kodomo (kid)

kodomo
Originally uploaded by Niki Bakshi.

my coworkers son has come to japan. hes 3 years old but acts like a mature man sometimes. ^^
when Director of our company smiled at him, he said to his mom,
"why did he look at me and smile? pls tell him not to do that!!"
then i saw him punched Director today...lol
Boy!!! your father will lose job..(^o^;;;
Behave well!!!!

*the photo is nothing to do with this boy...lol

ponkan-chan's photo

shita ni nagareru ue wo miageru
Originally uploaded by ponkan.

thanks ponkan-chan for the great photo of spring!!!!
(hes one of my fav photographers on flickr. esplly his photos of cats and scenery are awesome! pls check out his pages by clicking his name below this photo)
the title is 'shita ni nagareru ue wo miageru', means 'going down, looking up'
wooooow!! ^^

sign in the train

sign in the train
Originally uploaded by Niki Bakshi.

be aware of opening doors! (hiraku doa ni gochuui kudasai) ^-^

green tea mousse

green tea mousse
Originally uploaded by Niki Bakshi.

sushi spin bar

sushi spin bar
Originally uploaded by Niki Bakshi.

okra sushi & eggplant sushi

okra sushi & eggplant sushi
Originally uploaded by Niki Bakshi.

Looking for Peter

doozo!
Originally uploaded by Niki Bakshi.

just seen keshi-chan's blog, Looking for Janice and i feel like looking for my missing friend too. sorry keshi-chan to copy u! haha.. ^^

i miss Peter. he was a sweet boy I met on yahoo LA chat room 3 years ago. his real name was chinese but his family was originally from Vietnam.
he migrated to the USA at age abt 10 and had tough time growing up. he never had gf coz he was discriminated badly in childhood. there was only a good white girl in the class who always helped him. he loved her soo much, that he couldnt have a date with anybody till age 27 or something.
he was hoping to come to japan, coz he loved japanese anime. but unfortunately he had to go to Iraq on service of US Army and talked abt death a lot. he was expected to go home last summer, but there's no message till now.
i dont have his photo, so its difficult to find him tho. he was vegetarian and had a habbit of saying "im sorry".
is there anyone who knows him? i hope he's alive and doing well in somewhere.

mirufille?

mirufille
Originally uploaded by Niki Bakshi.

had italian lunch with my fren today.
i wanted to have this pie called mirufiiyu in japanese ^^
(how do u spell it?? hehe.. )
but one tiny piece was 680 yen(abt US$6). so we both hesitated to order.
hmmm.. this is the biggest mirufiiyu ive ever seen!! gotta try one time!

yen

yen
Originally uploaded by Niki Bakshi.

thought this 5000 yen note might be interesting to some fellows!
i have indian 100 rupee and US dime and sri lankan coin in my wallet(*^o^*)
i took them wrong many times and smiled.
(dime looks like 10 yen coin, and sri lankan silver coin looks like 500 yen).
nuisance, but i cant get rid of them.
its fun to carry foreign currency. haha~

mountains

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Originally uploaded by Niki Bakshi.

this is the apt which i can overlook the mountains.

moving..lol

shabu-shabu
Originally uploaded by Niki Bakshi.

i changed my residence 2 times last year. and never thought of moving out again so early tho...(^o^;;
my boss had decided to move our company to suburb. it will take at least an hour to go there. so i'd better move a bit closer.
today i checked out 4 apartments with realtors.
the first one was 6th floor, western style and gorgeous view. but the rent was too costly for such an old building(20 years old).
the second one was reasonable, has much space & sunlight. but the building was tooo thin, looked like it wud collapse when the quake comes(@_@) the stairways were narrow and scary.
the third one was cheap and bad view. right across from the window is the other building. the fourth one was dirty and scary too. 4th floor, but no safety pole or anything. felt like i was on the roof..lol
the thing is, there is one apt im attracted in suburb. beautiful mountains can be seen from the station. ^^
BUT it will take an hour and half to get to tokyo from there. wheee(>_<) should i stay or should i move....??

wedding

lunch buffet at seychelle, narita
Originally uploaded by Niki Bakshi.

