Sky Watch Friday **** Lucky Seven

　

Last Monday there was a big rainbow in the sky.
The sun shine shined brightly but it was showering.
I got home and went out with my camera.
There was a really big rainbow in the eastern sky and western sky sparkled.
It was a fabulous evening.
A man from HQ didn’t tell me off.
Because I was able to see the rainbow on the previous day or I wore earrings that
my friend made with all of her heart?!
Speaking of which, rainbows have seven colors also the friend of mine has a Chinese
character that means “ seven “ in her name.
Lucky seven saved me!

Happy sky watch Friday

summer festival in Japan

Many summer festivals must’ve been held at various places in Japan last Saturday.
I went to an annual festival near my parents’ house with my family.
We know the annual event but it was our first time to joint it.
I went to my parents’ house in the evening and I went jogging with my sister’s
family and my mother.
My mother and my sister’s husband ran fast in front of sister and me.
I didn’t have energy and jogged with my sister slowly after them.
But when we got to the middle of the course, my sister started running fast.
I jogged after her. Then I heard the sound of fast footsteps behind me.
I thought my sister’s husband tried to beat me and turned around.
And it was not my sister’s husband it was a small old man!
He looked serious and beat me.
After a while I caught up him and beat him.
When we almost got to the goal, I heard fast footsteps again.
I thought it was my sister’s husband this time around.
But it was the old man again!
He must’ve not wanted to lose. After getting the goal I cracked up.
After jogging my mother cooked right away and we went to the summer festival
with fried noodle and boiled corn that she cooked. We didn't imagine it but we were
able to get seats easily and started to drinking together.
I drink a lot when I'm outside.
I was so excited with songs of Michael and drank while laughing.
My sister's husband danced like moon walk and my mother drank more than usual and
got a little bit tipsy and laughed easily.
My sister rapped towel like sheep that Korean do it when they go to sauna.
Everybody enjoyed spending time at the night.
By the way we enjoyed it at parents' house after it.
My sister and her husband danced like moon walk again.
This weekend there is the annual fabulous fire works exhibition.
I'll drink a lot again!

the best lunch time

Yesterday I went out in lunch time by myself not the same as usual.
I eat something with female and male colleague for lunch usually.
But some troubles happen in my division. So I wanna be alone once a while.
I’d be tired if I listen to worries from various people and make sure everyone got along.
On the day it was really hot and in the park there were only few people even though
in spring there were too many people there.
On the bench few business men sat like me.
A man smoked and a man was relaxed while closing his eyes.
Nobody doesn’t need to talk and every body go to own worlds.
I sat on a bench under the tree.
I ate curry and rice that my husband cooked last Sunday slowly.
Nice winds were blowing.
Even though it was hot, I was really comfortable.
I drank cold tea and after eating I started to read a book.
Actually the title was “ the worst “ but you can’t stop reading it.
The title was “ the worst “ but the lunch time was the best!
By the way this picture was cherry blossoms in the park last spring.

Sky Watch Friday +++ The best song of Michael Jackson*

My Japanese friend posted an article about her favorite Michael’s song to mourn Michael.
So I said “ Count me in!”
After him passing away I found many people were fans of him more than I thought.
People talked about only his strange acting and suspicions like gossips and
I didn’t know who was fan of his.
I’m more than willing there is a lot of fan more than I imagined but I wanted to tell him it before him dead.
The best his song for me is “ Man in the mirror “.
When I listen to the song, I’m impressed also the song soothes me but I get excited.
I wrote something about it before on this blog.
Speaking of being impressed, it’s not only his song but also his dance!
We can see his great dance in “ Billie Jean” also “ Beat it “
But the most wonderful dance I think is his dancing in “ Smooth Criminal “.
This videoclip is really long like a movie. So there are not many people who saw all.
There are some scenes that Michael danced with criminals in this story and he is SO cool in it.
I have a video tape and I hope I copy my damaged video tape to DVD well.
His songs are not special songs for me and his songs are songs that I just wanna listen to.
I listen to them everyday.
I copied his songs on mp3 player that I got for my husband getting rid of his stress. And my sister has man in the mirror that I copied for her on the car. So I listen to it when I'm on her car.
I listened to his songs yesterday also and I'm gonna listen to it tomorrow, too. Michael passed away but he lives in my heart I think.
Which song do you like the most ?

