POWER

Woke up in the morning, opened the curtain. I couldn't see the view from the window such as old Honda's motor cycles and busy food cars. I opened the window, but it's neither snowing or raining. The reason was yellow sand. Staff at my hostel told me that Xian sometime yellow sands. But my time in this city is limited no matter how the weather is. I went to the museum of the Terra-Cotta warriors and horses of Qin Shihuang. I've never seen such a huge grave!! This crazy King built three times bigger grave than a baseball park, and also more than 500 statues of his solders and horses only for himself. Under the sightseeing spot. more than million people had their lives with the king. You will feel how much the king was influential. 

説明を追加

"Will our lives someday be under the ground too?"

"Then what is something permanently remain over the time?"


"Were they really happy to spend life for only the king?"

The huge history in front of me inspired me a lot.


I want to do something powerful like this king in more peaceful way, but the most powerful thing ever is Chinese people. Rushing and pushing to get the best view of the grave with screaming unknown language for me. Everyone wants to get into my picture... 

Chinese people are always so powerful. 

After arriving my room, I was thinking the "something" I can do in my life, but I was to exhausted by the powerful heritage and people. My "something" is still yellow sanded like this city in this morning, but the energy for the future is much stronger than the King and the Chinese people I pushed and competed to get a better view today.

"Oh they were always powerful"

This is what I grumbled right before falling sleep.

Go for it, Chuji..

In Xian,

I’m at Xian now. My Origami project has processed only four, and none of local Chinese people have made one yet. Because of the current anti Japanese movement in China, “I don’t lie you. You shouldn’t do the origami things on the road now” a local guy said it to me. But some locals such as a madam at my favorite restaurant, a guy at dumpling food cart must be welcome to their favorite stranger. It also might be possible to ask an English teacher for students there to make origami together. There are still opportunities for Chuji to make more process in this project in Xian.

People who have cooperated with the project are a French social entrepreneur I visited, an English couple in their honeymoon, a student from Korea. All of them were glad to make origamis for their dreams. Thank you so much guys!!

Doing this stupid attempt in this anti Japanese season in this country is really tough. I have been feeling that I can’t survive only by myself, but I also feel I’m becoming tougher.

Environment, other people, such and such…That’s not my problem at all. I will either overcome this because this is something I have to overcome in this step of my life.

Oh yea, I will do it.

Go for it, Chuji.

Oh grandpa,

　I arrived in Xian. I write about store streets in China today. I don’t see convenience stores nor super markets as so often as in Japan. Each kind of products is at different kinds of retailer. Vegetable store, mobile phones, snacks, daily consuming goods, and so on…they are retailed in each stores.

The Biggest difference is that no one is so seriously working , and trying to make money during its business time. I assume it’s maybe because China is communism? or the big population makes them lazy while they are doing business because they either can sell enough? I also saw the same phenomena in terms of type of business they run. You would see same pictures in all streets. They have almost same kinds of store in an each street such as mobile phone, vegetables, and so on. “Why don’t they differ from others? It would be so profitable if they stop chatting, and create new ideas instead…” That’s what I was thinking when I was having my lunch at a store in the typical Chinese store street I’m writing about. By the way, I point at a name on their menu on which I was only sure it’s a noodle because they used a same kanji with the one Japanese use meaning noodle. Anyway, I didn’t understand why sleeping, chatting, talking on the phone can be their survivable business.

On the other hand, there were no stressful faces, nor people who are in something hurry like how Japanese people usually are. Store owners are talking and make the other laugh, and they use much louder voice to communicate than a certain volume they need to communicate. They don’t stop talking with their friends unless a customer asks something.

　

Many things about their lives are so unclear yet, and stimulate my curiosity very well. What I’m sure is they have much less stress than Japanese people usually have. They look so joyful, and less stress.　

A guy is cooking meat, and a boy is peeing next to the cooking guy. Across the street from the incredible picture, guys are gambling on a card game… I saw some “usual businesses for me” at a sightseeing district, but even they make no difference from a store right next to them. I’m sure Japanese (Maybe Americans too?) would be gaining so much money if they opened a store in these areas.

