“コロッケ” Cedar Park, 2018
Wordless Wednesday
“コロッケ” Cedar Park, 2018
“コロッケ” Cedar Park, 2018
2018 Renew and Release
“Study Time” Cedar Park, 2018
こんばんは。
So, it’s the second day of the new year, and I decided to renew some habits that I started last year. The first is to do my daily exercise of morning squats and evening planking. I’ve been inconsistent lately, but not too bad. Mariko and Bay said I should also do some stretching or yoga poses too, and I think that is a good idea so I might try to work that into my routine.
I’m also going to keep up with my daily blogging and my daily photos. These are things I’ve been doing for a couple years now and I don’t see a good reason why I should stop.
Lastly, I will renew my efforts to learn Japanese. Each night I write a bit of hiragana and katakana and I will start taking more notes on vocabulary and try to quit writing in romaji. Perhaps the photo above will be the last romaji?
I think these things are doable, considering my current schedule, and just doing little by little hasn’t been difficult in 2017.
Oh, and one more new thing for me will be to make a short 1-second video every day. At the end of the year, we’ll see how the completed movie turns out!
So, on to the habits that I will release this year. The first is my daily journal writing. I think that it became a little redundant since I write daily here in this blog. Next, I am going to stop playing video/mobile phone games so much. I won’t quit completely, but I feel like that is a huge time-sink that could be better spent reading, studying, or drawing.
Anyway, that’s my re-focusing for 2018.
I hope you had a nice Tuesday!
おやすみ
Sticker Up
“Sticker Up!” Cedar Park, 2017
I added some stickers to my Crosstrek the other day. I am kind of nuts for the game Splatoon, and I love the fake brands they have in the game, so I added the “Zink” logo to the bumper. And of course, I had to represent my Dodgers! FYI, I bought the stickers from RedBubble, then trimmed them a bit with scissors, and put clear plastic over the top for a little more protection from the elements.
I really love my new car. It’s kind of fun and unique, so why not have even more fun with it? 😝
またね～
New Year
“Osechi” Cedar Park, 2018
こんばんは。How’s it going?
Today we spent the day relaxing at home, eating our traditional Japanese osechi meal, drinking saké, and enjoying each other’s company. Later on, we had a couple friends over for dinner and we also watched Gaki no Tsukai 2018 Special, which was hilarious. What a great way to ring in the new year! 😂
I hope you had a great day!
またね～
“Osechi” Cedar Park, 2018
“Refreshment” Cedar Park, 2018
“Osechi Cat” Cedar Park, 2018
🎶 吉川友 –『DISTORTION』
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Goodbye 2017
“New Years Soba” Cedar Park, 2017
こんばんは。Or maybe おはようございます？
Happy New Year! I’m writing this very early in the morning… the first day of 2018! But this post is about the last day of 2017, so let’s go back a bit. 😀
First of all, today is super-cold. Below freezing. In fact, we had snow here this evening! And like a crazy person, I was outside barbequing burgers for lunch. But anyway, on to the new year’s activities.
Dinner was a traditional dish of soba with tempura. The long soba noodles symbolize long life, so there’s that bit of consideration… I like that, but I like even more that the noodles and tempura are tasty treats!
After dinner, Koa went off to a friends house to party, while Mariko, Bay, and I relaxed at home and watched Kouhaku Uta Gassen as is our tradition. And of course drink saké. 🍶
“Kouhaku Saké” Cedar Park, 2017
The show was pretty good, with some fun and interesting performances, some snoozers, and lots of silly comedy. Some of the standouts for me were:
- Perfume – Cool roof-top performance with synchronized city lights
- Takehara Pistol – Heartfelt and powerful voice
- TWICE – Multi-cultural girl group with great dancing and singing
- Ringo Sheena – Eccentric and cool as always
- Sandaime J Soul Brothers – Best dance skills of the evening
- Shishamo – I love them; great band
- Kuraki Mai – She still has a fantastic voice
- Oka Midori – My favorite enka tune this year
- Matsu Takako – Nice version of Warotenka’s theme song
“Kouhaku” Cedar Park, 2017
After ringing in the new year, we are usually kind of hungry and we usually make a food-run for tacos or burgers, but everything seemed to be closed. Plus with icy roads it was better to stay inside. So we broke out the Jamiacan patties to satisfy our late-night munchies. Yum!
“Patties” Cedar Park, 2017
It was a nice day and a truly happy new year!
おやすみ！
Oyakodon Nite
“Oyakodon” Cedar Park, 2017
Yummy dinner tonight! This time my favorite oyakodon also had some gobo and pickled veggies. Mmmmm.
The year is winding down… enjoy the weekend!
