is only 10 minutes long instead of the old 15 minutes, and next week we have to make do with 'listening library' - so no world interactive for two weeks...
Kay, does NHK listen to non-Japanese listeners if they complain? Obviously NHK is the Japanese national broadcaster, but would they listen to us gaijin??? :-)
Thanks,
Mark
Hi, Mark
It's a world-wide trend that international broadcast via short-wave is a museum piece. Don't expect any improvements. I am not surprised if next year the World Interactive show will be cancelled. So the new host, Sumi plus our old friends, Shokan and Kimie will be made redundant (I am not sure Americans know this expression) like Kay. NHK is determined to spend budget mostly for TV only.
spartan
Mayu
Oh, your son is welcome at my house but I am worried that Mie chan might eat all of his food and he will be starving!!
Spartan
I don't know how heavy she is. I will check it when I go back home again. Are male calico cats rare?? I didn't know that. Calico cats are quite common in Japan.
Jayson
That's a good idea. I will try to put some Japanese phrases from now on.
Mark
Thank you for your comment. Well, I think they do read your mail but Spartan is right about NHK's stance toward short wave radio. They are cutting the budget and programs. I feel very sorry for their decision...
Thanks for considering my comment...But I think putting Japanese phrases in this blog would be troublesome, so I suggest making another blog site...
Kay, would you please help me? I wish to have an identical copy of the ident theme(?) of NHK's kokusai hoso...Please watch the video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ofga90n3Y_8
Thanks!!!
Jayson
I don't think I can handle another blog site...that would be too much for me. Sorry.
And I watched your video. It seemed like you did succeed recording the music. What do you need my help for??
It's a shame they are reducing shortwave radio but I always accessed World Interactive through the internet anyway - this is surely a cost effective way of keeping programmes like this going.
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