Play-Doh

Hahaha. I'm a big kid! I HAD TO do this...lol

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A Whispering Weirdo(yep, that's me...)

I've noticed that I'm whispering when I'm reading... Not loud, of course. Nobody has pointed out about it yet, that's because I read book at home, n I guess my kids don't even pay attention to it. Well I've read all Japanese books in public, was I whispering??? Do I do that only with books in English???lol
Then now, I just realized that I'm whispering what I'm typing(on my phone) too... I know I don't do that when I use my computer. What is it???lol
Well, when I type on my phone, I'm whispering but my lips are not moving much.(Yea, now I'm analyzing myself...lol) But when I read, I think my lips are moving at least noticeable. So I wonder, if I read this book in public... I would probably look a weirdo.lol
Is that just me???

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Monday is Funday!

At least that's what we try to feel.lol Good thing, John loves school, so he can't wait to go back to school.

Now what shall I do today? First I gotta mop the floor... Then Michele said she wanna do her workbook so let see about that... I hope I still get to relax n read the book a little.

I hope everybody has a great funday today!

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Lyric Sunday: Close to You

Another Carpenters' great song. I believe that this song is sung by many artists as well. It's just beautiful...

Close to You

Why do birds
Suddenly appear?
Everytime you are near
Just like me
They long to be
Close to you

Why do stars
Fall down from the sky?
Everytime you walk by
Just like me
They long to be
Close to you

On the day that
you were born
The angels got together and decided
To create a dream come
true
So they sprinkled moondust in your hair
Of gold and starlight in
your eyes of blue

That is why all the girls in town
Follow you all
around
Just like me
They long to be
Close to you

On the day
that you were born
The angels got together and decided
To create a dream
come true
So they sprinkled moondust in your hair
Of gold and starlight
in your eyes of blue

That is why all the girls in town
Follow you
all around
Just like me
They long to be
Close to you

Just like me
They long to be
Close to you

Woo... Close to you...

by Carpenters

See? Isn't that beautiful? I love Carpenters!

Japanese? Or American?

Sunday breakfast, it's almost 10am...lol Mine is totally Japanese style, ONIGIRI(made with leftover rice), TAKUAN(that yellow thing, Japanese pickle) n MISO SOUP(leftover... Mommy's duty...). Yum yum...lol

Kids are eating American style(?) breakfast. John's eating 2 toast with Chocolate spread(my favorite as well) n Milk, n Michele's eating cereal(Cocoa Puff).

3 more days til John's school starts! We're gonna have fun!!

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Lyric Sunday: Three Little Birds

Haha, it's even on Nick Jr. What a cute song, right? But it's really right...

Three Little Birds

Don't worry about a thing,
cause every little thing's gonna be all right.

Rise up this mornin', smiled with the risin' sun.
Three little birds pitch by my doorstep
Singin' sweet songs of melodies pure and true; saying,
"This is my message to you-ou-ou.”

Don't worry about a thing,
‘cause every little thing's gonna be all right.

Rise up this mornin'; smiled with the risin' sun.
Three little birds pitch by my doorstep
Singin' sweet songs of melodies pure and true; sayin',
"This is my message to you-ou-ou."

Don't worry about a thing, worry about a thing, oh!
Every little thing's gonna be all right.

Don't worry about a thing,
‘cause every little thing's gonna be all right

I won't worry!

Don't worry about a thing,
‘cause every little thing‘s gonna be all right.
Don’t worry about a thing,
'cause every little thing's gonna be all right.

by Bob Marley

This is exactly how I feel every morning, just most likely to me looking at the blue sky... Oh wait, we DO see two little yellow birds on the way to John's school, like they are waiting for us coming by, really. This two little yellow birds are always together, we see, not one, not three. While other birds fly right away when we walk towards them, this two yellow birds just wait for us then fly again ahead of us. They are very beautiful too, but just seeing them every morning sure makes the day better, makes us feel that every little thing's gonna be all right...lol

Movie Night: The International

The International (2009)

Clive Owen, Naomi Watts, Armin Mueller-Stahl

When I watched: October 10, 2009
Where I watched: Home, DVD

Whew... alright, it was way too difficult for me to get into this movie, first half was not very high pitched flow with all those British(or Italian or whatever) accent... it was hard for me to be awake...lol

Well, by looking at total, especially after the heavy shooting scene, I would say that if I really focus n understand, it's probably be a good movie. Still difficult though...

