tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359240399655245601.post6000042611225940588..comments2021-03-22T11:18:21.028-07:00Comments on Keiko Amano's Blog: A Man on the Roofkeiko amanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10009453048859594709noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359240399655245601.post-18442956068274128132010-08-18T06:53:53.169-07:002010-08-18T06:53:53.169-07:00Thanks for sharing, Keiko. The good news is, as yo...Thanks for sharing, Keiko. The good news is, as you’ve shown, we can and do always change. I am on my way to becoming more extrovert—not quite 180 degrees yet :)<br /><br />Your funny. Keep smiling.Rebbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08117210892683574784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359240399655245601.post-18952312835161006652010-08-18T00:06:25.542-07:002010-08-18T00:06:25.542-07:00Rebb,
My children probably discuss about their re...Rebb,<br /><br />My children probably discuss about their relationships to each other and friends. I never discuss that with my parents, so I understand them. I trust their judgment.<br /><br />I think I’m extroverted, but as years go by, I contact my old friends less and less. But I’m making new friends without much effort. I enjoy talking with young people as well as older people. In the keiko amanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10009453048859594709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359240399655245601.post-76509480420102757062010-08-17T08:14:50.820-07:002010-08-17T08:14:50.820-07:00Keiko, Interesting that your children don’t talk a...Keiko, Interesting that your children don’t talk about it. I have always had a fascination with relationships and how they work, how to make them better—what I could do to help that along. This began at a young age from observing my own small family and hearing stories; and later of observing people in union, my own relationships, etc. Yes, my grandparents also saw marriage as one of those thingsRebbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08117210892683574784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359240399655245601.post-86457012159690109602010-08-17T00:00:04.419-07:002010-08-17T00:00:04.419-07:00Ashok,
About the loss and its compensation, is yo...Ashok,<br /><br />About the loss and its compensation, is your view similar to your parents’ and most people’s around you? To me, loss of the language is not acceptable when we are not forced to do. To love and care of own language is the same as loving Mother Earth.<br /><br />Yes, it’s good to understand a global culture, but the global culture is the one we create. We have to give to the keiko amanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10009453048859594709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359240399655245601.post-60223542968188151072010-08-16T20:05:47.780-07:002010-08-16T20:05:47.780-07:00Keiko,
I speak Hindi better than English but I wr...Keiko,<br /><br />I speak Hindi better than English but I write better in English. I read English better too. It is because the usage has been that way.<br /><br />There are many persons in India who translate from their native language to English in mind while speaking English and then the meaning is not full conveyed. I think that happens when a person learns the second language at an older age Ashok https://www.blogger.com/profile/13678997673056672234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359240399655245601.post-55603489032848231082010-08-16T13:32:01.022-07:002010-08-16T13:32:01.022-07:00Ashok,
Yes, I understand the history of India and...Ashok,<br /><br />Yes, I understand the history of India and the languages. The history cannot be reversed. But, what’s really behind “English as the preferred language?” Do you speak and write English better than your own native language? A while ago, I found a used book on the Indian literature. It was serendipity. The book introduced about eight Indian authors of different native keiko amanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10009453048859594709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359240399655245601.post-57459308354121753022010-08-16T09:25:22.750-07:002010-08-16T09:25:22.750-07:00Keiko,
Certainly if Indians had not gone in for l...Keiko,<br /><br />Certainly if Indians had not gone in for learning English the local languages would have developed more. For over two hundred years India was ruled by the British and official work was carried out in English, hence that became the preffered language of the Indians.<br /><br />India has benifited from English because it provide easy access to world literature and technology and Ashok https://www.blogger.com/profile/13678997673056672234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359240399655245601.post-14210693647030448202010-08-16T01:26:36.637-07:002010-08-16T01:26:36.637-07:00Ashok,
About multiple languages, I’m very curious...Ashok,<br /><br />About multiple languages, I’m very curious about the situation in India and your view of bilingual education and so on. Looking at the Indian history, do you think India suffered less literary activity in native languages because of emphasis on English? <br /><br />I was thinking about Japan and my worry, but if Indians didn’t lose much in your native-language literary keiko amanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10009453048859594709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359240399655245601.post-59762082272017653802010-08-16T01:25:15.901-07:002010-08-16T01:25:15.901-07:00Ashok,
About commune living, I saw a Japanese tel...Ashok,<br /><br />About commune living, I saw a Japanese television program on share-house a few times. I thought it pretty good idea for the people who can stand noises and not much privacy. A number of people like ten or so live together and share a kitchen. They rotate cooking chores, but they eat dinner together. On the program, everyone looks happy, and they all talk good thing about it,keiko amanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10009453048859594709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359240399655245601.post-82013833011997029582010-08-15T18:33:27.362-07:002010-08-15T18:33:27.362-07:00Keiko, my experience and indeed yours is that huma...Keiko, my experience and indeed yours is that humans can be quite proficient in two languages as far as speaking is concerned especially if the training starts early. But as you rightly said writing tends to be good in just one language. In India people choose the language or it is chosen for them by circumstances for writing. There are only rare exceptions whenpersons can write well in two Ashok https://www.blogger.com/profile/13678997673056672234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359240399655245601.post-66100988642700911892010-08-15T18:25:15.229-07:002010-08-15T18:25:15.229-07:00Keiko, Rebb
