(Friday, May 12, 2023)

I'm now starting a new page in order to show that I'm not such a stupid English writer. I still
remember the words that the former principal gave me when I was called in the principal's office.
"You're not such a good English teacher as you think you are. You know that?" It was true that
I really made him angry by writing a blog in both English and Japanese. We were not allowed to
write a diary and upload the data in Ebina City. I knew that, but I was not intending to say
something critical against the board of education. However I have to admit that what I did was
too much. Now I know that what I can do at present is I try to build a new blog and a homepage
to show that I'm not so stupid as he said I was. Now I'm writing English sentences freely, but to
tell the truth I feel that I'm not such a good English writer as I thought I was.

　You have to make it a rule to write sentences in English almost every day. You also have to
watch English dramas every day. Also movies should be seen in English. Then it'll be easy for
you to keep an English diary every day.



If I were Shohei Otani, should I stay in the Angels? I understand that it's Shohei's favorite team
which has a lot of nice guys. But if Shohei really wants to take part in the World Series and win
the championship, he should try to choose one of the best teams. When he was a little boy, why
did he choose Hanamaki Higashi? It was because it was one of the best teams to go to the
Koshien Stadium. Why does he have to stay in the Angels? Because Trout really wants him to
stay with him? That's not what he mustn't do. The Angels are not the team he should belong to.

There was an American assistent teacher sitting next to me in the teachers' room. He was not
very popular among the Japanese English teachers, because he was not so good at teaching kids.
Maybe for him most of the English teachers he had to work with were no good. Many Japanese
teachers think that they are rather good at speaking English, but actually they're not. And also
they should learn more about English grammar.



During the WBC Nootbaar was the most impressive player of all. He's been dreaming of
playing on the Japanese team. When he was a little boy, he used to work with famous
Japanese high school baseball players. Now that his big dream has come true, and furthermore
his team has got the championship. He had a lot of interviews in which his English was so good
and I liked his fast speech very much. Now he's doing his best on the St. Louis Cardinals with
so many hits. Shohei's homerun makes me happy, but Nootbaar's homerun also makes me happy.

(Saturday, May 13, 2023)

Does everybody at school enjoy learning English? What do you think is the most important in
teaching English? Using computers? Learning how to sing an English song? Reading aloud the
textbooks? Memorizing basic sentences? I don't think they're all so important. I guess the most
important thing is to create effective materials. Some teachers like to let the students use
question books. Students are to turn in the workbooks regularly and teachers tend to check the
books and stam the last pages. Do you think it's useful?

I've been watching Rambo series since this evening. I've seen three stories and the new story
named "Rambo: Last Blood" is now starting on TV. Rambo is quite different from the Terminator
by Arnold Shwarzenegger which is destructive but less humanity. Sylvester Stallone's movies
are also very destructive, but they give us something to think about human stories. Is it true that
Stallone has beed dead because of cancer? I'm very sorry to hear that if it's true.



In this last chapter Rambo is going to fight for his granddaughter Gabriela who was
kidnapped in Mexco. She was given too much drug and finally found dead. Rambo got
really angry and he decided to kill all the Mexical cartel. However it is rumored that this
is not the end of the Rambo series.



If you watch the last video you'll see everything about Rambo series. We're very sorry to see
Stallone's getting older and older as the series go on to the new ones. I also like Rocky series
which tells us stories about poor young boxer getting stronger and stronger.

(Sunday, May 14, 2023)





I like Harrison Ford so much. Today I'm introducing two of his movies, "The Fugitive" and
"Air Force One." Especially "The Fugitive" was so thrilling and I was very much interested
in it. There were so many movies that starred Harrison Ford. "Clear and Present Danger" was
also exciting. I'm not watching "Air Force One" on TV. I'm sitting next to the TV set now. The
most impressive scene was that one of the jet plane pilots tried to be hit by the missile aiming
the President's Air Force One. The pilot's life should be as important as anyong on Air Force
One, I thought. Of course I undertood that the President's life's especially important.

　The most impressive scene was that the President said to the terrorist "Get off my plane!"
If I remember correctly, the President used to be the pilot of a jet plane during the war. I know
that the U.S. citizens would like their president as strong as their country. Maybe Mr. Donald
Trump (45th) and Mr. Joe Biden (46th) are quite different types of guys. They're just businessmen.
I believe Mr. Barack Obama (44th) was the president that we could respect.



It should need much courage even for a U.S. president to make a speech in either Hiroshima
or Nagasaki, because a lot of people in America still believe that the two atomic bombs were
needed to end the second World War as quickly as possible. They believe that many American
young solders could be saved by the bombs. Why do they have to apologize to Japan for using
the bombs. So for the president, it was courageous thing to do. Do you agree that Japan should
apologize to China or Korea for killing lots of people during the war?

(Monday, May 15, 2023)

Our drinking friends who used to be mothers in my second year class were planning to eating
and drinking party after a long period of time. Maybe it's been more than three years since we
me last, because of COVID-19. We are very happy we can get together again near Chigasaki
Station. The food and drinks they served us were all so good, but I felt like vomitting because
I ate and drank too much.
　I was so surprised that the six of them were not different from long, long time ago. This might
be too much to say, but all of them looked like high school girls. I thought that I'm very happy
that I still have good parents to have a party with. Should I call them "my friends"?
　By the way, if I feel like throwing up by just having a drinking party, if I want to go to a
Chinese restaurant, is it possible to carry out the idea? I'll go and see the doctors at the end
of this month. I'll also have to talk to them about the trouble I often have with my stomach.

