Homework

Today is the last day of winter break for my son. He is really busy because he has to do lots of homework. I'm sorry, but he was busy for his table tennis club activities. He could take a day off on the new year day. 

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Hydrogen Bomb Test

North Korea said that they did a hydrogen bomb test successfully. A hydrogen bomb is more powerful than nuclear weapons. South Korean government is skeptical about the Pyongyang's announcement because the explosion was too small to be a hydrogen bomb. This time, even China accused the test immediately. 

Where does Kim Jong-un want to go? 

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Mexico Mayor Killed

The mayor of Temixico was killed by a crime group in Mexico only one day after taking office. She determined to crack down on drug trafficking. 

The city has about 100,000 people and has been suffering kidnappings and extortion by crime groups. In Mexico, several mayors and police officers were killed by crime groups last year. Mexico seems like gang control country. 

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Giant Baba

I watched an old documentary tv program about Giant Baba, a Japanese pro-wrestler. He wanted to be a professional baseball player when he was younger. He played baseball at high school in Niigata. He was a good pitcher. 

When he was second grade, Tokyo Giants offered him to join the team. Gains was the most popular baseball team in Japan. He quitted high school and became a professional baseball player at age of 17. 

Unfortunately, he could not play well and was fired when he was 22. Baba though he could not go back to his hometown before he got a success, so he decided to be a pro-wrestler. 

The training to be a wrestler was unbelievably hard, but he managed to get over the difficulty because he didn't have anywhere to go then. 

Finally, he become a popular pre-wrestler. He might be the most famous Japanese wrestler then. 

http://youtu.be/mBFvCo3WvFw

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Where We Supposed to Be

I finished Never Let Me Go with its audiobook English version. It took 5 days to complete. I've read the novel in both English and Japanese several years ago, but this audiobook was quite hard to understand for me. 

I was impressed by the last sentence. It was, "then turned back to the car, to drive off to wherever it was I was supposed to be." Life Kathy, Tommy and Ruth, we have to go where we are supposed to be. We can't escape from that, no exception. That's what the author wanted to write, I think. 

I'll try to listen to the novel again, this time with text as much as I can. That'll help my understanding of the novel in English. 

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Motorbike

My son said that he would buy a motorbike near future. My wife and I said that it would be dangerous to ride a motorcycle. We don't want him to do so. But he said that he already decided that. We can't stop him to buy a motorbike, that's for sure. I'm worried about that, though. 

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Hard to Understand the Novel

I've listened to two thirds of Never Let Me Go on Audible. To tell you the truth, I could understand only half of the story. The author didn't use too difficult words, but it hard to understand for me. But that's okay. I'll listen to the novel over and over with reading the original text.  

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