What may be good about the Chinese people I saw is they don’t care about others. They don’t change anything due to the environment where they are. (This idea is from my point of view though) I think since I got out of Beijing, and I am traveling rural areas of China, I’m getting some ideas of general Chinese people who are still in the traditional Chinese life style and culture.　





“Oh grandpa, you know how it’s wonderful to meet new worlds. I can’t stop myself to see the something new in the Silk Road. Where I lived in my life was not the whole World. People I know was not only people in the World. That what was saying to my grandpa in the heaven before falling asleep in the last night.

Go for it!! Chuji,

2nd day in Beijing,

This week I write my second day in Beijing. in my Silk Road journey. I’m writing this article from Washington DC. I meet many interesting people in all over the US in this vacation. 

Oct. 29. 2010

Two days have passed in Beijing. I have been meeting people and seeing a number of people I have never seen. Right before the day of my departure from Osaka, my parents especially my mom actually tried to stop Chuji leaving for China. Japanese and Chinese government are currently in some complicating issues such as historical understanding, territorial arguments, and economic treats. These issues incurred demonstrations of Chinese people in this month. I know these are just political games. Nether of politicians seriously thinks about own people, so nothing is so much serious problem between us. Yet I understand that my mom worries about her lovely son leaving for the opponent on the TV.

It’s more than I thought, Chinese people are so nice, and I’ve never felt any anti-Japanese behavior from them. Yes, this is much more comfortable than I thought. So enjoyable.

My Chinese friend I met up in Beijing said that people in Beijing even don’t know the fact of the current demonstrations against my country. She told me that any demonstration in China is prohibited. Here Beijing where people and enthusiasm cross is a very attractive city for me. I might rather prefer to live in this city rather than Osaka where I’m from (Maybe it’s because I don’t have much experiences?)

People’s public behavior is incredibly questionable, but direct communications with people teach me that there is no difference in our minds.

People you think they are not good might be because you don’t know much about them yet, or you have an wrong information form media and others. This is what I thought today.

Both Chinese foods and girls are so hot. This is what I’m thinking since ever I got into China.

Go for it!! Chuji,

the Great story begun from Beijing.

I'm writing my story in the SIlk Road journey. This isOct, 2010. 1st day in my Silk Road travel. (Dear my friends who met Chuji in the Silk Road travel. Please keep being on the blog so you can see the story of you and Chuji on the Blog)

My air plane arrived at Beijing 30minuets later than scheduled. Actually I already had a million of troubles in my first day. I’m trying to write it as simple as possible because I’m so exhausted now.

After arrive at the airport, I got a bus by asking so many Chinese people which bus I should take. This bus would probably go to my direction which is my friend’s apartment. A little bit chilly air, the sunlight in the evening was nice. That was what I was thinking while I was waiting for the departure of my bus. Until this point when I got the bus, that was a nice travel. Nothing was problem. I never expected that many problems are waiting for me.　


I was an only passenger when the bus's departure. But I totally forgot China has the biggest population in the World, and Beijing is the capital city. Just stopping by a couple of stops the bus was more than full of people, and the road was more than full of cars. I was stuck in too crowded bus which is stuck on the crowded road. “What the heck is the traffic system. It doesn’t happen Japan!!” I was saying by myself, and certainly noticed. Yes, I knew the address of the apartment, yet I didn’t know which bus stop I have to get off. “OMG!! Should I ask the guy in front of me? the bus driver? But I can speak no Chinese!!” Except the memo in my hand, there was no idea for me to arrive my friend!! “Okay, Chuji. Go for it. Are you thinking whether you go or no? Then just go for it.” Another Chuji said that in my mind. I just got off the bus by intuition. I somehow liked myself who says “shey shey” (Thank you in Chinese) to the bus drive although I had no idea if the stop is correct or not.



I remember there was an university where I got off the bus. The air was crowded, and many cars run the huge road.That was just a beginning of my heck. I asked the direction so many people in a long time. Chinese-Chinese-Ugandan-Russian-Chinese. I walked in crowded roads for more than 3 hours. My back was as big as myself. My sneakers were $15, and what you feel at the moment you wear them is "Oh, it's sandals. I'm just tired.






