I'm in love with him now.


I mean, with his music.


Did you watch the Olympic exhibition of Figure skating?


Did you see a guy who played the violin on the ice when Evgeny Plushenko skated?


He is Edvin Marton who I'm in love with now! (oh, sorry honey, I shouldnt say "in love"?!)



I fell in love with his music right after I heard his violin, then bought this by Amazon.



Edvin Marton

Strings'N'Beats by Edvin Marton



Even though you are not a classic music listner, just try.



You will see why I'm in love with this!

He left Japan yesterday......


It was so nice to have him around all the time.


It just made me love him more and more every moment.


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By the way, after he left, I took JR to go back home from the airport.


Usually it takes about 3 hours, but this time, it took 4 hours and 30 min......



When I was on a train, the announcement said the train was supposed to be bound for Kurihama, but there was an accident between Yokohama and Kawasaki, so the train wouldnt go any further than Tokyo station.



So I got off there and walked to O-temachi station and took a subway, then transferred to Keikyu line, but the accident influenced Keikyu line, too. Their time schedule became very disordered.

The train I was on ran sooooooooooo slowly....... Then it took 4 hours and 30 min to go home.

I was so tired and mad........



Oh, talking about this delay, There were two foreigners sitting in front of me on the train.

They were native English speakers accoding to their English skill.


When the train arrived at Tokyo, they didnt get up, but everybody else got off, so they seemed wondering what was happening.

Apparently, they didnt understand Japanese.


So I became a super nice Japanese and helped them.


"Do you guys understand Japanese?"


"........."


" This train doesnt go any further because there was an accident between Yokohama and Kawasaki, so JR Yokosuka, Tokaido and Keihin-tohoku line are out of service. "



" Oh, really?!! Thank you so much!!!!!"





Yeah, I represented my country and now they probably think Japanese are very kind.


I contributed to my country's good, eh?

On the way to Futakotamagawa to show my BF what Ultimate is like, we got off at Jiyuugaoka to have lunch.


I searched there was a good cafe to have lunch there the day bofore, then found this cafe.


The name is "Cafe CABANON ".


It was kinda crowded when we got there, but luckily we could have a table at the balcony on the second floor.


It was kind of windy day, but wind didnt blow in there, so it felt so nice to sit outside.


I had a lunch set, which includes today's soup, salad, your choice of main dish, today's dessert and drink. I chose a gallette.


gallette


This place has really good atmosphere, very relaxing and also dog-friendly.

Even though this shop is located in the middle of Jiyuugaoka, it has very quiet, calm air.


Food tasted really delicious, too. Especially the dessert. It was a cake with whipped cream.


I dont know what kind of cake it was, but it had really rich flavor and was satisfyingly sweet.


My BF liked it, too.


But one problem was the service was very slow.

We waited for a while to be served, and after we finished our main dish, it took too long till the dessert came. I actually told a waiter that we had been waiting so long.


Other than that, I would reccommend this cafe to have good lunch with your friends or BF/GF.



During our stay in Tokyo, we went to this very expensive and famous chocolate store upon my request. I'm a chocoholic.



The shop name is Pierre Marcolini .


I didnt know where this shop was located in Ginza, so we first went to a book store and looked up the map.


The landmark to get there is Mikasa-kaikan. We could get there so easily, but couldnt find the shop.


So we went back to Mikasa-kaikan and asked where the store was.



We had to make a left turn after we passed Mikasa-kaikan, but we made a right turn....


Oops.



Anyway, we got the store and went in.


But when I saw the menu, I noticed there wasnt the one I wanted to have on the menu, so asked a waitress.


She said it was in a chocolate shop, which was the next door.


I got confused for a while, but she said there were two Pierre Marcolini shops next to each other.


One is a chocolate shop and the other one is an icecream shop, then we were in the icecream shop.


We went into the chocolate shop next door. It was crowded even though it was Thursday.


A waitress asked us that there was a table available on a smoking floor.


It really surprised me that there was a smoking floor even though this chocolate shop was a very high class chocolate shop.


You know, chocolate is all about flavor. If there is smoke, it ruins its flavor. I couldnt believe it.


Anyway, the waitress said no one had been smoking, so it might have been ok for us. But she wanst, of course, sure about customers coming later.


