Donation, please.

忙しく、なかなかブログが更新できずじまいですが、今回は募金のお願いです。

季節が進み、真備の水害に遭われた方が今度は秋冬物を持っておらず困っています。倉敷市でも「新品に限って」服の持ち込みをお願いしていますが、集まりが悪いそうです。確かに古着でもOKにしてしまうと、収集場所での仕分け作業も大変ですし、自宅に眠っている不要物を持って来られ、それが残って破棄になる可能性もあります。受け取る側も新品であれば決して柄が気に入らずとも受け取ってくれるかもしれません。

生徒さんでSさんのご実家が水害に遭い、住み慣れた真備を諦めて岡山市内に移って来られました。70代のご両親は新生活を始めるにあたり家電の買い替えだけで既に100万円を使うこととなってしまいました。

そのため、日々身に着けるものは後回し、好みも後回し。冬物は値も張ります。

そこでSさんとレッスンで一緒になったT子さんがご提案され、NEOでも募金箱を置いて募金をお願いすることにしました。多くの方が既にお知り合いの方々にお見舞いはされていると思いますが、100円でも結構ですので、少しずつご協力をお願いいたします。

掲示板に貼りだしてある募金箱と、パソコンの部屋にはカエルの募金箱です。

またK実さんはお勤め先が衣類を扱っているため、社販価格で部屋着を買わせてくれるとのことでご協力下さったり…ありがたいことです。

Sさんのほうには7月当初のころと、9月末の段階でのご様子を知らせて頂き、NEOの掲示板に貼りだしてありますので一度お読みになってください!

Ayumiコメント
Radio MOMO 「Let's Enjoy English!」第34 - September Holidays・9月の祝祭日
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Dave-sensei will be on Radio MOMO (79.0FM) with D.J. Chiaki Kamibeppu on Thursday September 27th at about 5:40 pm. They will talk in English and Japanese about holidays in September.

8月30日(木)6時15分ごろにDave先生がRadio MOMOに出演します(DJは上別府千晶さん)。英語と日本語の両方で9月の祝祭日について話します。

http://www.fm790.co.jp/

David Fulvioコメント
Anna Mazurek, Photographer


When I went to Mongolia last month, I was traveling with a friend named Anna Mazurek. Anna is a professional photographer, and she takes wonderful travel photographs. She has been on many adventures in over 50 countries around the world.

Although Anna and I are both American, I’ve never seen her in the US! A mutual friend introduced us in 2009, and at first, we only kept in touch over Facebook. Since we both like traveling and photography, we eventually made plans to go someplace new – Myanmar. Along with my friend Trevor, we made that trip in 2012. I saw Anna again the next year when she came to Japan, and Mongolia was the third time.

Here she is in Bagan Valley in Myanmar, Tottori in Japan, and Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia.

Anna is an excellent photographer. Here’s where you can see her work:
www.annamazurekphoto.com

You can follow her on Instagram:
@annamazurekphoto

Finally, here’s her site about how to travel cheaply. She has lots of good advice:
www.travellikeanna.com

Nick Vastaコメント
Wedding Trip
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Over the August break I went back to the US to go to my friend’s wedding. He finally got married after dating his girlfriend for about ten years!

The wedding took place in Iowa City, Iowa, which is a small college town surrounded by hundreds of miles of farms. I decided to fly into Minneapolis, Minnesota, which is where my brother lives, and then drive the 300 miles (480 km) south to the wedding.

So, I got to see my brother and take him to the wedding, which was nice.  I made sure to rent a good car for the drive.  The wedding was at the concert hall for the University of Iowa, which was really nice and spacious. There were maybe 100 people there. I was lucky enough to be chosen as a groomsman (付き添い役), so I got to participate in the wedding and sit at the table in front for dinner.  It was a great time!

The groomsmen.

The groomsmen.

The wedding dinner.

The wedding dinner.

My rental car.

My rental car.

Hal Kenetyコメント