Ten Turtles and the Theory

2013/04/16

Trainer for braces (日本語訳わかんない・・・)

I do my best.

がんばる。

Biriyani　ビリヤー二

Yesterday, my co-leagues, A and I went to eat Indian food in Musashisakai.
It was named " Biriyani Night".
But I wasn't sure what it was.
昨日、同僚とAと私で武蔵境のインド料理屋へ行った
「ビリヤーニ・ナイト」
ビリヤーニが何か知らんかったけど

First, a delicious salad bowl came.
まずは美味しい美味しいサラダ

And then 3 different types of Biriyani.

Many kinds of Curry and nan.

それから3種類のビリヤーニ

いろんなカレーたち

It was so good.

For good that I forgot taking photos.

めちゃ美味しかった

美味しすぎて写真とるの忘れた

So, next, here comes the desert.

ゆえに次はデザート

Milky bars with coconuts.

ココナッツ入ったミルクバー

This is called "Happy Yogurt".

Ice cream in yogurt with a bit of rum.

「ハッピーヨーグルト」

ラム酒入りヨーグルトの中にアイス

The greatest chai.

めちゃうまいチャイ

2013/04/14

Nightmares 悪夢

I haven't been able to sleep

more than 5 hours

since I started taking medicines.

薬の見始めてから

5時間以上寝とらん

A is kind enough to bear with me.

Aはよう我慢してくれとる

We had Game night at our friend S's.

I slept only for 2 hours

since I woke up yesterday morning.

昨日は友人S宅でゲーム・ナイト

昨日の朝起きてから

2時間しか寝てない

Now is the time to take a nap.

But I always have strange dreams.

I had nightmares sometimes

since the time I can remember.

And the medicines give me

the worst dreams ever.

今は昼寝の時間でしょう

でもいっつも変な夢見る

物心ついて頃からすでに

悪夢を見てた記憶がある

そして薬がもっとすばらしい

夢を見させてくれよります

1. Vitgris gave many births to 3 headed baby rabbits.

Babies had little long necks and squashed faces.

1.しろぶたが頭3つある赤ちゃんウサギを産む

　赤ちゃんたちは長い首で顔はつぶれとった

2. Black sesame-like tiny balls coming out from my palms,

then turned out to be chopped onion when I tried to wash them off.

Of course, I can't wash them off because new ones were came out one after another.

2.黒ごまみたいな小さな粒が手のひらから出てきて

　洗い流したときみじん切りのタマネギやってわかった

　もちろん、洗ても洗ても次々出でくるんで洗いとれん

I have goose bumps even just writing about it.

Especially, 2.

書くだけで鳥肌たつ

特に2

2013/04/13

Earthquake 地震

I got a call from my father this morning.
A big shake in Awaji,
where my youngest sister, Kyoko lives.
今朝父上から電話
一番したの妹が住んでる
淡路ででかい揺れがあったそうな

She is alright.
協子は大丈夫でーす

It wasn't big as 3.11
but was the biggest after 3.11.
3.11ほど大きくないが
3.11後1番大きい地震

Awaji has experienced a huge earthquake in 1995.
So, most of the buildings are new
and no serious damages this time.
淡路は1995年にも巨大地震経験しとるので
ほとんどの建物が新しくて
今回は被害少ないような

Humans learn and become strong.
人間は学び、強うなります

By the way,
Vitgris comes to me for grass.
And he follows me around.
So cute.
ところで
しろぶたが草欲しさに
寄ってくるようになりました
後ろちょこちょこついてくるし
かわいい〜

2013/04/11

Harness on!

That didn't take long (the indoors photo is from last night).

And, this morning we could take Vitgris to the university grounds for a walk!

2013/04/10

First comes the saddle

or the harness as it were.

We are trying to get him used to the harness so we can take him out to the park, but it's not easy.
He refuses to put his legs through the holes. So as a first step I'm trying to get him to accept on his back.
He doesn't.

But I'm more persistent then he is.

Soon, we'll post a picture of Vitgris on a leash munching fresh, green grass.

Turkish Restaurant near A's office Aの会社近くのトルコ料理屋

2013/04/09

Bättreo the Betta got better.　ベタのベトレオ元気になりました

By the way, university started yesterday.

