That's my treasure!

These days,we are too busy as you feel.But!!Soon,summer vacation will come♪Do you have any big plan for this summer?

Anyway,I would like to talk about my high school's festival!!

In my high school,every June,school festival called 'Narukousai'is held.3rd grade make a play and we compete with plays of other classes.Our class made a play focused on a movie"Dear frankie".Does anyone know the movie?It is a domestic drama.It is difficult for me to explain the story in English....but you can see this website to get some information about it.

I was a role of set not an actress.We prepared for the action until after school.We,as a back role, made T-shirts below↓This is one of my precious things in my school life!!
Our class got a first pride!!!As soon as we heard the news,we were so pleased jumping.That is the best memory in my high school life★+。

I'm sorry I could not go to school festival in this year....but surely our junior would perform nice plays,I hope.

My first part-time job!!

This Monday,I started to do a part-time job at buckwheat ( soba) reataurant.The reason why I decided to work there is that just it is a little near from my house and I wanted to try to take order and serve dishes,that's it!(^∀^)

In fact,I do part-time job for the first time.So,when I arrived at the office,I did not know what to do at all.But,coworkers are very very kind to me.I was taught many things to memorize by one woman who has worked there for 5 years.She was all perfect!!

Because that day was little customer,I was told to memorize all the menu as much as possible, and the way of taking order or serving dishes or teas were taught by her. Sometimes she was serious but she was kind showing smile.However surprisingly customers started to increase.I acutually practiced what I learned before.Inside my head was confusing.
I was sorry for having taken wrong order once...5 hours past very soon!

At last,I was taught about how to clean and then my first work finished all!!My body was completely tired but the work was so fun★
I have part-time job on Saturday and Sunday.I hope I do not mistake order and I'll do my best!

Thank you for reading.See ya(≧ε≦/)

"Baby hatch"

Today,I will talk about an issue called "Baby hatch" which perhaps you have ever heard of.

A "Baby hatch"is a place where mothers bring their unwanted baby just for they cannot raise their baby by themselves and instead of real mathers carer take care of their children with compassion. In Japan it is known as "stork's cradle"or "baby post".It is usually in a hospital or a social center and it is made by kind of small box with a door and a sensor.When the sensor alerts the carers,they can come soon and take care of the babies.

On May 17,2007 in Japan,in Kumamoto a three-year boy was abandoned by his father and Jikei hospital found the boy and started to take care of the boy.It is the time to put "Baby hatch" in Jikei hospital. The news expanded to all over Japan and is now discussed.

People will have two different ideas:"Baby hatch" is a good way or a bad way.

Here is one letter written by Krishna Haksar. She mentions "Baby hatch"is a bad way.First of all,she says about separating children regardless of age.The children feel severe sadness and actually the incident traumatize them even though the children are infant.She had worked with children and families for more than 20 years.Through this exprience,she emphasizes a relationship between children and their parents and mentions that for unwanted children and their parents,"Baby hatch"is not a good solution but government support like when such a problem is identified, to follow prenatal care strongly is needed. She also mentions that as such a system is adopted,abandonment of children will continue in Japan because Japanese people are far more sensitive and compassionate than people in othe coutry.

Here is the other letter written by Name Withheld.This letter argues against the former opinion. She persuades the readers in a way of using fuctual experience of pregnant of junior high school student.She and her
boyfriend finally ended up abandoning the baby in the temple. She says that if there is a facility like "Baby hatch",they will choose to leave their child there because it is the safe place on medical care.She wants to mention that this facility can help unwanted baby's life.

My opinion:
I agree with the former's opinion.

That is why if I were the child who was abandoned by my parents,I would be really shocked mentally.I would surely think that I am an unwanted child."Baby hatch" is a good way for unwanted children,but the sadness of loss of their parents will increase.As the children grow up,another problems will happen. When they knew that they are abandoned by their parents,their suffering will not end until they become adults and more they will come to blame their parents like "Why did you separat us?".

I also agree with the latter opinion about one point.Making a facility similar to "Baby hatch"is good for unwanted child and their future.However,I think there is a thing people should think-before having babies ,both mother and father have to recognize each other about having their baby and have to have a confidence of raising babies unitl they become adult and think that they really want babies.Recently,people especially young people get pregnant without thinking about it carefully and on certain news,some of them killed their babies because they did not have a confidence of rasing them or because of a problem of money.

If people think that, unwanted child will decrease and of course,a facility such as "Baby hatch" doen not need.I hope that unwanted children decrease.

**Kobe Luminarie**

Hello(^^)/Today,I'll introduce Luminarie which is one of the famous event in Kobe. The picture below is one of them taken in 2006.

It is held in the middle of December at around the East amusement park in kobe and about five million people visit there every year.Have you seen this before?I have been to see it once when I was elementary school student.I remember clearly that it was so beautiful★At the beginning,we walk into the tunnel made of lot of bulbs and finally we arrive at a circle of lights you can see it with the photo above. I felt as if I entered a different world when I was walking the road.

This event was held,at first,in December,1995 to memorialize victims of a strong earthquake called "Hanshin-awaji daishinsai"which happened on January 17th, 1995. It has been held since then every December.It was designed by Valerio Festi,an artdirecter in Italy,and Hirokazu Imaoka,a producer in Japan.There is one theme each year such as "Fascination of the sky"theme in 2006. "Luminarie"means illumination using small bulbs in Italian.

Please go to official site of Luminarie if you wanna see other details or you wanna watch former pieces in 2005 and 2004 etc.

What I was surprise at is that using too many lights for it(I did not know how many lights are used)They say that the charge for electricity of it is about ten million yen.That's so surprising!!

Finally,I'll show you a beautiful illumination!!Enjoy watching★+゜

That's so nice,isn't it?If you wanna watch other images,you can use YouTube to see them taken by the visitors!!