One day, when I was a small kid, my mother and I got on a train to go to the city where my relatives were living at the time. We got off the train and we took a taxi to the gate of an interesting building. A gate keeper checked our clearan…

If I chose money or gold, I would choose gold because gold has long history as a bartering tool. If harsh inflation happens, money's value will reduce rapidly, However, the value of gold will remain, more or less, the same. Although gold i…

In winter time, some types of animals hibernate in mountains, while some types of birds migrate from the north to the south searching for warmer place. Frost covers over a land in a cold winter morning. Since I am living in climate which i…

When my town’s franchise baseball team was about to win in the Japanese World Series, I went to a big shopping mall where a public viewing event was taking place. Since I had experienced several public viewing events before that, I had alr…

After the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident, harsh arguments happened. Many people began to think that either we continue to use nuclear energy or we should consider shifting our energy supply to safer energy sources.The electricity s…

Nowadays, especially in suburbs, most supermarkets are not close to train stations unlike in the past because of the motorization. If I go there by my car, it is pretty simple and it doesn’t take much time. However, to reach there without …

12/11, 7:22 AM I used a cellular phone for the first time in my life a long time ago for my job. It was a big and heavy one and it was difficult to carry around. I thought that it was inconvenient. Later, when I was in the monorail, a pers…

Dear Jami,It might be surprising for you that I decided to join the New York marathon this year. I will go to New York close to the race. It would be wonderful to meet you in Connecticut after the race. The race is going to take place 6 mo…