my sister is getting married in autumn.
we are very happy to hear that news.(^o^)/
but her bf's family wants to hold a japanese style wedding ceremony at temple. awwwww~ lol
"do we have to wear kimono?? do we have to do Seiza(the upright kneeling posture like meditation) for hours??"
"yeah i think sooooo." she giggled.

its odd but i never attended japanese style ceremony like that (except my granpa's funeral.) coz western wedding is sooo common nowadays.
"if u bring ur husband, i will tell them that u guys are foreigners and allowed to sit down on the chairs." she said.
lollll
"oh really? but i look obviously japanese!! how can u explain??"
"never mind. i will juz say ur gaijin(foreigner). hahaha~"

we still have 6 months till wedding. have to train myself Seiza on the floor patiently.

baby car

baby car
Originally uploaded by Niki Bakshi.

high tech escalator(no stairs) and baby car. kids looked soo happy with them ^^

baby car

baby car
Originally uploaded by Niki Bakshi.

this baby car was seen in a department store. sooo cute!! ^^
i think this is 'tottoko hamtaroo', hamsters cartoon.

ume

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Originally uploaded by Niki Bakshi.

i think this is ume, plum tree.
today my coworker asked me, "why japanese ppl are brushing teeth in public places??"
"waaat?? where did u see them??"
"in college. i saw some boy and girls were brushing teeth. sooo surprised! i think only villagers do that in my country."

lololol

"oh well, its kinda etiquette! maybe becoz our teeth are not very white."
"yeah", he agreed...lol
"maybe becoz we drink too much green tea, our teeth is green." (^o^;;;
he didnt deny it. awww~

lucky cats

lucky cats
Originally uploaded by Niki Bakshi.

sorry..

tamachi
Originally uploaded by Niki Bakshi.

im sorry for not being able to blog these days(>_<)
maybe on weekend...

ueno

ueno
Originally uploaded by Niki Bakshi.

downtown tokyo

lunch buffet at seychelle, narita

lunch buffet at seychelle, narita
Originally uploaded by Niki Bakshi.

there are many chinese & italian dishes. all u can eat 1300 yen.
my fav was gyooza soup & strawberry cake!

skyliner

skyliner
Originally uploaded by Niki Bakshi.

inside the skyliner. relaxing! better than bullet trains coz both sides are only 2 seats ^^

skyliner

skyliner
Originally uploaded by Niki Bakshi.

its always fun to ride the skyliner to the airport ^^

birthrate in japan

there was an interesting article in Japan Times today:

More than half of the women born during 1971 to 1974 had not had any children by age 30, according to the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry.
birthrate will fall at a faster rate, and the population will further decline," a ministry official said.

The figure topped 30% among those born in 1961 and 40% for those born in 1967; among the women born in 1973, a year that saw more than 2 million births in total, 51% had not had a child by age 30.
The proportion of women who had not had any children by age 40 was 10.2% among those born in 1953 and 22.3% for 1964, indicating more women are bearing their first child at a later age, or not having them at all.

Meanwhile, 26.7% of all first-born children had parents who were not married at the time of their conception. Okinawa had the highest 42.2%! lollll

kiritanpo nabe

kiritanpo nabe
Originally uploaded by Niki Bakshi.

ingredients are kiritanpo (charcoal grilled rice rolls), chicken and vegetables.

kiritanpo nabe set

kiritanpo nabe set
Originally uploaded by Niki Bakshi.

got a surprising gift from my sis. yay(^o^)/
kiritanpo nabe(stew) is a famous north japanese meal. yummy chicken soup.
thanks my sister!! hugzzzzz

today i had to go to a realtor in yokohama to help my senior.
sooo tiring! we had to hear them reading documents(contract etc) over 2 hours.
when we left abt 6pm, the manager of the realtor whispered,

"did u have to work overtime? hehe"

lollllll
geeee(>_<) he must ve been thinking that im a part timer who doesnt work late in the evening(!?)
yah if i looked intelligent, he wouldnt have asked such a silly question.
i was speachless. but my senior was thankful and bought me a canned coffee on the way back. tasted really wonderful in this rainy cold day ^^