I Haven't Written Anything for a Week...

I was a kind of lazy to keep writing in English. My purpose to write is to maintain skills to make use of English language. It took over 13 years since I left the United States. I have few opportunities to speak the language with native speakers.

Recently, I have no chance to speak English with even non-native speakers. I just murmur something in English. A method to maintain the skills is;

1, Listen to English broadcasts or watch movies
2, Read English books and speak out words
3, Write something in English
4, Try to think in English

I believe that the world would someday need me and this skills.

Visit to a Grave I Own

Today is a day to go to pray for ancestors in Japan. People in general visit to own graves and sense ancestors' existence. I will go there next week just to avoid running into traffic jams and crowds. My father passed away four years ago. I have sometimes remembered him.

I own a grave in the west side of Tokyo. Three people have been graved there. One is my father. The others are my father's ancle and aunt. An father's uncle was killed in WWII. I met her when I was a kid. I am fated to look after their grave.

Only a thing I anticipate is that there is no one to take care after I am dead. That is because I am still not married and have no kids.

Take life small and slow

I got up in the morning and ate a breakfast. A simple life is very worthy thing in life. We can not find big excitements day by day. A happy person can find many small happiness everyday. We must see what you see right in front of you and appreciate it.

Take life small and slow...It is an great tip for life.

Contiune to write

I try to keep writing in English. I studied English Literature in the University in America. I used to write well, but it is not now. Simply, I haven't tried to continue writing.

To keep doing something is very important. You may not find any good thing out of what you continue to do. You will find it sometime in the future.

Poco a Poco

It is not easy to get back to an old routine. Although a custom is so good that I should continue, I can not change in a short time after I got used to taking new lazy habits. I may be too weak to do it, but I am sure that I must be very strong in order to make a change.

Ichiro, a Japanese baseball player in MLB, achieved more than 200 hits in nine consecutive seasons. What he's great about is that he can repeat the exactly same routine day by day. I think that he is one who can make a change because his mind is strong enough to overcome temptations.

I learned from Ichiro that I continue doing good habits day by day in order to achieve a high goal. I should pay attention to small steps to achieve.

Poco a Poco

I am back!

It's taken a while to come back here! A trip to Russia caused not to write in English. I may became lazier to do so. Now, I decided to write. I believe that the most important thing is to continue.

It seems to be a stress test. When a daily routines collapse, it is not easy to continue same things day by day. For example, you travel to somewhere you haven't been. Can you keep the same routine as you take day by day. Can you really return to the same old routine after you come back home?

I think that it depends on how long you have done. The longer you did, the more steady the routine is . Otherwise, you need to work on making tasks routine really hard!

Michael Schumacher is Not Back!

It is a pity! He will not be in a race on August 23, 2009. The reason is that his injury was not healed enough to drive Formula One cars. I really wanted to see him driving in a real race again!