Week 6 (open): Cocktail

1. Bacardi Superior ＋ Pineapple juice (1:3)

very easy to make


2. Bacardi Superior ＋ Coconut milk ＋ Pineapple juice (35:45:80)

pineapple juice should be 100% pineapple juice.
I recommend that you use nice one. Or if you use less expensive pineapple juice, add sugar a little. That will make cocktail sweeter.
And I have to say, this is very difficult to make actually. I often fail to make. And it does not taste good.--


3.　KAHLUA ＋ Milk (1:3)

When you have a time, I really recommend that you should shake it with a shaker.
It doesn't make you drunk at all, so you can drink it instead of a cup of coffee in the morning.

4. Vodka ＋ Orange juice = Screwdriver

Vodka has no taste and no smell. So you can pout it as much as you like.
Screwdriver is called "lady killer". It's because it has no taste and people do not notice it was a strong cocktail. 





I do not know how to make this, but I liked "紫式部のめまい".
It was nice taste and did not contain much alcohol.
Try that, if you find it.^^


Cocktail is very enjoyable to drink and make.
I can add something I like freely, I can try my original ones(almost failed, though).

Week 6: What does "love" mean to me?

I really don't know how  to answer this question.

So, first, I'll list up what I love.

my sister, mother, father
eating sweets, meat dishes, Chinese food, Italian food,etc
drinking sake, cocktail, beer
watching anime
reading manga
my favorite characters, Shanks, Ace, Law, Marco, Itachi, Minato, Gray, Mihawk, and so on.
Japanese sword
Heisuke Todo
Shinsengumi
Travel
Sleeping
Drawing pictures
Being alone
my friends
Music, rock music, classical music...


I have a lot to love as you can see.

Here, I found one important thing.

What I love, What I should love is probably myself.
I mean, I have to love myself because I can love these precious things thanks to me.
I love Ryoko, who can love these things, these people.

But I may be a narcissist.

Week 5: What is happiness to me?

These days, I am very happy when I am watching anime while drinking. I like spending time alone. So, that makes me happy.

But I don't think it is the happiest thing.
It is not that I want to feel happy. I do not look for happiness.
I think searching for happiness is kinda meaningless.
What I take for granted, when I think nothing, those who are with me, where I want to stay,...these things make me happy, I guess.
When I am happy, I may not think "oh, I am happy!" or something like that.
So, I may not realize what happiness is unless I lose it.

Going back to my favorite time....
I am happy when I am doing that. But it doesn't mean I feel happy when I am watching anime and drinking. I have to say that when I am doing homework or something, I notice I was happy when I was doing that. I really want to go back watching anime and drinking while writing essay or something.

I can watch anime and drinking whenever I want (almost).
But there is something I cannot get back if I lose it.
I have to be careful to lose nothing.


So, to tell the truth, I cannot answer the question, "what is happiness to me?". Sorry.--

Week 4 (open): My New Favorite Shop

I went to Mugiwara Store in Shibuya. There are a lot of One Piece stuff.
This is a picture of some of things that I bought.

Why do I like the store?
The reason is so simple. I can enjoy a lot there. I can be dreaming there.
I'm so happy just watching the goods. There are a lot of Shanks, Ace, Law (my favorite characters). I was like a little kid, I was no longer 20 years old.

My university life is busy.
Of course, I enjoy studying some of subjects. But I have to study what I don't want actually.
I don't think I study hard. I am a lazy student, maybe. But I do what I have to do at least.
And that makes me tired.

I have to have some rest.
I guess I am childish, so I need time to be like 10 year-old kid.
But I can't be childish at ICU. I may be childish to some people. But at least, I try to be 20 years old, a university student.
The store gives me the time, which is nice.








And, the store is in Parco.
And one of my favorite character is Marco.
Parco sounds like Marco.
I was very happy when I found our this.^^

Week 4: What are my greatest strengths and weaknesses?

One of my greatest strengths is that I am not so influenced by others, or the majority. I think I can hold my ideas, opinions, or thoughts. And I will believe those things till I find better things.

On the other hand, my weaknesses are clear. The greatest weakness is that I am poor at getting along with people around me. There are some reasons for this. First, I am not friendly at all. I cannot be friendly to people unless I get used to talking with them. Secondly, I am stubborn. I really do not want to do something I don't want to do, even if many people do that. Thirdly, I am so selfish. I get angry soon, and I express my anger through my facial expressions easily. I have to admit that it is bothering so many people around me.

Publishing 1 (not finished yet)

Author's Note

Oneof the people I respect the most is Heisuke Todo. I really like him. I even wish he was in this current world. He is not so famous as other people from Shinsengumi. I want many people to know him. 

