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Due to the factory shutdown on this Wednesday,
I will not go to the office on that day.

"テニス肘" is also said "tennis elbow" in English.

I went to see an orthopedic doctor yesterday for
an acute pain in my left elbow and he diagnosed
it as a テニス肘.

A puzzled-looking Caucasian guy approached me
with a question at the parking fare machine of
the outlet mall in 三重県.

He wanted to get his parking fee paid just like
I did at the machine.

"Sure, you got your ticket?" I asked,
turning my face to him.

He looked surprised, passing me his parking ticket,
"Oh, you speak English? Good."

I smiled at him as I inserted the ticket into the machine.

This time was me who got surprised because the
machine was rejecting his ticket.

"Why is rejecting?" I wondered and tried to insert
into a different machine.

I shrugged my shoulders and asked him, "Did you get
validation at a shop?"

"Nope," said he.

"Oh, that is why," I said, "You need to get your ticket
validated at a store with a receipt."

As I gave him his ticket back and asked,
"Do you still have a receipt?"

"Yes! Thanks man!" he answered with a smile.

"No problem," I replied.

That was what happed when leaving the mall.

The thing was I forgot to tell him that to get validation
it was required a purchase of 3K yen or more.

I am leaving for the outlet in 三重 at 7:00 am this
morning in order to arrive 10 am there.

I am planning to carry out a couple of
experiments at work which require some
physical labor.

I usually ask my coworker to help me out.

However, he's got a back pain and unable to
perform physical labor like he used to do.

I am going to ask other members if they can help me.