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November 30, 2008

A Day in Ario Mall, Kawaguchi

We had a late lunch at Ken Steak, inside Ario, one of the shopping mall close by. Though we got to get there by car. Still s distance. It wasn't that packed, around 14:30, we still had to queue for quite a couple minutes. It's a steak house with viking salad bar, drinks, and curry and rice. Eat as you like, if you can eat it.

I had the curry rice first because Karin wanted to have my chicken chop first. After she was full of it and soda water, she stopped it and started to have desserts. So, I tried to finished the chop, somehow couldn't finished the whole plate. In fact I had had enough salad and the soup plus the curry rice.

Shion ran here and there while we shopping for "something."

I saw a pair of leather shoes which cost 5,000 yen, and with 20% cashback, which means it costs 4,000 yen eventually, so I decided to try and bought it. The photo might not look that great, perhaps with jeans it looks really handsome. To wear it to work might be a bit too much for my standard sales consultant look. Never mind, I will keep it on the weekend. Will take another photo next week then.

My mobile camera isn't that great, so it didn't look good at all. But, the sky was so beautiful today with the moon and the sunset.

On the road before we reached home, illumination has started, and the colour was cold, but bright though. Tried with night mode, but it looked so ugly. Never mind, just a reminder. I should take my camera and take it next week.

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November 30, 2008

Manuscript

For some reasons, Shion tends to write some unreadable notes from top to bottom, which looks like the classic way of writing! He still hasn't started to learn to write in kindergarden yet. May be it's his drawing!

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November 30, 2008

The Blossoms of the Week

Tomorrow will announce the coming of December and the countdown of the end of 2008. I'm actually preparing for any changes to come: today I bought the flowers for my wife, and at the same time telling myself, life will be much dull without changes.

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November 29, 2008

Dreamgirls and Angels are all Crazy in Love

Yesterday I watched "Angel" and a Japanese manga-based Korean production movie, "Renri no Eda." The latter was kind of comical and how should I say, you can't be too logical about why this is like that and why that is like this, because it is hard to make sense for some part of it. Though, as an entertainment, I think it's ok.
 
"Angel" gave me a strong impact, and how the story was produced and how it ended. It is some movies that I would think to be considered "good" from the point of my literature definition. The purpose of the setting that was set back to the times where media wasn't still as influencing as now makes me recall of Stephen King's time setting as well; always the times of the past but not much of present. It's something that strikes me. The past and the freshness.
 
Then I rented the soundtrack of Dreamgirls and Beyonce' B'day. Shion has been "shaking" all the while whenever his listens to the song.

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Crazy In Love Whole Song by Beyonce, Jay Z  

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November 18, 2008

Dinner@LaLa garden, Kawaguchi

This was last Sunday. Black sesame tantan noodle and pork (kakuni) rice. It was great!

LaLa garden

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November 16, 2008

It's Becoming Like a Jungle!

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November 14, 2008

Little Santa Has Come to Town

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November 14, 2008

The Colour of November

It's autumn here in Japan. Gradually I am doing some of my gardening and trying to add more greenery at home. I too have my small pot in the office, which I got it for 100 yen with glass pot with it! I went out for flowers just now. Feel to have some autumn colour in the house. As seen in the picture, almost no green. About 1000 yen, Is it cheap? I don't know, but I have chosen that for the sake of November, the autumn colour. 



At the kitchen counter, I have lined up a few pots and plants that I got recently. It lives up the atmosphere. I have to cook for kids on weekend, that motivate me quite a lot. What shall we have for lunch? "Enchanted" with fried rice sounds great for today! 
Shion, my son, cut his pants with a scissors after watching "Enchanted" the other day! I got to find out why he did so, from the DVD. 

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November 11, 2008

Standing Bar at Ebisu

The restaurant is called Q. They must have invested few ten million yen for decoration, but am sure they have got their money back by now. Tuesday night and it was full of people! The smoked bacon was great.

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November 10, 2008

Sweet and Sour Pork

First time I have this dish with quail eggs. Last time we ordered sweet and sour pork, it was more red-like, today somehow it's more fried pork-like, and with quail eggs. Depends on mood, huh? Whatever, but it tasted great!

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