Long live Diane!(PART 1 OF 3)
Subj:
Happy New Year!
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From: diane@vancouver.ca
To: barclay1720@aol.com
Date: Wed, Jan 2, 2013 7:17 pm
Pacific Standard Time
Hi Kato,
Happy New Year!
Yes, I read the following article.
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■"Happy New Year"
Kato, you're worried too much about me.
I don't spend too much time in partying and eating and drinking!
I haven't been hopping around brunch, supper and parties, neither.
But I've found lotsa fun.
Anyway, I enjoyed your video-clip present.
Myfanwy - Neath Choir
(Welsh-English Lyrics)
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Thanks for reminding me of the lovely Welsh song.
Myfanwy is a woman's name derived from annwyl, meaning "beloved."
It is a popular Welsh song, composed by Joseph Parry and first published in 1875.
Parry wrote the music to lyrics written by Richard Davies ('Mynyddog'; 1833-77).
Some sources say it was written with Parry's childhood sweetheart, Myfanwy Llywellyn, in mind, although the lyrics were probably inspired by the fourteenth-century love-story of Myfanwy Fychan of Dinas Brân, Llangollen and the poet Hywel ab Einion.
That story was also the subject of the popular poem, 'Myfanwy Fychan' (1858), by John Ceiriog Hughes (1832-87).
The song, although now considered by some rather old-fashioned, is still a favourite with Welsh folks.
After all, I'm as healthy as can be.
Well ... the good news is, Kato .. I haven't gained a pound, amazingly so, but you're right enough-is-enough.
...hope you haven't partied too hard as well.
You may want to live as long as the man in Japan who is now 115 years old---the oldest man in recorded history.
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It turns out that there are so many Japanese people living long lives.
It's becoming a problem with the Japanese government given the fact they've got the world's second largest public debt and a below replacement birthrate.
You probably saw the story in the Vancouver Sun a while back.
See you soon kiddo,
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Love, Diane ~
So Kato, do you wanna live as long as the man in Japan who is now 115 years old?
I would like to, but there is a problem.
I know... the Japanese government has the world's second largest public debt and a below replacement birthrate.
You're telling me, Diane, but there is another problem.
What is it?
Have you ever heard that there are an increasing number of death-wishers in Japan?
Oh, are there?
Yes, look at the following graph.
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（出典: 厚生労働省大臣官房統計情報部 人口動態・保健統計課）
(SOURCE: Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)
There are at least 30,000 people who commit suicide in recent years.
Oh! ... No kidding!
I'm not joking. The above graph has been drawn by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. So belive it!
That means, roughly 100 people commit suicide every day in Japan---4 persons per hour. Oh, amazing!
Have you ever thought of committing suicide, Diane?
Oh hell no! God has made this world and all the human beings. Accordingly, nobody is supposed to kill herself or himself without God's permission.
So, Diane, you're a born Christian, aren't you?
Well ... regardlessly, life is precious and priceless. You shouldn't kill yourself. How come the Japanese are so eager to kill themselves?
To tell you the truth, Diane, I've never thought of killing myself, though I was born and brought up in Japan.
So, you were and are still a kinda black sheep among all the Japanese, aren't you?
Yes, I think I am.
Since you were born and brought up in Japan, you must have some idea how come the Japanese are so eager to commit suicide.
Well ... there are several famous spots for death-wishers.
Famous spots for death-wishers? Kato, what do you mean by that?
Watch the following picture!
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