bored

My life sucks. I haven't found anything to blog about for the past 2 weeks.

Its summer holidays here. Actually the Japanese, in their buddist traditions, go back to their ancestral homes and pray to their ancestors, during this time of year. You see this tradition also in Hong Kong and in Singapore where the Chinese believe that their dead come back.

Even at work, mood is holiday. Nobody is interested in working. Everyone I work with also in holiday mood.

Also during the summer, the Japanese Annual Highschool Tournament starts. Dedicated students, all, dream on winning it all and moving on to the pros. The tournament is held at Koshien stadium, sacred grounds for these students. You often see students from the losing team, standing while the winning school anthem plays, with tears streaming, standing in front of their bench. The winning gets to stand across the home plate, facing center field. When the anthem finishes, the students run in front of their respective supporters and thanks them for their support. In the bleachers, you see the classmates also in tears when their teams looses.

After all that, the loosing team comes back and starts to take back a dirt from the ground they were playing on. I don't know how this tradition started but its pretty touching, how much these students honor the grounds they just played on.

I'm planning to go see the games on this weekend. Hopefully I'll have something to blog about.