But the people who tried to direct me was really kind and warm, I was busy to give them my name cards to introduce myself as well as understand what they say. In this two days, I will prepare some tools for my journeys such as new sneakers (of course better ones than now!!), and some outfits for cold weather in the Silk Road.






The choice I made was not correct, but I think I was right. When you can’t decide whether to go, just go for it. This will be the rule of my decision making in my whole travel until Istanbul. Also people would help me at the end.






That’s what I learned from my first day in the Silk Road.




Go for it!! Chuji,

Two sides of the same coin,

 My first term is almost ending. It's passed 2 months since I arrived in Plymouth, NH. This means that  2 months are passed since I begun constantly writing this Blog. My first article was read by only one viewer. But thankfully this blog is viewed by many people now. I have to appreciate you to read my broken English.

What I like writing this blog more than my Japanese one is that I can check it from which countries this blog was reached as well as the number of the viewers. Many friends from all over the World are checking my days. "Oh, this viewer from Russia must be them. Tanzania is him. India? oh yea he is there now".  And sometime the countries are where I've never been nor I have no idea who they are. It's so fun to check how I manage this Blog universally.

Reason why I launched this blog was that I wanted to broadcast what goes on in my Silk Road journey, but that challenge was too busy because my Japanese blog was priority since I got much donations from Japanese people and corporations for the travel expenses, and sometime too dangerous opening my laptop... But yes, I think I now would like to write my attempts in English. This challenge was much more fun and interesting than the numbers I'm learning at the MBA, and I'm sure my experiences from the Silk Road are the asset of my life. I will write them chronologically from the starting in China, and ending in Turkey. I write the answer I got from the journey on this article today.


"I will see and find an answer how I can resolve the complicated matters in the World". I was expecting so much like what I see and how I perform against the matters. Yet what I think after the journey is that there are the same number of answers with people. I just found there are 70 billions answers in this World. I saw many political conflicts, economic poorness, culture (history) conflicts, and discrimination. These negative ideas come from people. Positive ideas such as happiness, love, future expectations, enthusiasm also come from same hearts. Someone's happiness is someone's tears. Someone's teas is someone's money. Someone's money is someone's problem. Someone's problem is someone's business.. I couldn't even found what the problems in the World are, but I found that even a little child or poor people have their own perspectives which are as important as mine. Therefore, having the perspectives of others is a key.

Things I wrote is really easy. I assume many people thought "I already know!!", but just knowing is not enough. Once you experienced, you would learn how things in the World are complicating, but seeing the World from a perspective of someone you met in the other side of the World is incredibly important. This is beautiful.

I hate myself to write the unorganized English writing. Sorry, but I tried to put my best English to express my experiences.

"There are 70 billions worlds in the World"
"The key is to have perspectives of others."

These are what I wanted to write.
These are what I still believe."



Go for it!! Chuji,

Yes We Can.

Last week end, the vice president of the United States came to my campus in Plymouth, NH. I was excited by what he would speech for the future of this nation although politic is out of my interest.

“Today, I’m gonna talk about the unemployment” his speech was begun with like this beginning after his people and many international students, like me, waited the beginning for more than an hour in a crowded space. The speech was really well organized, but nothing was mentioned with exact numbers such as until when, how much, and how many he promises us to do in the next coming administrational term. What I understood was that he hires consultants so his speech would become look good. I understood what hard times he has experienced in his life before. I understood how the selfish Wall streeters are interrupting the States’ economy to recover from the recession. And I understood how many mistakes the Bush administration made. I think “unemployment” is not a topic the vice president should talk about now because we have much more priorities, yet he should have finished at least this topic with numbers at the speech since he promised us to talk about this at the beginning.

And I had no idea for what points people there made the standing ovation. Also, it contradicts to say here, but the USA is the county of immigration, country of opportunity, and country of challenge. We, young people, have no time to ask the politicians to take care of the number about the unemployment. Establish your own business. Move out to another place for more opportunities. You can do that because you are a child of the challengers. You are the one who take care of your life. That is what I moved to this country for.

I was disappointed a lot by the speech. Yes I somehow already know that politicians are many times just saying wards. That is always all politicians about. In the coming next administrational term, the “change” should come from us instead of ones on a stage for speech.

