consolation

I"ll note about my third-eldest son's accident. I follow up about his motorcycle.
I asked Sugawara Cycle's owner to repair it. He examined and told me if it would be repaired it would cost more than a second hand motorcycle. And he told that the Insurance company.
A person worked for Mitsuisumitomokaijo called me and she said if his motorcycle couldn't be repaired they would pay me the market price of it. They would estimate the price after someone go to Sugawara Cyle in Hita city on Friday or Monday.
Then a person of the company came to Sugawara Cycle on last Monday. Then she called me on the next day. She said they would pay 96000 yen.
On the other hand Mr.Sugawara recommended me to buy a medium-size scooter from two reason.
First.My son's motorcycle,HONDA Benry,has damaged badly, also it is so old that it need more money than another one.
Second. My daughter's motorcycle is too big for her. It is hand-me-down from her elder brother. It was suitable for him who is taller than her. He recommended me to change my son's motorcycle a medium-size scooter, then let my son and my daughter trade their motorcycles.
We agreed it, especially my daughter was pleased.
We went to Sugawara Cycle and chose one ,HONDA Scoopy. Its price was 100000 yen.
I'll add 4000 yen for it. It looks nice.
My son was unlucky. But this is consolation. One of my acquaintance has taught me the proverb. All's Well That Ends Well.
Today he delivered the scooter in the evening.


　倅の事故についてメモしておきたい。バイクについて付記しておく。
菅原サイクルに修理を頼んだ。菅原さんはバイクを調べて修理する方が中古より高くつくと言った。保険会社にもそう言った。
三井住友海上の人が電話してきて、バイクが修理できない場合、市場価格を支払うと言った。金曜か月曜に日田の菅原サイクルに行って見積もりを出すと言った。月曜にそこの人が菅原サイクルに来た。翌日彼女が96000円支払うと電話してきた。
　一方、菅原さんは二つの理由から、私に中くらいの大きさのスクーターを買った方がいいと言った。
　一つめ。倅のバイク、ホンダベンリィは全損しているしもう古いから修理代が高くつくということ。二つめ。娘のバイクは彼女には大きすぎる。兄のお下がりで、兄の方が背が高かったのでちょうどよかったのだけど。それで倅のバイクを中くらいのスクーターに換えて、倅と娘に交換させたらいいと言った。
　私たちもそれに賛成した、特に娘は喜んで。
　菅原サイクルに行き、ホンダスクーピーを選んだ。値段は１０万円だそうだ。4000円足すことになる。いいものだと思う。
　倅は不運だった。でもこれで埋め合わせられる。知り合いが格言を教えてくれた。終わり良ければすべて良し。
今日夕方、そのスクーターを届けてくれた。

10 Feb. 2012

Failure report

I'm going to write a report about a scary experience.

On 1 Feb. my third eldest son was hit by a car on the road to go to high school.
It was so cold in the early morning, and the road surface was wet or icy in spots.
He was riding a motorcycle, when he was at a curve, he slopped and fell. Immediately he raised his motorcycle and pulled it to outside of the road. Then he headed to home with pulling the motorcycle.
Those accidents occurred in a very short time.
A car coming after him was slipped and spun.But it didn't hit him. A car coming behind it also slipped and spun. And the car was moving forward my son, out of control. It pushed away him and his motorcycle from the road.
The road was side of a hill slope. Between the land ad the road there was a gutter.
Fortunately, the motorcycle dropped into the gutter, and the car stopped because its rear left tire dropped into the gutter.
My son hit his back or something.
The woman who was driving the car called an ambulance.
There for when I arrived at there, My son wasn't there. Two policeman examined the car and the motorcycle, and traced the scratch on the road. Another policeman of Oyama police box said to me that when he came there the surface frozen. Salt was put on after the accident.

Both if I were my son and if I were the driver, I would be so scared. If I were my son, I watched the huge iron loaf attacking me, if I were the driver, I couldn't stop my car going closer and closer to a kid standing on the edge of the road.
She said she wasn't familiar with this aria. Her car had normal tires.

After the examination, I went to the hospital where my son had taken. I met the vice principle of Hita high school and my son's homeroom teacher. My son was fine,he got a bruise on his left thigh, which was all he got damaged. He said he was all right and little pain.

