Time flies. So true!

I sometimes think like,,, "I wish one day had 30 hours or there were one more me!" when I got busy.
Of course, it's impossible.... and I don't wanna try to get along with another me! lol  Because I know I'm so stubborn and selfish very often, haha!

Rich/Poor, Happy/Sad, Young/Old, no matter how we are,


..... everybody's got 24 hours a day!  How you spend a day is all up to you :-)


I've been busy with "gotta do" stuff recently, but I have lots of "wanna do" stuff too ;-)
Managing time is required!


忙しくなると、一日がもっと長ければ！とかもう一人私がいたら！なんて思うけど、そりゃ無理だ。それにこんな頑固で気ままな私、二人も要らんって(笑)
お金あろうが無かろうが、ご機嫌でも悲しんでても、老若問わず、みんな「24時間/1日」これ平等。
使い方は自分次第。
最近「やらなきゃ」がいっぱいで忙しいのに「やりたい」もたくさん。時間をもっと上手に使わないと！

LADYBUG

Red and black polka-dot decoration on black and white stripes. I got a ladybug on my shirt :-) I noticed something hit me when I was rushing to a train station by my bike.
Not a mosquito, not a fly,,, it was a cute ladybug♪ I felt lucky and I feel I could start a day with a tiny happiness again♪

白黒に赤と黒の水玉模様。てんとう虫のブローチ♪朝急いでチャリこいでたら、何かあたった！蚊じゃない、ハエでもない、てんとう虫だもん :-) 今朝もなんだかハッピー、良い１日のスタートでした！

Ask and Believe

It's been a while since I posted here last time.  Well,,, for almost 2 months so many things, so many brand new things have happened to me.  Actually, I got sick and I was about to give up my plan "studying abroad" because I thought the disease was so serious and I was very anxious about it.  My sickness was coused by extra stress and being a little too tired, my doctor said.  The biggest problem is that I never thought I was so stressed! lol  I was just trying to deal with my stuff as I always do.  The most important thing I learned from my experience is... I'm getting older,,, step by step! lol  I have to pay more attention to my body and take better care of myself so I can get along with this stressful world!!! lol  When I found myself sick, I just kept wonder "why me?" "why now?" and I was so shocked that I never found the bright side.  But people around me supported me a lot, one of them encouraged me by advising severely... now I can say I learned to control my feeling so that I can stay more positive.  I also feel I was lucky to have a chance to know about being sick before going to the states by myself.  What if I left Japan without getting through this and same thing happened in the states... I'm sure I'd be much more worried and scared!  Well, I'm not 100% fine yet, but my body is getting better and my feeling got much better than before! :-) I'm back on the track again♪  

しばらくでした。ここ２ヶ月程で色んなこと、色んな新しいことが起きてました。実はちょっと体調不良で、あまりに深刻に心配してしまったので予定の留学も諦めかけるほど気がかりになってました。医者曰く、ストレスと疲れからのものって。まぁ…本人がそれを自覚していなかったのが一番の問題！(笑)ただいつも通りやってたんだけど。今回のことで学んだ大事なこと、それは「私は年をとっている」ということ…着実に(笑)そうと分かったら、このストレス満載な世の中(笑)上手に過ごせるようもっと体に気をつけてあげなきゃ！さすがに病気って知った時は「なんで？」「こんな時に？」って考えるばかりで、ショックだけ。でも私はまわりの人たちに支えられた、ある人なんて超～厳しい言葉でシリを叩いてくれたし…おかげで気持ちを保つことができるようになった！それに今こんな経験をしておいてよかったと思うわ。もしこれを知らず渡航しそこで初めて体調不良になってたとしたら…絶対にひどく心配だし、きっとこわい。完全復活もきっともう少し、体は随分良くなっているし、何より気持ちが元気！また再開です♪

雨よ...relaxing day at home♪

I'm not working tomorrow! Yeah!  What I'm gonna do is... nothing! lol  I was gonna go out for movies and English class, but I canceled everything!  I will just stay home and have a very relaxing day...
I never felt too tired but my body seems to... she's telling me "hey, I need a break"
So, I will be very lazy + selfish and just do what I wanna do! lol  Because I just recieved a book from Amazon today, at first, I will read the book a little in my bed tonight.  Then,,, COURRIER JAPON which I bought a few days ago because the articles in this issue seemed interesting to me, PEN - Renaissance Art that I bought but I couldn't read much and forgot about it because of busy Christmas and New Year season,,, and 2 DVDs of my favorite P!nk :-) 
I got everything ready for my stress free day♪  I hope it will rain tomorrow because rain makes me relax more♪

