No.108 I'm watching you. 投稿者:今神栗八    投稿日:2019年09月06日 (金) 02時00分 [返信] -- Impressed a lot! : (366)

The subway station's elevator always pulls me back to the cruel reality by showing on the monitor screen in the cage the back top of my head around which hair is waning.

The footage of the surveillance camera must be transmitted to the security room and might be recorded. If I committed a crime afterwards, this image could be circulated on the Internet.

I can not complain about the video camera shooting someone in the elevator cage. But, you know, I have kind of a mixed feeling.

No.107 I don't want to nitpick to trifles, but... 投稿者:今神栗八    投稿日:2019年08月25日 (日) 03時52分 [返信] -- Impressed a lot! : (228)

A mural graffiti-like drawing on the wall of the restaurant floor of a department store says something funny.

No.100 My flight 投稿者:まさ・ふくプロ    投稿日:2019年08月14日 (水) 13時09分 [返信] -- Impressed a lot! : (228)

Will my plane be able to take off? Huge typhoon may attack western part of Japan.

I'm now in the limousine bus heading for Haneda Airport.

No.97 Was I irritated or sympathized? 投稿者:今神栗八    投稿日:2019年08月05日 (月) 01時54分 [返信] -- Impressed a lot! : (221)

At a nearby Starbucks, I was doing a bit of my paper work when two young ladies, seemingly in their early twenties, sat beside my table facing each other.

"Ms.Comfort" (as I named) sat beside me with about one foot apart from me on a several-meter-long couch facing "Ms.Broken-heart" who sat diagonally across me.

At first Ms.Comfort took out her smartphone and showed Ms.Broken-heart some pictures she had taken in Singapore where she had been to for vacation and just come back the other day, according to the explanation Ms.Comfort made to Ms.Broken-heart with an enough volume for me to catch even if I was unwilling to.

I tried to concentrate on my own task, but I got annoyed by the action Ms.Comfort took then; she made a video call to her boyfriend and started to talk with him. Her voice gradually became loud in a minute or two, to the level with which you would have talked to a real person in front of you or even louder.

But at last I didn't complain to Ms.Comfort. For I was surprised to recognize Ms.Broken-heart began to weep after hearing some words I didn't recognize that were uttered by the man beyond the line. I gave her a glance and saw her shedding tears and wiping them with her handkerchief.

Half-conscious about my own task, I could get the picture through the sequence of their conversation: Ms.Broken-heart, a sobbing lady, had been dumped by her boyfriend the day before and the man who dumped her was a friend of the man online, namely, Ms.Comfort's boyfriend.

Ms.Broken-heart's heart was broken so miserably that she couldn't stand any more and finally called her best friend, Ms.Comfort, who was now sitting just beside me, to meet here at Starbucks to ask about how to handle her feeling.

While I found the story interesting instead of irritating, I felt some sympathy to Ms.Broken-heart. Been there, done that. Not even looking at her at all, I soothed her in my heart by saying you'd be stronger and more beautiful when you eventually get this over. I envied her youth.

Ms.Comfort, on the other hand, didn't seem to be really sympathetic about her friend, though. Judging from the way she spoke or the words she uttered, she sounded superficial and even boastful about the fact she was getting along well with her boyfriend who also seemed very light-hearted. She even intentionally let ME know the situation as she uttered, when her friend said with tears she was embarrassed, "It's OK. Nobody listens to us." I did, actually. Knowing that I was listening to them, she seemed to be showing off her advantageous position over her miserable friend. I hate her character and her bad manners.

Ms.Comfort never switched off her line with her boyfriend for more than 30 minutes. She was like,
"I got a bit sun-tanned in Singapore."
"Why, show me, bae."
"No, not here...You really wanna see now, sweetheart?"
"Yeah, I mean that, bae."
Go to hell. How dare you talk like that in front of a heartbroken friend!

When Ms.Broken-heart stood up to get out of the place, she said to her friend,"We must have been troubling other customers all the time..." I pretended not to be hearing that, but I was glad she'd been attentive to me even though she was in a sorrow.

Then they left the cafe earlier than I. According to what Ms.Comfort had said to her boyfriend before hanging up, they would drive down to the beach for a change. I wished Ms.Broken-heart good luck. I hope she'll find another good boyfriend before long because she probably deserves it.

Was I irritated or sympathized? Maybe a bit more of the latter.

No.96 The name list of Japan's political parties in English. 投稿者:今神栗八    投稿日:2019年08月01日 (木) 01時01分 [返信] -- Impressed a lot! : (208)

Some years ago when I took the 1st grade interview examination of the STEP Test or Eiken, I chose one on politics among 5 topics presented before me to choose. There I was asked by the examiner to name the political parties of Japan.
I was successful as I remembered their English names. It might therefore be helpful for some of you some day. These are the English names of Japan's political parties. I don't give their Japanese names deliberately. Please guess:

Liberal Democratic Party,
Constitutional Democratic Party,
Democratic Party For the People,
Komeito,
Japanese Communist Party,
Nippon Ishin Japan Innovation Party,
Social Democratic Party,
Reiwa Shinsengumi,
Consideration the Euthanasia System,
The Party of Protecting People from NHK,
Olive Party,
Happiness Realization Party,
the Workers Party

No.95 Southern Awajishima Island 投稿者:今神栗八    投稿日:2019年07月21日 (日) 14時20分 [返信] -- Impressed a lot! : (207)

The southern-most part of Awajishima Island is connected with Shikoku by a highway bridge called "Oo-Naruto-Kyo" bridge.

Overlooking the Naruto Strait which is famous for the giant whirling currents, the surrounding areas are popular among tourists as there are quite a few tourist spots. One of them is here, Uzuno-oka, a hill-top retail complex for the sightseers just like a Michi-no-Eki which includes local produce shops, restaurants, food stands, and some Insta-genic spots.

White-bait fish or "shirasu", blowfish or "fugu", daggertooth pike congers or "hamo", sea urchins or "uni", and onions. I ate a raw white-beits on a bowl of rice or "nama shirasu don" and found a crane game machine for onions.

No.93 Osaka 投稿者:まさ・ふくプロ    投稿日:2019年07月18日 (木) 10時34分 [返信] -- Impressed a lot! : (195)

My second hometown, Osaka.

I visited my college and Shinsai-bashi, Namba for the first time in around 30 years.

30 years!! I couldn't help feeling some kind of nostalgia for the glittering days.

Unfortunately, I am not a poet and I don't have enough vocabularies to depict my feelings as they are.

No.88 In answering to the request（2） 投稿者:今神栗八    投稿日:2019年07月17日 (水) 01時14分 [返信] -- Impressed a lot! : (198)

Thawed octopuses were washed and boiled. Then...you know.

No.83  投稿者:今神栗八    投稿日:2019年07月12日 (金) 17時43分 [返信] -- Impressed a lot! : (194)

Akashi City, Hyogo prefecture is famous for octopuses and locally the peak season for them is around Hangesho, which is now.

Hangesho is the name of one of 72 seasonal datum points of the Japanese calender when octopuses become tastiest in a year.

I went octopus fishing in this best season and caught dozens.

No.78 T-T 投稿者:まさ・ふくプロ    投稿日:2019年07月04日 (木) 13時46分 [返信] -- Impressed a lot! : (195)

Here they are again. I kindly help them move to another place, where I do not know whether there are any leaves they need.


SORRY!!!!!