Oｈ !　My God Story NO. ５1 　　　
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
        I have pleasures in living abroad.


I have a few pleasures in living abroad.
One of them is to give a tip.
That's because everyone enjoys that.

I specially like it in the following case.
I went to New Zealand three years ago.
I stayed at Hotel Oakland.

There was a man in the hotel lounge at night.
He was playing the piano very well.
He played various hit songs on the piano.
I was sitting comfortably on a sofa and was drinking.
I was in a very good mood.

I was impressed by his playing.
I gave him a tip.
It was fifty New Zealand dollars.

He was very glad,
and played some Japanese songs for me.
I started to like giving a tip since that day.

I give a tip in New York.
I want to give a tip when I hear the wonderful playing.
Then it is always appreciated.
I'm glad to see them happy, too.

What a simple way to make someone happy !
God created this wonderful thing, tipping.

But I don't always like giving a tip.
That is when tipping is an obligation.
For example, at a restaurant, for a taxi driver,
for a hotel porter, etc...

Oｈ !　My God.
I think there are too many obligatory tips.


live abroad:海外で生活する    pleasure＝愉快　　　
I have pleasures in living abroad.＝海外で愉快なこと　　
a few ＝幾つか　　One of them ＝中でも　　give ＝与える、あげる　　
tip＝チップ、お金を心付けで渡すこと　　
because ＝何故なら　　everyone＝みんな　　enjoy＝楽しい、喜ぶ　　
specially＝特に　　the following case＝次に挙げるケース
New Zealand ＝ニュージーランド　　three years ago＝３年前に　　stay＝泊まる　　
Hotel Oakland＝ホテルオークランド（ニュージーランド北部の有名な都市オークランドの有名なホテル）　　There was〜 ＝〜が居た、〜があった
the hotel lounge ＝ホテルのラウンジ　　very well＝とても上手く
various hit songs ＝色々なヒット曲　　 sit＝座る　　comfortably ＝心地よく、ゆったりと
a sofa ＝ソファー　　drink＝お酒を飲む　　very good mood＝とってもご機嫌
was impressed ＝感動した　　gave＝give与える　の過去　　
New Zealand dollar＝ニュージーランドドル　　glad＝喜ぶ
started to like ＝好きになった　　since〜＝〜依頼　　when ＝時　 hear＝聴く
always＝いつも　　it is appreciated: 喜ばれる　　
I'm glad to see them happy, too.＝喜ばれると私もすごく嬉しい！
What a simple way to make someone happy ! ＝こんな分かりやすい
喜ばせ方が、この世にあるなんて　　create＝創造する、生み出す
God created this wonderful thing, tipping.＝神様もチップなんて、
よく創ったもんだ　　obligation.＝義務、責任　　
For example,＝例えば　　a hotel porter＝ホテルのボーイ
think＝思う　　too many ＝多すぎる　　obligatory tips＝義務であげるチップ

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