(Tuesday, May 16, 2023)

Last night we had a drinking party near Chigasaki Station. The shop was called "Murasaki"
and they served us good food and drinks. I thought I was enjoying the party, but there was
something wrong with my stomach. When we go drinking, we usually go and sing karaoke, but
I decided not to go and the mothers allowed me to go home earlier by taxi.



There was a baseball game between the Angels and the Orioles early this morning. Otani
was the starting pitcher, but today something was wrong with his pitching. He allowed three
homeruns which gave them 5 runs. Shohei also hit a very big homerun and when he stopped
pitching at the bottom of the 7th inning, the Angeles were leading the Orioles by 9-5, but
recently in the 8th inning, they got reversed in an incredible pace. So today I was also
worried something surprising might happened in the 9th inning. However today's Angeles were
different from the usual team. I don't think they can go on to the World Series, though.

(Wednesday, May 17, 2023)

At a little over 10 o'clock this morning, I started to drive my car to "ION" department store
to park my car there. If I do some shopping, I don't have to pay for the parking lot within three
hours. As I planned, after coming back from Fujisawa, I walked to "ION" to do some shopping.
I didn't have to pay for the parking lot.
　The reason that I went to Fujisawa was I wanted to do something very important at the bank.
It took me some time, but I finished everything. At the bank in Fujisawa I have the bank account
which is very important to use. In Chigasaki I also have the bank account in the same bank, but
I usually use the account for different uses.
　When I came home, I tried to prepare some documents to send to Imaizumi Junior High. Those
documents were so important that I decided to send the envelope by delivery-certified mail. I
hope it'll be delivered tomorrow, because I need it to be done early for the health insurance card.



It's so surprising that the MLB players try to do something special for their mothers,
Especially everybody knows that Cardinals' Nootbaar loves his mother Kumiko so much.
Shohei Otani also likes his mother who took good care of her son.

(Thursday, May 18, 2023)



The cute puppy in today's video was very friendly. She wasn't afraid of eating food from the
rescuer and drinking clean water. When the rescuer reached the area where she lived, they
were surprised to see her drinking from the puddle, of course dirty water. Where has her mom
gone? Has she decided to live alone? Every time they go and see the vet, the rescued dogs
look so happy. I like Paw Squadron videos because they always show us happy endings.





With the rescuer lived a Jack Russell Terrier named Arra if I remember correctly. Next time
I find him in the video, I'll let you know his name. Or her name I'm not sure. The first dog that
he rescued in the first video didn't have a tail. How could anyone do such a terrible thing? But
now I'm happy that he is living with a good man and waiting for someone who'll adopt him.
　I really thank the animal rescueing people who are taking good care of the rescued dogs. Still
there are many other stray dogs, but we need more volunteer people who would help those
animals. They're like Ms. Fukuzawa in Hokkaido who are willing to love to rescue stray dogs in
severe winter. She loves her dogs in the family and the dogs love to live with the mother.

My Shiba dog named Ryoma passed away on June 19, 2019. It's been more than three years
since he said goodbye to us. In the morning of that day he looked very sick and I took him to
a different vet and asked the doctor to take care of him immediately. After being treated his
health became stable, but late in the afternoon he stopped breathing. The vet called me and I
went to the hospital to take him home. I still can't forget his warm body in my arms. Are you
waiting for me to go to you under the rainbow bridge? I'm looking forward to seeing you there.



First the boy didn't come near the rescuer, but in a few minutes he came up to the man. He
was taken home to have a shower. In the fur of his body there were so many fleas and ticks,
so he had to take a shower all over his body, which must have been so refreshing.
　Thanks to the donation everything like food, gas, medicine and shelter could be prepared for
the rescued dog. He was starving and ate a lot for dinner. Then he visited the vet and after he
came home, he said hello to the Jack Russell, who is always very friendly to the guests.

(Friday, May 19, 2023)

Around noon today, the new health insurance card of mine has been delivered to me by recorded
delivery. They have done it much quicker than I had expected. I'll have to go and see the doctors
on May 27 this month, so I needed the card as quickly as possible. Lucky me.

Early last night around 1:35 a.m. there was a MLB game between the Angels and the Orioles. On
the top of the 1st inning, Shohei Otani his his 10th homerun, which made his teammates alive. On
top of the 9th inning, the Angels were behind the Orioles by 4-5. However thanks to Otani's infield
hit toward the first base, he ran quite fast and was narrowly safe on first base, which made his team
win the game against the Orioles by 6-5. Everybody was surprised to see Shohei run so fast.

(Saturday, May 20, 2023)





The first video is for the theme song of "Castle in the Sky", The title of the song is
"Carrying you." It's been sung by some people, but the English-Japanese version by
"Sarah Ãlainn" is very beautiful, and so very good to listen to. The second video is quite
famous and popular. It's the theme song of "Frozen." The title of the song is "Let It Go,"
which sounds so beautiful. It's been sung by "Idina Menzel." The movie itself is very well
made and its story is so good. Their English is much more beautiful than my English.

