The stock prices have fallen almost 10% since last year. Subprime loan problems seem to be exacerbated and there is no doubt that economy has entered into recession. I lost almost $20,000 in stocks and couldn't wait and see my funds losing more value. So today I sold all my mutual funds. Instead, I purchased a short term treasury bond fund. Luckily, the stock market went up a bit today and my capital gain went up a bit accordingly, too.
というわけで、今日は一日中、株価が気になってそわそわ。仕事が手につかない一日だった。しかも、別件の大ニュース（来月にでも説明します）も飛び込んできて、いつになくイベントフルな日。お客様とのディナーもあったのだけど、2日間、ジムに行ってなかったので、今晩、近所のジムへ。
That's why, I was so jittery today and couldn't focus on my work all day long. In addition, I got quite big news--I'll explain about this news in April. It was a really eventful day.
Tonight I had dinner with my clients, but since I didn't go to the gym last two days, I kicked my ass to hit the tread mill and lift some weights.
家を出るとき、とにかくいろんなことがあったなぁ～と回想しながら歩いてると、ふと、なんだか今日はこれだけでは終わらないような予感が。虫の知らせっていうか、第6感っていうか、霊感というか・・・。みょーに、誰かにジムで声を掛けられそうな予感。
When leaving my home, I recalled what happened today. Then, without any reasons, I thought something else was going to happen at the gym tonight. It was kind of the 6th sense. In Japanese, it's called "mushino shirase" which means a signal from insects. Or, it's called "reikan" which literally means a "ghost sense." It's a supernatural perception to foresee things. So tonight I had a feeling that I may be spoken to by someone at the gym.
ジムに到着したら、夜10時ということもあり、人もまばら。いつものメニューをこなしてると、やっぱり予感的中。突然Lukeに声を掛けられた。
When I got to the gym, there were not many people since it was already 10pm. I was doing routine work but my prediction was right. Luke spoke to me out of the blue.
Lukeに会うのはもう何年ぶり？ってくらいのご無沙汰。僕をホリデー・ガール呼ばわりした彼です。この回のブログをご覧あれ。この回のブログにもLukeが登場してる。多分、これが最後に会ったときだと思うから、かれこれ2年と4ヶ月ぶり・・・。Lukeは30歳になったとかで、去年、転職も果たして今はNPOで働いてるとか。時は流れる・・・。
It's been a few years since I saw him last. He called me a "holiday girl" a few years ago because he only called me up on holidays--because his then boyfriend had to work on holidays and Luke needed someone to hang out with. I wrote when we met in 2004 and 2005 in my past postings. So, it's been 2 years and 4 months since I saw him last... Last October he turned 30 years old, he said! He also switched a job last year to work for an NPO. Time flies...
それにしても、自分の霊感に驚き。株価も、今日、売り抜けておいて正解だといいのだけれど・・・。
At any rate, I was surprised by my own ESP. I hope that I was right about selling all my stocks today too.
