RHS Rosemoor, Devon, England

今月の中はお休みからイギリスに戻った。家族と友だちと遊びに行った。楽しかった！南西イギリスに有名公園が有る。両親とRosemoorを見に行った。とてもきれいだった！も少し写真はリンクを見てください。

The middle of this month, I went back to England for a holiday to see family and friends there. I had a lovely time! One day, my parents took me to Rosemoor Garden in Devon, I've always wanted to go to one of the RHS gardens. It was so beautiful! Have a look at the link to see some more photos.

総選挙 General Election

今日は総選挙ね。自民党は政権をすてる筈だ、そして民主党が政権を握る。。。

It's the General Election today in Japan. It's expected that the Liberal Democratic Party will relinquish their hold, and the Democratic Party of Japan will become the ruling party...

It's said that policy-wise, the DPJ will gain power because of frustrations over the economy, and a loss of confidence in the LDP to deal with issues such as the rising national debt and rapidly aging population. But it's also to do far more with the desire for change. The LDP have been in almost unbroken power for 54 years, and a DPJ Prime Minister (probably Yukio Hatoyama) is seen to be able to bring change. We shall see...

豚インフルエンザ Swine flu

最近、日本で豚インフルエンザは新しいインフルエンザと言う。でも西洋でまだ略式で「Swine Flu」豚インフルエンザと言う。

日本で、豚インフルエンザが遅く上がっていった。二週間前11,636新しい病人がなった。でも、また報道によれば先週は日本で、急に15万新病人がなったらしい。先週、また学校を始めた。。。

二月前に英国の施政は最悪の場合の桁を出版した。同様に日本の厚生は流行伝染のピーク時に毎日760,000病人までなれる。

Recently in Japan, people are calling swine flu the new flu. But in Western countries it's still informally known as swine flu.

In Japan, swine flu was slowly rising. Two weeks ago, the number of new cases stood at 11,636. But, also according to the news, this week, the number of new cases rocketed to 150,000 in one week. Last week the schools went back...

In much the same way as the UK government published a worst case scenario figure a couple of months back, the Japanese health ministry have published a figure that up to 760,000 people in Japan could become infected daily at the peak of the epidemic expected in late September, early October.

So far I don't know anyone who has had it, but I feel it's only a matter of time... I shall continue my obsessive hand-washing after every lesson and every time I'm near a sink and disinfecting my hands so many times a day!

A vaccination isn't expected to be available until after the epidemic peaks in the first wavel...


https://hasseidoko.mhlw.go.jp/Hasseidoko/Levelmap/flu/index.html
http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/150000-patients-estimated-to-have-contracted-flu-this-week
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200908290090.html
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200908280041.html

久しぶりにブログに書く Writing on the blog for the first time in ages!

久しぶりね？！　今日、ブログの日のつもりだ！また掃除と勉強をしなければならない。。。

It's been a long time, eh?! I do intend to write on the blogs today. I must also do some cleaning and study...