Vol.102 My way to let the stress out

How do you release the streess?
In my case, these days I let the stress out by cooking.



Yeterday, I tried Kinpira Gobou at the sight of the Web.

It's successful and yummy for the first trial.
On the other hand, as for Ohitashi of spinatch, I did not follow the recipe until the end. Because I did not have enough time to cook it.



If the meals which I prepare for is yummy than I expected I feel happy and gain more confidence of cooking skill.
I will continue to widen repertoire more and more.

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昨日初めて作ったきんぴらごぼうは大変良くできた。
家で食べるのと同じくらいおいしかった。
おいしくできると自信にもなる。
もっとレパートリー増やしていくぞ。

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Vol.101 Unexpected Bonus

It's not about my bonus but hers.
She did not expect to get the bonus from her company at all.
Because she has just began to work at the hospital as a new employee since April.



But yesterday she came home with some cakes as a souvenir.

It was the first time for her to buy something nice on the way to home.
I saw how happy she was to get the bonus.
Although the amount was not enough she seemed to be happy.



She invited me to go eating Okonomiyaki with her bonus on Saturday.
I said, "Why not?"

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世間ではボーナスの季節なんですね。
一生に一度でいいのでボーナスなんてものをもらってみたいですね。
土曜はお好み焼き屋に行ってきます！

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Vol.100 The End of My Shoes

How long have you put on the same shoes?
Yesterday my favorite shoes whose age was 10 years old finally executed their mission.


When I was 17 years old the shoes made by "Nike" was boom at that time.
So I wanted the showes among them and found at Korean duty shop highschool excursion.


Since that time I had often wore the shoes to go to everywhere.
A most impressive memory with the them are the trip to Greek and Italy when I was 21 years old.
It was the first time to go to trip abroad by myself.
I have a lot of pictures with the shoes on.
As soon as I came back to Japan, my parents, who called for me at Narita air pot, ordered me to get off the car and to wash and clean my shoes immediately at highway parking.
Yeah, my shoes gave off an offensive smell!
But I did not notice it at all...


Recently, I had found it something strange about my shoes.

Because some air sound leaked from thr right shoe every steps.
So I felt a little bit ashamed of the sound as it is like shoes for children.
But I tried not to mind the sound.


Al last, the end of my shoes came.
They did their best to support me for 10 years.
I promise that I will continue to cherish all my belongings.
Thank you.


# 使命を全うする
execute a mission

# 修学旅行
school excursion

# 嫌なにおいを放つ
give off an offensive smell

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10年に渡って履き続けてきたナイキのシューズが完全に壊れてしまいました。
ここまで履けば当の本人も本望でしょう。
楽しい思い出をどうもありがとう。
これからもモノを大事にし続けます。

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Vol.99 Who is the real criminal?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/91248181@N00/2561057054/

Last Sunday a man who is 25 years old stabbed several pedestrians at random after he hit pedestrians.
The murderous rampage has shocked not only Japan and the world.
As I posted the other day I was the place where the case happened.
If I had been there on Sunday I could be here...



I have a view about the case.
I think the man who committed the crime is relatively an ordinary person, compared with the defendant who killed and wounded children at elementary school in Osaka.
In case of Osaka, he seemed to have acted so weired.
But in case of Akihabara, I think the people like him exist everywhere in Japan.
I do not think the cause of the case is not attributed to his personality,
but to our social background.
Particularly, the cause of the problem is extreme competitive society.


These days, most of the criminals who committed heinous crimes seem to be dispatched employee, casual employee, or unemployed.
Above all, the number of the irregular employment is rapidly increasing.
Some are employed at a high salary, but enormous proportion of them work at low pay.
After the bubble burst,Japanese economy recovered Thanks to growth of dispatched service.
Now one in three of Japanese workers are employed as irregular employment.
I can say that the current Japan is supported by these dispatched workers.
But the their working condition is so awful.
Maybe it is better for some of them to be getting public assistance instead of working in such a adverse condition.
They just put up with these kinds of bad treatments desperately.
In my opinion, the real criminal of the case is excess competitive society and widespread service.



