Morning Haiku

Hi! It's a beautiful day. We ate breakfast outside and we composed "haiku"
because it was so beautiful.
My Dad's haiku is;
　　　　　　　　 夏の朝
　　　　　　　　　　　ごはんを食べて
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　とんび鳴く　　

A summer morning
while eating breakfast
seahawks song.

My haiku is;

　　　　　　　　　朝の空
　　　　　　　　　　　かすかに見える
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　飛ぶとんび

　　The morning sky
　　you can barely see
　　the seahawks fly.

I hope you have a beautiful day too,
　　　try to write a haiku！

Outside is Great!

Hi and "T.G.I.F."!
Yes, it's Friday in Japan. We are having some good weather too.
Did you recognize on the last blog that I made a bilingual blog? The Japanese
was for the people that gave me the "tatejiku" - hanging scroll. I might write another Japanese
blog for my friends!
The weather cleared up so we started to do a class outside. It's a bit windy, but
It was better than inside! We eat outside too. I can't wait until SUMMER!!!!!
Well that's all for today. See you at Monday!

Japanese poetry 日本の短歌（日本語つき）

Hi readers!
We have a sunny day today! Yahoooooooooo!
Today's news is about Japanese poetry.
When I was in the 6th grade, we had a Japanese poetry
contest for all kids in Japan. It was homework for the winter break.
So, I just made an easy poem;
"My father, even though he is American,
the things he likes
are Japanese.
Martial arts and food"
and submitted it.
Then a few weeks past and I forgot all about the contest. Then I was sent a message by one
of the teachers. I went in the teachers room and I handed him the message.
Then another teacher said that I won 4th place in the contest! I could not
believe it. I got a prize for it (not money!!). Yesterday I got a "tatejiku",
a Japanese way hanging a poem, written it beautiful calligraphy.
I was very surprised to get it from Mrs Hoshino and the Shikinami no kai;
the organization that sponsors the contest each year.
You can see it in the picture to the right.
I hope to write more poetry in the future.
Well that's all !

日本語
「マイファーザー　アメリカ人　でも　好きなもの　日本の武道　日本の食事」
という短歌を「しきなみ子供短歌　コンテスト」にだして４位をとりました。
昨日、ほしのさんから、たてじくをもらいました。すごくうれしかたです。
これからも、短歌を書きたいです。ほんとに、ありがとうございました。
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

Crow Wars 3

Hi guys! It was raining AGAIN until lunch time. Actually, now I can see the sun! HOORAY!
But if I look at my weather wigit on "Google Desktop" it will rain AGAIN tomorow.
My Mom and Dad are getting crazy. Actually I am too. AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!
Well, I will stop goofing and go on with the blog.
Remember when I blogged about the crows? I don't know, but I think they are trying to conquer
Japan! I saw on the news that the population of crows, in Japan, is going to be bigger than the
population of people! Talk about OH, NO!!!! What should we do?!Oh well.
Yesterday I had Tai Chi and it was FUN! I also make silly movies that plays on Windows movie player!
Well, that's all for today! Watch out for the crows!

Mars is Cool!

Hi everyone! It's still raining, and for the next few days too! I wish it would stop soon.
Today I studied about Mars. It has 2 moons Phobos and Deimos. They say that they
are asteroids that have been captured by the Martian gravity. In 50,000 years Phobos
will crash into Mars. We don't care! Phobos means "fear" and Demios means "panic"
in Greek.
There is a mountain, volcano actually, called "Olympus Mons". It is 88,000 feet (27,000 meters)high!
It is the biggest mountain in the solar system! Also there is a canyon so long it can go from California to New York!
Thats all! See Ya!

Tai Chi is Great!

Hello! The weather is little better than yesterday, and it got
a little warmer too. But a tropical storm is coming this way!
But do not worry, it's not like a hurricane.
Today I'd like to talk about "Tai Chi". Tai Chi is a Chinese
martial art, but it is very slow and good for all ages.
I started three weeks ago. It is very strange because
when you move, you can feel something in your hand.
That is "Ki"! I also study Aikido. It also has Ki. That's
why I'm studying Tai Chi. I hope I get good at it.
People in China do it until they are very old!
That's all for today! See Ya!

