If anything bad happens to you, which type you belong to; do you accept it as your destiny or think somebody must be responsible for it? In US people are amazingly the latter. The other day when I talked with an IT engineer from US office,…

Night air was steamy, almost sufforcating. The sight illuminated by white street lamps lost its color --- so brilliant under the mid summer sunshine. I Jogged on the deserted pavement, dragging with me heavy moist air around. ....Quiet... …

"Follow your heart " Steve Jobs said in his commencement speech. I want to follow my heart. So you would like to... Everyone would like to. But where is your heart? Where is my heart? What is your heart to begin with? The truth is we all l…

I saw the neurosurgeon last Friday. The doctor was a middle-aged, reliable-looking sturdy man. He told me to get MRI scan on my brain first. This was the first time I had ever undergone the scan. Two operators instructed me to lie on my ba…

Pushed by my family I reluctantly went to the hospital. First I wanted to go to neurosurgery(脳神経外科) but it was closed. So I went to internal medicine(内科). When I was waiting, a nurse came to inquire about my conditions. When she kne…

Strange things happen in a row. A week ago when I was watching TV, something was wrong with my vision. First I felt a bit hard to see things around me. Then a face I was watching on TV started to blurr in a strange way. His mouth looked st…

On my way to my client office yesterday morning, I saw an old man standing absentmindedly on the street in the cruel heat. His face looked familiar. I tried to remember. Just as I walked passed him, a name "Kuriyama" suddenly hit upon me. …

Went to English school at Shibuya to speak English. This school is good because it teaches nothing. We just talk and talk in English for 40 minutes one to one. Of course if you want you can have lessons. But it is not necessary for me. I e…

Muggy and hot. Wakes me up at 5. Or is it the shoulder pain? I am not sure. Come to think, I have been getting by with 5-hour sleep these days. Wonder how long it will continue like this.

I learned how to treat my frozen shoulder from a young physical therapist. The first time I saw him he said "This is bad. You have to be prepared for some pain during the treatment" in exactly the same way as DAIGO speaks. He told me to li…

Hi everyone. First enthusiasm was gone. I guess I am entering into a more relaxed phase of writing. It's like a relationship between a woman and man. It may mean a less interesting entries for the readers. Since my first intention of openi…

Getting hot. When I say that I like rainy season much better than summer, most of the people seem to think I am strange. I do not particularly like rainy season. I just hate the heat in the oncomming summer in Tokyo. It is a question of co…

Yesterday I wrote "bellowing out steams and flames from its gigantic chimneys." A friend of mine was kind enough to point out "bellowing" is funny. He is right. I meant "billowing". The difference of one letter makes a big difference. I ca…

There stands a huge chemical plant in the suburbs of Johannesburg, South Africa, billowing out steams and flames from its gigantic chimneys. Black material is carried into the plant which in turn is churning out liquid. The liquid is gasol…

Without my knowing it, Gasoline prices have now reached almost 180 yen per litter. It was only this May that we could buy it at around 150 yen. Fishing boats for tuna went on a strike, stock prices slumped, fuel surcharge for airplane is s…

Two months have passed since my shoulder pain started to disturb my sleep. I at last went to see an orthopedist yesterday. I got x-rayed on my shoulder and saw the doctor. There was nothing wrong with bones. He said "this is a typical case…

Last Sunday was my wife's birthday. At her request we went to see a movie titled "A western witch died". Japanese title 西の魔女が死んだ The story develops around a truant high-school girl, Mai, who, following the suggestion from her mom, …