2 day to go for my first assignment in 2010. I had to prepare some for the next tour. I started it, but I still felt not well because of the cold I'd got a few days ago.
I should've kept staying in bed to rest my body, but I needed a book for the preparation. And so I went out to Umeda. Well, I was very surprised not only that the book shop opened even from the 2 day of the New Year, but also that there were sooooo many people in the town here and there. Most of them were holding "Fukubukuro" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukubukuro).
The traditional Japanese "Shogatsu" (1/Jan-3/Jan) days should be very very quiet being away from job or society and staying joyfully with family, but people are changing years by years. They don't seem to be able to stay in quietness like our recent hectic life goes.
I miss my old days which was acctually sooo boring to kids, but what I expect now seems to have been changed from my childhood.
