Blog － 引っ越しました！

この度、ブログを引越しました。

Here is my new blog! Thank you for reading my blog!

http://blog.goo.ne.jp/yukarimichelle

Rib Fest

Canada DayであるJuly 1stに行われた、Rib Fest。

去年も行ったんだけど、ここのリブと、Canadianのビールが最高♪

今年は、ボーイフレンドと彼のお兄ちゃんと行きました。

天気もよく、暑くもなく、このひろーい公園の芝生と青空を眺めながら、りら～くす。

こんなに芝生がきれいなところで、遊んで育ちたかったわ＾＾

夕焼け。

これでも、１０時ｐｍ前。

Canada Dayを祝う花火を待つ、待つ、待つ・・・・・。

１０時なっても暗くならない！

花火が始まらない！

１０時１０分頃になって、ようやく花火が♪

日本だと花火終わる時刻だよね＾＾；

これはCotton Candy。綿あめ。

とてもNorth Americanだわ。

サンドウィッチ。

見かけはヘルシーじゃないけど、これがまたおいしいのだ☆

リブをグリルしてます。

煙がすごい。

ここのお店で、去年もリブ買いました。

ここのがmoistで、味付けもGood!

無料のコンサートを前に、リブをビールで、Canada Dayを祝う人々。

Piano

ピアノを発見しました♪

無料で練習できるとこなので、３０分くらいしか弾けないのと、ちょっと古い電子ピアノなので、普通のピアノとはちょっと感覚が違うけど・・・。

が・・・あまり暗譜してない私は、今楽譜が、だいぶ前にコピーした楽譜１つしかない＞＜

帰国前に知ってれば、楽譜ちょっと持ってきたのにな・・・。

徐々に集めるとしよう

Happy Belated...

Valentine's Day

I was working until 8:30 on that day.
Intead, my boyfriend cooked me sea food dinner on weekend.
My favorite, smoked salmon, grilled salmon with cucumber salsa sauce and clams.

And a surprise!
He gave me two dozens of red roses

Sassafraz

It's so nice that I can leave my office at 5 pm. That never happend when I was working in Japan. But I have a long hours of work tomorrow, though.


Sassafraz, one of the famous restaurant where celebrities visit while their stays in Toronto.

My boyfriend and I could have a chance to eat at that restaurant the other night thanks to the Winterlicious.

The restaurant was destroyed due to the fire last year. But we found out that it was very nicely revampted and absolutely fantastic looking inside. There was a fall behind the shiny white coloured long wide chairs. White walls and light apple green coloured chairs. The dark brown coloured pillars were beautifully fit as an accent in that light coloured dining area.

We really loved the interior of the restaurant.

Another thing I liked was the dish, seared maple marinated cod with carrot sauce. I also had a salad with edible flowers. I 've seen edible flowers before, but that was my first time to eat flowers. The green salad looked really cute with pansy and daisy.

It was an absolutely great night to relax after 6 days of working.

卒業しました！！

I finally graduated from Master of Arts in Immigration and Settlement Studies at Ryerson University in October! I wore a gown, which I was hoping to wear in my life~~~ I am the only one in my program who was excited about wearing the gown for the first time?!

On the stage at the convocation, a professor gave us something like a scarf which we wore around the neck down to the back. We shook hands with the president of the University. The Program Director gave us a hug...

ようやく修士課程を終え、大学院を卒業しました！！ガウンを着たかった私（笑）うちのプログラムでガウンを着ることにエキサイトしていたのは、初めて着た私だけかもしれません（笑）。

It had been such a extensive and hard year. I hadn't studed that hard ever before, even when I was at UBC. Lots of reading and wirtings!! But one I finished all the studies, I kinda feel like going back to school to study again...hahaha. Now I am not thinking about going to a PhD program, but maybe I will. You never know. But I might go to another Master's program in the future when I get a parmanent residency. Hopefully. Anywho, I need to work to save money again for a trip to Japan and for a wedding?!

この１年、とってもハードだったけど、終わると、もう少し勉強したいな～と思うのです（笑）でも、この１年を振り返ると、PhDの３年から５年の研究は、今は考えられませんが（笑）永住権を取ったら、学費が安くなるので、考えるかもね。。。はたまた、他分野の修士課程のプログラム？！とりあえず、働きます。お金貯めて、日本旅行と結婚資金（？！）

Once I accomplished one of my goals, now I have others!

