【Diary】【English】It was 5 years go. A year has passed since...

So it has already passed a year since I came back this country from UK.
Time flies actually, isn't it?

Last year, it was increadibly busy...
20th... came back Japan
21th... cutting hair, had a drink party
22th... went to Hakone
etc.etc.

On the other hand, am totally busy for study that I have to do for my job.
It is somehow wierd for me that I will finish my student-days soon... it has been 17 years...
Especially, it is just amazing that I will graduate from uni...

By the way, I met my old friends yesterday.
We have been friends for 5 years. We met at English class at university.
We were young and were different compared with as we are now.

Anyway, it is time to change.

【Diary】【English】“Connecting the dots...”

“Connecting the dots...” is quite famous speech tha Steve Jobs made at Stanford, June 14, 2005.
You can read it from http://sago.livedoor.biz/archives/50251043.html.
In short, this is the story about connecting the dots. Dots mean the thing that youd have made in your life. Dots make a line.

Recently, I felt things like that.
A day, I found my old note. This note is not one that I usually use. I made mistake to bring different one from my desk, actully. I read the note and I found there is some notes about "Tatami" .
2 years ago, I do a volunteer work at 100% design exhibition in London. For 4 days, along with the president is from Tatami company, I had promoted Tatami. Tatami is Japanese grass mat.
I worked hard and got a good reputation.

Actually, the organiser of this exhibition is the agency that I did internship for almost harf a year after this exhibition.
Doing internship in this agency is quite difficult. The reason why I could do is my tutor did a lot of work and the reputation that I got in exhibition.
Through this internship, I really got a lot of experience and friends. This is quite efficient on my job-hunting and other things.

In addition, thinking about the reason why I could get the reputation, it is because I had experience I organaise an organisation when I was 3rd grade in uni. This is the organisation made a conference and gathering a lot of student from all over the Japan. Through this experience, I built up my human skill. It is quite efficient on the volunteer work.

The reason I did it is because I met my best friend when I was 1st grade. He is actually bos haha We took same seminar and get acquaintance with each other.
Those story makes me feel like connectiong the dots really is.

“Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something ― your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.” ( Steve Jobs, 2005)

I really would like to say something like this one in the future.

【Diary】【English】About Hyogo

I went to Himeji and Sanno-Miya at Hyogo last week.
I like Kobe city actually. Food is good and there are sea and some mountains...definitely good location. I went to there to meet my friend. And actually, at first, I went to Himeji-castle, it is called "Egret Castle".

The weather wsa not so good. Therefore, for me, the castle itself was not so attractive. There is a lot of tourists around Japan...haha They were somehow disgusting, actually haha...

Then I went to Sannomiya. I definitely like there. Cause there are some good cafes and restaurants, also shops. I have met my friends there many times and like it.

Onece become business man, it is difficult to go to Hyogo again coz this society is quite busy. Someday, however, I would like to go there again sincerely... pls cross your fingers 4 me hehe

【Diary】【English】I just came back from Kyoto

I had been to Kyoto for 4 nights 5 days.
Kyoto, Japanese old capital city, is my birth place and my relations such as grand mother lives there.
I went to other prefecture such as Hyogo. I really think, however, Kyoto is difinetely amazing and great...
I went to some places with my friend. It was great experience coz I felt that I was like a tour gide...haha
I addition, I went to "Tetugaku-no-michi" (the road of philosophy) by my self. It is my favorite place in Kyoto.
This season, there is a lot of tourist from all over Japan and the world as well.
Kyoto is quite famous.

Through this trip, I really feek I'd be back there in the future. My piarents will live there and some relations would live there for long... Maybe aroud middle of 30, I will be back and live there.

【Diary】【English】 From A Trip to Vietnam

I count the number of countries that I've been to or lived in.
Actually, it is 10 altogether, UK (England, Scotland, Wales), France, Finland, Sweden, Spain, Morocco, Austraria, Chaina, Vietnam and Japan.

Vietnam is a developing contry actyally. I think HCMC is qutie similiar with Marrakech, Morocco. Although the riligion that they belive, the cultuer is totally different from Morocco and Vietnam. I really feel, however, it is quite similiar.
HCMC and Vietnam itself is dirty, noisy and very very vigorous.
One of my friends said Japan was like that in a movie was taken in 50's or 60's.
So this opinion is quite interesting.

As you know Japan is developed country and well organaized.
I difinitely belive that inflastracture such as transportation, gas system and telephone, in Japan is the best in this world although I don't about American one.
I also think Japan, however, developed too early and too much.

Of course, Japan is a very very ruch country.
On the other hand, Japan is, unfortunately, the worst contry in the world.
Statistically, there are, could be, over 100,000 people who do kill themselves per a year.
It is absolutely crazy.

There are many place to shop and we Japanese have much money to afford to buy.
We are in the edge of the death.

SO we Japanese should think about this reality.
In addition, we Japanese should do something to make this situation changed.

Through the trip to Vietnam, I thought a lot, felt many things...
Therefore, this trip has incredible meaning for me.

