tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70611715142250675452024-02-19T17:43:57.769+09:00Travel by postcards and letters.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15107769922207862167noreply@blogger.comBlogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7061171514225067545.post-49918558672923783052014-05-12T13:51:00.000+09:002014-05-12T13:51:36.315+09:00I'm taking a break from blogging.<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hi everyone! I'm still alive. :) I'm so sorry for my silence. I have been thinking about this while I was quiet here and am kind of thinking to take a break from blogging. Since I started my fumi no hi giveaway project and put my email address online, I have received many messages asking me for stationery swap or to help them buy Japanese stationery for them (esp. washi tapes) which basically is that I buy stationery that they specifically want and send them and they will pay me when they recieve the package. When I turn down their messages, very few but some of them told me that I'm bad because I have very easy access to nice stationery in Japan but not willing to help others who can't buy them in their home. These messages gradually took my motivation for my giveaway project and my blog. :( I tried to bring myself back to blogging few times, but I just couldn't feel like writing anything here...at least now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">By the way, my big apology goes to those two winners of my previous giveaway project. I have your packages ready and will have your lovely letters for the project posted very soon (I will have at least this posting about your lovely letters before I close this blog) with a picture of pakages for you. Sorry! :(</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I may start a new blog with fresh spirits without my project or keep this blog as closed blog or...I haven't decided. I haven't decided anything concrete but soon will. Is there anyone still out there who is still interested in my blog?</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15107769922207862167noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7061171514225067545.post-35952255560142226662014-03-26T20:14:00.001+09:002014-04-02T09:50:05.545+09:00Outgoing Mail/お手紙発送<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I would say that the most beloved flowers in Japan is cherry blossoms. At this time of the year, the weather forecast closely follow so-called "cherry blossom front" in their "cherry blossom forecast" and tells you when the cherry blossoms in your area come out. The cherry blossoms start opening in the southern islands of Okinawa as early as January while on the northern islands of Hokkaido they open as late as May. What about in between? Well, the Meteorological Agency announced that cherry blossoms in Tokyo opened on March 25th this year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Why is this time of the bloom so important? Well, it's because we don't want to miss the right time for hanami or <em>picnic under cherry trees</em> to welcome the arrival of the spring and enjoy the beauty of the cherry blossoms. The cherry blossom season is short - usually about one week after the opening of the first blossoms, they reach their full bloom, and another week later they start falling from the trees, so once the cherry blossoms open in their area, people start planning hanami with family or friends. There are many nice hanami spots in Tokyo, and I've already picked some places I want to visit this year. I'm pretty excited!! :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">This picture shows how it looks like when the cherry blossoms are in full bloom. It was</span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> taken at a park a couple of years ago. Like a tunnel of cherry blossoms, right? :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Around this time of the year, my penpals usually receive a postcard or pictures of cherry blossoms from me. Here are some of my outgoing letters this week. This one is flying to the US with a postcard of cherry blossom. :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Do you like the cat stamps? :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This letter is for my pal in UK.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">My drawing matches to the stamp on the envelope. :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And the back side of the postcard.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope my letter will bring a smile to my penpals. :) Has the spring arrived where you live?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">東京の桜の開花宣言は昨日でしたが、まだ通勤途中で見かける桜の木には、花が咲いていません。今週末にはもう少し咲いてくれるかな。楽しみ楽しみ☆ところで、日本人って桜が大好きですよね。以前、外国人の友達に『なんで「お花見」っていうと、みんな桜だと思うの?花を見るって書くんだから、他の花でもいいんじゃないの?』と聞かれて困ったことが(^^;私の答えは『長く日本に住めば、きっとその理由が分かるよ。』でした。それが理由か分かりませんが、その友人は日本で就職が決まりました(^^)写真は数年前に東京の上野公園で撮った写真です。いや~、花見客でごった返していました。でも</span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">すごく綺麗で楽しめました。</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">この時期、ペンパルには桜のポストカードや写真を送ることが多いです。とっても喜ばれます☆</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15107769922207862167noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7061171514225067545.post-22514255706965443432014-03-25T01:06:00.003+09:002014-03-25T01:06:49.666+09:00Incoming Mail/オランダより手紙到着<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some people say that Monday is their least favorite in a week because it's after the weekend which means 5 more days to work, but I love Monday. Why?? Because I tend to receive more mails on Monday than any other weekdays. :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Let me share this lovely letter from my dear penpal in The Netherlands. She enclosed a cute magnet that says HOLLAND. :) I put it on my fridge so that every time I open the fridge (which happens pretty often as I often look for something to eat. lol), I remember her. :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She put nice stamps. :) I wonder who they are...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I totally agree with the message she put on the envelope. And you??