Monday, January 28, 2008

blog - What I Ask For To American People


(Obama got Kennedy's endorsement)

What I ask American people is to understand the fierce urgency of the moment, that they face severe difficulties to gain respects from other nations, that they fall into moral turbulence brought by their past arrogance.

There's the only way to rise up from the harsh situation: Show what they are changing, show what they are demanding change, and show what they are choosing the icon of change. They should realize that the way is the only way. I beg them to start changing their course.


God bless Americans!

Sunday, January 27, 2008

blog - What I will do in Feburary



It's already decided what I will do in the next month in the Business Area. That's what I couldn't do here in Fukuoka due to a constraint of place, and what I've been thinking to want to do in the very near future. That's needed to make my goal a reality. That's needed for me to proceed to the next step with strong confidence.

I will build my system at home. Concretely speaking, I will procure servers that will be infrastructure of my new systems, and I will develop my systems that will make the world better. That's an ambitious task and goal. But I have to do. But I must go on. After that, I will first judge my vision and my possibility to make my dream realize. The challenge has come closely.

For that, I've prepared. To do that, I've studied and experienced technical and practical things. If I cannot do the thing actually, I will have to admit my defeat. I will be a loser. However, I've already known that dream will be realized if the man have strong determination and strong enthusiasm. I've already known that if the man put his efforts on the right place, the goal can't help but come!


Come, come!

blog - Strategy for mastering English



Again, I want to make a plan for getting a level of a Master of English. After getting 950 points on TOEIC, in a sense, I've been losing my direction. I've had no clear goals, no clear objectives, and no clear light to lead me to the next level. Although I'm putting my efforts on this area more than 3 hours a day, I'm supposed to be greater than current "me".

So, now, I need to list up what I should do in this three months. And they should be concrete and challenging. Also, I need to build up my vision on this area again along with firing passion and clear objectives. I shout now that the time has come!

VISION >>>>>>
As a professional IT engineer and a global investor, I will obtain a certain level of English abilities. I need to communicate with various people in English, I need to make a thoughtful speech in front of various people in English, and I need to teach various people what I've got in my life in English. So, in this year, I will be able to read a English newspaper without a dictionary, I will be able to speak with native speakers fluently like them, and I will be able to write various pepars with clear and sophsticate sentenses.

BASIC STRATEGIES >>>>>>
1. Reading newspaper more than 1 hour a day, checking unknown words with a dictionary.
2. Reading a book with high concentration more than 2 hours a day, using a pen and a notebook.
3. Speaking English in front of people or a video camera more than a half hour a day.
4. Thinking in English more than a half hour a day on bus, in bath, and on the roads.
5. Studying grammar again, reading the grammatical textbook that I've read three times.
6. Writing English in my blog more than once a day, concentrating on using high-level expressions.
7. Completing reciting "I Have A Dream" before leaving Fukuoka.


The time has come!

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Fukuoka - Everything ends, so I do.


(Umegae-mochi, again)

The day of leaving Fukuoka is coming. I've learned tons of things here in Fukuoka, and I've improved myself in various fields. I was happy. I was happy to come here and live here and struggle with people together here.

In some days, the final tales will be talked in this blog. The secrets will be revealed finally. The resolutions for the future will be swore again. I love Fukuoka. I love everything I've seen here. I was a very fortunate person in the world.


The day is coming.

Thursday, January 17, 2008

blog - Business Area



As I wrote before, this year is a critical one for me to establish my foundation of a new business. First, I have to make my previous knowledge and experiences more strong for closing the goal. Next, I have to start planning an actual step-by-step plan to make it realize. Now is the time.

At the same time, I feel the need to enrich my English vocabulary and expression thoroughly, since writing these sentences, it looks like sentences that a child write. That's disappointing enough. So, pursuing my targets in Business Area, I need to keep my ground to secure my dreams.

Well, let's plan for the next two months: (These two months are critical for the area.)

