Sabbath: Rest

Sorry for not posting a vacation note earlier!  

Yum is out of Japan and will be back at the end of April.  Please leave a message! Beeep~ 

Back to Hong Kong and Toronto, saw my cat tigger's orn, sapping the peppermint tea I have left here half a year ago, spending time with my family... but the most of all, absorbing the quietness in the air of the Northern sky.  Simply let my soul rest and allow the thoughts and experiences sink in and filter...

Sorry if I don't get to see you, although I do miss you :)

May a Flower Blossom for You Everyday

Lovely bouquet from Yoshino coffee shop owner @Ofunato.
I told her that it was abit scary to stay in the japanese style old apartment all by myself, and she gave me this cute bunch when I was about to leave.
"It may make the room abit brighter," she said.
Indeed, it is warmer!

Happy New Year!

It was a chilly new year in Tokyo.  Wind was blowing hard, but it was warm inside my friend's common house. I have come back to Japan after my grandpa's funeral in Hong Kong, my friend Chiyo has kindly offered me a place to stay along with all her amazing housemates in Asakusa.  They truly made me feel like at home!   For the short few days I have stayed, Chiyo has managed to forgot that I was merely a guest and turned to me to ask for direction and things along that line around her area, only to find me blinking blank at her XD  On the new year's eve, Paul, our friend from volunteering at Mother Teresa's place in Kolkata popped by to visit.  We ate vegetable hot pot, steamed egg with shiki (me!), yakisoba (fried noodles) and drank together.  Topics ranged from education, music, faith, dating, dreams etc spurred over the food and beer with lots of laughter.  Then Chiyo and I retreated from the crowd, spent a quiet time of praying and singing as we crossed over from 2011 to 2012.

Thank you Chiyo, Kei, Kent, Yuko and Yoshi for making my new year!  

Sharing my Finger Tip Joy ;)

After bundled up my finger for a good couple of days, the wound is healed!  and I managed to shave off 2mm fibrous skin off it before taking this picture.
Oh what happened to my finger?  Nothing.  The rubber hammer just missed a gigantic brick and went for my tiny little finger tip instead (I feel so smart these days when I learn how to do handy work).

to my radiation therapist friends:  tegaderm and paper tape are great for finger tip wounds!

A small  price to pay for the making of a community park ;)
Park story coming soon!!

Rest: semicolon.

Starting from tomorrow, I will take a 10 days break from the earthquake tsunami area.  Going to Osaka, kyoto and tokyo to visit friends and have some quiet time with myself and God.
After 3 weeks of relief work, it is time to rest, redeem some lost thoughts and reflect.

Just found out one of our dance teachers has lost her son in the tsunami.  It was a shock to us all, who were so oblivious of the deep sorrow that our beloved mama has been enduring all these time.  At a loss of words and thoughts, I don't know what to think or what should I think.  I will let this thought settle abit before I share more.

Arrived!

***Post From yesterday***

Arrived safely after some treacherous ways, I finally arrived at Ofunato, Iwate!!!!

In the room full of beddings on the floor, this will be my little sleeping spot for the coming month(s).

Heading out!

Just a short entry to tell you that I will be on the Shinkansen (bullet train) to the earthquake relief area, in just about 4 hours. I didn't have much time around computer these couple of days, so I will update you what happened... it has been interesting ;)

I should go back to sleep for a little more.... need the strength to carry the deadly weight again thru the long long station walk!!!!!!!

keep me in prayers ;)