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!

blizzard
It was snowing all day today. I like snow cuz it's beautiful and snow crystals are pretty.
Today I went out to Yokohama with my senior worker. We had tasty Chinese at a restaurant in China town. Then we went to Yamashita ko-en which had few ppl...I know, it's because it's too cold outside!! We also felt cold of course, so we went into the huge ship named Hikami-maru. Inside the ship was pretty nice, with lots of deasel engines and pretty rooms. We went out on the deck and looked down the sea. After that, we went to the top of the Marine Tower. In the snowstorm, the tower was shaking. It gave us such a nice view of Yokohama. I liked Port Tower in Kobe better though...:) Aaaanyways we got down and got on the ferry to Minato-mirai. The ferry was really nice. It was warm, cheap, and the view of Yokohama port was great. We had good time tonite although it was really really reallllyy cold.

Last night, we had Sukiyaki with three other translators and one leader of our group. We bought good beef and lots of veggies. It was pretty tasty! And our leader brought us a bottle of champaign, which was very good! Let's do that again. :)

Tomorrow I'm going to Tully's at Honatsugi for reading a book...I like that place.

stuffed.
I finished translating one looooong patent today. yaay. I have to check it all from the top again though. Aaanyways I'm relieved... Tomorrow I gotta go to Nagata-cho area for the translation seminar.

Last weekend I hanged out with my friends of ashiato. We went to Lumine at Shinjuku for Yoshimoto.:) It was lots of fun. I didn't know most of the manzai-shi but they were quite good! The ones I knew were pretty good as well. :)
After that, we went to Iida-bashi area and visited Yasukuni-shrine. It was a really huge shrine and I felt something different there from the ordinary shrines. but it was nice. :) There was the Budo-kan neaby and I remembered the summers I used to participate in the national competition of Naginata...when I was young. (?!) After we had coffee at a nice cafe in Kagura-zaka, Yocci had to go, so we said goodbye to her and headed to Shiodome.
Shiodome was way toooo cool!! You should see those huge tall buildings...it's...amazing. I wonder how human beings could build those things...and the view was spectacular up there. :) The restaurants were gorgeous also, with surprisingly expensive menu. They're once-a-year kind of restaurants. Anyway we were really impressed. I would love to thank you Daichi-kun and Ueda-kun for taking me there.
These days I'm beginning to like Tokyo too, I guess.

Last Friday my long-waited DVD, Wakin Life has arrived!!!! It's one of my best favorites!! It's a totally amazing good movie...breath taking one. :)

My MD walkman is out of order...sob sob

zangyo
It's really chilly tonight. and the weather forecast said it's gonna be even colder next morning! geez...I hate cold weather. :-I

Once we go through the huge amount of patents we have, let's have onabe and also go to onsen!! yaay.

chilly home
nande uchi wa konna ni samui no?!?

It's really freezing in my room...sob sob
I came back in Kanagawa a few hours ago. As I could only get Kodama, it took such a long time to get here...and the man who was seated next to me was weird! He even made the trip longer...sigh

Aaaanyways I gotta start working tomorrow. I had such a fun time in Kansai, though I was pretty busy with Oshogatsu stuff.
My first resolution of the new year is...to lose my weight..!!

back again
I came back home in Takarazuke this afternoon. It's colder here than Atsugi. :I It even snowed! brrrr
What am I gonna do tomorrow...? go shopping to Kobe? :) ...oops I gotta go to docomo-shop to buy a charger..cuz I left it at home.

I almost finished writing nengajo-. My printer was out of order so I'm drawing and writing all the stuff on the cards. It's so much work but not so bad. :) The thing is, I can't draw a monkey...

icy holiday
It was really really really cold today...I almost cried when I was outside.
Today a friend of mine took me out for a drive to...first to the road along the beach and then to the famous odaiba place.
It was really fun, the sea was so blue and beautiful, and odaiba, gosh it was fantastic! It was my first visit there, and I never knew there's sooo much fun there!! It's like a huge mall in America, with better stores and design. There are lots of restaurants, beautiful huge Christmas trees, and even a Toyota car show building too! The cars are just cool, I liked the new Prius and Opq or something I don't clearly remember the name. Yes, Raum was sooo nice too.
and we played pingpong in a huge play space having pool bars, lots of games, pingpongs, etc. etc. I lost the game but I think I did good! ?
Aaaanyways, if it was closer to my place, I would go there even every weekend. yes.

Alright, and I drank till 5am yesterday...it was bounenkai of my department. It was so-so fun. hehe

Aaaaaanyways again, One More Week to the lovely HOLIDAYS!!!

4 real?
Hi guys.
It's pretty cold these days, isn't it??
Riding bicycle is not easy in this season..my hands get almost frozen.
I bought a CD of Crystal Kay. It's really nice. She's got a beautiful voice and pronunciation.

I've also received huge amount of translation manuscripts...it's just..wow. Many of them are due Feb or March, but it's gonna take a looong time to finish all of them...and more documents are expected to be coming...we're getting busy for sure!!

Damn I just looked aroung my room and realized how messy it is! I should be embarassed...