Turning point in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's life

I've had very busy days recently. I wake up around seven o'clock and go to work on foot and go back to home at ten or eleven at night.　And then, I eat a late dinner and listen to music a little bit.

My favorite musicians are Ludwig van Beethoven(1770-1827) and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791).　Their music is always going through my mind, encouraging me and making me positive. Mozart's piano concerto No. 24 in C minor is my favorite piece.　All Mozart's music starts from one note.　(In my opinion, it's very important to have a correct understanding of its motif. Beethoven's motif consists of two notes or two groups of two notes.)　That means every Mozart's note provides more solid information and emotion than Beethoven's.　The No.24 concert is like a small opera. It is the first piece which showed separation feelings from his brilliant life. (He was thirty years old at that time)　Mozart expressed his sweet memories of the past and fear of the dark future and death in the concerto.　It's indeed an awesome piece.

Today, I woke up at five in the morning for preparing something.　I have lots of fun activities today, like a singing lesson, English lesson, My favorite English teacher's farewell party and so on. It'll be a busy day today too.

Winterreise - Schubert

Gute Nacht

Fremd bin ich eingezogen,
Fremd zieh' ich wieder aus.
Der Mai war mir gewogen
Mit manchem Blumenstrauß.
Das Mädchen sprach von Liebe,
Die Mutter gar von Eh', -
Nun ist die Welt so trübe,
Der Weg gehüllt in Schnee.

Mein Lieblingslied.

One day, in San Francisco

　One day, when I was watching TV in a hotel at midnight in San Francisco, I was awakened by a smoke alarm. All hotel guests had to evacuate the hotel immediately. A couple of fire-engines have already come to the hotel when I got outside of the hotel from an emergency exit. I was sleepy and I didn't know what happened to the hotel exactly. Everybody was trying to look for a room on fire from the street in front of the hotel. But nobody could find the room. After that, a hotel staff announced it was a malfunction alarm. I saw a lot of people who were having a breakfast at a hotel restaurant almost at noon the following day. I guess everybody couldn't wake up early because of that malfunction alarm.

Formula 1 in Suzuka

Watching Formula 1 in Suzuka is one of big opportunities in my life. I have been interested in Formula 1 races, but I hadn't gotten a chance to watch them at any venues before. Luckily, I got a chance to watch them at Suzuka Circuit. This year might be the last Fomura 1 at Suzuka. And my friend offered to go to watch the races together. There was no reason to hesitate to go!

Suzuka city in Mie prefecture is a quiet and beautiful town surrounded by greenery. First, I was surprised huge human traffic jam around the entrance gate. Actually, that day was not the race day but the qualifying day. In some extreme cases, It would take you a couple of minutes for taking a step forward. I was tired from walking but, seeing many enthusiastic people in the audience and listening to the gorgeous engine sound of racing cars made me uplifting. My favorite driver Jenson (he has the same birthday as me) finished in 7th place at the qualifying and the following day, he finished in 4th place at the race.

This venue has 20th anniversary and might be the last venue as Formula 1 Japan Grand Prix this year, 2006. Anyway, this race in Suzuka must be a important milestone as Japanese Formula 1 history. The race got started under the fine clear sky and surrounded by the most people - 160 thousand people in the audience over the past 20 years. I was fascinated by dramatic Formula 1 races and great techniques of driving. And the more I know about Formura 1 by magazines and websites, the more fascinated I am. I'm a big fan of Formura 1 after that race!