Elephants Hunting in Tanzania

I listened to an interview show on the BBC radio today. It was about ivory trade in Tanzania. The trade in ivory has been banned since 1989. But in Tanzania, 30 elephants are killed for ivory everyday. They send ivory to mainly China, Hong Kong.

Of course elephant hunting is not allowed in the country but the hunting is still happen. The number of elephants are decreasing. The government have patrol officers but don't work well because they ignor hunting for money. They get money instead of overlook the illegal hunters. 

Tanzanian goverment should strengthen the regulation for illegal hunting.

Bitcoin Trade Stopped

A Bitcoin trade company said that they have stopped their exchange work. Apperently, their system was hacked and the huge amount of Bitcoins were disappeared. No government involves the virtual currency so the value of Bitcoin is not protected officially. 

I wonder if the system will collapse or regain credibility. We should watch it carefully. 

I Forgot To Remember

I listened to the Diane Rehm show this morning. Today's guest wrote a book titled "I Forgot To Remember". 

When she was 22, she completely lost her memory due to a brain accident. At that time, she was merried and had two children. She did not remember her husband nor her children. She even did not remember how to speak not how to use spoon. She had to build her life again. 

I couldn't imagine how hard she and her family were. It's really incredible story.

Car License

My son has got a car license after he failed the exam once. Technically it's not car license but he can only use moter bike.

And he just started to taking car driving course. He isn't a fast learner. I hope he gets the license without taking any extra lecture. Otherwise I have to pay extra money for that.

The First Song of Japanese Nightingales

The temperature was only 2 Celcious in this morning but I didn't feel a chill. It was a different type of cold air, maybe a spring one.

A friend of mine said on Facebook, he heard the first song of Japanese nightingales of this year. Spring is certainly coming around the corner.

A Lecture for City Guide

I'm a new member of a volunteer tour guide for forein people in my city. I had a lecture in Matsue Castle tour today. Twenty people took part in the lecture. I learned how to explain the castle and how to answer questions.
Matsue Castle has its 400 years history. I don't think I can explain about the castle well but I'll try to do that as much as I can. I think I need to prepare for the guide more.
After the course, we went to a Japanese style cafe. We had matcha and Japanese sweets there. Senior members told us their experience about volunteer guide. I hope I could help many foreign tourists.

Conflict in Ukraine

Many citizens have been killed due to the conflict between the goverment troops and protesters in Ukraine. I can see lots of bloody photos and videos on the net. 

The president and the goverment should ground their arms and talk with the protesters. Otherwise this conflict will make more numbers of miserable victims in Ukraine. Put the weapons on the ground first!