Cooking Cooking

I didnt update this blog for a while, this is bcoz I turned to be cooking crazy. It doesn't mean that I am good at cooking though. I just found out that my rice cooker and my microwave oven can do more that just rice cooker and heat the food. I enjoyed trying to cook anyway.

My rice cooker is able to do stupid easy cake...Below was my 2nd, I modified a bit by make it to be green tea cake but the taste is ...hmmm...hard to explain, in conclusion taste was bad but it was fun to make it.

For my microwave, it can either bake or grill so I just made grilled chicken... no comment...see photos by yourself....

Mooka no Hanabi ~ Fireworks at Mooka City

Took a bus tour with colleagues to fireworks festival in Tochigi Prefecture, Mooka city.
Tochigi is around 2-3 hours from Tokyo by bus. Famous stuff in Mooka is pottery stuffs.
Today schedule:
- Blueberry picking (all you can eat 30 minutes)
- Temple
- Natsu Matsuri (Summer Festival) and waiting for Fireworks

This is my first time seeing blueberry tree, it's a bit differ from what I expected. See real photo below. I'm not good at agriculture thing so all blueberry that I picked are a bit sour compared to other. All that they said are Amai (Sweet) but why why why I got only Sour one...I'm really bad..
After learn the trick so I could eat Amai Blueberry then... eieie

Then skip to fireworks, it was nice.. Crowded but it still left some space for 7 of us to find some seat and enjoys. It was my first time seeing fireworks in Japan, it was nice...around 25,000 fireworks in this festival. It considers as big one though.....

Anyway, taking firework photo is so difficult...I gave up!

Blueberry Tree

Rice field, opposite Blueberry field



Festival Paper Lamps

Theme of today, Fireworks

Thai Food

Feel like to eat Thai food every week :P I cant cook any real Thai food anyway so I went to Lazona to buy Harray Potter and eat Thai food...yummy ^^

Postcard mania is back!

After long time missing for this section, it's back!

Kitty-chan with Hanabi for this summer season :)

P.S. Feel so good to sneak working time to post the blog haha

Vehicle

Talking about vehicle, my car in Thailand is same as this one, Honda Jazz 2005, Silver color. It could be a tough time for me without it. Not only for me but included couple of my colleague too :P He deserved to rest for 9 months after 2 years of service. Hopefully, someone still taking care you na, my lovely little Jazz.

Jazz photo in courtesy of http://www.carpages.co.uk/honda/honda_jazz_11_09_04.asp

For now, here in Tokyo, I also have my own vehicle. I bought it 2 months ago, after sick of walI walk walk all the time. From my apartment to go to closest supermarket (as mentioned in apartment manual), it takes 20 minutes walk. Oh boy, it's so far and I'm too lazy to walk that far every week. Here it is....Quite different between my 2 vehicles, only same thing is both of them are silver ...:)

It was the cheapest one I could find, 10000YEN. And it worth every yen I paid, it really is!!

Today I just made a long journey by this Mama Chari (slang for this kind of bicycle, coz most of housewife or mama uses it). After woke up this morning, I went to Tsukiji for Magurodon...Oishikatta...Yummy... then I rode pass Ginza, stop by at Starbucks then passed Yurakucho to go to Imperial Palace and Hibiya Park. These all cost me 0 Yen (^^)....so happy! Also I got a chance to do some exercise...good for health (and my weight, hopefully :P)

Hibiya Park

Park in front of Imperial Palace

Thai office at the corner of Hibiya

geez!

yesterday - typhoon

today - earthquake

tomorrow - what else??

Everybody's Changing

Credited to http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/keane/everybodyschanging.html

Keane:

"Everybody's Changing"

You say you wander your own land
But when I think about it
I don't see how you can
You're aching, you're breaking
And I can see the pain in your eyes
Says everybody's changing
And I don't know why

So little time
Try to understand that I'm
Trying to make a move just to stay in the game
I try to stay awake and remember my name
But everybody's changing
And I don't feel the same

You're gone from here
And soon you will disappear
Fading into beautiful light
Cause everybody's changing
And I don't feel right

So little time
Try to understand that I'm
Trying to make a move just to stay in the game
I try to stay awake and remember my name
But everybody's changing
And I don't feel the same

So little time
Try to understand that I'm
Trying to make a move just to stay in the game
I try to stay awake and remember my name
But everybody's changing
And I don't feel the samey awake and remember my name
But everybody's changing
And I don't feel the same

So little time
Try to understand that I'm
Trying to make a move just to stay in the game
I try to stay awake and remember my name
But everybody's changing
And I don't feel the same

typhoon is coming to town

This Sunday typhoon No.4 (台風4号) is expected to reach Kanto area. Actually we planned to go for hanabi in Yokohama on Sunday. But per website, it said that it may postpone to Monday in case of heavy rain....But...But...today,there is an announcement that it will be cancelled...what a pity!! I'm looking forward for this hanabi. I know there will be more events coming but this is so special one coz we plan for this hanabi for couple weeks...

