Cabinet savings

- I have a question.
- What?
- The prices are sharply dropping in stock markets,
　oil markets, everywhere.
- It's so frightening, isn't it?
- If they sell something, then they have cash in hand
　don't they? For what they are using the cash?
　Cash itself bears no yields.
　Just having cash is meaningless, isn't it?
- They fear if they invest money, it will
　never return to themselves in the present climate.
　The money may turn to the trash after all.
- So they are saving their cash in their
　cabinet, aren't they?

Guohua's exhibition open soon!

Cai Guohua's solo exhibition is starting from this Wednesday.

Details:

　＊When　8 Oct (Wed) ~ 18 Oct (sat)
　　　　　11:00 ~ 19:00
　　　　　every day open during the session

　＊Where　Galerie Kanai

　　 Naka-dori bld. 2-6-8 Kyobashi Chuo-Ku,
　　Tokyo
　　　81-3-5250-0860


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About 50 art works will be shown
including paintings of an old man's figure,
humorous faces, landscapes, still-lives
and nude drawings etc.
If you have a chance, please come and
enjoy them.

Visiting Guohua's studio

Yesterday I visited Guohua's studio located at Kyobashi, Tokyo.
I regret at that time he was just out of the studio,
but anyway please enjoy some paintings at work and
the atmosphere of the studio.







The left is Guohua's sketch book and his pen.

Banana diet

-Bananas have not come on the shelves recently.
Even if I can get a rare chance, it's too expensive.
-The grocer said a TV show has triggered a banana dieting boom lately.
Besides the shipment from the Philippines has been stopped
by a typhoon.
-Oh my boy! I have relied on bananas so much.
Prices of all daily foods like vegetables or milk products
are already up and higher these days.
-The wallet is getting thinner and thinner in this pleasant
autumn season, isn't it?

Pension

I can't trust any more the national pension system.
The pension authorities has done their job so poorly
for long that many of the personal records has been missed
or even altered.
What a naive guy I was to rely on the officials!

Pink ribbon

-October is the month of the pink ribbon.
-What's the pink ribbon?
-The pink ribbon is the symbol of breast cancer awareness.
This month is dedicated for that campaign.
-I have a coworker who has died of breast cancer.
She was still very young.
-I hear that one out of 20 Japanese woman dies of breast cancer.
It is the most common cause of death among Japanese women
in their 20s up to 50s.
-Is that so?
-In most cases the cancer is getting worse very fast
within a younger patient.
However early detection and rapid cure brings about a very high
cure rate.
They say it's most important to get regular check ups.
-I know.

Day to change clothes

-Today is the Japanese traditional day to change clothes, isn't it?
-It's getting cooler and cooler.
-I suppose it's good for us to have a day to confirm that season
has been turning around as usual.
It makes us feel some sense of being assured.
-I dare say how good it would be if the world of economy also had
the day to change clothes.
Like, everyone listen, from this day on the climate has changed
definitely. Why don't we change our mind and act differently?
-I hope anybody actually say so and remind us of the confidence.