　You have to take good care of introducing video pages, because when they deal with music
like songs, you have to be careful using the music videos. They have rights that other people
must respect. This time I made mistakes twice, and I might have the same mistakes again.



I didn't expect this to happen at first. I hoped he would get better after the vet took good
care of the little boy. The vet gave his very good medication carefully, but after three hours
the rescuer left the hospital, he got a call from the vet that the little dog had passed away.
He had mulfunction with his internal organs. I'm terribly sorry that they couldn't save the dog.
I remember my dog who passed away on July 19, 2019. I left my dog at the vet and got a sad
call from the vet that he had stopped breathing late in the afternoon. I'm so sorry for him.



I'm sorry that I have to show you a sad video. They could save the little boy, but his mother
was killed in a car accident. The boy had been with his dead mother, because he didn't know
she was already in the heaven. I was glad that the rescue people took the mother's body away
in the cardboard box and maybe buried her somewhere where she could rest in peace.
　He was lucky that he was in good health. He's now going to be trained for socializatiion, and
soon get easy to take care of. I hope he'll be adopted in a good family.



When he was first rescued, all wet in the rain, he looked so scared and lonely. But now he
came home and had time to play with the Jack Russell Are, he looked so happy in the house.
First he looked like a small boy, but after taking a hot bath and letting his fur dried up, he was
such a big panda cub. Judging from his looks, he might grow up to be a very big dog. I'm glad
he went to the vet to be examined quite healthy. Every time I see the Jack Russell Are, I
wonder why he's so friendly to every guest he has. It's because the owner is so gentle?

(Sunday, May 21, 2023)

This morning the MLB game between the Twins and the Angels starded at a little past
11:00a.m. At the top of the 1st inning, the Twins already got 3 runs without any homeruns. The
starting pitcher of the Angels is Patrick Sandoval who represented Mexico in 2023. Now at the
Angels Patrick Sandoval and Shohei Ohtani are the leading pitchers. We feel when Sandoval wins
the game, the next starting pitcher Ohtani will also win the game. He's going to pitch tomorrow
morning. The problem is who's going to catch for him. Now at the Angels there are so many
injured catchers who can catch both Sandoval and Ohtani's balls well.

　At his third turn at bat in today's game, Ohtani hit his 11th homerun making the score 2-4.
But at the top of the next inning, because of three hits and two mistakes, the Twins leads the
Angels by 6-2. Why do the Angels make many mistakes? Why do the pitchers after the starting
pitcher get too many hits by the other team players? Why such a terrible team? Even though
they have Trout and Ohtani, nobody is going to get hits. What can we expect from them?

Not to change the subject, I was asked by the principal to open the new International Class.
I didn't know what to do for that, but tried my best to make a good class for the students. But
it seemed that he didn't my way of managing the class. It might have looked so easy to take care
of the children from abroad, but actually it was not an easy job. Can you take care, for example, of
a foreign kid who take exams? You have to translate the Japanese used in test papers into English.
You have to stay with him all the time. You can't take a rest during the three days. Can you?




The girl puppy in the first video didn't want to drink water or eat food. The rescuer was
worried about her and took her to the vet immediately. She looked quite OK on the surface,
but further examination showed that she suffered from parovirosis disease which was lethal
to puppies less than 6 months. Let's hope she'll be able to recover from the illness soon.
　In the second video they gave the two puppies their own names, Hansel and Gretel. They
were also checked at the vet and everything was OK. I was surprised to see them so big.
On the second day at their new house, they were so active and playful. I was so happy to
see them so cheerful. I still want good luck to the first girl. God bless her, please.

(Tuesday, May 23, 2023)

Yesterday I forgot to write in the English diary. Every day I write in so many pages, so I tend
to forget what I should do before going to bed. On TV next to me is a drama "Kimpachi in Class
3-8". It's not that I wanted to watch the drama, but I just happened to watch the drama. But for
me at present, it's not fun to watch a school drama. It's not fun to see junior high students enjoy
their school life. Maybe I really liked being a teacher at school. I still miss the kids in Ebina City.

My father has been dead for many years. He was a clever guy, but didn't have a chance to get
good education. He left elementary school and no more. He wanted to work for the Japanese
National Railways, but he had to work as a farmer. He worked so hard from morning to evening.
I think he was a very good farmer and grew vegetables like watermelons, eggplants, tomatoes, and
fruits like melons, strawberries, and so on. However as a farmer he was very poor. There were some
reasons that I wanted to be a teacher. One of them was to give good education to poor children
like my father. In Japan everybody has to get equal education based on the constitution.



This is Maike and Sugar, a twin brother and sister who used to be in kill shelter is Praca.
Their life was only darkness, neglected, starved. They were very scared and tried to hide in
the corners. They had no trust in people. They were only bone and skin and in terrified condition.
But one day they had good news. They could move to a foster home in the UK. Now a happier
life was waiting for them. First they looked so sad, but now they're smiling in the bright yard.

(Wednesday, May 24, 2023)



He was lucky enough to be rescued near the river. The most important thing for a puppy is
food and water. If he didn't have enough food and water, he would have passed away. The
rescuer was worrried about his health, so he let him visit the usual vet. They didn't worry about
the little dog, and the rescuer took him home, let him take a shower, gave him dinner, and let him
meet a new friend. They were very playful and played together until they were exhausted.

