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12 February 2012

Shocked and Sad to hear Whitney Houston's death

What happened to her? She was only at the age of 48. She was a big star for me since I was in high school. My most favorite song was "I want to dance with somebody" and "Love is a contact sport." In 1988 and 1989, I went to her rock concert held in Fukuoka where I used to live. I enjoyed the concert very much. From a far away seat, I could notice her tall and slender figure. Her voice was just beautiful. When the words like "I love you" was heard from the spectators, she responded by saying "I LOVE YOU, too" and "I wish I could speak Japanese." I remember what she said in the...

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06 February 2012

Documentary film"The Cove" Good for brain training

I rented a DVD of the film which contains Japanese subtitles and censored faces for the release in Japan. The film won US film Academy Award for documentary. It is about dolphin loving westerners trying to save dolphins in the cove in Taiji town in Wakayama Prefecture in Japan. This documentary is interesting one in the sense that anyone can learn that documentary shouldn't be produced in...

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