Jan. 4th Wed.

started to snow in the afternoon...

It is very cold, zero degree even now at four.

Business was goin not bad and now it slowed down.

Current Earnings 10,690

The first shift

This is first shift of the year.

I'm at a rural A station again.

It's a cloudy, freezing afternoon.

Current Earnings 4,700

Dec 28 Wed.

It's only 4 days left this year.

Next year, I'm trying to write this blog on every shift around this time of the day.

Today, I'm at a rural station, this year's last shift here.

Current Earnings 6,040 6 Rides 3.25 hrs.

gonna wax my cab jumping out cold air.

A Fellow Driver Left

That was the bad news I heard this morning.

A fellow driver left.

I don't know why ...

He's been absent lately and I've been worrying alittle but never thought he was going to leave.

Because he looked motivated to be behind the wheel here.

He was 30 years old, young as a cabby here as average driver's age is just below 60.

So even I ,38, be considered "young" and surrounded by bunch of elder guys.

I have been looking forward to having young fellows and I believe if more young guys come around, cab industry would change.

I have talked to the guy afew times and felt he was good one.

He was the age that I started driving as a cabby.

He said he was just got married and ought to make a good family as a driver like me.

I'm alittle disappointed hearing the "bad" news.

But wait to see...

He has his life, family, future.

He would be good I believe.

I'm not alone.

This industry need alittle more time to change.

I still sit here behind the wheel, maybe next afew years.

I'll see what happens and wish and believe our future.

Sunrise in a cloudy morning

I like this picture.

I took this one during the Bon holiday in Hukuchiyama, up north in Kyoto.

I walk up to Maizuru on the day.

That was hot and hard walking there ..

Clouds in me

Huge cloud came

But there was no shower in the evening.

Shower is the anger of the sky...

I wanna get rid of the anger in me if possible.

I wanna get rid of the clouds in me if possible.

Been Cloudy

This beautiful sun set is actually the one I took a week ago.

From then, it's been not very clear weather, cloudy... sometimes sun shines but it doesn't kick them, damn disturbing clouds.

Temp doesn't also get excited, stay below 30...

I like real hot summer

I'd been heated, on a roll making good shifts lately.

And as the weather got cooling off gradually I'm getting, kind of, set.

I'm lookin forward he, harsh sunshine, comes back and make me get heated again.

July 27th Wed.
Fare Earned 26,520(6,120+20,400)
15Rides(5+10)
11.50Hrs(6.00+5.50)
MaxRide 4,790(23:20)