Saturday, December 08, 2012

How to change your life.......

 Look at these two pictures.

Look at the photo on the left.

How old is the woman in this photo?

She is 26 years old.

Look at the photo on the right.

How old is she in the photo on the right?

She is only 27 years old!

What a change!

Of course, it is because of drugs.


Look at her in this photo!


 In this photo, she is 28 years old.

In only two years, she changed so much!


Who took these photos?

If I looked like her I would not want to take a photo of myself!


Bret King is a police officer.

He works in Oregon, USA.

Many people are arrested because of drugs.

When they come to the police station they are photographed.

Some people are arrested again and again for drugs.

Bert King sees the same people again and again and takes their photos.

He collected their photos and shows them to High School students.

He wants to show High School students what happens if you take drugs.


Here are some more photos.
                      Left: age 32   Center: age 36   Right: age 37



                                         Age 42.





                      Left: age 20 Right: age 26





           Left: age 37   Center: age 38   Right: age 39





Wednesday, December 05, 2012

Jay Z on the subway with an old lady.

Jay-Z is one of the world`s most famous rappers.

Photo by matthew harrison


He was on his way to his next concert.

But he decided to go by subway!

Photo by Elvert Barnes

Many people were excited.

Jay-Z sat down next to an old lady.

The old lady didn`t know who Jay-Z was.

She asked him "Are you famous?"

Watch the video!

Jay-Z on the subway!


Have you every seen anyone or anything strnage on a train or bus?

Gangnam Style Christmas lights!

Do you know Gangnam Style?

If you don`t know Gangnam style please go to youtube!

 
Photo by vectorportal

  


Someone in Australia made his Gangnam Style Christmas lights!





This light display took 200 hours to set up.

 But there was one big problem.

 It was too good!

Too many people came to see the light show.

The crowds were too big.

 It was dangerous.

The show was stopped after only three days!

 If you want to know more about this light show look at the facebook page.

 http://www.facebook.com/WorldsBestChristmasLights

Saturday, December 01, 2012

Socks!

Why do people wear socks?

In cold weather, we wear socks to keep our feet warm.


Photo by risager


In warm weather, we wear socks to absorb sweat from our feet.


Photo by iain

The first socks were made of animal skins.

In 1000 AD socks were worn only by rich people.
Photo by http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:F%C3%A6

These socks were made in 300-500AD in Egypt.


In 1589 the Knitting machine was invented.


Photo by http://www.flickr.com/photos/nottinghack/


This meant that socks could be made quickly and cheaply.

Now, everyone could wear socks!

Presents!

I love to get presents!

My birthday is November 13th.

I got a very nice birthday present from my wife!

It is a tablet computer.




I can do many things with this computer!


I can play games!

I like this crane game.


I also like to play pinball!

 I can also watch videos!

I can learn many things from some videos.

In this video, a monk explains how we can be happy.

I want to become wise like him!


Can I become wise by using technology?

I don`t know.

Saturday, November 24, 2012

Video Game Controllers!!

Do you like to play video games?

I like them very much.
You play the game using a controller.

There are many kinds of controllers.



Gamepad
The first Gamepad was the "Famicom" controller.

It was very simple!

It had only a joypad and 2 buttons!






This was good for simple games but games because more complex.
Soon 2 buttons were not enough.
The Genesis/Mega Drive had 3 buttons and then 6 buttons!


Next came the Super Famicom.

It had a touchpad and 6 buttons.

2 buttons were on the controller`s "shoulders".



Apple made a game console.

The controller was very advanced.

It had a trackball in the center.

but it was not popular.





Atari made a very complex controller.
Few people liked it.


The Virtual Boy had 2 joypads.

The most famous controller is from PlayStation.


More controllers!


Dual Analog Controller


Nintendo 64
Dreamcast




Nintendo GameCube

Xbox

Xbox 360



Wii


Other controllers!








My favorite pen!

This is my favorite pen!

I know this pen doesn`t look so great but it`s the best pen for me.

Why is this pen so suitable for me?

This pen matches my personality.


First of all, I don`t like to spend a lot of money.

This pen is cheap.

I can buy 10 of these pens for 100 yen.

That`s just 10 yen for one pen!



My next point is I am very forgetful.

One pen costs only 10 yen so if I lose it I will not feel so sad.


I`m also forgetful when it comes to putting the pen into my pocket.




I like putting my pen into my shirt pocket.

But this can be dangerous!

I have ink stains on some of my shirts!

That`s terrible!

With some kinds of pens, it is easy to make this mistake.
But with my pen, it is easy to see if there is a cap or not.

I can keep my shirts for a long time.

This also saves money!

Do you have a favorite pen?

Thursday, November 22, 2012

Crazy combinations #2

Do you like mimes?




Do you like Hip Pop dancing?

http://youtu.be/HH0Su8xgtcA




This is Hip Pop/Mime!

 

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Crazy combination #1

I want to watch to someone playing the piano.
Photo by apaan 


But, I also want to watch someone juggling.
 Photo by qwrrty


And I want to watch someone who is wearing a funny mask!
Photo by Ray_from_LA



How can I watch all of these things at the same time?


Saturday, November 17, 2012

Japanese Stores Overseas!

Do you like shopping?

Many people all around the world like shopping.

What kind of stores do people like?

Most people like stores that are not too expensive.

Also, people like stores that are fun and have lots of interesting goods.

Japan has many of these kinds of stores.


For example, Daiso.

Photo by viriyincy


Bookoff

Photo by roland

Uniqlo


Photo yendo0206

These stores are very popular in Japan.


Now these stores are popular in other countries also!



Daiso overseas stores!

In Thailand, Daiso is a 60 Baht shop!


Photo by cinz




Bookoff overseas stores!

Here is Bookoff in New York!


Photo by gonsee




Uniqlo overseas stores!

UNIQLO is also in New York City!

Photo by taedc



These days, more and more stores are opening branches overseas!

Many of these stores want to hire people who can speak English!

You should study English hard so you can get a job in one of these stores.