2020-05

#791 I felt that I am more involved with the world more than before.

On May 14th my investment fund was closed.

I can’t sell and buy anymore in the fund. The day was that Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped $516. The market is fluctuating heavily recently but it is getting better since March. Although my fund was closed, I feel good. Because I did my best. I sold most of my stocks in 2 months.

It took me 6 times to finish selling all of stocks in 2 months.

I wanted to minimize the risk so I decided to sell my fund at different timings. In total, it took me 6 times to finish selling all of stocks. I couldn’t sell at a good price sometimes, but I think I did okay. Although I lost some money in my investment due to the covid-19 pandemic, I learned about the world trend by reading up on when to sell my stocks. I kept an eye on the world’s economic and political situations from the number of the death of covid-19, Trump’s twitters sometimes and etc. My friends also gave me a lot of advices.
Actually, I enjoyed a lot to check the market and to find out why the market went up and down.
I felt that I am more involved with the world more than before.

Now, since my investment has closed, I don’t have anything to do with the fund.
I am satisfied that it is all over now, but I also feel a little sad.

Things are connected to each other, you are always going to be involved in this network.

One thing I realize is that life is not at all under your control.
I didn’t want to sell at this time but Covid-19 changed the market completely. My investment company forced me to do.
I didn’t care much about the world trend but then I was paying so much attention to it because of the fund account closure. Things are connected to each other and as long as you are part of the world, you are always going to be involved in this network.

My account closure pushed me to pay attention to the world. Instead of waiting to be pushed, I think I should act proactively myself before the next big change.

Small joy!!(2020.5)

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2020-05-24 | Posted in English2 Comments » 

 

800,000 tulips has cut off to stop visitors from coming


↑The Sakura Tulip Festa is held every April. This picture was taken in 2018

800,000 tulips has cut off to stop visitors from coming

My home town is in Chiba prefecture. My parents live in Sakura city in Chiba. The city was grabbing headlines recently since it has cut off 800,000 tulips to stop visitors from coming, in an effort to stop the spreading of the coronavirus.

The Sakura Tulip Festa in Chiba

The Sakura Tulip Festa is held every April near the paddy fields and the riverside. Visitors can walk in the field of thousands of tulips and see a huge Dutch-style windmill in the area.
Although the festival was canceled this year, many people came to see the flowers. Then Sakura city decided to cut the full boom tulips.
I was sad when I knew the story from the internet news and TV news. Because I have been there many times and the place is very close to my parents’ house.

It turns out that my family was also part of reasons

After I learned the news, I phoned my mom.
My mom said “Yes! It’s sad. We were lucky. We visited there last week with your brother’s family before the tulips were cut down.”
Well, it turns out that my family was also part of reasons that the tulips were cut down.
I can understand that everybody wants to see beautiful flowers under the spring sunshine.

We can learn how valuable life is by looking at the lifeless tulips.

At the same time we can learn how valuable life is by looking at the now lifeless tulips.
I’m wondering if other countries would do the same like that.
The flowers sacrificed themselves for us.

Let me add just one more piece of information. The first economic bubble burst in the world was caused by tulips.


↑The Sakura Tulip Festa is held every April. This picture was taken in 2018

Small joy!(2020.5)

2020-05-13 | Posted in English2 Comments » 

 

#793 Let’s sell your books on mercari.

Let’s sell your books on mercari.

Recently I spent a lot of time at home, due to the state of emergency and stay-at-home order. So, I read many books to kill time. I finished a really good book named「ぼくはイエローでホワイトで、ちょっとブルー」(I am yellow, white and a little bit blue). It was quite a popular book and was sold out on Amazon. I figured that many people would love to read it. So I decided to put it on mercari, which is an online shopping app, and see if I can share the fun with the next lucky reader.

The books were sold immediately.

When I posted 「ぼくはイエローでホワイトで、ちょっとブルー」on the app, the book was sold immediately (right away). The book is an essay with the subtitle “The Real British Secondary School Day”. It was easy to read. I was interested in learning the lifestyle of students in England.

Actually, I have sold some books on mercari in a month. Because everybody is staying at home and has a lot of time to read books after the state of emergency was declared.

The other day I sold 「AI vs. 教科書が読めない子供たち」(AI vs. Children who can’t read textbooks) in an hour.

I also sold 4 old cook books, one of them was 「アリス・ウォータースの世界」(World of Alice Waters). Although it was 1900 yen, it was sold quickly too.

Other books I sold was an art book.

We have too much time on our hands

Whenever I received an order, I mailed them in 24 hours.
I have enough time to do it.
I imagined my customers wanted to get the books as soon as possible.
Because everybody stays at home and wants to kill the time.

Small joy!(2020.5)

2020-05-08 | Posted in English2 Comments »