Book Time With Brett # 3

BOOK TIME WITH BRETT # 3!!!

Date: Saturday, January 17th　土曜日、１月１７日

Time: 10:30 am　　午前　１０：３０

Place: Ojika Library 　小値賀　図書館


The library will be changing buildings, so this is the last "Book Time" until April! Don't miss it!

New Year's Eve temple bell

New Year's Eve temple Bell - It is rung 108 times on New Year's Eve!

Music of the Week 週刊音楽 Tom Waits

Tom Waits (トム　ウェイツ）

Ｂｉｇ　ｉｎ　Ｊａｐａｎ

I got the style but not the grace
I got the clothes but not the face
I got the bread but not the butter
I got the wind but not the shutter


But Im big in japan Im big in japan but heh Im big in japan


I got the house but not the deed
I got the horn but not the reed
I got the cards but not the luck
I got the wheel but not the truck


But heh Im big in japan Im big in japan Im big in japan


I got the moon I got the cheese
I got the whole damn nation on its knees
I got the rooster I got the crow
I got the ebb I got the flow


I got the powder but not the gun
I got the dog but not the bun
I got the clouds but not the sky
I got the stripes but not the tie


But heh Im big in japan Im big in japan Im big in japan


Heh ho they love the way I do it
Heh ho theres really nothing to it

I got the moon I got the cheese

I got the whole damn nation on their knees
I got the rooster I got the crow
I got the ebb I got the flow


I got the sizzle but not the steak
I got the boat but not the lake
I got the sheets but not the bed
I got the jam but not the bread


But heh Im big in japan Im big in japan Im big in japan
Im big in japan, Im big in japan

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。