Japanese Surgeon's Daily Life

Oshamanbe Local Products Center

     I went up north along the coast of the Funkawan Sea. "Funka" means an eruption of a volcano and "wan" means bay. When you see the map around here, you'll find the shape of the coast looks like an exploded crater. I'm not sure, but there must have been an enormous eruption of a volcano several hundreds of thousands of years ago. I stopped my bike at the Oshamanbe local products center. You can take a rest here and enjoy various products of this area. I'm sending e-mails with pictures to this blog. My friends and my family checked this blog and knew where I was during this tour. It's a simple way to inform many people at once about where I am. I could save time and money. I didn't need to call everyone. I took a coffee break and checked the map. It's about a couple of hours to Toyako Lake. Let's start!

(KW: 長万部)

Meeting After Many Years

     I arrived at Aomori city at 6:25 am. I have a friend of long standing in Aomori. I met him on my online service over ten years ago. I'd met him only once about 5 years ago. People who don't use internet might not believe in the warm friendship between computer pals. However, it exists. I met up again with my old pal at the Aomori Ferry Terminal. He welcomed us in spite of this early time. He showed us to the eating house. The photo shows us there. He is a journalist for a local paper and knows everything about the Aomori Prefecture. I mean, I got the best tour guide of Aomori.
     Despite his hard schedule, he had time for us. We started for the round trip of Tsugaru Peninsula under his guidance. Tsugaru Peninsula is the westward one of two peninsulas, which extend north like the hands of crabs at the top of Honshu.

(Vocabulary)
friend of long standing　古い［長い付き合いの］友人
meet up　会う
Let's meet up some time. いつか会いましょう
meet up again with one's old pal　古い友人と再会する

 

Kansai International Airport(KIX)

     I'm in KIX for the first time in five years. I flew to Hokkaido last time with my motorcycle. There are several new things. Firstly, there are many Korean characters. I'm not sure, but that feeling of mine might be because I'm learning Korean. Japanese, Korean, English, and Chinese are on most information boards. I'm trying to add all of those Korean words into my vocabulary. It seems that Korea has become closer to Japan. The second is internet accessibility. I can access the internet freely. Incredible! I can access any information freely with my cellphone, M1000.

Rechargeable Battery

     I have a plan to go to Vancouver at the end of this month for the first time in two years. I've been excited recently. I'm getting pleasure out of the preparations. However, I have only one concern for the trip. It's how to access the internet.
     As a result of mature reflection, I decided to use a cellular phone M1000, a product of Motorola, which can access the internet over phone lines and public wireless LAN. Though I thought it would be perfect a new problem occurred. It's a shortage of batteries. I'm going to post messages and pictures on this blog or some other places on the internet on the way to Whistler. You know, the battery of an M1000 won't be enough. I know I should have a backup battery for the M1000, but I don't need it in daily life, and moreover it's expensive.
     The other day I found the solution. The photo shows the multipurpose backup battery. I can use this as a backup battery for 2 kinds of digital camera, a cellular phone (M1000), a walkie-talkie,,,and so on. I'm very glad to find it.

(Vocabulary)
mature reflection  熟考

Day by Day

     It's my policy to take life one day at a time. I'd like to be better in all senses tomorrow than today, next year than this year. I'm making it a point to always have some fun in the near future.  I'm happy to feel myself changing for the better.
      I started writing this blog last November and continued for 2 months. Now blogging has become kind of fun. This turned my thoughts to thinking routinely of the way of thinking of foreign people. A couple of e-mails came to me every week from many places all over the world. I was really moved to feel English is an international language. Most of them were from physicians or surgeons. I could find out about their daily life, which is not on the news or TV programs. It's fun and amusing to me. I'm thinking I'll write about daily events. It must be fun for them, just as their daily life is fun for me.
     The other day, I got to know a certain Korean student. I asked her to check my pronunciation of the Korean language once or twice a month. I didn't have any interest in Korea and could not read or understand any Korean word one and a half years ago. However, I can do so a little now. Though I've never been to Korea, I could be routinely dining in Seoul or Pusan, which are easy to access. Seoul has a direct flight from here and Pusan has a sea route from the port of Shimonoseki, near my hometown.

(Vocabulary)
take life one day at a time  一日一日を大切に生きる

Got "Track Back" !!!

     It took about 2 hours to realize "track back".   I joined two free weblog systems,  and repeated sending and receiving "Track Backs" between them.   So tired. 

Brushing up my skill of weblog

     Today was Saturday, and a half-day holiday. I saw patients in the O.P.D. until noon, giving some of them shots of the flu vaccination, doing changes on dressings,,,and so on. And I have got to stay in hospital until tomorrow morning for emergencies. But most patients in the ward are stable, so I feel relaxed in my room.

      I examined how to use a weblog system, and could have successfully attached the links to my home town. I felt it was interesting. It's easier than I expected and besides that I was able to post by my cellular phone. It's a wonderful function. I can post notes of a journey while traveling. My friends or colleagues will enjoy my reports. Traveling is one of my hobbies. I'm planning to go skiing at Whistler&Blackcomb in Canada. I hope I am able to post texts and photos from Canada.

From cell phone

I'm on duty now. It is a trial posting from a cell phone.

Get started

   I've made up my mind to keep a weblog in English.  Today I became a member of TypePad.  Now, I'm testing functions of weblog;  posting, deleting, inserting of photos,,,,,.

   I've been learning English for more than 30 years,  but I can't get there.  In this weblog, I'll try various expressions.  If you find any mistake, let me know.  I'm glad if I could make friends all over the world through this weblog.

   Photo shows one of my toys.