Music of the Week! 週刊音楽

The Music of the week is "Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots, pt.1" by The Flaming Lips.

Enjoy!

Here are the words to the song:

Her name is Yoshimi - she's a black belt in karate
Working for the city - she has to discipline her body -
Cause she knows that it's demanding to defeat these
Evil machines - I know she can beat them -

Oh Yoshimi
They don't believe me
But you won't let those
Robots defeat me
Oh Yoshimi
They don't believe me
But you won't let those
Robots eat me

Those evil natured robots - they're programmed to
Destroy us - She's gotta be strong to fight them -
So she's taking lots of vitamins - cause she knows that
It'd be tragic if those evil robots win - I know
She can beat them -

Making Tofu on Ooshima Island

On December 11th, the Ooshima elementary students and several others, including some handicapped adults, made tofu by hand.

This video shows our teacher. Watch how fast she is!

No Car Day （ノーマイカーデー ）

December 10th, 11th, and 12th (12月　１０-１１-１２日） are　No Car Days （ノーマイカーデー ）.

Please try not to use your car these days!(あなたの車を使用しないでください!) Ride your bike! Walk! It is good for our planet!(私たちの惑星に良いです！) It is good for your health!(それはあなたの健康に良いです！)

I hope you will see that you can use your car much less!

Winter (冬) in Minnesota (ミんネソタ)

Here is a video of nordic skiing on a very snowy day in Duluth, Minnesota from last year. This video is from December 23, 2007 (２００７年１２月２３日） For any Ojika people who think that the weather has been cold recently, imagine being in Minnesota!
The current Duluth temperature is -8 Centigrade.　 ダルツの温度はいま　-8　です。

Volleyball Tournament

Last night, the Ojika educational staff all got together for a short volleyball tournament. There were 3 teams: elementary staff, junior high staff, and high school/board of education staff.

The high school team lost both games. We took 3rd place. The elementary team won 1 game and took 2nd place. The junior high team won 3 games and took 1st place.

The teachers enjoyed getting together for some fun at a busy time of year!!

October （１０月） 2008 Population of Ojika

Look at the population from October 2008. Ojika gained 2 people!

日本語の地区別人口はクリークします。

Weekly Music 週刊音楽 チャリー パー

This week's music is by Charlie Parr. The song is called "1922." He is my favorite musician. He plays regularly in Duluth, Minnesota. Listen and enjoy him play some great American Folk music!

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The Ojika Update Test Post

The Ojika Update 2008/11/18
English language newsletter from Ojika-cho, Japan.
Issue # 1

What`s up, Ojika?!

Upcoming events in Ojika.

Book Time with Brett – Saturday, November 22nd from 10:30~.
Brett will read 3 books this time. The books will be: Frederick, Guri and Gura and the Giant Egg, and The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

Ojika harvest/labor festival. Sunday, November 30th. The location is the town sports center. There will be many fun activities. Sushi rolling, food stalls, and a performance by the Ojika Power Rangers will all happen this day! There is also a drawing for great prizes, don’t miss it!

Basic Eikaiwa – Every Thursday at 7:30pm there is a free English conversation class. It meets in the community center. Please come and practice your English!

Advanced Eikaiwa – Every Friday at 1:30 pm there is a free advanced English conversation class. It meets at Hokusho Nishi High School.



EIKEN SPEAKING EXAMS

Recently 4 junior high students took the 3rd grade Eiken English speaking test. They all passed! Their names are: Hatsune Kondo, Saori Hirata, Yuuka, and Ayumi. Great Job! They are looking forward to passing the pre-2nd exam, which is high school level. Good Luck!




FOR YOUR INFORMATION

Ojika Junior High has many English childrens books. Maybe close to 40! Students in Brett’s Eikaiwa classes can borrow them! Brett will be making a list of the books so you can know what is available. If there is one you want to borrow, please ask him and he will get it for you. These books are donations from a former Ojika Junior High student! ***FIND HER NAME***


News from America
Americans elected Senator Barack Obama to be the next president of the United States of America on November 4th. Barack Obama does not become the president until January 20th, when President George Bush is finished. Woo Hoo!


Word List:

Upcoming – まもなく
Harvest - 収穫　　　しゅうかく
Festival – 祭り　　まつり
Performance - 動作
Available – 手に入れられる
To borrow – 借りる
Donation – 寄付
Former – 前者の