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After listening to his speech, all of a sudden, I spontaneously turned on the Internet radio, in which program was classical music. His English was simple enough to make non-native English speakers understand. It, however, felt unsatisfying. If his nations are satisfied with his English, I will wonder what they learn at school. Anyway, I wrote my comment instead of marching. As I was almost sick in bed yesterday, now I found some grammatical mistakes. But still it was approved by the newspaper and some people clicked "Recommend".   Please click it if you agree with me. 彼のスピーチを聞いた後、なぜか、私は急にクラシック音楽が聴きたくなった。 彼のシンプルな英語は英語を母国語としない人たちにも十分理解できる表現だった。けれど、どこかしら物足りない。彼の国の人たちはそれに満足しているのか、もしそうだとしたら、学校で何を学んできたのだろう。 昨日は世界中の女性たちがデモ行進をしていた。私はコメントを投稿した。風邪をひいてて頭が回らなかったせいもあり、今見ると、文法の間違いが少しある。でも、新聞社は投稿を掲載してくれて、数名ほどだけど、「Recommend (推薦)」をクリックしてくれている。もし、よろしければ、「Recommend (推薦)」をクリックお願いします。👧😉 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/21/world/donald-trump-reaction-france-germany-japan-brazil.html#...

月１度の読書会。 　今日のお題は『女のいない男たち』（村上春樹著）。 この本の構成は短編集で、タイトルの通り、女のいない（結局いなくなった）男たちのストーリーである。男性（村上春樹氏）の視点から描いた女性たちは、正直「したたか」だと思う。だけど、女性はそうなんだろうな。そういう女性たちについて、今、ちょっとつまみ食い読みしている『プライドと偏見』の エリザベスを除いた女性 たちや『リア王』に出てくる コーディリア以外 の姉たちを思い浮かべてしまう。 読書会でも話したけれど、今回の作品で、一番印象に残っている作品は、『独立器官』。ある独身のプレーボーイの整形外科医がある既婚女性に本気で恋をするけど、結局フラれてしまう。この外科医はアウシュビッツ収容所の話を読んでいたという。収容所では受刑者たちは、丸裸にされ、ろくに食料も与えられず、餓死してしまう者もいた。この外科医は本気で好きになった女性に裏切られる。彼女こそ、ヒットラーのように冷酷な人間だ。最終的には、外科医を人間扱いせず、虫けらのように捨てるのだ。外科医はまるでアウシュビッツの受刑者たちのよう。結果、外科医は生きる気力を失ったのだと思う。最終的には餓死してしまう。まさに悲劇の物語である。 私は、アウシュビッツ収容所の受刑者とこの外科医の共通性に考えさせられるものがあった。誰しも丸裸にされ、全てが禁じられると、いくら身分が高くても、ただの人になってしまう。他人の身勝手な力によって、自分がこれまで年月かけて築いてきたものが一気に木っ端微塵となるは、すごく恐ろしいことだと思う。 ブックレビューを見てみたけれど、あまりこの点には触れられていなかった。でも、本当はここが重要だったりして・・・。 なかなかうまく表現できないけど、この作品は後３回ぐらい読んでみたいと思う。

javascript:void(0) News! My comment about an article was approved by New York Times. The article is about Jizo. Jizo, which are statues for holding religious services, stand on streets or in temples in Japan. Walking around, you could see them quite often. In the article, a lady from the US wrote about her memory through Jizo, which could be regarded as Mizuko Jizo, in Japan. I could tell that through her writing. Anyway, the story was touching and beautiful. Many people posted their moving comments. Please check out my comment here,  http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/06/well/family/the-japanese-art-of-grieving-a-miscarriage.html Now, I am recalling my childhood.  Jizo, reminds me of a story called "Kasa Jizo. Kasa should be translated "Hat(s)". The story is like this, on the snowy day, Jizo, which are dedicated by an poor old man having them put kasa on their heads.  On the new year day, Jizo visited the man and his wife giving return to him and his wife on the new y...

Visiting the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum, I had a different feeling from when I had visited the one of Hiroshima. In Hiroshima, the more closely I was getting to approach the exit, there more I was getting to feel hope, which we would have to build up better future not to repeat the same things. In Nagasaki, however, I got more sense of mission to tell people how awful nuclear was or nuclear must be abolished in this world. In Nagasaki, the atomic bomb was compounded plutonium. I am not keen on chemistry at all, however, I know it is extremely dangerous and powerful enough to destroy everything. I have read about how it badly effected on human bodies. Depends on its amount,  it is likely to have risk of cancer. In fact, there are people who were (have been) suffered from it. After visiting the museum, I also went to Nagasaki Peace Memorial Hall for Atomic Bomb Victims. It was dead silent. I, however, did not feel fear. Instead, it was more holy atmosphere surrounded in the hall...

"OMG! Already December!?" I exclaimed. It's been ten years since I started teaching simple English to my pupils. When they were primary pupils, I used to organise some events such as Halloween or Christmas parties. But this year, I stopped doing them. It's because the pupils grew up, the oldest one is 18 while the youngest ones are 12. They expected my presents. Instead, they enjoy with their friends. It's a bit sad but I am glad that they are getting independent of me.  Nevertheless, I feel something empty in my mind.  "OK! I'll set for travelling to somewhere."  This time, I chose Kyushu. I have some reasons for that.  Firstly, I have some friends who I met in London during my studying. As I hadn't seen them for ages, I grew to feel like seeing them. Moreover, they live in Kumamoto, where had massive earthquakes last May. It was good for me to see the place in my eyes. Secondly, Japanese history couldn't be described w...