A total eclipse occerd in the south of Japan yesterday. I live in Fukui, the middle of Japan, and we saw a partial eclipse. It was so cloudy that we were able to see the sun by the naked eye. (It’s dangerous…)

This was my first time to see the eclipse, not on TV or a picuture. I was excited!

This photo was taken through a colored glass filter by my freind. AM 11:00

There are several assistant language teachers (ALT) in my city. A english ALT backed to her country 2 days ago. Before the farewell party for her, she lost her wallet (or most likely it was stolen). The contents were 110000yen, 300 dollars and cards. She put the wallet on her desk, and went her friend’s house. She didn’t lock the door. She backed to her house 30 minutes later, and it was lost. She’s crying several hours, we looked for it, but we couldn’t find it.

My family and I don’t lock the doors and windows of our house, because we live really country side.

In my work place, there are 14 employees there, but two people are suffering from depression and are taking a long long vacation. And one of them takes three years. It’s not fair…hahaha.

Now I save money to get married in 2009 or 2010…I don’t want to be wife… no it’s maybe good. I don’t want to have a sister-in-law(not mother-in-law) who lives next to my boyfriend’s family’s home. She has four children, but two of them live at my boyfriend’s place. It’s really strange… But I want my child. In Japan, it’s difficult being a single mother.

We’ve had a unusually weather in Japan this summer. Usually we have many typoons, but this year we haven’t yet. It’s strange. Instead of typoons, we were ravaged by torrential rains. I bought a hammer to smash car windows. If I would be trapped inside a car because of a torrential rain, and go under the water, I would have to get out!!! I know I’m fool, but I bought it. And I’m relieved.

By the way, 15th is Payment of a Pension Day. And there are a lot of “It’s me” fraud and bank transfer scam targeting old people on 15th. Police men were standing by the ATM at every post Office and bank all day long that day. I work at a post office, so I was watching a police man all day long, because he stood really straight and stiff all day! Usually I can’t see such a man at the post Office, so It was interesting for me.

Quiz show is popular in Japan now. Stupid panel are more popular than intelligent panel. Everyone laughs at stupid panel’s answers. Hmm…. I don’t like it. Of course, everybody likes these stupid panel. They are sweet nature. Maybe some of them do it deliberately. But I don’t like it…

I finaly bought a new laptop computer this month. I hadn’t checked my e-mail for 5 months because my PC broke after 5 years in use. I checked my e-mail yesterday, and I received about 7000 e-mails…I thought I shoud checked all e-mails if these were important or not. But I gave it up as soon as I saw how many I receive e-mail. I’m sure almost all these e-mails were junk. Maybe…

I have trouble with my computer(windows). I can switch on my computer, but I can’t open any file, and can’t shut down it. I have to send it to repair. It’s thanks to my Mac that my sister and her hasband gave me, I take it calmly.

Postal Servicse will be privatized and split up from tomorrow. I work for a post office. A lot of things will be changed. I’m little worried. For instance, when we make a call, we have to say “Hello, this is (my name), Japan Post Service Co.,Ltd.” We will not able to use “Japan Post Office”. And some people would be wary of us, especially senior citizen would say ” Who are you! I don’t know ‘Post service Co.,Ltd’! I can’t understand difficult things.” Because there are a lot of phone fraud in Japan.

Of couse, there are good things though!

By the way our uniform will be changed, too. We wore dull aqua vest, yellow ocher pre-tied tie and dark blue skirt. But we will wear Brack tie with stripes, white shirt, and black skirt starting tomorrow. I like new uniform. I’m looking forward to wearing it!

Few days from now we will be in Sweden. It is second time I board a airplane… I am really nervous. But same time I am looking forward to having Swedish home cooking, seeing beautiful sights, and going on a trek without fear of bears.

Now I have trouble with person who work with me sometimes. If only I am a good and optimistic fellow, I could manage with him and become friends. And I will be cured of my alopecia areata.

Billy’s boot camp has caught on in Japan recently. I work out under Billy too. It’s true that My mother and I lost 2kg each in ten days (we ate more than usual), but It’s really hard!!! We don’t need the Billy’s band. 

I drew it for my sister. It’s not so good… but rather gross. But drawing pictures was very fun, and I did it after a long interval. So if I continue to draw pictures, I will become much better. …I hope so.

Usually I don’t draw only background, so this picture seems like something is missing. But it’s because just my skill is low. I will draw a lot of pictures from now.

At the top of my blog’s picture is japanese wisteria, I painted the picture with water color and Photo Shop. I like to combine analog way(water colour) and digital way(Photo Shop) when I drawing pictures.

And a picture of LOTR on the right side is painted with water colour and photo shop. It’s almost all water colour, but only light is painted using photo shop. 

Oh, I had forgotten to uplord GEGEGE NO KITAROU picture. Someday I’ll do…