wooo!!!!!!!! the weekend is here! i felt like i barely had a week! this week there were no group lessons so my schedule was pretty slack. today i have only two classes! i had one at 1-150 and the next on is 6-650, the other hours between 11 and 8 are spent prepping for lessons next week as i have 8 lessons on tuesday oh gad i:m going to melt after that! and writing postcards, and housekeeping, and talking to michelle. it:s really nice to have a break at work. our newmanager is working out great. she:s really nice, and more direct to talk to.
well, it:s finally here- the sayonara party for louise! i can:t believe it. seriously i am never cooking for 20 people again! louise is at my house as i type making rice and thai green curry. i have made an assortment of beautiful salads and dips for the occasion as well at some puddings, cocounut ice cream, banana ice cream, and marinated olives. oh gad i:m all about the green olives lately!
gad, as IF louise is leaving ALREADY! i feel like she just got here, like we both just got here... i am truly going to miss her... a lot. Louise is such an amazing person. she:s got this wild free-spirited energy about her and her existence just lights up the room. she:s really compassionate, and never fails to pick me up when i:m in pieces on the floor. she:s like a big sister to me in that respect. i don:t know, there:s been so many times when i:ve been peaking and then i talk to her and ij ust feel like everything:s gonna be ok afterwards. i know we:ll keep in touch for sure, and i:m going to see her in november. wow, life outside of Japan, i just can:t even imagine what that will be like, and luckily i won:t have to for a few years anyway! but louise... our friendship means a lot to me and though i was fully aware us being in the same place at the same time was only temporary i am still teary when i think about not having her here to just throw a quick email to, or meet up for a quick drink... ahh, the winds of change are furiously blowing in Iwaki!
i continue my blender addiction. here:s the latest. it:s a roasted red pepper and garlic dip. take about 6 cloves of garlic and a couple teaspoons of fresh basil and pulse them in teh blender. then chuck in a bunch of roasted red peppers (cut in half, broil them skin up until it turns black, then cool and peel) about 1/2 a cup if your anal about measuring, and one container of cream cheese. blend until creamy. it:s HEAVENLY!!! has anyone tried my bread yet? god i:m going to gain back all the weight i:ve finally lost here at the rate i:m going...
yesterday i realized was my 11 month anniversary. wow. that:s always a reason for a reflection. so many lessons learned, personal journeys embarked upon, dreams realized, lifelong friends made, challenges met... and still, after all that, it continues to be a new and exciting learning experience every day. i was just thinking in my zennish moment the other day that i:m just so incredibly lucky to have such a wonderful life. amazing friends, amazing family, great job, great appartment, the ability to work abroad and travel... i think of all the people who have so much less than me and it makes me stop dead from complaining about things like not having anythign to wear, or having a bad cheek day (some people get bad hair days, i get bad cheek days. that:s one thing i just really don:t like about the way i look..) or some other infintesminally minute detail of my life that is completely and utterly irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. how do i end up getting caught up in shit that just doesn:t matter? i think i:m just starting to see the infinity of my being and that as long as i don:t get too caught up about this whole being in a human body, then i:ll be alright. in fact, all the things i think i:m blessed for are all irrelevant too to some extent. i:m not defined by my job, or the company i keep, or my apartment, or by how much money (er how little rather!) i have in the banks. what then, defines my existence? what does it mean to be Danielle? if i was in a word association game, what would people say as their reply? i must mean something different to everyone who i:ve come into contact with, as we all do, since no two perceptions of reality are the same. am i defined by the sum of these perceptions? or do they not matter at all since they are based on the biased past feelings and experiences of other people? when i feel completely in sync with the universe am i striking the exact chord my life is suposed to play? or is it just a bunch of chemicals reacting in my brain to give me a physical and psychological sensation of well-being? why is it the more i think the more questions i have?
signing off until next week... when i:m sure i:ll have plenty of time to write.. Taka is going on vacation for a week to South Korea! i:m so excited for him to get to go abroad again! he:s never been to Korea before but he:s got some mates there that he:s gonna hook up with.. hmm... i wonder if he:ll eat dog there... eeyuck! anyways, it:ll prolly be a low key week, since i:m trying to pinch the pennies until my parents come... plus i am just so not in the mood to drink anymore... going through this whole :what a waste of time and money drinking is: phase... oh sometimes i feel like such a L7!