明日はお休み！そして何もしない！（笑）映画や英会話クラスに行こうと思っていたけど全部無し！家で思う存分のんびり。。。
心とは裏腹にお身体が「休みくれ」と少々お疲れいたいなので、好きなように過ごす怠け勝手な日にします。まず、アマゾンより本がちょうど届いたので今夜それを少し読み始めるところから。で、、、おもしろそうなクーリエジャポンと、年末年始の忙しさで読み切らず忘れていたpen、そーしーてー、怠け勝手時間の定番P!nkのDVD。
これで準備バンタンじゃ♪　そして雨、降らんかなぁ、雨降りの家休みはさらにスローになれるから♪

English and Japanese

Since my trip, I've been writing here in Japanese, too.  Becasue it seems better than posting only English, I'll keep doing it :-)
My blogging used to be just a part of my English practise.  But now, it's more like... a diary which is open to supportive people around me and in which they can see how I'm doing.
This is just a diary written by... me! lol   ...an ordinary Japanese in Japan.
If I go to the states, the situation will change a bit, but I'll be still an ordinary Japanese with a little more curiosity about being abroad than staying here :-)
I try to keep writing something here, so... I hope you enjoy it and I'm glad if you like it!
Thanks☆

こないだの旅以来、ここにも日本語を書いていたら好評なので、英語と日本語で続けます♪
英語練習用のブログでしたが、今ではみんなに私の様子をお伝えできる場になってきたようです。
とはいえ、書くのはこの私、一般人。アメリカに行けばちょっと様子も変わるだろうけど、でもきっといっしょ。ちょっとだけ海外への興味が多めにあるだけ♪
日々のことを書き続けようと思うので、どうぞよろしく！楽しんでいただければ幸いです☆
 

帰国後２週間、早いけど、もっと長い気がした

It's been about 2 weeks since I came back from my trip.  I feel,,, it was more than 2 weeks.  Like when I was in NYC, it's because so many things are going on with me and it's kept me busy, I guess.  As soon as I came back to work,,, "welcome back to the reality!" I started dealing with many issues, like finishing some report, submitting sales plans for a half year, giving job interviews and more...  When I was away from work, I went to banks many times to receive documents and a check that I had to send to the states, went out with my friends several times... and I got sick, too...lol

Sometimes it is tough for me to keep preparing for the future dealing with "NOW" which has a lot of important things... my "NOW" is mostly WORK! lol  But it's fun to do it at the same time because I'm really looking forward to my future :-)

I don't know what's gonna happen in the future but I appreciate that I already got a lot of chance to try in my life :-)  I've been learing a lot from my experience since I decided to study abroad.

Tomorrow will be like Friday for me because I'm not working on Tuesday.  I'm wondering what to do tomorrow night so I can relax a little bit before starting my day off...

If I leave work early tomorrow, I might go to a movie "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close"

...I'm sure I'm gonna cry.   

NY旅行から帰って来て２週間ほど。なんだかもっと長い気がする。旅行中といっしょで、いろんなことで忙しいからかな。。。仕事という現実に戻って書類作りからなんだかんだと、そして仕事の合間に何度も銀行の用事があってみたり、友達に会ったり、、、カゼひいたり。
時々、すごく大事な「今」のことをやりながら…私の場合の「今」ってほぼ仕事のことだけど（笑）…先の準備を常に続けていくことが大変だと思うことがあります。でも同時に充実して楽しいとも思います、だってこれからのことが楽しみだから。
まぁこの先どうなるかは分からないけど、人生でたくさんトライするチャンスに恵まれていることに感謝。いまのこの忙しい日々もとてもよい勉強です。
明日は休み前日♪夜は何をしようかと考え中、、、休日前夜のちょっと一息、リセットタイムを。時間があれば映画かな、「ものすごくうるさくて、ありえないほど近い」・・・きっと泣くな、わたし。

Get well soon.

I used to have dround apple and hot udon noodles in soup when I was sick in bed.  My mom or grandma made them for me and never allow me to have my favorite mikan orange juice with pulp because it was hat to digest, they said...

I always remember that when I'm feeling sick and making udon or apple for myself.

具合が悪いときは、すりおろしりんごと温かいおうどん。お母さんやおばあちゃんが作ってくれて♪でも大好きな「つぶつぶみかん」は消化に悪いからって、おあずけになってた。

カゼをひいておうどんやすりりんご作ってるといつも思い出します。

今年もHAPPY V-DAY♪

How was your day?  How have you been doing?

I guess everybody has been having hard busy days, but...

Rest awhile and think of people you have in your heart.

Friends, families, girlfriend, boyfriend, partners... anybody you love.

