Asbestos

I went to my client's house yesterday to explain that asbestos might have been used to resist fire in their old buildings. I wrote "old" but the apartment which they managed was built only 27 years ago. To put it concretely, asbestos were probably sprayed on steel frames of the buildings. We cannot reach the conclusion without an investigation. In this case, an examination of a sample of asbestos costs about one million yen. If the client removes asbestos from the buildings, it will cost a great deal.
They believed the Ministry of Construction of those days and didn't know asbestos were danger. Why do they have to bear the expenses to remove?
I felt really sorry for them.

Recently, Everything I meet seems to be an idea about Halloween costume. Workers removing asbestos must wear masks and protective clothing. The clothes look like a space suit. If I can borrow one from the scrap company I know, it might be a Halloween costume. The white suit will stand out against the dark of night.
But people who see me might think it's a state of emergency and run away.
And I cannot do anything except for breathing. It must be bored and too hot.

I hit on a good idea last year but this time I still have no idea.
Where can I get an octopus suit?

Before After

I got a new client last month. They asked me to repair their house. They want to improve its ability of earthquake-resistant and need storage space for their belongings.
They told me they actually bought it 20 years ago but it isn't their dream house. So they will change it within the limits of the budget. I decided to work as a volunteer.
I know nobody want to die by an earthquake and me too. If I were buried under the house and died because I didn't improve the house I lived, it must be funny.
紺屋の白袴。　A dyer wears white pants. ( ! ? )

Adding to pillars and bracing the walls are ways to improve. But it will not have perfect ability to resist a big earthquake. The limits of the budget. I worry about it.
If they have no relation to me, I don't think so much about it. I always work in a businesslike way. But in this case, the situation is different. I live with the client.
I will have no choice but judge the quality of the repair work which I planed someday.
I will do what I can do within the limits of the budget but nobody knows how an earthquake will vibrate in the future. So I cannot say that this house is 100% safe.
But they hope to get a shelter which is free from danger. I know.
It's painful for me.

There are ways to resist an earthquake without charge. I recommend them.
1. Dispose of junk.
2. Books and old furniture are heavy. Put them on the first floor.
3. Sometimes look into the sky to check a threatening cloud.

Actually, seeing a serene sky, it's clear blue, I'm getting to think that my anxiety is meaningless. Time goes on peacefully. Probably I work to be able to continue these mild days even if an earthquake happens.

At a stormy night

One of my co-worker must have listened to my wish, she asked me to go to an okonomi-yaki resraurant yesterday. Amazing.
Autumn is beautiful and dangerous season. Especially we feel everything's absolutely delicious.
Actually, in this season, I can't resist the temptation to try desserts which are sweet potato, pumpkin pudding and mont- blanc.
Of course, I welcomed her offer.

She took me to an old restaurant. She often has dinner there. (http:ipon.jp/maido) She said it was always crowded. It opens until 4 a.m. Customers often use the restaurant for their second or third party after they go for a drink. Because of the middle of week, it was not crowded.
Unfortunately, the menu didn't have modern-yaki and Hirashima-yaki on it.
I wanted to compare the two but I couldn't. It was pity.
They seemed to have confidence in their skill which is how to make okonomiyaki.
So they might think that the combination of soba and okonomiyaki is to stray from the right path.
The self advertisement on the menu said that their okonomiyaki were thick and its skin was perfectly browned but its inside was soft. A cook told us that it took three months until he could fry well.
The taste was good. But it was not perfect. Why ? It seemed to be lacking in something. What ?
Cut octopuses were too small? Its soup stock was not good? Hm... I don't know the reason. Because it has not been long time since I was interested in this kind of food.
I have to continue to look for my favorite okonomi-yaki restaurant.
They looked like full moon ×2. The autumn moon doesn't rode in the sky tonight.
It's a stormy night.