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We speak a form of English where I come from!

Hello Lugworm

I'm Taamyu, a female Japanese, 40 years old.
If you don't mind, please keep in touch with me

How are you?
I'm fine

Where are you live, by the way?

Well looking forward to speaking to you soon &

Taamyu

G'day Taamya, nice of you to reply, I'm male Australian aged over 60
I live outside Newcastle, N.S.W. Australia. I'm very well and I will keep in touch with you. More later.

Hiya lugworm
Glad to hear from you again
I'm surprised at your age My father was 64(he died this Arpril )
Here, it's been raining since yesterday
But we have the most beautiful season, autumn, here in Japan
You can enjoy coloured leaves here and there

I'll tell you some sites which you can enjoy coloured leaves
I hope you will enjoy them

http://www.nishimiyas.com/photo/momiji.jpg
http://www.angel.ne.jp/~otagiri/022HASE.JPG
http://www.town.koya.wakayama.jp/public_html/image/H141011.JPG
http://www.interq.or.jp/japan/kimi/domestic/kyoto/autumn/eika1.JPG

How's Australia? It's getting hotter and hotter there, I guess.

Well speak to you soon &



Taamyu

G'day Taamyu,
sorry you lost your dad, mine died aged 59, I was very nervous all through my 59th year! He died of lung cancer caused from smoking all his life. Thank you for allowing me to view the pictures, autumn is a colourful time of year in some countries. Our autumns are quite plain although Australia has it's own kind of rugged beauty. Most of our trees are evergreen and lose their leaves slowly all year also many of them shed their bark. It is beginning to get warmer now although this spring has been quite cool, around the 20 degrees during the day and around 10 degrees at night. I like the warm weather and am looking forward to full summer. Best wishes.

Hello Lugworm
I'm sorry to know that you felt nervous when you were 59. But I think everybody feel like you when peole become the same age at which you lost your parents or dearest people (I hope my Enlgish is undestandable for you )
I'm okay. My father got cancers, too. Yep, he has got cancers almost all his organs. First, it seemed that he got pancreas cancer, and it transferred stomoch, livery(kidney...) I got panceratitis 15 years ago, even pancreatitis, it's PAINFUL, so I could easily imagine how painful it was. We did not confess his desease, because he was so coward person. And he went into hospital only 1 week. I met him 1 day before his death, at that time, he felt asleep with medecine . When I met him after he died (I could not see his last moment, unfortunately or fortunately), he 'slep' peacefully. I thought he died peacefully which made me VERY safe He did not have to suffer from the awful pain anymore, that's good.
My big loss was my grandfather's die who died 17 years ago. I know my father, my grandad and my uncle(one of my father's younger brother) loved me very much, but they are all gone. I'm very sorry for my grandmother who lost all her sons (she got 3 sons, but all died before her, and she lost her husband 17 years ago). She's got celebral inflartion 2 years ago, so it seems that she doesn't understand my father's death (I don't know her inside)
I have a little bit complicated relationship with my parents, so my grandparents looked after me with deep affection
Oh, don't misunderstand, please, I do love my father, and I'm very sad with his death, but if I cry out, he never survive I have good momories with him, too That's wonderful
As for my grandfather, I'm happy if you would read my 'journal'

Here, it's good and lovely day today, too
It's getting colder and colder, but we will have the loveliest season before winter

I've never ever been to Australia . I think it's a wonderful country. I wish if I could go
I haerd that 'impolite' Japanese tourists visit there and behaved very bad Whenever I know about this kind of stupid and ashamed Japanese tourists, I feel shameful of being Japanese I do love Japan which has wonderful culture, and people also are good except for some unbelievably awful people

Well, I write too much, I think
I hope you don't feel unpleasant with my message and keep in touch with me

Take Care & Enjoy Yourself





Taamyu

PS I hope you can understand my awful English

G'day Taamyu,
Nothing about death, to sad! Japanese tourists must have a worse name in Japan than they do here. They are usually in group organised tours and the ordinary Australians have very little chance to meet them. Stop believing all you hear and read! Tourists from Japan will always be welcomed here. Australians are very easy going people and we don't get upset easily. We have a saying here, "she'll be right" which loosly means we don't care to much about things. Very irresponsible, but thats the way most of us are! Love your country, your people, and your culture.I have been to Japan but it was over 40 years ago and my memories are somewhat hazy!
See ya!