</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I already have one missing letter to Singapore this year. :( I hope there won't be any for the rest of the year. Have you had any missing letter in 2014?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">オランダのペンパルから、手紙と一緒に素敵なマグネットが届きました。可愛いな~。早速、冷蔵庫にくっつけました。切手も素敵☆封筒に『お金と時間を手紙にかけています。なくさないでください。』と印刷されたシールが貼ってありました。私の場合、今年はすでにシンガポールに送った手紙が行方不明になりました。心を込めて一生懸命書いた手紙がなくなることほど残念なことはありません。</span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">全ての手紙が無事配達されますように。</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">↓いつもありがとうございます。押していただけると励みになります☆</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15107769922207862167noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7061171514225067545.post-68906131257615055172014-03-21T17:01:00.001+09:002014-03-21T17:01:19.332+09:00Outgoing Mail/お手紙発送<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I think something is wrong with my laptop or this blog account or something because I can't follow new blogs! There're some new letter-writing blogs that I want to follow, but if I try to follow the blog by pressing the button of "Join this site" like I always did before and log in through my google account, they tell me "the address/link might be too old". What does that mean?!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">OK anyway, yesterday I found these stamps at my favorite stamp shop. Aren't they cute?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">These stamps were issued in 1998. At such shop, you can buy </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">older stamps that you might no longer find at a post office, and I can spend hours there just looking at all the different stamps. :) I put rabbit one and birds one side by side like in this picture and added some words for them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope they will become good friends with the raddit while traveling to Europe for a week. lol Good luck! :D</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">他のブログをフォローしようとすると、何か設定がおかしいのかできません。なんか変なところでも押したかな…(- -)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">さて、近所の切手ショップで1998年発行のグリーティング切手を見つけたので買ってきました。切手屋さん、大好きです。イースターをお祝いする国のペンパルにウサギの切手は喜ばれそうですね☆インコが何か相談してる風に見えたので、インコとウサギの切手を並べて貼って、左のインコは『ウサギがこっち見てる!逃げた方がいいかな?』、右のインコは『そうしよう!』と相談しているように、台詞を書き込んでみました。ベルギーまでの長旅、インコ達はウサギの仲良くしてくれるといいのですが(^^)</span></div>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: HG丸ゴシックM-PRO;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My American friend was visiting Tokyo for his
job interview, so we met up. :)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He was very proud of himself that he did well at the 3-hour interview
all in Japanese. :)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He still has to
finish his last couple of months at university in the States, but if the visa
thing all goes well, he will start working in Tokyo by the summer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m so happy for him!! :)</span></span></div>
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American beer, so I'm very excited to try a new taste!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wonder what other American beer brands are…</span></span></div>
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Japanese history class at university.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A postcard of "La Japonaise" by Claude Monet. The woman is wrapped in a kimono, Japanese traditional costume. This card is from a famous museum, Museum o</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">f Fine Arts in Boston. :)</span></div>
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Die”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: HG丸ゴシックM-PRO;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do you
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">さて、今回お土産にと色々持ってきてくれました。まず、ビール好きの私にぴったりのアメリカビール。バドワイザー以外知らなかったので、楽しみです。また、歴史好きの私に、アメリカの大学の日本史の授業で教科書として使った本を持ってきてくれました。嬉しい(^^)『サムライの秘密』という本では、剣術などについて絵入りで解説</span>されていて面白い。読むのが楽しみです。</div>
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そして、沢山のポストカードも持ってきてくれました。ボストンの街並みや、ボストンといえばのハーバード大学のカード、クジラのウォッチング、セイラム(Salem)という町のカード(アメリカで最も古い町のひとつで、17世紀に起こった魔女狩り(セイラム魔女裁判)で有名だそうです)、そしてクロード・モネの「ラ・ジャポネーズ」という絵のカード。どれも素敵です。</div>
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ボストン、いつか行ってみたいです。</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">↓いつもありがとうございます。押していただけると励みになります☆</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15107769922207862167noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7061171514225067545.post-40317673972046715422014-03-18T20:25:00.002+09:002014-03-18T20:25:57.609+09:00Outgoing Mail/お手紙発送<div style="text-align: justify;">
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: HG丸ゴシックM-PRO;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I’ve
been lazy and didn’t take pictures of my outgoing letters lately, but I’m
starting it again now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These letters are
for my pals in Japan, Germany and Greece.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Last
time it took more than a month for my letter to arrive in Greece. I thought
it went missing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hopefully it will be
delivered sooner this time!</span></span><br />
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</span>What’s your favorite?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Have a good day everyone! :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">最近送ったお手紙です。日本、ドイツ、ギリシャのペンパル達へ。前回ギリシャに送った時は、届くまでに1ヶ月以上かかり、もう行方不明決定かと思いました。今回は迷子にならず、早く届きますように。色々切手を貼ってみましたが、やっぱり花の切手が好きだなぁ。みなさんはどうですか?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">↓いつもありがとうございます。押していただけると励みになります☆</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15107769922207862167noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7061171514225067545.post-59297917930143417262014-02-24T22:34:00.001+09:002014-02-24T22:34:37.568+09:00Cute wrapping bag/ラッピング用品<div style="text-align: justify;">
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: HG丸ゴシックM-PRO;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was looking for some nice gift-wrapping items to dress up the
