autumn
Mood:  mischievious
I'm spending the last several days in Atsugi...

Well, first I hated here, but now it's got better...still it's not the best place for me though. But Ive found many many nice aspects of Atsugi. :) and I made lots'n lots of great great friends...I couldn't have stayed here for 3.5 yrs without them, and of course I can't appreciate enough for the old friends in Tokyo area!

These days I hang out with 3 friends at office.
One is an American-Japanese girl, who is amazingly pretty! and used to sit next to me at office. The other two are funny gentlemen, who are my "douki".

We go out for dinner, lunch, sports, hanabi, etc. etc....it's a lot of fun to be with them. (pic: playing ping-pong)

The other day we went to have the famous ra-men of Atsugi, which is "Honmaru-tei". Maybe those who know a lot about ra-men know this shop.

Anyway, we went there on Sunday, and we waited in a line for....1.5hours!!! (TT)
BUT, the ra-men was superb! It's a very simple salt-ra-men, but it has a very very deep taste. Please try it when you come to Atsugi!

leaving
Mood:  special
I am quitting the company next week and will leave here at the end of this month. :)

Sorry to be late to let you all know.

Hope everything will go well with me, and everybody!

beautiful kanagawa
Mood:  lazy
Now Playing: now cooking dinner...
On Saturday, I drove to see the light houses of Kanagawa.
First, I went to Kannon-zaki toudai, Tsurugiga-saki toudai, and then Jogasaki toudai.
They were amazingly beautiful...!!!(Right: Tsurugiga-saki, Left: Kannon-zaki)
Kannon-zaki toudai is the first European light house build in Japan. So it has a long history. Tsurugiga-saki toudai is my favorite! The scenery around and up to the toudai is sooo beautiful with almost no people around. I was really healed...
Jogashima, where Jogasaki toudai stands was such a nice place with tasty fresh fish and really nice people.
I enjoyed a cruising with a small boat driven by a grandpa-like man. He explained every part of Joga-shima while on the sea. He was such a nice person.

Although I got tired, I had so much fun and refreshed! I LOVE light houses.

muggy
Mood:  not sure
On Saturday, I went to Omotesando to have may hair cut.
As the stylist who always takes care of my hair couldn't spare time for me, I chose a different one. He was funny, a bit chubby, and very skilled stylist. :) He said he lives in Azabu-juban with his bulldog. I like that.

After that, I went to a Chinese sweet restaurant, "Tou-cho". I had to wait in a line on a very hot day, but the desserts served there were very tasty! hmmm.
I had Tofu dessert with mango, and Senzo-jelly with fruits and syrup!

On friday after work, I went to see my friend dances belly dance!!
She was just....gorgeous!! She was very sexy and pretty. :)

Today, I scratched my feet with a concrete wall...my feet has a big bleeding scar...sob sob.

summer
Mood:  chillin'
Now Playing: tv
Hi guys.. it's getting really hot, izn't it?
Hope you are all doing fine.

I'm sorry again, for not updating the diary for like...two months?! I'm such a lazy woman....

Anyway, I've been kinda busy working, and...there've been some changes in my life, though I can't tell them right now.
I'll write down here when time comes.

I've seen some new movies recently.
I liked Pixar's "Cars" a lot. It was a really nice movie for me. I'm not sure how everybody else feels, but it's funny, cute, and heartwarming.
Now I'm collecting Mini-cars of the movie, which are now very rare and expensive!

About a few weeks ago, I drove to Izu and enjoyed beautiful ocean, very pretty lighthouse (Nishina Toudai), and such a gorgeous hotspiring(Sawada Kouen Rotenburo)near the lighthouse!! It was an amazing hotspring. You can enjoy the onsen on top of the cliff, where you can look down the sea about 20m below. It's usually very crowded, but there were nobody at that time...so the wide ocean and beautiful sky were all mine...you really should try it.

These days I enjoy driving up and around the mountain of Kanagawa-Shizuoka. It's so much fun to manipulate how to let the car curve faster. On the other hand, I hate driving in the city....plus, I'm still not good at parking...

About a week ago, I went to Minato Mirai and went to the ice cream store that I'd always wanted to go! It's "Cold Stone Creamery". You know, they mix ice cream, fruits, nuts, etc. on a very very cold stone. Know what? It's hillarious!!!!!!!
I finished the bowl of ice cream in a moment....damn, I really wanna go there again. Be aware that you have to wait in a long line to get one...

For lunch, I went to China Town and had a very tasty Okayu. It's a famous restaurant called "Shaten ki", which is always full of people. I was lucky to be seated on that day, and the okayu and other foods were just great.
I've visited China Town like...more than 50 times, and it's one of the best so far!