<<<>>>
- Master ITIL
- Write a paper about the project
- Prepare for the next month

<<<>>>
- Master Java
- Start making a framework
- Strengthen project management area


Let's go!

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

blog - New Four Books in Investment Area



According to my new year's resolution, I bought 4 books in economic and investment area. The titles are as below:

1. The Truth of Structural Reform - The Dairy of Minister Takenaka Heizo.
2. The Coming Collapse of the Dollar and How To Profit From It.
3. Hubbert's Peak - The Impending World Oil Shortage.
4. India 2020 - A Vision for the New Millennium.

(Note: All are written or translated in Japanese, since I needed to grasp the content so quickly.)


I've already finished reading "The Truth of Structural Reform" written by a former Minister Takenaka Heizo of Koizumi Cabinet. I found out that if he had not been there, the revolution couldn't have happened. Prime Minister Koizumi and he played two major roles for the stage of the extraordinary revamp in Japan. He was not only a person responsible to Japan's economic side but also a person who could change the whole political processes that had made Japan stuck at all. This is am amazing book.

The next book, "The Coming Collapse of the Dollar and How to Profit from it", was a little disappointing. The destiny of dollar is well mentioned, but it seems like the writer has his own unfair opinion to gold. So, I quickly read the book today.

The oil one; I thought I needed to read this kind of book as a person who lives in the 21st century. The 21st century would be a century of fossil fuel and global warming. We human beings need to address these huge, catastrophic destiny in the century. So, I needed to read this book. At the same time, as a philosophic investor, I would make a difference in this area.

India one; I needed to know well about India and its economical future. Being an employee at an Indian company, I will take close eyes onto this subject. Also, as a worldwide investor, this country will be one of the most appropriate countries where I will put my money.


After these four books, I will add next four books into my book shelf.

Sunday, January 13, 2008

blog - Great Masterpiece "The Art of Loving"



I've just finished reading the tremendously great book, "The Art of Loving", written by Enrich Fromm in 1956. I feel the necessity to write down the key points about love, and loving. There are surprisingly clear theories and convincingly concrete practices of love.

Now, let me write down the index first. After that, I'll mention the core essences and how to apply them on me.

1. Is love an art?
2. The theory of love
1. Love, the answer to the problem of human existence
2. Love between parent and child
3. The objects of love
Brotherly love
Motherly love
Erotic love
Self-love
Love of God
3. Love and its disintegration in contemporary western society
4. The practice of love


First, he mentions the availability of whether people can theorize the love. After that, like other arts, he writes the theory. Finally, he suggests the practice of love. I noticed that I cannot write what I want to say in English on this blog. Let's go the Japanese site.


Love is...

Saturday, January 12, 2008

blog - America needs to settle the course



Now is the time that America has to settle the direction. If the people choose Hillary Clinton or other normal politicians, America will continue to be normal or getting destructive. On the other hand, if they choose Barack Obama, a real change agent, America will rise up from the darkness.

Seeing various news on this issue, I'm getting to dislike Hillary Clinton and her supporters more and more. They have a lot of negative campaigns to Barack Obama, while Barack Obama insists his own value. But, I believe American people and their conscience. I believe that they will elect a proper person for their president. That has a huge impact on the whole world.


The judgement day has come!

Friday, January 11, 2008

blog - Bood bye, Great Youngster!



One Indian guy left Japan for India this week. The guy is a brilliant and amazing man. He is definitely one of the smartest Indian guys I've ever seen. As well as he has good knowledge, he also has a good communication skill. He can effectively communicate even with Japanese who cannot speak English well. I asked him the knack. His answer: improving and adjusting the way of communicating. That's absolutely right.

He is planning to enroll a graduate school in Germany and be major in robotics. He graduated an Indian university of Information Technology, but he is eager to learn another scientific area. He would be a great scientist or launch his own business in future. And, we will meet again in the near future.

