Great!

母の脳外科デー。先月の血液検査の結果、少し貧血はあるが問題なし!あなた痩せてるのに栄養状態OKだね!コレステロールも中性脂肪値も血糖値も肝臓の値も大丈夫!うん!

Great!

と書いてくれた。Great!ですか?とドクタに言うと、うんGreat!、だけどPerfect!じゃなからね。(笑)だって。。。まだ上があったか。CTの結果も新たな変化はなくてOKとのこと。「あなた、8年前にここに来た時よりもずっと元気そうに見えるよ。」と言ってもらっていた。帰りに母のリクエストでまたもや「さわやか」へ。前回行った時に隣の席の人が食べていたカレーが美味しそうだったから食べたい!と言うのでオーダーしたのだが、カレーは母にはスパイシー過ぎたらしい。結局セットのハンバーグばかり食べていた。私はついにさわやかハンバーガーを食べてみた。

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近くの大学前の銀杏並木が紅葉しているかなと回り道をしてみたらまだ黄色になり始めだったが良い感じになっていて、すごく綺麗!こんなところがあったんだねぇ、今度のデイサービスでみんなに教えてあげなくちゃ♪と喜んでいた。良かった。そして、あ、夕飯には茶碗蒸しが食べたいな。という。黄色がインスパイアしたか。。。笑)

少し前に話題になった食パンも電話予約出来るようになったと知ってようやく買えた。(以前は並ばないと買えないと聞いていたので)美ネージュ食パンと比べられることが多いけど、全然違うテイストだった。Great!!!どちらも美味しいのでどちらも好き。このパンは翌日もまだ柔らかくて焼かなくても美味しいそうなので明日も楽しみだ。

 

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修理に

出してあった車が戻って来た。どこが凹んでたのか忘れてしまうくらい綺麗になっていて嬉しい。直して良かった。大事にしてやっぱり後5年くらい乗ろうと思う。まだ5万キロだし。代車は古いmoveでおもちゃを運転しているみたいでそれはそれで面白いなぁと思いながら乗っていたが自分の車に戻ったらこの安心感すごい。ほんと良い車だと思う。家人はこの車を運転すると色々(文句を)言うが私にはちょうどいい感じなのだ。

友人と所用のメッセージのやり取りをしていて、突然実は。。。とお母様の訃報を知らされる。今月頭のことだったそう。ご家族で食事中に倒れられて、、友人は仕事中でご家族から連絡がきて慌てて帰ったが間に合わなかったんだそう。この間会って話した時にはお母様はお元気だと聞いていたので、本当に突然だったのだろう。もうそういう年齢だからいつ何時その日が来てもおかしくないのだなぁと思い、友人は自分は間に合わなかったが家族と一緒のときで良かったよ。それだけは。と言っていた。切ない。

義母から電話があり、先日家人と私が登った山にある義父が寄贈したお地蔵さんのことが頭から離れないのよと言う。義父が寄贈した名前入りの碑というものが他にも数カ所あるらしいが、それらよりもその地蔵さんがどうも気になるし、すっかりその存在を忘れていたので何十年も見ていないので今度山から降りたらお参りしたいから連れて行って欲しいとのこと。景色が綺麗なので母も連れて行きたいくらいだが車椅子の移動設備はできてなかったから無理か(どこに行ってもそこはチェックしてしまう^^)。それからまた義母が今年でいよいよ山を降りようかしらと言う。そうして冬以外も義兄一家と暮らしてくれたら安心だけど、住み慣れたお友達もたくさんいる場所を離れるのはなかなか。。なのだろう。去年もそう言ってたが春には結局また山に戻って行った。私よりも義兄夫婦がヤキモキしているだろう。何もできないが、私はお地蔵さんを一緒に見に行く調整くらいはしたい。

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お山の上の百体地蔵さん。

この写真を義母に送ったらすごく喜んで実物にお参りしたいとなった。子供を連れているのが義父が寄贈したものだと義母も覚えていた。この山で義父も家人もよく遊んでいたそうだ。(ロープウェイを使わずに登ってたとか!?)

竜ちゃん

の慰霊祭へ。大雨だったので今年は初めてお寺の本堂での慰霊祭となった。小雨ぐらいだと外の慰霊塔のところで行われていたが。竜の最後のお世話にも後悔がある。もうちょっと色々できたのではないかなぁと今また思える。寝たきりニャンコ生活半年は辛かったろうな。。。

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今朝はまた台風一過で晴れ。朝から洗濯機を3回している。干すぞーっ!!!

Oct 28th, 2017

今日トピック多過ぎ。^^  日産、スバルときたから来月あたりホンダが。。。

 

1)   The head of Japanese automaker Subaru bowed deeply in apology Friday as the company admitted that it has been carrying out flawed inspections of its Japan-made cars for years.

2)   The number of reported bullying cases at Japanese schools hit a record high of more than 320,000 in the 2016 academic year due partly to efforts to detect early signs, the education ministry says.

Altogether 323,808 bullying cases at elementary, junior high and high schools were reported, up 43.8% from a year before, with the figure for elementary schools jumping 1.5-fold.  90.6% of the total cases had been resolved.

3)   A Japanese teenager is suing the government of Osaka, saying her public high school repeatedly forced her to dye her naturally-brown hair black or be banned from attending school, local media reported on Friday.

In a lawsuit filed in Osaka District Court, the 18-year-old girl said her mother informed Kaifukan School in Habikino city upon her enrolment that she was born with brownish hair, as the school had a policy banning hair coloring, media reported.

