Stamps

I used to collect stamps when I was a kid. All the students were kind of crazy in exchanging stamps from their home country and it became a popular thing in my primary school.
All my friends were from different countries around the world, so I have the chance to have beautiful stamps from all the places even I haven't been to before.
This is a stamp from Japan, I found it from an envelop from my office. The diamond shape firstly attacted me, then I look at the stamp carefully, I found out this stamp is a memorial stamp of the Emperor & Queen of Japan.
I quickly took it out before someone took it to donate to the post office. When I saw this stamp, waht I think of is to give it to my grandmother. My grandmother is the one who let me have the interest of collecting stamps, and I can remember that I used to have many talks about stamps with my grandmother when I was a kid. But somehow, all these talks had disappeared....
There are many letters been sending to my office everyday, so this is a good chance for me start collecting stamps once more. Collecting stamps sounds old fashioned but I think stamp is also a kind of art which worth for us to keep them as our precious.

Candle Night @ artegio/Yufuinn, Oita, Japan

Last Sunday(2006/12/03) I went to a piano concert in Yufuinn. The concert was held in a small exhibition hall. I was so beautiful and lovely. The building itself was surrounded by many many beautiful candles and so does the piano.
At first I thought the concert might be a normal piano concert but when I walked into the hall, I was wrong... This pianist (Souichirou Shigematsu) was like a fairy and all the music that he plays are mostly about the nature, life and spirit which makes me think deeply about many things in my life.
His music gave me power and courage to step forward to my new life and makes me has power to look for new things for me to challenge in my life. I feel very happy that I went to the concert but feel a little regret that I didn't buy the CD on that day...
Anyway, after the concert I got a chance to go to the after party with the Pianist and other staffs and I really have a lot of fun. I hope that I can have a chance to play music with this pianist some time in the future....

Elizabethtown

This is my favorite movie with my favorite actor and actress.
The story makes me think about what if I fail or what if there is a fiasco in my life, what should I do???
Failure & Fiasco is just a part of our life. Anyone could have failed or experience the fiasco in their life once. It could be a change point for us, and lead us on to a better life.
I learnt not to look back but look forward⇒
This will bring me out of the bottom of the black hole and take me to the brightest star.
I have to learn that I am the one who is making the decision, I am the one who is choosing what kind of life do I want, I am the one and I am the one. No other people can make the decision for us.
I know there is a better life waiting for me even though it is not that good at the moment, but I can change it. Because I am the one!!

My Lovely Pets!!!

These are my lovely pet---hamster!!!
They are Maru♀ & Ranmu♂
On the first day when I put them together, they fight alot, but not anymore.
I am so happy to see them getting along with each other really well. Now they like to do everything together.
For example, running in the running ball, eating, scratching, playing with the sand and sleeping.
One day I even saw them kissing. It's just so cute to see them doing things together.
I think maybe they will have cute little babies soon=o)))
Can't wait to see their cute little babies!!!!!

A cup of tea

I am a tea person. I don't usually drink coffee but I do drink a lot of tea.
I like all kinds of tea. Chinese tea, English tea, Japanese etc...
It is soooo gooood to have a cup of hot tea in this cold days. A cup of hot tea really warms me up and gives me happiness.
These days I have tried the Easter Tea. I think people drink this tea in Thanks giving day or something like that.
Anyway, this tea is a kind of blend tea and it has very special smell. The taste is a little bit like Grey Earl Tea. I like it alot but I think some people might not like it. These days is getting really cold, and a cup of hot tea is my little happiness in these cold days. If you have chance you should have a try of this Easter Tea.

Taking a walk...

I like to walk around the country side in a sunny day. It is getting colder and colder everyday here, but the sunny days now are still very nice for taking a walk.
The leafs of the trees are mostly gone...this is the sign which tells me that the winter is getting close to us.
I don't like winter very much, but I will still try to find out some interesting things to do in the winter time.
I like to take a walk along the beach in the winter time. heehee...people say that I am crazy, but I think the beach in the winter time is so beautiful with special smells... I can't wait to see the cherry blossoms here in Japan. Still have to wait for couple of months...It's good to take a walk with boy friends and girl friends but I also enjoy taking a walk by myself.

Little Kid Sumou Competition!!

Yesterday was the Sumou Competition in the Senkou Nursery School in Usa(Oita, Japan).
The small kids are so cute, even the little girls are really good at it. The Sumou Competition starts from 2 year old kid and they have tounament for the 5 year old kid.
The little kids trying so hard and they even follow the sumou rules properly!! I feel so surprised that the little kids can do this well!!!
It is very good letting kids to experience different kinds of things because this will let them know what they like and what they don't. Of course for the kids and parents, it is always a good memory.

I'm Back!!!

It's being a long time which I havn't come up here and write something.
It's just because there are so many things happened to me in this year and finally now everything has been settle down.
Recently, I am very much into playing around with all my blogs, and I hope that I can keep this long!
BTW, I am not a student anymore but still staying in Beppu!!!
Wish to start to play music with my buddies again soon...