Naoko talked about her daily routine in this... Naoko talked about her daily routine in this place, speaking in short
but crystal clear phrasesWake up at six in the morningBreakfast in
the flatThen usually farm workShe took care
of the vegetablesBefore or after lunch, she would have either an
hour-long session with her doctor or a group discussionIn the
afternoon she could choose from among courses that might interest
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her, outside work, or sportsShe had taken several courses: French,
knitting, piano, ancient history
"Reiko is teaching me piano," she said"She also teaches guitarWe
all take turns as pupils or teachersSomebody with fluent
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teaches French, one person who used to be in social studies teaches
history, another good at knitting teaches knitting: that's a pretty
impressive school right thereUnfortunately, I don't have anything I
can teach anyone
"Neither do I," I said
"I put a lot more energy into my studies here than I ever did in
universityI work hard and enjoy it - a lot
"What do you do after supper?"
"Talk with Reiko, read, listen to records, go to other people's flats and
play games, stuff like that
"I do guitar practice and write my autobiography," said Reiko
"Autobiography?"
"Just kidding," Reiko laughed"We go to bed
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healthy lifestyle, wouldn't you say? We sleep like babies
I looked at my watchIt was a few minutes before nine"I guess you'll
be getting sleepy soonWe can stay up late today," said Naoko"I haven't seen
you in such a long time, I want to talk more
"When I was alone before, all of a sudden I started thinking about the
old days," I said"Do you remember when Kizuki and I came to visit
you at the hospital? The one on the seashoreI think it was the first
year of the sixth-form
"When I had the chest operation," Naoko said with a smileYou and Kizuki came on a motorbikeYou brought me a
box of
black fendi spy chocolates and they were all melted togetherThey were so
hard to eat! I don't know, it seems like such a long time agoI think you were writing a poem then, a long one
"All girls write poems at that age," Naoko tittered"What reminded
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you of that all of a sudden?"
"I wonderThe smell of the sea wind, the oleanders: before I knew it,
they just popped into my headDid Kizuki come to see you at the
hospital a lot?"
"No way! We had a big fight about that afterwardsHe came once,
and then he came with you, and that was it for him
And that first time he couldn't sit still and he only stayed about
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minutesHe brought me some oranges and mumbled all this stuff I
couldn't understand, and he peeled an orange for me and mumbled
more stuff and he was out of thereHe said he had a thing about
hospitals"He was always a kid about that kind of stuffI mean,
nobody likes hospitals, right? That's why people visit people in
hospitals to make them feel better, and perk up their spirits and stuff
But Kizuki just didn't get it
"He wasn't so bad when the two of us came to see you, thoughHe
was just his usual self
"Because you were there," said Naoko"He was always like that
around youHe struggled to keep his weaknesses
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