ホットヨガ、あまりにも気持ちよかったんでレポートにしました。このビデオ見たいな感じでした。一度だけやったパワーヨガとも全然違いました。
私の住んでいるところはあまり暑くならないので、汗をかくのを忘れていました。これだけかくとほんと気持ちいいです。私の鶴のポーズは、象のようになってしまいました。
The instructor entered the room. She was a tall, slender, in-shape teacher. She was kind to say to everyone,“You can take a rest and get some water anytime.” After counting the number of students and taking down their names, the yoga class begins. I had never done hot yoga before; even regular yoga was something I had never experienced. Yoga is similar to stretching, but somehow its poses are more mysterious and exotic. Maybe this is due to the fact that yoga came from India which I believe to still be a somewhat mysterious place for most people. The class started with a very basic pose emphasizing proper breathing technique. The total time for the class was 90 minutes. We went through various poses designed to stretch each body part. Shoulder, arms, back, stomach, legs…etc. All of my body parts were gradually stretched and I felt so calm and relaxed. The class was in such a dark room that it helped me to relax quite easily. One additional thing I want to mention is that yoga has a strong focus on balance. There were several poses in which I had to stand on one leg. This was really difficult. Some skilled people were standing like a crane. Mine was more like an elephant. While I was struggling, the room was still extremely hot and humid. Sweat was pouring out of me like a flood. The intense sweating was quite comfortable to me and it felt good. In fact, I probably lost more sweat than I ever have in my life there.
After the class, I came out of the class room and looked at the sky. It was still the same rainy Wonderland in the middle of the day. However, something felt very different. My body felt light, hot, and wonderful. My friends were not lying about hot yoga. Hot yoga was well worth the experience.
2008年5月5日月曜日
2008年5月2日金曜日
ホットヨガ レポート
ホットヨガ、あまりにも気持ちよかったんでレポートにしました。このビデオ見たいな感じでした。一度だけやったパワーヨガとも全然違いました。
I had heard a lot of good things about hot yoga and finally I went there to see what it was like. Hot yoga is not just yoga. It’s yoga in a very hot room. Since I had no idea which school was good, I picked one near downtown Wonderland which had class times that were convenient to me. It was a rainy day. I brought water and a full-size towel along with a t-shirt and shorts to the yoga class. While signing up in the reception area, I saw a mostly naked man who was wearing just a pair of shorts sitting behind me. Wondering what was going on with this guy, I entered the yoga room. Soon, I realized why the man was almost naked. It was extremely hot and humid! In the room, several heaters were running full blast. I immediately took off my t-shirt too. Even with hardly any clothing on, I was sweating. Later, I read that it was more than 100 degrees. I attended this class on a weekday around 2:30pm. Because of the time and location, there were not many people present. There were around 10 people in total, 7 females and 3 males. They mostly seemed to be in their 40’s and 50’s. They also seemed to be kind of affluent, yuppie-type people. The room was dark and no music was playing. Before class, everyone was lying on a yoga mat in the dark room, so I did that too. On the previous day, I had done some strenuous exercise, so only lying on a mat was no problem for me. It was a very strange feeling. People are used to an environment being bright and hot, but this room was dark and hot. Here is what I understand about hot yoga. Yoga originated from the country of India, where it is very hot all year round. If you learn yoga in a manner similar to the environment of India, you will be able to learn yoga more efficiently. It seems somewhat plausible to me.
I had heard a lot of good things about hot yoga and finally I went there to see what it was like. Hot yoga is not just yoga. It’s yoga in a very hot room. Since I had no idea which school was good, I picked one near downtown Wonderland which had class times that were convenient to me. It was a rainy day. I brought water and a full-size towel along with a t-shirt and shorts to the yoga class. While signing up in the reception area, I saw a mostly naked man who was wearing just a pair of shorts sitting behind me. Wondering what was going on with this guy, I entered the yoga room. Soon, I realized why the man was almost naked. It was extremely hot and humid! In the room, several heaters were running full blast. I immediately took off my t-shirt too. Even with hardly any clothing on, I was sweating. Later, I read that it was more than 100 degrees. I attended this class on a weekday around 2:30pm. Because of the time and location, there were not many people present. There were around 10 people in total, 7 females and 3 males. They mostly seemed to be in their 40’s and 50’s. They also seemed to be kind of affluent, yuppie-type people. The room was dark and no music was playing. Before class, everyone was lying on a yoga mat in the dark room, so I did that too. On the previous day, I had done some strenuous exercise, so only lying on a mat was no problem for me. It was a very strange feeling. People are used to an environment being bright and hot, but this room was dark and hot. Here is what I understand about hot yoga. Yoga originated from the country of India, where it is very hot all year round. If you learn yoga in a manner similar to the environment of India, you will be able to learn yoga more efficiently. It seems somewhat plausible to me.
