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2024-04-12 23:32:43 | Reading - gossip
I didn't know that he stepped down as host of University Challenge due to Parkinson's disease. I also didn't know that World Parkinson's Day was 11th April. Furthermore, I even didn't know much about the disease. I didn't know that it causes depression.

Jeremy Paxman: Parkinson's 'makes you wish you hadn't been born'
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-68795161

Word
neurological
neurodegenerative diseases
compassionate < compassion - compassionate care
involuntary - involuntary shaking - accent: inv-O-luntry
condition [Collins]If someone has a particular condition, they have an illness or other medical problem
a neurological condition, a heart condition
sufferer [Collins]A sufferer from an illness or some other bad condition is a person who is affected by the illness or condition.

I compared Wikipedia between English and Japanese

Prevention section
It's interesting that English Wiki doesn't mention about cigarette, but Japanese. It's first time to find the benefit of tobacco, apart from relaxing.
It's glad to know that "Caffeine appears protective with a greater decrease in risk". It's also good to know that Alcohol isn't bad for the disease in Japanese Wiki.

List of people diagnosed with Parkinson's disease
I didn't know Billy Connolly is also Parkinson's. I only knew Michael J. Fox but Parkinson's is not uncommon.
Hitler is listed in Japanese Wiki, but not English. Japanese Wiki is unreliable, but Adolf was teetotal and had character which was tend to be suffered Perkinson's.
It's awesome that Masa Saito is the only Japanese who is listed in English Wiki. Even a lot of notable Japanese are listed in Japanese Wiki!
I believe that Mino Monta is a smoker but it seems cigarette (and alcohol) didn't work for him. That's the shame.
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I'm back to the blog

2024-04-12 20:46:01 | Nonsense
Hello. I'm back. I've been too busy and too lazy to update the blog.
I've been busy at work and busy with socialising. Moreover, I've increased regular exercises more than the weekly workout with a personal trainer.
On the flip side of the busy days, I've been lazy at the same time. As a matter of fact, I'd started reading Japanese articles, I mean gossips.
I heard that Morinaga Takuro san had got cancer. I was surprised and I searched his articles in Japanese, because there were no English articles about him. I thought I only read articles about him, but having said that, I couldn't restrain myself from reading another articles in Japanese. I read some gossips such as Takarazuka. I had no idea about the theatre company but a neighbourhood girl had been preparing for the entrance exam very hard, so I had wanted to know about it. What is more, I'd even started reading a Manga serial Investor Z. I'd been looking forward to the twice a week serials. Eventually I realised that reading news and gossips in Japanese was waste of life. I stopped reading them, but Investor Z by Takai san and Morinaga san's Golden Radio YouTube. They are the exceptions. I'd like to know about investment. I can access to many financial articles in English, but I need explainers for NISA and Japanese tax exemption scheme.
I will be busier for upcoming Golden Week, but I'm going to continue the blog.
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