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Everyday Journal Genki?
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We have just
started an alomost-everyday issued journal,
'Genki?!'
In this jounal, we want to share information,
ideas, things we are interested, or maybe just
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| August
28, 2003 No.23 - Sophie's
Choice - |
Weather
in Kyoto today
Cloudy and rain later
Temperature(℃) Lo 23 / Hi 32
Sunrise 5:26am
Sunset 6:30pm |
Weather
in Kyoto tomorrow - August 29, 2003
Sunny and Sunny
Chance of rain under under 20%
Temperature(℃) Lo 23 / Hi 31
Laundry-index 60% all day |
Sometimes, we do face
the moment that we must choose one out of
two or more.
It is said that Japanese people is not good
at making decision in comparison with people
in the western countries. It's because we
are not trained making choices in earlier
years.
I have heard that in the western countries,
parents ask children to make choices from
easy ones. For instance, in a shopping situation,
parents ask children for which color of dress
they want to put on, or at a restaurant setting,
they ask them for which juice they would like
to drink, orange or grape and so on.
Thus, they nurture children's dicisiveness.
Have you seen the
movie, "Sophie's Choice" starring
Meryl Streep before? The story is about
the choice that she made and the rest of
her life in result.
She was at the danger of being sent to Nazi's
concentration camps.
However, if she cleared one condition, she
could survive the situation.
She had two children, but she could bring
only one with her and the rest had to be
sent to the Nazi's concentration camps.
If she could not make a choice, all of them
must go to the concentration camps.
If you were her, what would you do?
I think this is the hardest choice of all.
If you have a chance,
please check out this movie.
Get ready for a couple of hankerchieves.
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| August
20, 2003 No.22 - Sign
Language - |
Weather
in Kyoto today
Mix of Sun and Clouds
Temperature(℃) Lo 23 / Hi 35
Sunrise 5:19am
Sunset 6:42pm |
Weather
in Kyoto tomorrow - August 21, 2003
Sunny and Cloudy later
Chance of rain under 10%
Temperature(℃) Lo 23 / Hi 32
Laundry-index 70% all day |
Hello, there!
(^o^)(^-^)(^.^)(^_^)(^O^)
Do you know what I want to say from the above
face mark?
It is very difficult for us to understand
others without clear words, isn't it?
Even between couples, communication is not
that easy, sometimes.
I have been studying sign language for a couple
of years in order to communicate to people
with impaired hearing.
I belong to a volunteer
group of sign language in my city.
There is a study meeting once a week and
we hold a party sometimes to interact with
deaf people. Nowadays, I was too busy to
join it, though.
We entertain some play or make speeches
to the audience in sign language.
Believe it or not,
it is more difficult to read other's sign
language than express my own.
If you are interested
in sign language, there is a T.V. news with
sign language from 8:45 to 9:00 every night
on channel 12.
Check it out!!
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| August
19, 2003 No.21 - A
Key to Reveal Personality - |
Weather
in Kyoto today
Mix of Sun and Clouds
Temperature(q-) Lo 23 / Hi 33
Sunrise 5:19am
Sunset 6:42pm |
Weather
in Kyoto tomorrow - August 20, 2003
Sunny and Cloudy later
Chance of rain under 10%
Temperature(q-) Lo 22 / Hi 32
Laundry-index 70% all dayq_q_ |
We have newcomers in
our company recently.
On the first day, a newcomer usually makes
a speech in front of all members at the meeting
in our company.
How do you get acquainted with a newcomer?
Japanese likes to ask a unique question in
order to reveal one's personality. It is to
ask the blood type of the person.
If you have a Japanese friend, you probably
have such an experience, I guess.
Although we do not take it seriously, we ask
for fun.
The common traits of 4 blood type are as follows;
A-type blood : punctual, serious-minded, careful,cooperative,
group-oriented
40% of Japanese belongs to this type.
O-type bloood : big-hearted,
dependable, rough, leader type
30% of us belongs to this type.
B-type blood : unique
personality, stubborn, creative, always
being at one's pace, in other words, not
cooperative
20% of Japanese
AB-type blood : smart,
nervous, gifted (in art or science), analysist
type
10% of us
To which blood type
do you belong?
My blood type is A, but I am not punctual
as you see from my Journal title, 'Almost
everyday Journal'.
In case that your
blood type is B and you tell your friend
about it, he or she would say 'I thought
so' most of the time.
