Thank you!

Dear my friends,

Thank you!!!
May all the best to you!!!
A Happy New Year♪

Best wishes,
Papanui

Santa in Osaka

I saw Santa tonight!He was working in Osaka.

May all the best to you!!!
Merry Christmas!!!
Who is next???Big Smile!!!

Kobe night

flowers

Look at these beautiful flowers!

Trees

Hawaiian Christmas

Osaka

Hawaiian cafe

I like this Hawaiian diner and cafe. The name is HULA.
They have a big screen on a wall and we can watch some videos like surfers in a sea or beautiful fish in a coral reef. It was fun and nice time there. I like yummy food.

pizza

My friend made this pizza for lunch. It is really yummy!!!

Mele Hula Party

Teaching

Indian Curry

Weihnachtsmarkt in Osaka

Christmas in Osaka

Soemon-cho

oden

I went to " Hanakujira" in Osaka. It is a famous restaurant of Oden so I really wanted to go there. This photo which I took at Hanakujira. The oden is really simple but taste is really good!

name

I'll tell you about my name.
I've been to Chch for some months and stayed at a house with my host family near Papanui Road.
I liked the long street in a city and sometimes I walked to a shop or my friend's house through Papanui Road on foot or by bus. yes, I lived there so I had a lot of good memories. Oh!I can remember a fish and chips shop beside the street! yummy!
I like this name,Papanui. Papanui means "papa=flat and nui=huge" in Maori. So I use this my nickname! and Never forget about my NZ life.
Greetings in Maori.Maori is an official language of New Zealand.
Kia ora: hello (also: thank you)
Hei konei: bye
Kei te pēhea koe: How are you?
Kei te (tino) pai ahau: I'm (very) well

English Meeting(FADIG)

I sometimes go to Tennouji in Osaka to study English.
I've joined ,FADIG, an English meeting group since 2004. They have a meeting once a month. One speaker is invited and talks a story to the members and we listen to it. After that, we could ask questions to the speaker in English. It is difficult to listen to their stories in English and ask about the story there, but it is good for me. The members are so friendly and like to study English. Join us!!!
"FADIG" stands for "Foreign Affairs Discussion Group" and is called 'Kokusai-Rikai-Kondankai' in Japanese .
It is a very friendly and informal English speaking group.

TV

I went to Yobashi Camera in Osaka and looked around in the shop. I really like to use Cameras , Video or other kind of things in the shop so I like to go there.
Computer has changed a lot for a few years and we can watch TV on our PC (not mine yet) and TV also changed.
The shop has a huge space to show us some kinds of TV. One of these was so big, means the screen was so big.
They play Video to sell the products. I saw someone was skiing and some movies and TV programs on the TV. It was so real. I enjoyed watching them. Someday I want to have one!!! oh, I think I also need a big room for it!
Yodobashi Camera in Osaka

English Rakugo

Welcome to English Rakugo World!Have you heard English Rakugo?
Rakugo,comic story, is one of Japanese traditional speech.
It is fun. This group have a show once a year.
Date:Sunday, November 26th
Time:Open 13:30 Start:14:00 (Free)Tel:06-6345-5000
Place:Comprehensive life-long study center Osaka 5F
13th Variety show (Ofuku-Yose)
1."A Big Mouth Frog" ・・by Showto
2."SARAYASHIKI" ・・・・・by Naoko
3."The Mask" ・・・・・・・by Shima
4."Lost and Found Office" ・・by Harito
-------Intermission-----------
5."Hospital" ・・・・・・・by Juen
6."Time Noodle"・・・・・・ by Ecolo Jiro
7."Three Years Later"・・・ by Sayohime

fish

I like fish. I eat fish almost everyday!I like Tuna, Salmon, sea-bream (in Japanese,Tai)and Pacific saury (in Japanese,Sanma)etc..
I went to a Japanese restaurant tonight. They served us really fresh fish, Yummy!!!Japanese usually eat raw fish at the beginning of a meal, because the taste is quite simple. We also had some cooked fish, fried Tofu, salad with raw fish, baked egg ,and Tempura! Have you tried Japanese food? We use many kind of vegetables and ingredients. Please check Cookpad on my link and check out some recipes!They have lots of kinds of food recipes on it and in my case, I eat Japanese food at home and not so often at a restaurant.
This is raw fish at Himi.

