How's your day being?

Bonneville T100

2008-05-02T22:17:00.002+09:00

That's what I chose to ride.
It's been a month since then and what makes me really annoying is that some magazines say that Bonneville T100 is perfect for girls! easy to ride and fashionable!...

It's true, I've seen many girls riding on it.

Bummer...

How do you remember stuff you learn?

2007-02-19T21:16:00.000+09:00

Things get out of my head so soon!
I heard that if you talk about something that you learn, it tends to stay in your head.
Is it true?

Does anyone know a good way to remember stuff you learn?

Hey, I found you finally.

2006-08-26T23:39:00.000+09:00

I've been waiting for you for ages. I didn't expect you to come here though. Now, tell me how did it go. You can't go away without telling me about it. Because I know ...

Illustration says more

2006-04-14T21:57:00.000+09:00

Ah..I wonder when I last wrote a story.

I've been drawing illustrations recently and put those up on my another blog.
You know? people would rather see illustrations than writings.
Once I put up those on, the number of access has increased.
It was only 43ip a week, now it's 197ip a week!

My illustrations are not well drawn actually,
they are simple, too simple, but I try to make them interesting.
The blog can show how many people visit and click as against this blog
so it makes me put more effort in.

If anyone wants to visit, you are more than welcome!
But you need to understand little Japanese which describing the illustraions.

Does this exist?

2006-03-24T22:23:00.000+09:00

Is anyone here?
How could I know someone was here?
If there's no way to know I'm connected to someone else, what is this for?
Just a limited space for myself to leave what I felt, thought
and write something happened to me?

How many people are having their own blogs?
How much time do people spend on visiting other people's blogs?
So many blogs with no one to visit?

Is anyone here?
If not, this doesn't exist.

It was meant to be here

2006-03-11T01:31:00.000+09:00

My wife and I got excited. We found a pressure pot in an insert, which was of the brand we love.
Nothing was there to stop us even though the price wasn't so different from the web site we found long time ago, we could see it in person so we hurried to the shop.
Still there.
It...didn't have a locking thing on it though it LOOKED like one. We must have got carried away, we never doubt it wasn't the one...We went back home, read the instruction, got satisfied that we would be now able to enjoy great dishes.
Later that night, I was browsing the web site of those pots. My wife came in... finally we noticed it wasn't a pressure pot! My wife spotted that.
We spent good money. I'm sure we can be reimburses for that, but I want to think that it was meant to be ours.
I must be crazy.

Building a box with a drawer

2006-01-29T18:13:00.000+09:00

According to Feng Shui, something you put under the bed, if you have some space, should be clothes. My wife and I have been into Feng Shui recently. It tells you not only you put this there and what colour is lucky for you but how to organize almost everything in the house.
The book I bought shows details for each room. Kitchen, bathroom, toilet, bed room living room, outside space and entrance hall.
It works. At least it seems to us. I won a lottery, my wife got a job she's been wanting to do. And more than that, our home is getting sweet home! It tells you keep it clean all the time. It makes my wife to encourage herself to do the cleaning almost everyday which used to be once a week.
It's a big change. And it's fun to see your home getting neat and cool. Now we ordered a doorbell. I'm looking forward to it. It should bring us more luck! Oh, come to think of it, the box with a drawer, I almost forgot to mention on it. Nothing to do with the title! You may say it if I didn't. I'm building it to put small stuff so that I can have space for clothes. It's not easy. I went to a DIY shop to buy some timber, of course I already calculated the size of it, and had a man in charge of cuting machine cut some timber. It's not accurate all the time. That's the problem. When the size is involving a decimal figure you can count on it. I had to redo it by myself.
But now I learnt. I can do it better next time. Three more boxes to do. I'm going to do it at a leisurely pace. I wonder when the doorbell arrives..

Hello 2006!

2006-01-16T22:58:00.000+09:00

This is the first story i write this year.
It's 16th already.
Time goes by fast.
You know why i seldom write?
Because it's cold in here!
The air-conditiner in here doesn't work.
The door is usually shut to increase the energy efficiency.
When opened...chilly puff of wind starts to crawl...and grasp your feet.

Come to think of it, i won a lottery! Yeah!
Only 2000yen though this is GREAT!
Because.. i just bought ONE ticket and WON!
Great isn't it?
It should happen again!

The last day of 2005

2005-12-31T20:28:00.000+09:00

2005 gave me some changes.
Big ones.
The first change was being a university student.
I didn't expect ME to be one.
Through elementary school to high school I never wanted to study more.
I didn't do it though.
The second was complete, miraculous recovery from my long-standing neck problem.
It gives me a chance to be myself.
I couldn't do even everyday stuff.
Reading in a book store and cutting nails made me tired.
Facing left and tilting my head to left hurted me.
Now it's gone!

