my first chai

i made chai which is Indian spiced milk tea with my english teacher.
she loves India and drinking tea.
it is easy to make. we need some milk, spices, sugar, water and black tea.
we put all of them into sauce pan and boiled them.
we used cardamom, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and cloves.
you can put many different spices in. anything you like.
it was too spicey for me so i put in a lot of sugar. that became perfect taste for me.
i know i have a very sweet tooth!

my ayurvedic dosha

today, i did a questionnaire to find out my dosha.
dosha is a fundamental force. there are three; fire, air and water.
ayurveda is traditional indian medicine. we need to find balance in our dosha.
most people have one or two dominant dosha.
my dominant dosha are PITTA-KAPHA.
pitta is fire, kapha is water.
when i read about P-K it was true for me.
i was surprised that i only answered some quetions, but it could tell me about my personality.

my film review

this is "着信アリ" i watched last week.
there are 3 films in this series.
i haven't seen No.3 yet.
but i think No.1 is the most interesting, because it is the most easy to understand.
please check here for the storyline.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Missed_Call_(2004_film)
it is not a good story, but it's very scarey.
seeing is believing! let's watch it!

my thoughts on horror

this picture is of the haunted house at our local tree festival.
i don't like this attraction, because i don't like horror.
but i want to watch japanese horror films with lots of friends.
it is very thrilling!! the other day, i watched "着信アリ", which is "there is a message" in english, with my classmates.
it was really really really scarey. reacting to the film loudly with my friends was a lot of fun.
i really had a good time.
unlike usual, this film scared the boys in my class more than the girls. things to do with water or reflections were very scarey in the film, so much so, that the boys couldn't even close their eyes while washing their hair in the bath that night.
american horror is scarey at that moment in the film, but japanese horror leaves a lasting impression...

my golden week

GW is when all japanese have a holiday.

this year's GW was long.

i love holidays.

this GW i met my friend from junior high school.

i hadn't seen her for ages.

we hung out in town and ate sweets.

i had happy time.

my school relay race

yesterday we had two races at my school.
one was an individual race and the other was a relay race.
all the classes in my school competed in the relay race.
the relay race was more exciting because my class was very fast.
so my class came first in the whole school!!!!!
our class received 15,000 yen in prize money.
we picked up our teacher and runners and tossed them into the air.

my cherry blossom viewing

cherry blossom is a symbol of japanese spring.
when they bloom people go outside to enjoy them.

there are stalls selling food, toys, and drinks in parks where there are blossoms.

i love the food, it's delicious.

when i see cherry blossoms i think of dango (rice cake balls...on sticks)

in spring i like to sleep EVEN MORE than usual!

in spring people are feeling more excited and free.

spring we meet new people because it's the start of a new school year.