Educators, however, instructed her to color her hair black, telling her repeatedly that the dye job was insufficient and forcing her to “either dye the hair black or quit school”, Kyodo news reported, citing the lawsuit.

4)   Japan’s Nikkei share average rose more than 1% to a fresh 21-year high on Friday, led by banking shares as U.S. yields remained high and by tech shares after their U.S. counterparts posted strong earnings.

5)   Approximately 1,000 apples were stolen earlier this week from an orchard in Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture, shortly after they were picked.

According to police, at around 4:30 p.m. on Oct 24, the owner of the orchard reported that 1,000 Fuji apples awaiting their scheduled shipment had been stolen, Fuji TV reported. The stolen apples are worth about 40,000 yen

6)   Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday called for pay hikes through negotiations between management and labor unions next spring, making such a request for the fifth straight year to inject fresh momentum into wage growth.

“I hope to see wages raised by 3% in next spring’s wage talks,” Abe told a government panel meeting at his office. It’s rare for the prime minister to refer to a specific number for wage increase.

7)   Don’t want Amazon boxes sitting on the porch? The company hopes you’ll let a stranger inside to drop them off.

Amazon said Wednesday it’ll launch a service called Amazon Key next month that will let people allow the door to be unlocked when they’re not there so packages can be left inside.

The proposal drew plenty of humorous reactions on social media, as well as concerns about safety or delivery employees being mistaken for intruders. Amazon said the drivers would be well-vetted, while one expert said the company has built up trust with customers and younger customers were more likely to try it out.

8)   With the arrival of the cold-and-cough season, you may be thinking about cooking up a big batch of chicken soup as a cure for what ails us.

I love the stuff, too, but I suggest you stock up on some fresh ginger root instead. Ginger, of course, is one of the many flavors to be found in a stir-fry Asian dish or Indian curry. But used in larger quantities than specified for those recipes, it can become quite spicy. Of all the home remedies out there, I have found tea, prepared with fresh ginger, to be the most effective.

9)   Percent of men who favor the addition of male-only trains cars

● Age 20-29: 66 percent

● Age 30-39: 51 percent

● Age 40-49: 47 percent

● Age 50-59: 38 percent

Percent of women who favor the addition of male-only trains cars

● Age 20-29: 58 percent

● Age 30-39: 53 percent

● Age 40-49: 63 percent

● Age 50-59: 57 percent

10)   The regional parliament of Catalonia has voted to unilaterally declare independence from Spain. The move comes after voters overwhelmingly chose to break away in a referendum earlier this month.

The 135-member Catalan parliament reconvened a plenary session on Friday to discuss the issue. 70 voted in favor, 10 were against and 2 submitted blank ballots.

Meanwhile, the upper house of Spain’s parliament authorized Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy to impose direct rule on Catalonia. Rajoy says he will first dismiss Catalan President Carles Puigdemont.

11)   US President Donald Trump has stressed that he will be working to solve the problems of North Korea’s missile and nuclear threats.

Trump spoke in an interview with FOX TV on Wednesday, ahead of his visit to Japan, South Korea and China from November 5th.

He said he hopes his Asian tour will be historic and positive. He said they have to solve the North Korea issue, which he said is a very big problem. Trump said he will get it solved.

12)   Malicious software has been used to launch a massive cyber-attack against computers in Russia and Ukraine.

Russian media outlets say the malware took down the country’s Interfax news agency on Tuesday.

The attack also affected Ukraine’s Odessa airport and Kiev’s subway system. Flights were delayed, as staff members had to handle boarding procedures manually.

Bulgaria, Germany, and Turkey were similarly targeted.

An expert at the Israeli information security firm Kela says the malware, called BadRabbit, locks computers using encryption and demands a ransom for their release.

13)   A driverless bus has taken to the roads in the southeastern German state of Bavaria.

The first self-driving shuttle service in Germany, operated by state-owned rail company Deutsche Bahn, started in Bad Birnbach, a spa resort with a population of about 6,000, on Wednesday.

The small, 6-seat electric vehicle developed by a French startup doesn’t have a driver’s wheel. It detects its surrounding environment with sensors and relies on GPS to confirm where it is running.

The bus shuttles some 700 meters linking the town center and spas at a speed of less than 15 kilometers per hour.

14)   Kobe Steel says its JIS or Japanese Industrial Standards certificate has been revoked for some products at a subsidiary for data falsification.

Its officials said on Thursday that quality control authorities Japan Quality Assurance Organization removed the certification for some copper products.

15)   A private study group says economic losses from unclaimed land in Japan last year amount to about 1.6 billion dollars.

When legal heirs or other successors fail to register their ownership of estates, their land becomes unclaimed.

The group estimated in June that Japan’s unclaimed land totaled about 4.1 million hectares. That’s equivalent in size to the southwestern island of Kyushu.

16)   Japan’s Finance Ministry has presented a plan to review and curb medical and other social security expenses in forming the fiscal 2018 budget.

Medical, nursing and other social security expenses account for about one-third of government spending. The plan proposes an additional increase in the 10 percent ceiling on co-payment for seniors aged 75 or older. It says the ceiling should be reviewed in fiscal 2019 or after. The government hopes to gradually raise the ceiling to 20 percent.

17)   Japan’s opposition party Hope led by Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike has decided not to name a co-leader for the time being in the wake of their setback in Sunday’s general election.

The decision comes after Koike said she will remain party president while serving as Tokyo governor

18)   The leader of Japan’s opposition Democratic Party, Seiji Maehara, has expressed his intention to resign from the post.

19)   Japan’s Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko have visited victims of torrential rains in northern Kyushu, western Japan, where more than 1,000 people are still living in temporary housing 3 months after the disaster struck.