gifts I was sending for the winners of <a href="http://travelbypostcardsandletters.blogspot.jp/2014/02/sending-out-packages-for-winners.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;"><strong>my fumi-no-hi giveaway project</strong></span></a>, and I found
this.</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: HG丸ゴシックM-PRO;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It comes with a little plastic bag
and a designed paper which is thicker than a normal wrapping paper, and
you can make a little bag with them to </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: HG丸ゴシックM-PRO;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">put something small like chocolate, candies, cookies (my list goes on and
on with something delicious, but you can of course put something uneatable. lol).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>OK, I will show you how to make the bag with them. :)</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: HG丸ゴシックM-PRO;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is the set.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They're 8 sets in the package.</span></span></div>
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the paper over the top of the plastic bag like a hat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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inside the paper, but I stapled the plastic bag and the paper instead to make it a bit secure. :D</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: HG丸ゴシックM-PRO;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love wrapping the gifts because I think gift-wrapping
is love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> :) Even though they know that the person who received the gift won't keep the wrapping, I believe still many people like to spend their time and money on giving a nicely wrapped gift to someone because they want to see someone's smile. :) My giveaway project is through my blog and so I don't know the winners in person, but I still enjoy wrapping the gifts for them because I want them to smile. :)</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Have a nice day everyone!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">ふみの日プロジェクトの当選者の方達用のプレゼントを包装するのに、ダイソーでバレンタイン用の小袋ラッピングを買いました。最近は色々可愛いラッピング用品が100均で手に入るので助かります☆今回はチョコレートとティーバックを入れました。ちょっとしたひと手間ですが、相手も喜んでくれるので、ラッピングは大好きです。そのまま送ってもいいけど、このちょっとしたひと手間が相手を思う気持ちを一緒に運んでくれる、そんな気がします。</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15107769922207862167noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7061171514225067545.post-18416717492757496192013-12-29T12:22:00.003+09:002014-01-20T21:03:15.202+09:00Belated Christmas Cards / 少し遅れたクリスマスカード<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now the Christmas season is over, but I still have some Christmas cards I received over the last couple of days that I'd love to share with you. So here they are. :)</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">From my pal in Denmark.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's always fun to look at the stamps. :) This time I learned from the Hugarian gingerbread stamps that in Hungary people make gingerbreads for Chritmas (or maybe for winter, not sure). Do you make gingerbread for Christmas? Is that popular in your culture?? I don't think it's popular here in Japan yet, but I sometimes see them at shops in the Christmas season. I loved gingerbreads my host mother in Canada made for Christmas. That's one of the things I miss about Canada.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To those who celebrate Christmas, Merry Christmas! Here in Japan, Christmas isn't a holiday but people still enjoy celebrating Christmas as a seasonal event. Wish you a wonderful Christmas with your loved ones! :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Well, I've been having a busy week and haven't had much time for myself, but before I forget the detail of my fun time with my Singaporean penpal, I want to share about it here. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On December 12th, some of my colleagues asked me "Are you alright?", because I kept shuffling in my seat. I wasn't alright in a way. I couldn't sit still because I was too excited to meet my Singaporean penpal for the 3rd time. ;) </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After work I met her at the station, and the first word from her was "Why is it so cold!!" lol It was her first experience of winter...actually she'd never experienced any temperature below 20C/68F!! What is the coldest temperature you've experienced? In my case, -40C/-40F in Canada is the coldest. That was really cold!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">On Friday morning, we left Tokyo for a city called Kanazawa. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Since it was her 3rd visit in Tokyo, I thought I'd show her somewhere different, and I decided to take her to Kanazawa as I remembered that she's always wanted to visit that city ever since she watched the Japanese drama about Lord Maeda Toshiie who governed the present Kanazawa and the surrounding areas in the 16th century and his wife Matsu. I was a history major at college, but sometimes she knows more than I do when it comes to Toshiie and Matsu. ;) Well, even if you're not interested in the Japanese history, I think you'll still enjoy yourself in Kanazawa. It's a lovely city with many tourist attractions. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Kanazawa is the prefectural capital of Ishikawa Prefecture located in the central part of the mainland of Japan, and it's about 4.5 hours from Tokyo by train. We could fly (1.5 hours), but I had a reason for a train trip...will tell you about it later. Well, that day was a really cold day with very strong wind, so instead of exploring the city, we decided to have a relaxing afternoon at a nice cafe called "Fluffy". </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">(see <strong><em><a href="http://fluffy-higashiyama.jp/" target="_blank">here</a></em></strong> for more info). Their pancake was so delicious!! <span style="font-family: Verdana;">We ordered only one plate because we thought it'd be too much before dinner, but after one bite, we both regretted. X( It was SO delicious!