You have raised very important issues...Keiko, Rebb<br /><br />You have raised very important issues about marriages for human society. It is an institution that has been mantained historically as much by choice as by social and religious force.<br /><br />As social forces weaken, due to respect for individual liberty and the traditional religious forces weaken as is bound to with individual thinking the institution of marriage is Ashok https://www.blogger.com/profile/13678997673056672234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359240399655245601.post-43122892361739857682010-08-15T11:19:41.352-07:002010-08-15T11:19:41.352-07:00Rebb,
It’s great to hear from a young person like...Rebb,<br /><br />It’s great to hear from a young person like you about relationships. My children don’t talk about it. Neither did I growing up with my parents. It’s a very private issue. To my parents’ generation, getting married was like going to school. A must. It used to be simple.<br /><br />As I started to write this comment, I happened to see toward the end of a television program, “keiko amanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10009453048859594709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359240399655245601.post-88280963659606996232010-08-15T07:03:08.595-07:002010-08-15T07:03:08.595-07:00Keiko and Ashok, I’ve always had mixed feelings ab...Keiko and Ashok, I’ve always had mixed feelings about marriage, as an institution and it has never been attractive to me. However, a spiritual marriage in life—married in mind without a legal document—that works for me and that is how we viewed our relationship. On the other hand, I can see the benefits for marriage by law, however for some reason, as is suggested in your comments, many seem to Rebbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08117210892683574784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359240399655245601.post-82041351459664233502010-08-14T22:51:00.121-07:002010-08-14T22:51:00.121-07:00Ashok,
About your concern on young people, I agre...Ashok,<br /><br />About your concern on young people, I agree with you. But, perhaps, our view is becoming old fashioned. Many people today are single, and they don’t necessarily look less happy compared to married people. And because of the higher divorce rate, many married people must be unhappy. <br /><br />In Japan, we have a phrase, “Narita divorces” for short lived marriages. It means keiko amanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10009453048859594709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359240399655245601.post-47068244249069185222010-08-14T19:29:11.246-07:002010-08-14T19:29:11.246-07:00Keiko,
India is far too thickly populated and it ...Keiko,<br /><br />India is far too thickly populated and it would not be a bad idea for birth rates to decline here.In India we have a mix of very poor parts and rich ones. The birth rates are declining in the richer parts only. Recently though it seems the rate of increase is slowing down in the poorer parts but it is not into a decline yet. as well. In India we have a very large proportion of Ashok https://www.blogger.com/profile/13678997673056672234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359240399655245601.post-36266946250916647412010-08-12T14:50:05.062-07:002010-08-12T14:50:05.062-07:00Ashok,
Maybe, I'm in trouble because they wer...Ashok,<br /><br />Maybe, I'm in trouble because they weren't talking about marriage. I didn't ask though. Nowadays, young people do not marry. Have you noticed? In Japan, I see the same situation. Are the young people of your country the same? <br /><br />The birth rate of Japan has been declining drastically compared to the time I was growing up. There must be many reasons, butkeiko amanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10009453048859594709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359240399655245601.post-59784385626916748942010-08-11T21:42:41.677-07:002010-08-11T21:42:41.677-07:00That is a wonderful tree and you have a nice garde...That is a wonderful tree and you have a nice garden indeed and a wonderful prospective son-in-law.<br />Congratulations. Ashok https://www.blogger.com/profile/13678997673056672234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359240399655245601.post-17724526440124613312010-08-11T10:23:30.826-07:002010-08-11T10:23:30.826-07:00Rebb,
I'm glad you liked the photos. The fir...Rebb,<br /><br />I'm glad you liked the photos. The first photo is my favorite.<br />All those scenes do not show how jungle my garden has been, but it is, and it used to be much worse. I didn't mean to avoid showing you the out-of-control greenery, but the reasons are as follows.<br /><br />1. My daughter was cleaning up the ground very quickly while I was taking the photos. (I keiko amanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10009453048859594709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359240399655245601.post-80413008934218055932010-08-11T09:34:22.834-07:002010-08-11T09:34:22.834-07:00What a nice moment, Keiko. That was so sweet of hi...What a nice moment, Keiko. That was so sweet of him.<br /><br />I especially like the first photo and how because of the sun, we only see his silhouette, the angles and the blue sky. If I let my imagination look closer, I see an envelope.Rebbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08117210892683574784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359240399655245601.post-62856092761088854392010-08-09T23:44:07.439-07:002010-08-09T23:44:07.439-07:00Hi Lu,
Yes, it was incredible. He just did it, a...Hi Lu,<br /><br />Yes, it was incredible. He just did it, and I didn't give him any instruction. Unlike my son, I didn't worry, or need to make fuss. I'll be so happy if he become my son in law. He is easy to talk with and interested in many things.keiko amanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10009453048859594709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359240399655245601.post-40743388256987248622010-08-09T16:20:26.858-07:002010-08-09T16:20:26.858-07:00Well, Keiko, you got yourself a very kind son-in-l...Well, Keiko, you got yourself a very kind son-in-law! Climbing on the roof qualifies very high :-)Lucianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04380997272615285975noreply@blogger.com