I haven't written about myself for long.

I was so into our rabbit recently.

ところで、昨日大学始まりました

自分のことについて長らく書いとらんかった

最近うさぎのことばかり

I was supposed to take 2 lectures yesterday.

But after the first one, I found myself so exhausted.

So, I decided to take 1 lecture on 1 day.

But I have to take 3 seminars this year.

And I have my part-time jobS,too.

I thought it was good to have 2 on a same day.

But my mental can't keep up with it.

( so many "But")

昨日は2つ授業取る予定やった

でも1つめのあとめっちゃ疲れてしもた

ということで1日1授業と決めた

でも今年3つゼミ取らないかん

同じ日に2つ授業取るってええと思ったんやけど

精神がついていかんかった

Y, my best friend came up with a good idea.

親友Yがいいアイデアをくれた

We can take summer/winter intensive seminar, too.

And if I'm with her, I can manage

to stay in the class from 8:30-17:00, Mon to Fri.

Just one week.

I can do it!

夏期／冬期集中講義も取れるんやん

でもしYと一緒なら一週間

朝から晩まで授業でもええやろ

たった一週間

やれるさーーーーー！？

So, this was about my first day at school.

Everything went okay.

ま、初日はこういう感じ

まあ上手くいった

Though I needed to have wine in my bag.

鞄にワイン入れとかないかんかったけど

2013/04/08

AND そして

I bought these after the wonderful lunch.

Swedish Restaurant in Kichijoji 吉祥寺のスウェーデン料理店

waving flag

thinking of his home

gammel dansk tonic

2013/04/06

Danger!!! 大変!!!

This morning, I found something wrong with Bättreo.
He hadn't had much appetite.
I should have noticed that the water was poisoned
by stones which we decorated near an oil bottle.
A little bit of oil leaked from the oil bottle
and the stones were coated by the oil.

Stupid me.
I put them in the aquarium.
I washed them well though.

So, when I checked him this morning,
he could hardly swim.
He was just floating on his side.
It was a scary moment.

A and I took out all the stones
and put him in fresh water.

When we came home this evening,
he seemd to have gotten better.

But still sometimes he is like this.

SHOCKING!!!

Will he be like this forever?
Did I poison him like a tanker
leaking oil in the Pacific Ocean?

I really want to have some advice.

2013/04/05

Words of gratitude

for the delicious lunches this week.

The writing however was done by the corny staff at Tsukada Noujou, a restaurant in Chofu a couple of train stops away from us.

The food is delicious, but the staff would do well to not be so obnoxiously loud. The salarymen here are loud rowdy enough without encouragement.

But the was not to point of this post.
The point was to say thanks for the lunch boxes that has allowed me to be productive through this week.

Kram!

Too cute to leave him alone　可愛すぎる〜

I was about to go and buy something to eat.
And I knew I was gonna buy so much and eat them all.
なんか食べもん買いに行こうとしよったとき。
きっと超大量買いするって分かってた。

It's hard not to lose control when I'm alone.
A started working this April.
I'm at home alone from 9 to 20.
Danger!!!
一人のとき自制心を保つことってむずい。
Aはこの4月に働き始め
私は9時から20時まで家で一人
危険じゃあああああ！！！

But Vitgris came to me and said "booboo".
(Rabbits actually sound like that.)
でもしろぶたがやって来て「ぶーぶー」って。
（うさぎってブブって鳴くよ）

Thank you, Vitgris.
I'll let you eat fresh grass instead of letting myself eat too much.
しろぶた、ありがとう。
自分が食べ過ぎる変わりにフレッシュな草あげる

2013/04/04

Having a new family is not about the money　新しい家族が来たけんてお金めっちゃかかるわけやない

It's not about the money.
We don't need buying.
I just wanna be creative.
Forget about the time loss.

