still gaining weight
My mom sent me a box full of food she cooked. I really appreciate it...I look almost like a pig...

It's a happy happy Friday tomorrow. It's weird that a week really flies, while an hour at office seems forever!

These days I drink coffee after lunch. I choose whatever I wanna drink such as Russian coffee, Vienna coffee, frozen something etc. etc. from lots of menu. (btw, I can't tell the difference between Russian and Vienna ones besides the chocolate sprinkles on top of Russian)
Sounds nice huh? but every coffee I order is extreeeeemely sweet! I think especially the bottom liquid is actually burning my throat...I can't even drink it up. The cream on top is really good though...
see, this is making me fat too.

mondays and rainy days always make me...
blue, or dull?

I wonder why on rainy days it's so hard to get up my mind. I was really really sleepy all day today. gosh.
My boss is sitting just next to me!

So I sneaked out of work and took a nap in the restroom...couldn't help doing it.

For dinner 4translators gathered and had Rei-men together. One brought a bottle of wine, the other cookies, I some eclair?? dunno how to spell though. anyway it was all tasty and fun!! They are all such good ppl. :)

Tomorrow is Tuesday! It's gonna be a loong day..

the bronze doggy
I went to Shibuya for the first time today! I met Aki-chin, who used to study at the same language school in Boston. We have been very good&close friends since. She just finished the master course at the college in Boston and came back to Japan a few weeks ago.
The way to Shibuya from Isehara was quite long but I managed to reach the famous statue of the dog, Hachi-ko! There were tons of ppl, some are dancing, others waiting, talking, walking,...
I met her and we walked around Shibuya, such as Center street, Spain street, etc etc. As we both like Korean food, we had jim-dak together, which was pretty hot but tasty. She showed me lots of pictures of her graduation ceremony. In them she was actually shining in a beautiful black robe and a hat, surrounded by many friends. I even felt envious. She also adviced me about my future plans and it helped me a lot.
After that we looked into some clothes stores and bought a shirt for each. It was a bargain!

I'm now listening to the CD of jazz saxophone I borrowed from my friend. It's a very soft and slow music, makes me relaxed...and leads to sleep..:) I like this a lot.

entertainment
Who could name the movie "Mini-mini daisakusen"?
It's one of the worst names for movies ever...nobody would wanna see it.
However, I did, last night!! and it was hilarious.
First, the actors in it were all splendid! They are chosen almost perfectly. They are not as popular and famous as Tom Cruise or Leonard di Caprio, but they are truly good.
The story is quite simple, lots of fun, no romatic scenes. It's very very entertaining for me! I even wanna get a DVD or something. It's better than Matrix Reloaded with respect of the simplicity and entertainability.(dunno such a word exists or not..)
The original name for the movie is "The Italian Job", which is much cooler, don't you think?

Tonite I went out with two of my colleagues to play the pool. It was my first time and I had much difficulty in figuring out how to lead the white ball, but it was pretty much fun!! And the balls are shiny, hard and kinda cute in lots of colors. :)

I wanna be better!

FORUM246
OK, I ate too much.

The buffe at the auditorium building near our place was cheap and could have variety of food as much as we wanted...and thus we gained weight!
I gotta work out!!

Tigers won tonite by 14-3 or something! It's really gonna happen...

fatter and fatter
I can't stop gaining weight...what should I do?? I don't think I'm eating that much.:-I
I ride bicycle to the office every morning, I don't eat before I sleep. hmmmmm. Maybe I need more exercize. sigh...

I bought two books today. One of them is titled as "Hoots!" as the owl's voice. It looks nice. The other is Gold Rush, which was popular some time in the past I guess. It's good to read in rainy season..

The movie "Kuro" which is about the doggy seems nice. I'm sure it makes me shed tears.

feeling at home
We had some breads of BIGOT this morning. It was good, not so good as to amaze me, but still tasty.:)

After breakfast I swept the porch as my mom asked me to, and then my sis and I went out to Kobe. I was even glad just to get on Hankyu-line. Sannomiya was lots of fun as it has always been. We spent quite amount of money...?! I dunno, but for me it was quite a big money. We got pretty clothes and cute things instead though. It was a really hot day so we must have got sun burned. I hope the freckles on my face won't be any darker nor bigger...

For dinner all my family went to Belini at Ashiya, which is a small Italian restaurant. Everything they served was just perfect. Every single bite satisfied my tongue and eyes. mmm.
After that we enjoyed Karaoke until I broke my throat. I'm not that good at singing cuz I don't know how to sing. I mean, seriously! My voice always gets shrill after singing 5 or 6songs. :( Nobody wanna listen to me! lol
I envy my sis, who is a fabulous singer.

I'm going back to Kanagawa tomorrow evening. I'll be back in August again!

back in Hyogo
I came back in Hyogo this afternoon. There's no place better than home...I'm feeling relaxed and enjoying the time with my family.:)
A new bakery&cafe is going to open just around the corner tomorrow morning! We are looking forward to having warm bread for breakfast. I'm sure some ppl know the bakery "BIGOT" originated in Ashiya or Shukugawa and also has a shop in SOL at Sannomiya. It's his son, Jean-Paul BIGOT's shop that's gonna open. I saw him several times today and he seemed pretty busy.

Southern All Stars are singing on TV right now. I reeeeaaalllyyyy love them. Their music is truly amazing. It never matters the boundary of ages. None of their songs are old anytime. I've been to Kuwata's solo concert before which I enjoyed so much, especially "Tsuki" even moved me to tears.
and finally...my sister got the tickets for their concert in August for me. It's one of the most expecting events of this summer for me!:) I hope I can keep sanity..

It was really humid today. The plane I got didn't really keep stable because of the weather, however the sky above clouds was beautiful clear pale blue. After glancing at it I fell asleep until the plane landed...it was a nice nap in the sky.

drunken me...
I just got home from our group(CAD)'s nomikai. It was fun. We had Korean BBQ and lots of beer. It was a good opportunity to talk with the senior workers.

I'm drunk...kinda sleepy too.

I'm going back home to Hyoto tomorrow and will be back on Monday evening. I'll breathe as much Kansai air as possible! I'll enjoy fabulous sweets in Kobe too...can't wait.

okay, I think I gotta go to bed now, or else I'll get faint. bye for now, see you all next week...zzz

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