Are they ready?

It's time to get new year greeting cards♪

Have you done this yet?

I guess many people will send greetings by e-mail or something on the internet nowadays.  It must be very easy, quick and convenient ;-)  I understand that and I used to do that.

But I started sending greeting cards instead of e-mail because I just wanted to. lol

And I felt good when I received one :-)

As I do every year, I picked up cards from UNICEF catalog because 50% of sales will be a donated.

I got pens for writing, made up a list of friends... now, all I have to do is "write"!

I'm a slow starter but I know I gotta do this gradually... so I won't be late for a deadline and my cards will be mailed on New Year's Day♪

I know we still have more than 3 weeks by the end of this year,

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From now to new year, it's gonna be a busy time for anybody,

but I already hope next year will be another great year for us♪  Well,,, I know it will be! 

Thank you for reading!

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nuclear, war... and people living with them

December is gonna be my movie month♪ 

As I posted to another Japanese blog, I watched 2 documentary movies yesterday.

http://wasabismtsurezure.blogspot.com/2011/12/blog-post_06.html

I just wanted to watch something serious and I'm not familiar enough with movies to review them,

but both of the movies were so good and I'm glad to have a chance to watch them.

I was shocked and moved by kids and babies.  Especially the one about people suffering from Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident, while this movie I couldn't hold back the tears.

I saw many kids and small babies who had very serious problems on their body, both mentally and physically.  Many of them were left by their parents because of disease caused by radioactivity.  Everything I watched was very shocking.  Babies born with problems, teenagers suffering from cancer or heart disease...  But the most shocking thing was a boy who had paralyzed limbs talking about his dream.  He said "I want to be a doctor because I want to save people from disease"

He can't walk, he can't move much by himself.  I think everybody could have the same feeling as mine if you see him...  "You are one of the people who need good cure first!"  But this young boy still care much about suffering people around him.  Maybe it is ordinary and very true for him to live there with people who have more serious and fatal problems. 

Another movie was about relationship between Israel and Palestine.  While doctors and parents try hard to save one life of a baby at a hospital,  hundreds of people are dying at once in the battle area nearby. 

Killing and hurting... or saving and helping...  We, human beings can do both.  We can't be stupid.

Thank you for reading.

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just my blah-blah

I feel really happy when...

"work" is prior to any other stuff in my life.

I certainly feel it's true and it's ME!  lol

Some people say  "Oh, you should take more rest.  You always work too much"

Well,,, thank you.  But I will do it in my own way because I'm not you! :-)

Besides, I know many people who work much harder than me.  So I never feel "I work too much" ;-)

I've been working on managing and coaching people.  A few weeks ago, I was just feeling "This is so difficult.  I don't know if I'm doing anything right!"  But I recently started to feel "hmm... this is kinada interesting"  It's still difficult but I try to learn from hard working people around me, books, thinking back my experience and putting it into action.  And I finally found it a bit more interesting.  lol

Just focus on what I have to do and keep trying,

Then I will see I'm making a progress later on.  This is when I feel really happy about my life♪

And I keep trying so I can see another "one more step ahead" :-) 

I guess everybody can have the same feeling... about their hobbies, studies, marriage, raising kids... anything!

For me, work is the biggest measure right now :-)  This is my personal trait♪

Enjoying my own time

This is nice♪

I didn't expect that I could take such a nice picture with my cellphone camera! :-)

Because it was a bit warm yesterday, I enjoyed riding a bicycle place to place in my town.  When I was going to a train station to pay a monthly parking fee, I looked up at the sky because it was a very beautiful day out there.  I found a nice blue sky with shining clouds reflecting mild afternoon sunshine♪  My mind was full of plans and I was thinking about finishing them, but I stopped my bike and enjoyed the sky for a moment.

This is kinda funny...  When I'm having busy days, I tend to do a lot of stuff on my day off, for example, shopping, going to movies, driving somewhere,,, I just don't feel like staying home all day.  I start my day writing down "what I want to do today" on a piece of paper, make a schedule tight and try to do everything

... by myself!  lol

This is exactly the same as my "to do list" at work.  Writing down and crossing out. 

Crossing out one each let my stress gone♪  lol  I like when I do it wthout being bothered by anybody. haha!

 From my next day off, I'm planning movies for a few times.  I'm looking forward to it :-)

Thank you for reading!

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Because I wanna stay up,

☆I'm at a retro cafe named "yesterday" where you can hear Beatles songs all day long...☆

It's getting colder and colder... and people started getting ready for Chrismas.  I'm becoming busier and having more customers than usual.  I know we're gonna have a crazy busy "hard work!" time very soon, but it's ok.  Because it's much better than being bored at work! lol 

Because I got many things to do, I left work later than I usually do.  And I wanted to finish one more work before going home... one more thing which is called "homework"

I know my switch will be off automatically and immediately! so I'd better stay out and finish it because I have to bring it to my English class tomorrow night.

Having 2 cups of cofee, I just finished my homework.  While I'm staying out, I'm writing some here:-)

I had my homework done, I'm working on my blog... which I haven't really updated recently, lol

I could refresh myself and enjoyed my own relaxing cofee time...

Now it's time to head my home sweet home♪      ...Have a good night☆ 

Thank you for reading!

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PICTURES OF FALL

When I went out on my last day off, I was carrying my camera with me.

Have you ever done any "fall" stuff yet?  It is said fall and spring are becoming shorter than they used to be, like some people say Japan nowadays has only 2 seasons, HOT or COLD.

Because I was almost missing "fall", I got off the bus before my stop and tried taking some pictures there when I found trees turning red on a riverside in the city.

I remember it was around 5:00pm and the sun had started setting.  I was trying to take pictures of colored leaves on trees but it was difficult to keep them bright red in pics.

I was wondering how I should do to take ones and walking under the trees for a while.  When I came closer to a bridge, I noticed green grass partially covered with red leaves.  I found "fall" color on the ground, not only over my head :-)

This is like being on a green and red colored carpet♪

I liked it :-)   And I like this picture, too♪

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ロールモデルへの思考回路

"I love myself!"

Does it sound stupid or narcissist?  But I really do! lol  I do feel so much more than before! :-)

I don't know how people do, but I don't want to leave work without things done.  Because I like my job, I appreciate nice people at work and I feel this is gonna be one more challenge, I stay responsible and tell my coworkers all I've learned there.

I'm not perfect at all, but I really want tham to learn from me as much as possible.

We are going to have the busiest season until the beginning of January.  I'm going to get a little more closer to them and share + get over the crazy busy time together! :-)

To make things better, I thought about myself.  I thought how I should talk to them, how I should present myself,,, how I should be as a roll model for them. 

I thought I should care about them more.  Not like "buddy-buddy" relationship! lol 

If I were them, I would feel like following a boss I can respect.  The boss should be a person who is strict, very serious about work, funny sometimes, who treat any people impartially,,,

who is a very stable professional hard worker!   ...Am I asking too much? lol

And one more thing!  I would be influenced by a person who enjoys what she or he is doing :-)

I don't know if my coworkers will respect me! lol   but I want to be their roll model at work.  Because I want to be the ideal boss like I just mentioned, I decided to pay more attention to myself.  If my condition is bad,,, especially "mentally", I will easily forget to manage myself well.

I guess everybody is same, though ;-)

So... I will stop worrying too much about tomorrow, just focus on what I'm doing for today♪  If I do the best, I'll be able to have a chance to get better tomrrow again♪  I appreciate myself more because I've been already working on hard!

And... I will respect my coworkers so they can respect me too ;-)

Thank you for reading!

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