Athletic Meet / Tour

On Oct.30 there was an Athletic Meet of our school.Students were enjoyed all the games as same as last year.
I took part in two games,. One was a relay mixed style, at the game I ran a three-legged race part. Another was just relay, I ran fifty meter. Though I had been nervous before I ran fortunately I could run without being injured.
  I played the three-legged race with Mr.T. We chatted before the game. He was in printed T-shirt. The illustration was ocean and palm tree, looked like happy-go-lucky. At the bottom of the picture there was a letter online mortgage. I asked him what mortgage was.He said someone who had a house borrowed money from a bank, he negotiated with the bank how much he borrow and how much the interest. If he would not be able to return the money he would lose the house. Nowadays it became big problem, many people lost their houses.
  I asked him if those who had lost their houses became homeless. He said not all of them became homeless, some rented houses and others moved to their friends'.
  He said not only banks, there were companies for mortgage. I didn't know. I was interested in.

 On Nov. 4 six of my co-workers and I went to Iki island. Though Iki island is in Nagasaki prefecture, the sea route is between Karatsu in Saga prefecture and Iki island.  As soon as we arrived at Iki, we ate Iki beef for lunch. It was so tender and delicious. We visited a brewery, where we observed the process of brewing and tasted various liquors. We were satisfied so much and bought bottles of liquors. We ate sea urchin eggs Don for dinner. It was so fresh and so delicious. On the next day, we left Iki island, went to Yobuko to eat cuttlefish. The slices of living cuttlefish was so delicious. Then we went to Karatsu to see pottery.
 It was one night two days trip by car. I thought the driver was so tired, I was grateful for him.

　10月30日は学校の体育大会だった。生徒たちは昨年同様楽しんでいた。
　私は２種目に出た。ひとつはいろいろ混じったリレーでその中の二人三脚に出た。もう一つはただのリレーで50メートル走った。走る前は緊張していたけれど、幸いけがしないで走れた。
  二人三脚はTさんと組んだ。走る前にしゃべった。プリントのTシャツを着ていらした。そのイラストは海とヤシの木というのんきな絵柄だった。絵の下にオンライン　モーゲージという文字があった。モーゲージって何かたずねた。家を持っている人が銀行からお金を借りるそうだ。いくらまで借りるか利息はいくらにするかは交渉して決めるらしい。もし、お金を返すことができなければ家を失う。ちかごろ大きな問題になっているそうだ。たくさんの人が家を失った。
　家をなくした人はホームレスになるのかと尋ねた。必ずしも皆がホームレスになるわけじゃない。賃貸の家に行く人もいれば友達のところに行く人もいるそうだ。
　銀行だけじゃなく、モーゲージ専用の会社もあるそうだ。知らなかった。興味を覚えた。

　11月4日は６人の同僚と一緒に壱岐の島に行った。壱岐は長崎県にあるけれど、航路は佐賀県の唐津からだった。着いてすぐ壱岐牛をお昼に食べた。やわらかくて美味しかった。酒蔵に行って酒造りの工場を見学し、試飲もした。とても満足した。いろいろ買って帰った。夜はいくら丼を食べた。新鮮でとても美味しかった。翌日は壱岐を出て呼子にイカを食べに行った。イカの活き造りはほんとうに美味しかった。それから唐津に陶器を見に行った。
　一泊二日のクルマでの旅行だった。運転してくれた人は疲れただろう。感謝している。

16 Nov. 2012