Sleepless,Restless,Endless

  I read an article, Good night’s sleep ‘protects heart’  I wrote a summary of this article and reviewed.

Summary
   A research conducted by a team in the Netherlands says enough sleep help us to avoid dying from heart disease or strokes. They did a follow-up survey in more than 14000 people, and found that people who slept enough and followed all four behaviors – taking some exercise, eating healthful diet, drinking moderately, and not smoking are less likely to die from heart disease or strokes than those who didn't do it. The important point of this study is that we should consider sleep as a significant element for our healthy life and must not make light of it.

Review
   I was shocked at this article, because I sleep less than five hours every day, and it says more than seven hours sleep benefits to the heart of a healthy lifestyle. After entering the college, I’m very busy with a lot of assignments. So, more than seven hours sleep is next to impossible. To make matters worse, I don’t exercise very often, and compared to before, my diet became unbalanced because of my living alone. If I drank alcohol and smoked cigarettes, I would die from heart disease and strokes in the worst-case. This article made me think that I must adopt a good lifestyle to avoid a sudden death. First of all, I will finish assignments to go to bed early. (In fact, I’m writing this blog post at midnight past 1:00.)
   By the way, I don’t think that we regard sleep as important, as it is written in the article. It seems that Japanese college students especially make light of sleep. They often boast of their lack of sleep. They say, “Hey!! You know what? I slept only 2 hours last night!! I’m terribly sleepy now!! Hahaha! Hey, do you listening to me? I said I slept only 2 hours!! UREYYYY!! ” Frankly speaking, it’s annoying…. If you can’t understand my feeling, please look at these pictures. “寝てない自慢” Do you understand now?
   I’m wandering from the subject. In conclusion, we should sleep enough. That’s all. So, if you are reading this blog late at night, go to bed. I will do it after finishing my assignments…


Don't misunderstand me. I don't boast of my lack of sleep in this blog post. 

http://www.bbc.com/news/health-23144438

To-Do list made me feel sadness....

  Today, I made a To-Do list for my first year at the university.

As the number increases, a more far-off future is written. 

1. I must buy some milk tomorrow. I drink milk every day, and I am out of milk now. 
2. I must write a paper on chemical bond and hand in it this week.  And I have some other assignments, but almost all of them are not finished. Oh... I should think about these things, not about my future..... 
3. I want to buy a pan by the end of this month. Now I'm cooking with a frying pan. If I have a pan, I can cook curry, ramen, udon, soba, spaghetti, soup, boiled egg and so on. In summer, I want to eat somen, thin wheat noodle. Somen bring me the real feeling of summer. So I must buy a pan before it is getting hot. 
4. I want to take a part-time job by the summer vacation this year. Now, I don’t work a part-time job and live on the allowance my parents send to me. Due to my entering the university and living alone, my family is having a hard time making ends meet. So, I’m trying all sorts of ways to manage to make ends meet. But I don’t want to be troubled any more about my food expenses, like, “this lunch set is 450yen and that one is 400yen. Former looks good, but the difference of 50yen is very important. Oh, that soba is only 200yen!! Ummm… but it looks too little. I’m hungry now. Ah, what should I eat? ” I want to eat what I like
5.  In the summer vacation, I want to obtain a driver’s license. I don’t need it now, but I think that as I move up to the next-year class, I will have less and less time to obtain it. If it is possible, I don’t want to drive a car. It costs a lot to maintain, and obtaining the license is also costs a lot. Driving a car is dangerous to both driver and passers-by. I can’t take responsibility even if I cause an accident. A bicycle is enough for me to live a daily life. 
6. After the summer vacation, I want to go to all eating houses in the university. In the university, there are thirteen eating houses, and I have been to three of them. I want to compare the taste, volume, price, the number of meals, the size of floor, the number of seats, whether there are seats for one person’s use, and waiting time. The most important thing is price, of course. There is the difference in the way to order, by ticket or by words of mouth or self-service. So, to remember the rules of each place is a little troublesome. 
7. I want to be a regular customer of a restaurant or coffee shop or café, and get to know the owner. And I want to say, “Hey, Mr, Please give me what I always order”.  It’s very cool. I desire to do it. If I can do it, I will feel, “Oh, I became a grown-up…” 
8. Near the university, there is an eel (unagi) restaurant. As you know, eels are very, very, very expensive. The eel restaurant is not a place to go, for a student. But I want to go to the restaurant. I love eels. Taste, smell, appearance, all things of eel is great. It’s perfect…. It’s perfect if its price is a little lower. I want to eat at the restaurant at least once this year. 
9. I want to learn to cook well. If I can cook well, I will be able to do, like “Ah, today, ○○○○ and ×××× is inexpensive. So I should buy some △△△△ and □□□□. Dinner is ～～～～ tonight.” Now, I am always troubled about dinner. What should I cook tonight? I want to have a large repertoire and get a cooking skill to materialize it. 
10. I must remember the names of my classmates. I should do it, but it’s too difficult. Sorry, my classmates... I will try it. 
11. Near the end of the year, I will have some opportunities to eat out with my friends. I will. I think I will… So, I must learn some one-shot jokes which can set the audience laughing with. If I can do it, there is no doubt that I will be a popular person. Maybe… Before learning one-shot jokes, I should make more friends. Oh….. 
12. I want to take over the world. In other word, “World domination”. You will think it impossible, and I think it impossible too. Of course, I can’t do it in my whole life, much less in this year. But we should not forget to dream. Is there a chance that I take over the world?            ……..there is no chance.

