EighteenThirty thousand refugees with 3500 children in it are reported to be involved in the battle at Yarmouk Refugee Camp in Syria. The antigovernmental factions make conflicts there while the regime side is attacking there from outside. The refugees lack food and water. Some news source says there are victims not only due to the conflicts but also to starvation. A news source
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2015/04/unrwa-chief-heads-syria-urgent-yarmouk-mission-150411144408169.html
UNRWA has been supporting them with food/water. But it is not enough. UNRWA requests us to donate for them at the web site.
The western countries should do with the flow of fund to both the rebel and the regime. Most of the fund go through the religious schools in Pakistan to terrorists, as reported. There should be the merchants of death, who sell armaments to both sides, in the developed countries as well. I wonder why they won't do against such things which cause and aggravate the crisis. Such acts should be the real war against the terrorism.
4/11/2015
The litmus test
Something has lighted in my mind this morning.
I will call CQ. Then someone calls me. I quickly respond him/her exactly in this way;
599 NO QSL
If he/she goes away giving me a report, that means he wanted that type of QSO.
If he/she wanted to know more of me, he/she is a ham who enjoys conversational QSOs.
Of course, my response could discourage such a ham. But ther are too many who do only contest style QSOs. I would discourage them not to call me any more. They are too many like white ants eating a wooden house.
I would name it as THE LITMUS TEST FOR CONVERSATIONAL QSO.
I will call CQ. Then someone calls me. I quickly respond him/her exactly in this way;
599 NO QSL
If he/she goes away giving me a report, that means he wanted that type of QSO.
If he/she wanted to know more of me, he/she is a ham who enjoys conversational QSOs.
Of course, my response could discourage such a ham. But ther are too many who do only contest style QSOs. I would discourage them not to call me any more. They are too many like white ants eating a wooden house.
I would name it as THE LITMUS TEST FOR CONVERSATIONAL QSO.
4/10/2015
The last hot pot cooking this season
A hot pot dish with fish and vegetables. It might be the last one in this season. It is a pretty easy recipe. After preparing stock, put vegetables like chinese cabbage, tofu and fish like salmon and cod.
The boss at the Dept of Pediatrics where I served residency gave us this pot for the wedding gift. He might know how busy we would be and the hot pot cooking were handy for us.
Ever since then, this pot has occupied a corner of the table in winter every year at hour home. It has been several years since the boss passed away.
4/09/2015
Boredome with radio or pursuit of real communication
I have recently expressed something negative or pessimistic for radio communication in this blog or elsewhere. A good friend of mine has written to me that i might had been so active with radio that I became bored with it. he gently advised me to slow down with radio.
He has a point in my case. I have operated radio 3 or 4 times a day, even if not continuously for long hours. Maybe, I should spend time for the other things than radio as he suggested. But it is still true that I could happily switch off the radio when I could have a meaningful contact with someone through radio.
Today, I have had such a conversation with an old friend of mine, Jim K6AR. He told me he would start attending another class at a university like that last year. The class has a theme of comparing a company with the others regarding the cash flow. I know he is concerned about such a thing for his investment activities. He also honestly told me he had been going on learning something like this due to an anxiety for the future. The anxiety concerns with aging. If not quite the same as he has, I could share the same kind of anxiety as his. It urges me some intellectual acitivity believing such a thing would help me to avoid or slow down aging process in intellectual ability.
I know there are the other factors responsible for the aging process such as exercise or eating habit. These factors might work in certain epigenetic mechanism. I should admit, however, some genetic factor may ultimately determine our aging. We have been destined as for aging in a sense.
After we make best effort to prevent intellectual deterioration, we must live as the New Testament says; Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. (Matthew 6:34). I am not a religious person but believe in this words. Jim has agreed with me. I was pleased to find a person who lives with the same worry and anxiety there.
After such a QSO with Jim, I feel satisfied and won't seek any more QSOs.
It won't be necessarily regarding with such a serious matter. But I appreciate something related with our lives in our conversation of QSOs. It is still quite difficult for me to find such a QSO. However, I still pound the key looking for such a QSO.
He has a point in my case. I have operated radio 3 or 4 times a day, even if not continuously for long hours. Maybe, I should spend time for the other things than radio as he suggested. But it is still true that I could happily switch off the radio when I could have a meaningful contact with someone through radio.
Today, I have had such a conversation with an old friend of mine, Jim K6AR. He told me he would start attending another class at a university like that last year. The class has a theme of comparing a company with the others regarding the cash flow. I know he is concerned about such a thing for his investment activities. He also honestly told me he had been going on learning something like this due to an anxiety for the future. The anxiety concerns with aging. If not quite the same as he has, I could share the same kind of anxiety as his. It urges me some intellectual acitivity believing such a thing would help me to avoid or slow down aging process in intellectual ability.
I know there are the other factors responsible for the aging process such as exercise or eating habit. These factors might work in certain epigenetic mechanism. I should admit, however, some genetic factor may ultimately determine our aging. We have been destined as for aging in a sense.
After we make best effort to prevent intellectual deterioration, we must live as the New Testament says; Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. (Matthew 6:34). I am not a religious person but believe in this words. Jim has agreed with me. I was pleased to find a person who lives with the same worry and anxiety there.
After such a QSO with Jim, I feel satisfied and won't seek any more QSOs.
It won't be necessarily regarding with such a serious matter. But I appreciate something related with our lives in our conversation of QSOs. It is still quite difficult for me to find such a QSO. However, I still pound the key looking for such a QSO.
4/08/2015
To our daughter
My daughter, you have started your career as a nurse at a hospital nearby this spring. It has been a bit late for you to do that. You have started studying law at a university in Tokyo at first. You found it was not her calling in your life in a few years and spent moratorium for a few years. Coming back here, you began attending to a nursing course at a university nearby. With pretty good scores, you have graduated from it this spring. We are proud of you, our daughter.