Hello lugworm

Lovely to speak to you again
No, I don't believe all rumour or news about 'naughty Japanese tourists', but at the same time, to my regret, it's true some of them do the unpleasant behaviour

I was surprised at knowing that you visited Japan about 40 years ago It was about when I was born . So you came here about in 1963 or so? Of course Japan has changed greatly. I like present Japan, but I love past Japan, too. We've got lots of new things, technologies, and lost lots of beautiful scenery of old Japan. This is not only about Japan, but also about all over the world (Is this English right?)

Well, I'm happy to speak to you every time

Please keep in touch &

Speak to you soon

Have a lovely day

Taamyu

G'day, Taamyu, you must be more confident about your English, I find it very easy to read and your flow seems good to me. My English is very questionable and it's my only language! so be confident! I don't know anyone who speaks or writes perfect English, nor do I know anyone who cares! I don't even know if I speak English with an Australian accent or Australian with an English accent. What language do they speak in America, I don't know. If you speak English with a Japanese accent good! That's who you are!
Yes, there have been many changes all over the world in recent years not just in Japan, many for the better and some for the worse but thats what people do, I think they call it progress. History will, I think, be the judge of that. Keep smiling.

Hello Lugworm
Tahnk you very much for encouraging me on my English
I feel safe whenever native Englsh people understand me
Because I know that I have poor English vocabularies, I don't have any confident on my English I think that it's my fault I should study harder when I was in University
Now, I enjoy speaking to you with writing English here . This improve my English a lot, I think. I know the most important thing is how much we can 'ENJOY' each other
If you enjoy chatting with me, I'll be very happy.

Well, how's today? I hope you enjoy today too
Here it was not good day (cloudy), but I enjoy today I went to calligraphy lesson today

Ye--s, I'll keep smiling

I'll stop now today

Take Care

Taamyu

PS : May I add your name to my 'friend's list' ?
Of course, please add mine to yours, if you want to

G'day Taamyu, Cloudy here today as well, still everyday is a lovely day!Hard day today and tomorrow I must help son to remove to another house, hard day tomorrow as well! Yes to 'add to friends' I will write more next time. Good luck!

Hello lugworm
How are you? I'm fine
I'v added your name to my friends' list. !!
that you have to help your son's moving. Is he young? Because I moved myself without my parents' help when I moved (when I was around late 20s(or about 30 years old))
Good luck. And please take enough rest after helping him
Today, it becomes a lovely again I enjoy this chngeable weather
Speak to you soon
Taamyu

PS

Have a Lovely Weekend



Taamyu

G'day Taamyu, Son has been moved, had to help, fridge and washing machine very heavy. Cloudy and somewhat cool today but no rain. Tell me about the city in which you live. Parks, transport, housing, industries, anything and everthing, alittle at the time. I will tell you about Newcastle and the Hunter valley. Tired now so off to bed.
Bye!

Hello lugworm
Did you have an enough rest?

It was very warm day here, though it's a bit cold now (night). In Japanese traditional calender, winter has come. This year today is called 'Ritto' which means the beginning of winter

I wonder if you knwo where Osaka is. It is said that Osaka is in 'southern' Japan, but in fact it looks that it's in the centre of the map Osaka is on the Pacific Ocean side, too.
http://www.cbc-clcstudents.org.uk/Countries/japan_map.htm
This site shows a Map of Japan and you can find very clearly where the big cities are

Osaka is the second biggest city in Japan and the busiest city in Japan , but it is often said that Osaka is the busiest city of the world . But the suburb is quietter than the main city
We have long railway webs through Hanshin Area(this means from Kobe to Osaka), so train is the one of the most convenience transportation system. And Osaka is very famous for 'underground'. We have rather complicated underground webs, but when you know how to use it, you'll find how convenient it is And why Osaka is famous for 'underground' is not only for 'underground(tube)' itself, but also for 'big underground shopping cities(mole)' . Of course this is run through the centre of Osaka, I mean. You don't need unbrella at the Centre of Osaka

Osaka is famous for merchant city, too We have older history than Tokyo. In the past, first Nara, then Naniwa(Osaka's ancient name) and Kyoto was the capital city of Japan. We have lots of historical buildings, people, blah blah blah
Well it will be awful long story when I start talking about Osaka's culture, I'll tell you little by little from next time

http://www.pref.osaka.jp/en/index.html
this is the official site of Osaka Prefectural Gov. If you can access, you will find lots more about Osaka which I don't know like population Oh!! Of course this is an English version

One thing which makes Osaka people (Japanese, but especially Osaka people) very happy is that the traditional Japanese puppet play with traditional Japanese songs called 'Bunraku(Nihon Jorui Nihgyo Bunraku)' decieded as the UNESCO Intangible Heritage yesterday(8th). It appeared in Osaka in Edo Period. This is a big news to us
(You'll find bunraku on the website above)

Well I'll go to sleep as I have to go to Koyasan as I told you. I have to go early in the morning

Hope you enjoy my story of Osaka (again sorry for my long English because of my poor English(I mean if I knew much more Englsh words, this would be shortend. I know you'll understand my English))

Speak to you soon.

