DPchallenge – Page 17

I’m a fisherman from Taiji in Japan. My whole life is about fishing. It’s my livelihood. Without it, I can’t support my family. There are no other options then fishing. Since there’s not much money involved in fishing fish, I hunt white-sided dolphins and smaller whales. It’s part of our culture. It’s been in our generation for decades. It brings a lot of money to the families and to the the country. We toss the dolphins into skiffs. They weight about 400 lbs so it takes a few of us to toss them into smaller ones. Part of our captures are sold to marine parks for entertainment purposes and other part for food to different restaurants. Some people sees us as barbarians but for us it’s just natural. Animals are killed everyday for food so why not us. It’s just part of our job. Some of the dolphins can get hurt but that’s something we can’t avoid. When the day is over, I get home to my family with a good conscience.

That was the part of this week’s Weekly Writing Challenge Being a fan of dolphins, it really saddens me what they are doing in Taiji. So what if it’s part of Japanese culture. This is 21st century, not the dark ages. Who knows what they’re really thinking. If not at all. It’s all about greed and money.

When other people have lunch, I wake up. That’s an achievement. Being unemployed has it’s advantages. Go to bed late and wake up late. You do what you want. Going out for a walk, go to the store, clean or just be.
But there’s also a disadvantages. You don’t earn your own money. You don’t meet other people. You feel like your life is going nowhere. Some take it harder then others.

Some people without jobs, stay inside all day or maybe sleep all day. That’s something I don’t understand. Everyday I see outside of my window, someone still awake. No matter how late it is, the light is on. Maybe someone who doesn’t have a job lives there. Who else would stay up that late.

What I learned from my mum was, if you wake up early, you get more things done. That’s what I’ve noticed myself too. Being unemployed doesn’t mean you have to be without doing nothing.

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