Maitta! Always - Daily Amazing Confusions -

When I saw my friend provide helpful information for people with developmental disability, I envied him and I was unhappy about my poor output ability. I was unhappy because I compared myself with him in an event he did a lot, when I didn't have to. I just should have been grateful to him on behalf of us. Actually, I do what I can do and this is the best what I can tell in my daily life.

I'm ashamed of my powerlessness with English. I've found that I'm not so proficient in English to provide any effective information in the confusion in this Earthquake disaster. Yesterday I went to work by more than 13 kilometers bike ride. Fortunately it was warm enough to bike comfortably. I heard from my boss that I didn't have to come, but he seemed to be glad that I safely arrived to work. On the way to and from the office I saw electricity recovered in the area around center of the city. I also saw waiting lines in front almost every store. Sendai station was still closed, and I even saw a train between stations near my house, where damages from the earthquake was relatively light. Seeing trains can't even return to their base, I was convinced that there was a long way to go before trains run again. Buses were running from my area, but not on regular basis, which had made me think of using bike. Public phones at the station and junior high school nearby were o...

I live in Sendai city. Fortunately I lived in the inland area, I was safely back home. I can't believe there are hundred of bodies washed away by tsunami within 20km away from my place.

Really I'm too timid to follow someone. Now I work for an IT-related company, I need to be more familiar with communications through the Internet.

I feel my age when I come up with a pun when I hear a certain word. I thought I was young, but I'm already 35.

On March 9 I gave thanks to my colleagues because March 9 reads in "thank you" in Japanese.

for a half marathon in Sendai on May 9.