I have been meaning to write about my all-time favorite films. It is so hard, you all know it. I have no idea if these are my favorites, or if I want to watch them again. I really don’t know.ずっとお気に入りの映画について書こうと思っていたのですが、選べない。。。トップ１０なんて無理でした。ここに選んだのも本当に好きなのか分からないし、もう一度見たいかも分からない。 Goodwill Hunting グットウィル・ハンティングWhat a great script. l’Insoutenable légèreté de l’être 存在の耐えられない軽さI watched it just once. I only remember the very last shot of the film. But it was great. Les Parapluies de Cherbourg シェルブールの雨傘Jacque Demy is one of my favorite film director. I love all his other films. Superman I スーパーマンIIf you know me then you know how much I am in love with Superman. Both old and new ones. Pretty in Pink プリティ・イン・ピンクThis is a film from when we were all girly and dreamy.…
knitting and slow life in Kyoto
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I love this new collection from Celine. The photo is from Sartorialist blog, but I could not find a link to this particular post, so I slurped the picture from his site. Please go back a page or two to see his other photos from the Celine collection. (c) Sartorialist blog
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Today I am thankful for my Kindle. I didn’t really use it today, but anyway. I have been showing it off around all month, so I am also thankful for people who displayed excitements for me even when they couldn’t care less. But honestly, I am quite fascinated by it. I haven’t named it yet, though. You know, my computer has a name. I always choose black color for all my gadgets, so the names are usually male names. This time, my Kindle is white, but why do you want to call your Kindle “Jane”? It’s got to be men’s name. Copernicus, maybe? I have a tendency to feel incredibly attached to my things, like mobile phone. It is always hard to let an…
A bunch of us went out for a new burger shop in Kagurazaka called Martini Burger. They have martini and burgers, NY style. (and cheese cake, and all that.) The burger was really really good. We all ate in like one breath. I also had this chocolate soda, which is, according to the menu, a NY specialty. It’s kind of sour and chocolate, hard to say which. It’s not too bad, but not so great either. I’ve been to NY many times but not once I have seen this. A friend of my colleague was wearing this cool T-shirt. I love it and I really want one for myself! She kindly let me take a picture :) Today I am thankful for the wonderful…
I skipped a day. I feel defeated. Yesterday, I heard on a radio (KCRW-music) Paul McCartney talking about the song “blackbird”. He said it was not about just anyone, but he meant it to be for black people. (I don’t even know what is the politically correct term now… I personally think black is cool, much cooler than yellow.) Then he played the song in the studio. The whole thing was from their 2002 archive.Thank you, it was great. The day started out weird.An old man on the train told me to turn off my mobile because “they say so on stickers on the wall.” I looked up, there, on the wall behind the priority seats, there are stickers saying “turn off your mobile…
今日は比較的近くに住んでいる高校時代のクラスメートが私の職場まで来てくれて、一緒にランチを食べました。とても楽しかった！もう殆ど忘れていた記憶が、最近色々と蘇ってきて、なんだか自分の抜け落ちていた部分が修復されているような、そんな感覚です。クリーニングから冬物がど〜んと戻ってきて、クローゼットが満杯になりました。持っていたことを忘れた服ばかり、似たような服を持っていることを忘れてまたスカートを買ってしまいました。 Today, one of my old high school classmates came by to my office’s neighborhood, and we had a great lunch together. I have been seeing a lot of friends from high school these days, and the long-lost memories started to submerge from somewhere. It’s kind of like restoring an old painting – my memories and my self have been restored and I am seeing a clearer picture now. For this, I am grateful today. My winter clothes all came back from a dry cleaner in a bulk, and my closet is completely packed now. The other day I bought another skirt, for I had forgotten about the other similar-looking one. Above is a desert for lunch, matcha ice cream with red bean curd, …
Today I am thankful for:(1) Malcolm Gladwell – Outlier is awesome!(2) My job – there is always something new. I love learning and trying new things.(3) My friend with whom I had dinner – it is fun talking to someone of your age, who has similar job issues and perspectives.(4) That Amazon delivered me Grey’s Anatomy season 5, and I just found out that Kevin McKidd is in it!!