Back on track!
Thanks 2005!

I've had enough

2005-12-28T22:37:00.000+09:00

My wife and I did a casual work today.
It was stuffing boxies. Japanese traditional New Year's dishes, Osechi.
One has two boxies piling on top of the other.
Another has three boxies in the same way.
Each box contains about 9 sorts of dishes,
more than you need, I mean, amount!!
It's overflowing!
My job was to put the lids on the boxies.
It was supposed to be easy one, but they were reluctant to stay in the box!
Actually, it seemed to me they were trying to get out of there!
Especially lobster. They were nasty.
They were too big to be in the box.
Because of them, boxies were wobbling.
It was so hard to put the lid on it.
So I had to squashed them.
Hundreds times!
Some were strong enough to crack the lids.
The toughest food I've ever fought.

The fight will be continued tomorrow.
It's gonna be a long day.

Have you fought with them already?
If not, be ready.
They are on their way..

Ominous air is on its way

2005-12-15T00:10:00.000+09:00

Recently there's not enough work to do so everyone
except overseers are forced to take days off.
I was talking to my coworker what was likely to happen.
The following are those what I said.

The company gives us glasses which have special function instead of work to do.
When not working you wear glasses at home.
The glasses give you a vision in which you see things as if you are working.
Then you get virtual pay in your "Virtual Bank" account on a pay day...

It will make you lazy surely but you get lazy if you go to work twice a week too!
Going to work five days a week used to be nothing, but I don't feel it that way now!
"The glasses" may give you solace.
Would you care?

Have you met my new pet?

2005-12-08T07:03:00.000+09:00

"ra ra" is here. (on the left-hand side)

My wife went to Blogland to find them.

She must be from England.
They are everywhere.
Click ra ra and have a fun!

A new country?

2005-12-05T22:47:00.000+09:00

My wife has been a bloggian for some time.
She goes to the country everyday whatever the weather.

Once she's in there, try to stay as long as she can.

So determined.

She comes back only when she gets tired.

Now, she's in there.
I wonder when I can see her again..

Away from home in Togakushi

2005-12-03T12:29:00.000+09:00

Summer in 2005.

I found this function so put up some photes.

Top left: Just finished putting up a tent and a tarp.

Top right: People look as if they were fleas.

Bottom left: A aged gate in the halfway point.

Bottom right: Wild flowers around the tent.

My job sucks!

2005-12-03T01:35:00.000+09:00

A bit of a complain.
My company took 0n lots of workers
depite the fact we think it's already more than enough.
Sure enough, We are being forced to take 8 DAYS OFF this month!!
It'll make my pay to be half.
How could we live on such a small amount.
And This could go on for a while since only a few of us got fired.

Anything goes these days.
Dishonesty takes us for a ride.
Not feeling easy even at home.
Functionaries are rolling in money.
And kids are taken and killed.

I can't stop wondering where this country is heading for.
You should be too.

Worked flat out..

2005-11-30T22:46:00.000+09:00

I've had a busiest week in my entire life.
I've been going to school on Tuesdays and Thursdays recently.
It lasts until 22nd Dec.
I added another 4 days that would be on Saturdays and Sundays together when i applied them.
It was a horrible mistake.
Tuesdays' and Thursdays' are rather easy, acutually I can manage well, but weekends' schooling were obviously NOT.
The teacher had us write what he said on the papers he gave us which only had some keywords.
I noted down almost everything.
That was me myself what caused lots of trouble.

What he told us to do was to summarize.
Make a note and 12 sheets of paper.

Since i jotted down most of what he said, a great great deal of descriptions were waiting for me to be organized.
On Monday, I wasn't in the mood for doing it because I had enough of it on the Sunday.
On Tuesday, I had to go to school and it's 11:30p.m. when i was home.
On Wednesday, it's not busy at work so i could leave at noon. I realized only 3 days left!
I started summarizing and writing at 1:00p.m. I kept doing it for 6 hours straight.
I had dinner and took a rest for an hour then another 4 hours to write. Not quite finished..
On Thursday, I rang my group leader to ask for a day off.
I spent whole day in writing until i went to school.
On Friday, luckily, it was a holiday. Writing, writing, writing. I also had to have my hair cut because the next day was my friend's wedding party. It's impossible to miss it.
Write on and on and on.. i managed to finish most of them but not all.
On Saturday, shooling started afternoon. Finished 18:15. The wedding party started18:45.
You can make it if you've been there once but we've never.
We got lost. The party started. Still some papers to make. Tough day!
We decided to take a taxi. It wasn't so far away from where we were but we knew that if we hadn't, we would never have reached there.
The party ended before nine with a snog of a bride and a bridegroom.
They were on the thier way to their honeymoon the next day whereas i went to school.
I started writing on the train home.
Kept doing it at home untill 2:00a.m.
Done. Done with a note! Done with papers!
I'm not gonna study for a while! i thought.
One day to go.
On Sunday, from 9:00a.m. to 4:00p.m. classes and final exam.

