Early this morning, my Vaio was stuck to death. When I touched its body, it was rather warm. I thought I was held in a big trouble and that it might have been broken down by virus. The stick happened at the very moment when I exchanged PC cards following the procedures, first opening the control panel and then click a PC card icon and etc.

The right picture shows the display when the vaio was stuck. Even though I switched power off and on, the same picture remained on the display. It did not move at all. I felt I was caught.

As I could do anything at all, I gave up computing. Then I started to prepare the posting of my new year greeting cards. In order to comply the demands from the post office, I sorted my cards into three groups, namely those addressed to the same ku as of me, to Tokyo Metropolitan area and to the others.

It was time consuming work. As they changed the mail code from three digits to seven and more efficient automatic sorting machines have been installed at post offices, the bureaucrats of Communication Ministry should not ask their customers such inefficient works. They should stop it from the next year. Putting the cards into a paper shopping bag, I brought them to post office. The mail counter was open although it was on Saturday and received cards in the bag. The ink-jet printing on regular cards had no trouble. The government officials cared it too much.

In the afternoon, I called Mr. Nobuyoshi Nakamura, my advisor, telling him I was coming with the broken vaio. But he said it might be caused by reckless run of the computer. The computer does not stop the operation rarely even when you think you put off the power. He suggested to put off the power first, and then to push the switch on for a couple of minutes. When I did the same as he told, my PC was revitalized at once. PC is a machine, the whole operation of which armatures cannot master.

As I got a time, I left for visiting my cousin at hospital. As it was Saturday, a music concert was held for patients and nurses. Two musicians, probably volunteers, are earnestly singing country songs. The chief nurse told me that he was recovering favorably and that he was attending the concert. He came back soon and said that he was told by his doctor to walk around as much as possible. The strings in side jaw were taken off in yesterday morning, and he was permitted to take liquid food, he told me by means of writing. He felt no ache inside jaws, but when he touched on his cheek, he felt aches because nerves there began to regenerate. So he could not shave so that his mustache grew long.

He can go down to the first floor and buy newspapers himself and see TV on his bed. He can now live as the same way as common people except not being able to move jaw and to take regular foods. He was pleased with books which I bought at a book store beside JR Tamachi station.

On my way back, I took broiled eels at Chikuyo restaurant in Ginza and bought tsukudani (fishes boiled down in soy) at Tamakiya store in Shimbashi. At both places, I could see only aged people.

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