20)   The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department is tightening security in the capital ahead of US President Donald Trump’s visit next month.

Trump will arrive in Tokyo on November 5th. The president’s 3-day trip to Japan is part of his Asian tour.

さんまカレンダー

おなじみ、「あのお話が・・」とディサービスのスタッフの人が言う。こ、今度はなんですか?と聞くと、実は今日は来月のカレンダー作りをしてもらおうと思ったのですが、先月のカレンダーをまだもらっていないとたいそう怒られていて。。。大変申し訳ございませんでした。。。とのことであった。母よ。。汗)

確かにそのカレンダーのことは聞いていた。さんまを作ったから今度のカレンダーはさんまカレンダーだよ。へぇ楽しみだね。楽しみにしててね。なんて話を確かにした。しかし、それからだいぶ経ちそういえばもう10月も終わるがカレンダーもらってなかったか。。。。それなのに、11月のカレンダーを作ることになって腹がたったのだろう。11月は栗にする?菊にする?と聞かれたから、さんまのカレンダーをもらえないなら作らない!!と言ってやった!。。。そうだ。(汗)。。。。もう10月が終わるのに本当に申し訳ありませんでした。手違いでお渡しするのを忘れていて。。。と、謝罪のスタッフがちゃんと持って来てくれた。^^ 人手不足で起きていることだろうなと私は同情するが、母はずっといつだろういつもらえるのだろうと思っていたらしい。でも悪いと思って言わずに我慢していたんだよ。でも11月のカレンダーを作れと言われて我慢できなかった。と。家人に話すとそりゃーお義母さんが正しい。そうやってちゃんと主張して正解だね!とのことである。^^

ともかく、そんなさんまカレンダーはもうちょっとで10月が終わるが我が家のダイニングに無事収まった。アルミホイルで作られたさんま。なかなかいい。気に入っている。このさんまカレンダーいいねぇ。と母に言うと「そうでしょー。だから早く欲しかったのにー!!」なるほど。納得。

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ドラフト

友人の旦那様の教え子ちゃんたちがまた今年もドラフトにかかっているそうである。旦那様も友人もドラフト会議の日は毎年ドキドキしているそうだ。なので昨夜も今からドラフト始まるー(ドキドキ)とLINEのメッセージが入った。そして教え子ちゃんが指名されて某球団に無事決まったそうだ。私は野球はよくわからないけれど(社会人野球のチアガールをやって彼女の旦那様を東京ドームで応援していた時代もあるのに^^)しかし自分の教え子が何人もプロ野球で活躍しているのは嬉しいだろうなぁ。怪我や失敗しやしないかとドキドキもしそうだが。

台風後

夜LINEがピコピコと連続で鳴り見ると友人よりメッセージ。今ここに閉じ込められているー(地図つき)とある。なんでもお身内の病院に会社帰りに行く途中の橋の上が渋滞しているなぁと思ったが進み橋の上にて2時間経過とのこと。(普段1分くらいで通り過ぎる道)台風の影響で周辺のあちこちの道で通行止めなどが重なりその道にトラフィックが集中したらしい。その後しばらくして橋を渡り終えたが病院の面会時間は遠に過ぎ、疲れ果ててしまったので病院のには行かずUターンしてコンビニに寄り水分補給とトイレを済ませ今家に戻ったと連絡が来た。無事橋を渡り終わってよかった。今回の台風で三重の友人宅ではまた浸水があったという。職場の人も電車が動かず職場に行けません。と連絡があったな。我が家の周りは葉っぱやごみが道路に散らばったくらいだった。ありがたいと思わねば。

台風作用

台風の気圧のせいか母の調子も今ひとつの週末。すぐ眠くてなってしまうようで、ウトウトして起きては、どうしようどうしようと言うので、どうしたの?と尋ねると、今日は何日?一週間くらい寝てしまった?などとミラクルなことを言う。まださっきから2時間くらいしか経ってないよ?と言うとええええ?嘘よ。そんな訳ないわー。もう一週間は経っている。ずっと寝てしまった。。。と嘆くのである。(一日中これの繰り返し^^)そんな時はお約束で色々なことができなくなり、大きな洗濯物が山のようになるが、なのに雨で干せずで悲しい。今朝台風一過で晴れたので、鬼のように洗って干しました。嬉しい。スッキリ。

….帰ったら、台風の尻尾の風の強さで、シーツがベランダに何枚か落ちていて洗い直しとなる。ぐすん!台風め!

Oct 21st, 2017

開口一番。明日、選挙だね!と言われた。台風前に行かねば!今日行っとくか。フゥ。その前に母を整形外科に連れて行かねば。予約時間が遅めだから雨が降らないといいけれど。

1)   Lab experiments on a new strain of the H7N9 bird flu circulating in China suggest the virus can transmit easily among animals and can cause lethal disease, raising alarm that the virus has the potential to trigger a global human pandemic, researchers reported on Thursday.

2)   Emperor Akihito is likely to abdicate at the end of March 2019 and Crown Prince Naruhito is expected to ascend the throne in April, the first abdication by a Japanese monarch in nearly two centuries, the Asahi newspaper reported on Friday.

3)   Former employees of Kobe Steel Ltd have revealed how the firm systematically shipped products that did not meet specifications without notifying clients for years, with one saying memos had been passed down detailing how to carry out the deceptive practice.

The former employee, who worked at the steelmaker’s aluminum and copper division in the 1990s, told Kyodo News that the memos passed down in the division outlined how far products could deviate from agreed-upon specifications without causing noticeable issues.

