simple calm great movies

Recently movies of Clint Eastwood have been on TV. So I watched few movies
of his. It’s “Absolute power”, “Million Dollar Baby “ and “Gran Torino”.
They were sad things in them but they were very good stories.
Sad things, empty and unsatisfied things happen in life and there is a destiny, fate and
all that jazz in life.
It’s not possible every day it couldn’t be happier. There are uncomfortable things and
somebody would hate you and there are people whom you can’t get along with.
Plus if you want somebody to understand, but it wouldn’t work sometimes.
Those things were in his movies but they are not sad movies.
Life is not sugar coated but there are some hopes in life.
There weren’t dynamic actions, they were not 3D and there aren’t fabulous graphics..
There were calm stories in it but there was a drama and something changed in life.
After finishing watching them there was something in mind and I’ve been thinking of
something about the movies.
I wanna his other movies!
And I hope I meet someone like Clint Eastwood in “Gran Torino”.

a book that I just finished reading

　

The book that I just finished reading was very interesting and entertaining historically also religiously.
The book is entitled “ life of Jesus Christ” written by Shusaku Endo.
I had known the book but I hadn't read it.
A middle aged man who is in the same generation as my mother let me borrow it.
The book turned blown color and printed words look old. But it seemed like he valued it.
What was interesting is that this story was written from the side of subdued Judea.
I had read the story from the side of conquering Roma but I hadn't read it from the side of Judea. I had known only brightness of Roma. So I had thought Roma was more than welcome by subdued countries.
But it was not exactly. I knew it for the first time.
In addition I realized something when I was reading.
It's that Jesus Christ wanted to suffer from people's pain and misery instead of them.
Even though he always tried to take on their pain holding patients’ and physically challenged people’s hands, people just wanted him only to do miracles.
They wanted him to soothe their diseases, to be able to see everything and to be able to walk.
Even if he couldn’t do miracles and people couldn’t see the sign from him, they were disappointed and started to hate him.
At the end even Apostles were disappointed at him and he died on the cross.
I realized I'm the same as the people!
When I have tough time, I pray to God to get rid of the hardness.
Then if he didn't get rid of them, I think God isn't here and I hate God.
Oh, am I really selfish, or what!
I wanna believe in something as Jesus Christ said “ People who believe in it without seeing
are happy. “

Sky Watch Friday ** an middle aged male angel

A middle aged male angel appeared suddenly.
It was when I was reading a book entitled “ an angel in the sunset “.
The middle aged male angel looked thin and clean and he had glasses.
On the packed train in the morning a person who sat on the seat in front of him got off
the train. I was thinking “ oh, I wanna sit there! “ Then the middle aged man next to me
signed me. He meant he gave me the seat.
I made a small bow and sat there. I appreciated it very much.
I thought he got off the train at the next station but he didn’t get off.
Then he sat on the seat next to me when a person next to me got off.
He was reading a book still when I got off. Yeah, he didn’t get off right away.
He gave me the seat. That’s why it was very comfortable on the train and I thought
he might be an angel.
Why I thought of that is I was reading a book entitled “ an angel in the sunset”, Probably.
I wish I met the middle aged male angel who was reading calm again.
By the way I took this picture tonight when I jogged at the park.

Happy sky watch Friday

my favorite season has come

My favorite rainy season has come.
I haven’t heard that people who like the rainy season.
When it’s raining, some people feel melancory and some people feel down.
Last Sunday it was raining since in the morning and last Monday it was raining out all day.
When it’s wet out, I think I hope it doesn’t stop raining until the sunset.
Because I hope there is a wet air in the park after raining when I get home.
Sometimes I think it’s hassle going jogging if it’s not after raining.
It means the air after raining at the park is fabulous.
The wet air from the wet ground, wet trunk of trees and leaves smells wonderful.
Sometimes the air looks like fog and I feel like getting rid of my badness in the fabulous air.
I take a deep breath and jog for a long time without knowing.
That’s why it’s fun when it’s raining and I think it’s lucky!
But it’s wet out for few days. Then it stops raining and the sun comes out.
It feels really nice.
I look up the bright sunshine after few days and it makes me delightful.
Two days ago I went to work at 10 in the morning. So I hanged dry my laundry under
the bright sunshine.
Usually I hang dry my laundry in the moon but it feels good I do it in the sun.
That’s why it’s fun even when it’s wet out also nice out.
I wanna enjoy spending time in the rainy season!

my new good routine

　

