The Announcement

タイトル：発表

Start of a busy week, and I went to a farewell party No. 3 tonight at Ginza.
Saying goodbye to a government bureaucrat going abroad to study...
ah, envious... envious...
and he's going to London with our tax money!
ah, envious... envious...

In the middle of the party, the flash news came in...
ah, he made his decision... tough as it may be... but he made it...

I'm not a millionth close to what he's achieved, but I may understand very well where he's mentally floating. Reading his message, I thought I may have thought the same way when I reached a point where I could say I've achieved enough skills as a reporter on disasters.

But yes... I could have done more... and there's still some regrets...
But there's always a strong desire in me to go out to another journey...
Four years younger, maybe he's already founded the right answer...
Good Luck Hide!

isn't his message moving?
why...
sympathy?
maybe...

忙しい一週間の始まり。今夜は銀座で送別会その３に出た。
海外留学に出る国の役人さんを送り出すために…
ああ、羨ましい…羨ましい…
だってロンドンに税金で行くんだぜ！
ああ、羨ましい…羨ましい…。

会の途中で速報ニュースが入ってきた…
あー、決断したんだ…大変だったんだろうけど…したんだね…

成し遂げたことは１００万分の１も無いだろうけど、どういうメンタリティーなのかよく理解できるかも知れない。メッセージを読んでみると、自分でも災害の取材者としての能力が十分身に付いたと言える時点に辿り着いた時、同じように思っただろうと。

でもそうだな…もう少しできたかも…後悔してることもあるさ…。
でも常に別の道を歩いてみたいという強い欲望もある…。
４歳も若いのに、もうすでに正しい答えを見つけたのかも知れない…。
頑張って下さいヒデ！

写真：彼のメッセージは心を動かすもの？
どうしてだろう…
共感があるから？
そうかもね…