4)   A record number of minors were victimized in crimes such as child pornography and prostitution through social networking services in the first half of 2017, police data showed Thursday.

A total of 919 people under 18 fell victim in the January to June period, up 30 from a year earlier and the highest number since comparable data became available in 2008. Female high school and junior high school students accounted for nearly 80% of all victims, according to the National Police Agency.

5)   As many as three million people in the United States carry a loaded handgun daily, while nine million do so at least once a month, according to a U.S. study Thursday.

Most of these gun-toting Americans are young men, live in the south and say personal protection is a top reason for walking around with a deadly weapon, said the report in the American Journal of Public Health.

6)   Japan’s Nikkei share average rose for the 14th straight session on Friday to post its longest winning streak since January 1961, as a weaker yen helped stocks recoup earlier losses.

The Nikkei opened 0.3% lower but ended up 0.04%, or 9.12 points, at 21,457.64. That was enough to clinch its longest daily winning streak since 1961.

7)   Japan’s September trade surplus expanded nearly 40% from a year earlier as exports of cars and chemical products surged on brisk demand from major trading partners, the government said Thursday.

The world’s third-largest economy logged a surplus of 670.2 billion yen, up 37.7% from a year earlier, according to data from the finance ministry.

8)   Nissan said Thursday it was suspending all production destined for the local market, as Japan’s number-two automaker grapples with a mounting inspection scandal that has already seen it recall some 1.2 million vehicles.

The announcement comes weeks after the company admitted that staff without proper authorisation had conducted final inspections on some vehicles intended for the domestic market before they were shipped to dealers.

9)   The Japanese government is arranging a meeting between Emperor Akihito and U.S. President Donald Trump when the U.S. leader visits Tokyo on Nov 5 to 7, a government source said Wednesday.

10)   Prime Minister Shinzo Abe would have liked to see more robust wage growth and private consumption under his “Abenomics” policy mix, but he is still claiming credit for one thing: an improving job market.

Female labor participation has been markedly on the rise, with the jobless rate for women staying at a 24-year low.

Childcare support is still lacking despite the need to encourage more women, particularly those raising children, to join the workforce, which is expected to shrink further.

11)   Young Japanese will back the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in a lower house vote on Sunday at a higher rate than their elders, survey data shows, apparently reflecting approval of low unemployment, not an ideological drift to the right.

Among voters aged 18 to 29, 41% intend to vote for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s LDP in proportional representation districts, according to a survey by the Asahi Shimbun daily published on Thursday.

12)   Japanese mass media researchers and journalists have increased their efforts to identify fake information on the internet related to the upcoming House of Representatives election in a bid to stem the spread of fake news affecting voter behavior.

Fake news, typically social media stories containing incorrect information, has been a major issue in recent elections in Europe and the United States, including the U.S. presidential race last year, they said.

13)   A typhoon is expected to lash Japan with heavy rains Sunday, potentially weighing on turnout as millions of voters head to the polls in the world’s third-biggest economy.

14)   Four people who went missing on Tuesday on Mount Asahidake in Hokkaido, northern Japan, have been rescued by helicopter.

The 4 — a Japanese couple and 2 foreigners in their 20s — got lost while descending the peak.

The 2,291-meter Asahidake in the Taisetsu mountain range is the highest peak in Hokkaido.

15)   A man snatched a pistol from a policeman and fired 2 shots in a shopping center on Friday in southwestern Japan.

The incident occurred in Onojo City, Fukuoka Prefecture.

A guard at the shopping center detained a man for suspected shoplifting. A police officer arrived at the shopping center’s office afterwards to take custody of the man.

But he scuffled with the officer, snatched his pistol and fired 2 shots before being subdued. Police say the bullets hit a cabinet in the office and nobody was injured.

16)   An elderly driver has run over pedestrians in Tokyo’s busy district of Kichijoji, reportedly injuring 7 people.

The incident took place at a pedestrian crossing on Friday afternoon

17)   Japan’s Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus has unveiled what it says is the world’s first mass-produced electric truck, as automakers around the world go all out to develop cars that run on battery power.

The vehicle can carry about 3 tons of cargo and travel about 100 kilometers on a single charge.

The truck, unveiled on Thursday, will be used by Japan’s largest convenience store chain, Seven-Eleven. The company plans to purchase 25 of them by next summer for use in the greater Tokyo area.

18)   A major Japanese home builder says it hopes to operate solely on renewable energy by 2040. It plans to achieve the goal by purchasing solar power from the owners of houses it has built.

Sekisui House says that’s to advance the firm’s efforts to fight global warming.

In Japan, electricity from renewable energy sources is currently purchased by power companies at fixed prices.

But purchases of power from private houses by utilities will gradually come to an end from 2019. Sekisui House plans to start buying that electricity.

The plan follows a global shift to clean energy. IT giant Apple and auto firm BMW are among the companies that have committed themselves to the goal of operating solely on renewable energy.

19)   China’s Gross Domestic Product grew 6.8 percent between July and September from the same period of last year. That is down 0.1 of a percentage point from the previous quarter.

20)   The research team that developed the AlphaGo artificial intelligence says a new version became strong through playing games against itself and without learning moves from human players. AlphaGo has beaten the top human players of the game of Go.

腐ってないよ

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姉から黒豆の枝豆もらいました。(会社の斡旋があったらしい)

黒いところが多くて見た目が悪いけれどこれは熟成の証らしい。

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なるほどなかはふっくら、もちっとしてて美味しい。大粒だし。

黒豆の枝豆と聞くとやっぱり美味しんぼ!

