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By the time I reached home yesterday
it was around 7 in the morning.
Today I woke up in the afternoon and started a little slowly.

I did my training to wake up.
Maybe it’s because I went to the sea that I’m getting the feeling that I’m rather tanned.
I suppose it’s because we were at the beach for quite awhile.

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I took a quick shower.
I noticed that my body has gotten slightly bigger.
The impression of my appearance is rather different.

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However,
since my arms don’t get bigger through training
I look like I have a more slender build than it actually is when I wear clothes.

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Instead of the firm appearance when I’m wearing clothes,
【If I’m nude it’ll be awesome…】
is more preferable for me.

After having tea with my partner in the living room
we immediately drove.

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The car that I bought the other day has finally arrived.
In this city, driving in such a car
is easier than driving a sports car.

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With thumping music on, I drove with my friends.
This is just the thing for me.
I had the best time.

Just like that, we headed to a mall on foot.

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Another blessing is to be able to
walk in a mall like this without a care in the world.

We were walking inside when we found
a merry-go-round forcibly put in the building
for some unknown reason.

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Things like these can only be found overseas too..
I’ll pretend I didn’t see it.

After walking for awhile,
we discovered a crowd of people in front of a store.
I looked at the store from the crowd,
wondering if there was something different going on there.

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It’s just an electronics store that doesn’t seem to have any special characteristics.
「Why are there so many people here…?」
I thought, and followed their line of sight to the TV.

『Is this the Showa era!!』

I involuntarily exclaimed.
In any case, Filipinos like basketball.
And, they love boxing.
When Manny Pacquiao has a match,
even regions that are having internal conflicts
will have a cease-fire agreement
and promise not to attack each other.

Boxing brings peace.
It’s a wonderful thing.

And,
that boxer Manny Pacquiao
created his own team
and they love basketball so much and want to join that team as an athlete
so all the children
everywhere are always playing basketball.

It turns to night
and we decided to go a Japanese restaurant owned by a friend for dinner.
While we made a ruckus and talked about all kinds of business,
it got deeper into the night.

When I looked outside, it was pouring with rain.
I love the rain.

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I drove in the rain.
In any case, it’s great.
Night driving is enjoyable.

Especially slowly driving in such rain while listening to music,
it feels really good.

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Then,
I went to a poker house where my local friends were gathered
and played poker with people I knew.

It has been a really relaxing day.
Anyway, the local pro guys
are unbelievably strong.

If I could steal their techniques…

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Source: GACKT Blog

Translation: GACKT ITALIA Team

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