(Thursday, May 25, 2023)

When I worked in Kamoi Junior High in Yokohama City, it took me about 2 hours to get there
by car. Even if I tried to go to school by bus and train, it also took me two hours. However first I
chose to use public transportation, because if you chose to go by car you couldn't help busy
traffic. Do you want to take about 3 hours to drive to school at Kamoi? It's incredible, right?

　I don't know why I had to work at such faraway school like Kamoi. But can you believe the City
Board of Education told me to move to a further school near Shin-Yokohama Station. Maybe they
wanted me to say that I was quitting the job. I usually hated by the Board of Education or principals
at school. They would have said, "Why don't you listen to us? Why aren't you obedient?" My answer
was quite simple and easy. "It's just because I don't want to do whatever you tell me to do."

　For some months I used public transportation, so I had to buy a lot of clothes(including good suits).
Still now at my apartment, I have many new clothes which I don't need to wear any more. I also have
a lot of new shirts. Now that I'm retired, I don't have to wear those expensive clothes.



The little boy in this video was quite active and friendly. When the rescuer met him first, he
looked like a pet dog who was so friendly to everyone. It seemed that the people in the video
was speking in Russian or in languages in eastern Europe. Paw Squadron is the name of the dog
rescue group, but the language used in the video is always English.

　They still didn't have any name for the boy, but he'll soon be adopted by some good family and
have his own cute name. There always appears a girl dog named Arra. She is always friendly to
any dog guest she meets. The first boy was so lucky that he was protected by good people.



This little boy was abandoned and neglected in the area. What do you mean by the word
"unwanted?" Strays dogs have been abandoned because they're unwanted animals? How do
you feel if you're evaluated as an unwanted person? Is it OK that nobody's interested in you?

　In this video the little boy was found by gentle people and they made a phone call to the
rescue organization soon. The puppy was lucky enough to be taken to the vet and the foster
home. He's such a beautiful boy who will be adopted in a few months. Was he the only puppy
who was born by his mom? Or did he have any other slblings? We have to take good care of
those little stray dogs. We sometimes have human children in distress. Why does that happen?



All of his body was covered with dirt and fleas. His fur was black, so when the rescuers first
found him, they couldn't locate him. Actually he was in the corner of the small box. When they
called him, he soon came out of the box happily. Maybe he was very lonely without any friends.

　It was difficult for the rescue people to remove all the dirt and fleas even after taking him a warm
bath. Now that he was refreshed, he was willing to enjoy dinner. The title of the video is perhaps
Spanish, I'm not sure. "Me demandz cuddles." Maybe it's "I'm asking for cuddles." Maybe he likes
to be cuddled by people. He had been through lonely life and that's why he loved cuddles.

What will I have for dinner tonight? Today something was wrong with my stomach and I had to
throw up early this morning. But luckily nothing was in my stomach because it was before breakfast.
How about some grated daikon radish? In the rice cooker, there is a lot of boiled rice. Grilled salmon
is good, I guess, but I don't want the frying pan to get dirty after cooking salmon.
　What about some sashimi (raw fish)? What do you say to eating motsu nikomi (simmered giblets)
well cooked and good for the stomach. But it's not easy to go shopping to buy something for dinner.
It's not a bad idea to eat eel even if it's from China. If you'd like Japanese eel, it'd cost you twice as
expensive as Chinese eel. Anyway I'm going to the supermarket and shop around for something good.

(Friday, May 26, 2023)

This morning I chose one video and watched it. "Have I seen it before?" I wasn't sure, but I
tried to watch it from the beginning to the end. It was a very sad story about a sick puppy who
was found lying in the debris. The rescuer took him to the emergency clinic ASAP. The vet examined
whole the body including the blood tests. One of the tests was positive and he had to try his best
for two more days. If he survived for the two days, maybe he would be OK. Let us just pray for him.

I've seen a lot of videos so far, but there were only two sad stories. The first puppy couldn't make
it and they had to bury him near the church. This boy in today's video is the second one. We'd like
to wish him good luck and want him to have some food and water to keep living. In the world there
are so many terrible animals and human children. Most of the rich people in big cities don't have to
worry about their health. It's not fair that we can't choose our lives. God bless the poor animals.




The last video above is the story about the miserable dog who has to struggle a few more
days to keep living. In the third video there's a puppy found hiding inside a dumped tire and he
was taken to the vet. The doctor found that the puppy was completely healthy. Because it's a
healthy boy, they'll just have to find a new adopting family. He's one of the luckiest boys

(Saturday, May 27, 2023)

As I planned to do today, I went to see the doctors in Tobu General Hospital. First I did blood
test and urine analysis and then went to see the psychotherapist for bipolar disorder. Because
I often felt like throwing up in the morning, I asked him to reduce the sum of medicine. He said
he'd like to check it out for some time. He always listen to my story and try to decide the
situation I'm in. Today I told him that I had retired my teaching job just a month before.

After that I saw diabetic tract medicine doctor. He let me see the inspection result and early
this morning and fixed the medicine. My blood glucose level this morning (called HbA1c) was 6.2 %
surprisingly. The last time it was 7.6 %, so the doctor was also surprised to see the result. He also
listened to me about feeling like throwing up in the morning and fixed the detail of medicine. I
don't know what will happen during the next two months, but let me give it a try.