Home School Started!

Hi! This is my 1st blog since I started home schooling.
I study Japanese, Arabic, English, math and much more!
My favorite is computer programming. It's hard, but when
you get to know how it works you can make games and
little programs.
Today in Japan the weather is cloudy and it has been raining
almost every day, but yesterday was fine. It's not getting warm
either.
I went to the Prado museum exhibition in Tokyo. A lot of good
art and a lot of people! Well, we got to see the art with no trouble
so we had a good time.
That's all for today!

HOORAY!!

Hooray!! Japan won the world series of baseball!!
I don't watch baseball alot, but this game was goood!
Hi! I finally graduated from Hojo elementary!
You can see on top, there is a picture of my diploma.
On my next blog I'd like to put some more pictures from my graduation.
In America it's not even close to graduation season.
But in Japan we have graduation in March.
We have a break for about 2 weeks. Then, back to (home)school again!
That's all for today. See Ya!

ROBOTS!!

Hey!! It is gray Sunday in Japan. My Dad is watching Sumo, and Mom is cooking pasta!!
She is a really good cook!
Today I'd like to talk about robots!
I love robots! You can see that I have one too!
Robots in Japan are really cool. One time we went to a robot fair, and I saw robot guards that
were runing in the fair, robots just like a real human and "Karakuri", Japanese for contraption.
Thay are selling them too. I am looking forward to the future.
That's all for today, and I like getting comments for my blog so I can get some ideas for my next
blog. See Ya!!

Graduation Time!

Hi! It's a nice day in Japan, and I had a 24 hrs virus.
First we though it was the flu. My temperature was up to 102.
I had a good nap for 13 hrs and I feel much better now.
Today I am going to talk about graduation in my school.
I am going to graduate to junior high school in a week.
My school "Hojo elemetary" is crazy about graduation.
Now we are doing practice for it ALL DAY! For 2 weeks!!
Why? No idea!!!
Stand up, bow sit down, time, after time, after time!!
Maybe that's why I had a virus! Well it's one more week until graduation, and I hope I can blog often after that.

The Fog

Hello out there! Long time since I bloged last time.
Today is a cold, cloudy and Sunday in Japan, and like any Sunday you got to go back
to work, go back to school the next day. I wished for a long day, but the next thing you know
it is 5:00 pm!
Anyway I'm going to talk about horror movies.
I don't watch alot of horror movies so it's hard to talk about them but I saw "THE FOG".
Really scary! But I noticed some thing about the movies, 1st you know something's up
on this scene, and 2nd thought you think there is nothing, and next "BOOM!'' something
come's out.
But it was a great movie!
Well that's all for today.

School Days 2 (The pool)

Really cold and a good day in Japan; it snowed really hard yesterday in Tokyo!
Today I will talk about my school again (Part 2).
Well, at last, I can chatter in japanese and, of course I made a lot of friends!
It was summer that time so we had pool but, I lived in America and, like a lot of countries, didn't have a pool.
I was thinking that swiming was a piece of cake. But no!! I could not even float that time!
But now I can swim (a little).

Roadtrip!!!!!!

It has been a while since I blogged. We started school again so I think I can't blog unless it is a weekend.
Anyway, it is a nasty day in Japan and I just heard thunder too.
Tomorrow we are going to Tokyo to see sumo!!!
I am really excited, and I love bus trips!
Sumo is japanese wrestling. In the Edo period ( I am not sure) if you were late to wrestle, or did something stupid you would get your throat cut!
Uuuu~. Well of course, now they do not do that any more. But, the referee still carries a knife.
Above is a picture of me with Roho, a Russian sumo star, taken last year.
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I finally got my Ipod! When I get used to it I am thinking of starting a podcast. So please be waiting for my podcast!