Let me tell you the truth, your friend probably
thinks that you are unique.
Do not take the above
seriously, this is just fun.
Thank you.
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| August
18, 2003 No.20 - Secret
of Japanese Cooking - |
Weather
in Kyoto today
Cloudy
Temperature(℃) Lo 23 / Hi 31
Sunrise 5:19am
Sunset 6:43pm |
Weather
in Kyoto tomorrow - August 20, 2003
Cloudy and Sunny later
Chance of rain under 40%
Temperature(℃) Lo 24 / Hi 32
Laundry-index 60% all day |
Summer holiday was over...
During the holiday, Strangely enough I became
an early bird. Usually I am a night owl, though.
I must have excited this holiday like kids
going on a picnick or males going to play
golf.
Anyway, everyone in the office seems refreshed
and energetic today. Our productivity must
have increased for sure after the breaks.
One of my male co-worker
told me that he helped out his wife for
cooking during the summer breaks. He is
a good husband, isn't he? or I wonder that
he might have some reason to be a good husband??
ha-ha I am just kidding.
I also started cooking my own food recently.
Comparing to my mom's dishes, how can I
say, the taste of mine is not just right.
Sometimes it's too salty and sometimes it
has no taste. While eating poor dishes,
I thank my mother for great meals. My mom
might have thought 'Poor daughter!' and
she gave me a secret of cooking which is
about the order when we put seasoning.
It was quite easy. All I need to do is to
put seasoning in the order of the Japanese
syllabary such as SA SHI SU SE SO.
They indicates as follows;
SA - SAtou (Sugar)
SHI - SHIo (Salt)
SU - SU (Vinegar)
SE - Syouyu (Soy sauce)
So - miSO (Soybean paste)
I would like to introduce
some good recipe to you in near future.
Please visit us tomorrow
again.
Thank you.
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| August
12, 2003 No.19 - - |
Weather
in Kyoto today
Mostly Cloudy
Temperature(℃) Lo - / Hi 30
Sunrise 5:14am
Sunset 6:50pm |
Weather
in Kyoto tomorrow - August 13, 2003
Sunny and Cloudy
Chance of rain 0%
Temperature(℃) Lo 22 / Hi 34
Laundry-index 100% all day |
Every morning we have
a meeting for 10 min. or so.
Last sales and some news are informed every
member.
Today, one of our member who will resign from
an office on Aug. 15, made a speech of farewell.
As I have joined this company since last November,
I could work with him only for 9 months, which
is a quite short time. I wanted to learn a
lot more from him not only about jobs, but
also about life. We have a saying, "The
older the wiser".
I think he is sixty something and just in
the middle of retirement age in Japan.
How old is the retirement age in your country?
Is 60 too young ? or too old ?
Being different from old days, people in their
sixties are still young and energetic, I believe.
After retirement, if you still kept your youth
and full of energy without any worry about
money, what would you like to do? If you are
workaholic and you do not have any hobbies
now, you might not have any idea what to do
after retirement.
Get ready for your old age.
In the United States, I have heard that people
move to Florida to spend their retirement
age.
How to spend old age in your country?
Actually, I have
no idea how to spend my old age, but one
thing for sure is that I want to live in
the country.
Anyway, Good luck
on your new life, MR.!!
Thank you for reading.
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| August
11, 2003 No.18 - Summer
breaks of a co-worker - |
Weather
in Kyoto today
Increasing clouds with showers
Temperature(℃) Lo 23 / Hi 32
Sunrise 5:13am
Sunset 6:51pm |
Weather
in Kyoto tomorrow - August 12, 2003
Rain and mostly cloudy later
Chance of rain 70%
Temperature(℃) Lo 21 / Hi 30
Laundry-index 60% all day |
Some of Japanese companies
have already started their summer holidays
since last Saturday, and also most of the
schools broke up for the summer on the 21st
of July.
Because of that, it is easier for us to commute
nowadays.
We, Noble Traders head office, will break
up for the summer from Aug. 14 to Aug. 17,
2003. Our retail shops have different schedules
of summer breaks, though.
One of our co-worker
had a head start for the summer breaks,
and she went to Okinawa (a Japanese island
in the south) to get a scuba license.
According to her, it was a 2-day package
tour designed to get a grade C license of
scuba.
It cost about 60,000 yen for travelling
expense including accommodation charges.