Each of us has to wake up to prepare for being able to cultivate our lives like your ancestors did.

Wake up America!!

I overcome it.

“I’m not what I have done. I am what I overcome” This saying came into my eyes from the board which is behind of a bus driver’s sheet when I was on the bus for weekend shopping. I was surprised, and somehow became happier because this kind of saying was exactly what I was thinking at the same time when the words jumped in my eyes. I think this is because of the tight schedule in my recent days in Plymouth. Taking classes, get grades, and successfully graduating from here… these things were becoming my purpose, but this is actually not what I wanted to do. Graduating my master here is only a way for me to live in the US, and make my American dreams come true. If I can legally live in this country, and begin the challenge for my dreams from now, I’m always up to leave this BS!! Graduate school? MBA? It’s not even cool. These are just “What I have done”. My core purposes here should be like, see the entire business world from different directions, create the study relationships with my colleague, and absorb the real experiences and opinions from others including my professors. These will be “what I am overcome”.

When I saw the wards and the driver who I guess put the ward on, I just woke up. The driver was not so talkative when I asked some questions, but I felt that he has achieved many things in his life. I could see that from his gentle smile and strong arms which drove the bus. Doing something is not important. What I learn, improve, and overcome is important.

That’s what I was thinking, and that’s how I am in my life.

Go for it, Chuji.

Only curiosity leads Chuji.

It’s so beautiful days in Plymouth in this three days weekend. I did cooking and some exercise just as usual in this two days. Tomorrow would be a little bit different. Something which was lately out of my day schedule such as reading books for FUN or taking photos of nature around me with my lovely Rico’s camera. Here Plymouth has such a beautiful view when it’s sunny. You will see the endless view of mountain, and probably hear the sound of leaves move and little birds are singing songs on the top of the mountains. I really hope it won’t be snowing. The weather in this weekend is the best!!

Classes are always busy. They never stop. It’s totally unsure if I can be a productive business person by doing this kind of routine assignments, but just keep going, reading, and typing. We can’t look forward, just look back as Steve Jobs said… And here is one more thing which is unsure if it will work in my future. I’m thinking to begin my food cart business on PSU campus. It would be from the Winter term since this Fall is crazily busy. This food cart will bring Japanese sweets. I know food cart is not a kind of business model which is begun by an MBA student, but I can’t stop seeing the picture in which both students and Chuji are happier. I don’t know how this attempt works in my future. Only curiosity leads Chuji!!

Steve Jobs begun assembling personal computers to change the World.

Chuji will begin cooking Japanese sweets to change the World.

I’m sure that I can talk in front of Stanford students sometime soon:)

Go for it!! Chuji.

Stay hungry, stay foolish,

One of biggest class events of mine in this middle of term, presentation, is done this week. It has got much easier for me to handle my times although still one more mid-exam is waiting for me to be done. 

Now, I’m listening to “imagine” by John Lennon. That was last night. When I just opened my Facebook before going bed, I knew Steve Jobs passed away. One guy said on youtube that this event is as shock event as the time when the World lost John Lennon or John F Kennedy. The fact of that he is outstandingly smart is outstandingly true, but he was also enthusiasm and artistic. We have seeing his face and his smartness behind iphone, ipad, and all Mac’s products. Reason why having Macs looks cool is that they are ideas of Steve Jobs. Even I was expecting more times when the World sees the new better World by him although I’m not a Mac user. We somehow did imagine the brighter World by belonging him in terms of technology.  My mind is full of emptiness.  

Since I knew the speech of legend at Stanford university, listening it and inspire myself is my daily mental exercise. “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life”… I don’t know how much close I can get to him in terms of “Changing the World”, but now there is no excuse myself for wasting my time, giving up any of my goals, and always be Chuji.

I’m glad that I live when he changed the World in his lifetime.

Stay hungry, stay foolish,

Chuji,

The Answer to see the future

I was introduced a book called “the World in 2050”. Explanation about this by my friend was interesting although I don’t read it. This book focuses on geopolitical and economical situations in the World, and estimates power relations between nations in many ways such as politics and economy. I guess readers of this book are trying to find a new picture of the World so they can go ahead for advanced lives in this coming 40 years. But my opinion about this kind of book is like “sorry it doesn’t go as the author said because the world doesn’t go so simply, and he/she doesn’t know Chuji first of all.” I’m sure this book can be a clue to find out a bright future, but this is not the answer.

