Reading（２１８６）

＜２０１３年１０月３１日までの目標＞
Reading：CNN・BBC・TIME・VOAなどのニューススクリプトを通算２２００本以上。

VOA：

squabble　：口論する、口喧嘩する、言い争う、言い合う、つまらない喧嘩をする
Speaker of the House　：《米》下院議長
defund　：～から資金を引き上げる、～への出資をやめる
affordable　：価格が手頃な、無理なく買える、良心的な、経済的に成立するような
intransigent　：非妥協的な
in return for　：～の交換条件として

Daily Routine

Push-ups: １７＋１７＋１７ times
Walking: ６９ minutes
Standing with one leg　：１０ minutes each
Cigarettes：０
jogging on the spot　：８ minutes

It has been two years and 299 days in a row since I kicked smoking.
I kept three sets of 17-time push-ups for five straight days and over 13-time push-ups
for the twenty-seventh consecutive day.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has decided to increase the consumption tax rate
from the current 5 % to 8%, beginning in next April.
Honestly simply because my business is in the red, it's so severe for me.
At the very least......I'm wondering if I should replace a personal computer before
the consumption tax rate is raised.......if I can afford to.....I'm afraid not.