My trouble trip

  I am a lucky man. Are you a lucky man? Why I am a lucky man is that I have had some bad experience that I was unexpected. Almost people think that people who have a bad experience are not lucky man, but you can grow rapidly with the help of them. I’ll talk about my France trip; I experienced 3 things that I was unexpected.

  My France trip is the first time that I go abroad alone, so I was very excited. Sometimes I used to go abroad, and I had been free of uncertainty. However while I had been on a monorail, I felt dizzy and fell. And then, I awake to find that some people tried to help me, the old women tried to have me eating and drinking, the one had been looking for a doctor or nurse in the passengers and found the nurse who had summer vacation. She had taken care of me to the arrived station and I had been ok. I was so worried why I don’t know anybody and what I should do. Although the passengers are very kind, so I had felt easy soon.

  I had been enjoyed my France trip and had a good condition after the trouble. And then, I was waiting for my flight back, but my flight was delayed 8 hours due to some trouble. I was compelled to kill 8 hours, however air staff said ‘’ Today, we can’t flight. Please come here tomorrow noon. I was surprised about it. Japanese flight is always on time, so I was interested why the first experience.

 But tomorrow, I escaped my flight, because this air mistook time told me. I felt so heat. I worried, I worried, I worried whether I can flight or not. I tried to ask some staff how can flight, but anybody didn’t help me why it is Sunday, very busy day. They said me ‘’ please go to other reception counter.’’ I was passed around from staff to staff. I went to restroom, and I cried. But I rebooted my mind and I tried to ask somebody one more. And the woman staff helped me. I felt so grateful her. I learned that trip sometimes trouble and I was always helped by somebody.

  My France trip was that I was unexpected and it had many trouble, but I’d like to go to France. Because this trip had me developing, and teach me how to be enjoyed my trip more and more. I am lucky man why I welcome some trouble.

Taimo

 Are you Okinawan? Do you know about Okinawa? If you say “Yes!” to first question, you should say “Yes!” to the later.

 “Taimo” is specialty of Ginowan’s products in Okinawa. But almost people don’t know about it. Taimo is connected something, history, government and nature. It is an interesting food, so I’d like to you know about Taimo.

 First, I’ll tell you why people grow Taimo in Ginowan. Do you know that Ginowan was the mountain? Nagata in Ginowan was crest and Oyama in Ginowan was ground. Thus it filters Nagata’s rain water and flow of clear water to Oyama. However people only grow Taimo in Oyama, because Oyama is under the Futenma base. It protects nature and this nature can filter dirty water. Some people are against bases. So Taimo has a complex relationship.

 Second, I’ll tell you about Taimo protects other nature. Taimo is grown just in a paddy field. But lately, paddy field is decreasing in the world. So plants and bugs that live in a paddy field are decreasing. And then, Oyama’s paddy field have many redlist living things, plants to 9 species and bugs to 8 species. Oyama have more them than Yanbaru that has a lot of nature. Taimo’s paddy field is of particular value.

 Finally, who protects Taimo. Ginowan is the suburbs more and more. Some people want to change Taimo fields into places where people can live. But other people say “STOP!” Do you know who the other people are? They are non Okinawan. They are from mainland Japan. They think that Taimo is good and their field is very important. But most Okinawans don’t know about it.

 I am Okinawan. But I don’t know about Okinawa. So now, I try to know it. The one told me “where you stand, dig deep and pry. Down there is the spring.” This words is Nietzsche’s. If you don’t know Okinawa like me, sometime the spring may vanish away. You should know Okinawa. Because you are Okinawan.