2008年11月30日日曜日

Topics in November

It is fine today and feel colder than yesterday due to wind.
Three major topics in this month are;
-Visiting the Haneda Airport under construction
-Watching a football game of Reds
-Watching a W-K baseball game

Moreover I went to my home town twice in last week.

2008年11月29日土曜日

Funeral

It was fine and calm today and I went to my home town.
It is the third year ceremony after death of my relative. His grave is located near my father and I could also pray for our grave. I also went to my home town on the 24th of November to attend the funeral of my friend's father.

2008年11月28日金曜日

Drinking Party

There was strong rain in the morning and became cloudy.
My son often goes to a drinking party though he is not strong. There are not so many drinking parties for me. But there will be many drinking parties forgetting unpleasant things in this year.

2008年11月27日木曜日

Friends

It was cloudy and rainy and cold today and it will be rain tomorrow.
I meet with two old friends every a half year and we get together at a Watami at Kanda. The location is good for us the price is reasonable. We talk about our home town , each family, habits, etc. They want to return to home town after retirements coming soon.

2008年11月26日水曜日

Training for AED

It was fine today and I took training for life saving with other company members.
The lesson includes the operation of AED(Automated External Defibrillator). The handling is easy, so I can use it in case of emergency. It is three hours lesson held by a fire station and very useful.

2008年11月25日火曜日

Friend

It began to rain when I left my office and also when I arrived at the station at home.
It was bad timing.
There was a junior high school reunion in September, high shool reunion in the end of November, and a university reunion last Saturday, and I attended to only that of university. Reunion had been a really long time.

2008年11月24日月曜日

Funeral

It began to rain in the afternoon and I went to near my home town to attend a funeral for the father of my friend. His father was 95 years old and died suddenly. I'm to go to my home town to attend to the third year ceremony of the death of my relative. Most of my uncles and aunts are around 70 years old, so the number of funerals will increase.

2008年11月23日日曜日

Reds Home Game

It was fine today and I went to the Saitama Stadium 2002 with my son.
It was the most important game for Reds to be a champion of J-league, but they lost the game.
We joined with a bus tour to cheer Reds and all fans were disappointed. Head coach couldn't find any strategy to win the game.

2008年11月22日土曜日

A Meeting of Graduates

It was fine and cold due to wind.
I joined with a meeting of classmates at a university. The number of classmates is around 60 and only 12 men attended. I could talk with all attendants and we could enjoy nice view in the night from the highest floor of the building at Shinjuku.

2008年11月21日金曜日

Lessons

It was fine and cold today and I joined with a seminar on soil improvement.
I want to learn something I can continue into old age. I like a English, history, playing guitar, and tennis, so I'm going to chose among them. I returned home around five p.m. because the seminar was held at fourth stop from my station.

2008年11月19日水曜日

Training for Disasters and Fires

It was cold today and there was a training for disasters and fires.
It is an annual event for our building and training for an earthquake and AED is added.
The number of AED is increasing and is set in our office.

2008年11月18日火曜日

Commute

It was fine and clear today and I stayed at the office all day long.
I get up at 6:30 every morning at week days and take the train around 7:10.
Trains are sometimes delayed due to accidents and main reason is due to the problem of traffic signals. It takes me around three hours to get to and from office.

2008年11月16日日曜日

Korean Drama

It was cloudy and rainy today and went to a barber.
I borrowed two DVD of a Korean drama from a rental shop and enjoyed with my wife. She is fond of Korean dramas and I followed. The title is "Full house" and I like the heroine.

2008年11月15日土曜日

Movie

It was fine and cloudy today and I went to a movie theater with my wife.
The cinema was Japanese drama and we could enjoy it. The man loving the women next devoted his life to her.

"Beauty opens the locked doors"

2008年11月14日金曜日

Life at overseas

It was fine and not so cold today.
There was a meeting attended by staff working outside our company and we enjoyed the party after the meeting. I worked twice outside my company and it was good experience, because I could join with studies both in domestic and overseas. I lived overseas around six years and always lived single.

2008年11月13日木曜日

English Conversation School

It was fine and good weather today and I spent on a meeting a half of day.
Over 30 years before, my colleague gave me a ticket for a English conversation school before his going abroad on business. I could take around twenty lessons and became familiar with some instructors. We went Kamakura and China town one day and I visited their apartments. They were good instructors.
"A bird in the hand is the worth two in the bush"

2008年11月12日水曜日

Language

It was cold and rainy partially.
I like English and listened to an English conversation radio program when I was a university student. This experience was very helpful when I was working overseas. But I understand that English is difficult.

2008年11月11日火曜日

New Haneda Airport

It was cloudy and very cold on sea.
I had a chance to visit constuction site at Haneda Airport with other office members.
There are many big working vessels and some of them are reclaiming the land for D-runaway.
D-runaway will be open within two years.

2008年11月10日月曜日

Draft Report

It is colder and colder and I was busy with making report.
One meeting is to be held on 13th and I'm preparing for papers.
I' m searching for the latest data by Internet, but some data are not found.

2008年11月9日日曜日

News

It was cloudy and cold same as yesterday.
Nothing special happened today and I went a drug store and a super market after a late lunch with my wife. I got the second prize at a lottery by a coop near my home and the gift was a package of rice cake.

2008年11月8日土曜日

Seminar on Second Life

It was cloudy and cold today and joined with a seminar held by a bank.
I attend to this kind of seminar as much as possible. Each seminar gives me a some advices and I'm preparing for second life.
My friend gave me a digital camera which he repaired and I read through a manual for the camera.

2008年11月6日木曜日

Prevention of Natural Disaster

It was fine today and I was busy all day long.
I had a chance to visit a basic center against natural disaster such as a giant earthquake partially opened at Ariake together with members from different companies. The place was parking place before and I used there when I visited Odaiba.

2008年11月5日水曜日

Railway Accident

It was fine today and I was busy with one work.
One hour before leaving my office, a traffic accident happened near station of my home.
When I arrived at Ueno station, commuter trains began to start behind schedule. So I had only small trouble.

2008年11月4日火曜日

Politics

It was fine today and Yomiuri Giants won the baseball game tonight at the third fights with Seibu Lions.
Voting for new president of USA just began. If Mr.Obama become the new president, I worry about relations between USA and Japan.. What will become of Japan?
I think Japanese people should be more interested in politics.

2008年11月3日月曜日

Cultural Day

It was cloudy today and I spent today as a ordinary holidays.
Today is a cultural day, but I didn't anything relating to culture. So I'm going to read a book about the origin of Egyptian art by Prof. S. Yoshimura. When I was around 30 years old, I worked Egypt and I could see many Egyptian arts.

2008年11月2日日曜日

Baseball Game

It was fine today and I went to Jingu Stadium to see a baseball game by old universities.
I got two tickets free from alumni and went there with my wife. It was second time to watch a baseball game at Jingu after graduating a university. Unfortunately my school lost the game today and all pitchers couldn't show their usual abilities.

2008年11月1日土曜日

Golf Competition

It was fine and the best weather condition for playing golf.
I stayed at a hotel in a golf course last night and joined with a golf competition. Most of participants are from our division of our company. Though my score was average, I enjoyed the competition.