ÿþ<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <title>Romi's Room -- Home</title> <meta name="description" content="This is a personal web site created by a Christian living in Japan."> <meta name="keywords" content="Christian, Japan, Japanese, English, poetry, teddy bears, teacher, testimony, joy"> <meta name="author" content="Romi"> <meta name="Distribution" content="Global"> <meta name="Rating" content="General"> <meta name="Robots" content="INDEX,FOLLOW"> <meta name="Revisit-after" content="7 Days"> </head> <body bgcolor=white background="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/white.jpg" lang=EN-US link=black vlink=blue style='tab-interval:42.0pt' alink="#800080"> <DIV STYLE="font-family:Comic Sans MS"> <p align="center"><br><br>WELCOME TO<font size="7"><br>Romi's Room</font></p> <blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'> <blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'> <p align="center"><img width="91" height="83" src="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/bears/bb04.gif"></p> <p align="center">Please visit <a href="http://romisdg.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">my web journal: "In the Way Everlasting".</a></p> </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote> <hr size=5 width="60%" noshade color=maroon align=center> <p align="center"><font size="5"><strong>Table of Contents</strong></font></p><br><br> <div align=center> <table border="4" bordercolor="maroon" cellpadding="10" width="90%"> <tr> <td width="50%"> <p align="center"><img border=0 width="102" height="70" src="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/02/01.gif" alt="BEST FRIEND"></p> </td> <td width="50%"> <p align="center"><img border=0 width="102" height="70" src="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/02/02.gif" alt=HOLIDAYS></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <ul> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/testimony.html">TESTIMONY</a></li> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/encourage.html">ENCOURAGEMENT</a></li> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/poems.html">POEMS WITHOUT RHYME</a></li> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/prayer.html">OUR PRAYER ROOM</a></li> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/love.html">A LOVE LETTER</a></li> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/fountain/f00.html">A FOUNTAIN OF PEACE</a></li> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/cup/0000.html">MY CUP OVERFLOWS</a></li> </ul> <br> </td> <td valign="top"> <ul> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/NewYear/newyearsday.html">NEW YEAR'S DAY</a></li> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/recipes/dishes_index.html">TRADITIONAL NEW YEAR'S DISHES IN JAPAN</span></a></li> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/Valentine/Valentine.html">VALENTINE'S DAY</a></li> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/Diary/easter.html">EASTER (2003)</a></li> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/mother/mother.html">MOTHER'S DAY</a></li> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/father/father.html">FATHER'S DAY</a></li> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/Diary/anniversary.html">HAPPY ANNIVERSARY</a></li> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/advent2/advent.html">ADVENT CALENDAR</a></li> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/Christmas/christmas.html">CHRISTMAS</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p align="center" >&nbsp; <img border="0" width="102" height="70" src="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/02/03.gif" alt=JAPAN></p> </td> <td> <p align="center"><img border="0" width="102" height="70" src="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/02/04.gif" alt=LANGUAGES></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <ul> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/bj/jc.html">BEAUTIFUL CUSTOMS IN JAPAN</a></li> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/cm.html">CHRISTIANS AS A MINORITY</a></li> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/bj/origami.html"><em>ORIGAMI:</em>PAPER CRAFT</a></li> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/food/food.html">JAPANESE DISHES</a></li> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/tanka.html">SHORT POEMS</a></li> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/folkremedy.html">FOLK REMEDIES</a></li> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/relax/relax.html">ACUPRESSURE</li> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/nurse.html"><em>SUMO</em> AND MY NURSE</a></li> </ul> </td> <td valign="top"> <ul> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/languages.html">LEARNING FOREIGN LANGUAGES</a></li> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/foreignlanguages.html">FOREIGN LANGUAGES I HAVE STUDIED</a></li> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/vocabulary.html">ENRICH YOUR VOCABULARY</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p align="center"><img border="0" width="102" height="70" src="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/02/16.gif" alt=JAPANESE></p> </td> <td> <p align="center"><img border="0" width="102" height="70"src="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/02/17.gif" alt=SPANISH></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <ul> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/bj/bj.html">YOUR FIRST LESSON IN JAPANESE</a></li> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/bj/ws.html">JAPANESE WRITING SYSTEMS</a></li> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/bj/ue.html">USEFUL EXPRESSIONS IN JAPANESE</a></li> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/hymn01.html">SING <em>O HAPPY DAY</em> IN JAPANESE</a></li> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/hymn00.html">SING <em>AMAZING GRACE</em> IN JAPANESE</a></li> </ul> </td> <td