人生の旅あれこれ

2013.1.3(木)晴れ　12.25室内気温21℃

血圧測定値　　12.25ジョグ前187-87　13.30ジョグ後155-87

B次　　　ヨーッ！！風邪治ったか？

A太　　　昨日よりようなった。

B次　　　卵酒効くやろ？

A太　　　さあてどうかな？あのあと２合ほど飲んだからな。そっちの方が

効いたんかもしれん。

B次     これだ！！へそ曲がりのサマジー、素直に返事せんから付き合いにくい。

ほんで大吟醸、まだ残っとるんやろな。

正直、おまえの風邪より大吟醸の方が大事や。

A太　　　まだ三分の一残ってる。せっかくの手土産よって、今晩キレイに

飲んだるわ。

B次　　　おまえは卵酒飲むだけでよろし。ほたら明日は風邪っけとんでいくやろ。

残りはわしが頂く。

ところで風邪の治りかけたところで年頭の所感なんぞ伺おうか？

A太　　　そんなもの考えるヒマなかった。いきなり聞かれても思い浮かばんな。

去年の25日にドイツのおっさんからクリスマスカード届いた。

その一月前にもメール来たんやけど返事出してない。

そんで返事書きたいんやけど、この頃とみに英語書くのおっくうになった。

寝床に横になって案じておるんやが、なかなかまとまらん。

年始の所感と言うより気がかりの一つがこれやった。

二日半呻吟してようやっと書き上げた。

あとで読んでくれるか？スペルチェックも頼むで！

B次     「二日半」も「呻吟」することない。

I wish you, a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

型通りの文句書いて、送り返してやればええ。5分で済む。

年賀状より手間かからん。

あんまり愛想ない思うたら、ネットから適当なカットをダウンロードしてメールに

貼り付けたれ。

A太　　　ホンマ、愛想のないサマジーやな。

ペルーの沖合で、調査船に揺られながらいろいろ書いて、わざわざ送ってくる

メールに、紋切り型の返事で済ますんでは、愛想もこそもないやんか？！

B次     わかった！わかった！

そのメール、身元バレんように適当に省略して、ここにコピーしとけ。

ヒマがあったらチェックしたる。

ほな、さいなら。




A太よりMr.Fへのメール

Dear F-San,

I wish you

A Happy New Year and a Happy New Starting job at the department 〇.

Have you been to Atlanta U.S.A by coincidence, haven’t you?!

It is a nice Christmas present for you, even though short staying to

catch your baggage.

< It was a funny and a strange feeling to be for the first time in that

country>

I understand your funny and strange feeling.

We often see these funny and strange happenings during our trips.

One hand, they are bad experiences, the other hand, they are good

memories.

As I told you before, a young Japanese man I met at Bangkok Airport

by chance,left his baggage with his passport, traveler’s check and so

forth, on the bench near a toilet.

Then he went into the toilet only for 3 minutes.

Nobody noticed his act but some baggage thieves.

Oh!! What a miserable result!!

He lost all his valuable things except his life.

He had saved money for the trip for 2 years working as a deliver driver.

And he lost it all at a momentary rest.

I tell you another baggage trouble at Bangkok Airport as well.

A middle-aged man suddenly came to me and asked if I knew his

camera and　movie camera.

Of course I replied to him I never knew it.

I saw him for the first time in my life.

He told me he was a news reporter in the local paper.

He absolutely needed his cameras, because he could not work without

them.

So he put his bag in which there were cameras, films, articles and so

on, behind his chair at a mini bar for a rest at the airport.

As you see, alcohol drinks are cheap at the airport because of duty-

free.

I guess he took some cups of strong whisky, and then he quite drunk.

He didn’t find to get drunk himself, as a result, he entirely forgot his

valuables.

When he checked his bill, he found no bag behind his chair.

Oh!! Alas!!

Where is my bag? He asked everybody at the bar.

Of course nobody knew it. At least they said “No”

I guess some waitress did notice it !! But they replied “I don’t know”

He shouted to me that he would absolutely write this scandal on his

paper.

I could smell strong liquor on his breath. I thought it was only his

excuse.

Both of them didn’t realize at all that there were great differences

between Japan and Thailand, especially concerning the security of

valuables, even your life.

I would like to omit good memories in my trips, because this mail will

be too long.

The general election was held 16th Dec. in Japan.

The LDP won a sweeping victory at it. The LDP took about 300 seats.

The Komei Party took about 20 seats.

The both party totally took 320 seats (in the Lower House all seats 480).

Mr. Abe had been elected the new president of Japan Liberal

Democratic Party right before the general election.

The Abe Cabinet now makes a coalition Cabinet where the LDP and

New Komei Party form the new Japanese government.

The Abe Cabinet wants to promote some new nuclear power plants.

Beside it wants to operate old nuclear power plants again which are

now stopping because of the big disaster in Fukushima.

Most of the LDP members of the House of Representatives want to

 reoperate　stopping old plants and build new ones.

Their main reason is to furnish electric power to companies safely and

stably.

What?! For supplying electricity safely and stably???

By nuclear plants???

All of them can not face directly Fukushima disaster.

As you say “we are still taking the old nuclear rubbish from surrounding
countries to burry it somewhere in our country's ground!!!

That will become a big problem soon”

Yes, your opinion is quite right!!

We can not find what to do the old nuclear rubbish yet !!

The Japan Democratic Party promises to do away nuclear plants until

the end of 2030.

But they suffered a crushing defeat at the previous general election.

They lost about 180 seats (from 230 to 54).

Oh!! Damn it!!

They could not keep their promise to the JDP supporting people.

I really disappointed this result.

I’m sure new LDP government will operate old nuclear plants and build

new plants.

Another main purpose of the LDP government is to change the

Constitution of Japan.

The Constitution of Japan declares that the Japanese people have

renounced war.

The LDP government wants to throw it away. Instead, they want to

admit the right of self-defense by the National Army, not by “the Self-

Defense Force”

That means when LDP government decides to break out war, they can

do it.

Needless to say, I absolutely object another war.

If another war breaks out, we will be ruined.

We (except LDP members) know The Pacific War (1941-1945) broke out

when　Japan, militant nation, tried to form its own empires such as

Manchukuo.

Let’s make love, not war. Make love is much better than war off

course.

“Oh, interesting!! Such a nice low tax!!! hahaha, at least it seems low

to me. We have to pay 19% cons. tax, already!!”

Wow!! Consumption tax is 19% in your county.

Consumption tax will be 8% in Japan next year.

I checked it in your country by Wiki.

Consumption tax concerning medicines, foods, books, newspapers,

magazines,etc. is 7%, isn't it?

I read almost all menu of breakfast in a normal home are 7% taxed

except mineral water 19%.

The proportion of the consumption tax to a national tax in Japan was

24.6% to a national tax in 2006.

Anyway look at the following comparison, please.

What do you think of it?

Do you think the consumption tax in Japan is too low compared with

your country?

The consumption tax / the proportion of the cons.tax to a national tax

France 　  19.6%　　/　　47.1%(2006)
Germany  19.0%　　/　　33.7%(2006)
Italy        20.0% 　/　　27.5%(2006)
England   17.5%　　/　  23.7%（2003）
Japan 　    5.0%    /    24.6%(2006)
Japan      10.0%   /    51.2%(2015?)

Oh!! Let’s change the topics.

< I have applied for another job at the department for 〇〇>

I wish your application will be successful.

Well F-san, take care of yourself, cause working on board always

dangerous.

Best wishes from here a small village in the country to your place at

the Persuasion coast.

ではFさん, くれぐれもお体大切に。

さようなら。

03.01.2013　A.Y.　

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