Author Archives: threewisdom

Consulate-General of Japan in Los Angeles provides a visit service for Japanese residents who reside far away from their office. Today they came to my state to accept application form for passport. The venue was the hotel where we stayed. Their service was scheduled from 8 am to 1 pm. When I went down toContinue reading “Visiting the state capital 6/16/2018”

We drove to the state capital city and stayed one night there. My in-laws met us there and stayed with us for one night at the same hotel. We requested the hotel receptionist to have our hotel rooms close to each other. Our rooms are just next to each other. It made us to visitContinue reading “Hello fish 6/15/2018”

I went to the mall for some chores. I was surprised to see Food court was almost empty. There are five tenant space available, but only one tenant, Subway, stays their business. They had a Chinese fast food restaurant next to Subway, but it was out of business. In the other lane, three tenants wereContinue reading “Need advice 6/14/2018”

I receive ideas from my family spirits. They usually give me ideas through my dreams. Sometimes they give me ideas all of a sudden. I cannot expect when and where. The ideas came suddenly. So, it was my habit to bring a small notebook and a pen so that I can take notes of theContinue reading “Habit of writers 6/13/2018”

While I was chatting with my new friend, she asked about me. She was not sure what nationality I was. She was curious how long I have been in America. After a couple of questions, she asked me if I am a US citizen or not. I answered her I am still Japanese. She suggestedContinue reading “Citizenship 6/12/2018”

For my daughter’s summer school, we used to walk to school every morning. It is a 20-minutes’ walk one way. After I drop my daughter off at the school, I would walk back home. So, I had 40 minutes in the morning every day. While walking, I could have a good and long conversation withContinue reading “Getting a ride 6/11/2018”

I went to the local pharmacy store to take a photo for my passport renewing. The store clerk took my picture with a digital camera, and showed it to me in the small monitor of the camera. It looked okay. To be honest, I could not see clearly because of my age related farsighted. ButContinue reading “Passport picture 6/10/2018”

This morning we went to the swimming pool. As soon as we started enjoying being in the pool water, big thunderstorm clouds started forming. The clear blue sky was soon taken over by gray clouds. The life guard blew the whistle on everybody in the pool. This pool has the rule about thunder. When weContinue reading “Blessing rain as bonus 6/9/2018”

I found a nice house for sale in our neighborhood. We had an opportunity to take a look inside of the house. There are the nice things about the house. It is located closer to my daughter’s elementary school. It is only 7 minute walking to school. I am looking for a house that theContinue reading “House tour again 6/8/2018”

Today is my dad’s birthday. I sent a birthday wish message through my mom’s cell phone. In her reply, my mom mentioned about little bit of their recent life. Since my dad retired from working, he stays home all day. He lost his eye visions on both eyes. He is now considered as blind. HeContinue reading “Long term married couple 6/7/2018”