Of course, I never support the crime killing good citizen.
But I am afraid that murderous rampage like this case is going to increase more and more unless the cause of this social background is known.



# 凶悪事件
murderous rampage

言動がおかしい
act weird

# 非正規雇用
irregular employment

# 競争原理
principle of market mechanism

# 凶悪事件を起こす
commit a heinous crime

# 派遣業務
detached service

生活保護を受ける
be getting public assistance

# 必死になって言う
say desperately


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先週秋葉原に行ったばかりのことだったので驚きました。
この事件の問題点は犯人がどこにでもいそうな比較的普通の人による犯罪だったことだと思います。
最近、派遣、フリーター、無職者による犯罪が目立ちますね。
地位、名誉、財産のある人たちはきっとこういった犯罪は起こさないでしょう。
しかし、実質上、日本を陰で支えている彼らは夢も希望も持つこともできません。
貯蓄もできず、家庭をもつことも難しいでしょう。
平凡な生活を築くことすらできないのです。
現在の行き過ぎた競争社会や派遣業界の横行が今回の事件を生み出した犯人といえるのではないでしょうか。

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Vol.98 Boiled Pork and Beer

I make it a point to pick up my GF before her holiday.
Today I waited for her at a coffee shop as usual,and I saw her.
She seemed to be tired of working but also happy because tomorrow is her holiday.
She had told me that she would like to go to Okonomiyaki restaurant so that I looked up the restaurant located near Oimachi.


We went to Botejyu in Atre, but several groups were already standing in a row.
Giving up having Okonomiyaki there, we went to other restaurant near my house, where my GF had so much interest in.
But the owner said to us,
"I am afraid we have already run out of Okonomiyaki because many customers came as you see."


So, we went to Chinese restaurant, where I dined out for the first time since I moved to Tokyo last year.
I ordered the same food, Boiled Pork （豚の角煮）and a glass of beer, while she ordered Gomoku Yakisoba.

We enjoyed having dinner well.


I found this.
All of the staff at the restaurant are Chinese.
While we had dinner, they were chatting through to the end.
If they were Japanese I would have found it annoying, but it was not the case.
Foreign language which we are not familiar with sometimes makes us confused, but sometimes it does not makes us mind at all. It depends. Especially, Chinese language at a Chinese restaurant is a rather necessary to create nice atmosphere.



By the way, she bought me the dinner because she promised to buy me some when she got a salary.
Thank you for the treat.


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東京ではお好み焼き屋さんって人気あるんですね。
お好み焼きは家で食べるものと思ってるので、あまり食べたくならないのですが、
彼女が店で食べたいというので行ってきました。
でも二軒とも並んでいたりネタ切れしていたりで、
結局中華を食べてきました。
中国人ってほんとによくしゃべる国民性ですねー。
中国語がわからないからこそ気になったり、イラついたりしませんでしたが、
外国語がわからないということは案外いいこともあるんですね。

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Vol.97 A Rainy Day, Tokyo Uinv.

Today I went to the University of Tokyo in order to copy a scientific journal.
Unlike Tama library, they offer the reasonable copy service; 10 yen per a copy.
I copied a lot for preparing for entrance exams which will be held this month.
Although I visited only the library I could confirm that the Univ. has the good setting for studying.



I always think this.
Why civil officers are so bad tempered?
I feel they always look irritated when I ask something for them...
Not having known a rule in library I was told not to do bra bra by a civil officer.
That's why I do not like those who are engaged in civil service.
Hey you! Let's take it easy!




After that I waited at the Red gate called Akamon for my friend.

He was very surprised to see the heavy rain.
We went to Pigu, which is a steak restaurant, but it was still during preparation.
So, we waited for the opening hours at the nearby post office.
He told me that the last two times he went the restaurant it had been rainy. So it was today.



I ordered stamina on a hot plate while he did chicken with sesame.

He told me that he would like to visit my hometown in summer vacation.



