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Jun. 3rd, 2003
A New Remedy for the Economic Blues -- Hugging
Jun 3, 9:46 am ET
TOKYO (Reuters) - A middle-aged holy woman from India has come up with a remedy for Japan's economic blues that has escaped even the most astute politician -- give everyone a hug.
For the past three days, thousands of Japanese have flocked to a hall in Tokyo for a loving embrace from Ammachi, a woman from India's southern state of Kerala on the Japan leg of her world hugging tour.
A hug from Ammachi, short for Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, is said to bring happiness -- something that many Japanese feel is in short supply as the nation's economic slide throws more people out of work and cuts into their savings.
All this week, people have been lining up patiently outside Ammachi's carpeted room, breathing in the incense-filled air and listening to strains of Hindu devotional songs.
"Japan is suffering from deflation and I think there are a lot of people who want to be helped," said one businessman, who had already been hugged twice.
"I don't think so many people would come here if the economy were better."
Hugging is not a common custom in Japan and many people were overcome by emotion when embraced.
"When you watch the news or read the newspaper, there are so many depressing things, but that's not all there is in the world. That's what I felt when she embraced me," said housewife Teruko Nakamura as she dabbed her eyes with a handkerchief.
The 51-year-old holy woman attributed the emotion to nothing more than a lack of love in the modern world.
Jun 3, 9:46 am ET
TOKYO (Reuters) - A middle-aged holy woman from India has come up with a remedy for Japan's economic blues that has escaped even the most astute politician -- give everyone a hug.
For the past three days, thousands of Japanese have flocked to a hall in Tokyo for a loving embrace from Ammachi, a woman from India's southern state of Kerala on the Japan leg of her world hugging tour.
A hug from Ammachi, short for Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, is said to bring happiness -- something that many Japanese feel is in short supply as the nation's economic slide throws more people out of work and cuts into their savings.
All this week, people have been lining up patiently outside Ammachi's carpeted room, breathing in the incense-filled air and listening to strains of Hindu devotional songs.
"Japan is suffering from deflation and I think there are a lot of people who want to be helped," said one businessman, who had already been hugged twice.
"I don't think so many people would come here if the economy were better."
Hugging is not a common custom in Japan and many people were overcome by emotion when embraced.
"When you watch the news or read the newspaper, there are so many depressing things, but that's not all there is in the world. That's what I felt when she embraced me," said housewife Teruko Nakamura as she dabbed her eyes with a handkerchief.
The 51-year-old holy woman attributed the emotion to nothing more than a lack of love in the modern world.
A New Remedy for the Economic Blues -- Hugging
Jun 3, 9:46 am ET
TOKYO (Reuters) - A middle-aged holy woman from India has come up with a remedy for Japan's economic blues that has escaped even the most astute politician -- give everyone a hug.
For the past three days, thousands of Japanese have flocked to a hall in Tokyo for a loving embrace from Ammachi, a woman from India's southern state of Kerala on the Japan leg of her world hugging tour.
A hug from Ammachi, short for Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, is said to bring happiness -- something that many Japanese feel is in short supply as the nation's economic slide throws more people out of work and cuts into their savings.
All this week, people have been lining up patiently outside Ammachi's carpeted room, breathing in the incense-filled air and listening to strains of Hindu devotional songs.
"Japan is suffering from deflation and I think there are a lot of people who want to be helped," said one businessman, who had already been hugged twice.
"I don't think so many people would come here if the economy were better."
Hugging is not a common custom in Japan and many people were overcome by emotion when embraced.
"When you watch the news or read the newspaper, there are so many depressing things, but that's not all there is in the world. That's what I felt when she embraced me," said housewife Teruko Nakamura as she dabbed her eyes with a handkerchief.
The 51-year-old holy woman attributed the emotion to nothing more than a lack of love in the modern world.
Jun 3, 9:46 am ET
TOKYO (Reuters) - A middle-aged holy woman from India has come up with a remedy for Japan's economic blues that has escaped even the most astute politician -- give everyone a hug.
For the past three days, thousands of Japanese have flocked to a hall in Tokyo for a loving embrace from Ammachi, a woman from India's southern state of Kerala on the Japan leg of her world hugging tour.
A hug from Ammachi, short for Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, is said to bring happiness -- something that many Japanese feel is in short supply as the nation's economic slide throws more people out of work and cuts into their savings.
All this week, people have been lining up patiently outside Ammachi's carpeted room, breathing in the incense-filled air and listening to strains of Hindu devotional songs.
"Japan is suffering from deflation and I think there are a lot of people who want to be helped," said one businessman, who had already been hugged twice.
"I don't think so many people would come here if the economy were better."
Hugging is not a common custom in Japan and many people were overcome by emotion when embraced.
"When you watch the news or read the newspaper, there are so many depressing things, but that's not all there is in the world. That's what I felt when she embraced me," said housewife Teruko Nakamura as she dabbed her eyes with a handkerchief.
The 51-year-old holy woman attributed the emotion to nothing more than a lack of love in the modern world.
That'll teach me.
Jun. 3rd, 2003 03:18 pmI just had a new hole put in my head last month - for years the only extraneous holes I've had were a pair of earlobe piercings quite in the expected and conservative place. Last month, however, I made an attempt to show my grandmother that ear piercing was no big deal, and she should go ahead and have hers done, since she's been thinking about it and all that. So I got a stud put in the cartilage at the top of my left ear - I like it, because/even though it emphasizes the slight pointiness of my ear. I was intending to replace the stud with a hoop when it healed up. However, I just tried to take the stud out for the first time, and clean all the way around and inside the hole, and I can't get the back off. It's stuck. I'm a little alarmed by this - I've been cleaning around the post, but I'd really like to be able to actually clean out the inside of the hole....
The worst thing about this is that my grandmother still wouldn't get her ears done, so the whole thing failed to achieve the desired result.
The worst thing about this is that my grandmother still wouldn't get her ears done, so the whole thing failed to achieve the desired result.
That'll teach me.
Jun. 3rd, 2003 03:18 pmI just had a new hole put in my head last month - for years the only extraneous holes I've had were a pair of earlobe piercings quite in the expected and conservative place. Last month, however, I made an attempt to show my grandmother that ear piercing was no big deal, and she should go ahead and have hers done, since she's been thinking about it and all that. So I got a stud put in the cartilage at the top of my left ear - I like it, because/even though it emphasizes the slight pointiness of my ear. I was intending to replace the stud with a hoop when it healed up. However, I just tried to take the stud out for the first time, and clean all the way around and inside the hole, and I can't get the back off. It's stuck. I'm a little alarmed by this - I've been cleaning around the post, but I'd really like to be able to actually clean out the inside of the hole....
The worst thing about this is that my grandmother still wouldn't get her ears done, so the whole thing failed to achieve the desired result.
The worst thing about this is that my grandmother still wouldn't get her ears done, so the whole thing failed to achieve the desired result.