Have a Lovely Sunday

Taamyu

PS Of course, Osaka is my favourite city in Japan. I was born in Sakai(in southern Osaka's city which has very unique history) Although I live another city (Kawachinagano close to Sakai) in Osaka, I know much more about Sakai than Kawachinagano. I do love Sakai

G,day Taamyu, You have made a good start on Osaka. Necastle is at the mouth of the Hunter river and is the 6th largest city in Australia, it is a very busy sea port with the main export cargoes being coal and wheat. Most of the coal goes to Japan and Korea also Taiwan. Much of the wheat goes to China. The city of Newcastle is really of two parts, one side has the river, port and industries the other side of the hill has beautiful beaches and the Pacific Ocean. The city centre is not very high and I think the tallest building would only be twelve or fourteen stories high; it's suburban areas are spread over a large area and like all cities forever expanding. Until recently Newcastle was the home to a large iron and steel works, because it was getting old and costly to repair it is being demolished and a new shipping container terminal is to be built in it's place. Well that's a start, I think! more next time. Bye.

Hello lugworm.
How are you? I'm fine.
I'm very happy to read your introduction about Newscasle
I learn a lot
Today, I don't have enough time as I'll be out all day to teach English to my friend's children. So, I'll tell you a bit about the word, 'Osaka'. I think you may know about Japan as you visited Japan. But when I say 'Osaka', there are 2 different nuance. Osaka as a 'county (prefecture)' and as a 'city' There are many cities like 'Sakai', 'Kawachinagano', 'Osaka', 'Higashi-Osaka', blah blah blan in Osaka. And Osaka city has several wards called '-ku' like 'Chyuoh-ku', 'Naniwa-ku', 'Kita-ku' Another Cities of Osaka don't have 'words'. There are many towns in each city. I think this is the same with Newcasle.
So, from next time, I'll say 'Osaka' as a county(prefecture) and 'Osaka-shi' as one of the cities Osaka which will make you understand easier what I'll talk about.

As I told you 'Osaka-shi' is famous as a merchant. And Sakai, too. But another cities of Osaka, most of people were farmers in the past.
Their main products was, I think, onion and rice. I think some farmers make onion as product still now. But I think they make rice only for their own life now.

The climate of Osaka is fairy comfortable. We have clear 4 season. In winter, we have a litte snow in southern hilly sections of Osaka like Kawachinagano City, whereas there is no snow in cities where is close to the sea(Pacific Ocean).

I'm sorry for today's infomaiton which will not attracts you. This is only general infomation. But I think if you can imagine what Osaka is like, then it's much easier for me to tell you about Osaka

Thank you for reading me

Have a Lovely day, Lugworm

Taamyu

PS -shi means City in Japanese. I use like Osaka-shi or Osaka City, but both are the same meaning.

Hello
How are you?
I'm fine , though I'm sleepy
Now I'm doing calligraphy as I will go to my calligraphy lesson tomorrow
Hope you are fine
Taek Care
Taamyu

G'day Taamyu, It sounds as if we have much the same sort of divisions in our cities. Our cities are divided into areas we call suburbs,(a contaction of suburban), each suburb has its own name and postcode but is a part of the city proper. The city is run by the city council for whom we must vote (members of the council are called Aldermen). Voting in Australia at all levels of government is compulsory.That is to say Federal, State and Local (failing to vote attracts a monetary fine). The suburb of Shortland, where I live, is suburban in the true sense of the word and is right on the outskirts of the city. To reach the city centre is about a 15min. drive. We have no rail service from Shortland and public buses are not very plentyful so most people rely upon their own cars. The university was in the suburb of Shortland but they decided to give it suburb of its own and it is no longer part of Shortland. We also have a world recognised Wetland Centre which is used as part of the envioronmental education of our children. Research is carried out there and it is also a centre for recreation. Many of the local clubs use the Wetland centre as their meeting point. All for now, be happy!