We are happy to have somebody to think of on Valentine's Day :-)

いつもいつも忙しく大変な日々。でもちょっと手を休めて想ってみよ♪友達、家族、彼女に彼、良き連れあい、、、心にいる人だれでも♪

「想う」大事な人がいるってとてもステキなこと :-)

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

bagel for lunch

This wrap-wrap-wrap stuff is lunch! lol  Again, I don't like cooking♪  So, this is the best I can!
I made a bagel sandwich with ham, lettuce, paprika, pickles and double cheese ;-)  I just put everything I like♪  And... I cut an apple and packed in a container.  That's it!  Lunch is ready.
I've been trying to bring lunch to work recently.  We usually have a 1 hour lunch break at work.  Bringing lunch saves time!  I can finish eating quickly and spend more free time during the rest of my break.
Alright, it's time to get dressed :-)  I gotta go♪  Have a good day!

I got a new pencase♪

WORLD VISION JAPAN

http://www.worldvision.jp/

It's been 5 years since I joined World Vision.  A child I write to was only 5 years old and now he became a 10 year-old boy :-)  I didn't notice 5 years have already passed until I received this hand made pencase from an area which World Vision supports in Laos.
Actually, I was thinking about buying a new pencase for me :-)  This pencase is very nice with simple material and natural color.  I like this♪  I'm gonne use this :-)

Can't wait!

Let me tell you about my happiness...
These are things that happened to me recently.


I received a very very very heartwarming letter from my friend.  She wrote to me a lot and shared her happiness with me.

One of my good friends is traveling all over the world.  She keeps telling us about her great experiences from a thousand miles away.  I really hope she keeps traveling safely!

Thanks to Facebook thing, I met my old friends there again and got plans to see them soon.  It's been more than 10 years since we had a great time in NYC♪

Miscommunication let me down, but I learned a lot from it.  I also learned good things will come up after being patient.

I feel my forever sweetheart, who really gave me the world, is always supporting me,,, no matter what.

I'm planning to my winter vacation trip to US in February,  yeah!

...and more♪


At the beginning of 2012,  I'm so excited about my future :-)

start blogging again♪

Last year, exactly one year ago...

I was having a day off on January 5th.
According to my post, what I did on that day was...  having my stomach checked with a camera,
and shopping after coming out from under the anesthetic.  lol 

http://www.rockinwasabi.blogspot.com/2011/01/ikamera-shopping.html

Since then, I had to take the same stomach check once again at a bigger hospital to see more details.
The result was,,, "nothing's wrong"  lol
A bump the doctor noticed was just because of a big vein under the surface of my stomach...

Age,,, is just a number, but I'm definitely getting older and older!
I want to enjoy everyday as much as possible and try to be nice to people...
and I'll love myself more this year♪  haha!
This is not New Year's resolutions but... these are things I wanna try.

Oh, and writing more often here, too ;-)

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Thank you, 2011♪ and hello! 2012

I appreciate everything I had this year.

I'm sure 2012 is going to be another great year :-)

"Everybody, have a happy new year!"



just my blah-blah

I feel really happy when...

"work" is prior to any other stuff in my life.

I certainly feel it's true and it's ME!  lol

Some people say  "Oh, you should take more rest.  You always work too much"

Well,,, thank you.  But I will do it in my own way because I'm not you! :-)

Besides, I know many people who work much harder than me.  So I never feel "I work too much" ;-)

I've been working on managing and coaching people.  A few weeks ago, I was just feeling "This is so difficult.  I don't know if I'm doing anything right!"  But I recently started to feel "hmm... this is kinada interesting"  It's still difficult but I try to learn from hard working people around me, books, thinking back my experience and putting it into action.  And I finally found it a bit more interesting.  lol

Just focus on what I have to do and keep trying,

Then I will see I'm making a progress later on.  This is when I feel really happy about my life♪

And I keep trying so I can see another "one more step ahead" :-) 

I guess everybody can have the same feeling... about their hobbies, studies, marriage, raising kids... anything!

For me, work is the biggest measure right now :-)  This is my personal trait♪

ロールモデルへの思考回路

"I love myself!"

Does it sound stupid or narcissist?  But I really do! lol  I do feel so much more than before! :-)

I don't know how people do, but I don't want to leave work without things done.  Because I like my job, I appreciate nice people at work and I feel this is gonna be one more challenge, I stay responsible and tell my coworkers all I've learned there.

I'm not perfect at all, but I really want tham to learn from me as much as possible.

We are going to have the busiest season until the beginning of January.  I'm going to get a little more closer to them and share + get over the crazy busy time together! :-)

To make things better, I thought about myself.  I thought how I should talk to them, how I should present myself,,, how I should be as a roll model for them. 

I thought I should care about them more.  Not like "buddy-buddy" relationship! lol 

If I were them, I would feel like following a boss I can respect.  The boss should be a person who is strict, very serious about work, funny sometimes, who treat any people impartially,,,

who is a very stable professional hard worker!   ...Am I asking too much? lol

And one more thing!  I would be influenced by a person who enjoys what she or he is doing :-)

I don't know if my coworkers will respect me! lol   but I want to be their roll model at work.  Because I want to be the ideal boss like I just mentioned, I decided to pay more attention to myself.  If my condition is bad,,, especially "mentally", I will easily forget to manage myself well.

