Honey Cookies

I know most of people who are busy usually at work or school enjoy this GW very much.

But for me, GW is just the time I have to stay at home.

Since my hometown is in countryside, a lot of people come here on holidays.

There is really bad congestion...... I can't go out.

So, I have been really house-bound past 4 days.

I baked these honey cookies today because I was extremely bored.....

Looks just ordinary cookies, but these don't contain sugar.

I used honey instead.

The rim is so crispy and the middle is so soft.

My family gave me really big compliment for it.

I love this, too.

Japanese Mail Order Brides?

I've heard that Japanese women are becoming more popular in the States these days.

The reasons are...

☆more submissive than western or other Asian women

☆more fashionable

☆more considerate

☆respect men

☆respect men for "lady-first"action (Western women take it for granted)

Hummmmmm......

What do you think?

I know these are not applied to all Japanese women.

These are just stereo-types.

I, however, found this website today.

Japancupid.com

Japanese women are now very valuable products being sent to the States by mail order?

If an American guy mail-ordered his bride because he believed these stereo-types and got me,

he would be very disappointed.

Out of the blue

It was unexpected.

I didn't want to find it.

But I did.

I felt my blood ran down throughout my body.

It was kind of betrayal.

What am I going to do?

Nothing.

But I will not forget it.

I take it as a lesson.

I will not do it to others.

Because I know how much it hurts.

Insecurity

I belive my BF's love for me.

I know we are engaged.

I know engagement means our bond is everlasting.

I know it should make me feel settled and secured with his love.

But....

I still feel insecure sometimes.

I don't want to lose him.

I can't survive without him.

What if he dies by accident?

What if he walks away from me?

What if I make him angry?

We are technically connected by phone.

When he sounds tired or bored, it makes me feel unsettled.

Did I annoy you?

Did I bother you?

Did I do something wrong?

But he always assures me his love afterwards.

And my insecurity is gone.

I feel insecure because I love him.

I feel secured because he loves me.

Chiffon Cake

There is a party going on at one of my Ulti friends house tonight.

I was going to the party but cancelled it at the last minute because it was pouring so hard and if I dont all-night, then I would need to leave there around 22:00-23:00, which is usually the time when a party goes wild.

It is really a pain in the a** bad to leave a party that time. So I just passed it.

Also I'm not a party girl.

When it is guraanteed that I'm going to have fun at the party with my friends or so, I am not hesitant to join it.

But when it is not certain, I dont feel like it.

I usually would prefer talking at a cafe or bar in quiet atmosphere with someone I know to clubbing or partying with someone I dont know.

Anyway, I didnt go out today, so I baked this Chiffon Cake with walnuts and brown sugar.

I had some fresh cream left in a refrigerator, so it goes with the cake.

Mmmmmmm, it was good!!

I think I'm really good at baking Chiffon Cake. I have never failed in it

I might be able to open Chiffon Cake shop?

Isetatsu

On the way to the cafe , we found this Chiyogami shop.

The name is "Isetatsu".

Do you know what Chiyogami is?

Take a look at this site!

http://www.kimscrane.com/CHIYOGAMI.html

We stopped by this shop because I was looking for some Furoshiki.

Once again, do you know what Furoshiki is?

Take a look at this site now!

http://www.nsknet.or.jp/heartkcb/KCT/issues/Fall2003/furoshiki/furoshiki.html

Anyway, I bought these two. The left one is 90cm*90cm and the right one is 50cm*50cm.

Now I'm going to read a book I bought the other day, which is a how-to book of Furoshiki!

I'll be a Furoshiki wrapping expert! (maybe...)

Motomachi Gourmet Tour!!

I'm so glad it didn't rain so hard today because I was invited to go out for Motomachi Gourmet Tour! ( I named it....)

So, me and my friend went to a restaurant to have lunch.

The restaurant name is "MODISH ".

Even though this is located on the ground floor of the hotel, all menus is still reasonable.

It has really good atmosphere and an open kitchen.