Toughest week ever!

Quite something to have a view like this.

2005-11-10T23:57:00.000+09:00

I was there for a class again.
It's about William Shakespeare.
Tonight was the first class on this course.
I was a bit nervous.
I was wondering what kind of person the teacher was.
He was little late like other teachers.
He talked a lot.
The way he talks made us unwind.
The class was very interesting.
I wasn't really interested in literature or Shakespeare, but when the class called it a day I was already into it.
Though i already enjoyed the reading assignment, made me like it more.
At a break time I nipped out and found a balcony.
I Got out onto it to have a fresh air.
Nice gentle breezes, and in front of me was a hotel which made me feel i'm so so far away from my home.
My sleepy town hasn't got one like this. (You can tell which i'm talking about, can't you?)
I felt so good that i'm having these opportunities, and entering a university was definitely a brilliant idea.
I know some are here from day to day, but I'm not gonna be the one.
I don't want to.
I try to make the most of it.

Tomorrow is Friday.
Just one day left to work this week.
Time flys when having fun.
Can't wait to play table tennis!
Hope the weather will be fine.

This is what i took!

2005-11-06T00:12:00.000+09:00

Yokohama Japan!
Almost a year ago.
We go there again next year.
Beautiful!

たまには日本語で書くか

2005-11-05T23:23:00.000+09:00

パンちゃんが言葉を全然覚えないのでたまには日本語で書こう！
と、言っても書くことはないのだ。

明日は卓球をするぞ！　バカにしてはいけない。なかなか楽しいのだ。
１時間なんて　あっ　　　　　　という間に過ぎてしまうのさ。
来週から週二のスクーリングだ、、。忙しくなるなー、と同時に早退もするから給料も減るなー。
あと二ヶ月の辛抱だ。それが終われば今年も終わりで鐘がゴーン。
大晦日の雰囲気は好き。　年の瀬の寂しさを感じつつ、正月という大イベントを迎えるのに
みんな大忙し。今年もいろいろあったなぁ、、と感じ、ゆったりする。
いいねー日本の大晦日は。

Back to lean

2005-11-05T22:46:00.000+09:00

Last Summer was hot as usual.
When I work I wear a towel around my neck and a mask no matter how hot or cold.
My co-workers often asked me whether or not i was hot.
I wasn't. It had been, but not unbearable in contrast to what others felt.
As the summer ended, I lost weight about 5kg!
This is huge!
You know how I did it?
I reduced the amount of my meals.
Not times of the meals of a day.
Because work was not hard so I started to think of having light meals.
I was a average-weight bloke, but still had some fat on my belly.
Now, all my trousers are too big.
I had to find some clothes.
Then, what I wear now is a pair of overalls I gave to my wife which hadn't been worn since then...
Anyway, overalls don't need belts. i can't afford new trousers.
This is the best what i can do for now!

Writing is the hardest task..

2005-11-04T00:28:00.000+09:00

For learners, writing must be the toughest task to improve.
You hear, you speak, after you become capable of doing these then you can write.
Things happen everyday around us are expressed in one's native language of course.
Since you learn language by hearing, it's really hard for learners.
One solution to make this problem ease is to use the word you've learned as often as possible.
So let me use the word.
The word i learned today is "night owl".
It's 0:42 a.m. As you can see, I'm a night owl.

What's happening?

2005-11-03T07:03:00.000+09:00

Manchester United has lost again in Champions League. It's 1-0.
Definitely they are well below par.
This coming weekend they take on Chelsea.
The best team in Premier League at the moment.
Something must be done.
Let us watch you WIN!

Please click a PANDA on the left-hand side.

2005-11-02T00:41:00.000+09:00

My pet, a panda called Pan-chan, is learning words from my writing.
If you give him a stroke by simply clicking, he shows you what he's learned so far.
Meet the Pan-chan!

It's cold outside. Get warm here.

2005-11-01T23:37:00.000+09:00

It's getting cold, especially in the morning.
I ride a bicycle to work. I miss the fire we made this summer at the camp site.
So relaxing.