この枝豆を出されて方が腐っていると怒り出して、でも実は。。。

という話でした。^^

 

 

 

朝活

朝7:30より埋め立てゴミ当番。30分町内の公会堂前のゴミ置き場に立ってゴミを仕分けや整理などなどをするのだけれど埋め立ての時はあまり仕事がないので(資源ごみはたくさんやることがあるけれど)町内の人とのお話タイム。選挙どうしますー?と聞かれて困った。ほんと、誰に入れたらいいんだろうねー。と皆言ってた。朝はだいたい5時くらいには起きてるが、10分間体操をして、母のトイレを手伝ったり、片付け、朝ごはん、そして家人の朝の用意をして、出勤前に2Fと3F分の掃除洗濯(今日はようやく晴れて嬉しい!)なので、ゴミ当番がここに入ると大忙しであるな。家人に「朝の階段昇降エクセサイズがうるさい(ドタドタ歩くから)」言われるけど、母の居室との往復で確かに毎日結構なエクセサイズかも?

今日の母の朝ごはんは昨日友人から職場ドライブスルーの時にいただいた美味しいパンたち。「お母さんにだって!」と言うと「あら、うふ」だって。(笑)

甘いもの

私は甘いものが大好きだが姉も好きである。そして2人ともコレステロール値が高い。これは母からの遺伝のようだ。母の体重は脳梗塞前いまよりも10キロは多かったが、9ヶ月の入院中(うち7ヶ月はリハビリ入院)に15キロほど落ちた。戻ってきてからなかなか太ることもなく、また甘いものを食べとすぐに中性脂肪値やコレステロール値がびっくりするぐらい高くなってしまうので、食事のことは私が神経質になっていた。2度目脳梗塞をしたら今度は寝たきりになっちゃいますよと血液検査の結果を見たドクタたちに脅されていたし食事指導も受けていた。がそんな母ももう80歳である。この春くらいから覚悟を決めてこれからは好きなものを好きなだけ食べさせようと決めて、そして母に食べたいものを聞くと80歳のおばあちゃんなのに肉やグラタン、トンカツ、エビフライなどボリューミー。そして圧倒的なリクエストは甘い食べ物である。シュークリーム、ショートケーキ、プリン、みたらし団子、大福などなど。ご飯は食べなくても食後の甘いものはペロリと食べるので体重もついに40キロ台になり見た目もふっくらつやつやとしてきた。ご近所の人や裏のおじさんが久しぶりに母に会うと、とっても元気そうになって、綺麗になった!と驚いてくれてそれがまた母を喜ばせている。私も嬉しい。見た目も元気そうになったのだが私があれ?と思ったのは記憶や言動がしっかりしてきたこと。度々の変な言動が私をあわてたさせてきていたがそういうことが少なくなり、笑顔の回数が多くなった。社交的にもなった。裏のおじさんの夜の突然の訪問にもニコニコしていたし、この前の電話事件もそうだが以前は「誰とも話したくないの。。」と言って友人たちを避けていたのが「お友達に電話したい!」と言い出したりも一例である。ついには今週呼ばれて母の部屋に行くと今からXXさんが来るよ!という、さっき電話して話したら(電話の掛け方も思い出した!)すぐ来るってとお友達を家に招待していた。そして本当に数年ぶりのXXさんが来て二人は楽しそうに2時間くらい話していただろうか。甘いものをたくさん食べるようになってブドウ糖が脳が活性化しているような気がする。もっと早く大好きな甘いものをたくさん食べさせてあげればよかったな。ほんと、正解がない。10年以上やってるのに、ああ〜と後悔ばかりだ。

 

元の会社のグループラインでLINEのスタンプの作り方を聞かれて、昔は面倒だったけど今は簡単に作れるアプリもあるみたいだよ?という話になり、言ったからには試してみようと職場の昼休みに10分くらいで作って(写真を切り抜けばできる感じ)申請しておいた。すごく雑なスタンプなので審査に通るかなと思ったらあっさり。審査基準甘くなったんだなぁ。1個ほんと落書きみたいだからプライベートにした。昨日友人と外国?みたいなところにいる間に申請承認のお知らせがきたのでそのままその場所でリリース^^ きっと使うたびにこれから「これはあの時あの場所でリリースしたなぁ」と思いそうだ。

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そこで食べたご飯。サラダ類の味付けも食べなれない異国のお味であった。フランスのケータリング会社のものとのこと。甘いものもこんな感じ。。。。母はともかく私は食べ過ぎ注意だ。

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Oct 14th, 2017

フロリダはまだ半袖でいいのね。突然こんなに寒くなると困る。ヒートテックに文句を言っていたが早速着た朝。

1)   Akira Shimizu, an actor and celebrity impressionist, apologised at a news conference in Tokyo on Thursday night after his son Ryotaro, 29, was arrested earlier in the day on suspicion of violating the Stimulants Control Law.

2)   Police on Wednesday arrested a 66-year-old man on suspicion of violating the Public Election Law after he assaulted a candidate for the Oct 22 lower house election while he was giving a public speech in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture.

According to police, Yoshio Amano approached Yoshitaka Sakurada who was campaigning in front of Kashiwa Station at around 7 p.m. Wednesday and hit him in the head, Sankei Shimbun reported. Nearby staff subdued Amano and called police.

Sakurada, a member of Japan’s ruling Liberal-Democratic Party (LDP), was not injured, police said.

3)   A man serving a 10-year jail term for attempted murder has confessed to murdering another woman in 2006, saying he “has changed his mind to repent after falling sick,” investigative sources said.

Hirokazu Suzuki, 37, who is suffering from a cerebral infarction, was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of stabbing Yuri Kuronuma, 27, in Kawasaki, near Tokyo in September 2006.

