キューピーマヨネーズのIndication

今日は友人夫婦を招待して、自宅でランチ。

ワイン好きのお友達は美味しいワインを持ち込んで、
私のちらし手まり寿司と鶏のゆず胡椒を振る舞い、旦那さまの大ぶりのロブスターでおもてなし。
気持ちのいい午後を素敵な仲間とゆっくりと過ごすのは、本当にいいものです。

その中の会話の一部で、
食べ始めると止まらないものの話をたら、
奥さんの方が、"Japanese mayonese!"と。他のマヨネーズは自分をコントロールできるけど、キューピーマヨネーズはなんにでもかけてしまって自分でもとめられないくらいだと。
『あーわかるわかる!』と賛同していたら、
ご主人が、"食べてたらこうなるよっていう絵がちゃーんとパッケージに描いてあるじゃん"と。
あー!まあるいお腹のキューピーちゃん!!
なるほどね～!そういう警告だったんだぁ～と大爆笑。

キューピーちゃんは日本では古くから愛されてるかわいいキャラクターで
そんな見方なんてしたことなかった。
面白いなぁと思った一節でした。

楽しい日曜の午後でした❤

Gandhi, my inspiration.

Mahatoma Gandhi. He has been one of the people who I admire as a human since I had seen a this quote.
" Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever "
This has inspired me with this quote to do the best at any moment that I was given.
I also like this one.
" You should be the change that you want see in the world"
Am I being THE change?
Just to remind myself, I wanted to write them here.

The children

Often... They annoy me and disappoint me. They are loud, misbehave and out of control, don't listen and speak back to me, Disobedient and too strong-willed. But they also sometimes become so sweet, loving, caring, obedient and understanding. Little achievements in their behavior or action make my day. The kind of moments make me keep going to be good guardian because I know I'm lucky to have them in life and be in their life. I want to make most of myself for them. I think ... I love them...maybe a lot! I appreciate them in my life.

May all living thing be happy!


子供達

子供達は煩わしいし、がっかりさせる。やかましいし、お行儀悪いしどうしようもない。言う事聞かないし、言い返してくるし、反抗的だし、譲らない。これ、しょっちゅう。でも時々、すごくかわいくて愛情豊かで優しい気遣いが出来て、素直で理解があって。そんな普段の何気ない行いの中の小さな成長が私の一日を幸せなものにしてくれる。その小さな瞬間が、わたしをやる気にしてくれる。いい保護者/近くで成育を見守り、必要な時に手を差し伸べる者であろうって。立派な大人になっていく手伝いが出来る様にって。だってもう既に、この子達は私の人生の重要な一部、そして、私は彼らの人生の一部。せっかくこんな幸運をもらえてるんだもん、出来る限りの事をしたい。私、多分。。。この子達の事が大好きだなぁ。この子達がいてくれる事に、有り難う。

love cooking? Be aware of the trap behind the nice feeling.

I have cooked a lot lately. it's like I became a 'loving cooking' person which doesn't feel bad actually. It makes me feel I'm becoming a better wife and woman. However, I just realized there is a bug hidden consequence to become a chef at home. It is... Weight control. It is soooo hard to lose weight once you get them. You enjoy cooking more,you cook more. It's simple. Then there are food which is ready to be eaten always in the fridge so you never feel hungry! Own cooking also give you comfortableness to eat, like " it's safe food so it's ok to eat a lot"....x(!!! When you've got some ingredients left in the fridge, you will find new recipes. You are happy with new recipe then you will buy more ingredients to cook some more of it. It means, again, you always have left-overs and ingredients which you have to consume. What a routine! Is it happened on only me? Doing extra exercising doesn't seem working so far. I really want to keep in shape but also enjoy cooking. I'm finding it sooooo hard to break the routine as long as you enjoy it. Hopefully, as I get better with cooking, I will become more controllable my volume of food and snitching food 。・°°・(＞_＜)・°°・。

May all loveing thing be happy!

お料理好きの甘い罠

最近料理を良く作っている。料理好きな人になった感じは悪くない。なんだか、いい奥さん、素敵な女性になっていってるような気分。でも最近、その素敵な響きの後ろに隠れてる落とし穴が見えてきた。体重だ。一度増えたらなかなか減らない。
お料理楽しいと、また作る。そうするといつも冷蔵庫には残り物が食べれる状態で残ってる。だからお腹空くヒマが無い。
手作りの安心感もある。手作りだから健康に良いしって安心感が、必要以上に食べさせる気がする。更には、冷蔵庫に材料があればまた美味しそうなレシピを探して作る。そのお料理が気に入ったら、今度は材料を多めに買って作り置きまでしちゃう。あぁ、なんて循環！エクササイズを多めにしてるけど、効果のほどは今のところ見られない((T ^ T)明らかに、消費する以上を食べてるのね。願わくば、お料理上手になるほど、量とつまみ食いのコントロールが出来る様になりますように。

Trust - a key of human life

I believe trust is one of the key of relationship. It can only be build up gradually but be ruined easily. It is very very flagile. Friendship,relationship between man and woman and family...all type of relationship can be affected by it. And once you lose it, it is hard to get it back again. It is hurshly sad when you believe someone but he/she turn back and put the tongue out.

