It 's been raining all day and a little cold today. I am all alone at home this weekend. So I make good use of my own time^^

I woke up and went to the Gym near my house.It was so refreshing to spend some time in sauna. After that I went over to video shop and rent some DVDs and CDs.I already saw one of them just now,which title was "Uptown Girls". It was easy-going and also heartwarming one, have you seen it? I had a cop of English tea and a piece of maffin while watching it.

A postman brought me a parcel and it was from my dear friend in Thailand. She is liveing in Bangkok and has been good friend of mine. I found in the parcel nice black shawl and even something for my parents, I am sure they gonna love it. and I loved it a lot. (Thank you my friend^^) It is a nice feeling to have someone oversea who remember me even though we dont have much chance to see each other.

Okay,, so my Saturday is passing like this so far and it seems now to be a time for me to cook something for supper.

See ya!

Nora Johnes is one of my favourite artists.I love listening her song in the evening in my dim room. Her soft voice and relaxing tune make all my stress out at the end of the day.

I got to know her songs some years ago in a bar, which was my favourite when I was in Osaka, the second largest city in Japan. The bar is on the basement floor and had a counter and some small tables. I used to sit at the counter and enjoyed chatting withbartenders.It was calm late in the night and sophisticatedyet not so hard to call on.

I dropped in there often with my friend or colleague.One of the bartenders fond of Nora Johnes and when he was in the shift ,her songs were always on. I really loved those moments. I felt relax myself there.

Some times have passed and I am notsure if I will have a chance to go there again as I already moved out of that city. Still I recall the feeling I had at that time whenever I listen her songs...

To have a favourite place to spend one's own moment sure is a nice thing....

After working a few years as a sales acount manager at a software company, I decided to leave the company to concentrate on what I have wished to do since my school days, that is, to make more use of my language skill.

My Englishwas not good at all when I was in Junior High School, it was rather awful and I was always at the bottom. Then, when I was 16 years old,I met a personal English teacher. Unfortunately he died some monthsafterwe met. But it woulndn't be too much to say I am standing where I am right now thanksto him.What he did was to make me confident in myself. He evaluated me more than I thoughtI deserved. I have solid sense about how much important it is for our growth that wefeel ourselvesbeingevaluated by others. I studied and studied not to fail his expectation. In a year,my English score was almost better than anyone else in my grade and enough to strive to enter the best university specialized in foreign studies here. And naturallyby then, I was interested in foreign language, not only English.

And,,, putting aside my university days, now I amstandingat the very starting point of my long long way to go as a translator.