Fire gives you so much fun.
You get excited if you succeed in making a fire.
Burn lots of wood to produce charcoal...then
You can have a BARBECUE!
After being well fed, put a small kettle on, and have a nice cup of coffee.
What a pleasure time!
This is what grown-ups enjoy. Don't you think?

I had a busy day.

2005-10-31T01:13:00.000+09:00

I last cleaned my room was 3weeks ago. On last two Saturdays and Sundays i had to attend gym classes. It's been really busy weeks.
To me, mess is not acceptable! So i'm so glad i finally had a time to clean.

Next job is to take a motor cycle to a bike shop. No one rides that thing for over 2years and with no maintainance, it doesn't work. And as you know, there's not enough space for bikes and bicycles in Japan I had to get to rid of it. It cost 3000yen.

Next thing i did was playing table tennnis with my wife. That was fun!
I had long been wrong about table tennis. Really fun!
We have a small community center near our apartment, and you can play table tennis there.
It cost only 100yen an hour per head. Cheeeap!
No break. Laughing all the time. We had a great time!

After that, we went to the library to return some books and borrowed some.
Currently i'm reading Shakespeare's. It's kind of assignment.
I rarely read books though i found them interesting.
That's one good reason to go to shcool. It makes you lead to something new to you.

It's not end of the story, but it's already 1;46 a.m. i'd better go to bed.
Another week of work lies ahead. Night, night!

Ready for the party?

2005-10-29T22:41:00.000+09:00

My wife and I have been invited to a our friend's wedding party. Since I haven't got anything to wear for those occasion, We went shopping to look for something cool and also fancy. Where we went today was supposed to be more fancy shops with a wide range of clothes but it turned out to be just ordinary shops with typical designs. I was little disappointed. Roaming taking a quick look at some clothes sometimes. Then, one pair of trousers caught my attention. With good material and snazzy look, I was trying them on shortly after that. At first, I was thinking of buying just a jacket because I happened to see nice one earlier this week. My mind started to change. Tried on bigger one, smaller one, similar one and with a shirt, with a jacket, sales clerk was making every effort to persuade me to purchase them. The trousers seemed to be wrinkle free and give fancy look. The shirt I tried on with them was also every bit as good and has SWAROVSKI caffs on both sleeves! (of course both) After a while, I said yes. I took them! To my surprise, the trousers and the shirt cost the same. That was 12600yen each. Expensive to me, but I will turn 32 next month so this purchase is a prezzie for myself. Please bear in mind that divfe, your wife hasn't gotton clothes yet...

A man from work is well-to-do!

2005-10-29T22:36:00.000+09:00

Lots of workers and lack of work. We were forced to leave work early these days. I don't mind leaving work early, actually i love to go back home! I have some reading, typing, studying, and listening to do. Some of these haven't been done recently though, i try to make the time as much as possible. At 4:30, done with the day. I was in a locker room. A man whom i get to know recently talked to me. He is in his early 50's and looks just a normal guy like everyone else. As we talked i found out he is a rich man and he works because he wants to talk to people. Not for money. By his own account, he used to own a supermarket and now he owns apartments more than 50 so there's no need to worry about money because of regular rent from dwellers. There's more. He used to be a trader.He cycles, climbs, plays tennis, does and learn meditation, used to go windsulfing, learned horseriding. He seemed to have done everything to me, but he had a problem. He said he's never been satisfied. He said something is missing. I know what it is. Because I know what it is, I wasn't envious of him. To be a winner, in any case such as money, power, strength, etc.. is really hard and only one can be one. But a chance to be happy is given to everyone. If you are simply happy, you are winner. In a ideal world, everyone can be a winner. I'm married to a excellent woman. I respect her and she does the same. Clumsy but Cheerful, a amazing laugh. A great partner, that's one you need to lead a good life. Money is just part of stuff you need to live. You don't need it more than enough. However, I respect him for his acheivements. It must've been hard to win those. You never know what a person next to you is like. That's why life is fun.
What i learned are:
pass the time of day (with sb) - I passed the time of day with the neighbour.
in his own sweet time/way - He works hard but in his own sweet way.
pass water - Do you mention when you go?
pull through - I hope he pulls through
dip - Let's go for a dip!

Listening to the radio!

2005-10-29T22:32:00.000+09:00

I love listening to the radio.Of course English one. And i am now...Is there anyone like me?Thanks to the Internet for letting me have this pleasure. The reason i started listening is to want to get used to typical phrase, conversation, and of course pronunciation. I believe it's working. It's been 6 months i guess. i started understanding, picking up a word that used to sound like just a mass of words. Only one problem is i don't have anyone to correct me and to tell me what the word i heard was. So i hope this could be a good outlet for English i learned.
And i am sure this could be the making of myself.
What i learned today are:(a) fair-weather friend(s) : Hope you're not!
a mutual friend : e.g. We met each other through a mutual friend.It's 0:50. Night,night!