I recommended him to write a failure report. Like as the science course students.
To
talk about myself, I shouldn't let my son go to school by motorcycle on frozen day. On the day I took my daughter then I said to him come with us. But he refused. Because the third year students would finish classes earlier than usual. If I took him, he must wait me pick him up. I should not allow, but I said to him, "Go slowly."
Then I left home with my daughter. If he was injured badly or dead, I would be regret. I won't forget this accident.

怖ろしい経験のレポートを書いておこうと思います。

２月１日、３番目の倅が登校中にクルマにはねられました。
早朝、とても寒くて道路はぬれていて、所々凍っていました。
倅はバイクを運転していました。カーブにきたときすべって転倒しました。すぐにバイクを起こし道路の外側に移動させました。それから家にバイクを押して家に向かいました。
この後のことはとても短い時間に起きました。
倅の後から来ていたクルマがスリップしてスピンしました。でもこれは倅には当たりませんでした。そのクルマの後ろのクルマもスリップしてスピンしました。それが倅の方に向かってきました。コントロールを失って。倅とバイクを道路から押し出しました。
道路脇は斜面になっています。土と道路の間には溝があります。
幸運なことにバイクはその溝に落ち、クルマは左後輪が溝に落ちて止まりました。
倅は腰かどこか打ちました。
クルマのドライバーは救急車を呼びました。
それで私が現場に着いたとき、倅はいませんでした。２人の警察官がクルマとバイク、道路の傷あとを検証した。もう１人の大山駐在所の警察官が私に、彼がここに来たとき道路は凍っていたと言いました。その事故のあと塩をまいたそうです。

私が倅だったとしてもそのドライバーだったとしても、とても怖かったと思います。倅だったとしたら、大きな鉄のかたまりが迫ってくるのを見るわけですし、ドライバーだったとしたら、自分のクルマが道ばたの子にどんどん迫っていくのを止められないわけですし。
ドライバーはこの辺はあまり知らなかったそうです。ノーマルタイヤでした。

現場検証のあと倅が運ばれた病院へ行きました。高校の教頭と担任の先生が来てくださっていました。倅は大丈夫でした。左太ももを打撲して、けがはそれだけでした。大丈夫、そんなに痛くもないと言いました。

倅に失敗レポートを書くように勧めました。理系の学生のように。
自分自身についていうと、凍結してる日に子どもをバイクで行かせるべきではなかったです。
その日、娘は私が送って行きました。倅にもいっしょに行こうといったのですが、倅はいいと言いました。三年生はいつもより早く帰れる日でした。私が送って行くと、迎えにくるのを待たなくてはなりません。許可すべきではなかったのに「ゆっくり行きなさいね」と言いました。そして娘と出かけました。もし、倅がひどいけがをしたり死んだりしていたら、後悔したことでしょう。このことを忘れないようにします。

3 Feb. 2012

I've finished reading HUNGER GAMES trilogy

I've finished reading "HUNGER GAMES" trilogy.After I had borrowed, I read it every night and as long as I could on Saturday and Sunday.
It is so interesting thrilling and exiting, which is for young-adult.
There are some gory battle scenes but there are full of friendship, love, trust ally and family-bond.
The last conversation is stuck in my mind. "Real? Unreal?" "Real." I hope it will be translated in Japanese this phrase "Attakoto? Nakattakoto?"
I muse whole this novel's world "Real? Unreal?"
It is so touching and make me think various theme; democracy,multicultural coexistence,political power, vengeance,tolerance,et al.
Katniss quit another HUNGER GAMES lest next generation tribute children.
But she wonder if people forget the tragedy they might start war again.

On 21 Jan. I went to Oita city to hear Mr.Tatsuya Mori's lecture.
He talked about the patriotic atmosphere.Taking care of each other is good and necessary. But if you exclude anyone looks like different,it might cause stampede.
He showed us Finnish prison. They suppose person who has committed a crime is lack of parents' love,education, and in poverty. Therefor the society have to educate and reform him/her.
In the prison, the prisoners and prison officers take lunch at the same table. The prisoners have their own rooms, where they can study, read, use computer, listen to music.
They can take leaves to go to see their family live in their home town.
The crime rate is quite low. However in Japan the rate is also low.
I think about vengeance and tolerance.

