2019/11/02 1 minute speech

Last Sunday and Monday, I went to Shiga Prefecturehike.

The representative of our waterfall activity was inaugurated as the chief priest of Enmanin-Temple located in Otsu City.

On Sunday, we hiked the Mt.Ibuki located near the Lake Biwa in Shiga and On Monday, we participated in the events held at the temple.
It's been 2 years since I walked with the monk in the mountain.

Following behind him was so fun to me that I asked him what's the difference.

He said that his walking among the mountains is an acsetic activity.

To descend the way from the top of mountain is more important than to ascend the way toward the top.

We climb the mountain to descend the mountain.

When we are ruuning down the hill, we have to keep concentrating on where we put our foot on.

If we lose our concentration, we might get injured.

We use all five senses and during such time we think nothing.

It is meditation.

During the trip, everything was so great that I refleshed myself.

EU accepts third Brexit postponement as Johnson

EU accepts third Brexit postponement as Johnson pushes for new election

Asahi Weekly Nobember 3.2019

However, after this, we got a most recent news, "The UK is set to go to the polls on 12 December after MPs backed Boris Johnson's call for an election following months of Brexit deadlock.".

At the current moment, in UK, politicians are divided: some want the UK to leave the EU as soon as possible, some would prefer another referendum, and others to cancel Brexit altogether.

Speaking of me, I think the latters are better.

I heard "Brexit" at first, I had a hunch that something bad would happen because some authorities cited the beginning of World War Ⅱ, Japan and Germany left the League of Nations 1933.

This apprehension keeps me watching the movement of Brexit.

I hope the UK puts their sword back into the sheath. 

Weekly Slide 2019/10/27

■concession noun 1 something that you allow or do, or allow sb to have, in order to end an argument or to make a situation less than difficult

■picket line　noun a line or group of picket(1)

■picket noun 1 a person or group of people who stand outside the entrance to a building in order to protest about sth, especially in order to stop people from entering a factory , etc, during a strike; an occasion at which this happens.

■bailout noun an act of giving money to a company, a foreign company,etc. that has very serious financial problems.

■adjourn verb to stop a meeting or an official process, especially a trial, for a period of time

■reiterate verb to repeat sth that you have already said, especially to emphasize it

■decry verb to strongly criticize sb/sth, especially publicly

■scourge noun a person or thing that causes trouble or suffering : the scourge of war

■grumble verb to complain about sb/sth in a bad-tempered way: She's always grumbling to me about how badly she's treated at work

■barrage noun 1 the continuous firing of a large number of guns in a particular direction, especially to protect soldiers while they are attacking or moving towards the enemy

2 (～of sth) a large number of sth, such an questions or comments, that are directed at sb very quickly