I've made new friends.

2005-10-29T22:30:00.000+09:00

It was him who showed me around work when i visited there for the first time. i thought he was not kind of lad i could make friends with. His way of wearing clothes and his behaviour weren't decent enough to give me that idea. During June through October, we never talked to each other, just greeting when we met in a locker room. Now, it's totally different. i was in a locker room then he came in wearing "Nationwide England" sweater. i asked him if he liked watching football games.Yes. He said. Especially Premier League. And supports Liverpool.Since i'm into Premier League as well, we started talking. That was a great moment. I never thought i would talk to him.Before leaving work, he came to me to have a chat. I am sure it looked really weird to everyone as we never talked.So nice to have someone in common.And good to get to know people different from one.I've had a great day.

始まった！哲学！

2005-10-29T22:29:00.000+09:00

初の勉強系スクーリング！面白い。そして不思議に思う。大学生はこれを学んで、どうして賢いイメージを持たれないのだろう‥今の一般的な大学生には賢さを感じない。謎だ。さておき、哲学、深すぎ。こんな考え方をしてたらいつまでたっても結論には到達しないだろうな‥しかし必要である！定義をつけて見出ださなければいけない事が世の中には沢山ありそれが人生を豊かにするからだ。もう駅に着く。もう２３時。続きはまた。

体育実技の二週目。

2005-10-29T22:28:00.000+09:00

最初の時間は卓球。二種類あるラケットでシェイクを使う。実はこれも初めて使う‥。かなり卓球をナメていた自分だったがかなり楽しんでしまった。練習方法も４人一台で対角線に打つのはもちろん、台を横に使いもした（かなり広く感じやりやすい）。打ったら反対側へ回り打ち続けるなど単純に楽しかった。もちろん男女混合。野郎４人でやりたくないよね。そこはかなり暗かったし‥試合も勿論盛り上がった。ちょっと卓球の見方が変わったな。週末はうちの嫁さんと卓球かな。午後はソフトバレーボール。これも立派な一つの競技で協会もあるらしい。単にボールが大きく柔らかいだけかな？細かい違いは気付けない！難しい‥。なんでこんなのが、と思う位難しい。あまり知られていないであろうこの競技はほぼ全員が初心者である為、最後となる小大会にはもってこいだ。ボールを相手コートに返してミスをするのを待つ。多分全チームの戦略はこれだろう。みんな下手過ぎる‥自分ももれなく入るが‥でも男に女に若いのに年寄り、こんなに集まってスポーツができる機会はそうそうない。終わって少し寂しい感じもする。ここで会った人でもう会わない人もいるだろう。だから楽しむべきなんだな。

大学生らしくなってきたな、、

2005-10-29T22:26:00.000+09:00

先週の土曜、日曜と大学のスクーリングに行ってきた。初めての京王線、初めての下高井戸。みんな初めて会う人で初めてだらけ。初めてのスクーリングは体育実技。体育で良かったなー。堅苦しさがなくて入りやすかった。土曜は１８時から３時間弱。日曜は９時から１７時。来週の週末もアル、、。というと、仕事で挟むと３週間は休みが無いという事になる。忙しい。しかし、日曜の帰りはその忙しさに、自分が大学生になっていくの感じ、なかなか悪くないと感じるところだが、全身筋肉痛だよ。まだ痛い。でも筋肉痛は好き。普通の大学生よりいいのは、なにより色んな仕事をしている人、さまざまな年代の人に会える事かな。仕事と家庭だけで生きていると会える人は「自分と同じ生活レベル」、と限られるからやっぱり初めて良かったなー。土曜は班分けと体力測定。座った状態での前屈と握力、腹筋、反復横跳び。反復横跳びで数えてくれた人、多分途中で数、分かんなくなってる、、。数を聞いたら目が泳いでたし、、。日曜はバドミントンとソフトテニス。まともにやるのは共に初めて。バドミントンは４人でやると楽しいなー。ネットもあると試合も出来るし、ルールも活きてくるし。老若男女でなかなか和やかな感じ。ソフトテニスは男女別だったから若干雰囲気暗い、、でもバドミントンもソフトテニスいざやってみると難しい。こうやって、まともにやるとなんでも面白いんだろうな。中途半端にやると感じ具合も中途半端だろうな。さああ、いよいよ始まるぞー。頑張らなくては！