4)   A key member of an international organization that won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize has criticized the Japanese government for effectively ignoring a landmark U.N. treaty that outlaws nuclear weapons.

5)   Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda on Thursday stressed the central bank’s resolve to maintain its ultra-loose monetary policy, even as its U.S. and European counterparts begin to dial back their massive, crisis-mode monetary stimulus.

Kuroda offered an upbeat view of Japan’s economy, saying it was expanding moderately with rising incomes leading to higher corporate and household spending.

But he said inflation and wage growth were disappointingly low, despite such improvements in the economy.

6)   Shares in Japan’s Kobe Steel dived on Friday on a report that its widening quality scandal has spread to more than 30 foreign customers, including Boeing, General Motors, and French automaker PSA.

The embarrassing scandal for Kobe Steel — a venerable firm that once employed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe — has already hit wide sections of Japanese industry, including automakers Toyota, Nissan and Honda which used the affected materials in their vehicles.

7)   The United States said Thursday that it was pulling out of the U.N.’s culture and education body, accusing it of “anti-Israel bias” in a move criticised by the head of the Paris-based organisation.

8)   Gun control in Japan, combined with the prevailing respect for authority, has led to a more harmonious relationship between civilians and the police than in the U.S. The Japanese police, in choosing to use sub-lethal force on people, generate less widespread fear among the public that they’ll be shot. In turn, people feel less of a need to arm themselves.

The U.S., meanwhile, has a more militarized police force that uses automatic weapons. There is also less widespread trust between people (and between people and institutions). The factors combine to produce a much fearful culture that can seem to be always on edge.

9)   Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s snap election gamble looked like paying off after media forecasts showed his ruling bloc heading for a surprisingly big win, possibly enough to re-energise his push to revise Japan’s post-World War Two pacifist constitution.

10)   Yuriko Koike says she went into politics to be a player, not a bystander.

Now Tokyo’s first female governor is shaking things up as her new Party of Hope challenges Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling bloc in an Oct 22 poll, called by the Japanese leader to seek a fresh mandate after nearly five years in office.

11)   Wildfires continue to ravage northern California in the United States, killing 31 people over the past 4 days. California State officials say the fires that started on Sunday have burned about 77,000 hectares of land, mainly in the wine-producing counties of Sonoma and Napa.

They say about 3,500 homes and stores have been destroyed and that more than 20,000 people have been evacuated. Local media are calling the wildfires the deadliest in the state’s history.

12)   The Spanish prime minister has demanded that the leader of Catalonia clarify by next Monday whether he declared independence from Spain.

13)   An Iraqi court has issued arrest warrants for the members of the Kurdish electoral commission that organized last month’s independence referendum. The Kurdish regional government unilaterally conducted the referendum on September 25th, despite objections from Iraq’s central government as well as neighboring Turkey and Iran, and the United States.

The majority of voters supported the independence of the Kurdish autonomous region from Iraq in the poll. The regional government says it wants to proceed with negotiations with the central government for independence, based on the referendum. But the government in Baghdad regards the referendum as invalid.

14)   A record-high 2.47 million foreigners were living in Japan at the end of June.

The Justice Ministry’s Immigration Bureau says the number of foreign residents was 2,471,458

15)   Tokyo’s benchmark stock index ended on Friday above the 21,100 mark for the first time in nearly 21 years, on expectations for strong Japanese corporate earnings.

16)   Japan’s big brewers are struggling to reverse a decline in their business. They say a change to the pricing law and cooler weather led to record low summer shipments.

The top five brewers say, from July to September, combined shipments of beer and beer-like drinks came to just over 1.3 million kiloliters.

That figure is down 4.2 percent from the previous year and represents a 7th consecutive year of decline.

17)   Tokyo’s Haneda Airport is set to introduce Japan’s first unmanned immigration gates as it moves to free up customs officers to handle the growing number of international tourists.

The Justice Ministry’s Immigration Bureau on Friday held a demonstration of the machines’ facial recognition technology. The bureau plans to start operating 3 gates for Japanese citizens next Wednesday.

18)   Australia’s government says it will not allow entry of North Korea’s under-19 soccer team for a championship qualifier next month because of Pyongyang’s continued nuclear and missile development.

 

みかんの悩み

夜も8時過ぎ玄関のチャイムがなるのでこんな時間に誰?!とどなたですか?と中から尋ねると「俺だよ〜!」と裏の家のおじさんの声がする。え?おじさん!?とドアを開けるとおじさんがパジャマ姿で立っていて「うちの女房の実家からみかんがさっき届いたからサナエ(うちの母)に食べさせてあげたくて」とみかんがたくさん入った紙袋を渡される。「どうだ?サナエは元気か?」というので「おじさん、上がって会ってやって!」と促した。裏のおじさんはもう90歳を超えたであろうか。裏とはいえ我が家に来るにはぐるりと角を回って暗い中うちの階段を上がって来たのか。パジャマで。。これまた寝る寸前のパジャマの母が突然入って来たおじさんを見て「おじさん(母もおじさんと呼んでいる)、やだ、何十年ぶり!」(去年組内の弔事で会ってるけどね^^)「おお、なんだー元気そうだな!ウンウン」とパジャマの二人。突然おじさんが「まさごになぁ色々世話になってるんだよ。電話するとこの子はすぐ飛んで来てくれて色々助けてくれるんだよ」と言うではないか・・・・・そんな事実はまったくないのに。「私、そんなこと全然してないよ。おじさん!」と私は慌てていうとおじさんは「そうなんだよ。そうなんだよ」と母にニコニコしている。母も「そうなの。良かった!」と言ってニコニコしている。うーん。多分これおじさんの横隣の家のヒロミさんと勘違いだな。ヒロミさんがおじさん家のことを気にかけてくれているというのは以前聞いたことがある。もしやこのみかんは例年通りヒロミさんにあげているのが何かのはずみでおじさんの頭の中でヒロミさんと私が入れ替わり、プラス母のことを思い出し、突然、届けたくなって夜8時過ぎておじさんパジャマだけど来たような気がしてきた。これまでこんな風にみかんをいただいたことはないから。いつ会ってもおしゃれでしゃんとしていたおじさんがパジャマであるから尚更おじさんの変化を感じる。おじさん宅まで送ると「ありがとな。またなんかあったらよろしく頼むな!」と言って玄関に入っていった。「また」・・・いや何もしてなくてごめんなさい。・・・みかんもらっちゃってよかったのかな。もう食べてしまっているけれども。

