Weekend Fun

Let's see...

how should I start? 

The beginning sentence 

is the most difficult part.

Not only for the blog

entry but for anything.

When I am working

on copy-writing,

sometimes it takes 

like 30 minutes to 

to write the first line.

So in the end, 

often times 

I give up 

and write from the middle 

or the end. 

Well, anyways 

I decided that the 

first line 

for this entry 

(which is too late 

since I have started 

talking already, but anyways)

will be 

I had a nice weekend.

I met a girl name Yuka

and we hung out all day 

on Saturday.

We walked

all over Old City.

Everything was new to her

and many things were new 

to me too.

A weird health tea 

that tasted like 

ginger and black pepper.

I was hoping that 

my headache 

would go away 

but my headache was 

too stubborn.

I found 

a new kind of creature,

and it's a little bit 

scary.

ゆかちゃん

またどっかで遊んでね♪

*******************************

on Sunday,

Evan and I went 

on a bike ride

and stopped at 

a little 

neighborhood-y restaurant.

The food was 

very tasty.

There was 

a lady? 

No, a man, 

with a heart of a lady.

 And she gave 

us some 

dry seaweeds...

and it even comes with 

sticker tattoo.

I think I will put it on 

tonight.

面白いオカマちゃんが、
照り焼き味の海苔を
くれたよ。

しかも、オマケの
いれずみシール入り。
豪華。

ガールフレンドがほしかったら

いつでもおいでと
私の目の前で、
堂々とエヴァンに宣伝をする
オカマちゃん、
なかなかやるわね。

エヴァンはなんか、
怖がってたけど。
私は、笑った。
愉快、愉快。

 she told Evan

that if he needs 

a girlfriend 

she's there for her

(basically that is what she said)

I think she had 

a crush on you, Evan!

Look at the seaweeds!

Anyways,

she was a fun/ny person.

I enjoyed it. 

Haha. 

...and the other guy 

wanted to take 

me to a Tiger Kingdom

with my 'husband'

Hmmm...

it was a silly 

lunch time indeed.

Angry!

Here comes another 

movie review.

Defendor

(2009)

☆☆☆☆

At first I was very 

suspicious about 

the film 

because the plot 

sounded stupid. 

Well I was wrong. 

It was well done, 

moving and funny.

 (My favorite line in

the film is 

'No, I am a Korean 

from the earth.'

but you will have to 

find what this 

is about yourself.) 

Most parts were 

funny 

but it also brought up 

some questions 

about what is 

good and what is bad. 

Well, let me know 

what you thought about it.

Another movie is...

Alpha Dog

(2006)

☆☆☆ and a 1/4☆

This film made me feel

very sad and angry. 

It's not a film 

everybody has to see,

I mean,

it doesn't really 

leave you any thoughts/feelings

besides sadness and anger. 

It's about drugs 

and the innocent boy 

who gets killed.

Of course, 

it's not as simple as that 

but for me, it was. 

It's inspired by 

a true crime

and that's what makes me feel 

more sad. 

The parents of the boy 

is still alive 

and they will probably 

never laugh again 

like the way they used to.

Watching a film 

like this 

makes me realize

that I am 

pro-death sentence. 

Now, okay 

I am making this blog entry 

very morbid 

but oh well..

So, some people say 

the criminals should 

be given a second chance but,

the people who were 

killed by those murderers 

were never given 

a chance or a choice. 

I know living with 

 guilt is 

the most painful thing

for those whose 

heart can still feel the pain.

...and sure, 

if the person 

really really REALLY 

wants to pay back 

for what he or she did 

by bringing good things 

to the world, 

I agree they should be 
given a chance.
Say if somebody 
that I really love 
gets killed,
I don't know if 
I will feel the same 
but I am not 
going to think 
about that 'if'.
I just thought 
I should state that 
I might have a completely 
different 
view 
IF 
I was a mother 
whose child got taken away.

But for those 

who don't feel the pain 

any more, 

I don't see why 

people's tax should be 

used to feed them.

Anyways, 

enough about that topic!

My addiction these days 

are

BBC's Planet Earth.

It's a continuous 

whoa-s

and 

aw-s.

Watching Planet Earth 

makes me feel 

a little bit sad though.

I will never ever 

see all the things 

I see in the documentary. 

It's like 

going to a library 

full of cool books. 

You know 

your life is too short 

to read all.

But anyways,

Planet Earth

makes me glad that

I was born on earth.

Okay, 

I should get back to work

Ciao! from the 

other side world.

So so...

I watched 

Where the Wild Things Are 

last night.

As I've expected,

the film wasn't so good.

Well, it's just 

so impossible to recreate

that world on a screen.

The illustrations

in the book 

are made to stay

on a paper.

It kind of made me 

want to say 

'No, don't move them 

on the screen,

I want to 

give lives to them 

in my mind.' 

I hope kids 

don't get exposed 

to that film before the book.

I hope that way 

for any children novels.

Since a not-so good adaptation 

upsets me,

especially when 

you really like the original one,

I am just going to say 

that it was 

inspired by the book

and not an adaptation. 

A little wild thing 

in Thailand.