By the way, I taught him how much unhappy and uncomfortable the Japanese people feel in this heavy rain.
Because it is natural for the people including him from Arabic countries to feel happy to see the rain.
They often say, "I like walking in the rain." or "The rain makes trees or flowers grow up."" or "Raining is beautiful."
They hardly put up their umbrella even in the heavy rain.
I mean, the custom to put up umbrella on rainy days are not fixed.
Because very little rain falls in the arid area.


I remember my humorous incident.
On a rainy day, I took a walk with putting up my umbrella.
Can you imagine how much outstanding I was with the umbrella.
In the street some guys spoke to me,
"Why you put up the umbrella? That's not fair!"


In addition, do you know what the Arabic call umbrella?
They call umbrella "Shamsiie", meaning parasol.
It suggests us that they use umbrella for sun tan not for getting yourself wet.
Cultural difference is so interesting.


# 強い口調でその場を動かないようにと（人）を諭す
urge someone in strong terms to stay where he is

# 砂漠ではほとんど雨が降らない。
Very little rain falls in the desert.

# こっけいなエピソード
humorous incident

# 日傘
parasol // solar halo // sunshade


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今日はすごい雨でしたね。
友人は初めての大雨に戸惑っていました。
昔、傘をさして歩いていたら、
通り現地人に「なんで傘さして歩いているんだ？ずるい！」
と言われてびっくりした経験があります。

ところで、アラブの国では傘は「シャムスィーエ」といって、
「シャムス」（太陽）から派生しています。このことからわかるように、
アラブ諸国では傘は日傘として使うのが一般的なのです。

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Vol.98 A Rainy Day, Tokyo Uinv.

Today I went to the University of Tokyo in order to copy a scientific journal.
Unlike Tama library, they offer the reasonable copy service; 10 yen per a copy.
I copied a lot for preparing for entrance exams which will be held this month.
Although I visited only the library I could confirm that the Univ. has the good setting for studying.



I always think this.
Why civil officers are so bad tempered?
I feel they always look irritated when I ask something for them...
Not having known a rule in library I was told not to do bra bra by a civil officer.
That's why I do not like those who are engaged in civil service.
Hey you! Let's take it easy!




After that I waited at the Red gate called Akamon for my friend.
He was very surprised to see the heavy rain.
We went to Pigu, which is a steak restaurant, but it was still during preparation.
So, we waited for the opening hours at the nearby post office.
He told me that the last two times he went the restaurant it had been rainy. So it was today.



I ordered stamina on a hot plate while he did chicken with sesame.

He told me that he would like to visit my hometown in summer vacation.



By the way, I taught him how much unhappy and uncomfortable the Japanese people feel in this heavy rain.
Because it is natural for the people including him from Arabic countries to feel happy to see the rain.
They often say, "I like walking in the rain." or "The rain makes trees or flowers grow up."" or "Raining is beautiful."
They hardly put up their umbrella even in the heavy rain.
I mean, the custom to put up umbrella on rainy days are not fixed.
Because very little rain falls in the arid area.


I remember my humorous incident.
On a rainy day, I took a walk with putting up my umbrella.
Can you imagine how much outstanding I was with the umbrella.
In the street some guys spoke to me,
"Why you put up the umbrella? That's not fair!"


In addition, do you know what the Arabic call umbrella?
They call umbrella "Shamsiie", meaning parasol.
It suggests us that they use umbrella for sun tan not for getting yourself wet.
Cultural difference is so interesting.


# 強い口調でその場を動かないようにと（人）を諭す
urge someone in strong terms to stay where he is

# 砂漠ではほとんど雨が降らない。
Very little rain falls in the desert.

# こっけいなエピソード
humorous incident

# 日傘
parasol // solar halo // sunshade


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今日はすごい雨でしたね。
友人は初めての大雨に戸惑っていました。
昔、傘をさして歩いていたら、
通り現地人に「なんで傘さして歩いているんだ？ずるい！」
と言われてびっくりした経験があります。

ところで、アラブの国では傘は「シャムスィーエ」といって、
「シャムス」（太陽）から派生しています。このことからわかるように、
アラブ諸国では傘は日傘として使うのが一般的なのです。