Vitgris likes to stay still under our dining table.
We struggled to get him back in the cage last night.
A found him outside the cage in the middle of night.
It took him about 40 mins to get him back.
All of these are because we were told that
we shouldn't touch Vitgris until a week passes.
And we can't close the top (loof) of the cage
bacause Bätterio's aquarium are higher than that.
しろぶたは食卓テーブルの下でじーっとするんが好き
昨日の夜はケージに戻すん苦労した
Aは夜中にしろぶたがケージの外に出トンのを発見
戻すのに40分くらいかかったらしい
これは全部、1週間しろぶたを触っちゃあかんと
ペットショップの人に言われたけん
ほんでベッテリオの水槽があるんで
ケージの上(屋根の部分?)閉じれんし

According to a staff at the pet shop,
Vitgris needs one week to get used to the new surrounding.
But he is already not afraid of going in out toilet and have a rest.
Now, he's running back and forth in the kitchen and my room.
I don't think he's not ready.
But rabbits can be dead by just holding up
if they get so surprised.
So, I let him do whatever he wants to for a while.
ペットショップの人によると
しろぶた、新しい環境に慣れるために1週間ぐらい必要らしい
でもすでにうちらのトイレに入って休むくらい元気
今は台所を私の部屋を行ったり来たりしよる
でもうさぎって抱き上げるだけで死ぬ可能性あるんやて
ショックで死ぬ
やけん、しばらくはしろぶたの好きなようにさせとこ

To do this, I made this.
好きなようにさせとくために
これ作りました〜

The carbon box side can be a slope.

It's low enough for him to play.

段ボール側は坂になっとる

しろぶたが遊べるくらい充分な低さ

A handmade toilet

手作りトイレ

Vitgris helping(?) me
手伝ってくれよる（？）しろぶた

お父さん、ありがとう　Thank you, Dad

昨日、父上から
「ブログ、勉強になる」って
メールがありました
Yesterday, I got a text message from my father.
He said he learns a lot from our blog.

英語と日本語の勉強かと思ったら
人生的な（？）内容について
そう言ってくれたんやそうです
First, I thought it was that he mentioned English.
But it wasn't.
What he mentioned is actually the contents,
what we (mainly I) write.

嬉しい！！！
嬉しいぞよ！！！
I'm glad.
I'm soooooooooooooo haaaaaaaaaaaaaappppppppppy〜.

これまで与えてもろてばかりやったけど
やっとギヴアンドテイク
ちょっと成立したんやろか
I've been given a lot from him since I was born.
But can I give him something now?

Oh, he also said he had some comments on A's Japanese.
But he've never written in Japanese since this blog started.
At least, my father hasn't checked his diary from mixi,
it means he thought my Japanese is a bit odd.
おぉ、それから「Aの日本語にコメントがある」と。
でもAは一度もこのブログで日本語書いとらんぞ
父上がアクセルもミクシイ日記読んどらん限り
それって私の日本語がちょっと変てことやん

Maybe,
I've written in my dialect.
As my family are separated in Fukuoka and Ehime,
We speak a little differently.
Is that why?
おそらく
わたくし自分の方言で買いとります
うちの家族、福岡と愛媛ばらばらやから
みんなの話し方ちゃうけど
そのせい？

2013/04/03

Craft　くらふと

He is playful today.
So, I made something I think he will like.
今日はしろぶた、よく動きます
ゆえにちょっとした遊びもの作りました

FIrst, I made a slope.
But he couldn't use it.
Too slippery.
まずは三角
でもしろぶたは使えん様子
滑ってしまう

So, I made steps next.

And I put bubble wraps on them.

で、次に階段を作ってみた

ほんでほの上に気泡緩衝材

It worked.

But I wasn't able to take a good photo of it.

うまくいったで〜

でもええ写真が撮れんかった

New family♡新しい家族

Vitgris

しろぶた

Bätrio

(Siamese fighting fish)

Because it known as "Betta"(/ˈbɛtə/),

I named him so.
ベットリオ
（ベタ）
スウェーデン語でbetterはbättre
それと南欧系のioを足した
でも生産国はタイ

and BuBu
そしてブブ

This creature has been here for quite a while.
この生き物はここに結構長く生息しておる

2013/04/01

on the way home 帰り道

I went to the university to get a syllabus today.
On the way home, I found beautiful flowers.
今日シラバス取りに大学へ
帰り道、綺麗なお花発見

It's so nice to have a little bit of time
to stop a bit and look around us.
ちょっと立ち止まって周りを見回す
時間の余裕をちょこっと持つことって大事

I didn't have it for long.
そういう時間、ずっとなかったな