2011.12.19 AD - Sleeping in is a waste of time.
Translation of Ohno Satoshi's 'Arashi Discovery'
Translations by ear (and japanese transcripts if I miss stuff).
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Good morning. This is Arashi's Ohno Satoshi.
Here's today's thought of the day; come on!
"Sleeping in is a waste of time.
Moreover, there nothing more costly."
[BGM 'Ano Hi no Merry Christmas']
Oh. This is a quote from the American industrialist and author Andrew Carnegie[1]. This means that mornings are valuable.
Ah, I see. Mornings are precious. So it's saying you should treasure them.
Well yeah, I understand that. For someone who says, "Mornings, huh - mornings are a challenge to me." - no can do for me. You know, like sleeping past noon on your days off? That's no good for me. I don't mean that people who do that are hopeless. It's just that I personally can't do that.
I mean, sleeping past noon would be a real shock to me. Uwah! It's already afternoon! and then before you know it, it'll be evening already. And there's barely half a day left, right? Then you have dinner and it's over. That's no good.
Well, days off are really precious - to me anyway. (laughs) I can't imagine sleeping the day away. That's why I go fishing early in the morning. That's why mornings are thrilling to me.
But still, when it gets to about 1pm in the afternoon, I'd be like Uwah! It's already 1pm! And then everything passes so quickly from that point. What's up with that? It's heartrending. It turns to afternoon so quickly. Days off are mysterious like that. So I totally empathise with that quote.
Mornings are really precious. It's all about the mornings, I think. So everyone, even if you're sleepy, you should spend your mornings wisely. Especially on your days off. Right.
That's all; this was Ohno Satoshi!
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[1] He actually says 'Dale Carnegie', but my Google-fu suggests that this may be a mistake on Staff-san's part. Dale Carnegie isn't an industrialist, and he doesn't seem associated with this quote at all.
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