Her story was so incredible. When they found her, she was dragging herself through the
snow. She couldn't move her hind legs, because they took her X-ray and found as many as
18 bullets inside her body. But luckily enough, any of those bullets got into her spinal cord,
which means that she has a possibility to get well and start walking again.

　There are sometime cruel people who intend to injure stray dogs. When they first met human
beings, they didn't expect any cruel deeds they'd get. The girl dog in this video must have been
so happy to see the animal doctors. They did their best to make her recovered. Finally she
could walk and swim in the examination pool. I have to thank God for giving her great luck.



They're not speaking English and judging from the beaches in the video, I guess they're from
Thailand or so. They have a lot of stray dogs and give them food and water. I don't see any
medical checks, so they have showered them without taking them to the vet. What're they going
to do to the puppies? Are they going to sell the dogs? I'm sorry, but I think of many possible
cruel things. However in so many southeast countries, they have to be kind to stray dogs because
of religious reasons. You can't take animals' lives away. You have to clean up the beaches too.

(Sunday, May 28, 2023)



At 19:03 on May 26, an big earthquake with a seismic intensity of a lower 5 on the seven-point
Japanese scale occurred off the east coast of Chiba Prefecture, a blank area for major earthquakes.
It was an earthquake of magnitude 6.2 and the depth of epicenter was 50 km. When I was a high
school student, I was interested in studying earthquakes, and I found the blank area off the coast
of east Chiba Prefecture was quite dangerous. A major earthquake might happen there at any time.
We have to remember that the dangerous area is next to the area of Great East Japan Earthquake.
　At 14:42 on May 5, there was an earthquake with a seismic intensity of a upper 6, an earthquake
of magnitude 6.3. We're having big earthquakes here and there these days. It is often said that we
have a very great earthquake when we forget about the disasters.
　Aren't you sometimes scared when you hear the emergency alarm? However many times it's not
true and we tend not to trust the alarm. We want it to be exact so that we might be able to get
prepared for dangerous earthquakes. Scientists insist that the greatest earthquakes will soon occur
around Nankai Trough, Kanto Area, off the coast of Hokkaido. Are they really coming soon? As I said
above, nothing happens when the scientists say they're coming soon. They will really come when
they stop predicting major earthquakes and most of us forget about the disasters.



Other than he had scabies, he was healthy and now he's ready to be adopted by a happy family.
The little boy was so cute that the woman who had found him first drove half way to meet the
rescuer. The boy was so friendly and playful. After seeing the vet, he came home to take a warm
shower, which he loved so much. It won't take too long before he's adopted by some good people.



It was incredible that the little puppy didn't have any fractures even after being run over
by a car. He was not bleeing, but the rescuer immediately took him to the emergency hospital
so that the vet checked everything about him. Very surprisingly he wasn't injured at all when
you think that he couldn't move on the side of the road.
　After being checked by the vet, he got suddenly very well and started playing with the other
dog at the rescuer's. They ate food together and liked their bellies rubbed and cuddled by the
rescue guy. Thanks everybody for taking care of the littles angels. May they get their new homes!

(Monday, May 29, 2023)

It'll soon get into June which will make me happy, because in the middle of June I'm going
to gain pension. We'll get pension once in two months. This is going to be my only income, so
it's very important. The sum of pension differs from person to person. I used to be a public
servant, so the sum of my pension is not very much or not very little. But some people get
only little money and have a hard time living every day. Japan is such an unfair country.



This is the video which was shot about two years ago. I still remember the first time I saw
the video. The stray dog followed to the couple's home and never walked away. First when they
invited him into the door, he hesitated to come in. But soon he followed them into the house and
took a shower and warmed himself up in front of the heater. He looked so happy that he could
meet warm-hearted people and stay with them until he meets an adopter. Two years have passed
since I saw this video first, he might have been adopted by some good people already.



On his way to the house who was kind enough to shelter the two dogs, he had a company
, also a girl in his car. Sometimes he let her sit on the driver's seat and drive his car. Finally he
took all the three girls home. They all took a shower and now they were all beautiful ladies. Then
he took them to the vet and he knew that they were all healthy. I don't know if they were all sisters.
Especially the one who drove the car might not be their sister. They look like one another, though.



The rescuer drove far in search of a little puppy this time. He was scared and hiding under
the stairs so that he might not be found. He was such a tiny boy, so it was very difficult to find
him. But at last the rescuer found him. First he was scared, but in the car he soon got used to
the atmosphere. He was examined at the vet and found healthy. Then as is usual the case he
was taken home to take a warm shower. He was quite calm and enjoyed dinner after that. I hope
he'll be able to be blessed with a good family and live a happy life with them ever after.

　　

The rescuer was surprised to see the little girl at night first, because her head was stuck in
in the milk carton and couldn't put her head off the box. After escaping from the carton, she was
asked to drink water, but she didn't like it. However when the rescuer tried to give them some food,
she was happy to eat a lot. After coming home she took a warm bath and became completely clean.
The next day he took her to his favorite vet and they knew that everything was OK about her. The
vet soon loved the little dog and they all stayed at the vet for some more time.
　She must have been so lonely in the darkness of the night. Every stray dog feels the same when
they have to live alone. But if they're healthy, they're lucky. If they're not, there is no one to help
them. Of course I like watching animal rescue videos, I'd like to know a lot about the sad animals.