Happy sky watch Friday

I just can't stop lovong you

Michael Jackson passed away.
I really love him.
When I liked him, I was in high school.
He was already a super star. But I hadn’t listened to his songs.
After seeing a TV program about a episode when he came to Japan I started to get interested in him.
I had thought he was so gentle and thoughtful when I heard a boy was kidnapped and killed by someone and Michael said “ I wanna give him this concert as my sympathy. “ in his concert in Japan.
He spoke gently like whispering and his stage was fabulous I thought when I saw his concert on a video over and over.
He had various rumors.
He treated cynically and laughed the rumors and made a video clip of his song named “ leave me alone “
The video clip is animation and very funny.
For instance he introduced a rumor that he had bones of elephant man and palace of Elizabeth Taylor in the video clip.
He was a superstar. That’s why many people criticized him and he was got into some incidences .
Media treated him as a super star but also sometimes a strange person.
A person in a book that I read few days ago said “ People have mouth to say the worst thing
that other people don’t want someone to say to other people. “ in the book.
Michael who loves children and who was children ever after didn’t want people to say the most would be abusing children. I hadn’t seen him and even gone to his concert. But every time the media reported bad rumors about him, I was worried about him because he had a sensitive heart.
We can’t listen to his new songs also he can’t perform singing also dancing in his concert anymore.
I’m really sad as a fan.
But anybody couldn’t hurt him and he will be happy he went to the heaven where there are a lot of fun things.
I hope he becomes happy in the heaven.
By the way this picture is changing leaves and a bubble.
His soul must fly in the comfortable sky now.

I was reborn!

Last Friday I had my hair cut after two months.
Last time I said “ I wanna grow my hair. So I want a little shorter. “ at the salon.
But this time I asked a hair artist to have my hair chopped off above my shoulders.
After having my hair cut she gathered up my cut hair with the dustpan. They were piled up like a whole
head or two heads.
I weigh myself on the scales after getting home, I lost 1 kilo.
Is this because I had my hair cut?
It is said “ Girls have their hair cut when they break up with their boy friends.”
In my case it’s kind of true.
I used to have my hair cut when someone dumped me or when I wanted to change my feelings.
When I had chopped my hair off, I felt like being reborn also I wanted to be born again.
Women can change clothes, make-ups and nail polishes when we want to change our feelings.
It’s fun we have many switches to change our feelings.
It’s easy to feel down in the rainy season but it feels very good at the garden after raining.
If I think I’m gonna feel down under the thick clouds, I’ll paint my nails orange and enjoy spending
time in the rainy season.
By the way I took this picture in daitoku-temple.
Momiji-trees change their leaves red or yellow and fall their leaves.
And then they are reborn. I must be reborn after falling my hairs!

experience

　

There are lots of thing that you don’t know how painful until you experience them in life.
It’s like this picture. The sunset in the window is different from the real sunset.
The things that you imagine are tottally different from the things that you experince.
When you experience them even once, you realize how painful they are.
I tried not to think of it and feel something and I pretended not to feel anything.
My heart and instinct are honesty more than my brain.
That’s why my tears are flowing from my eyes to cheeks without knowing.
There is a lyric “ The more you cry, the stronger you get.” in a Japanese song.
If it’s true, I’ll get strong tomorrow more than today.

a comfortable holiday

　