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">On Saturday we explored the city of Kanazawa. This beautiful Japanese garden is called Kenrokuen garden (see <strong><em><a href="http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e4200.html" target="_blank">here</a></em></strong> for more info) known for "one of the three most beautiful gardens in Japan." I was here in spring last year, and even though I liked it in winter time, I think it's more beautiful in spring with gorgeous cherry blossoms.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then we visited a shrine called Oyama Shrine (see <em><strong><a href="http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e4203.html" target="_blank">here</a></strong></em> for more info). What makes this shrine so unique is that the gate has the mixture of traditional Japanese, Chinese and European architectural elements. It's said that the gate was designed by a Dutch architecture. The upper story has beautiful stained glass window, and I loved it. :) Too bad I couldn't get a better angle of the picture to show you the stained glass window. *Sigh*</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">As my Singaporean penpal wanted to see snow so badly, we took a chance of taking a train from Tokyo to Kanazawa that passes the northern area where they get lots of snow every winter. On Friday there was not much snow, but on the way back, it was snowing a lot. ;) She was really happy to see snow for the first time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">The time flew so fast. It was so much fun meeting her again. Hopefully she will visit here again sometime or I might visit her in Singapore. :) </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Do you have any plan of visiting your penpal or your penpal visiting you? Any traveling plan in the coming new year? Maybe to Japan? ;)</span></div>
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今年はクリスマスが平日なので、我が家は23日の天皇誕生日にクリスマスをお祝いしてしまいました。仕事納めまであと少し。頑張ります!</div>
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今月の12日~16日までシンガポールのペンパルが遊びに来ていました。木曜日は楽しみすぎて、仕事中落ち着かなく挙動不審な人でした(笑)仕事後、東京駅まで迎えに行くと、第一声は『なんでこんなに寒いのー!』でした。そりゃ、冬ですから(笑)今まで20度以下の気温を体験したことのない彼女には、東京の冬は寒すぎたようです。皆さんの今まで体験した一番寒い気温は何度ですか?私はカナダでマイナス40度というのが最低気温です。あれは、もう二度と経験しなくていいです…。</div>
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金曜日有給を取って、週末、金沢へ旅行に行きました。今回で3度目の東京ということで、もう案内するところもあまりないし、どこか違うところでも連れて行こうと思いまして。金沢は、大河ドラマの「利家とまつ」を見てからずっと行ってみたかったらしいです。前田利家の話になると、相当詳しくてびっくり。利家公の銅像を見つけて「アイラブユ~」と話しかけていました(笑)</div>
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金沢では美味しいパンケーキ屋さん(Fluffy)を見つけて大満足。3日連続で通ってしまいました。ほーんとに美味しかったです!もし金沢の東茶屋街に行くことがあれば、ぜひ行ってみてください☆市内観光は、金沢といえば兼六園。そして尾山神社や茶屋街など、寒かったですが、楽しく過ごすことができました。電車は新潟県の越後湯沢乗り換えだったのですが、期待していた通り、帰路では白銀の世界が広がっていて、ペンパル大喜びでした。東京から4時間以上の長旅でしたが、電車で行ってよかったです。</div>
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あっという間の数日でしたが、我が家にも泊まってもらえたし(エアコン30度、布団には電気毛布を敷いて暑いくらいにしたのですが、寒かったようです(^^;)、一緒に旅行もできて、とても楽しかったです。今回で4回目の来日ですが、また来るねー!と言って帰って行ったので、またすぐに会えそうです☆他のペンパルも遊びに来てくれないかなぁ。皆さんはペンパルに会う予定はありますか?</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15107769922207862167noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7061171514225067545.post-46114194631143396822013-12-17T00:22:00.001+09:002014-01-20T21:03:46.451+09:00Outgoing big packages / 小包発送<div style="text-align: justify;">
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝";"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As I said in my previous posting, my Singaporean penpal was staying
over at our place for few days, and we had heaps of fun together!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
will share about our great time here soon, but before
I forget about these packages, let me share them with you today. I sent out big packages for my host family and my dear friends in Canada.</span></span> </div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝";"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This first package is for the
Canadian family who was my host family for 4 years when I was studying in Canada more
than a decade ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My husband and I stayed
at their place for a night when we visited Canada for our honeymoon this summer,
and the family was so nice to us as they always are. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All four kids came with nice wedding gifts,
and we had such a fun night together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After
delicious dinner, we went for a long horse-back riding as they live out in the
country and have 6 horses!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was such a
memorable night, and we wanted to send them something for a little thank-you
and also for Christmas. This is what's inside...</span></span> </div>
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a card.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love this card.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It matches the color of the box! :) And here is another outgoing package.</span></span> </div>
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friends. They’re both retired now and just recently
bought a camper to travel with their grandkids, and they asked us if we wanted
to go camping with them with their new camper when we were there in summer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝";"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wish Canada were closer to Japan so that I could visit them more
often. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s too far and expensive to visit from
Japan. :(<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> My friends (the </span>couple) is already
in their mid-60s, and I know I don’t want to think like this, but I sometimes