When the rescuer drove over to the little girl, she looked lonely and sad and she was afraid
of coming near to him. But after eating a meal she was relieved and walked into the cage. Then
she went to the vet. Everything was OK with her. Next she went to the park, ate a meal again
and played with the rescuer. Lastly she had to take a shower to be cleaned up. Now that she's
a beautiful girl, she'll be adopted by a good family. Hope she'll have a happy life ever after.

(Tuesday, May 30, 2023)

These days I find it difficult to go to bed early. When I can't go to sleep soon, I won't be able
to wake up early the next morning. When I haven't slept a lot, I feel something wrong with my
stomach. Maybe this is because lack of sleep. Last night again I couldn't go to sleep well, and I
felt something wrong with my stomach, but it's over 9:00 now and the trouble with my stomach
has already gone. I have no idea why this happens to me every morning.

This morning there was a MLB game between the Los Angeles Angels and the Chicago White
Sox. The Angels won 4 runs at the top of the 1st inning and finally won the game. However the
closer today was Estevez who has been trusted by many team members, but today he invited a
pinch. Finally he could get over the critical situation The Angels won the White Sox by 6-4. But
we have a serious problem here. Shohei Otani couldn't make hits at all. What's he doing? He's
been seriously tired and couldn't make good results. He's not going to have many fans always.

When I was editing the first homepage of mine, I tried to make pages for English studies. I still
have the data, so I tried to rebuild the pages again, but it was not so easy. Some of the lines on
those pages are placed in the wrong areas. I wanted to fix them, but it's difficult to make it all right.
I gave it a try once again, but it didn't work well. I think I'll have to give it up at present. I have a
lot of free time this year, so give me time to make it for the third time. Do you think it's a good idea
to make those pages again from the very start? You do surprise me by saying so.



She was outside at under -17 degrees Celsius. She must have been so cold and hungry until
she met the rescuer later. The rescuer took her back home and let her take a shower. He cleaned
her up as many as three times, and then enjoyed the proper dinner with her friend at the rescuer's
house. The next day they went to see the vet and peed on the floor, but she behaved as if nothing
had happened. What a funny game they were paying! Anyway it's such a cruel situation she's been
when she didn't have her mother around her. Even human children need their mothers with them.
Maybe fathers could be staying far away, but mothers should be with puppies for at least the first
few months after they're born. In this video, the girl was screaming for some time. That's why
the thoughtful people made a urgent call to the rescuer. She screamed because she was lonely.

(Wednesday, May 31, 2023)



Because this is a scene from sports news, it won't be possible to watch it sooner or later.
In today's game with Chikago White Sox, Ohtani Shohei hit his 13th homerun. Maybe he had
had a hard time not being able to make a hit or a homerun through some games. How about
Aaron Judge for the New York Yankees? He made his 18th homerun today. Some people blame
him for hitting false homeruns in the last season with fake baseballs. But I believe he was fair
to become a homerun king. Shohei is different from other players. He's also a different pitcher
from other pitchers. Comparing himself with other major league players is not a good idea at all.
I'm not a professional baseball critic, but I'd like to say to him,"Take good care of yourself, and
do your very best. Your fans are waiting for your great performance and want to become happy."

Do you know SEO about web-sites? When the specialized word on the web-site is searched,
the web-site could be ranked upward. The problem is if you have to pay much money for SEO.
I've checked paid SEO, it will cost you about \5,000 per month. Isn't it too expensive? I don't want
to even pay much for my web-site. If you pay a lot, you'll be able to get much. But I you try to do
it for nothing, you can look forward to getting something.
　SEO is a shortened form of Search Engine Optimization. "Optimizatiion" means to make the
results proper or good. But actually I don't quite understand what those words mean.

(Thursday, June 1, 2023)

The DC adapter I found in the study of my apartment was different from the correct one.
Should I ask the shopclerk of the electronics retail store to take out the data from the external
hard disk and copy it in a different device? However the problem is how much it'll cost me. Last
year when I bought a new computer with restored data in it, it cost me about \200,000, which is
quite surprising, right? If it costs about \50,000, it won't be worth while to ask the shop to do the
job. Instead of asking the shop, I should copy the data in my new computer to make a copy device
by using the data. The question is how much time it takes me to finish working on it.



How could it happen that the owner of the dog left him behind and evacuated himself? Later
he was named Toby. When the recuers went to meet him, it was almost impossible to see, because
he didn't have any food or water. He ate a lot and went to the vet clinic so that the doctor might
be able to do whatever he needed. He was a pit bull, so it might sometimes be difficult to take care
of him. But he looked like a very good boy. Even poor human children find it hard to eat and drink
enough. Of course we have to help them out of the miserable situations. And also we have to take
good care of the poor abandoned dogs who haven't eaten or drunk for a long time.

This morning the Los Angels Angels had an early game with the Chicago White Sox. The Angels
won the game by 12-5. In the game like a summer fireworks festival Ohtani Shohei hit his 14th and
15th homeruns. Both of them were two-run homers. Before Shohei Trout his his 13th homerun.
When they both hit homeruns, the Angels will never lose games. When they hit homeruns in the same
games, they are called "Trou-tani," which Trout himself likes very much.
　It's very hard for major baseball players to always maintain favorable condition. When they're no
good, they criticize the players, but they can't help the players. If you're good fans, you always have
to cheer them up even if the team didn't win the game. I haven't been a good fan, have I?

