The Trump's speech rally in Tampa on June 11th was filled with great excitement.
I was thrilled by the people’s energy surrounding me. Before his arrival, RNC Co - Chair, Sharon Day, Governor Rick Scott, and other prominent figures gave speech one after another. The speech by Pastor Mark Burns was so powerful. Trump’s arrival was delayed and he did not appear for a while. People who assembled in the venue were just waiting patiently by holding posters and pictures. These people got up early on Saturday morning and ran to this venue. I was amazed to see many people got together here, even if the Trump’s rally event was not announced until the last minute, maybe partly because of security reasons. They were young, senior, women and men. There was a small boy standing near me as well. I was seeing people waiting patiently. Then, a feeling of love has filled my heart. I have just heard very sad news that morning that Christina Glimmie was shot to death when she was signing autographs in Orland, here in Florida. My boss and I were so shocked. Citizens do not feel safe now. We are still suffering from economy issues, securities, and other mounted problems. They are fed up with the current politics, which do not reflect the views and standpoints of general citizens. People are looking for a strong leadership that represents of our voice and protect us, I feel. Many people who assembled here expect Mr. Donald Trump to lead this country, and they cheerlead and support him by whatever they can. Mr. Trump has just turned to be 70 years old. I was again very impressed and amazed by his vitality and strength by meeting with him directly. What is driving him so strongly and passionately? I do not think human beings can keep fighting that hard by just out of his or her ego, which various media keeps saying so. 先日の出張の帰りに乗り継いだロスアンゼルス空港は混雑していた。
ハワイに帰るときの飛行機は、いつも家族連れや子供たちがたくさん見られる。 ふと見ると、目の前には、壁にもたれた男性が、おしゃぶりを口にくわえながら赤ちゃんにボトルで授乳している。何とも微笑ましい。 エコノミーでの長旅は、いつもながら辛い。アメリカ本土からハワイまで行くには、多くの人が飛行機を乗り継いできているため、長旅になっているはずだ。 大柄のアメリカ人たちが狭い座席でジッとよく我慢しているなあ、といつも思う。 これから5時間以上の旅が待っている。 私は思い切って立ち上がり、待合ロビーの窓の側に広いスペースがあったので、そこに向かい、体操を始めた。足、首、腰、腕のストレッチ運動! ふと気づくと・・・ 近くにいた男性が床に座って前屈運動を始めた。また、別のところで女性も立ち上がり、ストレッチしている。 私の目の前で、女の子が逆立ち、側転を始めた!私の側までぐんぐん側転で動いてくる。私に「見て、見て!」と言っているようだった。 何とゲート前ロビーが、ジムさながらになってしまった・・・ 私が体操を始めると、皆、思い出したように体操を始めた。 これは、長時間の飛行機の旅の際、非常に重要だ。エコノミークラス症候群を防ぐためにも! ハブの空港には、ちょっとしたストレッチ体操ができるジム施設なんて作ったら、人気が出るかもな、と思った。 The trip from Florida to Hawaii was long. It took about 15 hours.
Honestly, domestic flight in the US is not always fun. The domestic flight charges us 25.00USD per baggage if we check them in. If the whole family travel together by 4 or 5 members, they have to pay a lot. They may not want to check in all their baggage. So, everyone tries very hard to bring them in to the cabin. Once I have tried hard to save 50.00USD, which is for both ways. One time, I tried to put everything I need and squeeze them into one bag, and tried to carry it in the cabin. My poor bag was swollen and became so thick. When I went to the air company counter, the air company staff said, “You have to check in the bag. It is too thick and cannot fit in the bin.” I was taken this bag at the last minute. When I arrived in the last destination, I went to the carousel to get the fat bag. However, the black bag never appeared on the carousel. I went to the office behind of the carousel to claim for my bag. We found out somebody took mine by mistake. The good thing was the person who took it will come to bring it back, and get their own bag. I went to the hotel to take a nap after the midnight flight to prepare for the business meeting in the evening. I had to wait for the call to be delivered. The bag was finally delivered, but some clothes (somehow my old clothes) in my bag disappeared…. Each time people go on board, it takes a long time because everybody tries to put the bag in the bin above their head. As more people come in, they have a hard time to find a space to squeeze their bags inside of the bin, which is almost full. When we go out from the cabin after arrival, people have to bring down the heavy bags from the upper bin. Sometimes it is very dangerous because everyone is hurry to bring down them from the bin above head and it could hit others. I almost did this. During one of my trips, I squeezed so many things in my bag and I made it to bring in to cabin. I put the big bag in the upper bin. After arrival, I tried to bring it down. Because it was so heavy and packed, the bag pulled me and the bag was flying in the air. It really scared me. If somebody were close to me then, I could have hit her or him by the heavy bag. Sometimes, during my business trip, the schedule changes at the last minute and I have to fly to cold areas from warm areas. I do not want to run out of my clothes and do not want to feel cold, so I always bring extra clothes. I finally gave up. I decided to check in my big trunk with every necessary thing in it. I put lots of Hello Kitty stickers all over the black trunk. Kitties are also my guardians. I ask them to make sure the trunk comes with me together. In addition to these stress, we also have security check time issues. Recently, there were news that people who had gotten to the airport 2 or 3 hours ahead of the departure could not make the plane that they had tickets!!! This happened because TSA security checks took long. They said something like there were too many travelers. Security checks are VERY IMPORTANT and CRUCIAL FOR OUR SAFETY, and the importance has been increasing more and more these days. However, I am not the only one who gets really stressed out by whole situations that we face in the plane travel. Isn’t there any way to improve this situation? One thing is to improve alternative public transportation in the US mainland, I think. I have seen many people in waiting list for the plane each time I fly. One time, I have seen one young lady waiting for the flight overnight. If there is another alternative such as super-fast train, she could have just hopped into it. If the US could introduce super train like bullet train (Japanese Shinkansen) connected between various cities, it would give alternative public transportation to people, who are not that hurry and prefer to cheaper travel. It could mitigate this crazy air travel of hustle and bustle. This is same with the issue of “Crammed train” in the rush hour in Japan. These kind of issues have to be taken care by the national government. In the US. it has to be done by the Federal Government. If these stress gets mitigated, more people will try to travel and move around, and it could lead to stimulate economic activities as well. I have finally come home on Sunday night after my business trip, which took one week! I am glad to be back. I got deep sleep and almost refreshed. This time, we flew to California for several meetings. At the last minute, my boss received VIP invitation by the Donald Trump Florida Campaigning for the speech rally held at Tampa, Florida. My boss and I had a chance to have a talk with Mr. Trump! This was the first time for me to hear his speech live. I felt, “This man is like a King. Yes, he might have been a strong King of Big Empire in his past life!” Then, he has given an autograph to us. The impression I have received from him is totally different from negative reports and descriptions done by various media. He seems to be very determined and a person who cares to the details and people around him. He has pointed at my boss and me by his finger and has said seeing our eyes, “You Japanese are beautiful! Both of you are beautiful.” I was also amazed how energetic he is. He turned to be 70 years old. What is the source of his huge energy, I wondered. It might be his passion and love to this country. (Continued) |
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An Interpreter for JCU Archives
April 2021
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