program

I watched a TV program the other day and was shocked by the program.
A man finally got himself again after his 10 years rehabilitation. His mother, doctors and friends supported him. His name is Paul Nadler, suffered severe brain damage in a traffic accident. He has recorded himself for 10 years! and we could see his rehabilitation process.He did a lot of things he wanted to, but everyone didn't believe that he could do them. He always see his toward.He talked about himself in the program and explained his feelings or body condition, plus the documentary was made by Paul!!!
you will believe that people can do it!
Japan Prize: The winner "Braindamadj'd...Take II"
by Apartment II Production, Canada.

fruit cake

I made fruit cake today.

BBQ in Osaka

My friend invited me and I could join a BBQ in Osaka.I like BBQ!!! I love to eat food outside under the beautiful sky! It was really fine day today.
Many family came to the BBQ place and played the game,ate BBQ and their children also played with ball and ran there.They all looked happy and enjoyed it.I had a good time.
We could see Osaka city from the place.It was beautiful.

bread

I think I like to bake bread. I learned how to bake bread with my friends a long time ago at my friend's house. My friend's mother cooks well and she taught us making bread and sweets once or twice and recently I joined a site ,cookpad . This site is the biggest site in this kinds of food site. Now they've got about 150,000 kinds of food recipes from the members.
Anyway I haven't baked bread for a long time...then finally I baked some today!Yes I also like to eat bread. They look not so good, but taste was yummy!Have some?

Night in Kobe

I like this place in Kobe.

Halloween

On Monday I went to Kobe and wanted to go to a restaurant, Noht Dinning and have dinner Italian food there with my friend but the restaurant was closed and the shop stuff did something else, so I just got a card of the shop and took picture of this.
That was Halloween Box! Some pasta is in the box. I think they are really cute.

Vietnam Food

I met my friend in Kobe and went to a Vietnam food restaurant. A big building was built in Oct and they open some restaurants in the building. It was called "Mint". They also have some movie theateres in it.
The food we ate at Chao Sai Gon were so good!!!

Paris 2006

I had a good time in Paris with my family.I'll tell some about Paris.
I've been there for a week, well..so I stayed at a hotel for 3 nights.

Party at Noht

Some people in a group leaving Japan so we had a party.
We talked a lot about things in English. I like listen to the story about a planet.One of them study about it. I was lucky tonight. I think I could visit some of my friends in future.
It's a small world.

Wine Party

My friends and I had a chance to join Wine Party and had a nice dinner at Nord Wine Ware House in Umeda. They had the party and the guests could try some wine which was made in New Zealand!!!
Hawke's Bay is one of the famous place of wine in the world. A kiwi from "Sileni" explained about the wine. They served 3 white wine, 2 red wine and 1 dessert wine and at the end of the party we did quiz about the taste of the wine
The each wine taste are different and smell was so special.
I like to taste wine.

C'est tres bon

I've been to Paris with my family for a week and ate some cheese there.
I had some kinds of cheese every morning at a restaurant in a hotel. It was yummy! I like to eat baguette with fromage(cheese).
I bought one at the airport.

cheese

I've got a new mobile phone today! and so I just had this photo a few hours ago. I went to a super market and I'll show you my special place. There are some kinds of cheese, and they are yummy! Say "cheese!!!"

ma`ona

I have a good appetite these days. Yes, especially we have a appetite in Autumn, right?and I like to take a walks on autumn evenings. It has become quite autumn, and not summer in Japan. Also we can see the beautiful moon.
Some of my friends like to dance hula, and they took me to a shop in Shinsaibashi in June. The shop sells Hawaiian goods and I knew they were so lovely! and we went to a restaurant called "Pannam" to had some dishes. The dishes were beautiful. They serve good food there and I think the restaurant is really good for a party. Let's have a party!
This is "fruit cake"