Expensive Local Beer

Today, I had a meeting until 11pm. Finally, I cloud not go shopping, enjoy meals or go around in San Francisco. I think discussion with lawyers is always long... Of course, we have to pay them on an hourly basis.

I am drinking the local beer in the mini bar. It is $7. Expensive... But shops have already closed and I have no choice.

San Francisco

I am staying in San Francisco on business. Even though I am in San Francisco, I have meetings from 8am to 11pm every day, even on Saturday. Unfortunately, I have no time to go to a restaurant to have seafood and local beer. I am just eating sandwiches at each meal. I wish that I went to the fisherman's wharf and ate crabs...
I am leaving to Tokyo tomorrow. I look forward to watching movies and drinking beer on the plane.

Tokyo German Village

I went to Tokyo German Village located in Chiba prefecture with my wife and daughter. Tokyo German Village in Chiba??? It sounds strange. This is the German-inspired theme park located in Chiba. I can not understand why its name include Tokyo although it does not related to Tokyo. Anyway, we can eat sausages and drink German beer there. We could enjoy ourselves very much. My daughter walked a lot on the grass and in the stream. After coming back to home, she got sleep soon.

Telework

I worked at home yesterday and today, because I have to take away from my office until the end of this week due to my flu infection.
I understood that I could comfortably work at home as long as I have the PC and the cell phone. I didn't have to ride crowded trains for one hour each ways. I could play with my kid soon after finishing my work.
I hope to have occasional telework.

By the way, I suddenly have to go to San Fransisco next week. I unfortunately have to cancel my short trip next weekend. I was planning to stay a hotel located in a hot spring area and eat sumptuous dishes.

Silver Week Holidays but I was lying down due to new flu

We have many national holidays in Japan.　The number of national holidays are fifteen and it is more than the US or Europe. I wonder why Japanese people have such many national holidays. Anyway, we have five consecutive holidays, called Silver Week Holiday, this week.

However, I and my family caught new flu, swine flu, last weekend and we were just lying down during the holidays.
I was completely cured, but I cannot go to my office tomorrow because of my company's rule that people who caught flu must stay away from the office for 7 days after infecting flu.
Therefore, I have nine consecutive holidays. Nevertheless, I am not so happy because I cannot go out.
I can read a lot of books during this week.

The change of Japanese government

We had the general election for the House of Representatives last Sunday.
As a result,　the administration of Japanese government has moved from the Liberal Democratic Party to the Democratic Party. Although I anticipated that the Democratic Party would win the election, I could not image such massive victory.
I hope that the Democratic Party would improve the current bad economic conditions and weak and out-of-date social systems of Japan.

Fireworks show in my town

We had a firework show in Futako-tamagawa which is my town. I went to the river side with my wife and kid and enjoyed it.
When I watch its firework, I feel the summer is ending.