Body Image

As the fact that the report of BBC news showed us, I think many women think they are overweight. However, I also think most women who think themselves overweight are actually not overweight, but skinny.

I think the media image of "ideal" men and "skinny" women in Japan is ok, because I agree with the image of them which most Japanese have. I think as long as women are not too skinny or overweight, they look great. So I don't think the media should promote models of different shapes, sizes, and images. Now, all models in magazines and media are beautiful because they are considered as "skinny" women. And almost all women who see them through the media try to imitate their fashion and even their shapes. If the shapes of models were changed into more natural ones, all women would be satisfied with their shapes even it they were overweight. Then, I think the level of beauty of Japanese women will go down. Therefore, all women who want to look good would better try to reach the goal they have.

The problem is that many young girls who are very very skinny care too much about how they look and they think they are overweight. One of my friends used to say " I'm fat, so I shouldn't eat lunch today." every day. However, she was actually very skinny and cute. No matter how many times I told her that she didn't have to be on a diet, she kept saying the words as usual. Since she didn't eat very much, she had a bad effect on her mental and physical health. Then, she started complainning about everything. Thinking yourself too fat will make you confused and unhealthy. I think trying hard to get a perfect body is one of the way to look great, but trying too hard and making yourself uncomfortable physically and mentally is a wrong thing to do.

People have a different images how they look, therefore, I think they should try to get shapes and looks they want. However, I don't think they should always think they should be skinny and try too hard. Being natural is the best, but I know being prettier makes women happy. I hope all women can control themselves not to make them unhealthy. There are many ways to lose weight, so people should choose a right way and be healthy and beautiful.

illumination

This post is gonna be a diary. On the 14th, I went to Roppongi to see an illumination which has just been started to light up with my friend from junior high school.I will write about what I did on that day.

As soon as my friend and I got to Roppongi, we decided to go eat and went to a burger restaurant. We ate Sasebo burger which was very delicious. My friend and I were talking about our lives. Then, we felt that two ladies sitting next to us were just listening to our conversation. It was so funny but also we were uncomfortable to be listened all the time while we were there, so we left.

After the dinner, we went to Tokyo midtown where the illumination was. We were surprised at the scenery. It was very beautiful. Here is a picture I took.



After that, we were walking around and found ourselves in Tokyo Tower. We walked to the Tokyo Tower from the Roppongi area. It should have been a little bit far away, but she and I enjoyed talking and didn't think it was too far to walk.

I sometimes like to walk a lot. There is almost no chance to walk a lot in my every day life. So when I walked a lot with my friend on that day, I felt my stress was gone and I was refreshed. It must be a good way to walk a lot to get your stress away. I recommend you all to see the illumination in Tokyo midtown before it gets too cold to be outside. It is beautiful and you can see the illumination and the Tokyo tower at the same place!

Social Networking

In today's class, we discussed social networking. Many people today are familiar with social networking sites. There are several purposes to use these sites. Some people use them for communicating with other people, while others use them for their satisfaction.

As for me, I used to have Myspace and now have facebook and mixi. I don't write something on these sites very much, but I always log in and see what is going on with all my friends. Mostly, I open facebook in order to contact my friends in other countries, who I can only contact with through facebook. I have been to some countries and made friends. Then whenever I couldn't exchange address or phone number with my new friends, I looked for them on facebook or they looked for me so that we can keep in touch with each other. It is hard to contact with someone who is in another country, however through facebook, I can contact with him or her easily.Furthermore, sometimes I don't feel like telling my number or address when I meet new people because I don't know them very much. However, telling them to look for me on facebook instead of telling them my number is more safety.On facebook, I can share pictures with my friends and I can feel like my friends in other countries actually don't live in different countries. I don't feel too far away from them, so It is a good point for me to use facebook.

The problem is that I am to addicted to opening facebook. I know there is nothing to do other than seeing other people's posts and writing about myself, but I cannot stop watching it. I never notice till midnight that I was watching facebook for a few hours.I think I need to delete my account some day so that I can come back to my real life.

I used to have Myspace when I was high school student. So there has been always social networking sites in my life since then. There are some good points and bad points in using social networking sites. And I think some new sites which are more useful will be created one day. Then many people will get an account for a new site later.