　　I will do my best!!

"Acronym introduction"

Hi, my name is Masanari Sakato. I'll introduce myself by using my name as acronym.
I'll be very happy if you remember me.

S　Saitama

    I’m from Saitama in Japan. It is often said that Saitama is the most boring prefecture in Japan, but the natural environment has been preserved there, and it is easy to go to Tokyo from there. So, Saitama is a good place to live in.

A   Active

     I’m active only in my house. When I am out, I’m very quiet. However, when I’m home, I often sing, dance, or get some exercise, of course by myself. My families sometimes say, “Calm down!” But they say “What’s up?” when I am quiet. What should I do?

K   Kindle

     Kindle is a tablet to read electronic books. I like reading. So, I’m interested in Kindle. I have never read electronic books. I wonder whether they are good. But I think reading electronic books tire the eyes.

A   Astronaut

     I wanted to be an astronaut in my childhood. I wanted to make friends with creatures from outer space like “ET”. I gave up my dream because my eyesight weakened. I wish aliens came to see me.

T   Tomato

     Tomatoes are special product of my city. To my surprise, tomatoes are ingredients of sweets or cakes in my city. Imagine that you are eating a cake containing cherry tomatoes. I like tomatoes, but I can’t accept that tomatoes are used to make something sweet. If used, I want them to be mashed at least.

O   Othello

     “Othello” is Japanese English. It is a kind of board game. Not the main character in the play by Shakespeare. I like this game. I always enjoy this game with computer by myself. I have been losing lately.

M   Motto

      My motto is a saying “Time is money”. It means that you must not waste your time because time is very precious. If time is money, I want to buy time. I accept paying 50 dollars for an hour. I wish one day became 30 hours. 
A   Author

     I like reading, but I don’t think that I’d like to see the authors of my favorite books. I like the stories created by them, not themselves. The reason why I came to think as such is my experience. When I was a junior high school student, I saw an author of a book I liked on television by chance, and I felt that the way he spoke was affected and he was disagreeable. After that, I couldn’t read his book as before. Whenever I read the book, I recalled its author and felt irritated. The story was amusing, but I became reluctant to read it. Not all authors are unpleasant. Luck was against me.

S   Sleeping

     I like sleeping. No, I love sleeping. The other day, I tried not setting an alarm clock. I went to bed at 24:00, the next day, I got up at 13:30. I surprised myself.

A   Antiquated

     “Antiquated” means old-fashioned and not suitable for modern needs or condition. I don’t have smart phone, iPod, video game, portable game and so on. I have a cell phone and PC. I do with them. It’s enough for me.
N   Nickname
     Few people gave me a nickname. One of the few nicknames, for example, “kakato”. In English, “heel”.  I have never gotten a friendly nickname. I think “kakato” is unfriendly. Please give me a nice nickname. 
A   Animal

     I like animals. Dogs, cats, birds, rabbits, hamsters, any animals. But they don’t like me. If I approach them, dogs bark, cats ruffle their fur, everybody is offensive and hostile. Why? Why are they so unfriendly? I can accept that they run away, so at least don’t be aggressive.

R   Reading

     My hobby is reading. I read anything, but I especially like romance novels. Now, I’m reading “Aesop’s Fables”. I found this book at a library and remembered that I had read a picture book of this story in my childhood, and I borrowed this book. Now I got different impression from what I had gotten in the past. After finishing reading this, I’m going to read “Salome” written by Wilde.

I   Introduction

    My weak point is introducing myself. This self-introduction took me three hours. Five “A” troubled me. I still have what I want to write, but let me conclude my introduction with this. Thank you for everything.