dumping syndrome

Weather: Sunny and hot Breakfast: Sesami and bean paste sweet No lunch & DinnerHad a big dumping syndrome, but saw friends from high school at an "Izakaya" restaurant in Ikebukuro. Had a wonderful time.

Weather: Cloudy then rainy Lunch: Nabeyaki Udon noodle near Daitokuji temple Dinner @ Sweep with a friend from Kagoshima University days Temple visited: Ryugen-in, Daisen-in, Koryu-in, Kobai-in of Daitoku-ji temple Stayed @ Mitsui Garden H…

Weather: too dark to know in Massachusett, snowy in Detroit, cloudy in Tokyo Lunch: Tendon @ Detroit Air port Airline food Dinner: Chawan mushi, Chirashi lunch box After a long contemplation, I decided not to take my Mac to Tokyo; it was a…

The insurance adjuster came at 9:00 for the toilet leak yesterday. He was quite generous with his calculations, and gave us money to replace the ceilings, plastering, painting, cleaning the rugs, etc. The amount was much more than what I e…

Trying to get out of the bed this morning, I touched my hipbone by chance, and was startled to find how protruded it is. I looked at my whole figure in the mirror and had a good look at it. The good news is that my legs look much longer th…

(日本語は明日いれます)After all, I could not leave home last Sunday to spend the night at the hotel in Boston. Probably because of my posture while writing pages of translation on the computer throughout the week, compounded by fatigue, …

Old habits are difficult to kick. I received a phone call last Friday from one of my clients, asking about availability for a weeklong job on the west coast. Instead of saying, “sorry I cannot do it,” I asked her to give me a weekend to mu…

(日本語は後に続きます)The only thing on my calendar was to go to the Christmas Eve church service at 5:30 p.m. Since the afternoon was bright and warm, I took a walk before going to the service, and ate a whole Klondike bar (!) to repleni…

I was having one of the best times of the year yesterday. It was a warm winter day in Maine. The sky was high and there was no wind. The moderately high waves were chiseling the masculine rock surface endlessly as they have done for millio…