wonder if we can ever see each other again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">週末はシンガポールのペンパルが遊びに来ていて、とても楽しかったです。それについてはまた後日こちらで記事にしたいと思いますが、その前に、先日送った郵便物を二つ、ご紹介します。</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">小包を2つ発送しました。ひとつは留学中お世話になったカナダのホストファミリーへ。この夏、新婚旅行でカナダを訪れた際、家に招待してくれ結婚のお祝いをしてくれました。当時幼稚園~小学生だった子供達もみんな集まってくれ、とても楽しい時間を過ごすことができました。ホストファミリーは現在田舎に引っ越していて(見渡す限り建物なしというようなところ)、夕食後には地平線を見ながら乗馬を楽しみました(自前の馬を6頭持っていました)。素敵な時間のお礼とクリスマスプレゼントを兼ねて、チョコレートやお風呂グッズを送りました。</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">もうひとつは、同じくカナダ留学中に仲良くなったご夫婦へ。お二人とも60代で、最近、孫達と一緒にキャンプに行くためにキャンピングカーを買ったから、一緒にそれでキャンプに行かない?と誘ってくれました。ちなみに、キャンピングカーというよりバスですね、あれは(笑)車内にはキッチン(広いシンクに二口IHコンロ、冷蔵庫に電子レンジまで完備)、ソファーにダイニングテーブル、シャワーにトイレに寝室(ダブルベット)まであって、収納もばっちり沢山ありました。あのサイズのキャンピングカーが人気らしいです。本当に沢山見かけました。すごいな、カナダ…。中身は同じようなもので、カードだけ箱に合う絵柄にしました。</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm busy with cleaning right now. Why? Because my Singaporean penpal is staying over at our place for 5 days from tomorrow till Monday morning! I'm so excited! Our place is not a five-star hotel, but hopefully she will enjoy staying with us. ;) Also I'll take her to a city called Kanazawa on the weekend as she always wanted to visit there. I'm sure it'll be so much fun! I will share our journey here later. :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Here are some of my outgoing letters over the last couple of weeks. These ones are traveling to The Netherlands, Czech Republic and Latvia.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love making my letters fat. :) Do you? </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Have a nice day everyone!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">現在お掃除にいそしんでいます。明日から月曜日まで、シンガポールのペンパルが我が家にやってきます(^^)/楽しみです!会うのは今回で3度目です。5つ星ホテルとは言えない我が家ですが、楽しんでもらえると嬉しいです。週末にはいつか行ってみたいと言っていた石川県金沢市にプチ旅行に行く予定です。楽しい旅になりそうです。</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">さて、お手紙はオランダ、チェコ、ラトビア、イギリス、スウェーデンへ送りました。封筒パンパンで、切手代が大変なことになりましたが、いつものことです(汗)無事に届きますように!</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Big thanks to those who left a comment in my previous posting and gave me the exact answer I was looking for! :D I told my husband that an international survey indicates that I'm perfectly normal to make a mess when writing a letter, and he understands it now. ;) It was really nice to know that I wasn't the only one to make a mess. :D</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Here are some other lovely letters I received lately. My mailbox has been really happy. :) How about yours? These are from Greece and Croatia. I love the stamps! :D</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love the flower stamps. :) I've never seen these flowers, but they must be popular in Sweden.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ta-da!! I've never received a package with this many stamps! I love Dutch old stamps, but she said she's not allowed to use the old ones any more. Too bad. :(</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cards, Birthday presents and lovely long letter. :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love looking at the different stamps from different countries. They often show famous places, persons, food, animal, flowers...anything that tells you about that country. :) Stamp is a piece of art! Do you like looking at stamps? I love it! :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">先日の記事で『手紙を書くとき机の上は綺麗ですか?』と質問したところ、ごちゃごちゃだよ~というまさに私が求めていた回答を多数いただき有難うございました。大変助かります。夫には、国際的な調査結果で、みんな同じだと判明したと言っておきました(笑)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">さて、最近届いたお手紙達をご紹介します。ギリシャ、クロアチア、スウェーデン、ドイツ、そして切手が大量に貼ってあるのがオランダからです。みんな素敵な切手を毎回貼ってくれてとても楽しませてもらっています。切手はその国の名所は有名人、食文化を伝えてくれるし、その国の動物や植物も見ることができてとても楽しいです。芸術ですね☆</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15107769922207862167noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7061171514225067545.post-90497555807411473542013-12-07T16:01:00.001+09:002014-01-20T21:04:15.004+09:00Christmas stamps / 切手購入<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do you make a mess when you're writing a letter? I do. I make a big mess. Big big mess. I have to have everything on the table - lettersets, stickers, tapes, glue, things that I want to put in the envelope like teabags, postcards etc. I don't know why, but I have to do this to get myself in a writing mood. Last night my husband started complaining why he only gets a book-size space on the table for himself while I get the rest for letter-writing items. lol Sorry, but we don't have neither a study nor a space for a desk in our apartment, so I have to write letters at the dining table. Plus he's married to a penpaller. :p But he thinks not all penpallers necessarily make a mess and some would only need a pen and paper on the table when writing a letter. So here is my question again. Do you make a mess when you're writing a letter? If I get many "yes" answers, I will tell him how normal I am to make a mess. If many of the answers are "no", then I will just pretend that most answers were yes. :p</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I didn't have time to go to the post office but finally bought some Christmas stamps. At the first post office I went, 80yen stamps (snow flake ones) were sold out, so I had to go to another post office. Glad I could buy them both. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">手紙を書くとき、机の上は綺麗ですか?私はお手紙アイテムでゴチャゴチャです。手紙を書く時はいつも、レターセットやシール、マステ、同封するティーバッグやポストカードまで、とにかく全部机の上に揃っていないとお手紙モードに入れない人です。先日、夫がテーブルのほとんどを私が占拠していて、自分のスペースが手のひらサイズしかないのはなぜ?とクレームを付けてきました。そりゃ、我が家には書斎もなく、机を置くスペースもないため、手紙はいつも小さなリビングのテーブルで書かなきゃいけないし、大体、お手紙好きと結婚したんだから、諦めましょうと諭しましたが、どうも納得がいかない模様。他の文通好きさん達も、ゴチャゴチャなのか聞いてみてよ、と言うのでこちらで質問してみました。どんな回答が得られようとも、みんな同じだって!と言うつもりですが(笑)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">遅ればせながら冬のグリーティング切手を購入しました。最初に立ち寄った郵便局では80円の方が売り切れだったので、別の大きな郵便局に行って無事購入。今年のデザインはクリスマスというより冬がテーマの感じですね。可愛らしくて好きです☆</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">We're still enjoying the last minutes of the leaving autumn here in Tokyo, but I can feel in the air that winter is almost here. This weekend might be the last weekend to enjoy the colourful autumn leaves. :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today I'd love to share my lovely incoming letters. :) This lovely letter, the card and the beautiful picture are from my dear penpal in Latvia. It looks like Latvian autumn is rather "yellow" while we see lots of red here in Japan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Gorgeous Latvian stamps.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My penpal moved to Czech Republic from UK, and this is her first letter from Czech Republic. Beautiful stamp! :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lovely letter from UK. She always put nice seasonal stamps. Love them!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lovely Christmas stamps.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Does your post office issue Christmas stamps? Did you buy them? I bought some Christmas stamps and will share them in my next posting. :)</span></div>
