Never Let Me Go on DVD

I watched a movie, "Never Let Me Go", on DVD. It was a really good movie. The author Kazuo Ishiguro likely helped making the movie. I have read the original book and listened to the audiobook. Original text and the movie were kind of different stories, but the essential was the same. We have only a limited time. What is the most important thing to you?

Carey Mulligan played Kathy H. and she was really nice in the movie. Her eye expressions were touching. 

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SMAP

According to some news papers, Japanese popular pop group SAMP will likely break up near future. Many TV shows and websites have taken up the matter. That was still a rumor, but most of the Japanese people would be surprised at the news.  

I'm not a big fan of them, but if the rumor is true, I would feel sorry for their break up. 

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Japan's Number One Mystery of the Year

I'm reading an English edition of a mystery novel "The Devotion of Suspect X". The book was written by Higashino Keigo and has been sold over two million copies. One of my Twitter friend gave me the book last year. 

At first, my plan was to read both original version, Japanese, and English one by turns. I thought that helped reading English edition easily. But at the end, I couldn't stop reading in Japanese, the original one because I was really hooked on the story and I finished it far ahead of the English version. 

Now, I'm reading the novel in English. 

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The 800th Blog Post

This post is my 800th one in English. I started to write a blog because I wanted to improve my English skills. I'm not sure if this works well for the purpose, but I don't care much about that. This is just a self-satisfaction and I enjoy doing it. 

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Seijin No Hi

The second Monday of January is Seijin no hi, a national holiday in Japan. We celebrate young people who becomes adult officially in Japan. In Japanese laws, 20 and over years old is regarded as an adult. 

In my city, the government is held Seijin no hi ceremony on one day before the holiday, on Sunday, every year. My son will be 20 this year, so he took part in the ceremony today. He really looked forward the ceremony because many of his school friends gathered for the ceremony.

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So Much for How to Study English Stuff

It's been a long time since I got back to studying English. I'm not a serious learner, but I enjoy it. 

I almost forgot about my first motive. Reading novels in English was my first motivation for learning English. Time is limited, so I should go back to my first thought. 

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Listening Again

I've finished Never Let Me Go on Audible for the second time. I found lots of new things both storyline and English that I overlooked at the first time. I have to say that the novel is really nice and you can read it in various ways. 

The novel will be dramatized and will broadcast on TV soon. I wonder if the story can transfer completely into tv drama. It won't be easy, but I hope it will be a good one. According to some articles, the author has already read the script and is looking forward to seeing the tv show. 

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