valign="top"> <ul> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/v.html">TODAY'S VERSES IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH</a></li> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/spanish.html">A PAGE IN SPANISH</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p align="center"><img border="0" width="102" height="70" src="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/02/05.gif" alt="MY HOBBIES"></p> </td> <td> <p align="center"><img border="0" width="102" height="70" src="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/02/06.gif" alt="MY ESSAYS"></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <ul> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/teddy/teddy.html">TEDDY BEARS</a></li> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/teddy/patchwork.html">PATCHWORK</a></li> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/recipes.html">RECIPES</a></li> </ul> </td> <td valign="top"> <ul> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/Emily/emily00.html">EMILY DICKINSON</a></li> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/bach/bach01.html">J. S. BACH (BWV 1079)</a></li> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/candle/candles.html">CANDLES</a></li> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/light.html">LIGHT SENSITIVITY (PHOTOPHOBIA)</a></li> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/f.html">AM I A FAILURE?</a></li> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/perfect.html">ARE YOU A PERFECTIONIST?</a></li> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/links4.html">ARE YOU DEPRESSED?</a></li> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/life.html">ARE YOU SUICIDAL?</a></li> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/hope.html">WHEN OUR LOVED ONE SUFFERS FROM DEPRESSION</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p align="center"><img border="0" width="102" height="70" src="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/02/18.gif" alt=COUNTRIES></p> </td> <td> <p align="center"><img border="0" width="102" height="70" src="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/02/12.gif" alt=NOTEBOOK></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <ul> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/Australia/Australia.html">AUSTRALIA</a></li> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/Canada/Canada.html">CANADA</a></li> </ul> <p align="center">The web pages in this category<br> are being made for my students, <br> who are studying English in Japan.</p> </td> <td> <ul> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/milton.html">A SONNET BY J. MILTON</a></li> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/heal.html">HEAL US, EMMANUEL</a></li> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/token.html">IN TOKEN THAT THOU SHALT NOT FEAR</a></li> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/thank.html">THANK YOU, LORD</a></li> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/lily.html">THE LILY OF THE VALLEY</a></li> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/psalm.html">WHEN I CAN'T PRAY</a></li> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/103.html">PSALM 103</a></li> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/139.html">PSALM 139</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p align="center"><img border="0" width="102" height="70" src="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/02/08.gif" alt="ABOUT ME"></p> </td> <td> <p align="center"><img border="0" width="102" height="70" src="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/02/07.gif" alt=FRIENDS></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <ul> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/st/p.html">MY PROFILE</a></li> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/psalm73.html">MY FAVORITE VERSES</a></li> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/birthday/bd.html">MY BIRTHDAY</a></li> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/Diary/diary00.html">DIARY</a></li> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/100/100things.html">100 THINGS ABOUT ME</a></li> </ul> </td> <td valign="top"> <ul type=disc> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/testimony02.html">A LETTER TO MR. N</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p align="center"><img border="0" width="102" height="70" src="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/02/09.gif" alt=LINKS></p> </td> <td> <p align="center"><img border="0" width="102" height="70" src="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/02/10.gif" alt=FUN></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <p align="center">UNDER CONSTRUCTION</strong></p> </td> <td valign="top"> <ul> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/ecards.html" target="_blank">ROMI'S FREE E-CARD SHOP</a></li> <li><a href="http://romisdg.bravehost.com/awards.html" target="_blank">MY AWARDS 1</a></li> <li><a href="http://my.homewithgod.com/romi/awards2.html" target="_blank">MY AWARDS 2</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p align="center"><img border="0" width="102" height="70"src="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/02/13.gif" alt=CLASSROOM></p> </td> <td> <p align="center"><img border="0" width="102" height="70" src="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/02/14.gif" alt="WEB TOOLS"></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" > <ul> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/TEFL/201101.html" target="_blank">My Ideal Spouse (2011)</a></li> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/2011.html" target="_blank">Our High School Days (2011)</a></li> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/TEFL/peace2010/peace2010.html" target="_blank">World Peace (2010)</a></li> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/TEFL/worksheets/201002.html" target="_blank">The Father of the Century (2010)</a></li> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/TEFL/haiku/2008/index.html">Haiku Written in English (2008)</a></li> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/TEFL/haiku/2005/index.html">Haiku Written in English (2005)</a></li> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/TEFL/2003/peace.html">Messages from Students in Japan (2003)</a></li> <li><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/TEFL/2002/self_introduction.html">My Students (2002)</a></li> </ul> </td> <td valign="top"> <ul> <li><a href="mailto:?subject=You%20may%20enjoy%20this%20site!