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My daughter came back from school in a panicky mode. She was holding one paper in her hand. The paper was all wrinkled because she clutched it tightly in her hand. It was a letter from the school principal. He announced about their new decision. Due to the increased number of the students enrolled inContinue reading “Combination class again 8/16/2019”

I had two rattan baskets need to be completed. While my Japanese friends were visiting us, we made these together. They had been sitting on my computer room floor for a while. Today I finally completed one of the baskets. It turned out to be a rather big round basket. It will be good toContinue reading “Hand woven basket 8/15/2019”

I woke up with a dull headache this morning. I forced myself to get out from bed. I somewhat managed to prepare breakfast for my family. I also ate some rice soup that was easy to digest. After my daughter left for school I took one hour nap. After the nap, I still felt tiredContinue reading “Under the weather 8/14/2019”

I made my homemade mirin. This is my first time to try making it. The ingredients are as follows. – 500 grams of steamed mochigome (sweet rice) – 500 grams of dried komekouji (fermented rice) – 2% of salt – 960 ml of sky vodka. I mixed all the ingredients in a hot boiling waterContinue reading “Homemade Mirin 8/13/2019”

During the last weekend, I happened to swing by the local Asian market. I seldom go there. In fact the last time I went there was four to five years ago. The reason is simple. They don’t care for the expiration date of all their merchandise. I saw their items that had already expired fiveContinue reading “Sweet vegetable soup 8/12/2019”

I had a dream of my condominium in Japan. When I moved to America, my mom bought it from me. It now belongs to my mom. My parents never rented it out to anybody. It has been vacant for 11 years now. I have been asking my parents to sell it to somebody. In myContinue reading “My condominium 8/11/2019”

We had a rainy/cloudy morning. We were planning to go to lake to swim this morning, but because of the weather, we changed our plan into going to the indoor pool instead. When we arrived there, their spacious parking lot was almost full. We had a hard time to find a vacant spot. We enjoyedContinue reading “Indoor pool 8/10/2019”

My daughter is now the 4th grader. I still walk with her to the school bus stop. There are many other younger students who walk alone from their houses. There is one more grandfather who walk with his granddaughters to the bus stop. We are the only rare parents who walk with their children toContinue reading “Steps to the adulthood 8/9/2019”

I talked with my friend through Skype. It has been two months since I talked with her in person last time. We have been friends since we were small. Our mental distance is like an ocean wave. Sometimes we feel each other very close, while sometimes we feel each other very far. Right now isContinue reading “Feeling a gap 8/8/2019”

This morning my dad visited me in my dream. In my dream I received a phone call from my dad. He said my mom and he could not go to Republic of Turkey because I wrongly typed the code to enter. Also he said he could not find a cicada. After I woke up fromContinue reading “Thinking of my dad 8/7/2019”