In addition that, she had to pay about 10,000
yen for the registration fee of the license.
I think it is very reasonable because during
the summer it is quite expensive for us
to just travel to Okinawa. (Okinawa is very
popular in Japan as a sightseeing resort
in summer.)
In order to get the
license, she had to pass both paper and
practical tests. Must have been tough!
Would you like to know if she passed or
not?
Of course, she did!! Great! I am very happy
for her.
Receiving a charge from her, I would like
to challenge something new this summer,
too.
On the side, her
return flight had been cancelled because
of the 10th typhoon, and so she had to take
one more day off.......which might have
been a good news for her???
Thank you for reading.
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| August
7, 2003 No.17 - Mail
Order - |
Weather
in Kyoto today
Partly Cloudy
Temperature(℃) Lo - / Hi 36
Sunrise 5:10am
Sunset 6:55pm |
Weather
in Kyoto tomorrow - August 8, 2003
Cloudy and Rain later
Chance of rain 70%
Temperature(℃) Lo 26 / Hi 33
Laundry-index 20% all day |
The Season's Tenth Typhoon is approaching
us toward Kansai area. Keep an eye on the
weather news.
In bad weather like
thunderstorm, how do you spend your time
indoors? Watching TV or movies?
I sometimes like to shop by mail order.
Recently I ordered some health food such
as green juice powder and Lactobacillus
bifidus (which is found a lot in yogurt)
capsule.
Since office work and lack of exercise made
me a cold constitution, I have to change
my constitution stronger.
The health book I read the other day said
that it would be good to regulate the bowels
and keep the body warmer.
For starters, I have decided to take these
health food regularly.
What?
Did you say I should work out regulary instead
of taking health food?
Are you telling me that exercise is the
fastest way to improve my physical condition?
I know, I know.
But Satan whispered in my ear to take a
easier way, so I take it this time. ha-ha.
May be in autum when
the climate is milder, I want to work out
to be fit.
Take a great care
of yourself.
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| August
4, 2003 No.16 - One
day sales assistant - |
Weather
today in Kyoto
Sunny and Cloudy later
Temperature(℃) Lo - / Hi 34
Sunrise 5:08am
Sunset 6:58pm |
Weather
tomorrow in Kyoto - August 5, 2003
Cloudy
Probability of Percipitation 10% and
under
Temperature(℃) Lo 25 / Hi 32
Laundry-index 40% all day |
It's very humid.
I hope all of you survive this weather.
In Japan, we have faced a danger of electric
shortage this summer, therefore, we should
keep the temperature of air conditioner lower
than usual. It is recommended that we should
set it over 26 ℃.
Changed the subject,
We have 7 retail shops beside the online
shop.
Last Saturday, I went to one of our retail
shops in Osaka to help sales. I have never
experienced working at stores and selling
products before joining this company.
So, I was nervous but it was a good experience
at last.
Communicating with customers was very fun
and it's very good to know they were satisfied
with our products and service.
It is a more tough and challenging job than
I thought, but we can get a big reward -
that is customers' smile.
Thank you for reading.
There will be no issue tomorrow....Sorry.
'cause I am taking a day off.
Have a nice day!!
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| August
1, 2003 No.15 - A
Peach Cake - |
Weather
today in Kyoto
Cloudy and Partly Sunny
Temperature(℃) Lo - / Hi 33
Sunrise 5:07am
Sunset 7:00pm |
Weather
tomorrow in Kyoto - August 2, 2003
Sunny and Partly Cloudy
Probability of Percipitation 10% and
under
Temperature(℃) Lo 24 / Hi 32
Laundry-index 70% all day |
Today was not a special day, but we've had
a cake(yummy,yummy!) - a whole cake with a
lot of fresh peach in the frig from the morning.
Everybody was wondering at heart whose cake
was that.
At lunch time, we found out to whom the cake
belonged.
It was a gift from one of our customers.
He comes from Thailand and stays in Japan
for a short period on business.
To our surprise, he knows about Japan better
than us in a sense, especially about delicious
foods in Japan.
He is always welcomed
by us, especially by our women staff because
he often brings us some sweets. HA HA HA.
(Of course, he is also welcomed regarding
business matters.)
This time was not
exception.
Thank you, Mr. !
It was very delicious and we enjoyed it
very much.
Hope a good surprise
happen to you, too.
Thank you for reading my journal.
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