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Hello, my friends. How are you?



This is Boy sending you Bmam's message.
Today, Bmam is going to tell you about her favorite dentist.



entrance of the Smile Dental Clinic in Horo-cho Tenpaku

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Bmam has visited a dentist once a month for these six months
to have a check-up and treatment if necessary.

Bmam enjoys visiting there, in spite of a bit longer distance.

Why?

There're two reasons.

First, the dentists are kind.

Second, Bmam used to get sick and uneasy at many dental clinics
because of stress or fear,

But, Bmam is stress free in this treatment room.

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How kind?



the director, hygienists and a receptionist of the clinic


The dentist listens to patients' claims carefully
and gives possible plans for the treatment.

So his patients can choose and receive the treatment they want,
without any anxiety.

Timewise

Moreover, this dental clinic offers short period treatment.
And it offers a bit longer time with intensive treatment at a time.

So patients do not need to visit a dentist for many days.
One day or a couple of days' visit is enough,
though it depends on how serious the tooth troubles are.

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One more reason is in its equipment.

The treatment booths are divided by each patient.
and gives patients a relaxing time without any pressure of fear.


Bmam's favorite chair

Why so relaxing ?

The chair is very comfortable.

And the TV monitor in front of a chair always shows
nice scenery of the world heritages.

So, Bmam bets
you will feel to be a first class passenger on a plane
if you sit on the chair.

It is relaxing.
Bmam enjoys the pictures of screen
while waiting and getting the treatment.


Bmam's favorite TV monitor

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Is she chicken?
Don't you feel fear and uneasy at a dental clinic?

Now Bmam never feels fear and anxiety at the clinic.
And Bmam loves to visit the dentist.


Talk to you soon.
(^^)/~~~

Hello, my friends. How have you been?

Hope this blog letter finds you well.
This is Boy, sending you Bmam's message.

By the way, Bmam's computer is working now.
Thank you for remembering us.　+　
WE ARE BACK.

Today Bmam is going tell you
about a stereo set for her living room.
Again?

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Bmam had her broken stereo set and sent it to be repaired.

But, but,,,,,　Bmam can not wait for it to be back.

On last Sunday, Feb. 18, Bmam and her husband
went to an home appliance shop .
with her computer to be fixed.

There, Bmam found a reasonable
and a more sophisticated
compact component stereo.
on special sale.

Because it is time for freshmen of universities
or newly employed to buy these things.



It has functions of
CD, MD, a tape recorder and an AM-FM radio tuner.
and costs less than thirty thousand yen.

Sounds good, doesn't it!?

Now Bmam's husband enjoys music with the bland-new stereo.

We Are Happy now.

But what to do with an old stereo set.

Maybe, we will put it in a study room.

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Boy will be talking to you soon.

by for now 　+　
(^^)/~~~

Bmam is going to tell you about one of her experience on
difficulty with intercultural communication.

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Bmam had many friends before going to the States
(the United States of America).
The friends were from Australia, Britain, Canada, US and New Zealand.

Bmam enjoyed teaching them flower arrangement
and outings with them here in Nagoya,
visiting restaurants, museums,
shrines and temples,
baseball games and shopping.

But all of them have been back to their homes
for more than ten years ago.
(This is an old story.)

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(Bmam flew from Narita to Brussels , and to Manchester by herself.)

Bmam visited a friend of those, Liz in Chester, England
form April 24 to May 15 in 1995 and in August, 1998.



(a butcher in down town Chester)


(a sign of Maiden Castle where Loyal family once visited)

One day in 1995, Liz planned a pub hopping for Bmam.
Liz tried how many pubs we could go in one night.


(Walfeld Gate. we walked on the top of this wall.)

Over 30 people joined the plan.
They are many British, some French, some Spanish
and one Japanese people, that was Bmam.



They visited more than ten pubs that night.


But all did not look drunken at all.
You know, Western people are usually stronger
to alcohol than the Japanese.

Only seven people remained at the last place.
It was almost two o'clock in the morning.
And all the seven went to an Indian restaurant.

When they were waiting for their dishes,
Francois, a young French boy asked Bmam,
" What do you think about the Chinese?"

Bmam answered diplomatically (carefully).
He was not satisfied with Bmam's response.
So, he asked the same question again and again.
He seemed to expect Bmam to answer something criticizing the Chinese.
But Bmam didn't do so.


Francois questioned Bmam furiously.
Bmam gradually got uncomfortable and argued, might be, in a lauder voice.

All the customers in that restaurant were all ears.

What's the outcome?

Liz suddenly shouted, " We are the children of universe."

Then, all the audience in the restaurant
clapped their hands with applause.

Francois shut his mouth. So did Bmam.

Later Bmam thought that she shoud have asked Francois
what to hear from Bmam.


