downs before ups

This week was a quite hard week for me.
I had a little accident on Monday and after that my cold came back and I’m still sniffing and coughing now. It’s been more than 2 weeks like this and it’s very unusual for me who’s almost never get sick. Quite busy at work and the work is always behind the schedule. I wanted to catch up on it, but it was hard. My brain and body weren't responding as much as I wanted them to be. Working for long hours but not accomplishing anything.
As for personal life, I also had a little bump. I got into a situation that I didn’t want to be. I felt bad, guilty for hurting people which I could’ve avoided maybe... I hope I’m learning something from it.
Well, I will get some rest this weekend and get energy back. Life has always ups and downs. If you are down, you go up next. Lucky at least I’m positive :)

My first little accident

Yesterday, I had my first little motorcycle accident.
I didn’t get hurt. Juts a few scratches on my right foot. My bike is OK too. Need a little bit of fixing but it’s minor fixes and I can drive the bike now no problem.

What happened was..
I was on the way to work in the morning. It was still early so no much traffic. There was a car in front of me and he stopped. So I stopped. And then, suddenly he started backing towards me.
For a moment, I thought he was backing a little and changing a direction but he actually kept coming towards me. He didn’t see me and he didn’t check what’s behind him.
Now what should I do. I can’t back my motorcycle. There was no space on the side. I need to honk at him. Then it was a problem. I never used my horn with my motorcycle and I couldn’t find where the horn was for a few seconds. And in that few seconds, he was already hitting my motorcycle.
I was in a way ready for that, so I jumped off from the motorcycle and I had to let my bike fall.

I felt so stupid not knowing where the horn was...
I guess I’m a horn-phobia. I don’t know if that is because I was told not to use horns so many times at the driving school (I often accidentally used the horn because it was very close to the turn signals and when I wanted to stop the signal, I pressed the horn instead :P) or I don’t liked to get honked at. (I hate when people do that for not enough reasons.)

Well, I learned the lesson. Now I know where the horn is and I should use it once in a while so I can use it when I really need it.
In a way I was lucky. If I was in a similar situation where I was actually driving, then I would get hurt.
So, I should thank for that :)

9 months

My little sister :) Yu-Ching is leaving to Italy tomorrow for 9 months.
It's nice to see a friend pursuing her/his dream and it is very stimulating.
I'm sure she will learn a lot and have fun. Well, even if she has some tough times, they will become good memories later. (so, don't worry, Yu-Ching! ;)

When we had lunch together a few days ago, we were talking about how everybody would change in 9 months. Our guesses were -- no change..
Well, Yu-Ching will grow in many ways. but it is very likely that the rest of us will remain the same.. :-} (oh! no!)
So, our plan now is..

In 9 months,
- Imazu-shihou will start up his own company and it will be listed on the stock markets.
- Nao will have a baby :-?
- Hiromi-san will be wandering around somewhere -- possibly in India
- Ni-san will be ... ?? -- he will be happy if he keeps creating something great and he will be :)

and me... I don't know. I hope I will be doing something different — in a good way.
Maybe living in China? Having a baby? (9 months period is perfect, right? except I have to find a father which would probably take 9 years :P) Being in Spain and learning Flamenco guitar?
Well.. I probably shouldn’t go for a big change. I’ll just do whatever things please me... at least for a starter.

Good luck, Yu-Ching. Have FUN :D