Nonsense!

It was a combined local election today and I went to vote in the Tokyo governatorial election. This time there were four strong candidates and I expected a close battle; so I looked forward to watching a newsflash on the election returns that started from 7:55 p.m. on NHK. At just 8:00 p.m. the announcer surprisingly said "the election closed at 8:00 p.m. and it's certain that the incumbent Governor of Tokyo, Mr. Ishihara, was elected for the fourth time." What? The vote counting hadn’t yet begin at that time. They said that they judged it by the result of their exit poll. It’s a common occurrence that they estimate the result from an exit poll, but today’s too early announcement was really nonsense. That was a mere competition which the media announced first, I thought. When Mr. ishihara gave an interview, he also pointed out this type of announcement. I didn’t vote for him, but I give him credit for speaking frankly like that. Now I listen to the news, but they cut the scene of Mr. Ishihara which indicated their odd way. 


Anyway, when I went to the zoo, I bought a stuffed Yabu-inu (bush) dog for Lai. I call it Yabu-chan. Lai liked it but now Yabu-chan is ...