I guess everybody is same, though ;-)

So... I will stop worrying too much about tomorrow, just focus on what I'm doing for today♪  If I do the best, I'll be able to have a chance to get better tomrrow again♪  I appreciate myself more because I've been already working on hard!

And... I will respect my coworkers so they can respect me too ;-)

Thank you for reading!

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ちょいと模様替え

I've been enjoying a very relaxng night time... listeninig to D'ANGELO.

hmm... nice♪

It's been more than an year since I started posting here.

I was thinking about moving on a little... and I decided to have one more blog♪

Here's the link → http://wasabismtsurezure.blogspot.com/  「WASABISM 徒然留学記」

I'll start keeping my diary there... in Japanese! lol

Because I want it to be a blog which tells you all,,, I don't know who's gonna read it! lol,,, how I'm doing even if you don't know English at all.

And... if possible, I'd like to share my small happiness with you as much as possible.

I'll keep posting here too.  I hope here, WASABIの世界, will be more like... an English practice blog...

So,,, I will try two of them and hope you will enjoy them too ;-)

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New York に行こう

After all...

"I wanna go to New York again!"

...is what I always feel.

California, Seattle, Florida... even some places in the middle of the states where people describe "in the middle of nowhere" because I was always worried about college and living expenses.

Unfortunately, I'm not a millionare,,, so far! lol

I've been working hard to save more for college.  Then I'm gonna spend it all in a few years!  ha!!

So... I decided to head for my favorite place in the world♪  Yes, that's New York City♪

I don't think I'll live and study in the city but I'll go closer to NYC so I can focus on school on week days and visit downtown sometimes on weekends ;-)

I know I get excited when I think of going to NY... much more than any other places in the world.

It was very simple ;-)

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ある意味わたし的 "go with the flow"

Even though I post my stuff here sometimes, it takes me way too long to write something nice, polite and logically organized... like essays for applications! lol
Because I know what I usually write here is almost 100% same as how I speak!  haha!
And it's very casual and often unnatural.
Hmmm... I'm supposed to write a lot at college, so this must be just the beginning of it and a very good practice, I guess.

I've been thinking a lot about myself recently, I mean why I choose the US, what I want to do after college, how I can express myself when it comes to my career.

... honestly, I've never thought about these kind of things so much like this!
My system is always like...
Even if I don't really know what's going to happen with it, I follow my feeling and start it when I really want to.  Then I try my best faithfully, don't give up easily, be humble, but on the other hand, keep being greedy! lol, like "I can do more, I gotta do better!"
While I keep doing it I can find something, for example, successful result, new goals or better way to go.  I'll be able to feel the progress, definitely.

Work, hobbies, relationship, whatever... the system always works to me, no matter what I do. :-)
I think I'm really lucky, lol  because everything will be alright if I keep trying♪  Sometimes it takes very long or it comes with struggling time though!  haha!

Anyway, it's time for me to write something nice, polite and logically organized. lol
I look forward to feeling that I'm making a progress and the good result after this hard time♪

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英語で診断、やってみて♪

Try this for fun!

here → http://www.oprah.com/spirit/Who-Am-I-Meant-to-Be

This is a test from the website of Oprah Winfrey's magazine.  I tried this during a break at work today.
Very simple and easy.  Just read the statements and choose your own answer, then the result will tell you what kind of person you are and what jobs are suitable for you.
I guess this kind of test is very common, even in Japanese.  But it was kinda fun to try and to see the result in English♪ 
Actually, it was a very good English practice for me.  Because I did this during a break I tried to read and answer quickly.  There were some new words so I also checked the meanings carefully... in a hurry, so I can reach the correct result. :-)
What it told me was...
I am striving to be in control---You approach everything as though you were born to be in charge.
...lol   maybe.  I'm like that sometimes! lol
 It also says.. in work, I'm suited for leadership positions.
Well,,, I do hope so too! lol  Because I've been struggling with the leadership issue recently!  lol
It told me what I should watch out for, too.  They say I am prone to becoming a workaholic, slaving away toward success while neglecting personal life...  ahhhh, could be right.  haha!
The result told me a lot more stuff♪ 
Please try this test if you are interested, and find more about yourself! ;-)

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and you're my dad, too!

I guess he's enjoying golf today :-)

People say he looks very serious and difficult.  Well, I agree with that. lol  Usually, he is.

But he likes having fun with people and treating people, especially with his dish.  He's a good cook♪

He always enjoy cooking dinner sipping shochu from his favorite glass.

...for me, a glass of wine.  Yes, I learned HOW to cook from my dad! lol

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!

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