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Rainy Days and Mondays

No job means no rush hour putting up with being in a packed train. On a day like today, I appreciate for a situation I am in. After a light meal for breakfast, I decided "today is a reading day! No house chores but read!!" Ponta, my lovely cat, lost his game against Uku (another cutie) to get a wooly spot came to me asking to pet him. Then, he jupmed up onto a table to occupy my cusion I used under my arms as for his bed. Usually, I do not allow them to step on a table, but well... today, let's say OK to him. When I turn a page, I can glance him sleeping in 20 cm distance from me. Happy relaxing moment. Nice rainy monday.

Wedding Factory?!

Went to my favorite shrine called Meiji Jingu, the biggest shrine in Tokyo (I think) and most popular shrine in Japan for New year's visit (important event for Japanese like Christmas mass for the Westerners). The shrine is in a surprisingly large man-made wood in the center of Tokyo from about 100 years ago to honor Meiji Emperor and Empress (not all emperors are honored like them, but I don't know why they are so special to built such a gorgeous shrine for them). Now all trees are nicely grown, the air in the shrine area is a bit cold and different from the outside. Perhaps it is because of spiritual power of the god.

Anyway, Meiji Jingu is a popular spot to have do wedding ceremony and I saw several newly wedded (well, strictly saying, they are just on the way of the process) couples there. To be honest, all couples are systematiclly managed to process and it seems to me a factory of wedding couples (maybe I am too critical....?). At the beginning of this month, I attended my friends's wedding in Italy, and I felt that everyone was warmly celebrating their new start. I know people I saw today felt the same, but the celemony management is so time-oriented, not the atomosphere-oriented... Punctuality is a good aspect of Japanese, but I think a wedding celemony should be more relaxed, comfortable and joyful for everyone. As someone expecting her own wedding celemony in the near future (keep your fingers and toes crossed for me!), I really wonder what mine should be...

My first English blog

Spendng a couple of years to blog in Japanese for limited members (exclusively for my friends), I decided to start another blog in English. Why English? It's because I feel easy and open when I express myself in English. Perhaps, I can be free from rules my parents brain-washed into me. Anyway, let's see how much I can continue.