Actually this season is not typhoon season, usually it will come around Sep to Oct but this time is irregular one...why....why....

I hate u again typhoon!

คนเมา drunker

บ้านนี้เมืองนี้คนเมามันเยอะจริงวุ้ย สามทุ่มสี่ทุ่มขึ้นรถไฟกลับบ้าน เกือบครึ่งถ้าเป็นวันศุกร์ก็เกินครึ่งได้ เมืองไทยก็คงเป็นเหมือนกันแหละเนอะที่ไปดื่มกันต่อหลังเลิกงาน แต่เราไม่เห็นเอง แต่เราว่าเมืองไทย 飲み会 มันไม่นิยมเท่าที่นี่เนอะ ว่าก็ว่าคนเมาที่นี่มันดีอย่าง (อันนี้เท่าที่เราเห็นนะ) เมาแล้วไม่ค่อยระรานใคร เมาเงียบๆ ไม่เอะอะโวยวายเหมือนบ้านเรา อย่างวันนี้ขึ้นรถไฟเห็นคนเมาแบบสองแบบ ประกบตรูซ้ายขวาเลย

1. แบบบแรก เมาแล้วหลับเลย อันนี้ดีหน่อยนั่งปุ๊ปหลับไปเลย ขออย่างเดียวหลับแล้วอย่ามาพิงเราล่ะกัน
2. แบบสองนี่ เมาแล้วดุกดิกตลอดเวลา อันนี้น่ารำคาญสุดๆ นั่งปุ๊ป เจือกกินที่อีก อะไรกัน ขยับหนีบยับตาม ยังไม่พอ ยังไม่พอ นั่งปุ๊ป หมุนซ้าย หมุนขวา โยกหน้า โยกหลัง เอนไป โอนมา ไอ้คนที่นั่งอีกข้างก็คงรำคาญเหมือนกัน นอกจากรำคาญนะ กลัวมันอ้วกอีกตะหาก

แต่ว่าอยู่ประเทศนี้มันก็หนีคนเมาไม่พ้นอยู่แล้วแหละ

Belated Tanabata

Yesterday 7/7, went to Tanabata festival (七夕,) held at Hiratsuka (Kanakawa), 1 hour by train from Hamamatsucho. Tanabata in Hiratsuka is a famous one, another one is in Sendai. However, in Sendai will be held around August, probably because of difference lunisolar calendar.
There was a story behind this festival, about Orihime and Hikoboshi. See story from wiki: Tanabata


Same as any other famous places in Japan, it always crowded. There is no exception for Hiratsuka Tanabata which is one of a kind. Luckily, yesterday wasn't so hot, mostly cloudly and Humid. (damn! I hate humid).

07-07-07

Today is 07-07-07


That's it!

Thanks to fwd mail

Someone fwded this mail long time ago, found it during clean up inbox.
Hope it can brighten up someone, including me ..

Interested posted: Japan: So Safe it's Dangerous

Find this interested topic at newsonjapan.com

So Safe it's Dangerous

Check'it out!

I'll post my comment later....Let me know what do you think!

Just for fun!

Can you read it out loud?

かっぱ
かっぱらった
かっぱ
らっぱ　かっぱらった
とって　ちってた

かっぱ
なっぱ　かった
かっぱ
なっぱ　いっぱ　かった
かって　きって　くった


Kappa
Kappa Ratta
Kappa
Rappa KappaRatta
Totte Chitteta

Kappa
Nappa Katta
Kappa
Nappa Ippa Katta
Katte Kitte Kutta


This is from ことばあそびうた book　(words play song). Written by Tanikawa Shuntaro 谷川　俊太郎
I dont know the exact meaning. It's just a word play, same as what we have in Thai.

So sleepy

My room air con didnt work for 3 days. Couldnt sleep at all..
On Friday night, temperature was 30C for whole night....such a nightmare!
Now very very sleepy (>.<)
Hopefully, they send someone to check and fix it today..