ひとつ目標を達成すれば、また次の目標が見えてくるんですね。

I wrote in my acknowledgement in my paper, but thank you to my family and friends for their support.

Purtuguese Town

I haven't really explored new places in Toronto. My places are like Greek Town, Korean Town, Yonge Street, Queen Street, another Koren area around Finch & Yonge, Steeles Avenue....

トロントに住んでいるのに。どうして、街を探検しなかったんだろう。忙しさに負けて、行くといったら、グリークタウン、コリアンタウン、ヤングストリート、クイーンストリート、北にあるコリアンタウン、そして中国・台湾系の多いスティールアベニュー。

I hadn't had Portuguese food for a long time since my first time!! My friend took me to a Portuguese restaurant near Ossington Avenue the other night. They have fish, rice with olives which was similar to Greek rice, grilled chicken, and round potatoes. The different kinds of bread they privided were also tasty. I especially liked the hard bread. How come I have missed such nice Portuguese food!!

ポルトガル料理、一度食べたきりだった私。今回、知り合いの人にポルトガル街に連れていってもらい、ポルトガルレストランに行きました。魚、グリークライスに似たごはん（オリーブつき）、グリルチキン、そしてころころしたポテト（日本の煮物みたいな味がした！）ポルトガル、日本と貿易してたけど、どこか共通の価値観があるのだろうか。魚も多く食べるみたい。オジントンには、魚屋さんがあった。

My friend also took me to some fish markets on Ossington Avenue. They have fresh wild salmon, bonitos, squids, octopuses, horse mackerel, clams, mussels, etc. Once taking orders, they cut them into a certain amount of bulk in front of you. Salmon looked so good~~~

Then he took me to a bakery, where Portuguese coffee, puddings, cakes and breads are sold. I got a square shaped big pudding, which was his recommnedation. Oh my god, I gave it to my housemates and my boyfriend's family. They including me really really liked the pudding!!! It's sweet, but lemony at the same time. You taste both sweet and sour on your tongue with the soft texture of the pudding itself. The pudding looks like a traditional Japanese home-made pudding. It's simple. But that was so good as simple. I need to go back and get some again!!

その後、ベーカリーに行きました。そこには、ポルトガルコーヒー、ケーキ、パンなどがあり、四角い大きなプリンを買いました。彼のおすすめ。そのプリンを、ハウスメイトとボーイフレンドの家族にあげたところ、これが、とっても評判良し♪私も気に入りました☆甘いんだけど、どこか柑橘系の味がして、やわらかいプリンの舌触りと、甘さとさわやかさが交じって、ほんとにデリシャス！！そのプリンは、日本の昔ながらのプリンのようで、シンプルだけど、そのシンプルさが、とてもグッド！また、買いに行かなくちゃ。

interview

I have been intervewing participants for my research. I found it is quite intersting to hear thier experiences. I learned a lot too. Well, I just need to sort those information into categories and analyze them, and write up a paper!!!

Rolled Sushi

たまにお寿司やお刺身が食べたくなる私。。。やっぱり日本人だわ。ということで巻き寿司作っちゃいました♪

でもその前に・・・ランチはDim Sum.

But mistakenly we bought Korean seaweed, which had lots of holes!! We rolled salmon, avocado, and Japanese cucumbers. Some were California rolles and some were, well, Japanese Western style rolled suchi?! We also put マサゴ on them. We were glad that my boyfriend's mom and brother also liked them.

Canada Day

Canada Day, July 1st

We bought crabs and steamed them. Yum yum.

Then we went to the biggest shopping mall, shopping and watching a movie, and まったり。

At the Rib Festival at the Centennial Park in Etobicoke. There were lots of families and people seemed so relaxed. It was a bit chilly but it was such as beautiful sunset! We could hardly see the CN Tower in Toronto. We enjoyed nice ribs and Canadian beer on the grass, watching the sunset♪ We were waiting for the fireworks, looking the bit darker sky. The fireworks started around 10:15 pm. That's the time when the fireworks are over in Japan, isn't that?

If you expect such big and long fireworks, no.... It was about 15 minutes or so. But it was good we celebrated Canada Day with other Canadians.