I was expecting a lil more easier one... I guess I gotta watch again sometime.

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Movie Night: Friends with Money

Friends with Money (2006)

Jennifer Aniston, Catherine Keener, Frances McDormand, Joan Cusack

When I watched: October 10, 2009
Where I watched: Home, DVD

Wow... this was one depressing movie... the most depressed movie I ever saw... I mean, good actresses, n not a bad story... I even watched it all, but... just so depressing...lol

Like, yea, some real life, but to me, that's just too serious-no-joke-depressing life they're talking about...

I would say... that was... something...lol

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Movie Night: Sisterhood of the Travleing Pants

Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005)

Amber Tamblyn, Blake Lively, Alexis Bledel, America Ferrera

When I watched: October 10, 2009

Where I watched: Home, on Lifetime

Hmm... It was cute story, but was not good as I expected. I mean, not bad at all, but I would see these kind on TV movies? But it's very cute, n I would like to watch with my daughter when she became that age. Well, by then this movie would be kinda old movie...lol

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The Time Traveler's Wife - page103

Wednesday, July 12, 1995 (Clare is 24, Henry is 32)

Clare: I'm lying in bed, almost asleep, when I feel Henry's hand brushing over my stomach and realize he's back. I open my eyes and he bends down and kisses the little cigarette burn scar, and in the dim night light I touch his face. "Thank you," I say, and he says, "It was my pleasure," and that is the only time we ever speak of it.

AWWWWW... I said.lol

Now I am sure that I'm into this book! This is my very 1st "English" book(except all those text books...lol), so I know I read very slow, but I find time here n there, n now I can't wait to read next!

My Favorite Bookmark

Ta-da! This one is from my favorite store Franklin Covey, it supposed be for planner, n it's like clear pocket to put photos n stuff.

I made this one a long time ago, first I put John's 1st B-day pic(yep, he was Blue!) N decorate with stickers from his 1st B-day, then after Michele's born, I added the pic of Michele(that's her 1st easter...) on the other side, so it's w-sided book mark!

I use this in my planner, but I don't need a planner now...lol It's great for bookmark. I've using this like 5yrs now... Wow...

N looking at this bookmark makes me feel like scrapbook... Hmmm... I need to plan a scrapbook party or something, I guess?

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Kids Power!

If you have children... You would understand how I feel... Kids give us this unexpected power all the time... They do n they say something we didn't expect, n make us laugh. They are so silly, they are so smart, they are so innocent, n they are so cute.

This picture of Michele, I didn't even know she was there while I was typing on the computer(yea, I focus into it...lol). Then she called me "Mommy, look!" There she is, sitting next by me. Nothing so special, she was just wearing the kids' safety goggles, which I don't even know where she found from, but she just made me laugh.

Yesterday, yea I gotta tell you this one(actually two...), we went to take flu shots to the clinic. Kids were terrified, so I promised them that I would take them to Target n get 1 toy each after the flu shot. But what we got was not shots, but those nasal spray. It didn't even bother them. Then we got out the clinic, n John said;

"Mommy I liked that guy."

"Who?"

"The guy who sprayed in our nose. Because he didn't hurt us."

"Yea? That was easy, huh?"

"Yes, so I liked him, but DON'T MARRY HIM."

"What?lol"

"Because he's too old to marry" he said...

FYI, the guy who gave us nasal mist was probably 20 something...lol

Then on the way home, all of sudden he asked me;

"Mommy, what is your favorite things to do? SLEEPING or EATING?"

"...that is so rude, John...lol My favorite thing to do is actually spending time with you guys."

Then he goes...
"Whatever you say! I thought your favorite thing to do is sleeping, because that's you always do!"

......how cruel kids can be, huh?lol

But they make us laugh like that all the time, n we never expect what they do or say... That's I call Kids Power!

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Missing Rainy Days...

