In order to recover from the "mental fatigue", I decided not to think about my thesis at all and do something different today. I called one of my best friends, MK, and asked him if he was off today or not(He works for a private school as a part time teacher). Luckily, he was off today.
I saw him for the first time in almost two months. The first words of him today were "So, you've worked hard on a diet, huh? You lost weight." "Can you tell?" "Absolutely." That's why I like him. We talked a lot at a small cafe. He is one of my friends who I met at a science event when I was a high school student. A famous mathematician gathers fifty high school students who are good at mathematics from all over Japan every summer, and the students spend a week together to talk about mathematics and science.(Although I was not as good at mathematics as other members, somehow I joined the event.) As I was the youngest participant, other members treated me like a younger sister. Since some of us entered a college in Tokyo, we've been good friends for a long time. Actually, MK and I have been friends for eight years. As I'm not getting on well with my younger sister, who used to be my best friend, these days, I feel most relaxed when I'm with MK. Both of us like Karaoke and we often sing together.
In London, I explained Japanese Karaoke to some British people since it is very different from British one(I saw a karaoke set at some pubs.). In Japan, you can see lots of buildings called "karaoke box", which have lots of small rooms. Each room has a karaoke set and one room is for one group. In the entrance of the building, a group(usually from two to ten members) keep a room and pay money(about three pounds per hour for each person). In the room, members take turns singing. Today we kept a room for two hours and enjoyed singing a lot.
Enjoying singing with a good friend was much more effecive against the "mental fatigue" than any other medicine, I suppose. As I've recovered from the terrible conditon, I'm sure I can restart my thesis tomorrow.
