Monday, This Friday is one of the few holidays in UK which is good Friday. So this week should pass really quickly. Yeah! 4 days off. Well anyway, my mind was all day delightful with forthcoming 4 days off. When i arrived at the office, everyone said "Congratulations!" , "Tak, congratulations". I was surprised with this and answered instantly saying" thanks you". But, I wasn't sure what is this all about. So i asked them what is this all about. It was because SANAA Japanese architects won most prestigious Architectral Prize "PRITZER" of this year. Mmm, I should say its something happy for me in respect of Japanese. So, i said "Well, I was waiting for a phone call all this weekend, but did't ring at all. Boring weekend." If you say this kind of response to British,,, they laugh. Anyway, very fast Monday.
月曜日。今週の金曜日は数少ないイギリスの休日、グッド・フライデーなので木曜日までで終わり。いやー嬉しい。そんなうきうきした気持ちで通勤して事務所に着くと、早々に「おめでとう！」、「Tak、おめでとう！」といってくれたのだ。「うん、ありがとう。本当に嬉しいよ」と僕も返事をしたが、へへ、何の事か解らない。で一体なんのおめでとうなの？？と聞くと、今年のプリッツァー賞がSANAAに決定したかららしかった。ううむ、まあ日本人という括りでは喜ばしい事かもしれないけれどもね。そこで、「週末ずっと電話がかかってくるのを待ってたのにちっとも受賞の連絡が来なかったよ。失礼な話だ。週末台無しだよ全く。。」と切り返したら英国人は笑うのだ。あっけなく月曜日終了。
