Best Friend

Human cannot live alone. So everyone seeks friends. In adolescence, especially, we look for a close friend or a good friend. We have a good chance to meet our good friends whom we contact with and can't forget throughout our lives. However, we are apt to want our friend to be perfect. There is no one to be perfect. I also made a lot of mistakes in getting along with my friends. Young people are pure and fragile. They tend to be hurt by only trivial words and incidents. And finally, they leave their friends. I also met many friends and left them.

What I want most from a friend is for them to be reliable. I can consult with my friend about my private problem, mostly because there is a feeling of mutual trust between us. I don't always talk about happy things with my friends, but I want my friend to listen to my worries and to help me solve them. However, I have to be careful not to demand my friend too much. I also think a great deal of my friend. Even if I don't agree entirely with my friend, just being together consoles me. I think there are not so many ideal friends in the world. Young people, don't be depressed too much if you can't find a good friend around you at this moment. Life is long.


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Alumni Association

I went to Osaka to attend the meeting of my alumni association of high school. which was held at a hotel near Osaka Statio from 12:00. The meeting this time was scheduled to gather only representatives of each school year.

Forty schoolmates were present. The oldest mate is in his late seventies and the youngest is in his middle forties. Some activities like Walking Club events and Golf Club were reported to us. We enjoyed having lunch chatting with each other, listening to each member’s situation lately.

I was very encouraged to know my senior class members were very healthy and active. One of the senior class members said, laughing, “I’m already in 後期高齢者 group. Soon, I am going to be in 末期高齢者 group.” 後期高齢者 is a bad naming, isn’t it?




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Itchy Leg

It was sunny and very warm here. I see many people wearing masks to prevent them from getting hay fever these days.

I visited a friend in hospital in Osaka. She broke her ankle about two weeks ago. Although she was wearing a plaster cast, she looked fine this morning. However, she couldn’t sleep well last night, because her leg within the plaster cast itched very much. She couldn’t scratch her itchy leg so her heart pounded wildly because she irritated so much. This morning her doctor made a hole on her plaster cast so that she could scratch her leg. Anyway, I am relieved to know that she will be able to leave hospital in a few days.

a plaster cast----ギブス




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Convenient On Line DVD Rental

One of the members in the English conversation club is in her middle thirties. She has four-year-old twin girls and one and a half-year-old boy. She uses child-care system supported by Coop(生協) when attending the club. She is now very busy raising her three little children. Nevertheless, she is eager to learn English. She says that although it may seem paradoxical to learn something during such a busy time in her life, she hopes that her study will help her reduce stress. Of course, in a sense, raising children is stressful. Having motivation to study something or having some hobbies is very important to survive in this stressful society, I guess.

Her English pronunciation is very beautiful. She often watches DVDs. She recommended me to use a convenient on line DVD rental, TSUTAYA DISCAS, yesterday. So, I signed the register at the shop on a PC. I’m looking forward to receiving some DVDs I like.


paradoxical---逆説的





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Break a Bone

I have a cell phone, but I don’t use it very often in my daily life. When meeting my friends or my children, I carry it with me so as to contact them whenever something wrong happens. This time, my cell phone had been sleeping in my bag which I used when taking a trip to Shikoku last Saturday. I happened to find it this morning. There was one record of an incoming call from one of my friends. Immediately I called her. Surprisingly, she is now hospitalized because she twisted and broke her ankle. A slight difference in level(段差) caused her to break her ankle. I realize that my muscles also are getting weaker without noticing. I have to strengthen my muscles to protect my bones through walking, dancing and doing some exercises.



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