( Thorntons confectionery; British favorite chocolate shop)
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Since then Bmam had a concern about Chinese people and the government.

As for appearance, the Chinese looks like the Japanese.
But it is very hard for Bmam to understand them well.

Those day in 1995, Chaina, (People's Republic of China)
was not a world economic power like it is now.

What China was before 2000.

Although Chinese government shifted its

economic policy
from central planning to market-oriented socialism in mid 1980s,
it was still under development in 1995.

On the other hands, the government crushed the pro-democracy protests
at Tiananmen-Square in 1989. (by page 752, The World Almanac)

Do you know the event?

At that crush, 5000 died and 10000 were injured.

As a result,
China was declined to host the 2000 Olympic Games by the Olympic Commitee,
because of the event, saying violating human rights.

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Are you with Bmam?
May be, Bmam talks too much.

Is it a bit difficult for you to read?
Sorry for that.

Bmam will talk to you later.
Be careful not to catch a cold.

By the way,
Bmam is going to have her computer fixed.

So she will not write articles for a while,
say, ten days or so.

But she can reply to your comments from another computer.

So leave your message in a comment box.
Bmam will be happy with your comments.

(^.^)/~~~

Hi. It was sunny but windy.
How are you, our friends?


Bmam would like to show what she gave to her husband
on the St.Valentine Day.
(too late!? Don't say that please.)


Lemon's strawberry truffe, which Bmam loves.
But he likes only strawberry.


↓This is what Bmam had with her friend today.


Yes, Herbs' cake.

It was so big that Bmam felt hard to finish the cake.
But she did.
Instead, she couldn't have dinner.

By for now. (^.^)/~~~

lemon blooms in a living room

Hello! I t is beautiful day.
Bmam would like to tell you about her interesting experience happened last week.

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Have your watched a movie, Forrest Gump?
The story started at a bus stop.
Forrest was talking to people waiting for their buses
about what happened in his life from birth to today.
Some people didn't want his talking.
Some people listened to him.

Forrest Gump was born with some brain trouble
and brought up in a good family.
He was well educated but naive and innocent.

He had some talent of physical strength
and enthusiasm to do some thing.
In the movie, he ran throughout the States for three and a half years,
just because he felt like running.

He didn't care so much about what others might think about him.
So, when it came to having a chance to talk,
he talked a lot mainly about himself.
But later he realized one of an American dreams,
to be rich enough to live with.

Was he a genius or just a strange man?

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By the way, my refrigerator (fridge) didn't make any ice cubes.
So Bmam made a phone call to a customer center of Mitsubishi
to send a repair man.

Next morning, a tall man rang at Bmam's door bell.
Bmam led him in to the troubling fridge.

He started checking the fridge
and talked about what the problem of it was.
Bmam thought,
"He is good, isn't he !
He can fix it soon and I'll be free from this fridge trouble."
Actually, he fixed it in ten minutes or so.
He sounded nice enough to find trouble and to fix it in such a short time.

However, ,,,
he kept on talking about his life from his old disease,
to nice seafood of his hometown in Kyushu,
and nice restaurants there for three hours.

He kept on talking like Forrest Gump did in the movie.
Bmam gradually getting to feel some fear,uneasy.
She thought in her mind
"Is he alright? He seems to lack some sense, doesn't he?"
" Will he keep talking on and on to me for the rest of the day?"

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Bmam decided to fix a cup of coffee for him.
Because his story didn't come to an end yet.
Then he changed his topic to computer.

Judging from his story about computer, he was knowledgeable.
He offered me a software to get movie files from the Internet.
Bmam answered, " I don't need it
because the software might invite computer viruses easily to my computer
and I don't think I can control the virus."

Soon Bmam put aside his empty coffee cup.
This gave him a good sign to leave.
He offered another software to give me and left.

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Bmam wonders if he is a genius or just a strange man.
But his talking attitude was almost the same as what Forrest Gump took in the movie.

It was an weird but nice experience to Bmam.

fixed fridge

see you soon (^.^)/~~~

Hi, there! Long time no see. How have you been?

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Bmam is very tired now.
Because she has worked hard on her computer.
Now, she decides to take a break.

It is likely that spring has come in Bmam garden.
Many kinds of wild birds visit here.
I and Bmam don't know much about birds names.
So we make a guess of their names.


Such as a song bird

and great tits .

a bulbul



a pair of white eyes （only one can be seen in the center)


group of daurian redstarts.



no name

and long-tailed tit
(Bmam couldn't take a picture, because this bird stays still only for a few seconds.)

You know, sometimes sugar is on a tree to hunt the birds.


But Sugar has never catched birds,
because Bmam finds her and takes her picture.

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Next time, Bmam is going to tell you about HPB.
talk to you sooner.
(^.^)/~~~