It was cloudy and humid all day.

As usual, I woke up at 5:30 a.m., and tore off a page from the block calendar, plugged in an electric jug, change the diapers of  an old cat, and  read newspaper. Tearing off a page from the calender, I noticed more than a half year had passed since January. Since March 11th, the day the earthquake hit eastern Japan, more than four months had passed,too. Time really flies. In the newspaper, there are the numbers 15,555 and 5,344  which indicate the numbers of  the dead people and the missing people in the earthquake and tsunami. far more than 20,000 people were killed. Behind these numbers, there are the same numbers or more tragedies. Sad, so sad !  We should never forget of these tradegies. And, of course, we will have to continue to encourage, support, and help the victims.