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Today, E’s daycare held their annual Family Fun Day event. Last year, they held it at a park. This year, they decided to hold it in an auditorium of an elementary school, which was a good idea since it has been raining all day today. They had a bunch of activities planned, altering them a bit to fit the needs of the kids in each age range. For some reason, E was placed in the group with the other 1-year-olds even though she was 2. We would have asked them if we could move to the correct group but it wouldn’t have mattered because ERead More →

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I have really big feet for an Asian girl. I wear size 10 shoes, preferably wide since I my feet is quite wide at the front. It makes sense that I would have big feet since I am 5’9″, which makes me pretty tall for an Asian female (I’m technically taller than a lot of Asian males too). Being tall doesn’t bother me a lot since I can still find nice-looking clothes to wear but having big feet really annoys me. I find that a lot of the cute shoes that I like never come in my size which really sucks. My wide, size 10Read More →

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Sometimes I wonder about Jason. He’s a very strange person and he never ceases to surprise me with the things he does. For example, today, as I began making dinner, I realized that we didn’t have any mayonnaise for the sauce I was making. Me: Jason, do you think you can go downstairs and buy some mayo? I need some for the recipe and we’re out. Jason: Sure. I’ll be right back. Several minutes later… Jason: Is THIS enough mayo? *holds a bottle of mayo up to me* Me: *stare at him, then at the mayo, then back at him* Jason: *he smiles at meRead More →

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For this round of Alphabe-Thursday, I’ll be exploring various places in this urban jungle I call home (aka. Tokyo) This week, we’re going to visit Icho Namiki Dori and check out the colors of autumn. Unfortunately, instead of this beautiful autumn colored street you see below Photo taken by Shibuya246 This is what I ended up seeing There is absolutely nothing wrong with all this greenery especially when you live in a city like Tokyo. In fact, all I saw on my walk from the station to this area were office buildings and various stores. Nestled in the middle of all these commercial buildings isRead More →

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I am currently feeling very proud of my mom right now. Why? Because she freakin braved the Amazon rainforest and climbed all the steps to reach the top of Machu Picchu. And she did all of this without her family by her side. Why is this so amazing, you ask? Well, if you know my mom, you would know that she’s not an adventurer. She’s got the heart of a traveller but does not have a single adventurer’s bone in her body. That may sound harsh but it’s true and she would have agree that it was true too. My mom likes to travel butRead More →

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Today’s been a long day. My head hurts and I’m tired so I’m just going to put up a pretty picture and call it a post. It’s not even a picture from today. It is however something I’m wishing I can have right at this moment Mmm, Gingerbread Latte with a Candle Rollcake. Hope you have a good Monday!Read More →

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Yesterday’s outing with E really was a treasure trove of wonderful moments. I was going through some of the photos I took yesterday when I saw this photo and remembered the story behind it. This was taken in the walkway area that lead to the subway station. Rather than leaving the walls blank and boring, the people at Tokyo Dome City painted these murals that made it look like it went somewhere. It was a nice touch to an area that people used to go from one place to another. When E saw this one particular mural, she stopped in front of it with aRead More →

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Today, Jason had to go into work for a few hours so I decided to take E out to Tokyo Dome City. The place was packed unlike the weekday when I went. The area I wanted to take E to was too crowded so we went to the amusement park in the same complex instead. After going on two kiddie rides together, I bought some kuma castella, these bite-sized sponge cake in the shape of a bear, from a little snack stall. Then E and I sat down on a nearby bench to eat them. When there were only two left in the bag, sheRead More →