hakone
I came back from Hakone a few hours ago. It was lots of fun and my friends(3 translators) and I got so relaxed...the hot sping was amazing. I ended up in enjoying the three hot springs four times at the ryokan we stayed at. Two of them were roten-buro. It was such a nice time to warm ourselves as long as we want and talk about subtle things... I could hardly sleep at night though.
I think I gotta take a nap after this. :)

My roommate is leaving in a few weeks. She happened to be lucky enough to be able to move to the newest dorm..because of her age, precisely.
I wish I could move out too cuz one of the new employees will move in this apartment in her place for sure. I hope she's a nice girl...

Anyway, I gotta work real hard again. We got a crazy amount of patents to be translated. I hope we all can stay sane until the end of April...

nothing to write about...
Hmm...I've got nothing special to write about.
On Sat. I went to Shinjuku and bought a white shirt. I like it but I want more "standard" shaped one also.:) A bit of shrinks and wrinkles woule be lovely too..

I skipped dinner tonite cuz I had a biiig lunch. I had a big sandwich of roasted beef, a cheesecake, and ice tea. There's a nice cafe at Omote-sando, which I go every month.

Gosh Monday is coming! I guess I'm uttering this phrase every weekend...how pathetic.
I've got lots of work to do. I should play pingpong as a break some time...

my eyes...
Too much PC kills eyes...
My eyes are really tired and dried because of too much looking at the screen.
Grrrrr.

I saw the movie "My life without me", which is "shinumade ni shitai 10 no koto" in Japanese title. It was pretty nice. :)
It was very simply organized, and the ppl in it were all really good.
Music was nice also...

Two more working days!!

travelin'
My parents came to visit me on Saturday by car from Takarazuka, where my(their, to be specific) home is.
They brought me lots of prezzies such as sweets, food, clothes...I love all of them. :)
We spent some time in my room, and then headed to Gotemba where the hotel was. It was an hour of driving from Isehara(where I live). It was kinda cloudy so we couldn't take even a glance at Mt. Fuji that day. We had tasty French for dinner, some cocktails at the bar, and then went to bed. I could hardly sleep...dunno why though.
Next morning, when we opened the curtains, there was a huge beautiful Mt. Fuji in front of us!!! It was just AMAZING!! No matter how many times I see Mt. Fuji, it's always gorgeous. :) But that Mt. Fuji might have been the biggest one I had ever seen.

My parents sent me to the Gotemba station and they went back to Hyogo, and I took the train to Tokyo and went to have my hair cut(and permed...which ended in fail). After that I went to Yokohama again with my senior worker and had amazingly tasty Chinese at China town.
It started to rain at night, and I was soaked when I got home at midnight...I was terribly tired anyway. mmm.
It took me some energy to get up this morning.

Aaaaanyway. It was a busy but fun weekend. We had sukiyaki on Friday and it was nice as well.

Working on weekdays, playing on weekends...it's okay, but I feel something's missing in me.
Something more spiritual, deeper stimulation...something that enhances me, improves me, entertains me. I gotta do something for sure.

movie
I saw two movies this weekend.
One is New Orleans Trial, which is Runaway Jury in original title. It was pretty good! Gean Hackman was really good. And I saw loveactually today. It was really good too. Lovely lovely movie. :) Perfect for Valentine's day if it was yesterday.

New week is going to start again...Im gonna be real busy.

damn fat...
I really really gotta lose my weight. I can't even look at my tummy...how pathetic I am.
Even though I don't eat much, I gain more and more weight and can never lose a kilo.
I want to cut my flesh off---

minato-mirai line
I took the minato-mirai line which started its business at the beginning of this month. There were soooooo many ppl in the stations, but it took us from Yokohama to Shibuya for about 30mins. It was pretty cheap as well. :)

We had tasty ra-men at Ikebukuro and had some cocktails afterwards.

Today I went to Nihon-bashi to buy chocolates for the lucky day for men, that is a Valentine's Day. I wanted to buy teuscher's chocolate but their wrapping was not so nice, so I bought other store's. There were lots of chocolates like jewelies but I couldn't get any one of them for myself...cuz I am on a diet!!

sis
My sister came to my place from Osaka the day before yesterday. Her job is such a busy one that she can hardly take a holiday. As she could take 2-day holidays in a row, she came here to see me and enjoy Tokyo by herself. She stayed overnight at my place and we hanged around Tokyo together yesterday. It was lots of fun.
Yesterday we went to aesthetic salon at Omote-sando. It was sooooo relaxing...we got our face massaged for about one hour. It was really nice. We both fell into deep sleep. Our skins were shining after that. :)
I found a very nice interior shop nearby. They've got such beautiful collection and they are very cheap!! I got a big fleece blanket at a pretty low price that I've searching for. It's warm and light. I'm typing this wrapped in it. :) comfy.

Aaanyways, I think I ate too much tonite again... o and I tried Funa-zushi for the first time tonite. My senior worker went to Shiga and he brought us some packs of it. It was...weird..but I could understand why some ppl are addicted to it. It's not too bad. It's got a very special taste though.

new week starts again
I went to Tully's today again...I met up with my friend there and talked a lot.
I tried a chocolate chip cookie there for the first time and it was pretty good! So far I didn't like the food of Tully's, but the cookie was nice. Starbucks got good cookies too though...

I bought a cute bottle of body soap on the way.

On Saturday I went to Yokohama with my senior worker. We went up to the Land Mark Tower. As it was such a nice weather, the view from the top was very nice. We couldn't see Mt. Fuji but still it was great.

Tonite I missed Taiga-drama...damn

cafe
There's a place I go on every Sunday recently.
It's a Tully's coffee at Hon-Atsugi.

It's got less people than Starbucks, and a nice and soft jazz music flows in the cafe.
I always take a window seat with a counter table and grab a tall cup of latte sometimes with a pastry or something. :)
I know it's just a francise and Tully's coffee is everywhere in Japan, but it feels a bit different to me. Anyways I feel comfy there.
I read books or just watch people passing by the window. It's fun.
I stay there for about an hour or more around 2 or 3pm, so if you ever need me, you'll find me there!