Unless you live outside of the US, I suppose you've heard of the earthquake we had on the east coast today.  The Californians have been  teasing us for our reaction to the earthquake.  But it was a 5.8 earthquake and not something to be ignored.  I lived in earthquake prone Japan for many years and never felt anything as strong as this earthquake ( Read more... )

Thanks again to everyone who commented on my birthday post. I had a great birthday and am very hopeful that this year will be even more wonderful than the last.

A few days ago I went to the marina in DC.  My family and I bought some live crabs for dinner.  I took a picture of them while they were still alive in the pot below.  Watching their eyes ( Read more... )

Hi, everyone!!
お久しぶり！
How has everyone been spending the summer?  
Lately the weather has been perfect minus the extreme heat so I've been in good spirits.

Today is my birthday.  I've hit the big 3-0. Or what the Japanese call 三十路 (misoji). Oh why must they have a name for it??
Oh gosh, now that I'm an old lady...hope that doesn't make you want to de- ( Read more... )

Someone posted in a goodreads forum I was reading and I was quite amused by it.  So hence the video below.

 Since I like to read and I want to challenge myself to read more novels this year, I decided to join goodreads.com.
So if you're a member and have similar book interests and would like to add me as a friend feel free to. You can find my account here. I'm still exploring it to find what I can actually do on there and I'm still getting used to it so ( Read more... )

I can't believe the Sekaiichi Hatsukoi anime is almost coming to an end.  
I like when Isaka appears at Marukawa since it's fun to see the differences between the two nanahikari (Isaka and Onodera)! ^__^
Watching this episode brought me back to my days working at a Japanese office and being given work last minute just as I was leaving for the door. ( Read more... )

 I finally got around to reading the end of Ze volume 10.  I was so happy to see Genma and Himi again!! And OMG *gasp* the guy that Uta and Yukino found....!!!

Kuyashii!!!! I wanna read volume 11 now!! But I checked Amazon and it doesn't come out until next month!!  Chou kuyashii!!!

Aaa...the wait is too long!

 I wanted to write that subject in kana but I lost my windows cd so my computer won't let me install Japanese fonts. ;__;
So if you ever find me typing in Japanese, it'll be because I'm typing from my keitai or my mom's PC.  I can't wait till I can save up for a new computer.  Everything must be upgraded!

There's only two anime I'm currently keeping ( Read more... )

Win the Throne Sweepstakes

Just sharing this link for any other Game of Thrones fans who might be interested in entering.  
Game of Thrones happens to be my current favorite period/fantasy drama.  Highly recommend it to you if you're into fantasy dramas with royalty that take place in a time long ago.

I've been doing a lot of spring cleaning these last few weeks.  I'm redecorating my room and already I've painted my walls a lighter shade of pink (girly I know but hey I like it). I've sorted my closet out (I had/have a lot of old school papers in there). Sorted my bookcase (which I need a new better looking one) and bought a new queen sized bed ( ( Read more... )