I Look to You

The radio played the song "I look to you" by Whitney Houston a little ago.

I stoped what I was doing and listened it.

Beautiful Song

There is no word "Christmas" in the lyrics,but I dare categorize the song the best "Christmas song" for the year.

Solstice

It's the solstice day for winter.

We get the least sunshine in the year.

eating pumpkin is an old culture in Japan (asia?).

Kobe Luminarie

I went a famous illumination event in Kobe day before yesterday.

The photo above is an image of temporary shops around the event.

It' raining outside and I'm listening the radio in my taxicab.

They play the speech by Barak Obama who receive the Nobel peace prize for this year.

I think it's too much to give the prize once an year.

Once a decade would be more appropriate for the NOBLE prize.

I can't fight this feeling anymore

I've been waiting for hours here at the new taxi rank.

No rides for hours

Then the radio plays a song which fits this situation badly.

I can't fight this feeling anymore.

Sales for now \3920/4hrs

New Leader

We'll got new Prime Minister,Hatoyama,ina few minutes.

He is the first one who's not from LDP,and lead the majorityparty in parliament.

I just applause him and his fellows,and see this historical moment with a little joy.

Cicada

I saw a cicada took his skin away(took the photo above 19th at sunflower park).

Cicadas started to sing out there.

My Wedding Anniversary

Today is our 6th wedding anniversary.

We're going out for lunch yesterday celebrating the day.

The photo above is afrench restaurant I'd been interested in.

But the restaurant was out of service yesterday.(They close on Tuesday regulary,and wednesday once amonth)

After all,we went a Itarian as we do last year.

I had hamo fish with broad source(\1450/set).It was not bad.

Hot Day

The temp got over 35 celsius in Osaka today.

Rainy season ended in Tokyo.

It was indeed very hot.

Pure Shores

Pure Shores by All Saints was now played on fm cocolo,a radio station in Japan.

It's a sweet summer song in 2000 (9 years ago!).

I love songs that remind us days in the summer.

Last year,Jason Mraz was the one.

What's for this year...

Slow Business

Business got really slow this month.This is something I've never had before.

Sales average of this month is \21107/day up to yesterday.

The number is around \26000- 27000 regularly.

Pics as spring ends

A couple flowers and a view of spring sky from my driver's seat.

I upload pics above because this is the end of May, and I've got some of packet rest...

Yellow flowers

Yellow flowers flourish now.

You can see a few yellows on the road.

The pic above is my favorite one of those.But I don't know the name of the flower...

Hack

I found a "seems cool" book on amazon.



This is a book written by real yellow cabby (and the cabby is a lady!).

http://newyorkhack.blogspot.com/

This is her blog (seems anymore but...).

I bought this book now.

pandemic

Swine flu fears the world.WHO lifted the phase up to the number "5".They say "pandemic" is coming ahead.

Today a Japanese woman announced might-be first one.

I had flu last couple days...feared a little bit.

hope it'll settle down without "pandemic".

Cherry blossomed!

Cherry trees just started to blossom its beautiful pink blossoms.

They'll keep holding those for a couple weeks,only a couple weeks!

Their short-lived lives catch our Japanese people's hearts.

We drink beer under those trees this time of the year.

That's the way we start an year(Japanese school year starts in April).

I hope a few people jump on our taxi after drinking...

Japan won the classic!

World Baseball Classic are just done with its schedule.

Japan beat Korea at the final.

I watched the game at our office with a few other drivers.

While the game,not many are on the road or taxi rank at the station.

Anyway the game was really a "classic",and I hope it will make our business a little better.

Seoul

I'm in Seoul now.

I stayed in Busan for one night and took highway bus from there.

Busan was nice and warm city (though it was raining in this morning), and Seoul is nice but very cold and crowdy city.

I walk around a little and eat some Korean noodle (kal kuks? don know how to spell it).

I'm eager to learn Korean characters, hun-gul. I cannot talk Korean, it cannot be helped for now, but cannnot read Korean, that's too bad.

I just wonder and get mad why we, Japanese, are not educated (even basic) Korean language and culture.

Today, it's time for us (Japanese and Korean) to break the history strain, and go on to the Asian prosperity.

Kansai Airport

I'm in Kansai airport Japan, writing at the airport internet stand(it's free!).

I'm leaving to busan in an hour.

hope I'll have good trip and this one will give me a little change to my life.

Airport is always confortable for me, I love this place...

Burrito Japan

Burrito is back to the store of Seven Eleven Japan!

I love burrito and Seven Eleven.

But I'm getting alittle weight lately, got to do some diet for the marathon next week...

Beer Please

Today's words are

(mecchu juseyo)

means

[Beer please]

in English.These words are very important and crucial when I travel abroad.

It's rainy day today.Taxy users shoud be more than usual,and sales should be...

We,drivers who work for a company,nomally get half of our sales(fare).

Today is Sunday,but no extra pay.

Everything's from sales,Everything from customer,and we work for society...

Road to Korea

I made up my mind later in last month.

I'm goin to Korea!

I'm goin there in March to run Soul marathon.

I feel exited to think about that,the journey, and the marathon.

I started to learn Korean language,so I'll write down a little of korean words here as I study.

The first one,is

(toman nayo)

This means

[see you later] in English.

And funny thing is,the pronounce (toman nayo) means

Don't stop

in Japanese,kind of slung...

anyway it's good to memorize.

GRAMMY 2009

It's the grammy day today!

But here is Japan, I have to wait a little more to see what happens on this year's grammy.

Song of the year... I think this is the main category of the award.

The nominees are,

Kanya West with American boy

Adele with Chasing Pavements

Jason Mraz with I'm yours

Sara Bareilles with love song

Coldplay with Viva La Vida

I support Jason,! He's the best one for me!

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