Madonna was a guest on TV program of "SMAP x SMAP" tonight.

I'm looking forward to watching the program of "SMAP×SMAP" on TV tonight.Because Madonna was guest of that program. SMAP is group of Japanese singers.They are very famous and popular with Japanese. I love them too.Especially Shingo Katori,Masahiro Nakai,TuyoshiKusanagi. They cook foods for guest's request and the guest eats foods on TV.And the guest selects which one is delicious. Ken Watanabe that played as role of 'LastSamurai' and married to KahoMinami recently was guest on that program.Ken Watanabe is very good at cooking. I eat only some vegetables & fish.And I usually eat macrobiotic food like beans & brown rice.Madonna too. In Japan the book that Madonna's chef wrote is one of the bestsellers. The title of book is "Big space of the small kitchen". Her name is MayumiNishioka.I want to read the book too.

The hotel 'Grand Park Royal Plaza' in Penang

The hotel where I stayed while traveling is 'Grand Plaza Park Royal Hotel'. When I had ordered the tour in the travel agency,I had selected the upgrade hotel. Because there were some reasons. ・Hotels of the standard tour was far away from Batu Ferringhi Beach. ・I looked forward to buy clothes or shoes in the shop of adidas. So the hotel must be close to there. ・I wanted to go to the night markets by walk. ・there were delicious restaurant in the hotel. And beautiful pools and some shops. So I could enjoy shopping,swimming,parasaling,eating while staying in the hotel. While I had stayed the hotel,I could eat the buffet breakfast at the restaurant.But I don't usually have a breakfast in Japan because I don't feel like eating in the morning. Then I thought it is nice not to eat breakfast because I would start doing a diet. But I couldn't do a diet.The reason of it was that breakfast was very delicious! For example,there were japanese foods,chinese foods,breads,cakes,penang foods,fruits in the restaurant. Finally I ate grilled beef steak as breakfast. In addition,the view of the restaurant was very nice!I could see the beautiful sunrise while eating breakfast. Anyway,it was nice to stay the hotel 'Grand Park Royal Plaza hotel'. I would like to stay there when I go to Penang again!

snack&noodle@penang

I bought some noodles & snacks in Penang. I ate Curry Tapioca Chips in the Penang airport. Those was very yummy! I love 'Curry tapioca chips'. After I went to shopping at Eden parade, I went to Kentucky! This is RM 8. ・shrimp burger ・French fried potato ・drink Is it more expensive than in food stall?

Penang was very good!

I came back from Penang Yesterday. Penang was very good! I did parasailing & swimming!And I went to the PenangHill and watched the night view. The food of Penang was very delicious. I ate food in the stalls. I am going to report about the detail of travel in this blog.The pictures that I took in Penang are here.

parasailing

I was looking forward to parasailing from before travel!!And I did parasailing in Penang. Mr.Ou that he was my guide said to me,'Let's try parasailing when you are in Penang!'Then I entered for the sports center of hotel after swimming in the pool.The fee of parasailing was RM35(about 15mins). Before I did,I signed the convenant.And the instructors told me the way of parasailing. He said to me, 'When you fly,I will raise my hands and ran.And when you hear our voices,I will pull red rope.' While I waited my turn,Japanese woman came down from sky.I asked her about parasailing. She told me that she goes back to Japan and it is very hard to pull red rope because the window is very strong. And The man doing parasailing got into the sea when he came down from sky.I was very shocked at the accident.Because he couldn't hear the instructor's voice, he didn't pull the red rope.And he dropped into the ocean. I felt fear.The woman waiting for her turn felt fear too.When we talked about stopping parasailing,the instructors called my name. I ran and I did parasailing.I couldn't fly and was about to fall into the ocean at first.But after 5 mins I enjoyed the view from sky.I could see the hotels & mountains & ocean from sky.It was very beautiful. But I felt fear too.Because I couldn't see the face of people and hear the voice at all.I thought I would fall into the sea like that man. When I got near the beach,I thought I had to pull red rope.Then I did and I could fall in the ground. I want to do parasailing again! Let's try parasailing.

markets and botanical garden

I went to the morning markets by the taxi.There are many markets and many people. I heard that it is common that people have a breakfast in the food stands.And I found the drink of hot soymilk and bought it. In the markets,various things were sold in the markets. After watching markets,I went to the Penang botanical garden.I like flowers and plants and so I was very glad to watch those. When I went around the garden,I watched the monkey in the garden.