水族館

つい先日姉の会社の謎の券とスマホを持って行くとヒートテック(極暖でも)を無料でもらえてホクホクしていたが、ヒートテック・・・って考えるだけで暑い週末であった。そろそろ大掃除の神待ちなのだけど、これじゃあ降りて来ないな・・・。

家から10分くらいのところに数年前にできた水族館へ行ってなかったので、家人と港でお昼を食べた時にじゃあ行ってみるか?と全然期待しないで行ってみたところ小さな水族館だけど色々展示に工夫してあって楽しいところだった。シーラカンスやダイオウグソムシ?がウリであるようだけどそれらに興味がなくても大丈夫。もっと早く行ってみれば良かったな。知人夫婦は年間パスポートを買っていて時折ぶらりと行くそうである。週末は入館するのに長い行列ができるそうなので平日がお勧め。空いている上に何かの撮影にも出くわしそう。(出くわした)

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*たくさんの種類のカニがいるのでカニが食べたくなることに注意?

びっくり

車の後ろが凹んでいた!いつ凹んだのか何故凹んだのかがわからずびっくり。凹みもショックもショックだけど、どうやらもしかしたら凹みに1ヶ月くらい気づいていなかったらしいことにびっくりである。後ろを走っていた友人が教えてくれなかったらこの先しばらく気づいてなかったかも。とりあえず修理の予約をして、凹み範囲は広いけど幸い深くないので綺麗になりますよと聞いて安心して、しかし値段を聞いてしゅんとなって、家に帰って瀬戸ジャイアンツを食べて癒されている。<= イマここ

Oct 7th, 2017

ラスベガスの事件の話などなど。

1)   Japanese Transport Minister Keiichi Ishii said on Friday that unauthorised technicians had been found certifying vehicles at five Nissan Motor Co plants that the ministry has been inspecting.

2)   A gunman perched high on the 32nd floor of a Las Vegas Strip casino unleashed a shower of bullets down on an outdoor country music festival below, killing at least 50 people and wounding more than 200 as tens of thousands of frantic concert-goers screamed and ran for their lives, officials said Monday.

3)   Japan accepted just three refugees in the first half of 2017 despite receiving a record 8,561 fresh asylum applications, the government said on Tuesday, highlighting the nation’s reluctance to accept foreigners.

4)   The Japanese nuclear watchdog’s decision on Wednesday to allow two reactors run by Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc (TEPCO) to pass its safety review has drawn fierce criticism from citizens who remain evacuated from their home over six years after the nuclear crisis at the utility’s Fukushima complex.

5)   Tokyo Gov Yuriko Koike’s new party unveiled on Friday what it calls “Yurinomics” – policies to revitalise Japan’s economy while cutting reliance on the aggressive spending and monetary easing that are central to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s strategy.

It has made populist calls to freeze a scheduled sales tax hike in 2019 and phase out nuclear power, as part of a effort to set itself apart from the government on key issues.

6)   The infotainment technology that automakers are cramming into the dashboard of new vehicles is making drivers take their eyes off the road and hands off the wheel for dangerously long periods of time, an AAA study says.

Cars used to have a few buttons and knobs. Some vehicles now have as many as 50 buttons on the steering wheel and dashboard that are multi-functional. There are touch screens, voice commands, writing pads, heads-up displays on windshields and mirrors and 3-D computer-generated images.

7)

In one of the most bizarre British political speeches in a generation, May’s address on Wednesday to her annual conference was ruined by a comedian handing her a fake employment termination letter, repeated coughing fits and even by letters falling off the slogans on the set behind her.

May’s authority was already diminished by her botched bet on a June snap election that lost her party its majority in parliament just days before the opening of formal Brexit talks with the European Union.

8)   A magnitude 5-point-9 earthquake has struck northeastern Japan.

The quake was focused off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture at a depth of 50 kilometers.

The Nuclear Regulation Authority says there are no reports of abnormalities at 2 nuclear plants in Fukushima, including the crippled Daiichi plant.

9)   About 500 people enjoyed the first outdoor ski run of the season in Japan at a resort at the base of Mt. Fuji. The slope in Susono City in Shizuoka Prefecture opened on Friday.

The resort is the first to open for outdoor runs in Japan for the 19th straight year. This year’s opening comes 2 weeks earlier than last year.

10)   The Japan Table Tennis Association is trying to confirm whether China’s Super League has decided not to accept foreign players for its 2017 season, which usually starts in October.

Association officials say World Championship bronze medalist Miu Hirano applied to join a Super League team to improve her skills, but was rejected in late September due to financial reasons.

The team also said the league decided not to accept foreign players this season.