Last weekend it was a pleasant holiday.
My husband and I went to my parents’ house and had dinner with my family.
Then we were relaxed for a while and went to see a movie called “ Angels and Devils”.
There were violent scenes in the movie but I enjoyed the thrilling story while
seeing scenery of Vatican.
I was absorbed in seeing it and two hours and a half hour flied.
Ewan McGregor acted young priest and he looked very gentle and beautiful.
After seeing movie we went back to parents’ house and stayed up late there.
In the Sunday morning we waked up at 9 and my mother whipped something up.
for breakfast. There were salad, eggs for sandwich, tuna, soup and baqet.
When I see somebody whipping up various dishes, it reminds me a story that
I read in elementary school.
You don’t forget the story with delicious dishes.
After all I enjoyed going for a drive and shopping with them and took a walk aside the river
while smelling something good after raining.
I spend wonderful time till the evening with my family.
So I didn’t turn my PC on last weekend and the weekend was like holidays for newyears.
By the way this picture is stone statue called Jizou in Japanese at Hase-shrine
in Kamakura.
They look very nice! Do I win?

are we geeks of railways?

We had booked breakfast at the establishment even though we didn’t know there weren’t restaurants around there. It was lucky we had booked it.
After checking out we pretended to do morning assembly like elementary school while calling a command.
Going to a café where I and my husband have been to two years ago for coffee after breakfast. After eating cake and drinking coffee we walked around in the Aizu town.
My husband and I who likes shopping didn’t buy anything but my sister’s family enjoyed getting two glasses for cold Sake and various things.
We wanted to eat something gorgeous for lunch but we ended up eating not gorgeous“ Sauce-Katsudon” that is famous there.
My husband said “ If you don’t come up with somewhere you want to go, I want to see SL.” to us and my sister’s husband agreed with him right away.
Where they chose for taking pictures was the river with a huge stone bridge.
Getting there, few people with big cameras waited for SL.
We walked around there to choose the best place to take pictures of SL and my sister struck funny poses because we had to practice to do action mode.
Seeing pictures of it, the pictures were very funny since they were like cartoon film.
Time passed and we heard the sound of SL!
We took many pictures while being excited with SL and the sounds.
Then we rushed to the next station where SL stopped and saw SL.
We were really impressed with SL and the sound.
Conductors who waved to us looked like heros and we waved back to them like kids.
Oh, I didn’t know we were geek of railways!

the thing that we enjoyed in this trip

On our way to Fukushima from Nasushiobara we stopped by the station of the road.
It’s fun to see various vegetable, harvest and plants.
We ate Soba for lunch there.
And then my sister’s family and us are into the scenery around the trains and stations.
We went to Yunokami-station that looks like diorama and it has thatched roof and
there was a really attractive atomosphere.
My sister’s husband and I enjoyed taking pitctures.
In the front of the station an old man got to take a picture.
When we saw it later, my sister’s husband and I looked like good husband and wife.
My sister and I saw the picture many times and talked about me and her husband
looking like good husband and wife.
I and my sister enjoyed talking about made up stories during this trip.
It’s fun to talke about made up stories. It means it’s fun to imagine not real worlds and
to talk about it!

Sky Watch Friday**the sunset like friendships

There was an small incidence at work and I felt down.
Oh, I can’t put up with it…. I thought. And I felt down carmly.
Actually I hanged in there and managed it. So I was in a freefall slowly and carmly.
I emailed a friend of mine in the bathroom of work and called my sister after working overtime. But I couldn’t feel up.
When I went to an electronics retail store since I decided to get my mother-in-law i-Pod,
I called my friend from college on her cell phone.
She didn’t take it. That’s why I knew she worked yet.
She finishs working around at 8:30 at night. I didn’t get seeing her. So I wasn’t gonna wait for her and I went to the basement of an department store. I thought I could buy the expensive meat and fish if I wouldn’t eat out and looked for something good. But I ended up not buying anything. Coloful cute manicures caught my eyes on my way to the station and I stopped by the shop. When I picked up a manicure of melon color, the friend called me and said“ Aya? What’s up? “
I asked her she had plans at the night. And she answered her husband waited for her at home. I felt bad for her husband and I hanged up not to say anything to her.
I saw beautiful colorful manicures again. And then she called my cell phone again.
She said “ “ I already called my husband. So I can see you. Where are you now?”
I felt sorry for her husband but I was more than willing . she said “ Your voice sounded lonely. “ to me later.
The tender time that she made soothed me.
I didn’t know why but I felt lonely at the night.
I was gonna tear if I wasn’t be careful.
I’m a happy woman to have the best friend who cares me sometimes more than even her husband.
Friendships are really priceless.
By the way this is the sunset from a train called “ Yurikamome”.
The tender sunset like friends is warm like spring.