Generally, Indian people are friendly and modest, although in some situation they can be talkative and selfish, and arrogant. They will conquer this industry in not far future. And I feel necessity to communicate with them and fight with them. By the way, an intelligent Indian guy is really intelligent as he is.


Thank you, a great youngster!

blog - Motsu-Nabe



I went to a famous restaurant of Motsu-Nabe (Fukuoka's hot pot) I've been yearning for ever. Uploading the picture, the hot pot was amazingly delicious! I nearly lost my consciousness with the wonderful cow's innards.

All scheduled tasks are over. I had five dates, three casual parties and two something drinks. Beauties in Fukuoka certainly fascinated me. The women were certainly beautiful and cute. But, it seems like there were not a destined woman. I'm continually pursuing the indispensable piece of my life.

Anyway, dishes in Fukuoka were generally good, not bad. Especially hot pots and noodles are much more brilliant than other areas, like Tokyo. I will never forget this fact. I will never forget the memory of this spot. I will never forget the encounters with beautiful girls and the sequence.


Every planned task has been done.

Thursday, January 10, 2008

blog - What remaining


(I ate an Indian food tonight.)

There are remaining things that I couldn't do in the period. So, I need to focus on the following things:

1. Write a paper about this project.
2. Have a meeting with the management of the customer.
3. Leave intimate after my leaving.


First, as I swore, I would need to write a paper about this kind of project, which is a maintenance and also huge project. I will gather a lot of opinions from various stakeholders in order to make it more valuable. Summarizing my this three months, I need to harness it to the future success of me and Japan. Because I'm a professional project manager. Because I'm a person who is eager to grasp anything to be a transforming person.

Second, I decided to set a meeting with the customer. As I mentioned earlier that there are two great leaders in the client's company, I will need to have a conversation with them about lessons learnt we can take back into. I want to be a partner some day again with this client, since the size of the system of the client is huge and the kind of the project which is suppose to need our kind of service provider. So, I will make a chance that we will make a deal with the client one day.

Third, although I suffered from unexpected incidents in Fukuoka here, as a whole I can say that the period in Fukuoka was very good for me. I've learned a new concept of love, I've gained a new kind of knowledge I've never gained ever, and I've achieved a new level of knowing English. And so I thank the project and the opportunity I got to be involved with this project. I was too happy.


My time has been accomplished.

Wednesday, January 09, 2008

blog - Surprising.. My back pain has gone!



As I described before, my right back hurts seriously. The cause, I guess, is mainly by rock-climbing, and due to my non-flexible back. Since I cannot quit this fascinating sport, I decided to do back stretching rigorously. Especially, from the beginning of the year I've spent more than one hour a day to stretch my back at night and in the bed.

Surprising! I found out that my back didn't hurt any more one day. The cause making this happen is clear; The pain has been caused by non-flexibility as well as the distortion. I found out one day before this surprising thing happened that my left back and leg was firmer than right ones. Since my right side back had pain, I had mostly stretched my right side back and leg. That's was partly right, but the pain emerged from the distortion too.

The solution was right. I had been going in the right way. One of my worries for my body has been solved almost completely. Then, I will just rigorously stretch my back and legs and just rigorously exercise to maximize my physical power.


The secret of body has been revealed. What an amazing...

Tuesday, January 08, 2008

blog - Ten-Year-Plan in Business



I have a dream that one day I will have my own company and conduct the operation with my friends with a great joyous happiness. I have a dream that one day I will be able to tell many youngsters about the faith and dignity of the life citing my experience and my challenges. I have a dream that one day I will stand on in front of the people who listen to me expecting a humorous and meaningful talk.

I will launch my own business in the near future. Also, even if it's not ready for that, I will do that at least in my thirties. I'm willing to fail, with pleasure. This doesn't mean I'm just masochistic or something. I just want to challenge my life and my destiny. I just want to take the experience into myself as a precious life event. I just want not to regret in the future not by doing this. And I also say this; Even if there's a failure, the experience will bring me more valuable assets.