Global bay in Penang

I had looked forward to go to the shop 'adidas' before traveling, because I heard that the price of clothes and shoes are lower than Japan. So I go to there some times while traveling. The shop was near the hotel where I stayed in Penang. It took about 10 mins. The food center 'Global Bay' was near the shop of Eden Parade.

Kek Lok Si Temple and Penang Hill

I got up at 7 am in the morning and went to the restaurant 'Tamarind Brasserie'. But the outside was still dark. The sun rose up and I watched the sunrise while breakfast. I enjoyed the sunrise and breakfast in the restaurant for 2 hours. After breakfast,I went to George town by the taxi. I went to the building 'komutar',indian street,temples、the famous hotel 'E&O' So I enjoyed the sightseeing. I felt that Georgetown is very exciting. After sightseeing in George town,I went to Kek Lok Si Temple and Penang Hill. The view of the temple was bery nice. I heard that there is this plants only in Penang Hill. I don't know this plant's name yet. I heard that Penang hill were developed for European in 1900s. I took a rest at the restaurant in Penang Hill and watched the night view from Penang Hill. I could see the Penang bridge and the night view was very beautiful. After watching the view,I went to the night market again. I eat dinner and enjoyed shopping!

Malaysia airline

I got on the airplanes of Malaysia airline for the first time when I went to Penang. The flight attendants are very kind. Their uniforms were very beautiful but I couldn't take pictures of them. After I got on the plane,flight attendants were starting serving drinks. I heard that alcoholic drinks are more expensive than Japan. And it is the fact when I stayed in Penang. So I ordered beer and drank at the first. Then the meal time. I drank white wine while eating. The meals of the Malaysia airline were very delicious. Especially,Japanese noodle 'Soba' was very nice! Unfortunately I couldn't eat all. After the meal time,I watched some movies. But there weren't nice movies on the programs. That was too bad! I had nothing to do and so I had been reading a book 'Tokyo tower'. Snack ・chocolate bar ・oranage juice ・potatoes sandwiches I couldn't eat all of this snack.

The first day in Penang - night's markets

When I arrived at the hotel,it was 9 pm. The hotel that I stayed in Penang is 'Grand Plaza Park Royal Hotel'. There were swimming pools & some restaurants & some shops in the hotel. We could swim at from 8 am to 8 pm in the pool. The lobby of the hotel is very oriental mood. ・the shop And There were shops & night's markets around the hotel. Then I went out to watch the stalls & night markets. There were a lot of people & stalls. I was very surprised at the prices of those. Those were cheaper than the prices of Japan. There were clothes & bags & CD in the night's market. We could get everything in the night's market. The night's markets open at to 12 pm from 6 pm . After watching markets,I bought the water & some beer. I heard the beer is very expensive in Penang. It was true. The price of beer was RM6. Then I went back to the hotel,I took a shower. And I drank beer.

I made preparations for my departure at my house.

Yesterday,I made preparations for my departure at my house. I packed my suitcase to travel. And I checked the web sites to collect the informations of Penang. But I don't finish packing yet. I have to pack my suitecase this evening. After work,I will drop by the shop to buy some instant cameras tommorow. I'm going to wake up at 5 am tomorrow morning. Because I have to go to the Narita Airport at 8 am to check in 2 hours before departure. The airplane of Malaysia Airlines will take off at 10:30. Then it will arrive at the KL ariport at night. I will transfer to the another airplane that goes to Penang Airport,when the airplane arrived at KL airport. After going through immigration,I have to exchange some money at the airport. I think that I will check in the hotel at 9 pm.

Furuhata Ninzaburou - drama series -

The drama series of telecast by 'Furuhata Ninzaburou' is about mystery. The drama of it is similar to the movie of 'The Columbo'. Kouki Mitani that is famous for Japanese wrote the story. I like Masakazu Tamura of the actor. He played a lead role of the detective finding out killers. The special program of that had been telecasting on TV for 3 days. I videotaped it tonight. But I don't watch the recorded of it yet. The baseball player Ichiro had played a role of the killer yesterday night. According to the news,the TV rating of it rosed up higher than ever before ,because many people had watched it. The news reports about his play of it. He is good at playing not only the baseball but also the actor. He is a fan of 'FuruhataNinzaburou'.

