《※The English translation of the above text is as follows》
Hello, this is Sarutanuki.
Today, I’m going to write about something that got me excited.
This is a true tidbit.
Let me tell you what happened…
I received this!
A limited edition original SUGOCA!
SUGOCA is an IC card ticket that can be used in the JR Kyushu area.
SUGOCA is an IC card ticket that can be used in the JR Kyushu area. It’s the Kyushu version of JR East’s SUICA.
The normal version is here.
That’s the “Blade of Extinction” version that caused an unprecedented boom last year!
So why did I receive this?
I had completely forgotten about it, lol.
Actually, I had applied for the JR Kyushu campaign.
Last year, from October 1, 2020 (Thursday) to December 28, 2020 (Monday), JR Kyushu was running a “Blade of Extinction” x “JR Kyushu” digital stamp rally.
JR Kyushu has created a smartphone app, which is linked to the GPS function and has a check-in function.
And this campaign was to be applied if you checked in at all 13 designated stations in the JR Kyushu area during the period.
The stations in each prefecture of Kyushu were designated.
Mojiko Station (Fukuoka), Hita Station (Oita), Beppu Station (Oita), Hakozaki Station (Fukuoka), Tosu Station (Saga), Sasebo Station (Nagasaki), Isahaya Station (Nagasaki), Bungo Mori Station (Oita), Triangle Station (Kumamoto), Aso Station (Kumamoto), Miyakonojo Station (Miyazaki), Kirishima Jingu Station (Kagoshima), and Ibusuki Station (Kagoshima).
And I completed all 13 stations (lol), so I applied.
And it looks like I won.
Well, I’ll treasure it. I wonder if I’ll get a premium for it in a few years, lol.
《※The English translation of the above text is as follows》
Hello! This is Sarutanuki.
Today, I’d like to start by showing you the screen of my phone.
I’m using an iPhone, and this is the screen of the calendar application that comes with the iPhone.
The calendar function, which I’m sure most of you have used before, allows you to write your schedule. You can also set up notifications to appear on the screen when the scheduled time comes, or you can set up advance notifications before the scheduled time. For example, you can be notified two hours or a day before the scheduled time.
So, if you’ve made plans early and are about to forget, it’s convenient to be reminded a day or so in advance.
I don’t go to the dentist now, but when I used to go for my monthly checkups, they made me schedule my next appointment a month in advance, so I set the notification for a day in advance so I wouldn’t forget.
So, recently, I’ve been using it like this.
Walking with a flat stomach” (lol)
Moreover, I set this to notify me three times a day, every day, morning, noon and evening.
There’s a reason for this…
I’m turning 40 this year, so I want to be conscious of my health.
And I want to live my life with correct posture.
And then I realized something.
I realized that if I make my belly concave, my posture will be correct.
I’ve become flabby and middle-aged, but when I’m naked in public, I want to look as thin as possible, so I find myself embarrassed to make my belly a little concave. For example, during a medical checkup. I have a good posture when I do that.
So I started to think that I should spend my daily life with the feeling that people are watching my upper body even when I am wearing clothes. Silly, right?
I thought it would be a good idea to be conscious of my belly on a daily basis, since I am now middle-aged and I think my belly will start to show more and more easily.
I don’t have the time or money to go to the gym, so I wanted to do what I could in my daily life.
I decided that I needed to be thoroughly aware of this, so I set up this notification to remind me three times a day.
I’m writing this blog on my computer, and if I’m not careful, I can easily hunch over.
In my case, I also drive a lot. That’s why I thought I needed to be thoroughly aware of it.
I’ve just started, so I’m not in a position to say, “Here are the results,” but I’m going to continue. Well, this blog is like a statement of my determination to continue.
If I get any results, I will post them on my blog.
《※The English translation of the above text is as follows》
Hello! This is Sarutanuki.
All of a sudden, I like Yoshinoya.
But I rarely eat gyudon.
So, what do I eat?
It’s the morning set meal.
I like the set meals that come with natto.
I love natto teishoku, ham and natto teishoku, natto and beef koubachi teishoku.