2008年5月1日木曜日
大都市と小さな都市 3
少なくともこの待ちに住んでいれば通勤通学は楽だ。
Living in a big city has other side effects. It makes one feel very exhausted. In Tokyo, there are so many people that it’s sometimes impossible not to bump into other people. Many places are crowded and it just takes a long time to do anything and go anywhere. One can have many kinds of jobs compared to life in a small city, but the company has more applicants and to beat them, you have to work very hard. In many cases, you need to work over time. Living in a convenient location is also quite expensive. With a normal salary, one may not be able to live near their company and have to take the commuter trains since the local rent is very expensive and basically, a lot of people in Tokyo are short on time and constantly exhausted. Many people look tired riding on the commuting train. Most boyfriends and girlfriends only meet once a week or so, if they are working. Another negative side of living in a big city is that it can be dirty. More people equates to more trash and junk. Tokyo has a big population and it also has a huge mess to deal with. While I was living in Tokyo, I always suffered from fatigue. Later, I found out that there was dust in the air that I was allergic to. After I moved to Wonderland from Tokyo, my tiredness was suddenly gone. Also, I had a problem with wearing contacts in Tokyo, but after I came over to Wonderland, that problem was also gone. Tokyo is simply not that clean at all. The good thing about this situation or the difference between my hometown and Wonderland is, “Excitement.” Wonderland is not a big city and it could have been a boring city to me, but since I am a foreigner in this city, this helps add “excitement” to my feeling. That’s why I love living in Wonderland.
Living in a big city has other side effects. It makes one feel very exhausted. In Tokyo, there are so many people that it’s sometimes impossible not to bump into other people. Many places are crowded and it just takes a long time to do anything and go anywhere. One can have many kinds of jobs compared to life in a small city, but the company has more applicants and to beat them, you have to work very hard. In many cases, you need to work over time. Living in a convenient location is also quite expensive. With a normal salary, one may not be able to live near their company and have to take the commuter trains since the local rent is very expensive and basically, a lot of people in Tokyo are short on time and constantly exhausted. Many people look tired riding on the commuting train. Most boyfriends and girlfriends only meet once a week or so, if they are working. Another negative side of living in a big city is that it can be dirty. More people equates to more trash and junk. Tokyo has a big population and it also has a huge mess to deal with. While I was living in Tokyo, I always suffered from fatigue. Later, I found out that there was dust in the air that I was allergic to. After I moved to Wonderland from Tokyo, my tiredness was suddenly gone. Also, I had a problem with wearing contacts in Tokyo, but after I came over to Wonderland, that problem was also gone. Tokyo is simply not that clean at all. The good thing about this situation or the difference between my hometown and Wonderland is, “Excitement.” Wonderland is not a big city and it could have been a boring city to me, but since I am a foreigner in this city, this helps add “excitement” to my feeling. That’s why I love living in Wonderland.