Today I am thankful for a day off. I’ve had a terrible headache yesterday and this morning, and I took a sick leave. I just stayed home and watched Grey’s Anatomy, season 4, which I bought a year ago but haven’t watched. I am also thankful for the series, that watching it makes my life look a lot better, less of a mess. (It also helps me get used to the natural speaking speed at the same time. Kills two birds with one shot. I also have to add that Meredith and Derek came together at the end of the season 4, so I can sleep happily tonight.) Photos from yesterday. Look at the alan sweater dress! I can totally knit this. Lovely.…
English follows. Later. 今日は日本語から！という作戦で。これでバイリンガルを目指します。 思わず早起きしてしまったので散歩に出かけて、半分部屋着のままスタバでコーヒーとマフィンを頂き、編物をして朝を過ごしました。帰り道、広場で「信州物産展」なるものに遭遇。まあ小ちゃなファーマーズマーケットです。紅玉を一袋買いました。５００円で９個くらい入っていた！お店のおじさんに「何に使うの？」と聞かれ思わず「もちろん食べるんです」と答えそうになったところ、別な種類の甘いリンゴと一緒にジャムにすると美味しいと教えてもらいました。家に帰って早速皮むき。紅玉の煮えた匂いって、コーヒーの次くらいに良い匂いだと思います。 紅玉が思ったより熟していたこともあって、残りの５個も使ってしまうことにしました。 今では買い食いを極めるわたくしからは想像もつかないかもしれませんが、大学くらいまではほぼ毎日のようにお菓子やパンを焼いていました。今考えれば、母もよくあれだけバターや小麦粉を買ってくれたものだと思う。バターだって高いのに。当時、秋といえば「紅玉でアップルタルト」が作れる季節。で、久しぶりにタルトタタンを作ろうと思い立ったものの、もう作り方が分からない！ネットで探して１５年ぶりにタルトのクラストを作ってしまいました。 使ったのはこのレシピ。大好きなSmitten Kitchenを検索して見つけました。 クックパッドのレシピは冷凍パイ生地やホットケーキミックスを使ってお手軽に作るものばかりで、却下。（冷凍パイ生地は不味いです。） リンゴを剥きすぎて手が疲れた。ストウブの鍋を使い、鍋が深すぎたこともあって水分が蒸発せずリンゴがすぐに煮えてしまって、結果的にキャラメルっぽくならず。クラスト生地の上にリンゴのコンポートが載ったようなかたちになってしまいました。 でも！美味しい。。。。。。。 やっぱり砂糖はこれ以上入れられないので（今でも十分過ぎるくらい甘い。紅玉って砂糖入れなくても美味しいし）、焼き時間を次回は２７分ではなくて３５分くらいにしてみようかな。 美味しすぎる！ただ、バター２００gと砂糖１カップ、小麦粉１．５カップを総て一人きりで消費するのかと思うと、非常に哀しいものがあります。だから一人暮らしって嫌なんですよね。 今日は早起きに感謝！かな〜。う〜ん。 友達に「美味しそう、あれ、カボチャじゃないの？」とメールで言われたので、次はカボチャに挑戦しようかなと闘志を燃やしているところ。 Farmers’ Market, Japanese Style… 売っているものはファーマーズマーケットなのに、見た目がここまで違う。。 I happened to have a very early start this morning, against my will, so I really treated myself well. After spending a few hours knitting at Starbucks, I found a small farmers’ market in the neighborhood, and bought a bag of cooking apples. It’s my favorite kind of apple, called “Red Ball”(sort of). In fact, I don’t like any other kinds. So anyway, a man at the apple stand told me how to make apple jam without adding any sugar – just add another sweeter apple. So I was compelled to try that myself. On returning home, I peeled 7 apples (I could not…
Yesterday was another difficult day, although, I felt stronger myself and felt it easier to endure. Perhaps thanks to this dog, Bailey! He is a therapy dog, owned by the Tyler Foundation, for those children with cancer. People from the Foundation visited our company for a charity event. They said they traveled all the way from Hamamatsu driving, because in Japan, therapy dogs are not allowed on public transportation.Bailey is a very very calm and sweet dog… he won’t hurt anyone at all. I could not sleep well and am up before 6 AM… Also yesterday, a friend of mine sent me this photo. It was such a coincidence that I met him for the first time, exactly 10 years ago yesterday.Hope it is…
Sparkles*United 