my oasis

Life is just hectic...in a good way
apartment hunting,
goodbye speech, tears,
papers filling, data collecting

packing

scheduling

it's hard leaving 5 years worth of life
but it's definitely exciting entering into the unknown (well, partly unknown...i am not that adventurous)

well, between all these chaos

my oasis was found in movies...animation to be exact for this post

i am usually not a big fan of animation except for Hayao Miyazaki

but recently i have found a new love

Sylvain Chomet 

I actully found out about him from "Hayao Miyazaki's reommendations" corner at the DVD rental shop

"Les Triplettles de Belleville" was just simply fun to watch

the music is playful and i love the artwork

Tonight...i am going to treat myself to a movie at the cinema

"L'illusionniste"

it's a miracle that they are showing it on screen here in Ishikawa

it's a sign!!!

must go!!

reports? online lecture? packing?

oh...they can wait...



and guess what?

it's July soon!!!

what does that mean?

Giburi's film will be shown on TV every fridays in July!!!!

                                                oh...pure joy!!

between "An Education" and "Hors de Prix"

Finally got to rent the 2 movies I have been longing to see
"An Education"

"Hors de Prix (Priceless)" (thanks melli!!!)

LOVE THEM!
both are EXACTLY my kind of movie

simple but fun (convey a clear message)
great acting
beautiful setting (France and England...oh...Europe...i long for you)
AWESOME costume
   (seriously!!!goggled whenever the protagonists have a new outfit on...)
   (i...who rarely wear dresses except on special occasions... am now dying to wear one)
last but not least...
the protagonists!!
How can anyone resist the charms of Carey Mulligan and Audrey Tautou?

start it right

you know your day just can't go too wrong

when you can sleep in till 10

cook a nice bowl of oatmeal

turn on the tv

play the DVD that you rented yesterday

sprinkle some cinnamon and add a hint of maple syrup

go back into your blanket again

with that bowl of oatmeal

i love mornings on saturday

about English...(the language)

to start off with
i am not good at English
although is the language i am most fluent at (i think...my chinese is funny, my cantonese sounds even funnier, my japanese has huge room for improvement and don't even mention about my french...)

English is a VERY VERY VERY difficult language
period
the longer i teach it
the more i realize how difficult it is

my English students always asked me very interesting and challenging questions
which makes me feel totally incompetent
but i LOVE it!!

here is my secret confession
i never thought i would say it but
english is...hmm...quite sexy
i think i am slowly falling in love with the language


maybe it's about time for me to relearn the language

Hello, English
Nice to meet you

...and May it is

say...June is around the corner!!

gosh~ where did May go?

May has been amazingly to me so far

-road trip down to Mt. Fuji

-completion of my researh grant application (finger crossed)

-a brief visit to Tokyo

-Mother's day

-girls night (cheese fondue home party is THE best)

-jogging along the river, around the lake

-sprawling...cartwheeling...on the grass under the sun

-warmth, sunshine, blue sky

-joy, laugthers

-desserts, cakes, crepes, sweets

-love, hugs, phonecalls, skype

"if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us" 1 John 4:12

thank you for your love 

a bit of fun

sitting under the full blossom sakura is a little boring?

let's add a bit of fun!!

kids surely know how to enjoy the sakura to the fullness

kids' laugthers

blue sky

warmth

full bloomed sakura

what can i ask for more

coming soon

 

can you see the pink?

can you smell the pink?

can you hear the pink?

can you feel the pink?

sakura is around the corner!!

i am not a big fan of pink
but i can't resist the full blossom of sakura in spring