LONG TIME NO SEE (WRITE)

[DANIELtakashi]

Dear friends,

    I AM VERY SORRY for my long silence.   For the past six months, my life has been back to normal - I cannot believe I was until last year depressed and was feeling NO HOPE for living.   My CD4 account has been over 500 for the past three months and I have not even caught a cold for over a year.  I work seven days a week and do a lot of exercise, wishing a day had more than 24 hours a day.  And two months ago, I made a big decision - it was the time I should left my bad memories of three years behind and I moved to a rural area in the north - a farm community where they grow rice and vegetables.  Everyday I commute to Tokyo by train.   Here in this new place, there is quite a large community of Brazilians and Peruvians, most of whom are the descendants of Japanese immigrants to those countries  and now I have a lot of chances to try my Portuguese and Spanish.   And there are also many from India, Nepal, and African countries and I communicate with them in English.   Back in here at home, I speak more in those three foreign languages than in Japanese.   

I will try to visit this forum more often.   Thank you, everyone, for having given me support.

[Jim Allen]

Hiya,

Truly a great update and glad to hear all is well.
Don't feel sorry about the delay in posting, its great to hear that you are moving on with your life and "living" it.

Wishing you all the best with the move to the rural area. Countryside as I would call it here.

Jim

[leatherman]

That's great to hear! Good numbers, good life (although it does sound awfully busy), and a good home. You can't ask for much more. It's always good to get an update from you; but never feel bad if life gets in the way and takes up too much of your time - that's exactly what should be happening.

[DANIELtakashi]

Hi, Jim and Leatherman(Mikie),

     Thank you very much for your messages.
Glad that I am still connected with you all on this forum.

[leatherman]

Glad that I am still connected with you all on this forum.

well that just triggered a memory from about 1982 when I was part of a college stage crew 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0a1HYYmiXM

consider yourself . . . part of the furniture!

[DANIELtakashi]

Hi, Mikie,

Thanks.  I love this movie.  And a local children's choir here in TOKYO sings this theme song in their annual concert.   It is 9 a.m. in the FAR EAST.

[harleymc]

Daniel, glad to hear you are doing so well.

[DANIELtakashi]

Hi, harleymc.

  Thank you very much.  Hope you are doing well.