Your Voice Brings Breeze to Thailand

A friend of mine 

from high school

made a song,

and I would like to share 

her lovely voice with you.

I think her voice has 

power to cleanse 

people's heart

and make it all 

pure and soft.

Have you noticed?

she made this song

using an entry from my past blog. 

I was just thinking today

about lyrics,

and how difficult 

it is to make one.

What a coincidnece, 

she made a song

using my words.

I never thought 

that my words 

were lyrical, 

so it is nice to know that

somebody felt 

differently about it.

For those who want 

to know more about this 

lovely lady 

with sweet voice,

here is her link....

http://www.myspace.com/hiyokomame235

How wonderful 

it is 

to be able to 

inspire somebody 

this way....!

 Thank you Fu-chan.

ありがとね。

Tokyo Nova

Pat and I know each other since

I was 6,

and tonight

we went to a Brazilian restaurant

in Yotsuya

and had some cocktail.

Every Saturday,

I had an English lesson with Pat.

This is when I started taking a bus by myself

to go to the lesson in Kichijoji.

I will never forget how grown-up-ey I felt.

I still remember back then,

I always spelled

'berry'

for 'very'.

...and now I'm a college graduate.

Honestly,

it wouldn't have been possible

if I hadn't met Pat.

Though I'm not taking your lessons anymore,

you're still my teacher

but also,

you're my mentor

and my friend.

Thank you so much for all the support

and fun time we had together.

Tada, I'm 4 times older than

the first time we've met!!

Saci Perere
in Yotsuya, has live Brazilian music

and tasty food. I don't know aabout the owner

but the servers there were Brazilian people

and they were all friendly.

shimokitazawa

During summer and winter break

when I was back in Japan,

I used to not

tell my old friends that I was back.

I was kind of scared to see

how people would react seeing

how much I had changed.

'Change' meaning that I wasn't 90 lbs anymore.

The truth is that

I like myself right now better

but I wasn't sure if my old friends

felt the same.

I guess, in a way,

while I was struggling with anorexia,

I constantly had this feeling of guilt

that I was lying to my friends and to myself.

I never felt like I showed who I was

or let myself to be who I was.

It's just recently

that I started to accept my past

and tell my friends that I was mentally ill.

I haven't told everybody yet,

but it's not a problem for me anymore,

I can laugh and tell you about

everything that I was going through.

Shimokitazawa is a place where I used to go

almost everyday after high school.

It was my favorite

shopping/wandering around spot.

After not seeing each other for 5 years,

me and my friend from junior high

went out drinking in Shimokitazawa.

We talked about music and art and

about the junior high days

and we both agreed that it was fun time.

I think we're getting old...

We both used to be almost straight-A students

....up until Junior high.

Alas...what had happened.

P.S. 5 days more days.