The very first birthday of mine

With my own participants.

I don't remember whom I told about the day, my participants carefully planned a surprise.
It was a real surprise, indeed!

No time for movies...

Due to the workshop I've been conducting, there is no time for movies, videos, and DVDs.
Well, I can wait until everything is over. Then I'll see until I get tired with it :)

Lunch at 5:48pm

I've been in Tokyo due to the observation tour with my trainees.
Somehow, there was no time for it (maybe), and partly because my trainees don't pay much attention for lunch, I've not had lunch today until now.
I am the person who needs to eat something three times a day.
After the regular traing hours, I am free, fortunately. So I decided to see the movie. It is "Okuribito or Departures", the Academy movie.
This is the second time for me to go to a theater by myself.
Late lunch (or early supper), then the movie... good way to enjoy my own time!

出張で東京にいます。
タイミングが合わず、加えて普段ほとんどランチを取らない研修生の引率とあって、とうとうこの時刻までランチなし。
研修生は宿舎で夕食したり、勝手(これはこの場合、好ましい)に散歩に行ったりしていて、私やメインの引率者の出番はあまりありません。
無事に到着したことで、本日のミッション完了。
ということで、宿舎から少し離れたところに映画を観に来ました。
はい、先日チケット売切れで見逃した「おくりびと」です。
ランチ兼夕食(ディナーって感じではありません)して、行ってきます。ひとりで映画を観る２本めです。

Anniversary

I love anniversaries so much.
I call myself like "Anniversary collector".

I remember birthdays, wedding anniversaries, the day I got a drivers license, etc.

Today is one of my big favorite days: The day I first came to Tokyo from Okinawa, and left for the U.S. in 1977.

I'm happy to write the relation with my host family, started in that year, is still with us!