(Friday, June 2, 2023)

Today's morning we had to throw away empty plastic bottles. When we do that we have to peel
off the labels on each bottle and wash inside it. And one more thing, we've got to smash them off.
The day comes once in two weeks, so we mustn't forget the day, or we'll have to pile them up inside
the apartment for two more weeks. That's too bad, isn't it? Plastic bottles and plastic goods are quite
different from one another. Plastic goods will be collected on Tuesdays.

This afternoon I tried to register my web-page on the Google Search Engine, but I didn't make it
all right. How many times have I tried that? I have never succeeded in doing the job. However I'll have
to make it someday. If I'm OK with it, my web-site will be visited by more people. I tried to access
the Google site this evening once again, but I made the same mistakes times and times again. I don't
know what to do with it. Maybe someday I'll be able to meet someone who would tell me how to make
it all right. Basically I'm no good at using a computer, so I don't have to hurry to make a success.




I happened to listen to "Melody Fair" by the Bee Gees as a theme song for the movie "Melody,"
while I was going to bed and watching You Tube on my cell phone. So I soon got out of bed again
and tried to find some good photos of those two movie stars, young and old. I was very much
impressed to see the videos shot when they visited Japan in October, 2022, in memory of the 50th
anniversary of the movie's release in 1971. Mark Lester was born on July 11, 1958 and Tracy Hyde
on May 16, 1960. Mark Lester is about the same age as mine. I was born on March 20, 1958.
　When I first saw the movie, I was in the second grade of junior high school. I was very much
impressed by the beautiful faces of the British couple which were quite different from us Japanese.
I went to see the movie as many as 8 times and also 4 times after graduating from high school. Of
course I liked the songs by the Bee Gees and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. instead of listening to the
Beatles like other friends of the same age.
　Even now when I see Mark Lester and Tracy Hyde, my bittersweet memories are sure to be revived
after those 50 years. They are such good nice days that I can't forget. I think I'm so glad to remember
those young days that I spent with my girlfriend and to write something about the cute couple.

(Saturday, June 3, 2023)





Last night I wrote about the memorable movie "Melody" produced in Britain. So this morning
I introduced some interview videos. Especially the interview with Tracy Hyde when she was a
young actress. Both Mark Lester and Tracy Hyde stay the same as they appeared in the movie.
It's very surprising that we could wash away the gap of 50 years between the time when the
film was released in 1971 and the present day when they visited Japan in 2022. Quite impressive!

Hey, it's a great piece of news this morning, but Shohei Ohtani has made a horrible start in
today's game. He gave them a two-run homer and now the Houston Astros leads the Los Angels
Angels by 2-0. What's going to happen after this? I don't think it's going to be a lucky day for Shohei.
Let's see how he pitches at the bottom of the 2nd inning. I also feel that he's getting better now.
　But finally the Angels lost the important game by 2-6. The Astros are so strong that I don't think
the Angels will go over the strong team at the end of this season. Shohei Otani became the losing
pitcher twice this season. He's now hit his 15th homerun and won just 5 games as a starting pitcher.
That's why he's called a two-way pitcher, but if he couldn't do good jobs for either of them, should
we call him the greatest baseball player in the world? I'm very sorry, but he must be too tired.



Maybe this is my last time to talk about the fantastic movie "Melody." I'm very sorry that the
boy Jack Wild who played the role of "Ornshaw" died at the age of 53 in 2006 because of cancer.
Now Tracy Hyde (Melody) has become 63 years old and Mark Lester (Daniel) has become 64. Still
they'll make a good couple. Especially I was surprised that Tracy Hyde is no different from that
young girl in the movie. When she listens to the song "Melody Fair" by the Bee Gees, she can't
stop but weep. For her too, it was a quite memorable moment of growing-up.

(Sunday, June 4, 2023)



"Innocent" should be the word for the pretty boy who was found at the sand-collecting site.
He was very friendly and playful at the same time. Many people including the vet fell in love with
him, and he was soon adopted by the doctor. When the rescuer met him first, it seemed that he
didn't understand why he had been abandoned there alone. I'm very sorry for stray puppies who
didn't know how to drink milk from their mothers. Or he didn't even know the mother's face.





Of course you know the famous actress Drew Barrymore who made a sensational screen
debut in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. She first appeared in the film at the age of seven in 1982.
She actually had a very hard time in her teenage days. But after the storm of life, she became
a very beautiful woman, a good mother at the same time. When we watch her in her childhood,
we noticed that she was answering the TV interview just like a grown-up lady. Very funny.

(Monday, June 5, 2023)



I almost forgot to introduce this song which started the movie "Melody." It was sung by the
Bee Gees who gave many beautiful songs to the movie. It really gives us a feeling that the morning
is coming. ♪In the morning when the moon is at its rest ....♪ The first few words they sang were
like these. For me the Bee Gees were much greater than the Beatles, which came into my heart
much later when I became a college student. Now I love most of their songs.

This morning I had a trouble with my homepage editing. I couldn't see the counter on the index
page which counts the number of people visiting my homepage. The problem seemed to have
something to do with the web-site ranking banner, but I didn't know how to erase the banner. I
couldn't even open the index page on my homepage builder. I thought I should go to the homepage
server to see what I can do about the problem. And finally I found the way to get rid of the problem.
　It's sometimes troublemaking to build a site on the Internet. I've really noticed that I was no good
at working on the computer. Yes, I know I'll be able to learn gradually as to how to do a better job
with building a web-site. I know it's very interesting, but very difficult at the same time.