2008年4月30日水曜日
大都市と小さな都市 2
少なくともこの州ではファションを気にしなくてもよい。自分にとっては大変楽なことである。
Living in a big city like Tokyo was very exciting. It always has new restaurants to visit, new food to taste, new department stores for shopping, new amusement parks, and everything else one can imagine. There are always concerts for popular musicians and singers. There are also many movie selections. Weekly entertainment magazines are filled with information about these activities. Several years ago, Tokyo even had an artificial ski dome. The restaurants are open late, and many of them are open 24 hours. Sometimes one might have difficulty deciding among the many choices. Rarely does one feel that there is nothing to do. Conversely, living in a small city or town is a completely different story. The choices are limited in terms of what one can do. The smaller city usually only has things that were highly popular a short while ago in Tokyo. Lately, this situation is changing a bit and some pop-culture items are arriving earlier, but there is still a time lag. There are some concerts for musicians that were once quite popular, but not now. To attend a concert by a currently popular musician is a very rare opportunity. The weekly event magazine is really thin and choosing a restaurant is often difficult because of the low selection. A resident from a larger town also has a different fashion look and style. There are more fashionable people in big cities. They have the latest clothes, hairstyle, and accessories. Sometimes, just watching people walking in Tokyo is really fun. Often, I will see “goofy looking” people in a small town. According to population statistics, most people in Tokyo were not born and raised there. They moved into Tokyo somewhere in the middle of their life, so they should look the same. Why one might ask, is this the case? This is possibly due to both inspiration and imitation. You see some one dressed fashionably and get inspired and someone else sees you and also gets inspired. As a matter of fact, I don’t care about what to wear in Wonderland, but when I go to Tokyo, I am forced to care about what to wear. There is much more social pressure to try and “fit-in” by being cool and wearing fashionable clothing.
Living in a big city like Tokyo was very exciting. It always has new restaurants to visit, new food to taste, new department stores for shopping, new amusement parks, and everything else one can imagine. There are always concerts for popular musicians and singers. There are also many movie selections. Weekly entertainment magazines are filled with information about these activities. Several years ago, Tokyo even had an artificial ski dome. The restaurants are open late, and many of them are open 24 hours. Sometimes one might have difficulty deciding among the many choices. Rarely does one feel that there is nothing to do. Conversely, living in a small city or town is a completely different story. The choices are limited in terms of what one can do. The smaller city usually only has things that were highly popular a short while ago in Tokyo. Lately, this situation is changing a bit and some pop-culture items are arriving earlier, but there is still a time lag. There are some concerts for musicians that were once quite popular, but not now. To attend a concert by a currently popular musician is a very rare opportunity. The weekly event magazine is really thin and choosing a restaurant is often difficult because of the low selection. A resident from a larger town also has a different fashion look and style. There are more fashionable people in big cities. They have the latest clothes, hairstyle, and accessories. Sometimes, just watching people walking in Tokyo is really fun. Often, I will see “goofy looking” people in a small town. According to population statistics, most people in Tokyo were not born and raised there. They moved into Tokyo somewhere in the middle of their life, so they should look the same. Why one might ask, is this the case? This is possibly due to both inspiration and imitation. You see some one dressed fashionably and get inspired and someone else sees you and also gets inspired. As a matter of fact, I don’t care about what to wear in Wonderland, but when I go to Tokyo, I am forced to care about what to wear. There is much more social pressure to try and “fit-in” by being cool and wearing fashionable clothing.
2008年4月29日火曜日
大都市と小さな都市
米リカ合衆国にはすばらしい国立公園がたくさんある
To me, living in a big city is “exciting” and living in a small city is “boring.” My hometown has pleasant mountains and a nice-looking ocean. It’s truly a beautiful city. To me, living in a big city is “dirty” and living in a small city is “beautiful.” In a sense, my family was quite conservative. There is an older, traditional way of thinking in Japan. My parents seemed to think that the oldest brother is #1 in everything and I didn’t like that way of thinking. I wanted to become very independent. I wanted to get away from my parents. I left my hometown at age 18 to move to Tokyo. At age 28, I left Tokyo for the Komerica. I felt like I had come a long way, but after several years I realized that Wonderland is a similar city to my hometown. I was trying to get away from my hometown and I traveled all the way to the other side of Japan on the earth, but the final destination was very similar to my hometown. I was born and raised in a small city with a population of approximately 300 thousand. The population of Tokyo was around 10 million. Compared to Tokyo, I lived in a really small city. Most of the things I saw on TV were focused mainly on things happening in Tokyo. Tokyo seemed to have everything I wanted in life and I grew up longing to live in Tokyo. Right after I graduated from high school, I made the change and decided to move to Tokyo and start enjoying the big city lifestyle.
