Haruki's English Comprehension Blog

  I always the blog topics take longer to come up with. Music is a very easy topic to blog post. So this time I will write about music. I listen to a favorite song over and over again. Some of the songs I've heard a lot lately are Self Care by Mac Miller, Love Scars by Trippie Redd, and Chanel by Frank Ocean. The list is endless, because my favorites are so many.  I usually listen to foreign artists' music, but I sometimes listen to Japanese artists' song too. Of all the Japanese artists, I like Fishmans the best. The band disbanded more than 20 years ago after the death of its vocalist. My favorite their album is Kuuchuu Camp (空中キャンプ). The album has a lot of my favorite songs on it. I like BABY BLUE the best of their songs.  In addition, KIRINJI is one of my favorite Japanese artist. My favorite their songs are Aliens, Ai no coda(愛のcoda), After the Party, killer tune kills me. I don't usually pay attention to the lyrics while listening to a song. I ju...

   I watched a Japanese movie "GO" today. This movie was released in 2001, before I was born, so it's a bit old movie. Do you know the word "Zainichi" (在日) ? It means foreigners who have immigrated to Japan, but mostly refers to Koreans.  Sugihara, the main character of this movie, is Zainichi.  This movie is one of my favorites in Japanese movies. Firstly, Sugihara is so cool. He learned to do boxing from his father when he was a little and is a very strong fighter. Not only that, but he also reads books and is a knowledgeable person. All his actions and behaviors are cool.  Zainichi is Korean, but they were born and raised in Japan and speaks Japanese. So they suffer from their identities. But Sugihara says I am neither Korean nor Japanese, I am who I am. Moreover, he says I'll erase the borderline.　This movie makes it look like Japanese was unkind to Zainichi a while ago. It looks discriminatory. But...

 My family consists of 5 people and two cats. I have father, mother and two younger brothers. I will introduce each of them.   I don't usually talk with father. But that doesn't mean we don't get along.  I know he works for a company, but I don't know what he's actually doing. He is taller than me. I think his hight is 6ft(182,183cm). His favorite movie is Star Wars. His hobby is golf.  He likes to smoke cigarettes.  I have a picture, but it's so old. Maybe 15 years ago  About my mother, she doesn't have a job, but she does the housework. She used to be a nurse. She likes shopping and playing game.  About two brothers, I don't talk with one younger brother close to age. But that doesn't mean we don't get along likewise my father. He is smart. He likes playing games. My other brother and I are good friends. We watched many movies during quarantine. He belong junior baseball team. I have never seen he playing. I want to watch the game some...

 Probably no one who doesn't know him. So I won't describe him. He is exceptional, legend and the genius. He is the best singing and dancing artist in the world.  I began to like him after he passed. I knew him before that. But it wasn't until I was in junior high school that I heard his songs and found videos of dance.  You can find many of his performance videos on YouTube. My recommended video is Michael Jackson --Dangerous --Live Munich 1997 and Smooth Criminal. Also, Billie Jean. All of them are famous songs, so I think you've heard them. My favorite his song is Off the wall. Recently, I bought a vinyl record for the song's album. He at that time is a little different from what everyone imagines. It was him before he was sick and his skin turned white. I like him in all eras, too. But I think I might like him better in the old days. Sometimes the singer I like has already passed away. However, the songs they left behind continu...

 I played soccer when I was in elementary school. I have loved soccer since then. I like playing, watching and playing video games (FIFA). I have a lot of favorite teams and I don't support one particular team. Also, I don't support my local team. I like Liverpool  in the Premier League, Leipzig in the Bundesliga, Milan in Serie A and Atletico Madrid in La Liga.  It was a lot of fun when I was playing soccer. The team I belonged to wasn't very strong. Everyone just wanted to play soccer rather than win the game. I was one of them. All my teammates got along well and I enjoyed practicing. So I was able to play soccer for 4 years. But I didn't join the soccer club in junior high school. The reason is that I heard that junior high school soccer team members have to shave their hair.  At that time I was a fan of the Italian players and wore my hair long. So I definitely did not want to shave it. I also try to play other s...

    Recently, the climate is not stable and it rains a lot. So I watch movies most of rainy days.  ”Joker" is my favorite movie.  I watched the movie in theaters soon after it was released, and recently I watched it on Netflix again.  Do you know Joker? I think many people know his name and face. Joker is a popular DC comics character. It's interesting that he is popular even though he is a villain. And he has no special power and was originally a normal human being.  Joker was known as Batman's enemy.   However, as the title suggests, the main character of this movie is the Joker.  It's a movie about how an ordinary man became a Joker.  He used to be a kind person, but for various reasons he becomes a joker.  The movie doesn't make you happy, feel good or it doesn't touch you, it probably you don't cry. It depends on the person, but I felt a kind of empathy.  Of course I haven't had as bad an experienc...