So, now is the time to prepare seriously for the challenge. Now is the time to make real my dream I've been walking with. The business would be IT related business, like a software vendor or a consultant firm. For that, I'm now eager to gain various skills and experiences by working on various projects. As well as software, infrastructure skills and insights are preferable to go with in the future. I'll never give up. I'll never turn back.


The challenge has already begun.

blog - It seems like...



It seems like the life in Fukuoka will end. The contract with customer will end at the end of January. And there's no possibility that our successive company will fail and ask us again to remain here more. So, feeling sadness, I have to go.

The life of Fukuoka was brilliant. The encounters with various people were invaluable. The work here made me more valuable in the sense that I got new skills and new perspective. It's so sad to leave this place, but I have to go. And there will be new challenge in the place I'll head for. That's waiting for me.

One concern is that I will meet a girl this Friday and have Motsu-nabe at a famous restaurant. That's a promise since last year. She is a nice person and a beautiful woman. I'd like to see her again and have a fruitful conversation with her. One clear thing; I will give her an iPod I won at a party last year.


What I won here should be given again here. That's a philosophy.

Monday, January 07, 2008

blog - Everyday-Life: I MUST MOVE ON



The new month has started. The new life has started. One who has determined that he would do what he said in New Year holidays has to do the same in his daily life. Action is more desirable than thought. I was born in Eastern world, so I'm with paradoxical philosophy.

Anyway, I'll list up what I'm doing and I'll do in this month:

1. Chin-up 50 times a day
2. Stretching more than 1 hour a day, in the morning and evening
3. Writing blog in English
4. Speaking out in front of video
5. Reading newspaper aloud in the morning more than 1 page checking uncertain words with a dictionary
6. Reading a book in the bath
7. Climbing up and down the stairs of the office till 18 floors more than 2 times a day
8. Read a book using a dictionary and a notebook in the lunch time
9. Reciting "I have a dream" on the bus and at the time stretching
10. Start reading IT related books in order to prepare for the goal in the Business area


Hey, me. Please make sure that you surely do the things above EVERYDAY. Only by strictly following faith and determination, people can achieve their goals. Make sure that the dream will happen. Make sure that change will come to you. Make sure that one day you will be relax with your family and you will enjoy your own life.


It's started.

Friday, January 04, 2008

blog - The Audacity of Hope



I'm now reading a book, "The Audacity of Hope". Of course, Barack Obama wrote this book. And I'm reading parallel this book and "The Art of Loving". The former I read mainly in the bath. The latter I read at a Starbucks checking the dictionary.

This book has tons of difficult words and highly complicated background of US political world, so it's hard to read throughout without a dictionary. But, this book has more than 300 pages, and I want to finish this book as early as possible because the election has already started, so I don't use a dictionary at the time I read this book.

It's preferable to have several different kinds of type to read books. Some time I read it much carefully, getting the expression, learning new words. Another time I read it much faster, grasping the content, being familiar with the level of difficulty. Since I've just started, I cannot say a clear message. Nevertheless, I can say this: This is a great book.


I'm getting familiar with him and his stage.

blog - Great Victory For America, the World



I'm an enthusiast for Barack Obama, a candidate for American President. Today, he won the first caucus in Iowa at this election. And he did a great speech after his victory was clear. I think I'm happy to hear a great speech like this at real time. I think I'm happy to have a great politician like him at real time in spite of the fact that he is in a different country.

I hope America will continue to choose him at the successive elections. I hope America will choose him as the President of the United States of America. I hope he will be a president of the country and will make a difference in a revolutionary way. I hope America will rise up and live out the true meaning of politics under his regime.

The world is waiting for him. The world is waiting for truth, waiting for dignity, waiting for change making the world better. Although I'm Japanese and I a little envy American people in the sense of having the real leader, I hope this will surely happen. He is the first man to make real ideal democracy since JFK. I know this. I knew this.


The time is starting.