... until my parents come...which is only a week and a half away oh my god oh my god it:s going to be sanely insane when they get here!!! wooo!!!! then we:ll hit up some drinks and take them for a round of karaoke! heehee he!
well, it:s finally here- the sayonara party for louise! i can:t believe it. seriously i am never cooking for 20 people again! louise is at my house as i type making rice and thai green curry. i have made an assortment of beautiful salads and dips for the occasion as well at some puddings, cocounut ice cream, banana ice cream, and marinated olives. oh gad i:m all about the green olives lately!
gad, as IF louise is leaving ALREADY! i feel like she just got here, like we both just got here... i am truly going to miss her... a lot. Louise is such an amazing person. she:s got this wild free-spirited energy about her and her existence just lights up the room. she:s really compassionate, and never fails to pick me up when i:m in pieces on the floor. she:s like a big sister to me in that respect. i don:t know, there:s been so many times when i:ve been peaking and then i talk to her and ij ust feel like everything:s gonna be ok afterwards. i know we:ll keep in touch for sure, and i:m going to see her in november. wow, life outside of Japan, i just can:t even imagine what that will be like, and luckily i won:t have to for a few years anyway! but louise... our friendship means a lot to me and though i was fully aware us being in the same place at the same time was only temporary i am still teary when i think about not having her here to just throw a quick email to, or meet up for a quick drink... ahh, the winds of change are furiously blowing in Iwaki!
i continue my blender addiction. here:s the latest. it:s a roasted red pepper and garlic dip. take about 6 cloves of garlic and a couple teaspoons of fresh basil and pulse them in teh blender. then chuck in a bunch of roasted red peppers (cut in half, broil them skin up until it turns black, then cool and peel) about 1/2 a cup if your anal about measuring, and one container of cream cheese. blend until creamy. it:s HEAVENLY!!! has anyone tried my bread yet? god i:m going to gain back all the weight i:ve finally lost here at the rate i:m going...
yesterday i realized was my 11 month anniversary. wow. that:s always a reason for a reflection. so many lessons learned, personal journeys embarked upon, dreams realized, lifelong friends made, challenges met... and still, after all that, it continues to be a new and exciting learning experience every day. i was just thinking in my zennish moment the other day that i:m just so incredibly lucky to have such a wonderful life. amazing friends, amazing family, great job, great appartment, the ability to work abroad and travel... i think of all the people who have so much less than me and it makes me stop dead from complaining about things like not having anythign to wear, or having a bad cheek day (some people get bad hair days, i get bad cheek days. that:s one thing i just really don:t like about the way i look..) or some other infintesminally minute detail of my life that is completely and utterly irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. how do i end up getting caught up in shit that just doesn:t matter? i think i:m just starting to see the infinity of my being and that as long as i don:t get too caught up about this whole being in a human body, then i:ll be alright. in fact, all the things i think i:m blessed for are all irrelevant too to some extent. i:m not defined by my job, or the company i keep, or my apartment, or by how much money (er how little rather!) i have in the banks. what then, defines my existence? what does it mean to be Danielle? if i was in a word association game, what would people say as their reply? i must mean something different to everyone who i:ve come into contact with, as we all do, since no two perceptions of reality are the same. am i defined by the sum of these perceptions? or do they not matter at all since they are based on the biased past feelings and experiences of other people? when i feel completely in sync with the universe am i striking the exact chord my life is suposed to play? or is it just a bunch of chemicals reacting in my brain to give me a physical and psychological sensation of well-being? why is it the more i think the more questions i have?
signing off until next week... when i:m sure i:ll have plenty of time to write.. Taka is going on vacation for a week to South Korea! i:m so excited for him to get to go abroad again! he:s never been to Korea before but he:s got some mates there that he:s gonna hook up with.. hmm... i wonder if he:ll eat dog there... eeyuck! anyways, it:ll prolly be a low key week, since i:m trying to pinch the pennies until my parents come... plus i am just so not in the mood to drink anymore... going through this whole :what a waste of time and money drinking is: phase... oh sometimes i feel like such a L7!
... until my parents come...which is only a week and a half away oh my god oh my god it:s going to be sanely insane when they get here!!! wooo!!!! then we:ll hit up some drinks and take them for a round of karaoke! heehee he!
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