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紅葉が楽しめるのも今週末まででしょうか。真っ赤な紅葉を見ると、カナダを思い出します。さて、ペンパル達からのお手紙をご紹介します。まずはラトビアからお手紙、カード、そして素敵な写真。ラトビアの紅葉はどちらかというと黄色一色といった感じですね。赤い紅葉はないのかな?切手も素敵です。続いてはイギリスからチェコに引っ越したペンパルからのお手紙。チェコの切手もゴージャスで素敵ですね☆そして最後がイギリスのペンパルからのお手紙。彼女はいつも素敵な季節の切手を貼ってくれます。今回のクリスマス切手も可愛らしくて素敵です☆私もクリスマス切手を遅ればせながら購入しました。またそれは次回・・・ </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had a busy day at work and was feeling really tired until I found this. ;)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Can you believe it's Christmas next month? Time flies so fast! Even though Christmas is not a public holiday in Japan, we still enjoy it as a seasonal event. The streets and shops are all beautifully decorated for Christmas, and they're so gorgeous!! I bought some Christmas cards for my pals. Some of the cards look delicious. :D</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We don't have a culture of sending cards for Christmas in Japan, so I only send cards to my friends and penpals living overseas. Have you started sending out your Christmas cards yet? How many cards do you usually send for Christmas?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">疲れて帰宅途中の私を素敵なイルミネーションが元気にしてくれました。有楽町駅前はすっかりクリスマスです☆元気出ますね(^^)近くのロフトでクリスマスカードを購入。入口入ってすぐのところにクリスマスコーナーがあって、可愛いカードが沢山ありました。早速ペンパル達に送ろうと思います。みなさんは、クリスマスカード書き進んでますか?</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15107769922207862167noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7061171514225067545.post-17335063563934458612013-11-25T20:16:00.003+09:002014-01-20T20:28:23.552+09:00O Canada! / オーカナダ!<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used to study in the western Canada for 4 years, and Canada is like my second home country. I always wanted to show my favorite country to my husband, so we decided to visit there for our honeymoon in summer. We stayed one night with a Canadian family who was my host family while I was there and other nights with my friends. I was really thankful to have such easy-going husband who didn't mind spending most of our honeymoon with my English-speaking friends when he doesn't speak much English. :)</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When you visit a foreign country for the first time, you often experience something that surprises you, and what surprised my husband about Canada the most was “wild animals everywhere.” Well, I know this “everywhere” is a little too exaggerated, but we saw chipmunk, mountain goats, bighorn sheep, coyote, deer, elk and black bears on the road when we were heading to the Jasper National Park, and I think the word “everywhere” can be used here. It was also my first time to see the black bears, and they were really cute (of course “in the distance” LOL). This guy is one of the black bears we saw.</span></span></span></span> </div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now the moving, wedding and honeymoon are over, and I’ve settled in well. I’ve been catching up with my letters and have some outgoing letters as well as lovely incoming letters to share with you here. I will try to keep this blog active, so please visit me again! Thanks! :)</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">PS: Penny from the blog “Hippo Mail”, please email me your current address because my package for your <i>fumi-no-hi </i>prize which was sent to you months ago was returned to me for some reason, and I need to know your correct address. My previous email address got inactivated so please email me to my new address of </span><a href="mailto:snowangel_on_snow@hotmail.co.jp"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">snowangel_on_snow@hotmail.co.jp</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks!!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">お久しぶりです。引っ越し、結婚式、新婚旅行と大きなイベントに忙殺されて、今に至ります。色々大変でしたが、やっと落ち着いてきました。この半年、ほとんど手紙を書くことができず、ペンパル達を待たせてしまい申し訳なく思っています。少しずつですが、お手紙モードが戻ってきていますので、またこちらのブログでお手紙ライフを綴っていきたいと思います。</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">結婚式はお天気にも恵まれ、とても素敵なものになりました。そして何よりも嬉しかったのは、シンガポールのペンパルが来てくれたことです!たまたま、結婚式の前後に日本に来るということで、招待しました。美しい民族衣装で参列してくれ、とても華やかでした。当日は驚くほどあっという間に過ぎていきましたが、大切な人達に見守られるなか、家族として新しいスタートをすることができたのは、本当に幸せなことだと思います。</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">In Japan, the end of December and the beginning of January are the busiest time for the post offices as we send New Year's postcards called <em>Nengajo</em>. The post office guarantees to deliver the postcards on January 1st if they're posted by the time limit they make, but even after the time limit, they try to send them on January 1st as it's important to be delivered on the New Year's Day. Every December they hire lots of part-time workers to sort the postcards according to the address, so I worked there one winter. It was REALLY busy there! Anyway, here is my <em>Nengajo</em> for you. :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Are you enjoying Christmas weekend? Christmas isn't a holiday in Japan, so today Dec. 25th is just an ordinary working day for me...By the way, did you know that KFC (<span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Kentucky Fried Chicken) is one of the most popular places to buy Christmas chickens in Japan? When I was little, KFC was a big treat because we can have a large box with full of chickens! :) When I was living in Canada, I was surprised that on Christmas Eve, I found almost no one at KFC. I was worried that chickens were all sold out and that's why it was so empty! lol In Canada where I lived, people ate turkey or ham for Christmas. How about in your culture? Do you eat anything special for Christmas?