Happy sky watch Friday

it might be a dream

　

Was it about a week ago? I saw cherry blossoms in full bloom in the sky but it might be
a dream…….

I've got a feeling

Last week it was really fun to jog while seeing cherry blossoms at night!
I could say cherry blossoms in the afternoon look like teen-age-girls and cherry
blossoms at night look like sexy and mysterious women in their late twenties.
When you see cherry blossoms in the afternoon, they would be purely beautiful.
But when you see them at night, you’d feel like a devil living and even if you knew
you don’t have to go there, you couldn’t stop going there.
Speaking of which, how was I when cherry blossoms bloomed last spring?
I’m just remembering….last spring I just got transferred and I had tough days
since I couldn’t get used to my job and being at the division.
I went through the hardness of the job and the relationships at work.
It’s so much fun this spring more than last spring.
I’ve got a feeling I’m having many lucky things this year.

jogging while seeing cherry blossoms

Last friday I jogged from work to a stationon my way home after a long time.
I jogged for an hour and a half hour. An hour and a half hour is very good time
to jog comfortable. I wasn’t tired and it felt very nice.
Wherever I went, cherry blossoms were in the full bloom.
Couldn’t be happier when I jog under sucha a beautiful cherry blossoms.
When I jogged last year, I found a place where cherry blossoms were very beautiful.
So I stopped by there.
Many people drank with their friends or famiy. Under the cherry blossoms.
Some people ate something that they brought and some people cooked there like BBQ.
I emailed attached pictures my sister’s family and my husband many times and we
went drinking to Izakaya restaurant near my house.
My husband said “ I don’t wanna go home yet. Why don’t we go to Karaoke till in the
morning. “ But I had to go to work on the following day. So I couldn’t.
I went to bed right away since I was sleepy. My husband fell asleep right away even
though he said “ I don’t wanna go home yet. “
In Japan speaking of spring, it’s dawn. Night might be short in spring.

Cherry blossoms after a dream

WBC was over. So I felt like waking up from my dream.
When I waked up from it, cherry blossoms are starting blooming.
Isn’t it really fantastic!?
This weekend it’s the best time to go and see cherry blossoms.
Unfortunately I have to go to work even on Saturday.
But I jogged while seeing cherry blossoms at the park near my house after work.
The cherry blossoms are not in full bloom but I enjoyed jogging while listening to
Mamma mia under cherry blossoms.
By the way this picture is cherry blossoms that I saw when I jogged last Saturday.
The blue sky and pale pink is so beautiful!