I miss those rainy days... Not like just raining, but raining all day, nothing but raining... Like almost get tired of looking at raining... that kinda rainy days, I miss...lol

I mean, I don't even like rain... especially if I HAVE TO go somewhere. But looking at raining from inside of buildings is fun... n calming...lol

When it's raining so hard, don't you feel like you have to stay home? Then I would be so excited, thinking what we can do inside the house... OK, yes, we are in the house now... n like today, we didn't even step out the house... But it's not same!lol If it's raining all day n there's no way we can go out... Then I would bring all possible inside-camping-kit n enjoy camping in the house with kids. Now if it's not raining outside, n if I did that... I would feel so stupid...lol

But not only that, if it's raining outside, it would make me feel that it's okay sitting on the couch n reading a book ALL DAY.lol Well, even it's sunny outside, I'm doing that anyway... but I would feel a lil guilt-less if it was raining... that's what I'm saying...lol

I also love to go "driving" in the rain. Maybe it's because I'm not the one who's actually driving...lol(Sorry, honey!) Town looks difference when it's raining, don't you think? Well, most of people would be busy being careful driving not to get accident... I don't drive, so I enjoy the view outside...lol N I feel like we go somewhere new, even we take same road. I get excited like that.

So... I miss rainy days... n just thinking about those rainy days makes me miss my honey...lol

Mocha Latte

This is so YUM!!! Especially when I'm stressed out(like now, teaching my son how to read books... Stressful...lol), or want to relax(yea, it's becoming my reading drink!), it's sooooo good!!! It makes this foamy n creamy taste... Mmmm...lol Now I wish we had winter here...

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Teen-Dora

She's finally cute.lol Yep, obviously what she needed is the eyebrows...lol

So this is that Dora became a teen-age girl, one of those toys link to its web pages, called Dora Links. Well Michele doesn't use the computer yet, but as you can see these dolls are bigger than Barbie n Bratz dolls, which is better for her age. She has an original Dora in almost same size(obviously she got taller n her face size got smaller...lol), but it scares me when I almost step on it in middle of nights... No eyebrow, n her half-moon shaped eyes smile at me... Yea, it's really scary, you know...

Now, this one is cute. Michele really loves it. Because of this size, it's easy for her to comb the hair, change her clothes, n good size to carry around. They also have some clothes sold separately, I guess that's what I will need to buy next time...

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Movie Night: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)

Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley, Orlando Bloom, Chow Yun-Fat, Geoffrey Rush, Bill Nighy, Naomie Harris, Tom Hollander, Stellan Skarsgård, Jack Davenport

When I watched: October 5, 2009

Where I watched: Home, on USA(recorded)

To be honest here... I haven't seen its 1 n 2 very seriously.lol Well not because I didn't care, but I just didn't really have a chance to sit down n watch. So I've watched them, but not 100% understood the story...

BUT, this was good! Now I gotta go back n watch from the first one again.lol Well, it seems this one is the best, which is kinda odd because usually when the good movie's made its 3rd ones, it's usually disappointment(don't ya agree??).

Damn, Johnny Depp is hot... He's not just hot, he's gooooood...lol Orlando Bloom might be a good looking guy, but he's exactly "just" hot. You know what I'm trying to say here...lol

So I heard the rumor about its 4th, so I checked. It seems to be true, but it sounds like Keira Knightley n Orlando Bloom won't be in this one. Hmm... It's expected to be released in May 2011, so we'll see... Gotta master this whole stories by then!lol

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It's Fall, so Let's read!

OK, that's what we say in Japan. Fall is the season for reading, eating, sports... Maybe because it's not hot anymore, it's not too cold yet, but not warm either? Oh well.lol But it's very true that I really feel like reading in this time of year. So, why not?

This year... I decided to try to read English books. I tried a few time before, but I couldn't get into it. Maybe I picked a wrong book. I mean, I read books... Japanese books. I am not a heavy reader, but I do like reading. N I LOVE bookstores! I can spend all day in a bookstore. I spend at least $50 each time I visit a bookstore, n I didn't even read any books in English.lol Well I buy a lot of kids books n stationary... but I've bought some books for me too, just didn't really read them.lol

But now, since I've been into this Blog world n I've read so many blogs, now I felt that I finally am ready for reading books in English. I know there're so many great books. My best friend suggested me to read "Twilight", she said it's very easy to get into it. Hmm...

