「English Diary」カテゴリーアーカイブ

Annoying thing in a train

On my way to my office,
A man carrying his bag was standing at the door.
His bag was disturbing my personal space,
and even it was hitting on my face!

It was so annoying that I couldn’t stand it anymore!

I pushed his bag. then I said politely,
“Please stop annoying, your bag is hitting on my face.”
Then he suddenly change his bag position.

You must be careful about your baggage!

If the train is crowded,
You should take off your backpack and put it on the shelf or between your feet!

a wallet left on office

When I seated in my office, I found a wallet.
I thought someone left it.

I looked around and confirmed that nobody was looking!
Then I took all money from the wallet!
How evil I was!
That was not the case at all.

On the contrary, I kept my eyes on it.
About an hour later, Its owner appeared and was relieved to find his wallet.

Car battery

In Japan,It is said that You must change car battery every two year.

From my experience, it is not true.
Car battery will last at least more than two years.
As long as you use your car regularly,
It will last more than four years!

Since my car is manual transmission, I can use push start as last resort.

But my car’s battery is not common in Japan,
It’s time to replace it.

be careful when buying expensive items by using credit card

Yesterday I was going to buy fairly expensive item on the internet,
When I entered credit card number, next screen was error page which display “you can’t use this card!”.

I checked limit amount, But It was enough to buy it.
I tried to buy it by another credit card, but it also failed.

Today , I got a phone call from the credit card company,
The operator told me that yesterday’s purchase was not considered to be normal. so their system locked my credit card.
The company called me to confirm that this purchase was done by me.
also they unlocked my credit card status.

Getting reserved seat of Shinkansen

I usually use Eki-net which offer up-to 35% discount ticket.

This time I was going to take one ticket on 12/31 From saitama to Niigata,
but this period is called “kisei-rasshu” which means many people return to their home.

Today,I got an e-mail which said that I could not get ticket.
So, I searched another train which departs late afternoon.

Finally, I could get a ticket for 15% discount price!

Kagura Ski Area Open!

Kagura is famous for long season.

It usually opens at the 20th of November.

But this year,
There is no snow on the slope!

This year, Kagura provide so-called artificial plastic snow in particular area.
So without snow, you can slide the slope!

But unlike snow slope, It is very dangerous if you fall!
If you don’t have confidence, wait until real snow fall!