My New Year Resolution! 今年の意気込み。

今年がんばりたいこと。出産一ヶ月後に控えていっぱいあるけど、まずは家庭での野菜作り！去年の終わり頃友達にバジルに種をもらいました。小学生のとき学校でジャガイモを育てて以来、野菜を育てるなんて経験がなかったので、種をもらったときはとっても新鮮な気分になりました。そっか、家でも食物を育てられるんだよね。なんでもスーパーのパッケージに頼っている今日このごろ。新たな気持ちて食べ物に感謝したい。

My new year's resolution!!!! There are many things that I want to accomplish. Not to mention, my baby is due next month Feb 9th! A friend of mine gave me some basil seeds at the end of last year. Last memory that I remember taking care of any vegetables were during my primary school years. We all grew potatoes in our school's back garden. It was so refreshing for me to see the seeds of plants! Nowadays, I don't think twice when I buy vegetables at the supermarket. But this year, I want to find more things that I can grow myself at home. I want to reconnect to appreciate the value of food.

Happy New Year 2012! 明けましておめでとうございます。

Happy New Year! I wish everyone to have a happy, loving, wonderful year of 2012 :) "39 more days to cook our baby in my tummy! "

明けましておめでとうございます。今年もよろしくお願いします。日本の家族、親戚とスカイプできたので、気分もやっとお正月。やっぱりおせち料理を食べたり、朝からお酒飲んで楽しそうな姿をみるとほっとする。今年一年もみんなにとって幸せな、充実したものになりますように。

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Treasure Chest! なぞの宝箱。

今年も終わり数日にせまったある日、思いもよらない贈り物に出会いました。うちの近くのゴミ捨て場に謎の宝箱が！とっても古く、中に何か住んでいそうな気配がある宝箱。ほかにも古い家具が捨ててあったので、引っ越しするひとが捨てていったよう。かなり汚れてはいたものの、木彫りでとても素敵だったので旦那と一緒に拾ってきてしまいました。笑）捨てられていたものでもまごころ込めてごしごしすること数時間、とっても奇麗に生まれ変わりました。：）

Few more days left till the end of the year! Today, we found a very mysterious... wonderfully surprising gift on the street. Well, there was this treasure chest thrown out by the dumpster!! It looked quite old, and dirty as if something is living inside. However, it had a beautiful wooden carving and details, we had to pick it up. My husband helped me carrying it home. :)) I gave it few hours of T.L.C. (Tender, Love and Care) and there it goes! A brand new Treasure Chest!!

Merry Christmas to everyone!!

Circle Life 2011 《何必呢》

On Dec 9th - 10th 2011 after 3 performances, Chords with Circle Life 2011, our piece "Why it? -何必呢？” was performed successfully. Through this project, I learned a lot from my fellow performers. I started to see the meaning of life...

I absorbed a lot of positive energy and the power of loving others. There are so many uncertainties, unfairness in our society. But at the end of the day, we have a choice to see how we see the world. My fellow performers taught me so much about how to connect to what is pure, and make us feel alive and beautiful.

因圓聚散，人生無常; 這也是圓，這也是緣!
每一個點，每一個人，連繫著，牽引著……
Circles bring us together and separate us.
Yet every dot and every person is interlinked…

- photo by Hofan Chau-