So, what’s wrong with that?
If you like set meals that come with natto like I do, I have a great deal for you right now!
Let’s pay with auPAY, the smart phone payment system! auPAY is a smart phone payment system.
Right now, auPAY is running a campaign called “Tanuki’s Great Benefit”. (Until Monday, March 22)
The campaign is to give back 40 Ponta points for every 200 yen (including tax).
With this, you can eat ham and natto set meal or natto and beef koubachi set meal for substantially cheaper than natto set meal.
Normally, the Natto Teishoku costs 371 yen (tax included). The ham and natto set meal and natto and beef koubachi set meal cost 404 yen (tax included).
If you pay this with auPAY now, you can get
Natto set meal = 371 yen (tax included) -> Ponta points, 40 points returned
371-40=331 yen
Ham and Natto set meal, Natto and Beef small bowl set meal = 404 yen (tax included) -> Ponta points, 80 points redeemed
404-80=Actually 324 yen
See, the amounts have reversed!
Moreover, if you present your T card at Yoshinoya, you can earn T points as well.
I also like Sukiya’s natto breakfast, but since I can use Ponta points for payment at Sukiya, I will spend my accumulated Ponta points at Sukiya.
《※The English translation of the above text is as follows》
Hello! I’m Sarutanuki.
I have a favorite race.
They are people who think about and act on “what to pass on to our children and what to leave behind.
This is an eternal theme for me.
So, I like people who are doing it.
I don’t care what genre they are in in relation to that theme.
As long as it is something that the person feels he or she has to convey, based on the experiences and values they have cultivated in their life, I think it is fine.
I am such a person, but I enjoyed the video of the dialogue between these two people.
Financial education.
I think it is a very important theme.
I think that Japanese people tend to keep taboos on things that are inextricably linked to life and death, and do not take them seriously with their children.
For example, “sex,” “history,” “religion,” “money,” and so on.
Among them, “money” cannot be left out.
We can’t avoid it when we live in a capital economy.
I thought it was wonderful that they were sincere about money and wanted to improve the literacy of not only themselves but also their children.
If you’re interested, please take a look! I recommend it!
《※The English translation of the above text is as follows》
Hello! This is Sarutanuki.
At the end of last November, I met a Chinese woman.
She was younger than me and living in Fukuoka with her Chinese husband.
She seemed to feel indebted to my whims on the day we met.
Last week, I had the opportunity to see her again for the first time since that meeting, and she thanked me very much.
My husband also thanked her, which made me feel terrible.
He asked me to teach him how to edit videos, so I was teaching him at Starbucks today.
As a thank you, I received a tapa full of homemade dumplings.
Yum! Yum! Yum! Yum!
…I heard they haven’t had the wedding yet.
He asked me to come to China for the wedding.
…This is the third time I’ve met them.
Good luck to the young Chinese couple in the future.
…Recently, I’ve been hearing the phrase “________ first” in the news both at home and abroad, and I’ve been thinking about what I can do for the people around me now.
I wondered what I could do to help those around me, and if “neighbor first” was enough.
《※The English translation of the above text is as follows》
Hello! This is Sarutanuki.
This time, I’d like to introduce another addition to my past Facebook post.
“Dad, how long have you been running this shop?”
Tonight, I had to work, so I moved from Oita and stayed in Nakatsu.
Tonight, I was traveling from Oita to Nakatsu for work.
And…
…he talked. He talked a lot (laughs).
He talked and talked about management theory.
He talked and talked about hardships.
People have history.
I learned a lot.
As expected of a town where Yukichi Fukuzawa was born and where “Encouragement of Learning” was written.
In the novel “Musashi Miyamoto” written by Eiji Yoshikawa, the phrase “Everyone is my teacher except me” is mentioned. This phrase, coined by Mr. Yoshikawa, means that everyone, whether a person or a thing, is a teacher who can teach you something.
This may be an important way to think about life.
I think it is very important to value each meeting, to pay respect to others, and to listen with an attitude of humility and learning.
Thank you very much to the owner of the ramen shop.