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These are from UK, USA and Indonesia. I love all the beautiful stamps!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lovely Chrismas card from Finland. I wonder what's written on the card. Anyone can help me?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lovely stamp!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lovely Christmas card from UK. I love the classic Santa!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And I love the stamps!! I love this Santa. :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">クリスマスイブはいかがでしたか?私は23日に前倒ししてクリスマスをお祝いしました。</span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">ところで、カナダに住んでいるとき、『クリスマスにケンタッキーでチキンを買うのが定番』と言ったら、びっくりされました。今もこれって定番ですよね?私が子供の頃は、クリスマスと言えばケンタッキーのファミリーパックのバケツサイズを買ってもらうのが本当に楽しみで、わくわくしたものです。でも、このわくわくはカナダ人には通じませんでした。カナダのクリスマスのケンタッキーはそれはもう閑散としていました。あちらでは、自宅で七面鳥やハム(超でかい)を食べるのが定番のようです。他の国のペンパル達も不思議がるので、これは日本だけなんでしょうかね。</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">では、届いたお手紙紹介の続きを。オランダのペンパルから誕生日プレゼントと手紙が届きました。沢山の紅茶、楽しみです!他には、イギリス、アメリカ、インドネシアからお手紙。フィンランドとイギリスからクリスマスカードが届いていました。まだまだたくさんお手紙が届いているので、今週はお返事書きに力を入れたいと思います!(^^)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">みなさま良い一週間を!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Seapking of my 4th Fumi no hi project which was supposed to happen on Dec. 23rd, I decided not to have it this month but instead have 6 winners on Jan. 23rd next year. I'm living at my friends' apartment to look after their dog till they come back from Australia, so I wouldn't be able to pack my packages for the winners till early next year. I hope it's OK with everyone who made entry to my project! Thanks for understanding!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I went back to my place today to pick up my mails, and my mailbox was full! Yei!! :D I received many cards, so I would love to share them with you. I love this time of the season not only because I receive Christmas cards but also I receive birthday cards (my birthday is December 31st) and the New Year's greeting cards. LOTS of mail in my mailbox! :D</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">This lovely card is from my pal in the States. Cute! :D</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She used lovely Christmas stamps! So pretty!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She also sent me a lovely Christmas card. Just perfect for a penpaller! :D</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This yummy yummy Christmas card is from Australia. My mouth was watering!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have many other cards that I would love to share with you, but I will do that for tomorrow. :) Have a wonderful Christmas everyone!!! :D</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">今月のふみの日プロジェクトですが、私が年明けまでオーストラリアに帰国中の友人の犬をお世話するため友人宅に住んでおり、自宅にあまり帰らないという事情があり、今月はお休みして、来月6名の当選者を選ばせて頂くことにします。ともさん、すみませんがよろしくお願いします。</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">さて、今日、郵便を取りに自宅に帰ったところ、沢山郵便が届いていました。この時期はクリスマスカードだけでなく、誕生日カードやニューイヤーカードなど、わんさかカードが届くので、毎日心がときめきます☆</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15107769922207862167noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7061171514225067545.post-72070760751958693842012-12-21T12:28:00.002+09:002014-01-20T21:05:12.180+09:00Incoming letter/届いたお手紙<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Yesterday I got a lovely mail from my pal in Canada. We've been penpalling for years, so she knows me so well by now...candies!!! Lovely Christmas themed candies which didn't last too long as I ate them all so fast. :D</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Santa's mustache was torn off! It seems like he had a rough flight in the storm on the way to Japan. :p</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What's your plan for the Christmas weekend? In Japan, December 24th and 25th are normal working day as they are not holidays here, but this year Dec. 23rd which is the Emperor's birthday (holiday) falls on Sunday that makes the following Monday off! Nice!! I will pick up a Christmas cake at my favorite cake shop. :) Can't wait!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">さて、カナダのペンパルから届いたお手紙には、クリスマスキャンディーが同封されていました。文通歴の長い彼女は、何を送ったら私が喜ぶか心得て下さっています☆もう全部食べちゃったけど(笑)サンタさんの髭がポッキリ折れていました(涙)きっと、大変な思いをして日本までたどり着いたんだろうな~。いっつもアラスカ上空で飛行機が大きく揺れていたのを思い出します。</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">クリスマスはどうお過ごしですか?私はケーキだけとりあえず予約してあるので、それをおうちで食べていると思います。わんこにクリスマスプレゼントも買いに行かねば。楽しみです~。皆様、よい週末を!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">In Japan, December is one of these months when you see lots of drunken people on the street because many of us have Bonenkai or a year-end party literally meaning "Forget the year party". Often people have Bonenkai with colleagues, but some have with friends. Yesterday I went to Bonenkai with my friends and had heaps of fun. :) It's more fun to party with your friends rather than with your boss. :D Do you have anything like our Bonenkai in your country? Maybe Christmas party for December??</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Here are my outgoing mails that I sent out last few weeks. These first two traveled to France and Croatia.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And these were for those winners of my 3rd Fumi no hi give-away project in Belgium and USA. Hope they will like what I enclosed. :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">By the way, Andra, I'm ready to send out your package, so hopefully you can email me your sent letter for the project soon! :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">One question to those who made your entry to my Fumi no hi project. Do you think it's better to skip the project for December and start again from January? I'm wondering if you will be busy with all the Christmas and New Year's celebration in the late December and won't have much time to write a letter to someone. What do you think?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">最近は忘年会続きで、毎週「ウコンの力」を飲んでいるゆきんこです。最近送ったお手紙をご紹介します。一番上の写真から、フランスとクロアチア、インドネシアとフィンランドとリトアニア、アメリカとイギリス、そして最後が先月のふみの日プレゼント企画でお手紙を書いて下さったベルギーとアメリカのお手紙好きさんへお手紙グッズを送りました。