a search for...

smiles


you can find it on a fence


on a trunk


on the ground with fallen leaves


on a water pipe



Bonus faces:



half smiling
....
....
....


here are my siblings



we are the triplets!!

WAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

it was fun looking for smiles and faces

to my surprise

they are everywhere!!

Dine out~

It's been a while since I had dinner with the T sisters and Bonnie.

Thanks to Bonnie's bf, we finally got to have dinner together!!

it's always full of delicious food and crazy laughters at the table with the T sisters

and the great news is that

2 out of the 3 sisters will get married this year!!

one in sept and one in nov

i can't wait!!!!!!!!

continuous combat in life

why is weight so easy to gain
but so hard to lose?

why is money so hard to save
but so easy to waste?

HAHAHA!!!

More determination!!!

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the wedding bells are ringing!!
obviously, that's NOT me.
i have been getting news of engagement and wedding one after another for the past month
my japanese tutor from Osaka University is getting married this month
my friend in Canada is getting married next month
2 of my friends got engaged
2 of my Japaese friends are getting married in fall

i am so happy for them!!!!
there are just too much joy for me to handle
which is a good thing
how can too much joy be a bad thing?!?

marriage seemed (still does) very far to me
not that i don't want to get married
i would LOOVVVVVE to get married
get married now? Naaaaa....a little too early?
(maybe i have the illusion that i am still only 18)
but all these happy news
....
it hit me (and maybe broke my little bubble of illusion)
'ah....I am already in the age zone of marriage...hmmm....'

hmm....
before my wedding bells start to ring
i still have to finish my current job and to graduate from grad school(hopefully)

金城豆さん、私の先にしてね～（笑）今知ってる広東語を使って　すぐ見つけるからね（笑）!!

Jason Mraz Ft Colbie Caillat - Lucky

this track is from a CD that i bought recently
Jason Mraz "We sing, We dance, We steal things"
i really like this guy's voice and the amazing thing about this album is that it's filled with different style of music. it's pop, rock, jazzy, funky, playful.
it's just fun to listen.

and Lucky is just one of the songs i listen over and over again recently
the harmony is so soothing to my ears.

already june

it's already june!!
time really flies...

there are nothing much too new in life
except enjoying my days in Japan

i recently found a very nice bakery
it's very small, sitting in a corner of an alley
white with some red
i have never been to France but somehow to me it has a French atmosphere...
you know...little barkey that you can see in a France postcard

the bread there are sooooooo GOOD!
the croissant, the bagel, the loaf...hmmmm!
the owner and his wife are super nice people!
their honeymoon location was Quebec
which gives us a lot of topics to chat about

i will take some photos of it next time i go
the shop is called TA-NE
tane means seed in japanese

here is a webiste to the shop
http://www.ta-ne.com/

spring fever

i was proud that i didn't come close to catching a cold throughout the winter.

but thanks to my collegues (haha!) i finally caught a cold yesterday.

my thoart was acting funny on wednesday night
and my thursday morning i lost my voice
after my cooking class
my body just couldn't sustain anymore
my supervisor told me to go home and rest
and so i did.

but my head was so heavy...
i couldn't really fall a sleep and i wasn't awake either
haha...
but i guess my body is glad for it can just sit there and do nothing...
so i was in my futon...half falling asleep
and this morning i woke up feeling fine!!
my fever was gone
and now i am back to work!!
it's only half day today!!YEAH!


今日は１年になった。
あっという間に過ぎました。
一年前の今日　「うん・・・」の返事したから　始まった。
ありがとう～☆

...

'my parents are buried alive somewhere....
i have lost my parents!!! i can't even find their bodies....
what should i do??........'

today as i causally turned on the TV
a young chinese girl with her baby brother sitting next to her was wailing as she spoke

my heart sank
and i turned off the TV

it's scary to turn on the news channel or read the newspaper these days

with the flood and aid delivery problem in Burma
and the horrifying earthquake in Sichun
the death toll just never seems to stop

it's really heart saddening to see those desperated faces

sometimes, i just watched it with denial and with an attitude of watching a movie
but deep down, i know that it's all truly happening in the country just beside where i am now

i can't do anything.
what can i do...