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I don’t recall if I ever wrote about tanabata (七倕) when we first moved to Japan. Since I’m practically seeing a lot of things in Japan with new eyes these days, I guess we should revisit old holidays and celebration! Ellie’s first tanabata festival! Tanabata is on July 7th every year. It’s a star festival that originated from Chinese folklore. It’s actually a very tragic story…. According to the story (at least from the way I remember my dad telling it to me when I was little), there was an ox herder who, while out with his faithful old ox, caught a glimpse of theRead More →

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Yay it is Golden Week! Technically, every week for me is golden week since I don’t work…but the best thing about golden week is that Jason has 5 days off…which means he will be home to help take care of Ellie! It also means he gets a little more face time with her since he doesn’t get to chill with her that often. Ellie’s starting to recognize me more now and would sometimes smile when she sees me. Her smile can really melt your heart and make you forget that you haven’t slept for more than 3 hours the night before. Ah, I love myRead More →