「Re:Hello-」
Soh Band?? Umm, I've never heard them, sorry. What kind of music do they play? I like most kind of music, and I myself play a trumpet actually. I am pretty much addicted recently and play for more than five hours a week although I have eight-hour regular work from Monday to Friday.
By the way, do you guys sometimes have an off-line party, or "Off-Kai"? If you do, I am eager to join.

Hello all-!
Haha, Kaori, you did too much "karaoke"! I sometimes sing song in my car...I like Yano Akiko. Her voice makes me relax....I like listening to the instrumental music a lot. Does anyone know Soh Band?? Not many people know about them, but they are REALLY good!!!

-Marsy ~-~

「Re:Re:Hi guys,」
Hi Marsy,

I used to live in San Francisco and Sacramento. I envy you, since I dont have any chance to fly anywhere for business trip.
By the way, I got throat ache and couldnt figure out the reason for a while. But as I played a CD tonight, I found I sang too much with it (Destiny's Child). How silly I am!

「1st France Sport Blwogun Competition」
I joined the historical 1st France Blowgun Competiton on
July 7 & 8 in Ploemuer France 500 Km west from Paris.
I was enthusiastically welcomed warmly by the members of France Sport Blowgun
Association www.fsba.fr/
You can see the photo and video on my web site.
ps: When you go to France take care to memorize the structure of De Gaul air port which is complicated maze.
The air plan of return way was changed and I was almost be lost at the air port.

International Fukiyado Association
www.sportsfukiya.net/
Hironori Higuchi MD

「Re:Hi guys,」
Hi Kaori-!
Nice to know you. What part of California were you living before? I sometimes fly to Orange County for work....it's such a nice weather overthere in CA especially during summer. You can talk a lot about everything in this circle to keep up you English ^u^.

-Marsy

How are you doing? I joined here just today.
I used to live in California for a year to work, and now missing English so badly. I am reading E books daily basis, but it's not enough to keep up my skill. Do you guys have any good idea? I wish I am brave enough to talk to "gaijin" people on streets, but unfortunately I am not (so far).

「French blowgun competition photo albam」
Look 140 photos of France Sport Blowgun Competition.
http://www.fsba.fr/?page=photo

International Fukiyado AssociationIFA
www.sportsfukiya.net/
Hironori Higuchi MD

Hello circle members!
How's everyone doing these days? Hope you all are doing great. Haven't heard from most of members for a while, so I'm just checking :-) What's going on in Japan this summer? Anything exciting??

Cheers!
-Marsy

「Re:Re:Its remind me spring festival.」
Hello Marsy.

You are born at Nagasaki. My grand mother and grand father once lived at Nagasaki. They talked about Nagasaki, but it about only small area, so I don't know where they lived.

I'm mainly city dweller, so I have no chance to attend ceremony. My experience of obon was only when I went to home town of my mother at my every young day. I remember I made some house by egg plants or culumbers with my grand mother.

My son and doughter have no such experience, so how goes these ceremony in the future.

「Re:Its remind me spring festival.」
Good morning-!

Know what Karl? I was born in Nagasaki, and people in Nagasaki use lots of "bakuchiku" during New Year's celebration and obon. I still remember my childhood that someone in my family passed away (think it was my great grand father...) so all family members helped each other and made a big "shourou-bune". After it's completed, male family members carried the shourou-bune and marched on the street in town, and we used lots of bakuchiku during that celemony. I was a little scared about the terrible noise of bakuchiku back then because I was a little girl, but now I think it's such a treasured memory in my life.
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