Silvia (or Sil) was one of my trainee in 2008. After the first session of mine, she said "you look like my mother". Oh...I could have such a beautiful & grown-up lady as my daughter?? And biologically, it is not impossible :)
A new trainee from the same organization as Silvia brought them for me. I heard that Silvia made them for me!! Knowing that she still remember me and made them for me really made me happy.
Well, here is one of my big favorite songs by TOTO in 1982.
And today, I received an announcement that our proposal to conduct a follow-up activity in Kenya was approved! Yes, I'm really going to visit Africa. This case, Kenya, I mean.
I am a fan of Angela Aki. This is a video clip from her concert.
I've been to her concert twice, and she does this kind of cover of others titled "Angela Aki's English Class (アンジェラ・アキの勝手に英語で喋らナイト)".
Hisashiburi ne.
Oh, how can I say this in English??
It's quite a while that I did not update my blog... too long to say.
Anyway, I left this for a long time.
Then today I found there have been many changes made in this edit window of Blogger.
I don't know it if became more friendly or not yet.
I went to the hairdresser's. I've been a customer of a hairdresser for over 11 years. Today, she said, she started to use scissors from her favorite manufacturer and I was the first customer. I was glad to hear that. Look at them...they are the weapons of a profesiional.
Due to the paper on July 4 (Nikkei), Sarah Louise Palin has been reported to resign from the Governor of Alaska, probably because of the next presidential election.
Well, I don't know her, but have an interest because she is the Governor of Alaska, where my close people are living.
そんな中、MTEC卒業生のJCさんから届いたメール。こんなビデオクリップが紹介されていました。 それを見て、nanaは何を思う？ Nick Vujicic - - 希望、勇気と感動の人生 (日本語字幕)
I've been feeling "stuck" on everything. Both privately and officially. But still, my responsibilities never vanish. Not someone else, "I" have to do it...there are so many things to do. So many routine works, so many responsiblities every day. I don't want to ask for help, because it's tedious to explan what or why. I've been in this mood for a while. But it's about 10 days since I explode my stressed feeling. Almost every day, when I'm preparing for dinner. And after every explosion, I tell to myself "It's emotional disorder, nana". I know the biggest cause of this, though, I cannot step forward. This will lead me to destruction of my life. I'm scared of that time. I know the time will come, but not now.
JC, one of my ex-colleagues, wrote me yesterday. This video clip was introduced in it. JC got a cerebral infarction last year, and is undergoing rehabilitation now. What do you think at this video, nana? Aren't you too weak and fragile??
I renewed my mobile (cell) phone on Monday (3 days ago), and set it possible to post from it. Well, typing English on it is so tedious, so I don't think I'll post from it often, but who knows... :) :)
It's one of International Days to promote NO SMOKING designated by WHO.
I got to know about this day at AMC (Adventist Medical Center) at this time of 1995 when I was seeing doctors there.
It's almost 12 years since I quitted smoking. I used to smoke when I got angry or when I was under big stress. I say I stopped smoking, but I still have those initiators for smoking, so I wonder if I can say "I'm free from smoking!"
That's why I think I can understand the feeling of smokers who resist to quit smoking.
I myself think that it put everything back to the beginning if I smoke one tobacco, and this makes me refrain from smoking, and I hope it will be like this forever.
For a long time, I liked "Landscape" composition for my photos, though, I came to select "Portrait" these days. Especially when I take foods, I often take in both composition, and I result in selecting "Portrait"
The following are the photos I took at Ouchi Cafe+ in Ginowan City.
I renewed my contract this morning. It is my 5th year in MTEC. Well, in general, I like my present job and team.
And I renewed the appearance of this blog. Back to the ready-made template. It may be boring a little, because many bloggers are using the same one. But I have other advantages such as a gadgets. Now it is flexible to add other gadgets developed by other venders. Thanks to this, I can sustain "Where are you?" with the world map. Of course, the side bar of this has "Follower", so please put yourself in there!!
The sunset yesterday was beautiful. It was very "spring" reflection for me. Is it somehow like aurora (Northern Light)? The photo above was taken from my office.
Here are some photos adding international taste! Tea from Nepal, Laos, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh.
Oh the other hand, we also enjoy the flavor of cofee from the world. Malaysia and Tanzania. Naturally, Malay coffee is Halal...certified for Moslems.
Look! This is the template of coffee mug (by a Starbucks tumbler) of my African friends. Like a patchwork of our time together, I carefully selected photos from more than 2000 photos! Though I like the sepia shown above, most of my trainees like it in full-color. Let's go by democracy :)
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 :)
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!
