" Hi, I'm Keitaro. Welcome to Kentaro's corner of the web. Don't forget the 'N' because it stands for Noble. My 'I' stands for insane, imbecile, or ignorant. He's more manly than me! And I'm dumb. He's the man! Kentaro! "

put your brain on percolate

For days, I've been wondering what Mutsumi-san told me, 'make time to do nothing'. I have been scrubbing dishes, writing notes, reading books, commuting, and watching the TV with her advise running around my mind. So I planned to do nothing today. I went to tell Mutsumi-san about it.


"I've been thinking what you said, Mutsumi-san. And I've decided not to do anything today, nor tomorrow. How is that?!"

"Good work, Kentaro-kun. Would you like a cup of--" Mutsumi-san shook and wobbled on the front door. It looked like she almost lost her balance. Upon closer look, I noticed that Mutsumi-san looked sick; she caught a fever. Her eyes were red, she had a bed head, she was teary, pale and she also had a somewhat runny nose. She looked awfully under the weather.

"Mu-Mutsumi-san!" I felt her forehead. "Yikes! You're burning up!"

"Really?" It turned out that it's a good thing that I visited. And speaking of weather, it's probably the change of the temperature, that's why Mutsumi-san is sick.


I went ahead and said that I'd stay and look after her for today. I just want to make sure she's okay. I've had an experience where I had a fever and threw up without anyone at home. It was a miserable feeling. And I couldn't leave her on that state. I mean, I'd really feel bad.


"You should go to bed. I'll keep you company just in case something happens."

"Eh? I thought you wouldn't do anything today."

"Yes yes, I'm not going to do anything today. Staying over until your fever subsides is nothing. So please lie down and I'll make some porridge." I made sure she was lying down.

"Okay. But I thought you--" argh! Mou!

"Yes, like I said, I'm not doing anything. Cooking nothing means not doing anything. But cooking porridge is nothing. So I'd rather cook porridge and it's doing nothing with a benefit! Plus I want to have porridge as well."


I've been doing kitchen work for a long time and it's practically not a big deal for me to prepare food. And I was also in the mood for porridge.

I used my touch phone to browse web 'how to make the best porridge for a fever'. Then when Mutsumi-san sneezed, I searched again for 'how to make the best porridge for a cold'.

As promised, I did nothing. I did nothing today. I just waited for a couple of hours. I was alone in my thought. And the apartment was quiet. I had some of my porridge; it came out well. And I bookmarked the website.

Mutsumi-san slept almost immediately with a smile on her face after having porridge. I told her to sit up for a couple of minutes, but there's no stopping a sick person to fall asleep. So I waited and let these thoughts cook as well. Yes! Put your brain on percolate! I think I know what to do now. I left past 7pm, when Mutsumi-san woke up. She looked better than this morning. I told her that I'd stop by tomorrow too. This doing nothing business is really handy.

- 9:07 PM
signed by: kentaro