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Thoughts about Notebooks
Thoughts about Notebooks_a0053919_112770.gifあれだけ机に向かっていたはずの学生時代に、
なぜノート一冊使い切れなかったのか。

英語(飛び石)日記の賜物で、
ノートを使い切るようになって気付いたこと。
「国語(1)」「国語(2)」なんて書いた覚えもないし……。
決して、ゆとり教育な世代ではないのですが。

ノートは、代が変わるたびに書きやすさを追求するようになって、

初期のお気に入りは etranger di costarica のA5ノート:
シンプルな製本で、意外と使いやすかったです。
表紙の、うっすらブラックなスパイスの効いた写真も、ツボでした。

そして今は、すっかり Campus notebooks のSlimB5
「人間工学に基づいてデザインした」だけのことはあります。
白い部分が余らないって素晴らしい。

思えば、仕事以外に何かを書けば、英語ばかり。
そのまま頭に入っていてくれればいいのに。

***

When I finish filling up a notebook with words, I get satisfaction. The pages filled with familiar letters make the accomplishment bigger.

About half way through the pages, the left side of the notebook becomes thicker than the right, the bound papers drop their resistance to me and become user-friendly. I think it's similar to reading a book.

In my school days, I basically never finished filling up any notebooks, with the exception of my report pad for Immunology which I was very consumed with in college.

Nowadays, my notebook contains more and more my words and most of them are in English.
I'd like to make the content of brain fill up at a similar rate.
# by sasa_bobo | 2006-06-07 01:17 | Day-to-Day

The Cherry blossoms' jealousy
The Cherry blossoms\' jealousy_a0053919_225584.jpg花はとうに姿を消し、
葉が主役になって久しい桜ですが。
4月のはじめ、狙ったように一度だけ
ぽん、と休みがもらえて、
友達とお花見に行ったのでした。

曇った日のお花見も、また良し。
でも花見に行ったんだから桜を見ようよ、というお話。

***

I went to see the cherry blossoms in Ichigaya with my friends.
A cloudy sky covered us, and I could see the pale pink of the blossoms contrasting with the white sky.
There were a lot of trees planted along a canal and we walked down the path under a roof of blossoms. We enjoyed the hazy curtain of flowers ahead of, and behind us.
However, once we sat down and talked about our lives, we forgot the flowers and the place became the same as an ordinary place like the table of a cafe.
Maybe that hurt the trees' feelings... Cherry blossoms drifted in the wind and often blew in between us as though they tried to make us notice them at their best.
# by sasa_bobo | 2006-05-30 02:35 | Holidays

I'm Back.
I\'m Back._a0053919_346277.gifただいまー。戻ってきました。

色々なことが重なって、と言えれば聞こえがいいのに、
単に、仕事が。仕事だけが。尋常じゃなく忙しくなったために、
英語のLessonも、ゴスペルのリハ(練習)からも長く離れていました。
Blogに至っては約4ヶ月……。長かった。

5月に入った頃から、だんだんと見通しがついてきたのだけど、
年が明けてから此の方、延々と暗いトンネルの中を手探りで歩くようで。
それこそ、出口かと思えば水銀灯、みたいな状態が続いていて。
今回が本当の出口だってことも、出てみるまで信じられなかった。

ただ、出た先にまた、長そうなトンネルが見えるんだけれども。

ともかく、帰ってきました。
Lessonとリハにも復帰しました。
今日も、たくさん賛美してきました。


幸せだなぁ。



英語はまた今度。
# by sasa_bobo | 2006-05-28 03:50 | Day-to-Day

A Trip to New York City: Day 11
Sun Jan 1 2006
Footmarks:
Checkout, C train, B train, E train, Air train, JFK Airport, Flight


Bye for now.

A Trip to New York City: Day 11_a0053919_13503223.gifI said thank you for my neat little room and left there.
When I checked out, the concierge eagerly advised me to use a Taxi service for the Airport. However, I refused it and went there by subway and Air train as I had planned.
Remember this: Trains run almost no less constantly than ordinary days on Sunday, January 1st. Furthermore, trains cost $1+$7=$8 but the taxi service needs $50!

Each time the airplane leaned, it gained the altitude. I tried to find Manhattan but I couldn't.
When white clouds covered the earth, I felt a loneliness. 10 days was enough long to make me feel attached to the place.

What did I get from this trip? Did I change in any way? I have no idea.
I'm now very satisfied. That's good enough for me.
# by sasa_bobo | 2006-01-18 13:46 | New York City

A Trip to New York City: Day 10
Sat Dec 31 2005
Footmarks:
Snow..., Cafe on Broadway, Hudson River side park, Count down at Times Square!


White New Year's Eve

A Trip to New York City: Day 10_a0053919_2046882.gifMaybe I was tired. I overslept and woke up at 9:30AM.
When I opened the blind, I saw just a white square. Frost? Fog?
No. Snow!
White powders were falling down and down on the ground and trees of Central Park. I was fascinated for a while and watching that the snow changed the shape to large flakes.
As the powders gathered, the world recovered the colors... They were monotone, though.
It was so beautiful scene. I was glad, but some anxieties crossed my mind. The Count down would be OK in this weather? How about tomorrow's flight? The weather forecast said that both of them would be OK, but the snow seemed to grow in strength.

I boldly went out to get lunch in the afternoon. It was still snow, but once I started to walk, I found it was not so bad. I wore my long boots inside my trousers and socks double inside the boots. They worked really nice and cheered me up. I had lunch and headed to Hudson River.
There was a long park and a highway ran by the park. I saw a lot of cars going by as kicking up powder snow, but the noises of them didn't reach to me.
No one except for me was there...I thought so, but there were some people living their ordinary lives. One of them was jogging. Other one was walking with his dog.
I went back to my hotel and prepared for joining the Count down.

A Trip to New York City: Day 10_a0053919_20463045.gifWhile I was waiting for the Glass ball to fall down, times seemed much shorter. There were a lot of people gathered at Times Square, so it wasn't cold so much. Snow stopped and any of sounds echoed well in the clear air.

...3,2,1,0!! After yelling out "Zero", the people around me and of course I blew bugles loudly each other. That was so fun that I forgot the important thing.
When I took a picture with 3 friendly police officers, they said to me "Happy New Year!"
I noticed that I hadn't said the phrase yet! I said them "Happy New Year, too!" and I walked back to my hotel.
I was so happy.

A Trip to New York City: Day 10_a0053919_2046534.gif

# by sasa_bobo | 2006-01-17 22:45 | New York City


Joy comes in the morning.

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