Today's flower ** very best holiday

Yesterday I met up with my mother and my sister’s family and jogged at the side of the river where you can see wild birds and beautiful flowers.
We left home at around 12:30 and got home around at 4 in the afternoon.
We jogged and sometimes walked but at least we jogged about for two hours and a half hour. We enjoyed jogging while seeing beautiful various things.
Yes, it was comforting but we weretired a little bit.
We were able to see Alcedo atthis, egret, cormorant, canard and various unfamiliar wild birds. In addition we saw wild flowers called “ Katakuri “.
We jogged while talking with each other since it was a long way. So it felt very good.
When we realized my sister and her husband jogged right behind even though they jogged way back on the way home.
My mother said “ Oh, they’re coming! Aya! Don’t lose! “
So I dashed as fast as possible! I couldn’t dash that fast!
They weren’t able to beat me but I got exhausted.
We took a break while drinking coffee. And then we went to the large public bath.
I know it but going to the large public bath after jogging was fabulous!
It was the best holiday we jogged for few hours and took a bath at the large public bath.
We went to the glosery store and my mother made dinner.
My husband came later and everybody started to drink.
When my husband sees my sister and her husband, they can enjoy drinking.
Even if one of them can’t come, they can’t enjoy drinking.
They look fun while saying “ Getting all members together, we gotta drink! “ each other.
When we got home, my husband said “ Why don’t we go drinking to somewhere! “over and over.

Today's flowers

couldn't be happier

It’s really happy Japan wins WBC title.
How great Japanese players are!
And how incredible Ichiro is!
He looks very good also his play is really great. I respect him because he keeps
making many efforts.
But much more impressive thing is his word.
He said “ I thank to all people who cheered us up. “
These days there are many things that I get disappointed about Japan
when I see news on TV. And I admire other countries more than Japan.
I don’t like Japanese people’s nervous face and Japanese nitpicky character.
I’m jealous of western people’s easy-going characters like Manma Mia.
But seeing Ichiro, Japanese is really attractive!
I can think of it from him.
Thank you for such happiness!
Couldn’t be happier!
I never forget this feeling!

Tokyo Marathon 2009

The third time Tokyo marathon was held today.!
Every year we left home around 6:30 in the morning.
There is an atmosphere that people are exicited and kind of nervous in the west entrance
of Shinjuku station.
There were much more people who cheered someone up than last year.
So we couldn’t find mother around at the point of 10km.
We waited for her at the point of 20km,32km and 40km and cheered her up while
saying “ Keep going! “ aloud.
Every year we run on the side of the road while cheering her up. So we’re really tired
even if we don’t run full marathon. But seeing her, it was really lucky she was able to
run the marathon. And we also feel happy for her.
She is over 60. But she didn’t slow down and her time was the same as Pro athlete.
There are a lot of task in life. But I thought it’s OK you do even one of them hard
and you get confidence from it.

Mamma Mia !

　

Last Wednesday I went to movies to see Mamma Mia with my sister.
We had thought nobody was there but it was fully packed.
We sat on the seat of the third row and enjoyed seeing powerful visuals in the front of the screen.
In the first place I was gonna enjoy myself. So I sang songs shaking my body like live concerts!
A little foreign kid who sat diagonally forward left waved to the screen.
We wanted to stand up and dance with actresses but nobody did that since Japanese people are shy. So we couldn’t do it.
My sister looked impressed and said “ I couldn’t stand sitting there. Don’t you want to dance? “ to me.
After getting home I sang songs while seeing you tube.
Speaking of which, why western old men and old women are soooo cooooool?
They’re completely bright and really energetic. They look like truly living.
Everything is bright in this movie.
Meryl Streep also her friends are sooooooooo COOOL!
Of course Pierce Brosnan is really HOOOOOT! You know he was Bond in movies before.
I wanna live brightly like them. Even if I was worried about something, I wanna live optimistically. I got the movie soundtrack.
Next time I’ll get the DVD and see it in the small home theater at my sister’s house while drinking and dancing!
By the way this is a restaurant in Whistler.
I really like completely bright western people.

I like people

How's your life going?
Recently I've been busy at work.
Sometimes I feel down and sometimes I have a full energy.
Sometimes I thank to people at work and sometimes people at work annoy I think.
Relationships are annoying sometimes but relationships are very fun.
There are lot of things in life.
And even if you live in other countries, it's the same as me.
I found out it after reading maria's comment.
Thank to Maria.
by the way maria, this picture wins at work:)