Soft volleyball

It is so warm and humid like Japanese summer because 20th typhoon got through Japan.

There was a tournament of soft volleyball near Mt. Fuji, yesterday. Soft volleyball is sports for very large range of generation. It is so easier than real volleyball. So lots of elderly people play this. We played 7 games, so there were 3 games in the morning and 4 games in the afternoon. The results are not so good and not so bad, 4 win and 3 defeats. We enjoyed all games very much regardless of won or lost. I am not good at Soft volleyball because I started to play it since August of this year. My friends give me a lot of advice while a game. I appreciate them but it is too lots, and I am sometimes confused and blunder, in addition I can feel free to ask them some questions. So usually games we play are noisy and funny. We often involve not only spectators but also the opposing teams. I like it, delightful atmosphere. After the tournament, one elderly people said to me "I like watching your games, thank you." It was absolutely compliment for me.


There was "a party" last Saturday. Two friends and I went to a bar. The party had 2 men and me I knew and 3 girls I didn't know. One of my friends invited them for a dinner. You know, such a party is a chance to find a girlfriend or boyfriend in Japan. Of course, at first, we said each other "Nice to meet you." Then we talked about works, studies, hobbies and so on. They have same hobbies. They seem to do tea ceremony. Do you know tea ceremony? It is traditional manners when you drink Japanese green tea. In addition, another hobby is to wear Kimono. Do you know Kimono? It is Japanese traditional clothes. Now, such girls are very rare and interesting but a little strange for me. I was able to drink and talk then. Maybe this was first time and last time to drink with them. (^_^;) Let's go next!!!

Bruce emailed me about his life from Uganda! He sounds good! However I heard a bad news. It was that Lucky Dube was shot and dead by someone in Johannesburg, so sorry. There seems to be the most dangerous city in the world. Bruce loves him and his songs. He knew all of his songs and sometimes sang them when we were doing a campfire in Kenya. You may not know Lucky Dube. He was a singer in South Africa. I knew him in Nanyuki and got his CD there. In Kenya and Africa, almost of people know him who is very popular because he sings about discrimination and slave and so on. His songs that have very strong massages also impressed me. I often listen to his songs in Japan. They make me remember our life in Kenya. "Different Colours One People"