To me, living in a big city is “exciting” and living in a small city is “boring.” My hometown has pleasant mountains and a nice-looking ocean. It’s truly a beautiful city. To me, living in a big city is “dirty” and living in a small city is “beautiful.” In a sense, my family was quite conservative. There is an older, traditional way of thinking in Japan. My parents seemed to think that the oldest brother is #1 in everything and I didn’t like that way of thinking. I wanted to become very independent. I wanted to get away from my parents. I left my hometown at age 18 to move to Tokyo. At age 28, I left Tokyo for the Komerica. I felt like I had come a long way, but after several years I realized that Wonderland is a similar city to my hometown. I was trying to get away from my hometown and I traveled all the way to the other side of Japan on the earth, but the final destination was very similar to my hometown. I was born and raised in a small city with a population of approximately 300 thousand. The population of Tokyo was around 10 million. Compared to Tokyo, I lived in a really small city. Most of the things I saw on TV were focused mainly on things happening in Tokyo. Tokyo seemed to have everything I wanted in life and I grew up longing to live in Tokyo. Right after I graduated from high school, I made the change and decided to move to Tokyo and start enjoying the big city lifestyle.
2008年4月28日月曜日
ネットワーク ルーター
何年か前までは米リカ合衆国の方がブロードバンドは進んでいたと思う。いつの間にか逆転されてしまった。日本のブロードバンドの方が安くて早い。これができたのは、日本は国が小さいというのが一つの理由かもしれない。
Lately, every morning we have been having problems with our home network. Originally, I had thought the problem was being caused by the cable company, but that was not the case. It turns out that there was a problem with our network router. I went to a local computer shop and purchased a new router. Right after I came home, I told my house mate that I bought a new router since he was complaining about the network issue. He replied, “thank you, but the network problem seems to be gone for now.” A small part of me regretted buying a new router, but I also realize that in the long run this issue is going to be occurring again and again.
Lately, every morning we have been having problems with our home network. Originally, I had thought the problem was being caused by the cable company, but that was not the case. It turns out that there was a problem with our network router. I went to a local computer shop and purchased a new router. Right after I came home, I told my house mate that I bought a new router since he was complaining about the network issue. He replied, “thank you, but the network problem seems to be gone for now.” A small part of me regretted buying a new router, but I also realize that in the long run this issue is going to be occurring again and again.
2008年4月27日日曜日
デジタル カメラ
基本的に米リカ合衆国では買ったものは使っても返品できる。友達や知り合いが返品したもの。コンピュータ、ビデオカメラ、鉄アレイ、服、ローラーブレード、テント。この国ではとりあえず買って使ってみるのがいいのかもしれない。
Today, my friend went to buy a digital camera and I went along with him for the support. My friend will be going back to Japan very soon. He had been in a little trouble because his digital camera was recently broken. He bought travel insurance and that covered $250 for the camera. In his insurance plan, he was trying to buy the camera under that amount. The broken one was about 2 or 3 years old and the price was about $400. As first glance, there was a new camera for $150 which had about the same features as his broken camera. But after we talked to the sales person, we found out that the $150 one is not as good as his broken one. While we were checking around and exploring our options, we found one which was around $200. This one seemed to be kind of average, but my friend wasn’t sure if he liked it or not. Then he saw a sign saying that the store had a 30 day full refund policy. There is no such thing as this type of wonderful policy in Japan. Over there, once a customer buys something, they are usually stuck with it no matter what. He decided to purchase the camera and if he is not completely satisfied with it, he will return it before going back to Japan. He looked quite happy when he bought that camera.
Today, my friend went to buy a digital camera and I went along with him for the support. My friend will be going back to Japan very soon. He had been in a little trouble because his digital camera was recently broken. He bought travel insurance and that covered $250 for the camera. In his insurance plan, he was trying to buy the camera under that amount. The broken one was about 2 or 3 years old and the price was about $400. As first glance, there was a new camera for $150 which had about the same features as his broken camera. But after we talked to the sales person, we found out that the $150 one is not as good as his broken one. While we were checking around and exploring our options, we found one which was around $200. This one seemed to be kind of average, but my friend wasn’t sure if he liked it or not. Then he saw a sign saying that the store had a 30 day full refund policy. There is no such thing as this type of wonderful policy in Japan. Over there, once a customer buys something, they are usually stuck with it no matter what. He decided to purchase the camera and if he is not completely satisfied with it, he will return it before going back to Japan. He looked quite happy when he bought that camera.
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