These days, I have a habit to run after work. I run about 3 times a week, for like 2 km. There's a public athlethic park with a very good running course, so I go there and just run, run, run....
After like 20mins, I sweat like waterfalls. lol
It's tough, but I feel very good after.

Okay, please stay healthy!

encoding the da vinci code...
It's raining really hard tonight, with huge thunders!
Though I had an unbrella with me, I got soaked when I got home...damn...
What's worse is that I cannot do the laundry again..

I'm running out of my underwears---! oops...sorry.

BTW, I went to see the famous movie "Da Vinci Code" last night. It was a very exciting, and also interesting movie! As the reputation says, it was kinda difficult, and complicated, but the TV program I saw last weekend helped me understand the movie very much.
The scenery and buildings of France were super beautiful. As I've never been to Europe, it's kinda world in the books for me.
If I have time, I wanna go there some time. :)

As for my job, as usual, I'm getting fed up with too much translations. (><)


I went home in Takarazuka last weekend to celebrate my mom's and my birthdays.
My sister gave me a pair of pierce earrings. :)

While I was there, my grandma's oldest sister passed away. :( She used to take care of me a lot when I was little...
I attended her funeral and thanked all she has done to me.
These days, people in my relatives die sequentially...very sad.

golden weeeeek
Mood:  lyrical
Now Playing: kelly clarkson
Hey there. The long GW is now ending...
This time I didn't go back home in Hyogo, but I travelled around Kyushu instead.

I played around Kyushu by a rented car, Vitz. Vitz is such a nice car...so easy and smooth to drive. I can understand why it's selling so good. :)
Anyway, Kyushu was such a fun place. I'll write about this trip some other time coz it's going to be sort of long.

Well, as some ppl know, I got aged last month....I'm becoming close to obasan day by day. sigh.

It's raining today. I ate McDonald's cheese burger set in the morning...and I'm writing this blog now.
I'm gonna clean up the mess of my room and get prepared for the busy busy days at office.

reunion
Mood:  party time!
Yesterday, all the friends who went to the same language school in Boston gathered at one girl's house and had a party there!
It was great to see them again. We talked about lots of things such as memories in Boston, what each of us has been doing since coming back to Japan, our romantic lives, etc. etc....

I brought a bottle of wine and a cake, and other friends brought some food and drinks too. My closest friend, Akiko (owner of the house) is a great cook, so she cooked lots of dishes and we all enjoyed them and talking stupid stuff.
I and another friend stayed overnight, and came back home tonight.

One more week until the holidays!...and one more translatkion job to do....

spring
Mood:  chillin'
Now Playing: ABBA
Soon the Golden week is coming, and Im still busy like a hell. :( I had to go to the office last Saturday. sob sob.
However, on Sunday, I went to Izu island by my own car. :)
I go to Izu about once a month or two months. It's such a lovely place with beautiful beautiful sea, tasty food, and fabulous onsen.

This time, we went to Matuzaki city, which is a small old town. It's one of the loveliest cities in Izu. There is an old scenery remaining there...old school, buildings, etc... it's just an ordinary city, but it's got a special atmosphere somehow.
While we were exploring the city, we noticed that the movie "Sekachu-" was filmed there! and moreover, "Bar bar Yoshino", which I saw a few days before was filmed there too.
(BTW, Bar bar Yoshino is such a good movie. :) )

Anyway, I love Matsuzaki so much.

I bought some omanju- wrapped with corned Sakura leaves and enjoyed them at home. :)

My Lupo has run more than 2000 km so far...

spring
Mood:  chatty
Now Playing: c-kay
Sorry about not updating. :(
I am to be blamed.

Well, these days...
on weekends, I drive my car a lot, though I am losing confidence every time I am scolded..

But my car is really really cute! :D
I'm sure Lupo looks even better in spring.

My co-worker who got married in December (I wrote about the wedding on this blog) got pregnant!!
She's been feeling very sick, but she'll get better and be settled soon...
I'm really happy for her. :)
but I just can't keep up with the speed of time and the changes of everything....
All but I keeps going and changing...

I've got to do something!

Anyway, I'll get a spring bonus this month, so I'm waiting for receiving a blue envelope, winding my tail...hehe

Last weekend, I saw a DVD "Little Black Book". It was a fun movie! As there is no Tsutaya or anything around my apartment, there is hardly any chance to see movies...which is really sad. :(
On Sunday, I enjoyed playing ping-pong at a huge sport center owned by Atsugi-city. I only had to pay 200-yen to use one table for 4 hours, with free rackets and balls! We ended in playing only for an hour, but Im sure I will go there again.
After that, we played "catch ball" for about an hour. It's pretty fun to throw ball and catch it with a glove! I like the sound when the ball hits the glove perfectly, the sound like -bang!
I could sleep quite well and deeply that night, but next day....my body was all full of pain...damn...

I should exercise regularly, to resist the gravity!!