I think there are two kinds of people in our living world. One is who looks for demands. The other on is who creates demands. I definitely want to be the later. Demand finders are expectable because they are following particular methods or phenomenon. I have studied that 95% of people are in this group. On the other hand, demand creators don’t follow anything. Their passion for their interests is only thing they follow. And when their passion came up in public as a business model, a product, art, science, or whatever, it will be a new demand. Business is the field where I’m trying to be a creator although I haven’t found a way to go there…

In a macro view, uncountable things are going in every direction in every moment. No smart author can see the exact view of the World in the future. I think even understanding the current world is already impossible because it keeps changing even now.

In a micro view, life is always tough. Almost 70 billion people don’t know you, and also they don’t even try to value your life.

But what I’m always trying to think is “that’s why life is beautiful.” Since no one can guess the world in the next second, we try to be happy now. Since we are happy now, we try to hand this happiness down to further generations.

Since life is taught, we have a chance to beat the toughness sometime soon. Since people don’t look at you at all, you can eagerly look at an opportunity to make then watch you out.

“Don’t be so smart Chuji, keep groping for” This is what I said to myself as I hand the book up.

There is no answer to see the future except one which is that there is no answer to see the future. This is my opinion.

And I’d rather find an answer how my favorite baseball team beat others than finding my future.

Go Hanshin Tigers!!

It opened a new chapter in my life.

 "Hey Chuji, cooking is arts" My Romanian friend told me when I was cooking dumping in this lovely Sunday on which I made tomato sauce and pesto after the dumpling. Since I arrived in Plymouth, cooking is one of the biggest jobs in weekend as well as cleaning and exercise. I started cooking by myself to save my limited money and keep being healthy, but it became a kind of my hobby now. Cooking is so fun!! What you should do is not only following the recipe, but you also need to organize the whole steps in your brain with making your hands move so that you can make a good one with less time and stress.

If you succeed on cooking in your days, there is nothing which worth it more than the successful cooking in your days !! I have spent much much less money than my financial plan in this school life. Reason why is definitely cooking. Sometime spending some more money into good foods and services at a restaurant is good, but my cooking is better than many restaurants, especially in the US, and of course cheaper!!

In this country, once you become lazy to spend your time to foods and cooking, you will certainly be on a way to be fatty. American foods such as frozen foods and fast foods would lead you to the way.(I have been seeing sooo many people who have gone to the fat rail from a healthy one.) "No, no, I don't wanna be like them!!" This is what I'm always saying to myself in my mind when I feel tired to stand and start cooking at my kitchen.

As I told you at the beginning, reason why I cook now is not only that I wanna save my money and be healthy. It's as fun as drinking until the late night or dancing with sexy girls!! As far as I know, all people I like, such as my friends, mentors, people whoa are financially and mentally successful, they cook, and of course they are healthy, but it's peaceful to see how these people cook their foods which finally will be a part of themselves.

This is daily work (weekly work for me), but I think it will make a lot of differences in many ways in your life.

For me, studying business at grad-school is interesting, and I'm finding new ways to see business in everyday. However, cooking is as interesting as my study!!

If you cook, you will get into a new chapter in your life story...

And now, I can't wait to cook with my wife, who, I believe, is the most beautiful woman, in further chapters of my life!!


Go for it, Chuji.

Yes, we can!!

It’s a quarter passed 9pm in the New Hampshire. Date is almost the 9.11. As everyone knows, 3.11 in this year was the unforgettable day for Japanese. I think 9.11 for Americans was as much shock as the earthquake.

A decade ago, I was a junior high school student, and watching the TV after dinner. When a comedy I was watching was suddenly changed into the emergency news program, I thought it’s just an accident... I would be so sorry if readers of this blog suffered from the tragedy. I want no such a sadness to happen anymore.