あともう一人、ルーマニアの方からのお返事を待っています。</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">12月のふみの日企画は取りやめて、1月からまた再開するか考え中です。みなさんクリスマスやらお正月やらで忙しいと思うし、どうでしょうか?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: HG丸ゴシックM-PRO;">I can't believe it's already in the middle of December...Have you done Christmas shopping? I haven't even started yet! Maybe this weekend. :)</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: HG丸ゴシックM-PRO;">Here are only some of the lovely incoming letters I received over the last few weeks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: HG丸ゴシックM-PRO;">These are lovely long letters from France and Croatia.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I replied to both of them already and am already looking forward to their next letters! :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">By the way, there is something I want to share with you. I'm engaged and getting married next year! :D The proposal was 100% a surprise for me, so my answer to him was "What are you talking about?" Romantic, hey? lol My married friends all tell me that planning the wedding is like a typhoon, and that sounds scary...Well, my next year's resolution will be "No fight with my fiance over the wedding stuff". :D</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">もう師走ですね。早いです…。クリスマスの準備もケーキの予約だけしかしていません(これだけは毎年早い・笑)最近届いた手紙をご紹介します。まずはクロアチアとフランスのペンパルから。お返事はもう出しました。フランスのペンパルは、『多分これがフランスって意味よね?』と住所にフランスと日本語で書いてくれました。上手に書けていますね(^^)。クロアチアの切手はいつも素敵で大好きです。今回の薔薇の切手もゴージャスで良い!続いては、アメリカのお友達からお手紙グッズをお裾分けしてもらいました。羽ペンのイラストが描いてあるカードは、娘さんの学校で「手紙を書こうプロジェクト」というのを企画した時に作ったものだそうです。素敵な企画☆そして最後に、ボスニアヘルツェゴビナのお友達から素敵なカード。ボスニアヘルツェゴビナの切手を初めて見ました。牛の切手が味があって好きです。このアメリカとボスニアヘルツェゴビナの方は、ペンパルではないのですが、このブログを通じて仲良くなり、お手紙グッズを交換したり、カードを交換したししてみました。</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">最後になりますが、このたびいいご縁に恵まれて、結婚することになりました。プロポーズも青天の霹靂状態だったもので、お返事で出た言葉は『は?なに言っちゃってるの?』という、なんとも失礼なお返事になってしまいました(^^;結納だ、結婚式だ、引っ越しだ、ともうすでに海外逃亡したくなりつつありますが、なんとか頑張ろうと思います。</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15107769922207862167noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7061171514225067545.post-89667300112589236742012-12-01T11:52:00.000+09:002014-01-20T21:05:54.611+09:00Advent Calender Swap!/アドベントカレンダースワップ<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In my <a href="http://travelbypostcardsandletters.blogspot.jp/2012/11/busy-wrapping.html" target="_blank">previous posting</a>, I told you that I joined a swap called <em>Advent Calender Swap</em> where you send 24 little gifts to your partner and reveive the same from someone, and you open one gift per day till Christmas Eve! I sent my package to Germany and I got mine from the States! Emily (I think it's her name), thank you sooooo much for your nice package!!! Thank you!!! :D</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lots of gifts!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I picked up this one for Day 1.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I kind of knew that this was exactly what I wanted by touching it. Before I opened it, I made a cup of coffee to go with the gift hoping it's what I think. And...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ta-da!!! I knew it was a chocolate!!! :D Mmm...looks so delicious! It's a milk chocolate with caramel filling. Mmm...looks so delicious! (Did I just said that twice? lol) One third of it was gone sooner after I opened it, and then I found it on the back of the package saying...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"<em><strong>Take time</strong></em> to slow down and feel yourself melt with each bite"?? Sorry it didn't happen. It didn't take time with me at all as I was so fast eating it! lol Oh, but I felt myself melt with each bite though. ;) With the rest of the chocolate, I will try to take time. :D</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">My December started wonderfully! I hope you had a nice start of December, too! :D Have a nice weekend!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">以前の記事で書きましたが、ドイツのブロガーCaddiさんが企画したアドベントカレンダースワップに参加しました。これは、24個のちょっとしたプレゼントをパートナーに贈り、誰かから同じくプレゼントを24個受け取る。そして、12月に入ったらクリスマスイブまでの24日間で、一日1つずつプレゼントを開けていくという素敵な企画です。私はドイツの方に贈り、先日アメリカの方から素敵なプレゼントを頂きました。毎日ひとつずつプレゼントを開けるというルールなので、忍耐との戦いです(笑)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">一日目のプレゼントは、触った感じで「もしやこれは私が大好きなアレでは?」と思ったものを選びました。念のためコーヒーを入れて準備万端。開けてみるとやっぱり!チョコレートでした!嬉しい~☆あっと言う間に三分の一ほど平らげたところで、裏に『時間をかけてゆっくりと、一口ごとにとろける感覚を味わって』というようなことが書いてあることに気づく・・・。時間をかけて?あっという間に食べちゃったよ(笑)とろける感覚はしっかりと味わいましたが。残りを食べる時は、じっくりと味わって食べたいと思います。</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">皆様、素敵な12月、素敵な週末をお過しください☆</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15107769922207862167noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7061171514225067545.post-13313185633064343772012-11-29T08:56:00.001+09:002014-01-20T21:06:05.062+09:00Outgoing letters/お手紙発送<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I have lots of incoming and outgoing letters in November, but I'm so behind with posting about them. :( I can't believe that it's the last week of November! Well, h</span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">ere are my outgoing letters sent early November. The first letter was to my pal in Poland. I think I sent this letter very late October, and that's why you see Halloween KitKat chocolates (pumpkin pudding taste) in the picture. I was crazy about this chocolates for the whole month of October. It was only for Halloween season. :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This one was for my Canadian pal. Halloween candies and KitKat were sent along.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This one traveled to Indonesia.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have more pictures of my outgoing letters as well as lovely incoming letters so will post them soon. :) Have you been writing letters?</span></div>
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今月上旬に送った手紙は、ポーランド、カナダ、ドイツ、クロアチア、アメリカ、インドネシアのペンパル達へです。今月は他にも沢山お手紙を書いたので、また記事にしたいと思います☆皆様、お手紙書いていますか?</div>
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↓いつもありがとうございます。押していただけると励みになります☆</div>
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