A Christmas Present for Myself

(13/01/09, in the room)

• I bought a USB terrestrial TV tuner for my Christmas present on December 23rd, 2008. In my country, I had not yet enjoyed a high definition of the pictures brought by the digital terrestrial signal. So I am really happy now that I enjoy UK TV programs with such a phantastic TV system. But there is still one problem; I don't have much time to appreciate them. Yet, I recorded what it seemed to be very British TV programs on an external hard drive, which I had brought from Japan. I used to watch soap opera "Eastenders", "Merlyn", and "Little Dorrit" on the BBC website through "iplayer". But now I can enjoy other broadcasters' programs with this tuner. The first program I recorded was the Queen's Christmas address to the people, and the second one was the animation film of "Christmas Carol". I learned that different versions of "Christmas Carol" was being broadcasted on Christmas Eve. On New Year's Eve, I recorded Elton John's Count Down Live, which was really impressive.
  
• You can watch some of Japanese films and anime here. Among them, the film "My Neighbour Totoro" impressed me. It was completely dubbed in English, and I could listen to the characters speaking very well because I had already known the content. For anime, "Pokemon" seems to be popular also here, which always reminds me of my nephew, who likes it. Now I sometimes record some of the series so that I can send them to him, hoping that they will help his learning English. Now my favorite program is "You've Been Framed" on itv, which is the program consists of video recordings of common people, and shows a series of accidental happenings. So I can understand it without carefully listening to the narration in English.
• (http://www.terratec.net/en/products/Cinergy_Hybrid_T_USB_XS_FM_2012.html)