MUSIC アラニスの思い出

Again, I'm enjoying a reminiscing time with my favorite music♪  lol   Alanis!  '90s is my generation!
http://alanis.com/
The first time I met her music was in 1996.  I was in Auckland NZ which is the very first foreign place in my life, staying with a family for a week during my high school spring vacation time.  When my host family took me out to the city, I listened to her song "You Oughta Know" on a car radio.  I was not paying much attention to radio sound because everything outside the window was much more attractive to the 17-year-old  Japanese girl.  But her song was so impressive that I stopped looking outside and asked my host parents who the singer was... because I missed her name.  They said the song was kind of familiar but they didn't know who was singing.  So... her song ended up as one of sweet memories of my first trip then.

One year later, I entered a college... one that I quit in a year...  I was watching TV around midnight.  I guess it was a program of American alternative music... or something like that.  It was just having a laid-back time before she came up to the TV screen.  Yes,,, I met her music again and I finally found her name, Alanis Morissette.  :-)  I never forgot the part of her song I listened to in Auckland so I noticed right away!  I got up and tried to remember her name! lol   Her last name was tough to memorize...
I was very happy, of course :-)  I went to Tower Records very soon and finally got her music♪ 
Alanis morissette everyday, every night, everywhere with me! lol
I joined a summer program of the college in the same year,  my first USA days... in Omaha, Nebraska.  I was there for a month going to a school, staying with a family... had a very good time.  I was also listening to Alanis there♪
18-year-old was feeling very happy with the great experience in the US and determined to come back again some day in the future! ...and was very hopeful too.

Rock, pop, jazz, classical, whatever... I guess everybody has same kind of experience like me, "music reminds me of..." stuff  :-)      I like this♪　I think I'm very reflective and like reminiscing!

Now, we can find and obtain music easily, for example, download on the internet.  That's very good.  If you are 70s, 80s, 90s generation... you should understand how hard it was to find and get what you wanted, especially music from overseas or indies.  All we had was limited information on magazines, TV and radio... pirated copy from somewhere, maybe!  But we all made the best of it.  The harder we search, the happier we feel with it.  And we cherish the music more with memories of the days♪

Wow... this is a kina long post as mine. lol   Thanks for reading!
I haven't writen for a while because many... "brand-new" things are going on at work...lol,  I mean I've been extra busy lately!  But it's ok, I'm still learning something from it.  There are many things I shouldn't leave behind.  Got a good chance to learn how to take care of ... unexpected stuff!
I'm still wondering where to go for my college plan, but I'm doing ok.  It'll be alright :-)  I'll keep working on it♪

The weather is getting better, I can see the blue sky befind the clouds now.  I'm thinking about shopping for my coworker's birthday♪  I don't know what I'm gonna get but I hope I'll find something good for her.
Have a good day with your favorite music♪

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そうか、ちょうど５年前

Every time I see this CD, I remember my days at ex-job... :-)
One of my friends really really ...really loves this man, Ben Harper.  He came to Hiroshima on his tour in 2006 and of course, my friend went to his live concert then.
I din't know much about him but I got interested in his music because of her.
In May 2006, I was having a hard time to leave the last company,,, now I can say it was not that hard! lol but it definitely was because I was less experienced than now and  struggling everydays.
I was listening to this CD very often because one of the songs "Better Way" was very impressive then.
Better Way... yeah, I was looking for a better way for me :-)  The psychedelic sound was really comfy too♪

I am listening to his music this morning... well, I'm not in a situation like 5 yeas ago. lol   ... not yet... haha!
But I always look for my better way,,, appreciating what I have right now :-)

Try to enjoy your Monday and have a good beginning of a week♪

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EAT + THINK

Love SUBWAY sandwich! :-)
I picked Vegetable sandwich with cheese... and lots of pickles! hehe♪
I'm eating and thinking,,, thinking about my plan in the future.
I want to work untill the end of this year then start college in January. I wonder if it's possible. To see more details and college schedule, I checked some college website and found about placement test + student orientation.
And I also found each colleges have each systems. How and when I shoul apply to and attend the preparation depends on college.
I don't know much about Japanese college but it seems American college system is different from Japanese one...more than I expected.
hum... I hope I will find good information for my plan.

You are my mom!

Sometimes I feel...
I feel I'm becoming like my mon as I get older... lol
For example, how I talk and how I act especially when I'm busy or focused on my stuff is like how she always does...  This could be in a bad way too! lol

But it's ok because I'm proud of her very much♪
She's cheerful, generous, funny, very natural,,, and she's a very very very hard worker!  She enjoys what she's doing all the time.  I respect her :-)

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

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かいかぶりDAY!

Happy Friday Night!
I guess some people are having holidays all through this week but I say "have a good weekend♪" to you!

I have been enjoying my completely OFF time today.  I was thinking about going out a little but I stayed home all day and didn't do much.
Thinking deeply about my future plan, relaxing mentally,,, meditating.
... well, that's true partly but I was more like... having a lazy day at home. lol

Being lazy is necessary sometimes, not always :-), so I can relax more and have a different viewpoint that I hardly notice while being busy.
I still tend to think too much very often but I've recently learned, or maybe "remembered", that I certainly have a sence that I may follow and ability to make things alright.
...am I overestimating myself?  haha!   Maybe! lol

It's hard to explain... but I feel.. I love myself more than before♪ since I started to pay more attention to myself. 
Like everybody does, I have my own life.  Although I made a lot of mistakes there, I have been doing good so far! :-)

Well,,, this is what I was thinking during my lazy time♪ lol

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これよ、これ♪

A picture of a candle holder one of the girls at work gave me on my birthday.
I'm not good at taking a long bath because I usually finish it with a quick shower♪
But I just took a nice bath tonight because I was feeling tired due to busy days at work and wanted to refresh myself before my day off.
My tummy is happy with dinner, my body got happy too after nice hot bath...
Now I'm making my mind happier with cold bubbly chuhai and my favorite music in my room♪...yes, this is the life!I love sitting in my room just leaving my candle or a small lamp on like this... :-)I'm not working tomorrow♪
...wondering what to do...I love this relaxing time by myself :-)

☆CANDY TIME☆ その２

Happy Candy Time at work again!
Because of holiday time, my parents came to my work and gave us waffles and cupcakes♪
We are all girls... allow me to call myself a girl! lol
Everybody gets happy with sweet stuff♪We are having a lot of customers and doing pretty good today! Thank you, GW!!!
Work hard, eat a lot, drink a lot too :-) and be happy♪

☆CANDY TIME☆

How's everybody doing on Golden Week?
Me... at work! :-)
Because I work at a store in the city, I see more people shopping ... or maybe window-shopping around here. It seems very crowded outside.
Oh, Hiroshima City is having a festival which is called Flower Festival. The center of the festival is blocks away from here. I don't know how it's going but I guess many people visit there and enjoying parade, live music, food from stalls and so on.Now, I'm enjoying my good lunch break,,, having some candy♪
I know this is very fattening... but I love this peanut butter thing. lol
Well, I don't eat all at once ;-) I keep a package in my locker and eat little by little at my candy time. Have a good Golden Week holiday time!