After 5-day-holiday called “ Golden week “ I’ve been busy at work.
Everyday I think I wanna go home early but I can’t seem to do it.
It’s a good thing to be able to go to work later than usual when I work over time.
Last Friday I decided to go to work at 10 in the morning.
I got up as usual and jogged about for an hour.
The air was fresh and cold. It felt really nice I was able to make time for jogging before going to work.
When I stopped by the shrine as usual, I passed two people there and said “ morning”
to each other. When I went there, it was around at 5:30 in the morning. So nobody was there. But when it’s around 7, people stop by there.
The shrine is very small but it supports people around there.
I wanna value the God or something there.
I try not to make a wish and say “ Thank you for everything and please protect from something with a bow.
Something on my mind went away and I felt really great.
Jogging is good for losing weight and going to the shrine is good for losing my worries!
This is my new good routine.
By the way I took this picture at Daikaku-temple in Kyoto.

the trip by trains is fun:)

We left the fisherman’s wharf in Himi-city quickly.
We didn’t have time not to miss the train.
Then we took a train and talk about the next place where we were gonna go to.
We decided to go to a big bridge called Notojima-Ohashi.
This bridge is between the main island to Notojima-island in Nanao-sea.
It took 2 hours to the station near the bridge by the train.
We were dozing off for a while.
And then we got there but we had only an hour to be there and we had to take express
home. So we got a taxi to the bridge and it was a thousand-yen.
The bridge extends to the other side of the island. So you can go to the other island.
But of course we couldn’t do it and walked to the middle of the bridge and got back.
I was thinking that we couldn’t make it if we had walked to the station.
But my husband started to walk with GPS of iphone and he walked to the other way
taxi went through.
The navigation took us to the ditch not to the main road.
We jumped across the ditch carefully and walked across the farm road.
Then we made the train.
We went to eat Japanese fried pork called Tonkatsu that my husband recommended for the
last meal in the middle of Japan Hokuriku.
It was very good.
We got something for my family there and took express to get back home.
We couldn’t reserve a seat but we were able to take a seat and we were relaxed with coffee
and read a book also dozed off.
We got home around 11:30 at night.
Sometimes you don’t have enough time to stay somewhere because you have to catch trains.
But you can nod off also read books whenever you want to do it.
Going traveling with the trains is easy and nice.
So, where are we gonna go next time?

I met an American woman during the trip

I saw two foreign tourists who got on the bus.
I wanted her to sit next to me. Then she sat next to me!!
Good for me!! She is from where? I was wondering she came from Russia?
But they spoke English. Oh, lucky me!
I wanted to talk to her and said “ You’re from where? “ but I couldn’t seem to talk to her.
Oh, I don’t like the point of me! It’s very Japanese.
I said “ Are you gonna pass up this chance? “ to me on my mind.
Then the bus driver announced about the next busstop.
I heard she wanted to drop off there.
Oh, I don’t want her to drop off I thought of that. And they ended up not dropping off.
After a while the bus stooped passengers could see the fall from the bus.
The bus driver told us the fall in our right side but we hardly saw it.
She sat on the sub seat. That’s why she couldn’t see it I thought.
Then I said “ Can you see it? “ to her already.
And then I was able to say “ You’re from where? “ to her.
Her name was Susan and she is from Boston of US and she came to Japan with her
friend called Kitty.
She was going to Kyoto on the following day and going to Nikko and Tokyo.
She seemed to be a warm person and considerate.
She goes traveling all of the word. She’s been to Himarayas also Peru.
She said “ Are you in University? “ to me. Of course I answered “ No “.
And she said “ Are you in your twenties? “
Yeah, I was more than delighted! Hahaha!
We talked about various things on the bus and said good-bye at the station.
She hadn’t booked the hotel near Tokyo air terminal yet. So I told her my number
when she couldn’t book the hotel and we exchanged the email address each other.
I forgot to take pictures of us but I’m having a feeling to see her again!