 

不思議な電話

きのう、リンコムマーケットの夜市で

エヴァンの洋服探しに二人で

ブラブラしていた時のコト。

エヴァンのケータイに謎の着信。

話し方から

タイ人の人と英語で会話しているみたいなんだけど。

なんか、様子が変。

「Ｉ　ｌｏｖｅ　ｙｏｕでいいと思うよ。

これ、今じゃなきゃダメ？

かけ直してもいい？」

とか、なんとか。

一体誰と話してるのかなー

なんで『愛してる』とかの話してるんだー？

それで、五分後にかけ直すことになって

電話をきったエヴァン。

クスクス笑いながら
彼のタイ音楽の先生が

愛してるってコトバを

Ｉ　ｌｏｖｅ　ｙｏｕ

以外の言葉で

英語で

なんて言えばいいと思う？

って聞いてきたらしい。

かわいいなあ。

先生。

ミスタースマイルっていうあだ名のその先生。

もう５０近くの

タイ人のおじちゃんなんだけど…。

彼のスウィートハートに

愛してるよって、英語で

しかも、ちょっとシャレた言い方で

言いたかったらしい。

恋愛をしている人は

やっぱり若いよね、心が。

最近は、空気が

目に見えるくらい濁ってるチェンマイ。

だから写真、あんまり

撮ってないな。

これ、ちょっと可愛いよね…。

でわ、ばーい。

yoroshiku

I came in to the a cafe 

 where I usually 

work on my 

copy-writing.

There was an older man

sitting by the door 

reading a newspaper. 

He looked at me

and smiled.

and said in Japanese 

'hello,

 you were here 

yesterday too.'

First I thought 

we have met each other 

before or something 

since he spoke 

to me so 

friendly-ly.

(Ha, I know this word is wrong) 

Well,

it happens to be that 

it was 

'nice to meet you' 

for both of us.

He said 

'yoroshiku' 

so I said 

'yoroshiku' 

too.

 

Well, that was kind of silly.

Kind of nice too.

I like weird, but nice 

encounter like that.

I miss,

blue sky,

fresh air,

rain,

and true inner peace.


I want,

blue sky,

fresh air,

rain,


true inner peace,


and strength

Window to the Past

I've been having 

difficulty 

falling asleep these days.

I start thinking 

about my 

future possibilities.

About tomorrow,

about a month from now,

or even about 5 years from now.

...and I get anxious. 

So when I feel that way,

I try to remember 

the past days.

The thoughts on

future makes me feel 

excited and anxious

but 

the memories of the past days,

the feeling of nostalgia 

makes me feel 

calm inside.

I remember anything.

It could be anything. 

I just pick one thing.

Sad or happy,

it doesn't really matter 

what it is. 

Even the sadness 

becomes something of the past. 

I can't recreate the pain,

which is nice.

I can just remember 

how I was feeling

but it doesn't hurt me anymore.

It's mostly the days 

when I was still in college

that I try to remember.

I try to recreate 

the environment in my mind

and try to remember 

what I was wearing,

what I was thinking,

how it was smelling around me,

who I was walking with

......

...

.

Sometimes, 

I pick one photo 

I've taken

or 

a photo that I am in.

I try to walk through 

the memories 

thorough the photo.

Well, 

I try to use a photo 

as a window to my past 

and try to recreate the environment

further more 

from the clues 

I am give by the photo.

Anyways, 

by the time 

I am actually 'walking'

through past days

(in my mind) 

I am usually asleep. 

I like imagining 

about my future

but I am not necessarily 

good at planning 

my future. 

 

メモリとヴィジョン

タイに来てから

本を沢山読むようになった私。

この間ラオスに行った時に入った

古本屋さんで見つけた

本当に古い本。

今日、ようやく読み終わったよ。

西脇順三郎

という人の書いた

『メモリとヴィジョン』

という本。

昭和３０年代に出版された

その本を読もうと思ったのは

ぱらぱら本をめくった時に

「勝海舟」

の名前を見つけたから。

勝海舟といえば、

龍馬の名前が浮かぶ私。

内容は、龍馬とはちっとも関係ないし

勝海舟も、一つの章に出てくるだけなんだけど、

勝海舟の友達だったってだけで

読みたくなった単純な私。

本の内容は、

彼（西脇順三郎）の子供の時の話とか、

彼が若かった頃の

イギリスとか日本の風景の話とか

イギリス文学の話、

「何も書くことがない」

とかいうコトとか…。

昔の日本語はキレイだなぁ

と思いながら読んだよ。

すごく理屈っぽいところがあったり、

一人でブツブツ言った後に

「話がそれましたが…」

って作者が言うんだけど、

「うん、すごいそれたよね」

って私も同感したり、

感情のあまりない

たんたんとした口調なんだけど、

なぜか退屈はしなかったな。

不思議。

むしろ、色々共感できた。

共感を求める文章なんて、

一つだって書かれてないんだけどね、

私は一人で共感したよ。

こういう本を読みきったのは、

今回が初めて。

年が経つと、

人間

色々好みが変わってくるものだね。

変わるというよりも、

視野が広まるだけかな。

私は昔から好きだった本も、

今でも大好きだしね。

昔からの好み自体は

変わってないかな。

タイでの生活を終えて、
別のところへ行っても
今みたいに
沢山、本を読んでいたいな。

rain rain rain

It rained last night.

 So happy!

More than the air 

right after the rain,

I love the air 

in the morning 

on the following day. 

This morning when I woke up,

I started to think about 

Ballard.

The summer morning in Ballard.

Particularly 

the area where Evan 

used to live.

A place that is full of 

good memories for me.

(...and I hope 

everybody has good memories 

when they're asked about Ballard.)

Fresh, moist air

that makes you feel glad

that you woke up.

Shopping, 

which I have not done 

in soooooo looooonnng,

would

never ever give 

me this kind of joy or happiness.

Yep.

Ciao.

Sleepy

I don't know what it is

but I have been 

extremely sleepy 

these days. 

Coffee is no help.

Oh no.

Maybe it's the smoggy air.

I can't wait for the rain.

You picked a very 

elegant place to sleep.

 

What.

helplessly sleepy.

<3

My special bed room.