Long time no see! Hi. This is my notebook for the first time in ages — probably 4 or 5 years! Last time I wrote my notebook I was a graduate student. I was studying English hard as I wanted to study abroad, but at that time I couldn't do so because of some financial reasons. Now I'm working as a web developer, and I have another dream: to go overseas, not as a student, but as a developer! With some working experiences in the industry, I'm planning how to make my dream come true, wondering when to actually start seeking foreign job opportunities. I heard that not having computer science degrees would be disadvantageous for applying to IT developer jobs, especially outside of Japan, but I'd somehow like to make it. I hope to make use of italki again to improve my English skill to the business level. Thank you : )

A skyscraper into night mist Last night I went to Yokohama in order to see graduation exhibition of Tama Art University. Yokohama bay area has both old-fashioned brick storehouse and modern skyscraper buildings, and the exhibition was held at the institution that was made by renovating a historical brick storehouse. The exhibition was great as I've expected, but that night I encountered another impressive sight on the way. It was raining last night, and evening sky was covered with thick fog. I found a skyscraper, named Yokohama Landmark Tower, disappearing into dark night mist. As a matter of fact, until lately I wasn't so much interested in gorgeous skyscraper of these urban area, that is not closely related to me. I'd felt it is unnatural to live or work at several hundred meters high. But recently I became to think that the light, luminescence or incandescence floating on the surface of night skyscrapers, is simply beautiful. It's beautiful not owing to those wealthiness but owing to preciousness of twinkling light itself, and the tower of last night was thereby beautiful. I took a picture of it by my phone (taking digital pictures always makes me rather sad because I never be able to record the color I saw itself). Though I haven't noticed when I'm taking it, in the picture, there was a bed of a homeless man next to the building. I'm thinking about richness.

My old home This is my first note. Please correct. I recently think about my old home. Where is it? I've thought for a long time that my old my home is in Saga, the rural prefecture in Kyushu island, between Fukuoka and Nagasaki. There was where I lived there 13 years. But I am recently rethinking of it. Actually my birthplace isn't Saga, but Nagasaki (I wonder this city is to what extent known internationally). I was born there and have lived for several months, though I cannot remember it. I've lived also in Kitakyushu city, in Fukuoka prefecture, whose name means the northernmost of Kyushu island. I've lived in there until I was 5 years old. Kitakyushu was highly industrialized city and this might be influenced on my inclining toward industrial music or art. I'd been thought, in my childhood, that I would never live in outside of Kyushu island. But now I live in Tokyo, and I'm dreaming of live in outside of Japan. If this dream will be came true someday, then will Japan itself be my old home?