Another topic.
I noticed an advertisement on Amazon.com site. If you buy a Kindle and become a prime member, you can borrow and read over 50000 titles free, including "HUNGER GAMES". I found the yearly prime membership's fee was 3900 yen. A kindle cost under 10000 yen.
I want to buy a Kindle, if the Kindle Owner's Lending Library is available in Japan. I'll ask anyone who have a Kindle.

26 Jan. 2012

Last purchese

I'm going to write about my last purchase.
I've bought a dehumidifier a few weeks ago.
I visited an electrical appliance shop in my town. And I viewed some internet mall.
I've studied there were three types of dehumidifier, compressor, condence, and hibrid.
Which I've been used is compressor type. It is not effective in winter, also I've used it for several years. I decided to buy a new one.
I found one looked nice. And I searched the lowest price. I tried to buy it at an online shop,Dinos. I had bought something at the shop twice or thrice.
I tried to order at the shop.Unfortunately my e-mail address have changed after I had bought last time, because I changed the way of accessing internet.
The e-mail address which I had registered was useless. Worse, I forgot my password.Thereupon I couldn't change it.
Then I ordered at another online shop.They sold at the same price as Dinos. I bought a new dehumidifier. It works well.
And I've make another shopping. A digital mirror less camera. Which I most desire is SIGMA SD1. But It's so expensive and beyond my necessary and knowledge. I compared
those cameras, Sony α nex-5, Olympus pen E, Panasonic Lumix.I discussed with my daughter who was the main user of it.
As the result, I made my mind to buy Sony α nex-5. The full color capture system is similar to SIGMA's.
I've bought it at a shop on Amazon.Japan site.It cost about 55000 yen at the shop,though I saw the price 70000 yen more or less at another shops.
My daughter and I should learn how to use it.

Jan. 19 2012

Reading eBook

downloaded "Time and Time Again" on Project Gutenberg. As well the fairly books of Andrew Lang's Fairy Books.
I've been interested in the books for I've read Donna Tarttt's recommendation. She wrote her memory when she found the Fairy books.
quote-- I was completely gone,sleeping with those books,reading them while I ate, deaf to anything that was said to me and only half aware of my surroundings. --

I read "Time and Time Again". Then I read the blue Fairy Book. It was interesting, but on the half I felt my eyes dry. The whites streaked with little connecting lines of red, and behind each eyeball there was a small concentration of pain.

I admire the convenience of eBook for getting easily what I was looking forward to read. However my eyes were fatigued might with the display.
How about SONY Reader, iPad or other devices? I wish I borrow them and try them for a while.


『いまひとたびの』をプロジェクト・グーテンベルグでダウンロードしました。ついでにアンドルー・ラングの『妖精の物語』もダウンロードしました。ドナ・タートのおすすめを読んで以来ずっと読んでみたかったのです。彼女は自分が妖精の物語と出会ったときのことをこんな風に書いています。--　私はすっかり上の空だった。本を抱えて眠り、本を読みながら食べた。人から何を言われても聞こえず周りのことは半分しか見えていなかった。

[いまひとたびの』を読み、それから『あおいろの童話集』を読みました。でも途中で目が乾きました。白目がちょっと充血して目の奥が少しずきずきしました。

電子ブックは、読みたい本を手軽に読むには便利でいいと思います。しかし、ディスプレイのせいか目が疲れました。
ソニーのリーダーとかアイパッドとかその他の媒体はどうなんでしょう？　ちょっと借りて試してみたいです。

8 Jan. 2011

enjoy reading

I've borrowed some books to read during this winter holiday.
I've borrowed the "HUNGER GAMES" from one of my co-workers.
I've borrowed the "Happy Youth in a Hopeless Country" written by Noritoshi Furuichi and the "ZEBRA" written by Chim Potok from Tanso Library.
I've borrowed "IF THIS IS WINNETKA, YOU MUST BE JUDY and other Stories" edited by Nozomi Omori and "You're my Paradise" written by Asuko Taira from Oita prefectural library.
I've borrowed "The Wolves of Wiloughby Chase" and some other wolves chronicles written by Joan Aiken from Warabenoyakata.