My First Day in School

Today in the morning there was snow on the ground, but first I thought I was dreaming!
Today's story is about my friends and school.This is my school in the picture.(sports day).
My 1st day of school in Japan I did not know anything about the school rules, and I only knew "Hello","Thank you" and easy words that do not work in conversation.
(me)"PANIC, PANIC, PANIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Well, I'm finally in the class room and my teacher was talking about something that I never heard before.
(Teacher), "@^#^#%&#^@$!!~$(^$^)*&^&"
(me), "EE?"
Then I was puting my backpack in my locker and suddenly the students ran to me and tried to say something all at once.
I almost could not breath!! Well, anyway we were studying math and arts, and then "kanji"(Chinese style characters). (I hate kanji!!)
Thay have 2001 kinds of kanji!! How can you learn that much !!!!!!
Well, my school adventure has begun and I will write more about it tomorrow.

Crow Wars II

Today is a strange day again and is cold, cold, cold!!!!!!!!!!!
This a sequel of yesterday's story.
I saw this in a japanese newspaper, that someone saw a crow puting a "nut" on the road and waiting for a few seconds,
then a car runs over the nut and opens it, and the crow got the nut and flu away.
So you can see that the smarty crow used the car as a nut cracker.
There is one more story that I experienced.
We were going on a trip to Tokyo, and we had to change trains.
It was boring waiting so I was watching a crow on the train, and the train started to move so the crow moved away.
Then one more train came, and the crow got up on the train again, then again.
I thought there was some thing strange about the crow, then I saw again that the crow was eating something!
So this crow was using the train as a free lunch buffet! Dad and I called the crow "Action Star", because it was living dangerously.
Well is the weekend again, and 4 more days until school starts, it will be good to see my friends again.

Crow Wars

Today when I got up, I heard crows squawking outside so I thought It was going to be a nice day, but nooo!
It's cloudy and snowing, but the snow will not stick.I love snow, but if it doesn't stick it's boring!!!!
Oh! It's starting to stick!
Well the story today is about japanese crows. Some of the crows act like parakeets.
One crow cawed, "OHAYOU!!"(good morning in japanese), and another crow was disgusting!
They are big and you can get really close to them. In Tokyo you can not get close to the garbage bins because you will get hit by them.
They are everywere! 20,000 crows fly in to Tokyo every day and fly out at night. It looks like an air force coming in.
Well, that's all for today, and thank you to "Links" in Malaysia for posting a comment on yesterdays blog.
My Dad has had a blog for 2 years and never got a comment.
My Mom has a blog of japanese flower arrangement so go take a look. I have put a link to the right.
If the snow sticks I will post a picture.

The View From our House

This is a story when we start living in Japan.
One day my Dad and I went for a little hike over the hill behind our house.
It was a piece of cake (kind of),but when we were going back to the house,I saw this huge mountain over the ocean.
(me)>"Dad is that Mt.Fuji!?"
(Dad)>"No,its to far...ee!? Son, that might be it!"
You can see for yourself! The picture above shows Mt.Fuji in the distance, in front, on the hill top, is Tateyama castle.
After we saw Japan's most famous mountain we showed Mom.
She couldent believe it too!
I can see it all day if it's a clear day.
That's all for today.

Nice Day at Japan!

It is a beautiful day in Japan.It's a little(very!) windy outside.
I saw that West Virginia had a mine accident.God bless all 13 workers.
Today is a such a nice day my friend is coming over to my house.That is one reason that I'm happy.
One more thing that I am geting a Ipod nano, so I can start my podcast!!
God bless the workers again,and we wish them a safe return.

Hi! My Name is Duke!

Hi my name is Duke. I will write about my days and I might even start a "podcast" so you can email me, listen to music and me talking and lots more.
My hobby is playing with "Legos",and I can play the guitar.I am doing "Aikido".It is a Japanese martial art.By the way, I live in Japan.I was born here 12 years ago but I lived in America for 3 years and started school there. My father teaches English and my mother is a great cook!
Thats all for today until I get used to Blogger.