The first day of work

Today is a first day of work in this year. Before I went to my office, I thought tomorrow would be start of work. But I had a mistake. After 2 days,I will go to travel. I don't have thing to do on this week. I have to prepare for travel. I already took 2 railway tickets to NaritaAirport. I'll go to the airport by the railway.

Sushi&Mizutaki

Today my brother came to my house and had a lunch & a dinner together. He bough sushi to celebrate a new year's day. My mom cooked. But I had sleeping until 11am. Because I had a cold 3 days ago. We usually see the movies on a new year day. But this year it was different. The first of the reason was no movies that we wanted to. And I had a cold. My mom cooked 'Mizutaki' that is the japanese-nabe. Mizutaki is chickens and vegetables cooked in a pot at the table and eaten after being dipped in a sauce. 　　 We like it very much. We had a lunch drinking beer and watched the movies at my house. My brother went back at 9 pm.

New Year's Day

I'm happy,because today is last day of work. My family always watches movies in the theater on a New Year's day. The price of movies prices down on New Year's day. The movies that I want to watch are 'SAYURI','Mr &Mrs Smith'. But mom said to me that she don't want to watch those. After watching movies,we'll have a lunch at the restaurant and go to the shrine to make wishes for coming years on a New Year's day. The shrine where I go to is Meiji-jingu. It is a famous shrine for Japanese. It is near Harajyuku-station. And there are a park & cafes & food stands in the shrine. A lot of people go to there on a New Year's day. In next Year I'll start working on January 4. And I'll travel to Penang Island on Januay 7 and go back to Japan on January 11. I must prepare for traveling and buy a guidebook.

'dining accueillir'

I went to Omotesandou after work,because I had been invited to year-end party. Before I arrived at the restaurant,I was lost. So I heard the way to the restaurant from the person and I could find the restaurant. The restaurant was recently opened. The name of restaurant is 'dining accueillir'. The man that had got win on TV program produced the restaurant. When I was arrived at the restaurant,there were 3 friends. We began to drink and eat food. We ordered spring rolls & pizza & salada. And I drank a lot of beer. We enjoyed a year-end party until 11 p.m. Then we went to the station and went back home. We could see beautiful lights near the building of restaurant. I had a good time!!

Stress

I'll go to Omotesandou after work,because I have been invited to year-end party. I'll meet people who had worked together in the previous office. Recently I feel strong stress in my office. If I were use one word,the cause of stress is my office. I can't respect nobody working together in my office. I don't agree with each other. I can't upgrade my skill,because I can't develop the web system by myself. I think my office is very old style of thinking and development style. I want to be equipped with the lates computer technology. Especially,My boss is worst. He don't know anything about web-system & PHP that is programming language. I can't believe. When I leave my office,I always can't feel satisfaction of my work. I think it is bad for me.

My job

I'm working in my office now. I don't want to work,because I think my job is boring. I usually had developed systems of web by myself before. But I don't develop them now. And the program is developed by another company and I do testing and find bugs and I report bugs and release them. I can't feel exciting in my office and I have nobody that I respect. When I wake up in the morning, I don't want to go to my office every day. But when I don't go to office,I can't live by myself. I'm going to my office just only to have money.

Egyptian Restaurant 'luxor bar'

I went to the Egyptian restaurant 'Luxor Bar'with my friend for the first time on last Friday. The word of 'Luxor' means the city in Egypt. I ate a fish that is called 'Lates niloticus' or 'NileParch'. I heard that It is a very big fish. I felt the taste of it looked like meat. It was delicious ,but we couldn't eat enough. We enjoyed drinking and talking there until midnight. After if,we went to another japanese-style pub. Then we drank until the morning. And we went home by the train.

Camera and Shoes

Yesterday,I received my digital camera repaired from home delivery service at night. As soon as I got it,I took a picture. The camera perfectly was repaired.I'm satistifed with it. Because I am going to meet the friends this weekend and take pictures at that. Then I received a package from home delivery service. They were a pair of shoes I had ordered in the online shop 3 days ago. They were made by adidas. I had wanted those before. And I got those. I'm very glad!