Dog Refuge Home (WA)

Posted November 30th, 2008 in にほんご | 2 Comments »

nicoくん

  • 住所:30 Lemnos Street, Shenton Park, Perth (WA)
  • 電話: 08 9381 8166
  • 11am – 4pm (木曜、祝日はお休み)
公式サイトはコチラ
ワンちゃんの里親になって下さる方、ボランティアとして施設でワンちゃんのお世話をして下さる方、随時募集しています!!
*里親対象者はPR(永住権)保持者の方のみとさせていただきます。捨てられたり要らないといって施設に置いていかれた可哀想な動物達の最後のお家を探しています!                                                          
                                                     
*ボランティアについて*
ワンちゃん達も立派な生き物。そんな彼らのお世話を任されるので、ボランティアを希望する人は半端な気持ちで応募しないで下さい(≥_≤)レギュラー的に協力できる方を募集しています☆                                        

Swan Animal Haven

Posted November 30th, 2008 in にほんご | No Comments »

butterflyちゃん

  • 住所:Lot 1 Kalamunda Road, South Guildford WA 6055
  • 電話:08 9279 8485
  • 11am – 3pm (7 Days)
公式サイトはコチラ
ワンちゃんの里親になって下さる方、スポンサーになって下さる方、ボランティアとして施設でワンちゃんのお世話をして下さる方、随時募集しています!!                                    
                                                     
*里親対象者はPR(永住権)保持者の方のみとさせていただきます。捨てられたり要らないといって施設に置いていかれた可哀想な動物達の最後のお家を探しています!                               
*「スポンサー」とは??
今住んでいる家ではペットが許可されていない、家が狭すぎて動物を飼えない、仕事の時間が長すぎてペットを飼っても四六時中可愛がってあげられない、という方、施設のワンちゃんをスポンサーしませんか(ºvº•)♬
時間がある時に施設に出向き、スポンサーしたワンちゃんを散歩に連れていったり一緒に外出したりできます☆もしそのワンちゃんの里親が見つかった場合は、別のワンちゃんにスポンサーシップを移動する事ができます。
スポンサー料は$5.00/2週間デス☆(´u`)                                   
*「ボランティアの内容」
施設のワンちゃんを散歩に連れて行ったり食事の世話をする他、小屋の掃除も内容に含まれます。レギュラー的に施設に出向ける方希望です☆                                                   
*要らなくなった服やブランケット、本や電気器具、その他売れそうな物を施設に寄付してくれませんか?施設運用費及びワンちゃん達の餌代へと充てられます。
施設前に置いていってもらっても構わないし、11am〜3pmの間に施設の方に直接渡して下さっても結構です(ˆ∆ˆ)¬

BRAHMI

Posted November 25th, 2008 in Ume's Interests | 4 Comments »

brahmi

Since I came to Perth there is one thing that I noticed about myself…  My memory is getting short!! 🙁

I can’t even remember what I ate for dinner last night.  It’s getting serious…  I’m too young to be dementia☆

In Japan I used to eat fish (and fish egg) a lot.  Sometimes twice a day.  There are lots of kind of fish and most of them (eg Tuna, Bonito, Yellowtail, Sardine, etc) contain DHA (Docosahexaenoic acid) which is good for brain and health.  So I was consuming good source of food in Japan without any effort.

Now, however, I don’t eat fish here so often and I’m doubting maybe this is the reason for my short memory :p  Well, I guess fish is not only the reason, but it could be one of them.

I really had to do something about it.  I don’t really like taking medicine or supplements.  Then, I found this wonderful herb in a gardening store near my house.  It’s called “BRAHMI”.

This Brahmi has been used in traditional Indian medicine for over 3000 years, and there are incredible stories about this plant.  (You can find out more from this website)  It says that eating this herb actually helps concentration and memory recall. …. I have to try then!

The shape of this herb is actually cute and I can just put it in the kitchen:)  Now I’m taking about 3g of it everyday, as a tea infusion, as a garnish to cakes and as an ingredients for my sandwiches / pizza toppings 🙂


Popcorn

Posted November 23rd, 2008 in Food | 7 Comments »

Recently I bought this retro-looking popcorn machine for my home.  Popcorn is not really my favorite snack, but it’s just for fun 🙂  No oil needed, so it’s kinda healthy.

popcorn machine

Searching about the popcorn machine online reminded me of a popcorn vending machine in Japan.  The machines were usually in shopping centers, and I used to get popcorn often from the machine when I was little.

The body of the machine is gray-haired guy, and you could choose 5 flavors: butter, salt, caramel, BBQ and mayonnaise.  It costed 100 yen a cup of popcorn so I could buy with my pocket money 🙂

Once you get in the floor in the shopping center where the machine is located, you wouldn’t miss the smell of popcorn…  Smells so nice!! (>0<)  The smell always made me buy a cup of popcorn :p

Apparently there are other models of popcorn machines in Japan, like Hello Kitty.

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Chilled Green Tea Noodle (Cha Soba)

Posted November 20th, 2008 in Food | No Comments »

chasoba

Tonight I had Green Tea Soba Noodle (cha-soba) for dinner.

This green tea soba noodle contains Uji Maccha Tea (Uji = name of an area in Kyoto) and I could smell and taste Maccha Tea really!  Yum 🙂

Usually, when people use tea for cooking, they use Sen-cha (another Japanese tea) to avoid its strong flavor overwhelming other food.  However, Green Tea Noodle consists Maccha because people want this distinct flavor and color to be appeared.

This product is quite expensive but can be purchased at Asian supermarket.  To enjoy its flavor, I’d just eat it with seaweeds and simple dipping sauce.

rose

With Rose wine 🙂


Kit Kat in Japan

Posted November 19th, 2008 in Japan, Ume's Interests | 14 Comments »