He died when he was about 23. His life was very short. But he did what he wanted to do. 

He is known as a "Sakigake-sensi", which means people who never hesitate to go somewhere. As this shows, he was so brave.

Thanks to Jun, Shoto and Mark, I developed this piece.

The Death of Heisuke Todo 

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Heisuke Todo was amember of SHinsengumi. But he left and became a member of Goryoeji. Gryoeji had some troubles with Shinsengumi. And Shinsengumi tried to kill them.
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“I will go there!”

“No, you don’t!”


Heisuke knew that some members of Shinsengumi were there, but he was not able to stop going there.


“Leave me alone, I’ll go!”

The veins on his face stood out.

Heisuke heard that Ito was killed and he tried to carry him somewhere safe.
Ito was his boss and he respected him. They were from the same dojo, and they had been practicing Japanese swords together. Now Ito was Heisuke’s boss and was respected by Heisuke.
There was no way to stop Heisuke.

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“It is a pity that Heisuke, such a nice swordsman will be killed.”

Isami Kondo said in a low voice.

Isami Kondo did not want to kill Heisuke because he was a good swordsman, he was like his child or something to Isami. So, Isami told some members of Shinsengumi not to kill Heisuke. 

No one said anything.

The sound of the wind echoed.

“Alright, I will not kill him. I will try to let him escape.”

Shinpachi broke the silence.
Shinpachi Nagakura, who was a friend with Heisuke got how Isami felt and knew what he should do.

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Heisuke went with some members of Goryoeji.


“Hey, they finally came.”
“Yeah, so now we go and kill them.”

Some members of Shinsengumi wainting there saw Heisuke and other were there.




“Let’s go...”


They went to kill Goryoeji.



Heisuke and others drew their swords.
The number of members from Shinsengumi was much larger.
Some members of Goryoeji were dying and some already died.
Heisuke was injured but still alive.


Heisuke found Shinpachi Nagakura in the battle.


Shinpachi had made a path for escape, and he told it to Heisuke through the eye contact.


‘Ah, I know what Shinpachi is trying to do.Thanks for your kindness, but I won’t escape.’


Heisuke got it, but he ignored it. He continued to fight. 

The battle was to be end.

A lot of blood on Heisuke's face. It was contrast to his fair skin.

One enemy cut Heisuke down slantwise from his shoulder.

A sharp pain struck his back.

Vivid red blood spread out.

He turn around. He had his sword at the ready.

Blood was dribbling down from the wound.

He looked at the man vacantly.

He tried to make a pass.

His body lurched.

One of the Shinsengumi members found the chance and cut down Heisuke from the top of the head to the nose.

The blood spouted out. It stained the sky and rain of the blood fell.

It dropped onto the red camellia.

Which red is his blood? Which red is the camellia?

Like the camellia which has unstudied beauty, Heisuke lived.

Heisuke's life was short.

He was looking for the way that he had to go.

He was never misled by anyone. He went the way he believed.

Week 3 (open): My Memorable + Favorite Song

One of my favorite songs is "Scream" from "Tokio Hotel".

Here's a video and lyrics.

You get up and somebody tells you where to go to

When you get there everybody's telling you what to doThank you, it's been another bloody MondayAnd no one is asking what you wanted anyway

Scream, 'til you feel itScream, 'til you believe itScream, and when it hurts youScream it out loud
Scream, 'til you feel itScream, 'til you believe itScream, and when it hurts youScream it out loud

Watch out, stay awake, they're lookinObsess you, they are always workin'Promisin', everything you never asked forAnd one day it'll be too late and you beg for more

Back to zero, your time's about to comeLet them know you're not just anyoneYour time's about to come

Shut upNo, can't you feel itNo, don't you believe itNo, and when it hurts youScream it out loud
No, no, no, no, no, noScream it out loud, scream



This is Tokio Hotel's song that I listened to for the first time. When I was a high school student, I was using Youtube a lot. And it was happened that I found them. At first, I thought "ah, it's a V-kei band" and I wasn't interested in it. And I skipped watching it, but again I found them. Finally, I watched it and became a fan. So this is my memorable song.


Also, I really like the lyrics. It says that we have to scream to find real ourselves. 
It's something that teenagers like. I got older and I hope I am not so childish as I was. But still I like the song. 
I used to a really really big fan of them. Of course, I still love them, but not so much.
My interest went somewhere else. I found out what I'm interested in, what I should do, what I really want to do.  And this is thanks to the song, "Scream".