&amp;body=I%20really%20enjoyed%20my%20visit%20to%20this%20site%20today%20and%20thought%20you%20might%20too.%20%20It%20is%20a%20site%20called%20Romi's%20Room.%20%20Click%20here:%20http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/%20,%20and%20enjoy!">SHARE THIS SITE WITH A FRIEND</a></li> <li><a href="http://guestbooks.christiansunite.com/view.cgi?u=Romisdg" target="_blank">GUESTBOOK 1</a></li> <li><a href="http://pub40.bravenet.com/guestbook/show.php?usernum=3434298910&amp;cpv=1" target="_blank">GUESTBOOK 2</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p align="center"><img border="0" width="102" height="70" src="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/02/15.gif" alt=INFORMATION></p> </td> <td> <p align="center"><a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/japanese.html" target="_blank"><img border="0" width="102" height="70" src="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/02/11.gif" alt="MY WEB SITE IN JAPANESE"></a></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <p align="center"><br>UNDER CONSTRUCTION</p> </td> <td valign="top"> <p align="center"><br> <img border="0" width="80" height="88" src="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/bears/bb03.gif"></p> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <br><br><br> <p align="center">&nbsp;</p> <p align="center">&nbsp;</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://guestbooks.christiansunite.com/view.cgi?u=Romisdg" target="_blank"><!-- Start ChristiansUnite.com Christian Guestbooks code -->VIEW MY GUESTBOOK</a></p> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="http://guestbooks.christiansunite.com/sign.cgi?Romisdg" target="_blank">SIGN MY GUESTBOOK</a></p> <p align="center" ><a href="http://guestbooks.christiansunite.com/" target="_blank">powered by christiansunite.com</a></p> <p align="center" ><!-- End ChristiansUnite.com Christian Guestbooks code --><br> View my another <a href="http://pub40.bravenet.com/guestbook/show.php?usernum=3434298910&amp;cpv=1" target="_blank">GUESTBOOK</a>.<br></p> <hr size=5 width="60%" noshade color=maroon align="center"> <p align="center"><br> <strong>ABOUT THIS WEB SITE</strong></p> <blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'> <p>ROMI'S ROOM is a Christian web site created by a Christian living in a small town in Japan. 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It is my prayer that this humble web site will help the visitors know more about our Lord.<br><br></p> <hr size=5 width="60%" noshade color=maroon align="center"> </blockquote> <p align="center">--The verses quoted in this web site are taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION--<br> c1973, 1978 by the International Bible Society, <br> used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publisher, unless otherwise stated.<br> <br> <a href="http://www.billybear4kids.com/" target="_blank">Bear Clipart Copyright</a><a href="http://www.billybear4kids.com/" target="_blank">1998 Loraine Wauer-Ferus</a></p> <p align="center"><br><br><i>Soli Deo Gloria</i><br><br></p> <p align="center">Since May 2, 2001<br><br>LAST UPDATE: March 13, 2011</p> <p align="center">The URL of this web page is <a href="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/index.html">http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/index.html</a></p> <p align="center"><img border="0" width="70" height="130" src="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/cross2.gif"></p> <hr size=5 width="60%" noshade color=maroon align=center> <p align="center"><br><br><br></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://romisdg.bravehost.com/"><img border="0" width="85" height="78" src="http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~romisdg/bears/bb02.gif"></a><br> <br> <br> <a href="http://teflportfolio.bravehost.com/" target="_blank">A TEFL PORTFOLIO</a><br><br><br><br></p> <p align="center"><br><br></p> <p align="center"><!-- Start of StatCounter Code --> <script type="text/javascript"> var sc_project=1044879; var sc_invisible=0; var sc_security="c4233fb8"; var sc_text=2; </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.statcounter.com/counter/counter.js"></script><noscript><div class="statcounter"><a title="web stats" href="http://statcounter.com/free_web_stats.html" target="_blank"><img class="statcounter" src="http://c.statcounter.com/1044879/0/c4233fb8/0/" alt="web stats" ></a></div></noscript> <!-- End of StatCounter Code --><br><br></p> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><script language="JavaScript"> <!-- var a = Math.random() + ""; var r = a.charAt(5)+a.charAt(6)+a.charAt(7); var counter ='<\a href="http://www.christiansunite.com/hit/" target="_top"'; counter +='\><img src="http://www.christiansunite.com/hit/'; counter +='count.cgi?account=Romisdg&code=site&count=1&page='; counter += r + '" border=0 width=96 height=40 '; counter += 'alt="The Christian Counter"><\/a>'; document.write(counter);//--> </script><a href="http://www.christiansunite.com/hit/" target="_top"><span style='text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><noscript><img border=0 width=96 height=40 id="_x0000_i1046" src="http://www.christiansunite.com/hit/count.cgi?account=Romisdg&amp;code=site&amp;count=1" alt="The Christian Counter"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </body> </html>