How could anyone abandon the little puppy into the abandoned swimming pool without any
food and water? Maybe it shouldn't have been a long time since he was left there, because if
he didn't have any food and water, he could't have lived long. Anyway he was so lucky to be
rescued by the animal protection group in the city. As was usually the case with rescued animals,
he was taken to the vet and they knew that the fleas were the only problems he had.

When I was working in Ebina City, the City Board of Education criticezed me for editing a blog
almost every day. It was like this diary written in both Japanese and English. I still don't think I
was wrong in doing so, but they didn't like it to be made public. If you're the only one who write a
blog, then you'll be spotlighted and that's not fair. That's what the principal explained to me about
the social networking service. However it's quite different from leaking private things on school.
Now I'm free from the stupid rule, I feel it enjoyable to write diaries, Japanese and English.

Now I've washed the bathtub and I'm filling it with hot water. Recently I've been using hot spring
power to make the water milky white (called "turbid hot spring"). I was so surprised to see a lot of
white powder inside the bathtub. Once someone said that using too much turbid powder makes the
bathtub go bad soon. But they talked about sulfur, didn't they. I think it's true that using sulfur powder
will make the bathtub rusty. Nobody's going to use real sulfur for taking a bath today.
　I've been searching a good video which shows good milky white hot spring, but most of the videos
were very long. Of course you can't go quickly through hot spring videos, because you usually take
a long time bathing in a hot spring. Just going through hot springs quickly is a stupid idea to realize.
However I have wonderful hot spring sites in Hakone. It's a nearby resort area where we can enjoy
white milky hot spring in Sengokubara. Once the owner of the biggest hotel in Sengokubara was the
father of the female music teacher in Chigasaki City. And he let us enjoy taking a hot bath there.


　If you have some photos in Hakone, you can feel as if you were there to bathe in hot springs
there. The water is really milky white which will make us happy by just staying in the hot water.
Most of the hotels in Hakone serve good food, because it has a good bay at the foot of the mountain.
But there is one big problem. If you're not a good driver, Hakone is such a long way from Chigasaki.
Am I? Sorry, but I'm not so good at driving a car. Using the Odakyu Line and the Hakone Tozan
Railway is another good idea to go to Hakone. If you use trains, you'll be able to enjoy station lunch.

(Tuesday, June 6, 2023)




In the first video, the little girl was first scared, but soon she became friendly and let them
carry her to the car. At the very end of the video, while they were walking outside. they met a
lovely family and they decided to adopt her. She was so lucky that she was rescued.
　The little girl in the second video, had a very different character. When she met the rescuer
for the first time, she was surprisingly friendly and she came to the rescuer ASAP. She was all
wearing black fur which made her look so beautiful. I'm glad I watched two good videos.



Maybe the rescuer went to save the puppy with his wife and a cute baby in his car. When
the boy met the family for the first time, he was very scared of new people. So the rescuer gave
him enough time to get used to the rescuing family. At the vet he was found completely healthy.
After the medical check he went back to the rescuer's apartment and took a warm shower.
　I thought that little stray puppies were so strong without their mothers beside them. Mother
dogs should also be strong, because they have to take care of her babies. I wish many of the
stray puppies rescued by good people will have lucky and happy lives at new loving homes.

I didn't go see a doctor, but when I was 14 years old in junior high school, I seemed to have a
nasal problem which was medically called "empyema." Actually I was very good at studying math
when I was in junior high school, but I garadually became no good at it. I couldn't understand what
was taught by the math teacher both at school and at juku school.
　I passed very tough entrance exams for high school and entered a top-ranked high school, which
was very famous in Japan. I had to study as hard as other students, but I couldn't understand what
it was even written in textbooks. I wanted to go to Tokyo University, but I knew I had to give up my
dream. For me it was meaningless to stay at a difficult school like that. I thought of killing myself,
but it was also tough to stop living by going to school. I decided to go to see a nasal doctor and he
told me that I would soon get better by keep coming to his clinic. As he told me, I gradually understood
what I was learning at school, but it was too late for entering Tokyo University.
　Maybe it was the starting point of my disease. I was suffering from "bipolar disorder." I had a lot of
energy, but in order to protect myself, my body had to stop going on. So once I could run so quickly,
but then I suddenly stopped running. When a psychiatrist saw me in that situation, the doctor would
have decided that I had "depression." However there was a very serious problem in which the pills
for the two diseases differed one another. Their effects were quite opposite. Those who suffer from
"bipolar disorder" should never take pills for "depression." If they do, their diseases will get worse.
　When I met the intelligent psychiatrist, he said to me, "You have never been depressed, right?"
And at the same time he said, "You should take proper pills from now on, and you'll get better." I'm
now completely OK by taking those special pills for about 15 years, which makes me feel so good.
Both meeting good teachers and good doctors are very important and very critical.
　If I hadn't have a nasal disease in junior high school, I could have kept of being a smart kid. But if
I didn't have troubles in high school, I would have never become an English teacher. If I could decide
a different life, would I choose to study hard to go to Tokyo University? Difficult choice, isn't it?