I ordered "Today's lunch special" and she ordered "Stew in bread pot".

Tofu was served as an appetizer. Very healthy!

If you order these lunch menus, it includes drink as "all-you-can-drink"style.

But the cups were made of plastic.... I wish they had "glasses", though.

When we were walking around the area, she told me that there was a really beautiful tulip garden in Yokohama park(in front of Yokohama Stadium).

Look at this! Beautiful!

After lunch, we stopped by this Chiyogami store . I'll write about it later.

Then we found this bakery on Motomachi street.

My friend said bread here is really good.

The name is "Uchiki-pan".

I've heard about this bakery before, but didn't know where it was located exactly.

Then, we went to this cafe for dessert.

The name is "Bluff Cafe MOTOYA".

It was a hard work to get here because this is on top of a hill. We were out of breath when we got here...

BUT!

OH, MY LORD!!

You really need to try these awesome tarts!!

Mine was the strawberry one and hers was the blueberry one!

It is hard to tell how big these are from these pictures, but it is really big!

Icecream can be added as topping.

My friend told me if you add icecream, you can get two scoops!! Very American size!

These tasted sooooooooo wonderful!

Oh, by the way, when I saw the confectioney here, the seals on them looked so familiar.

I asked my friend that she gave this confectionery to the guests at her wedding reception .

She said it was the one.

That was really good, too.

I'm always impressed by what she chooses as presents. She always chooses right ones.

We already made next Motomachi Gourmet Tour plan!!

Lunch at this restaurant and dessert at this cafe.

I'm looking forward to it, my friend!

3rd Anniversary

I met my BF today, April 25th, 3 years ago.

It seems like we just met yesterday. I don't feel like it has been 3 years since we met here in Japan.

I really would like to thank you, honey for being so special to me.

I couldn't be happier than now if I hadn't met you.

Even yesterday, you just reminded me how special you were.

After we exchenged the emails last night, I just cried on and on because words were not enough to express my feeling for you.

I just couldn't hold my emotion and tears filled my eyes.

I loved you, I love you, and I will love you forever.

Brownie!

My wisdom tooth(up left) was pulled out today.

It didn't hurt, but it grew bit wrong way(not straight down) and there was a cabity in a tooth.

I was very astonished that I didn't feel anything while my gums were anesthetized. Modern medical science is more advanced than I imagined.

Anyway, after I got home, I coudn't eat for 2-3 hours. Also, I was required to rest. There was nothing to do.

Then I baked this brownie.

This was bit overdone, so the surface is too crispy. When I cut them into pieces, the surface cracked.

But it tastes good!

Now I can eat!!

Self-examination

I thought over my behavior past few days.

I was very self-centered and very impatient.

I was very stressed out because there was no big progress with my Visa procedure.

I was very bored because there was nothing to do.

I was very frustrated with my money just being spent even though I have no income now.

I threw my frustration at my agency because the level of their customer service was incredibly low.

*******

I received email from the president of my host company.

He asked me how I was doing and told that the agent in LA said my Visa procedure was in progress smoothly.

Also he said the interview between the Visa sponsor organization and the host company has been already done.

These are the information I have been asking my agency for.

He said if I wanna know anything about my Visa procedure, feel free to ask him, so he will let me know as much info as he knows.

I'm so glad that the president of my host company is very nice and considerate.

(well, he gave me homework, though! I need to remember all names of NHL, NFL, MLB and NBA teams and all countries going to participate World Cup Soccer 2006!! Plus some other info about these teams and countries.....I'm not that young any more....)

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I would like to give my thanks to Hiroko.

Thank you for calling and listening to me the other day when I got that awful email from my agency.

I was feeling down because of not only that email, but also that I was feeling so alone.

Then you called and showed me that you care about me.

You pulled me out of darkness. Thank you.

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I thought over how bad and lazy I had been and reached the conclusion that I should stop whining and start to cultivate myself.

Here's my resolution.

Relax and go with the flow!