It took whole the last week of last year to read the "HUNGER GAMES". It was written in plane English. It was marvelous and thrilling. I read the first of the trilogy. I keen to read the next two.

The "Happy Youth in a Hopeless Country" was so interesting. I realized why the young people looked not so unhappy instead of their bitter situation.

"ZEBRA" was so nice. This book contains six short stories. Those are so sensitive young adult people's story. I felt so transparent and pure atmosphere in them. I had never read this author. I want to read his another work.

"You're in the Paradise" was so useful. I wanted to know about the menopause. I should face to my aging and should manage my physical and mental condition.

"IF THIS IS WINNETKA, YOU MUST BE JUDY" is an anthology of S.F.novels. All of them are excellent. I want to read H.Beam Piper's more.
Because the editor guided that you can read his works in the Gutenberg Project. I want to read "TIME AND TIME AGAIN" in English first.

Now I'll start reading the "Wolves Chronicle" written by Joan Aiken.
Those are an adventure of courageous girls' and boys'. I have read two of those ever. But this time I borrowed those which translated by another translator. I'm very looking forward to read them.

2 January 2012

an accident

On first Dec. I was surprised. As soon as I had arrived at my work place, I had a phone call. It was from my son's homeroom teacher.
He said he had called from my son telling he had a traffic accident. Immediately I headed the place. My son had left home at 7:15 a.m. Then he had an accident about 7:30 a.m. He was riding a motor bike on the wide road. A car was on a narrow path was coming near the intersection. He must stop the intersection. He did imperfectly. My son's motor bike bumped against the car and fallen. When I was arrived two police men, two teachers, the driver and the driver's mother were there. The police talked me take my son a hospital to make sure.
We went to see a neurosurgery doctor. The doctor x-rayed my son's brain. I felt relieved when he told me there was no bleeding in his brain.But he said to me take care of my son for 24 hours after he had hit his brain.
Though the day he was going to have a term exam, we dropped in school to tell his teacher he would be absent,and I took him to home. Fortunately he had no trouble afterward.
I had a lots to do. To contact the motor bike shop, meeting from the driver's insurance company, calling to my insurance company. telling the driver's mother about my son's condition.
I have to go to police with my son later. I wish every thing go through soon.

On the next day, second Dec. Friday was my son's birth day. I picked them up after school then went to a supermarket. We bought a sponge cake, strawberry and banana. After dinner, my daughter made a fancy birthday cake. She made well. It was yummy.

　１２月１日、びっくりしました。職場に着いてすぐ電話をもらいました。倅の担任の先生からでした。倅から交通事故に遭ったと連絡があったとのことでした。すぐに現場に向かいました。倅は７時１５分に家を出ました。そして７時半ごろ事故に遭いました。倅は広い道をバイクで通行していました。クルマが狭い道から交差点に向かってきました、一旦停止する所です。きちんとしませんでした。倅のバイクがそのクルマに衝突して転倒しました。私が着いたときには、警察官が二人、先生が二人、ドライバー、そのお母さんがいました。警察官が倅を病院に連れていった方がいいと言いましたので念のため連れて行きました。脳神経外科に行きました。頭のレントゲン写真をとりました。脳の出血はないと言われたので安心しました。しかし、頭を打ったあと２４時間は気をつけてくださいと言われました。
　その日は期末試験を受けることになっていましたが、学校に寄って先生に欠席すると断ってからうちに連れて帰りました。幸いその後具合が悪くなることはありませんでした。
　たくさんすることがありました。バイク屋さんに連絡して、相手方の保険会社の人と話して、自分の保険会社に電話して、相手のお母さんに倅の具合を伝えました。
　これから倅と警察に行かなくてはなりません。すべてが早く終わるといいなと思います。

　その翌日、１２月２日金曜日は倅の誕生日でした。学校が終わったあと二人を迎えに行ってからスーパーに行きました。スポンジケーキとイチゴとバナナを買いました。夕食後、娘がバースデイケーキを作りました。上手に作って、美味しかったです。

4 Dec. 2011