11)   A Chinese billionaire living in the United States has stepped up criticism of China’s Communist Party ahead of the party’s National Congress later this month.

Guo said there is no rule of law in China. He claimed that the family of Wang Qishan, a Politburo member who has led the party’s anti-corruption campaign, secretly possesses massive assets in the US and elsewhere.

Guo warned that the Chinese government has dispatched 27 agents to the United States this year on espionage missions. He showed a picture of what he said was a secret Chinese government document.
12)   Spain’s Constitutional Court has ordered the suspension of a Catalan parliamentary session next week.

The region’s legislature is expected to declare unilateral independence from Spain on Monday.

The suspension order on Thursday follows an appeal from Catalan lawmakers opposing independence.

13)   Japan’s leading advertising agency Dentsu has been fined for excessively overworking its employees.

A summary court in Tokyo ordered the firm on Friday to pay a fine of 500,000 yen, or over 4,400 dollars.

Dentsu was indicted on suspicion of violating the labor standards law. The company forced 4 employees to work illegally long hours.

14)   US Vice President Mike Pence says the United States will return its astronauts to the moon and build a base there to send them to Mars and beyond.

Pence delivered a keynote speech as the chair of the inaugural meeting of the National Space Council near Washington on Thursday.

The administration of President Donald Trump set up the Council to promote manned space exploration.

15)  Retailer Takashimaya has opened a specialty section in one of its Tokyo department stores that sells only robots. Most of them cost between 900 and 2,700 dollars.

One small robot uses artificial intelligence to help people learn English. It uses the program to respond at the learner’s level.

Another AI-equipped robot helps with the laundry. It folds clean clothes and sorts them according to whom they belong to.

16)    US Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue has expressed an interest in negotiating a bilateral free trade agreement with Japan.

Perdue affirmed his eagerness to boost farm exports to Japan in a speech in Washington on Wednesday. The secretary said he wants Japan to lower what he called high tariffs on American farm products, such as beef, pork, and dairy products, as well as fruits and vegetables.

Perdue stressed that he wants the 2 nations to enter into negotiations to remove trade barriers.

17)   Saudi Arabia said last month that it’s lifting its ban on female drivers next year. With that in mind, many women are heading to a major motor show in the country, looking forward to getting behind the wheel.

18)   Sony is planning to roll out smart speakers controlled by Japanese language commands in December.

They say Sony’s product will feature high quality sound for playing music, as well as allowing users to give commands either with voice or hand movements.

AI speakers are already popular in the United States, but not in the Japanese market.

眼科検診

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家人の眼科検診へ。網膜剥離はとりあえず今回はこれで大丈夫でしょうと目薬は終了となったそう。ただし今後も3月に1度の検査が必要。今回が4回目の手術となったので、5回目6回目は勘弁してほしいと思っている様子の家人である。。。。病院の近くの山は家人が子供の頃からよく行った山で最近上がった友人がすごく素敵になってたと言うのでどれどれと久しぶりに(15年ぶりくらいか?)帰りに寄ってみたらなんかおしゃれな感じになっていた。こんな富士見カフェまでできていてびっくり。昔は地蔵とやぎしかいなかったが・・・? 元々ここからの景色は伊豆でもベスト5ぐらいに入るほどの景色だと思っていたが、なんせ古臭くてやぼったかったのがこんな風に開発調整されていたとは!義父が寄贈した地蔵さんにお参りに行くとまだちゃんと名前が残っていてちょっと嬉しかった。

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新米

今年も従兄弟より魚沼の新米が届く。

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例年は9月末に届くので今年はまだかな。。。と心配していたがお礼の電話をしたら新潟の皆も変わりなく元気だそうだ。従兄弟は私よりも10歳以上年上だからもういい年齢なので体に気をつけてもらいたい。従兄弟の声が晩年の叔父の声にとても似てきていて懐かしかった。最初受話器越しで聞いたとき「あれ?叔父ちゃん?」と思ったくらい。お葬式にも行っているのにね。叔父は6人(叔母は2人)いたが1人の叔母を除きもう皆他界している。従兄弟が叔母さんはどう?と母を気遣ってくれて、うん、まぁ元気にやっているよ。と言うとそりゃあなによりだ、心配してたんだ、良かった。叔母さん、よく頑張ってるなぁ。と喜んでくれた。

新米は塩おにぎりに。これも母のお楽しみ。これを食べて、お塩だけなのにやっぱり新潟のお米は美味しいねぇ!と母が言うのがこの時期のお約束。

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早生

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まだ仕事はバタバタ。家に帰ると玄関のとこに友人からの愛媛早生みかんのおすそ分けが置いてあった。四国の果物祭り中。^^ 嬉しい。ビタミン補充でがんばろう!

10月1日

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昨日は後輩と同期の子主催の勉強会へ。会場からの景色がなかなか素敵でした。↑普段使わない体の部分を動かしたので今日は筋肉痛。イテテ。でもなかなか面白かった。普段やらないことをやるのはリフレッシュになるなぁ。それで心を入れ替えてこの夏のあまりの暑さのためすっかりストップしていた朝の10分間体操の再開を決意。コツコツ丁寧に体を動かすことが大切だと同期の子も言っていたし。

そして甥っ子2号の誕生日。なので甥っ子たちへと自分のためには買わないお高いぶどうをついカゴへ。2号がもう15歳とは。。。ビュービュー風が吹いてた日に生まれたのを今でも覚えている。あれから15年。不思議な感じ。

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義兄から届いた体育祭の動画を母と一緒に見た。友達と楽しそうにしているのを見るとまだまだ子供だねぇ。でも背丈は伸びたねぇと言いながら。