【Diary】【English】Vietnam -Hanoi-

I met a friend of my father in Hanoi.
The day before I looked around Hanoi, it was just shit...haha
A taxi driver who brought us to the city center was totally bloodly hell.... He drived sooooo mad. I can't belive it even now.
In addition, the hotel we stayed were crazy coz there is no elevator to go the floor of our room. Actually, it was 7th! So we felt so bad that day.

The family that brought us around Hanoi is so great and kind. They are somehow rich and upper class. I saw another point of Vietnam.
Ho Chi Minh mausoleum is so big and there was very long que.
Ho Chi Minh himself was a very simple person and he would not like to make his mausoleum big. His successor, however, made it huge reason of propaganda...it is quite intersting.
We went to a pogoda, nice restaurant and the family's place as well.
I enjoyed staying there and was so relax.

I didn't have much time to go far. I would like to go there again to find another discovery!

【Diary】【English】Vietnam -Hue-

Hue is old capital of Vietnam.

I and my friend was somehow bored to stay there coz another friend of mine, actually he was in charge of managing our stay in Hue also Vienam, suddenly canceled to come with us. Pity him...

So we had to kill time there... I think, anyway, we could feel relax owe to him definitely.

We went to a old castle and 4 pagodas there.

It was totally interesting. Because those arcitecture are mixied with some cultures such as French, China... Old castle has a fort that is designed by French people.

Also the Pagoda that I upload has a character of Rococo and Baroque, Chinese... interesting!

Hue was slightly silent compared with HCMC and I think it would be similiar with Kyoto, Japanese old capital.

【Diary】【English】Vietnam -HCMC-

HCMC was the first city that I visited thrugh the trip in Vietnam.

HCMC itself is quite similar with Marakesh in Morocco.

I think it is because those 2 countries, Vietnam and Morocco, are developing country.

The city were full of sound of motor bike and it was very vigorous.

Air was shit, anyway haha

I don't hava the intention to critisize my country. Vietnamian people, however, seem to be happier than Japanese as.

I felt I have to be more active, not indulge to the situation that I live in developed contry...

Do what my ought.

HCMC is chow-chow and chaos...

This city was the entry to the country.

【Diary】【English】memorandam 15th Feb

Its so cold in my room..oops...
It is not so cold outside but news said it is gonna be snow...

Actually, Im gonna go to Vietnami the day after tomorrow...but I couldn't feel it is real...ha
I finished packing. So what I have to do now is printing E-tickets.
Also somehow cleaning up my room, coz my friend will stay my room tomorrow...haha


Btw, I got a result of health-check that I took last month.
I have to pass it before I start to work. The result is good. Every index show my body it totally healthy...hehe To be honest, it is quite difficult to keep my weight in winter... In winter, I couldn't go outside. On the other hand, however, I tend to eat too much...haha

Keep diet is one of the important task in my life.

【Diary】【English】memorandam 14th Feb

I'm watching "The Virgin Suicide" now.
Kirsten Dunst is pretty cute actualy and story itself is quite interesting.

Btw, today it is very good weather here in Tokyo although it was so cold that it was snow yesterday.
I slept all day long and missed this fine day...shoot.

Now I have too much things to do such as agenda that was already late to submit to the company that I will work in...haha I'm gonna finich it immdiately.. I should, I must...

Also what I have to do now is planning about trip to Vietnam and packing my laggage.
Actally, I already made a reservation about hotels and airplanes...but not diceided what we will do there...ha
I'm going there with one of my friend. In addition, could be, we also will meet together there with abother one. However he is struggling with his thesis. I hope he could finish it and go with us.

So, anyway, let finish writing this diary and do packing!!

【Diary】【English】 memorandum 10th Feb

Yesterday, it was almost 20 degree in Tokyo. However, today it is only 10 and will be snowing tomorrow and day after tomorrow. It is crazy…haha
I think climate change brings unstable weather here in Japan. Now, this doesn’t effect on our life so much, but, in future, it is gonna effect on.

By the way, I decided to write an English diary on this web log 2 times a week to keep and blush up my English.
I guess I will need to use my English in the future, so I should study English continuously.
Japanese economy will shrink and we are going to face up to many problems such as lack of labor population. In such a situation, we should have an option to work in foreign country…

Now I think about study another language, but I think I should be back to the work.

See you next time.

【Dairy】【English】 3rd Oct

oops...
I made a mistake in my car licence tryial...lol
it was sooooo unlucky but it was all of my fault.

so now I have 2 day-off... what should i do?
Could be, Im gonna go to DVD-rental shop to kill my time.

Oh, I just remember... I have to study about IT-passport test that will hold on 18th Oct.

So, I'm gonna study hard for next 2 days. somehow watching DVD...
Then I will pass a first tryal.

Btw,
I went cycling for an hour.
It was so great that I felt I'd like to drive there as soon as possible...although I hate driving a car.

Anyway, have a good weekend.

Cheers

Yusuke