Today’s picture is of a watermelon that Taku gave me when I drove my new Subaru Impreza to Takasaki the other day. He remembered that eating a watermelon after a morning run is the best part of the day for me. When Taku went on a family vacation, he bought it for me. Afterwards, I ate it cold and it was the most delicious watermelon I’ve ever tasted.
Today, I came back from golf and I ate the chilled watermelon my friend gave me to help with my dehydration. I shared the watermelon with Sun at that time, and she told me a surprising story.
It was when Taku was still little. When he ate a manjuu, Taku didn’t keep it to himself; he would break it in half and share it with his mother. What’s even more amazing is that he always gave the bigger portion of the manju to his mother. I was truly amazed at this story. It’s not an easy thing for a human being to do.
Sun told me that I had done it to Taku, so Taku must have done it to his mother. But I honestly don’t remember that at all. Sun says my grandson, Masato, will be like that too, and I think it’s amazing.
Some people might not think it’s a big deal, but I think it’s a big deal. Human greed is infinite. The late Kokontei Shincho used to say the following willow in his rakugo pillow.
The more the snow falls, the more it piles up, the more greedy he is , the road is forgotten.
That’s exactly what it is. Human greed is truly a terrible thing. When you watch the TV movie “Columbo”, all the criminals in the movie are people of high social status. It seems to me that they have had enough, but they want to have more.
The rich people of the world are always thinking the same thing: “I want to be richer. I want to be richer.
That’s why, as a father, I’m so happy to hear that Taku used to break the manjuu in half and give it to his mother instead of keeping it all to himself, and that he would always give the bigger portion to her.
Hearing that story today, I was immersed in a feeling of happiness from the bottom of my heart.
Today was the 50th commemorative Shin-Numazu Country Club Cup final. I helped as a competition committee, not as a player.
The President’s Cup, which started with 32 players who passed the qualifying held on June 28, was the final battle today after the semifinals last week. It was a showdown between Mr. Kawashima and Mr. Okamoto.
The finals are played in 36-hole match play. It started after 7:45 this morning, but when it started, the fog was thick and the fairway was almost invisible. At around 9 o’clock, the fog finally cleared up and visibility was secured.
The final match is a tough one, having 18 holes, having lunch and then fighting 18 holes again. It was the final hole, the 36th hole, that was settled.
We race committee members were waiting for the result at the restaurant, but we all went to the final hole, hole 18, and we were able to see the final result.
Both of them in the middle hole, 18th, made a second shot from the fairway, but it was an approach game when they missed the green. The approach shot from the side of the green is a pressured shot.
The first shot by Mr. Okamoto was a bit short of duff. On the other hand, Mr. Kawashima splendidly moved to about 10 cm and was OK. Mr. Okamoto firmly hit the final putt that the match would be settled by removing the putt of about 10 meters, but unfortunately it was a slight deviation to the right in front of the cup.
It was an unexpected approach shot by Mr. Okamoto, who had decided on wonderful approaches one after another. It seems that Kawashima went up to the 4th up in the first half, but Okamoto made a good comeback and after that, it seemed like a great match.
Chairman Iwasaki was also accompanied by 36 holes and sent a tribute to the wonderful game at the award ceremony.
When I saw such a great play, I really felt that I wanted to improve myself even more.