Get down-time.

Do you know?

What's the longest sentence in the world?       A life sentence.
What animal never plays fair in Africa?            A cheetah.
What kind of clothes does your house always wear?     Address.

~Tim~

Ken, who the ...... ?

Ken, Ken, who the #% is Ken.
Recently someone has been putting stickers on my signboard with some comments. The person signs his name with 'Ken'.  We always wondered who it was. I imagined a guy about thirty-five, short hair and well dressed. Today I met a fellow who introduced himself as Ken. He said that he was the one that put the stickers on my sign. He was in his fifties, grey hair, dressed in an unmatched jacket, pants and sweater vest. He looked like a junior high school math teacher. Well what do you know?

~Tim~

A woman struggling with packages.

Recently I noticed a young woman walking from the station carrying four huge white packages. As she came closer I noticed that she was a Chinese tourist and she was struggling to haul packages of 'Pampers' disposable paper diapers.

~Tim~

Young lady and her ring.

Two of my students fell in love and he proposed to her. She of course said "yes" so he went to buy  a diamond ring  for her. He called her and told her what he had done and he asked her to meet him at their favorite bar and he would present to her there. The young lady was super happy and she told her friends of the sensational news. She and her friends immediately began to celebrate. He was delayed a bit at the office. 
By the time he arrived at the bar she had drunk too much and had fallen asleep and she was in no condition to receive her ring.

~Tim~

Laundering?

Yesterday I forgot that my wallet was in my jeans and I put them into the washing machine. Does that mean that I was laundering money?

~Tim~ 

Fireworks

Tonight there will be fireworks in Juso. About 700,000 people will come, watch and return home. Tomorrow Nishinakajima will be a ghost town.

~Tim~

High school baseball tournament

High school baseball. Now there is a national high school baseball tournament in Osaka. Nishinakajima  has a number of cheap hotels so the city is full of strong young deeply tanned men. They are often seen swinging bats and jogging around the area. Since this tournament is an elimination competition,each day fewer and fewer of these young men are seen around town. 
It's a bit sad but I guess that's life.

~Tim~

Senior lady

Today I saw a tricycle like mine with a large basket on the back of it. The basket was full of three small,children and a senior lady was peddling furiously*.

*furiously : 猛烈に、激しく。

~Tim~

Twins

Maki, our office manager, is also a piano teacher. She has a number of students and among her students she has three sets of twins!

~Tim~

Vacation

Soon vacation season will be upon us. Many people ask me the location of my vacation spot. I always answer,'South Shore'. Most people reply that they have heard of the place but have never been there. Actually South Shore translated into Japanese means Minamikata. Nishinaka jima-Minanamikata is the location of my school.

Helping hand

Since I'm still on crutches, I was having trouble walking up a flight of stairs in the station when I was helped by a little old lady..... 
who had a walking stick! 

 Smiles all around.