Souvenirs from Germany

Miwa brought me 4 bottles of beer, 1 bottle of wine, and 5 mini bottles of
hard liquor.
She said that she had no time for shopping.
They were more than enough for me, they must have been so heavy.

I can't wait to have cold German beer tonight!


ドイツのお土産

美和ちゃんは、ビール4本、ワイン1本、ミニボトル5本をドイツのお土産としてくれた。
仕事づめで、買い物の時間が全然なかったそうだが、私にとって、これ以上のお土産はない。
どれだけ重かっただろう…

今夜の冷えたドイツビールが、楽しみでしかたない。

ドイツへの旅

私のルームメイト美和ちゃんは、今週ドイツへ出張だ。
美和ちゃんに関してはあまり心配していないが、花と鈴の事は心配だ。
いつも以上にお留守番が長くなる。
私が仕事から戻ると大興奮する事、間違いない。
花と鈴というよりも、自分の身を案じているのかもしれない。

美和ちゃんのドイツでのミーティングが無事進み、花と鈴がいい子でいますように!

美和ちゃんに関しては心配していないと書いたが、パジャマをつめたかだけは、チェックしておかなければならない。
ドイツで美和ちゃん用のパジャマを見つけることは、難しいだろう。

Trip to Germany

My flat mate Miwa is going to Germany on business this week.
I am not worried about Miwa but I am a bit worried about Hana and Suzu.
They will have to be home alone longer than usual while Miwa is away.

They will be so excited when I come home from work.
That will make me feel very tired.
I guess I am worried about myself.

I hope Miwa has a successful meeting in Germany.
I also hope Hana and Suzu behave.

I should check if Miwa put her pajamas in her suitcase as she often forgets them.
It won’t be easy to find pajamas in Germany.

運転免許証用の写真

時の経つのは早いもので、もう運転免許の更新時期がきた。
今回は、最初からセルフの写真にせず、写真屋へ行き撮ってもらった。
前回、Nikiの写真が必要で、セルフ写真に同行したのだが、若く可愛い彼女でさえ、出来上がった写真はいただけなかった。
同じような事を私がしたら?考えただけで恐ろしかった。

ということで、3倍の値段のする写真屋で撮影、2日間待って受け取った。

なんと、数あるシワはどこへやら、お肌もスムーズに綺麗に見える。
これは、3倍払った価値ありだ。
5年間使う物だし。
先端技術! 万歳!

My driver’s license picture

Time flies.
Five years have passed since I renewed my driver’s license.

This time, I had my picture taken at a photo shop.
I chose not to get an instant photo taken.
Last time when I took young cute Niki to an instant photo booth, her pictures turned out to be horrible.

If her pictures were horrible, how would my pictures look?

I paid three times more to the photo shop compared to using an instant photo booth, and waited for 2 days to receive my pictures.

It was worth it.
The photographer did a nice finishing job.
A number of wrinkles were smoothed out and my skin looks brighter.

I thank advanced technology!

Meditation training

I read the book ‘Kangaenai Renshu’ (Meditation Training) written by a young monk.

In this book, he points out that we are too absorbed in our own thoughts to concentrate on the things we are actually doing right at that moment.

I realized I’m often thinking about work, food, the weekend while I’m doing something else.

I’m trying to concentrate on what I am doing.
It seems to be helping me to organize my thoughts.

考えない練習

先日「考えない練習」という若いお坊さんが書いた本を読んだ。

人はよく、目の前の物や事柄には無関心で、考え事ばかりしている。
その為、大切な事を見逃したりする。と書かれてあった。

私もそうだ。何かをしながら、仕事の事、食べ物の事、週末の事など、よく考えていた。

今、考えない練習を実践している。
なんとなく、以前よりもクリアな気持ちになっているような気がする。

ただ、「考えない練習」も度を越すと、「何も考えない人」になりかねない。
何事も、ほどほどが大切なのだろう。
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