In my opinion, what the US government committed　against the happening, as if it’s a right way, was totally wrong. The decision was already wrong as the wonderful US president began thinking how to take a next action from the terror. I always think why US couldn’t find out a more peaceful way. People who died on the day, are dead no matter how we hate the terrorists. And is the US allowed to kill people in Iraq then? It looked like that the decision was 100% right because the US was the victim in that time. But what the guy called the president of the United States and people in his country had to find out was not a right answer. It’s a better or best answer. “They killed our people, so we will kill them. Yeah, it’s right!!”  This is too immature… US knew how it’s sad and nothing is productive if a number of people were killed by a selfish idea. Then the president’s saying should have been “I know you guys are sad and anger, but what should we do? What is the step we need to be on as the victim?” And I think the US was able to make some peaceful solutions as the World leader which words US uses when they call themselves.

And this 10^th annual day too. We have to think “Why” it happened as well as make wish for the peaceful World in our future. “Why the terrorists did that?” “HOW the people there look at us?” “Maybe WE were a kind of terrorists for them throughout our economic and political system?” “Peaceful World is made by all kinds of people, so what is the definition of peace for THEM? What do they want?”

US people are aggressive to do volunteer, many NPOs and NGOs are helping people in the World, and a lot of social businesses from the US are taking action to make this World more sustainable. However a nation who picks up most energy, money, wealth from all over the World is also the US which also has been in the wars so long time. In my travel experiences such as Silk Road, people in developing countries tend to dislike the US, and they said “Where the US goes is where troubles happen”.

It’s time to think how the richest country should be to protect that kind of tragedy in the future.

It’s time to think what the “fact” which caused the tragedy was, and how we should take actions in the coming decade.

I don’t think it’s time for the US soldiers to leave for somewhere to manage other countries.

I don’t think it’s time to change political systems of other countries neither.

It’s time to change our thinking and idea to see the World. All people in all nations are supposed to be happy, and, I think, sharing wealth, nature, foods, energy, peace, and mind with others are essential to make it just like we do between our neighbors.  

Can we do that?

Yes, we can!!

Go for it!! Chuji.

Job is a lottery

My days are getting busy to work on my MBA program such as reading text books. Although classes haven't started yet, I'm trying to spend as much my effort as I can into the preparation  because my English  disadvantage especially reading will be my headache when I got into a busy time. (So far, so easy!!)

While spending the most of my time into this stressful academic task, I have been researching American Dreamers to meet. I love meeting people to speak, and I believe this is the most efficient way to be successful rather than sitting in a class room. On the way to NH from Japan, I met some successful people, who I define do or done what I want to do such as successful own businesses and immigration. I talk with them, see how they speak, feel how they are, and ask them what they would do if they were in my situation. Sometime, they give me some clue, and sometime I acquire some by myself. This is Chuji's philosophy to improve myself.

So, whenever I found my personal time in a day, I google if there are interesting people for me. (Thanks for the endowed IT environment in this century) I can check who successful people are, and find what they do. If I was interested in one, I deeply pursue him/her books, youtube, and so on. This is what I do in the night instead of watching the TV. (I think everyone can do this although not many do.)

And I found a common point they have by checking their lives out.

It is that what they do is no what they had expected to do before.

"Whoever picks you up from the airport, whatever business they are in is what you will go into" I found this sentence from an article about an American Dreamer from Korea.

I think I was too timid to be successful. Making plans and being on the way might be comfortable, but I don't think it won't be as fun life as the the dreamers above have. People are very strong once they left a box which seemingly protects them such as countries, useless pride,  and selfishly organized life plans...

"Just do whatever in front of you with your best effort" This is what I wrote on my diary today. 

"The first job is a lottery. The chances of being in the right place are not very good." by Peter F Drucker.

Go for it!! Chuji.

People? Person!!

It has passed more than ten days since I arrived in Plymouth. Classes are not started yet until the second week of this month, but I have been busy to get stuff I need in this new life and prepare for my classes. I've  already got used to in the new environment so easily. (I think I can adjust myself to any environment as long as there is at least a person:)  I can cook my food (Still missing some Japanese ingredients though), like the nature such as tree and view of mountains (I love running here), and people (I'm an enthusiastic dreamer. Attract everyone.).