It was actually a suprisingly narrow and small shop. It is located at Ginza, no wonder.


I wanted to have Marcolini chocholate parfait for 1680 yen! but it was already sold out......


So I had Marcolini chocolate icecream and he had Chocolate icecream shake.


Pierre Marcolini


Oh, my god! It was really expensive but worth it for sure.


You can really taste its rich, wonderful flavor in icecream.


If you are a chocoholic, you HAVE TO go there.

Me and my BF stayed in Tokyo Prince Hotel with this plan.


The building is really old, but the room is so spacious and servise is very good.

This is the view that you can overlook from the room.


Tokyo tower


First day, we went to Ebisu to visit Ebis Beer Museum .

My BF is a big fan of Ebisu beer.


↓Who is this?

Me!


There isnt really many attractions or exhbitions, but there is a beer tasting place.


You can have 4 kinds of beer for just 400 yen!


Beer!


From left above, couter-clockwise, Major Weiss(containing yeast), Major Ale(mild type), Yebisu(Black Beer) and Yebisu beer.


I liked all of them, but especially Ale. He liked Yebisu, as always.


We usually dont like black beer, but this black one was actually very delicious.


After tasting, we went to a souvenior shop and he bought a box of beer-flavored chocolate. You can actually taste that flavor.


I bought a box of beer-flavored caramel candy.


I would recommend this place for sight-seeing.

Yesterday, we went to see my mom's best friend. She is just curious about our relationship and said she wanted to meet my BF if there was a chance.


We went to Gyukaku on his request.

Everybody says he seems very nice after they talk to him.


Anyway, when I was on a train after work yesterday, I felt something wrong in my throat.


I knew what it was immediately.


It is a cold.....



As I said before, he has a cold.

I think I have caught it from him.


Then, today when I woke up, I had sour throat and slightly running nose.


My mom gave me her medicine and I bought candies for my throat.


It hasnt got worse, but not better either.


We are going to stay in a hotel in Tokyo for 3 nights for shopping and sight-seeing.


I really hope it wont get worse during the rest of his stay in Japan

It was my birthday on 3 and it was my father's birthday on 5.


We had a party for both of us on 4. Ideal day, huh?


As I said on the previous article, we had Sushi at the party, but I wanted cakes, too, so when my BF and I went to Yokohama yesterday, we went here to buy some cakes and bread.


The shop name is "DORER". This is in Yokohama Bay Sheraton Hotel and Towers .


Here's the cakes' picture.


Cakes!



I had the right one, a cream puff. It wasnt too sweet, but you feel really satisfied after you had it.

I nibbled the other cakes, too. They were very delicious!


My dad had a chocolate cake( not in the picture) and said he could give 4 stars out of 5. Very good, right?


I also bought some pastries and had one of them this morning. It was so good!

All tastes very sophisticated, probably because this shop is in the high class hotel?!


If you happen to come to Yokohama, try some!

He came downstairs around 6am today.


I was up till 2am, so when he came down, I was still in bed, of course.


My parents woke up around 7am and had breakfast with him. I just couldnt get myself out of bed. I went upstairs and climbed in his bed, because it is actually my bed, then slept on.


I got up around 10am. He was in a dining room with my mom, just talking.

She told him I was waiting for his coming downstairs till 2am just in case, that was why I couldnt wake up this morning.

He thanked me repeatedly and said he slept almost for 14 hours. He must have been really tired.


After I had breakfast, we went upstairs and slept together. Now you can imagine how tired he was. He slept 14 hours and still could get some sleep.....


Today's lunch was Mochi! It is so amazing that he can eat any Japanese food. He likes Kinako, Anko and Isobemaki, too.


We went out for walk after lunch. He said he felt fine to go for walk. We went to a beach near my house. It was such a nice day today for walk.


I really like walking with him, so that we can talk a lot.

He told me his best friend got married with her boyfriend, who is an Italian guy. She just went to Italy to spend time with him and tried to get a job there, but couldnt because of Visa states, so they just got married.....


He also said that her boyfriend is from Roman-Catholic family, which has very very strict rules and regulations.

