Sunday, September 21, 2008

Books on Learning English


I found this book in my bookshelf so decided to start learning from today. According to Google Japan's vice-president, Mr. Murakami, the ideal way to learn English is to finish an English book per day.

By the way it took me an hour to remember all the vocabs in the first 50 pages... Now i shall have to find how to speed up... The next book i'm seeking for is this ↓

Sunday, September 7, 2008

オーガニックコスメのある生活


ドイツ式オーガニックコスメのある生活
真の美肌力を生み出すオーガニックビューティーの秘密

緒方ヴェストベルグ美樹著

Since when I was a child my parents used to order Organic Vegetables and now I myself order them each week. Using organic products keeps me energetic and peaceful. However it is not easy to buy only the organic products considering cost and selection of goods so I stay flexible and don't insist too much on them.

During a party, a friend told that she was longing to live in Germany where the lifestyle and education are advanced. I was intersted in the examples and took this book in a store.

It was very intersting to know how the auther, who had been transferred to Frankfurt after having lived in Tokyo like many other people living in modern cities, was attracted by organic cosmetics. She told in her book that when she first met WELEDA hand cream and applied on her hand, her tears suddenly fell naturally, which she explained later in the chapter that they were provoked in necessity by the natual power of organic plants condensed in the cream.

I went home and decided at first to get rid of the chemical products as many as I could. And for the shampoos I didn't want to waste, they were classified to be used as linen soap etc.

The chapter explaing the close relation between human and plants was also impressive. That explained why camomile tea was taken for stomach ache.

It is now logical that we feel refreshed and relaxing only by walking in the trees and admire the plants and flowers just as I did this afternoon... We can't live without plants!