I went to see the high 15m snow-wall

It was really crowded in Murodo.
There were way too many people under the mountain. Everybody went up.
No wonder there were many people in Murodo.
I saw many Chinese tourists.
Tour guides shouted.
“ Can you guys hear my voice? Gather around! “ like that.
Many people waited in line to get on the bus for a long time and people waited for it even
on the second floor.
We went out to see “ Yuki no Otani “ that means the high wall of the snow.
It was getting a little bit hot in the holidays. So we didn’t wear much and the winds
was cold for us.
There were all snow there like ski resorts. Mountains looked like Alpine mountains
not Japanese familiar mountains and the rocks appeared among the snow.
Yeah, it’s 2450 meters in height. No wonder the mountains there looked different.
This high wall is 15 meter at the most.
You can see the snow-point on the day of December also February on the wall.
We took a walk around there and waited in line on the second floor to get the bus.
We were able to get on the bus earlier than we imagined.
Available seats were only sub seats. Then more people got on the bus.
I saw two foreign tourists there.
I was hoping they sat next to me.

go with the winds

On the first day of holidays, last Saturday, my husband came home in the morning from work. So I stayed up late till 3 in the morning and it was already around noon when we waked up.
Well, it was nice out and let’s roll!
We’re doing what? We’re going where?
The best way we go traveling on the day when we decide is trains.
So we couldn’t choose the places where we have to take planes.
That’s why we had to choose some places and then we decided to go to Hokuriku where is the middle in Japan.
You know what, Hokuriku is far way from Tokyo.
We took Shinkansen-train to Nigata where is the north in Japan first and changed trains there and took a express to Hokuriku.
Most scenery from trains was the rice field.
The rice field in spring looks like the lake.
I wasn’t sure the rice field looked like that around in the beginning of May.
It took few hours from Niigata to Hokuriku.
I was reading a book. When I was sleepy,I nodded off. And then I waked up and read a book again. Finally I finished reading the book on the train.
We left home over at noon. The sky turned red bit by bit.
The sunset was beautiful and we saw it in the rice fields like the mirror.
We got to Kanazawa around at 7.
We ate a little bit expensive fried fish and Sashimi more than usual. And them we went to the hotel where we managed to make a reservation.
Most hotels were fully booked. That’s why we couldn’t help it use a single room.
We paid 7 thousands for it.
We hadn’t decided where we went yet. We just went with the winds.
This picture is the rice fields in the sunset.

Sky Watch Friday*** the red sky at night in Tokyo

The day before last night I toasted two pieces of bread and I ate them with some butter after getting home from work.
There is a lot of bread that I like. But if I could only one kind of bread in life, I’d chose the toast.
After eating it I posted blog and something. Then I went jogging to the park near my house.
Always it’s hard to jog for 10 minutes since I started.
I happened to see behind and the sky looked red.
Even though I don’t live in a downtown, the sky looks red.
People say “ Tokyo doesn’t sleep. “ and it’s true.
Well, at first I jogged slowly in the park. And then I moved to the track on the ground.
I dedicated to jogging not to see the scenery.
It was bad out that’s why I hardly saw other runners. So I was able to jog as I liked.
It means I jogged while listening to Che’nell’s songs and singing the songs. In addition if I wanted to dance, I put my hands up.
I was almost out of breath when I ran while singing. But it was fun and got power to run.
That's why I was able to run fast.
When my engine got full power, 35 minutes past.
It felt soooo nice!
I ran faster than usual. So I sweated a lot. Then I ran fast for 30 minutes.
When I was satisfied, I went to the large public bath.
Bathes outside is very good. You can take a bath listening to the sounds of water running.
I was relaxed and left around 11 at night.
I walked home slowly on the wet silent residential street.
The air after raining is moist and comforting.
I took off a T-shirt because of sweating a lot and I was wearing only a training wear.
It was not cold also not hot and the comfortable air got inside them.
I ate a grapefruit after getting home and slept tight.
It was a really great night.
In Japan the rainy season is coming soon and I can enjoy running in the nice air at the park after raining.
The rainy season is one of fun season.
By the way this red sky was the sky from the park and it was dark inside the park.

Happy sky watch Friday

going traveling to the past

Last week I went to movies 2 days in a row as unusual.
I saw “ Shutter island “ at Friday night and “ Alice in Wonderland “ at Saturday night.
At Friday night I might be so tired more than I imagined and I nodded off seeing the movie.
I shouldn’t see the movie at Friday night.
“Alice in Wonderland “ was almost fully booked.
So we couldn’t help sitting in the very first row seeing 3D movie.
When I saw “ Avatar”, I was in the very last row. So it was opposite this time.
The result was that I recommend you to sit in the very first row when you see 3D movies.
When I saw the preview of “Biohazard” , various things flied to me and I tilted my head to
avoid them. It had a impact very much and it was really fun.
When I saw “ Alice “, I felt like I moved fast like riding the rides at Disney land.
“Alice” reminds me the English textbook in junior high.
I remember my mother made me memorize all sentences of Alice.
I wanted to see Humpty Dumpty in this movie but I was excited like me being kids
when the rabbit with a clock appeared and I saw the bottle of “ Drink me “ in it.
Speaking of Alice, when I was in elementary school and my sister was a kid, we taped reading Alice aloud. And we found the tape at parents' house before.
I seemed like I tried to read it well and it was really funny.
My sister seemed like she couldn't pronounce well yet like saying " Alichu" not "Alice " and that's why she used to be cute.
Seeing something that I used to see when I was a child, my mind goes traveling to the past.