For example, if they wanna get married, they have to go back to his hometown and ask the townoffice for permission( so strange. why ask the townoffice for permission?!)

Then they have to publish some kind of advertisement on local newspaper to let everybody know they are getting married and to make sure no one has objections about it.

If someone objected, then they would have to go and ask why and convince this person......


Oh, my god. It sounds like 100 years ago.


This news shocked me a bit, but he said he was kinda expecting this(them getting married so hastily) would happen. Well, he knows her a lot better than I do.



Today's dinner was Sushi!

sushi!

My mom is such a good cook! She makes the best sushi in this world.

He said he likes all kinds. He actually ate all kinds and had miso-soup later, then green-tea. He must have been Japanese in his previous life.....


When we were talking, he made an announcement that we were engaged and would marry someday, especially to my dad. He asked my dad for permission of our marrige.


My dad was so easy. He just said it was approved. We knew he was gonna say that, but still, his approval made us happy.


We will go to Yokohama tomorrow. He feels better now.

今日も日本語で書いちゃいます。英語でなんか書いてられないわ!



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今日は実は私の誕生日でした。3月3日、女の子の日ですね~


でも全然いい日じゃなかった。



実は昨日彼を迎えに空港に行ったんだけど、普段だったらゲートから出てきたときにハグしてくれてキスしてくれるのに、なぜかキスしてくれない・・・。


何でだろうと思ったけど、よくよく聞いてみるとずっと風邪気味だったのに来る前にこじらせてしまったとのこと。キスするとうつっちゃうと思ったらしく、自主規制でした(笑)



空港で薬を買って飲んで帰宅。母親とは会ったんだけど兄が帰ってくる前に寝てしまい、とりあえず持ち越し。父は単身赴任で週末だけ帰ってくるのでこちらもとりあえず持ち越し。



今日の朝に起きてきて、昨日よりはよくなったといっていたので、ジャケットを買いに行くことに。ゲートから出てきたときに半袖だったから、「日本は寒いんだよ?!」っていったら、わかっていたんだけど忘れてきてしまったらしく、セーターも上着もなし・・・。長袖のTシャツしかないので、買いに行くことに。



なぜか彼のお気に入りのジーンズ●ートに行き探したものの、気に入ったのが見つからず、ズボンを2本かってお終い。前日にゲートからできたときも気がついたんだけど、彼は12月にあったときから2回りぐらい大きくなっていて(太ったわけじゃなくって肩幅が広くなってて、胸板も厚くなってて、なんかたくましくなってる)、前は入った日本のサイズが全然入らない・・・


この後G●Pやユニ●ロに行ってみたもののやっぱりサイズがなかったり気に入らなかったりで結局買えず・・・。明日からどうするんだろー


それはともかく、今日は私の誕生日!何かしてくれるor一緒に考えてくれるだろうと思っていた私が甘かった・・・。


まず、誕生日プレゼントがない・・・普段必ず買ってきてくれる人なんだけど、今回はほんとに仕事が忙しくって買ってこられなかったと。でもバレンタインデーのお礼ということでSee's Candiesのチョコレートボックスはくれたんだけど


外でお昼を食べてるときにプレゼントがないと告白された私。やっぱりちょっとショック(泣)

でもそこは物分りのいい彼女を演じようと、風邪も引いてるしやさしくしてあげようと

「そ、そうなんだ。でもきてくれたことがプレゼントだし、いいよ、別に・・・・」と振り絞った!(←よくがんばった、私!)


でもその後も彼にからかわれたりするたびに

「プレゼントないのに~」

と反論していたら、さすがに悪いと思ったのか

「ごめんね、僕が悪かったよ。何かほしいものある?」

と言わせてしまい、猛省・・・・


でもそこは乙女なので

「じゃぁ小さくてもいいから花束がほしいな」

といって花を買ってもらいました。


present



プレゼントもないし、実家にいるからあんまりぴとっとくっついてられないし、どっかでディナーかな~と密かに目論んでいたのに、

「薬の効き目が切れてきた・・・・」

と彼・・・


どうみても、家に帰りたそう。


ほんとはずっと誕生日を一緒に過ごしたくて待っていたのに、それはないんじゃない~!と思いつつも、

「じゃあ、早く帰って休もうか・・・」

とまたがんばった!(←もう自画自賛!やけくそだ(笑))


