2025/06/05

Grain in Ear

It's another rainy day, another busy day, the first Thursday of June. According to the Farmers' calendar, today is "Grain in Ear", the ninth of the 24 solar terms, a good day to sow, to take action, and to pray for the good fortune.

Thursdays are usually full of activities. The online basic Japanese with 623 classmates of Taipei Medical University began from 8:15 till 9:00. We practiced singing a famous enka "Like the waters flow in a River" by Misora Hibari. I could memorize the entire lyrics by heart. I watched the video this morning, I felt touched again by the profond meaning of this popular song among Japanese people. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuM3xdX3W1Y

I watched an intermediate Japanese podcast, talking about a recent phenomenon. People are less interested in the news. Likewise, I don't like to watch or listen to the news. In the past, my husband and I used to listen to the BBC news before we went to bed. Now I prefer to lay in bed quietly before I fall asleep. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9K5Xz408ix0

From 10:30 till 11:00, another English conversation class with 623 classmates took place online. We talked about hobbies. Rai likes hiking. Her husband likes gardening. Cindy likes traveling. Cindy saw two polar bears walking on the ice searching for food. She also saw an arctic fox family of five when she was in the Arctic. Polar bears are endangered because the number of walrus reduced rapidly due to the climate change. I also enjoy hiking and traveling. I like reading manga and watching anime, too.

After lunch, I took a nap for 30 minutes.  It was raining when I left home with my raincoat on to the Wheatland Center from 1:30 till 3:30. We learned "Go Right Away", a new song by the Energy Group, a debut song at the closing ceremony of the World Masters Game 2025. Then we sang karaoke and practice slow jogging. It was still raining when I left the center. 

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