Blood typing

Why do so many people believe the "Blood typing"? I dare say that there is no scientific proof for that. Even university-graduates and those who are involved in science often say things like "I'm not so meticulous because my blood type is O." and "You two may not have a good match because you are A and B".

I'm not sure if this kind of idea is typical for Japanese or not but anyway it seems too childish. I guess it is popular because stereotyping others makes it easier to "understand" them.

Once my teacher of biology told us that blood typing is like a religion. "Some people believe it, and others do not." It was when we studied the red corpuscle and antigen on it, so the blood typing seemed untrue. IF you could classify people into four types according to the blood type, there would never have been misunderstandings or arguments.

Life

新婚さんってそんなにけんかするものなのだろうか？？

毎日会うのはいやだ、って、じゃあなんで結婚したの?!と思わずにいられない。性格もあるんだろうけど…（？）。一緒に暮らせて、喜びも悲しみも共有してくれる、自分の味方ができたってことじゃない。顔を見るたびにけんかするっていうのは何でなんだろうか。

「けんかする？」

ときかれ、「したことない」と答えるとえーと言われた。悲しいとかさびしいとかは思っても、怒りの感情はそうそうないし、それを相手にぶつける事はもっとまれだ。ケンカは前向きじゃない。私にとっては、意見を言ったり、腹をわって話せるってこと自体が貴重で、そんなこと誰とでもできることじゃないから、その人はすごく大切な人ってこと。そんな大事な人に、怒りをぶつけてぶつかって、離れてしまったらすごく悲しいと思う。

人はみんなそれぞれ、人がうらやむようなことで悩んで、人が気にもかけないようなことで迷っている、のかもしれない。

うーん

あーー

何やってるんだろうって思いしか浮かんでこないこのごろ…。

贅沢な悩みとはわかっているんだけど、だからだれにもいえないんだけど、それにしても。

選択が下手だなぁ、とつくづく思ってしまう。

そのうち、おさまれば良いけど。

すし屋にて

なんで「～～（料理）をお願いします」「～～をください」とどっちの言い方もできるのに、お会計の場合は「お会計をください」とはいえないんだろう。「お会計お願いします」しか言わない。明確な説明ができない…。気づかないことに気づくって、面白い。

Birthday cake

The birthday cake for three ladies in my family. Each strawberry has an facial expression.

Futon

I went back to my parents' house the other day and stayed there for a night. My mother prepared bedding for me asking ''You want only blanket, right?''

I was surprised and said "Oh, please give me a sleeping mat, too".

She laughed loud and said "Of course, what I asked you is whether you need a thick blanket on the usual one or not". Because it was getting warmer, she thought just one thin blanket is enough and I thought she was going to give me only a blanket, not the sleeping mat.

It often happens that you think somebody will understand what you tell him, but actually he thinks of a completely different thing or misunderstands it. That's what makes communication difficult, but at the same time, interesting.

I slept on two layers of sleeping mat and thin blanket at that night.

Where has my English gone??

My English is really declining!! My vocabulary is shrinking and my tongue is not working properly.

I want to keep and improve more and more. But what can I do in this small city where I hardly ever see a foreigner?

I go to an English conversation lesson every Thursday with an British teacher and six to seven students, most of whom are already working. But One and a half hour lesson once a week is not enough at all. Fortunately my teacher told me that he would talk to his friend that I am looking for a conversation partner around this area. He and his girlfriend also told that they would welcome me to their house. I hope I would have some more opportunity to practice my English. I didn't expect that it is that difficult to find English-speaking people in this city.

Seniority

In here everybody is not at the same level. Beginning with the head of the lab, every worker belong to different classes according to their age and the years after entering the company. The car park, the name list, the order of giving speech, everything is fixed in accordance to the class.

What makes it complicated is that the age and the years does not match because some workers entered at the age of 18 and some at 24. So when you are new in that organization when 24, there will be a lot of "seniors" aged under 23. Does it really matter? Yes, because we should talk in polite Japanese to seniors, it is necessary for us to know their age. Keigo is really too much. It creates a kind of barrier between us implying that you belong to a different class from mine.

Even if we should stop speaking in keigo, it would not mean that we don't respect each other. I wish Japanese language and culture were more casual.

trilemma

- what is right

- what I should do for my own sake

- what I want to do

These three things are fighting against one another in my mind.

It's sometimes so difficult and I feel like throwing away everything.

a kid

Today I went to see a baseball game of my colleagues. They have a lot of sports event every year and this time was one of them. Some people brought their child, 1-8 years old. I played and talked with a seven-year-old boy while his father was playing baseball.

He was quite talkative and energetic. He told me many things that he had in school, and we played catch together with a soft ball for kids. That first grader talked about his friends, his sunflowers and morning glory he is growing, his parents and grandparents, video games and so on. His smile was cute and innocent. He was not conceited nor selfish.

It seems difficult to raise children because you have to teach manners to them. Children love playing, they play with food, for example, and you must discipline them not to do that with patience and affection.

Barley field at sunset

麦秋という言葉、絵にしたらきっとこんな。

Birthday present！

My friend gave me a present for my birthday! Apple earrings and shorts are really cute. Both the design and the color are excellent. She has good taste. I appreciate that she always cares about me however busy she is.I'm so lucky to have such a good friend.

Birthday present

いただきました！！ 嬉しい〜日曜だったので何も予想しておらず…ありがとうございます！

Curry restaurant

Found a nice curry restaurant in Nakatsu. The cooks are Indian. Both nan and curry were delicious. I'll bring my friend to this place next time!