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Sincerely
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Friday, June 25, 2010
The last couple of days...
After +30 hours of
being in airports
and sleeping at an airport
and being on airplanes
I am, at last, back
in Tokyo.
Thank you from me
to Chiang Mai and
all the beautiful people
and time I have spent,
this is my last post
on Chiang Mai.
kao soi.
Yum yum.
It used to upset my stomach.
(It is pretty spicy)
Not anymore, though.
My stomach is
tough like a soldier now.
(I think)
The first temple
I entered in
Chiang Mai.
I always loved the
peacock
ornament on it.
Beautiful sunset.
Isn't the box
too big
for how little
chocolate I get??
Our sweet little
Gina.
Baby Chihuahuas
trying to open a bag
of dog food
on a pile of
dog food.
A hotel we stayed
during the last
few nights.
CHIANG MAI GATE HOTEL
I really recommend
this place.
The location is nice,
very close to
the South Market
which is one of the
liveliest markets
in Chiang Mai.
People are
fun and kind too.
Banana trees outside
the window.
Oasis spa
A reward for correcting
and updating a map
of Chiang Mai.
We had Lanna course.
Thai massage
+
hot compress
+
oil massage
total of 2 hours.
It was a great treat before
the long journey.
a huge bowl
of tofu
at our favorite
pad-thai store.
a view from
our favorite
curry puff shop.
I don't know
how to describe
my feeling right now.
Weird to think
that I am back.
I am back
to a place I grew up
but that is not to say
that I am back
to the place
where I used to stand.
It's a weird feeling.
Keep on moving,
take a step forward, me.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
The LIST
Here comes the
BOOK LIST!
(10/01/09-6/17/10)
1.Alchemist
Paulo Coelho
This is a book
I read when I feel
lost or sad.
Also one of the best
books to read
when traveling.
2.Bad Blood
Lorna Sage
3.Sex Slaves
(Just so you know,
it is a book that talks
about the human trafficking
in SE Asia.
To be honest, I was disappointed in
how narrow-minded
the author was.
And some of the things
she wrote were
just wrong.....
Though, I also have to say、
There were things I didn't know
and were very interesting
and good to know.)
4. Vintage Murakami
Murakami Haruki
5.カンボジア 僕の戦場日記
後藤勝
6.Tangent
Greg Bear
(My sci-fi debut)
7.Alchemist
Paulo Coehlo
(This was the fourth time
reading this book.)
8.もし僕らのことばがウイスキーで
あったなら
村上春樹
9. 国境の南、太陽の西/
South of the Boarder
West of the Sun
村上春樹
(4,8,9,10,13 are all
Haruki Murakami.
I like reading his books
in both English and in Japanese.)
10.アフター・ダーク/after dark
村上春樹
11.強運の持ち主
瀬尾まい子
（なんとなく、幸せな気分になる本）
12.South East Asia
JM Barwise and NJ White
(My attempt in learning
more about SE Asian history.
Very well written for how
much info they put in.)
13.風の歌を聴け
村上春樹
14.KEEPER/キーパー
Greg Rucka
古沢嘉通訳
(Here comes the hard-boiled literature.
I love his series.)
15.メモリとヴィジョン
西脇順三郎
(I just loved this author's way
of stinging words together.
Very quiet and very beautiful.)
16.遠い海から来たCoo
景山民夫
(A boy's adventure with
a dinosaur baby.
Surprisingly it was
believable and gripping.)
17.Les Iles/孤島
Jean Grenier
井上究一郎 訳
18.Finder/奪回者
Greg Rucka
吉沢嘉通 訳
19.Shooting at Midnight/耽溺者
Greg Rucka
吉沢嘉通 訳
20. A drink before the war/
スコッチに涙を託して
Dennis Lahane
鎌田三平 訳
21.Darkness, take my hand/
闇よ、我が手を取りたまえ
Dennis Lahane
鎌田三平 訳
22. Sacred /穢れし者に祝福を
Dennis Lahane
鎌田三平 訳
23.マイペンライ
荘司和子
24.テロリストのパラソル
藤原伊織
25. エヴァの日記
Eva Forest
小中陽太郎 訳
(A book that lifts up
my spirit and
makes me think about
the world around me.)
26.胸の香り
宮元輝
27.すいかの匂い
江國香織
28.アメリカ居すわり一人旅
群ようこ
29.十八歳、海へ
中上健次
30.真夏の犬
宮元輝
31.スローグッドバイ
石田衣良
(読み終わると、素敵な
恋をしたいな…と思える本）
ちなみに、このゾウたちは
今から日本へ持って帰る
お土産たち。
ゾウなんて、すごいありきたりな
タイ土産だけど、
あまりの可愛さに、
15匹買っちゃったよ。
先着、15名サマに♪
I couldn't resist
these cutie-pies.
The photo was taken
after I bought the first 9
and then I went back
to the store
again today and
got trapped by their
smiles.
Now I have 15 elephants.
Souvenir from me to you.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
A bundle of papers.
One of the consequences
of having much time
for yourself
AND
not being able
to read or understand
the country's
native tongue
was that
it made me want
to read.
For a while,
when we settled down in
Chiang Mai
I had this
fear that my brain
was going to lose
its ability to
understand things
through reading.
So basically
I started to read
read and read
so that
I could get rid of that fear.
Some nice people
who were coming to
Chiang Mai
from Japan
were so kind that
they brought me books.
Oh boy,
how nice is that?
...When you usually want
to have less stuff
in your luggage,
some people were
willing to have
10 extra books
in their luggage
just to bring them to a girl
whom they didn't even know.
It was very
touching
and it made me want to
do the same
for those who
are craving
stories and knowledge
on papers.
So most of the books
they brought for me
were books
that I wouldn't have read
otherwise.
It was great.
I never thought
I would get into
'hard-boiled' stories about
detectives
and bodyguards.
I think
I am more open minded
about what I read now.
I read serious thing,
I read about history,
I read about guys who fight
against the bads,
and I read love stories
etc etc...
Those people
that I probably wouldn't
meet again
opened new doors for me.
...and
books itself
also
opened new doors
for me as well.
This entry is getting long
so I will list
the name of books
I read
on the next entry.
Oh,
and don't laugh!
I know there are people
out there
who can read
so much more
in shorter time.
Monday, June 14, 2010
Kaleidoscope
Last night,
I went inside
a mini mart
by a gas station.
It smelled
just like
the minimart
in the States.
The mixture of
cardboard,
candy bars,
and plastic packages,
dust.
I guess
I have been missing
the States
more than I thought.
Many things
I do, I see, and I hear
are
starting to be
my
'one last time.'
...but then,
the truth is,
whether
I walk the same street
over and over
every single day,
and say
that is going to
continue
for the next 10 years,
each single time
I walk
on that same street
is, in fact my
one last time.
leaving one place
lets
me realize
that
every day is
just like
a kaleidoscope.
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