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This weekend felt like a very, very long weekend. Normally, I try not to post on weekends. It’s mostly because I’m trying to spend less time at the computer and more time with the family and getting the rest I need. However, this weekend….I think I just need a small break and unload my brain a little… This heat wave we’ve been getting is really horrible. Apparently, it’s one of the hottest summers that Tokyo has had ever. Of course it’s also pretty hot all over the world right now too so were all getting baked alive together…unless you live in Australia, from what IRead More →

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Amber from Life, Love, Green sent me a surprise package.  I love surprises….especially when it involves candy 🙂 mmmm, Sweetarts….I haven’t had one in ages.  In fact, I’ve already gone through more than half of what she sent me! She also sent me a few other things, including a doggie plush for E to play with 🙂  I forgot to take pictures of those since I was only thinking about the candy 🙂 Thanks, Amber!Read More →

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Ah, it’s only Monday and my brain is already going barabara. What’s barabara (pronounced bah-ra-bah-ra)?  It’s a Japanese onomatopoeia that means scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops; rustling. So, yes, my brain is currently barabara…. Let’s talk about Jason for a little bit…as an update to how he’s doing and all…. Jason’s actually doing really great. Well, not great in the way that his illness has gone away and he is back to his old self again.  No, it’s great in the way that his inflammation levels have gone up slower than before, which in Jason terms means that it’s a good signRead More →

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Ok, I admit, I’m copping out on this post. I didn’t really want to resort to this tactic since I have so many things I wanted to write about this weekend….but then I got tonsillitis last Thursday and then I lost my resolve…. It’s really hard to have a strong resolve to blog or do anything when you’re sick and all you want to do is stay in bed and sleep the sickness away. So just to tie you over and not look like I missed more than 3 days of blogging in a row, here’s something interesting that I saw on my mandatory fieldRead More →

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I feel like there has been a lack of E’s presence on the blog lately. Let’s fix that a little…. Ah…there we go…. She’s been catching on to the fact that I take photos of her everyday and so now whenever she sees the camera, she either runs away or deliberately turns away or she would get really close up.   My child is a smart one I say….maybe a little too smart sometimes. E really enjoys pulling things out of boxes.  Doesn’t matter whether it’s a big box or a little box, if there’s something in it, she will take it out. If she seesRead More →

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I’m going to talk sports today. Yes, sports….sort of…  And no, I haven’t gone off the deep end….yet. To be specific, I’m going to talk about Japan and the World Cup because that’s pretty much the talk of the town right now….especially since we beat Denmark and made it into the next round. To be utterly honest, I am so not a sports person.  I don’t have a single clue about soccer (or football to the rest of the world) other than the fact that the ball needs to get into the net in order to score.  In fact, I don’t really care much forRead More →

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As you know by now, I’ve been battling a nasty cold that E passed to me when we were in Hong Kong.  Think of it as her Mother’s Day gift to me, if you will. For the most part, the tiredness and the fever has mostly come and gone.  All that’s left now is the nasty cough that just won’t go away. It’s not even a phlegmy cough.  It’s a very dry cough. Very, very dry cough. Not only is it dry but it tends to act up the most during the evenings when I’m trying to sleep.  No, I should say that it actsRead More →

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I was feeling a bit nostalgic and was browsing through some of my old posts when I stumbled across an old post that made me burst out in laughter. Why, you ask? It’s because of this image: Anyone want to venture a guess as to what this is? They’re our drawings of a giraffe. Yes. A giraffe. What can I say.  We rule. Anyway, it’s from back when Jason and I use to play the DS game “Brain Age” (that was in 2006…so not too long ago).  We use to play it A LOT.  We’ve moved on since then. Since I only had that oneRead More →