Oh about people, I had heard that people in New England is totally different from others like Californians in many ways. So far, almost everything is same. English pronunciation, fortunately my English is not good enough to recognize it yet. Culture, all cultures in every part of US are already different from mine. People, good. They are so good, I don't understand why sometime US-people run others down each other in their own country. But it happens in everywhere including my country. West people like in Osaka criticize Tokyo, and I know Korean, Chinese, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, Australian do same thing according to my experience. Kyrgyzstan is a prime example. They have Kyrgyz-people and Uzubek-people in the country. They have historically and politically have a complicating relationship in a long long time. In a north part of Kyrgyzstan where majority are Kyrgyz-people, people were so nice. A local shared a room for me at her apartment with no charge although I heard Kyrgyz are devils of people from Uzbeks who I met later. In the south part, where many Uzbek-people are, they were so friendly. Madam at my hostel drove and run with me since I got a serious problem on my credit card. She spent her all day to go and back between banks and banks although I had heard they are so stingy and selfish from Kyrgyz before visiting the south part.

They may be kind to me since I was a visitor.
Their analysis may be true in some points.
I may have been too lucky about people.
I may haven't seen the negative sides of these people.
They may divide themselves because they are same.

But I don' wanna define people according to where they from, who they are, what people the are, which country they are from.

I wanna see who she is, how he is.



Go for it. Chuji.

Iroquois

Writing in the city of Plymouth, NH where I study in this coming academic year. This town is calm, mountains are wild, and people are good. Right before starting my program, I'm having times to prepare for my new life, get used to this new environment, and think my future. When I see my future, America is irreplaceable country. SO FAR, here is where I live, work, and have my family(If I could though...)

Do you know Iroquois?(I hope all Americans know them.)  I read about their story in this slow days. They are native Americans, but US people shouldn't simply understand them just people who used to live in where you are now.

They are basically Mongoloids around in Israel, and their journey to America took more than a thousand years !! They crossed the Eurasia continent and Bering Strait before it sunk. They finally succeeded to go south of America. From the beginning to the end, they had daily discussion in every single night for surviving. Around a fire in the night, they kept discussing where they should go and what they should do everyday. And here is what I want to say. Before their discussion, everyone swears that they speak up with an idea of how their decisions affect their descendants in 7 generations later from theirs.

This daily work of them developed into the Iroquois federation which finally became the foundation model of the US congress system later on. But, what about people in the US congress now? I bet no one who is reading it thinks that they care about even us. What about me? Did I ever think of them? Did I ever do for them? I'm already more than enough to take care of myself...

"Be personally and socially brave to make changes which is something not only for us, but for future." and "Be responsible for me, you, others, and THEM"(I now named this kind of responsibility "4D responsibility"!!)  are what I severely felt from the story...


Well, I have to go back to my reading now.
Studying here makes my future more sure so their future will be more sure:)

Go for it. Chuji.

Next journey is started

More than a half year has passed since I came back to my home from the end(beginning) of the Silk Road, Istanbul. After this great journey, I have not only prepared for my master program in the US from this Sep, but also some times gave Japanese people my speech about experience from the trip such as local people and culture, stories about origamis, and so on. People were so impressed by my presentation with video, pics, and my well organized speaking!! But I was one who got the most impression. I could remember how exactly my feeling on the Silk Road was just like traveling once more as I was preparing the presentation. I also knew what an amazing experience I did by seeing the people's reacts after the speech. Thanks for everyone.

Now, I have graduated my university in Japan in this Mar, and an MBA program at Plymouth State University in NH is getting started. But just before the next attempt, I'm traveling LA, NY, and Boston to visit friends of mine and influence people who I need to talk to be successful in this country. "America is great, so much power. I have no regret at my decision to move to here" is what I'm always feeling since I got the immigration stamp on my passport at LAX. Long economic depression, wrong capitalism(few riches work only for their money), selfish politicians, discrimination, and personally owned guns...I dislike them, but still okay. Please keep letting the equal opportunity spread everywhere in America.

I couldn't make a time to post my writing for a while, but I will try because I think it's important to express my opinion in the local(national) language where I live and success.

My story is just begun. Please enjoy my story just like reading a novel!!

Go for it. Chuji.