Happy New Year!!! it is the year 2019, everybody. It’s time to let your life shine even more. The life kept us pleasantly busy ever since we adapted the yorkie puppy and named her Jasmine back in August last year. For the married couple like us with no children, she is the star of our…
Read more New Video on YouTube: The Giant Yorkie Jasmine Vol. 1: Two to Six Months Old
Ever since I moved back to the United States, I kept on looking for a support group to join for adult ROP (retinopathy of prematurity) patients and/or for the people who were born blind in one eye to occasionally meet up in Washington D.C. area, but it is such a shame I could not find…
Read more What I Can Do as an Adult ROP Patient and Being Blind in One Eye
“You’re doing me good, America, and I think I can do you even better,” she whispered as she placed her cigarette on the ashtray before she burned her right hand. The red Channel nail polish on her tiny fingers and the red lipstick on her lips made her fair skin glow as her long blond…
After the tearful goodbye to Germany, 30 days have passed, and my genuine gratitude towards Germany still strongly remains. Surprisingly, life is really good so far here in the United States of America, a.k.a., the Land of Freedom. I wonder if we are merely fortunate or we became better at detecting the best in matters.…
The last year in Germany went by really fast. I mean, unbelievably surprisingly crazy fast. Our six years here will end exactly in 21 days. Will I cry? Probably!!! Am I going to miss it? Absolutely!!! “Are you excited that you are moving to the U.S.?” “I should say yes. I am positive and hopeful…
Read more (21 Days until I Say) Goodbye, Germany/Tschüss, Deutschland
I have written an article about how much the power of a cup of good coffee contributes to the feelings of happiness before. I also mentioned that my deepest love for coffee started ever since I had a shot of great espresso when I visited Paris for the first time when I was twenty. The exact…
Read more The Shot of Espresso Macchiato in Italy Tells All About Happiness
I just wondered if it would be interesting to write about my work a little. I have been working as a Japanese language instructor for some private language school for quite a while here in Germany. I teach both directly at the classroom of the school and at the students’ companies. Majority of my lessons…
Time flies fast. This year is about to end in four days. How do you summarize this year? Do you think you had many events that could make you feel happy? I truly hope so. When it comes to how you define happiness, it reflects the perspective of how you see your own life. How…
A poem is… Something like, The sounds of rain during June, The red glow in the morning sky on the New Year Day, The tears of last night, The very first heartbreak at the age of fifteen- Or When The moments, The emotions and even The senses are Transformed into words and Meet the rhythm…
Today is August 12th, three more days until the 15th. The thought sometimes occurs to me that I would probably not exist in this world if the war did not end on that day in Japan. Being married to an American, I always have mixed feelings to talk about the war. His side of the…
