I'm ever so tired. I may be really suffering from SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder). Currently reading Natsume Soseki's Kokoro. Some say that he's the Shakespeare of Japan or some say the Charles Dickens of Japan. The word 心 Kokoro seems, to me at least, really tricky to be translated into English. Mind, heart, feeling, liking...

This novel is not necessarily cheery, but, hopefully it will somehow cheer me up. The deaths of the Sensei's friend, Sensei himself, the main character's father, Emperor Meiji, General Nogi Maresuke and his wife. 4 suicides out of 6. Don't get me wrong, I am really enjoying this novel at the moment.