Good morning. Yesterday, it was one of those days which an American would call Indian-summer. Today the sky is heavy and leaden. A little colder than yesterday. Weather is just a meteorological phenomenon, but it seems to have strong relat…

Shanghai +25%, India +10%, US +10%, Britain +10%, Brazil +14% Japan -10% Those percentages are the average stock price increase or decrease in 3 months time. They show how Japan is depreciated when compared with all the developed and devel…

At last here is the signboard that lets neighbors know we are building our house. It should sit there for a month before the designer turns in application papers for the house-building plan to the local authority to get the approval. That'…

Got a fever yesterday. Went to see a doctor. It was not swine flue. But the white blood cell increased a lot. The doc prescribed antibiotics. It hasn't worked yet. This morning the temperature is still 38C. I have to lie in the bed all day…

I haven't spoken English for awhile. I used to talk a lot with two guys, from US and India, in my client's office but before I know they are gone. One was laid off and the other went back to US office. No good news around us these days. Th…

Working on the worldly things in planning the new house, smeared with vulgar, secular and mundane lust and vanity I sometimes feel an irresistible urge for throwing all it away. It seems like draining what little energy I reserve for think…

Mornings and evenings are getting colder these days. You can see how much in the picture below. This is the roundest animal I have ever seen since I saw an armadillo in a zoo. She's our pet. She is getting old and can't hear well; she's al…