diary

fine day

It is a fine day today. I went to the clinic to consult the doctor. I feel rather fine recently.

parents' visiting day

Today is a parents' visiting day at my son's school. I'm going to go and see how his new teacher looks like.

The Sands of Time

I started reading "The Sands of Time" by Sidney Sheldon. After reading a few pages, I found the book fascinating.

Collins COUBUILD Resource Pack

I installed a software "Collins COUBUILD Resource Pack". It works very quickly. The 5 hundred million wordbank has a great amount of sentences.

Yesterday was our 11th wedding anniversary. We ate out at a restaurant nearby.

cherry blossoms

I took some pictures of cherry blossoms in the park in front of my flat. It was a fine day and the color of blossoms were very impressive.

mortgage on the house

I paid off a whole mortgage on the house today. So this flat is actually ours.

a walk to a park

I took a walk to a park nearby with my son yesterday. It was a warm day and cherry blossoms were begining to come out. They will be at their best next weekend.

digital camera FZ7

I went to a shop to see what the camera looks like yesterday. Compared to FZ1, it progressed a lot. With 6 mega pixel CCD, it has a lot of advantages. And it still as light as FZ1.

my stomach

I went to see the doctor about my stomach but he said there was nothing wrong with me. I was worried that I would be told that I had cancer in my stomach. That's a relief!

Japan defeated Cuba to win first World Baseball Classic

Japan beat Cuba 10-6 yesterday. It was a exciting game, wasn't it?

grave for my mother

My family went to visit my father to eat dinner. MY father seems to want to decide where my mother's ashes should be buried. We basically has two options: to bury them in the graveyard of "Ryushoji" temple, or in the memorial park owned by…

Japan gose to semifinals

Team Japan qualified for the World Baseball Classic semifinals after Mexico beat Roger Clemens and the United States 2-1 on Thursday night in front of 38,284 at Angel Stadium. (from Japan Times) We were disappointed at the result of the ga…

"The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"

I stopped reading "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe". I didn't find it fun to keep reading after reading almost the three fourth of the whole book. After all, this book is for children, is't it?

new medicine

I went to see the doctor today. He prescribed me a new medicine. I hope it will make me feel better. The toilet clogged up so I had to buy a tool to clear it.

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

I started reading the book "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe". The film of this story The Chronicles of Narnia, is showing nationwide. We decided to buy a SIENTA and ordered it.

loss leader

I went to a nearby supermarket to buy a carton of eggs, that is a loss leader today.

"SIENTA"

I took a test drive in a TOYOTA car named "SIENTA". It is a compact car which seven people could fit into. (It is a seven-seater.) It is a nice car, and we are going to buy one.

E-DIC

I installed a software "E-DIC" ,a dictionary by Asahi Publishing Co.. This software is composed of several dictionaries, which means that it is not compiled simultaneously, so in some areas there are so many words and phrases but in anothe…

Rosa Parks MY STORY

I finished reading "Rosa Parks MY STORY" an autobiography by Rosa Parks, who was the key figure in the bus boycott in Alabama in 1955. I noticed that this incident is only about fifty years ago, not very long ago, which means that in the U…

gastrocamera

I had an endoscopic examination of my stomach yesterday.