家に着いたらあっ!!という間に布団にはいって寝てしまった彼。

さすがにどっかでおきてくるだろうと思っていたのに、


起きてこない・・・・・



夕飯の時間になっても音沙汰なし。父親が帰ってきて夕飯になったけど、まだお腹が空いていないからと嘘をつき、彼がおきてくるのを待っていたけど、限界・・・


ご飯を食べてしばらくしてもまだ起きてこない・・・


彼が私の部屋を使っているのでやることがない私はテレビを見てばかり。


誕生日なのに・・・・


彼が日本にいるのに・・・


しかも父の誕生日が5日なので、家族のお祝いは4日にやることになっていたので、彼とお祝いがない私は今日はほんとに何もなし・・・


9時半になってついに惨めになってきた私。

一人になる空間がほしいのに、この狭い家じゃ自分の部屋がないとそんな場所もない。


どうしよう・・・・



と思い立ったのが車の中!

レンタルビデオ店に行くといって車でお出かけ。ほんとにいったんだけど、ビデオは借りずに併設の本屋で雑誌を買い、その後海沿いをドライブ。


もともと運転は好きなので、頭を空っぽにするにはいい感じ。途中時々自分は何をやってるんだろうと思いながら涙がじんわりしてきたけど、運転中なんだからないちゃだめ(笑)!と言い聞かせ、ちょっとすっきりして帰宅したのが10時半。


彼まだバクスイ・・・



帰ってきたらすでに兄が帰宅していた。

すると


「お誕生日おめでとう!」


と兄がプレゼントをくれた!さすがお兄様!わかってらっしゃる!


プレゼントはちょっとギャグはいってたけど、その気持ちがうれしかった。

今日は兄が一番優しいわ~と感謝。


でもその後、自分のパジャマを取りに彼が寝てる部屋にはいらなければならない私に母が

「起こしちゃかわいそうよ~」

「疲れてるのにそっとしておいてあげなさいよ」

と追い討ち。


わかってる。母は全然悪気はなくってむしろ彼氏のことを思っていってくれてるんだけど、今日の私にそれを受け入れられる余裕はなくって

「じゃぁどうしろっていうのよ!」

とあたってしまい、母機嫌斜め・・・(←当然だよね・・・)私、猛省・・・・



ほんとにわかってる。彼は一生懸命仕事して日本に来てくれてること。

体がつらくてやすみたいってこと。

誕生日のお祝いだって何も無理して今日しなくてもいいってこと。

家族は彼の心配をしてくれてやすませてあげようとしてくれてること。


全部全部100%以上理解しているんだけど、実際彼氏が日本にいるのに、せっかく自分の誕生日にいるのに一緒にお祝いできないことが悲しいって思っちゃうのはわがままなのかな・・・・


そんな風にわがままになってしまう自分が許せなくって、悲しくって、今日の誕生日はとても気分が悪かった。彼氏が許せないんじゃなくって自分が許せない・・・。


なんで彼氏が疲れてるのに、つらいのに、自分のことしか考えられないんだろうって。


ずっとずっとひとりになれなくって涙をこらえていたんだけど、みんなが寝てからこれを書いていたら涙が止まらなくなってきた。明日の朝はひどいまぶただろうなぁ~(笑)



彼は4時過ぎから現在(夜中の1時)まで一度もおきてこないで寝ています

早く風邪が治ればいいなぁ・・・。

Oh my god!!!!! It is today! He is coming!!!!!


Probably I was too excited yesterday.......


When I was in the office, I had a doughnut-shaped light in my eyesight.

I knew what it was.....

It is a symptom of migraine......



I took a medicine right away, but around lunch time, its pain became unbearable.

There was actually nothing to do at work because I am already not in charge of any projects, so I left work early.




Then when I got home, there was a box from my friend. It was chocolates!

She is this girl .

I also gave her some appliances when I moved out of my place, so she sent this chocolate box as a token.


chocolates


This tastes really good!

The shop name is JEAN-PAUL HEVIN CHOCOLATIER.


Thanks my friend!


OK, now I have to get ready to go to the airport to pick him up.


AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Happy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!