Daily Routine

Push-ups:２８
Walking: ０ minutes
Standing with one leg　：９ minutes each
Cigarettes：０

I decreased the number of push-ups by just one time for the second straight day to 28
times, but could keep over-25-time push-ups for the eighteenth straight day.
I also could keep no-smoking for two years and 23 days in a row.
It's actually greatly sunny after a cold rain, and I can see a mountain very clearly.
The last day of 2012 or Oh-misoka has come and New Year's Day is about to be upon us.
I really pray for you to stay safe and healthy especially these several days.
Thank you very much for everything in 2012 and see you next year or maybe tomorrow.＾＾；

Reading（２０３８）

＜２０１３年１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２０５０本以上。

VOA：

gesture　：意志表示する
self-inflicted injury　：自分に負わせた怪我、自傷行為による怪我
paycheck　：給与
dysfunction　：機能障害
take the lead　：リーダーシップを取る、音頭を取る、陣頭に立つ
threshold of ～：～の限度

Daily Routine

Push-ups:２９
Walking: ４３ minutes
Standing with one leg　：９ minutes each
Cigarettes：０

I decreased the number of push-ups by only one time yesterday to 29 times, but I could
keep over-25-time push-ups for the seventeenth straight day.
I also kept no-smoking for two years and 22 days in a row.
It's been raining since this morning, but actually it's not a cold rain.
I feel a little warmer than yesterday and I feel a little relieved with temperatures of
around 10 degrees with no winds.
But after the rain, weather forecasts say the wintry cold will surely be right back here.
I must be mentally prepared for the wintry cold from tomorrow morning in order not to
catch a cold especially just before New Year's Day.

Reading（２０３７）

＜２０１３年１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２０５０本以上。

VOA：

sideline　：欠場させる、二の次にする
lead up to　：～につながる、～に通じる、～の糸口になる、～へ話題を持ってゆく、
　　　　　　　次第に～に導く、話を～へもっていく
simmer　：ふつふつと煮える、静かな沸騰状態を続ける
dormant　：休止状態の、休眠中の、固定的な、睡眠状態の、不動の
equidistant　：等距離で、等距離の（所にある）
in hand　：支配下に、所有して、掌握して

Daily Routine

Push-ups:３０
Walking: ０ minutes
Standing with one leg　：９ minutes each
Cigarettes：０

Again, I could increase the number of push-ups by as many as four times from the previous
record to 30 times, and kept over-25-time push-ups for the sixteenth straight day.
I also could keep no-smoking for two years and 21 days in a row.
Well, the weather prediction has almost come true with the temperatues of over 10 degrees in
the morning today, and I really feel relieved with warm sunshine.
Maybe such a fine weather is the last this winter....maybe and I'm afraid so.
Anyway it's a must to enjoy such crisp sunshine before wintry cold comes back again.

Reading（２０３６）

＜２０１３年１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２０５０本以上。

VOA：

lung infection　：肺感染症
gallstone　：ゴールストーン、胆石
operate on　：～を手術する、～の手術をする、～に手術を施す
tuberculosis　：《病》結核（症）
racist　：人種差別的な、人種差別主義の、人種差別論者
in good spirits　：上機嫌で、気勢が上がる、元気で

Daily Routine

Push-ups:２６
Walking: ４３ minutes
Standing with one leg　：９ minutes each
Cigarettes：０

I increased the number of push-ups by only one time from the previous record to 26 times,
and kept over-25-time push-ups for the fifteenth straight day.
I also kept no-smoking for two years and twenty days in a row.
Actually it's very cold and quite cloudy just like it's going to start raining pretty soon.
Weather forecasts this morning said the highest temperature tomorrow will be about 15 degrees.
Under such a warm weather, you may not need to wear an over coat.
But really can I believe it?....Because the previous prediction of about-18-degree temperature
did not come true....Very far from it, the actual highest temperature was 9 degrees.
...Anyway, nevertheless, I have no choice but to expect the forecast will come true.

Daily Routine

Push-ups:２５
Walking: ４３ minutes
Standing with one leg　：９ minutes each
Cigarettes：０

I managed to do 25-time push-ups yesterday, down as many as five times from the previous
record of 30 times, but kept over-25-time push-ups for the fourteenth straight day.
I could keep no-smoking for two years and nineteen days in a row.
I forgot to bring my watch, but I really need one for my work, so I've bought a new one
at a cost of 980 yen, the cheapest one at one of the stores of Karma Home Center chain.
It's really sunny but really cold in the morning at 3.5 degrees when I left home.
I hope weather reports will be right from Saturday to Monday with highest temperatures
of over 10 degrees.
Anyway I have to think about next spring's cherry blossoms in order to overcome the cold.

Reading（２０３５）

＜２０１３年１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２０５０本以上。

VOA：

handout　：ハンドアウト、（会議・講習会・授業などで配布する）資料、プリント
solid majority　：安定的多数
tally　：勘定、計算票、投票集計
cronyism　：依怙贔屓、身びいき
daunting challenge　：手ごわい挑戦
long-stalled treaty talks　：長らく停滞していた条約交渉

Daily Routine

Push-ups:３０
Walking: ０ minutes
Standing with one leg　：９ minutes each
Cigarettes：０

I tried increasing the number of push-ups by as many as three times from the previous
record to 30 times, and kept over-25-time push-ups for the thirteenth straight day.
I also kept no-smoking for two years and eighteen days in a row.
Weather reports say the coldest air mass of minus 45 degrees will move over Japan, so
we will see the coldest morning in the very near future.
Anyway, weather forecaster Ms Mamiko Okamura who appears on NHK TV news program at 7 p.m.
is actually sweet and I like her voice as well as her fashion.
Maybe she will get more popular......maybe.