Why is it that every time I run a marathon it is a trial race? My first marathon was Osaka Yodo-river Citizens' Marathon last year - under unseasonably summer temperature My next one was Osaka Marathon 2024 - Racing in the rain I had hoped…

I have been feeling ill recently due to work fatigue. I couldn't sleep because I couldn't stop coughing on Wednesday morning, and once I tried to go to work that day, I left early in the morning because I felt dizzy. After that I thought I…

I got an annual passport to the Nagai Botanical Garden last year. I think I have been to the Nagai Botanical Garden more than 20 times, and if I visit five times, I can get the money back for the annual passport. I thought that might be en…

The first time I watch the movie "The Martian" on in-flight entertaiment in 2015, and I purchased the Kindle edition. But I hadn't finished reading yet but this novel is the best to improve my vocaburary so I re-started reading from a scra…

By the time I realized it, it was just before the marathon. I had prepared for it a long time ago, but failed to put it into action when it needed to be done. Besides, it was raining on the day of the marathon, so I didn't know what to pre…

It's plum blossoms season. Plum trees also have different coloured flowers on the same tree. Something like this. White, pink, and red. I like the following plum blossoms. Very Japanese. By the way, I didn't know the difference between plu…

My personal Web site was launched on January 25, 1999. As of today, a quarter of a century has passed. The months go by quickly, don't they? Unfortunately, I can no longer live off of my advertising income, so I am now working at a call ce…