I have the friendship with my step children which I want to grow bigger. I'm not going to be their mother, but I want to be a good friend of them. For me, those "ship"s are about respect and trust. it's also not one way. Both side have to have them otherwise it would be so weak and wobbly. I've been trying to teach them to be trustworthy which I think a key for life since we all have to interact with other people but somehow, it is a tough job. We all are on the trial every moment to prove ourselves trustworthy, at work, home, with boy/girlfriend and friends and it never end. It would be easy if you really are trustworthy, reliable person because no need to try. But how many of us have never tried? It is build up as we try to think and act responsibly and reliably repeatedly as going through the trials. It would be the only process to be genuinely trustworthy and to win genuine "friendship".

Ahhhh.. "Teaching is learning" and this learning process also never end!! Oh, life!

May all living thing be happy!

This made me cry.

MOTHERS

Real Mothers don't eat quiche;
They don't have time to make it.

Real Mothers know that their kitchen utensils
Are probably in the sandbox.

Real Mothers often have sticky floors,
Filthy ovens and happy kids.

Real Mothers know that dried play dough
Doesn't come out of carpets.

Real Mothers don't want to know what
The vacuum just sucked up...

Real Mothers sometimes ask 'Why me?'
And get their answer when a little
Voice says, 'Because I love you best.'

Real Mothers know that a child's growth
Is not measured by height or years or grade...
It is marked by the progression of Mummy to Mum to Mother.....

The Images of Mother

4 YEARS OF AGE - My Mummy can do anything!
8 YEARS OF AGE - My Mum knows a lot! A whole lot!
12 YEARS OF AGE - My Mother doesn�t know everything!
14 YEARS OF AGE - My Mother? She wouldn�t have a clue.
16 YEARS OF AGE - Mum? She's so five minutes ago.
18 YEARS OF AGE - That old woman? She's way out of date!
25 YEARS OF AGE - Well, she might know a little bit about it!
35 YEARS OF AGE - Before we decide, let's get Mum's opinion.
45 YEARS OF AGE - Wonder what Mum would have thought about it?
65 YEARS OF AGE - Wish I could talk it over with Mum.

The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure she carries, or the way she combs her hair.

The beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes,
Because that is the doorway to her heart,
The place where love resides.
The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mole,
But true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul.
It is the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that she
Shows, and the beauty of a woman with passing years only grows!

Dear friends.

I'd like to share this with you.

“ If I had known it was the last time to tack you in bed, I would have put a blanket over and prayed for God to protect you.
If I had known it was the last time to see you leaving through the door, I would have hold you and kissed you then called you again and hold you tight.
If I had known it was the last time to hear your voice filled with joy, I would’ve taken video of it and watched it repeatedly every day.
Tomorrow comes indeed. I could take things back even after I missed them once. I am given chances to fix up things I made mistake in the past. I can tell you that I love you or ask you if there is anything I can do for you anytime.
However, if those are all my misunderstandings and this is the last day of everything, I want to tell you how much I love you. And we should remember that Tomorrow is not guaranteed for anyone weather young and elderly, this might be the last chance to cuddle your loved one tight.
You don’t have to wait tomorrow if you can do it today because you would regret today that you took tomorrow coming for granted, that you thought you didn’t have time for even giving a smile, a hug or a kiss, that you didn’t make their last wish come true with the excuse of  busyness.
So, let’s hold our loved one in our arms tightly and tell them that we love them and they are the precious in our heart forever, have the time to say” I’m sorry”, “Forgive me”, “Thank you” and “ Don’t worry” . If you could do so, you wouldn’t regret ‘Today’ even if you didn’t have your ‘Tomorrow’.”

This is a note which was left by a firefighter who passed away in the rescue in the 9.11 tragedy.

On the occasion of the recent tragedy in Japan with the all events after M10 earthquake, we all realized how precious life is. Among many reports, one of the impressive things about Japanese mentality was that the victims concerns aren’t even on themselves but their family, friends and people who are suffering around them.  In reports, a boy in grade 4 in a refugee camp said that he was feeling very sorry for a baby in the freezing cold in the refugee camp. Some was crying with gratitude for their circumstances despite their life is still far from back to basic conditions and relief supplies still hadn’t reached many people. Appreciation and gentleness, the strength of Japanese mentality are shining in such a misery.

This is written by one of my friends on a blog.( It was in Japanese so I translate it. I tried to put words according to what I understood what she meant. ) It made me think how I can live better by remembering how precious every moment in our life is and being grateful for it.

Hope you all have a wonderful day.
Lots of love.
xx

Hello,my dear friends and family !

what a fantastic feeling to be able to share things with you all.