On April 3rd 24 years ago, our aunt has died due to a traffic accident at age 87 years, I believe. It was her who had started working in the medical and nursing field first in our family.
She has suffered from tuberculosis when she was studying in Sendai some years before the WWII. It was an illness destined to death those days.
A teacher from the US, named Mary Schneider, has helped her materially and morally. Aunt has been founded with the belief in Christinaity by Mary's guidance. Mary has supported our aunt giving everything she needed. In several years, aunt has made the illness stabilized and decided to help Mary.
Mary has answered, however, aunt should love and help people who needed them. Love should go round from a person to another. She told aunt not to help herself any longer. Mary has died of cancer at age 42 years. Our aunt decided to live for those who needed her help.
After she had trained herself at a sanatorium of leprosy, she settled down at very this place where we have been living for the past 30 years. This place was neighbor to our aunt's, that is, your grandmother's home. She has started a small sanatorium for a tuberculosis patient at a very small house. It has grown a bit to 12 beds at most later years. The patients were those helpless in the society and their families. Those who could help the others have done their work. Aunt and the others have farewelled to dozens of patients to the heaven. Even though I am away from Christianity, it is surprising how hopeful and gratified they have spent the last days at this poor outlook sanatorium. I was born at that sanatorium where my parents, that is, your grandparents had served for the patients. Your grandmother has started working as a nurse right here. It is not an honor on the earth. Our aunt and her enterprise have almost been forgotten by the people. It was not even recognized properly at that period of twenty years. Remember our family's backbone was in the memory of this aunt's sanatorium.
Time passes so fast. The sanatorium has been closed when antibiotics was curative or controlling the illness. Our aunt has moved to a place totally unkown to her and has spent her last years of life teaching children and testifying her belief to the people around there. It is only for a brief period that you could work for the patients. But, remembering how your aunt has worked here, go through your work from now. Work hard for those need your help. It is worth doing. It is your turn.
Our aunt and the patients in the sanatorium days.
On April 3rd 24 years ago, our aunt has died due to a traffic accident at age 87 years, I believe. It was her who had started working in the medical and nursing field first in our family.
She has suffered from tuberculosis when she was studying in Sendai some years before the WWII. It was an illness destined to death those days.
A teacher from the US, named Mary Schneider, has helped her materially and morally. Aunt has been founded with the belief in Christinaity by Mary's guidance. Mary has supported our aunt giving everything she needed. In several years, aunt has made the illness stabilized and decided to help Mary.
Mary has answered, however, aunt should love and help people who needed them. Love should go round from a person to another. She told aunt not to help herself any longer. Mary has died of cancer at age 42 years. Our aunt decided to live for those who needed her help.
After she had trained herself at a sanatorium of leprosy, she settled down at very this place where we have been living for the past 30 years. This place was neighbor to our aunt's, that is, your grandmother's home. She has started a small sanatorium for a tuberculosis patient at a very small house. It has grown a bit to 12 beds at most later years. The patients were those helpless in the society and their families. Those who could help the others have done their work. Aunt and the others have farewelled to dozens of patients to the heaven. Even though I am away from Christianity, it is surprising how hopeful and gratified they have spent the last days at this poor outlook sanatorium. I was born at that sanatorium where my parents, that is, your grandparents had served for the patients. Your grandmother has started working as a nurse right here. It is not an honor on the earth. Our aunt and her enterprise have almost been forgotten by the people. It was not even recognized properly at that period of twenty years. Remember our family's backbone was in the memory of this aunt's sanatorium.
Time passes so fast. The sanatorium has been closed when antibiotics was curative or controlling the illness. Our aunt has moved to a place totally unkown to her and has spent her last years of life teaching children and testifying her belief to the people around there. It is only for a brief period that you could work for the patients. But, remembering how your aunt has worked here, go through your work from now. Work hard for those need your help. It is worth doing. It is your turn.
Our aunt and the patients in the sanatorium days.
it is snowing here
When I came downstairs earlier this morning, my wife told in a surprised tone that it was snowy. I could barely believe that because I hadn't felt so cold getting out of bed. Through the window, it was surely snowing. A bit wet snow. Some are already left on the ground and the trees.
Daffodiles were as if frozen with the stalks bent down.
It was quietly snowing. No birds were singing from the forrest nearby.
Half sphere shaped trees in the garden were also snowed. Some of them are supposed to bloom soon.
Daffodiles were as if frozen with the stalks bent down.
This snow might be, hopefully, the farewell greeting of the winter passing away.
I will spend the day indoor with ham radio, cello and chores today.
4/04/2015
Spring is full blown here
As a usual week end, my wife has come home early in the afternoon. We have worked together in the garden. The weeds are growing fast now. Before they get ripe enough to seed, we should pull them. Time is passing gently as well as peacefully.
My wife asked me to take supper enjoying cherry blossoms under cherry trees somewhere as ordinary Japanese usualy do. Taking a camera, I went to the junior high school next to our property on the west side. The cherry trees are fully blooming now. Noone in the campus. Quiet and calm.
The plum tree in our garden at the exit with the cherry trees in the school next to our home. The fullblown flowers are getting replaced to fresh leaves. A partner tree was dead due to a kind of mold a few years ago. I just woder if this tree could be fertile without it. Looking forward that it will prolifically bear many fruits in the summer, I would go on caring for it.
The flower bed in our garden.
I have wondered if it was worth or meaningful to keep this blog or not for the past weeks. Without confidence in myself and in my life, I could scarcely have anything to be published in such a small media as this blog. I am still thinking of blogging in that way.
With force of habit, however, I would go on for a while writing what is happening here and what I am thinking of. Hopefully, no strain on myself.
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