dinner is ready in 15 minutes

Dinner that I make is something for my energy to be reborn tomorrow.
Even having dinner by myself, even coming home late, we gotta whip up something and
enjoy eating them!
Tonight I steamed pumpkin, fried salmon with Saikyo-miso with fried beansprout,
Hot Tofu with Shimeji-mushroom with Chinese sauce and rice with Natto.
But I couldn’t make up miso-soup.
Dinner was on the table in 15 minutes.
But it’s OK and it was enough for me!
By the way I only have to work tomorrow and the day after tomorrow and a holiday is
coming! I’m working hard tomorrow, too!

I won't forget it*

　

I know it but I realized it once again.
The happiest thing is that there is a family that I get along with.
They’re always nice to me the most and especially sister is on my side and tries to understand
me always.
I won’t forget it.

so tired but feel good*

So tired but feel good
Thanks to sister, brother-in-law, mother and my husband
I wanna sleep tight
Night night

Sky Watch Friday ** for liking me

for liking me
for having a confidence
not to count on someone
It’s not that I can’t live by myself,
I wanna not to be a weak person who can't go through if nobody listens to the person's story
Even if there is only me in the world,
I wanna keep going strongly every day
to be a strong woman,
to be a super woman,
to be a woman who doesn’t lose any pains and scars
to be a woman who is unwaved,
I keep running
definitely I become to be a strong person for anyone
also I will active in the world
I’m sure
So, I’m going jogging tomorrow, too even at night or even in the early morning
I don’t lose the rain also winds
I’m sure God and space root for me

Happy sky watch Friday

"Today" is a brand new day

"Today" is a brand new day
On a brand new day a brand new me with regenerated cells everyday wake up
"Today" ‘s better day
Happier days than yesterday begin everyday

* Mt Fuji that is the highest mountain in Japan. I took this picture on the 2nd of January.

a sunny weekend

　

way 2 go.

Sky Watch Friday** shadows and dust

　

We mortals are merely shadows and dust .

Cherry blossoms at night at Shinobazu pond in Ueno


Happy sky watch Friday

getting one more fun thing and putting weight

Last night I learned to bake cake with a friend of mine.
This time we learned a short cake.
This short cake looks totally different from it that I had learned before.
The way it’s baked was different from it I imagined and I was able to study one more cake.
When I take a lesson, I want tools that I use in class.
I’m gonna go get a cercle and mousse films.
Learning a way to bake one more cake, I get one more fun thing.
So, I’m going to one more class tonight, too!
It’s a good thing I enjoy making it but oh, I must put weight!

I wanna enjoy drinking a glass of wine under the cherry trees

On Friday nights I grin while working.
When I thought of it, a woman who sits in front of me at work said the same thing.
Everybody is happy on Friday nights.
When I was single, I used to go drinking on Friday nights. Now I go straight home most of time.
I go straight home and vacuum my house right away.
On my way home from work I called my sister and she told me to visit me.
She likes drinking but she can’t drink now. So it’s not unusual there days.
I said “ Well, you can come over and have dinner. Then we’ll go see cherry blossoms and I’ll drink wine with a glass and you can drink the juice. “ to her.
Sister got to my house sooner than I imagined and she was around my house when I got home. I got her to stay at my house and jogged for 30 minutes.
Cherry blossoms were in full bloom at the park and it smelled like alcohol because many people enjoyed drinking under the cherry blossoms.
I decided to drink wine with a glass while seeing cherry blossoms this spring.
Because a friend of mine who is female Austrian and called Maria said “ I'm sure that we will drink a glass of wine together in Vienna one day or I'l bring a bottle of wine to Tokyo and we will drink it there under the cherry trees.
In Japan we drink canned beer outside and it’s not fancy like drinking a glass of wine.
We could drink Japanese alcohol called Sake with a plastic cup outside.
It’s exciting when I imagine opening the wine bottle and pouring wine into the glass with a good sound.
After all I didn’t see cherry blossoms at night with sister. But cherry blossoms are still in full bloom. So I wanna drink a glass of wine under the cherry trees.