So my last visit to Borders, I was searching the right book for me. I wanted to read something like... love story with a little adventure? So maybe "Twilight" is a right choice. But I wanted something a lil more soft.lol Actually I was looking for "The Notebook" because I really liked the movie, but I couldn't find it. Then this book caught my eyes. "The Time Traveler's Wife" I haven't watched this movie, but I am very interested in this story.

But here's the thing. Usually, I just grab n buy it. Then come home, start to read, don't even really get into the story, get bored... This time, fortunately I had time, I had Michele with me but she was asleep in her stroller. So I opened the book, n read the first page... N I found it's written kinda like a diary, which I like. It seems easy enough for me to get into it.lol I guess I found the book for me! Yay!

Now, of course I am a very slow reader when it comes to the books in English. But hey, I've read about 30 pages so far! That's a new record for me!lmao The good thing is I really like to know what's next, even this story is just started! So I think I will be fine with this book...

Oh, by the way, I also bought "Twilight" as well. When(not if) I finish reading "The Time Traveler's Wife", I will try to read "Twilight". I believe my best friend's word.lol

Lyric Sunday: I'll Be There

The morning after I said good bye to my best friend... It's not easy to meet this kinda friend, especially for me... So, I would like to send this song to her!(actually this song's meant to more like boyfriend/girlfriend, but oh well, wth...lol) Because, I WILL be really there!

I'll Be There

You and I must make a pact
We must bring salvation back
Where there is love, I'll be there

I'll reach out my hand to you,
I'll have faith in all you do
Just call my name and I'll be there

And oh - I'll be there to comfort you,
Build my world of dreams around you
I'm so glad that I found you
I'll be there with a love that's strong
I'll be your strength, I'll keep holding on
Yes I will, yes I will

Let me fill your heart with joy and laughter
Togetherness, well that's all I'm after
Whenever you need me, I'll be there

I'll be there to protect you
With an unselfish love I respect you
Just call my name and I'll be there

I'll be there to comfort you,
Build my world of dreams around you
I'm so glad that I found you
I'll be there with a love that's strong
I'll be your strength, I'll keep holding on
Yes I will, yes I will

If you should ever find someone new
I know he'd better be good to you
'Cos if he doesn't, I'll be there

Don't you know, baby, yeah yeah
I'll be there, I'll be there, just call my name, I'll be there

(Just look over your shoulders, honey - ooh)

I'll be there, I'll be there, whenever you need me, I'll be there

Don't you know, baby, yeah yeah
I'll be there, I'll be there, just call my name, I'll be there...

by Jackson 5

I'm so glad that I found you, really. So I really mean it, I'll be there...

Dear My Friend

Dear my friend,

After I could say a good-bye to you with smile at the airport, now I finally can tell you how I really feel... I didn't wanna cry, I didn't want you to cry, n I could only pretend I was fine, that's the only way to avoid tears... I am not good at dealing with my emotion, besides tears are not our style.lol

We were always joking about something(n somebody?lol), n we'll keep doing that. We always made each other laugh, n we'll continue doing that too. We may not be able to see each other for a lil while, that doesn't mean our friendship is gonna be changed. I admit that I feel a little emptiness without you(who am I gonna talk s**t about ppl with, right???), but we'll be fine because we know that we'll see each other again(for sure! I'm gonna make sure that we will!lol).

We should not be sad about this short good-bye, because I am so glad that I met you. I am so glad that we could spend all this time together. N I am so glad that we became best friends.

I won't say "I will not forget about you." because this is not the end!(Besides... that's just so impossible to forget about you, right? I won't be able to forget about you even if I tried!lmao) It's just the end of our first season!(Yea, it's always more powerful in the second season... hehehehehe...lol)

So I didn't cry, it was not because I was okay. But we didn't cry because that's the way we are. So... Thank you for "not" crying but smiling with me all the way. Thank you for letting us be the way we are. N, thank you for being such a good friend!

XOXO

From your very first Japanese friend who made you try sushi, who also brought you into the world of "Japanese chocolate"...lmao