Witnessing a Remarkable Person

I attended an English class at 10 am, so I woke up much earlier than usual. The class was productive. I stopped by a bookstore and bought some books, then read them at Tully’s Coffee. I also wrote a blog article. I went to Yokogawa Station and visited a local movie theater. I watched two movies in a row. The total cost was 2,800 JPY. The movies were Hitoritabi (Solo Trip) and White Bread and the Dictator. The former was quite cheap in terms of its content, while the latter was good. I found a new craft beer shop and had four types of beer. They were all delicious. I visited Tsubo, a local bar. It was my first time visiting there in over a year. The owner of the bar, Miko-chan, remembered me. I met a man who was married to a Chinese woman, had two children, and lived in Shinsen, China. However, he, Kawade-san, currently lives in India because of his work and has been living there for two years. I was astonished that I could meet such an international person at a small local bar. We talked a lot and shared the same perspective on Japan’s catastrophic future. I really respect his mature knowledge, experience, and so forth. We talked and drank a lot. We moved to another bar, but the last train was approaching, so we had to leave. I wanted to talk with him endlessly. He walked with me to the entrance of Yokogawa Station. I went to the nearest station and visited Yoshinoya. I had a small gyudon and some clam miso soup. When I returned home, my mother was still awake. She had been having a drinking party at home, and some of her senior friends had been there just a minute before. I took a shower and went to bed just after 1 am.

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Witnessing A Great Person I attended an English class at 10 am so I woke super earlier than usual. The class was being a productive time. I stopped by a book shop and bought some books then read books at Tallys cafe. I also wrote a blog article. I moved to Yokogawa station and visited a local movie theater. I watched two movie in a row. The total cost was 2800 JPY. Those movies were Hitoritabi and White bread and dictator. The former one was quite cheap contents but the latter one was nice. I found a new craft beer shop and I had foru types of beer. Those were all delicious. I visisted the bar Tsubo. It was the first time to visit since over a year. The bar owner Miko-chan remembered me. I met a man who married Chinese woman, having two children and he lived in Shinsen, China. However, he live in India currently due to his job operation for two years. I astonished that I can meet such an internationla persion at a local small bar. We talked a lot and we shared the same perspetive for Japan's catastrophic future. I really respect his mature knowledge, experience, and so forth. We talked a lot and drinking a lot. We moved another bar but the last train will bar will be approaching so we have to leave there. I wanted to talk with him endlessly. He brought me to the gate of the Yokogawa station. I moved to the nearest station and visited Yoshinoya. I had small gyudon and cram miso soup. When I returned home, my mother was still awakenes. She had drinking party at home and there were sinior friends just a miniute ago. I took shower and I went to bed just after 1 am.
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