Experience Sri Lanka Culture in "Spice Cafe Modhaju"

Please come everyone!
A newly opened Sri Lanka Food Cafe and Bar in Aoi District, Shizuoka City --- Spice Cafe Modhaju.
Open every Tuesday to Saturday from 6:00 pm to 12:00 pm.

You can enjoy Sri Lanka's foods and culture here.  

I was not able to drink alcohol that night coz i went there by car but i enjoyed my coffee and ginger ale ... lol :P

shrimp devi with nam ... light meal ... loved this

my colleagues... cheers!

The owner-- my friend Manju ... then with sweet Yuko ... and another friend,  Sajith kun, food manager here ;-) 

my dinner that night ... pork curry

 sushi courtesy of Yamamoto san ;-) 

It's Friday night!  Having fun ... but my oh my ... i still have work next day! 

Ayurveda massage by Sajith kun ... every Friday only in very reasonable prize 

 I also enjoyed this massage ... so refreshing ^_^

Earl Gray!  Earl Gray! 

For more details and access... www.cafe-modhaju.com 

Steady My Heart

Weeee ... my 3 days weekend holidays is over today!
It's nice to be alone sometimes ... not to be lonely but to enjoy some time for myself.

Back to normal life again starting tomorrow ... but my sched will gonna be more hectic this time ... waaaa, lots of work to do ... don't know where to start ... but it's better to be busy than doing nothing ... being busy helps me not to have time for negative thoughts :)

and yup... as part of my busy work and activities ... here's one of those things that keeping me busy ...

Singing is actually one of my passion ... ages ago, i left singing after i got married thinking i must focus to another chapter of my life ... but one day ... someone knocked to my heart to go back singing again ... our Almighty called me back to sing again ... i am so excited heheh ...  i don't think i am good enough anymore but i believe He will bless me to lend me that talent again ... thank u Lord for trusting me and believing me again ...
thanks to Shizuoka JCOB music ministry... i hope i can always give justice to all the songs being assigned to me ...

Here's one of my fav awesome Christian songs assigned to me to study ...
life can be depressing sometimes and this song inspired me ...
Kari Jobe: Steady My Heart (Official Lyric Video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmaBhMOXXHg
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Even when it hurts, even when it's hard... even when it all just falls apart
I will run to You ... cause i know that You are ...
Lover of my soul... healer of my scars....
You steady my heart <3 nbsp="" p="">


Have a great weekdays everyone ... love and peace to all  (^-^)v


Thanks to everyone who sent lovely and heart warming comments to my "Sometimes ..." post :) 

Sometimes...

Sometimes i need to be alone with my music ... 

Sometimes when i say "i'm ok" ... i want someone to look in my eyes, hug me tight and say "i know u are not" ...

Sometimes i just gonna accept that some people can only be in my heart, but not in my life...  

Sometimes i just need a break ... in a beautiful place ... alone ... to figure everything out... 

Sometimes i am facing difficulties not because i am doing wrong but because i am doing right.

Long Blessed Sunday

I had another blessed day today ... 

Shizuoka JCOB Sunday Service with Pstra Nilda

"We have the power to make our choices ... then our choices will have the power to make us".

After the service ...

Refreshing time in Sumpu Yume Hiroba Spa with my dear family friends 

Everyone is always busy so we seldom get together ... but everytime we have the chance to get along ... we spend our time to the fullest ;-)

peace!!!

 

toinkz!!!

Friends are the family we choose for ourselves (^^)v

Easy Method to Relieve Stress

I usually do this method and it's very effective ...

Anytime, anywhere massage... no need for any devices or equipment... very helpful ;-)

Learn four potent acupressure points and self-acupressure methods for releasing shoulder tension and neck pain for relieving stress. Chronic shoulder and neck tensions from common stress conditions cause circulation and neuro-muscular problems, tension headaches, insomnia, and various pains. Learn to manage your stress using acupressure points located on your shoulders and neck using finger pressure.

Japanese Persimmons Picking Time!

It's autumn ... season of Japanese persimmons or kaki ! 

My friend Neri and kuya Harada have kaki trees in their compound... and every year they're inviting friends to help them harvest the fruits and of course they give them all away to whoever helped them... heheh ...
I guess it's 3 years ago or more since the last time i helped harvesting kaki with friends ... and yesterday... i had this chance again to do kaki picking.  My friend Amie wanted to experience kaki picking and i recommended Neri's place.  Amie phoned Neri that we will go to her place then Ann joined us ... too bad Liza missed this fun coz i know she loves kaki as much as Amie and Ann love it ;-) 

 

↑Juan Tamad (Lazy Juan) version ^^

↑Kaki are sweet <3 p="">

 We shared this to all our family friends :) 

Thanks to Kuya Harada, Neri and family ... we had a great time yesterday and they're inviting us to help harvest their kiwi next time ... looking forward to it ;-) 

Let's see how your brain works ;-)

Right brained? Left brained? Take the test! 

Clicked below link:

http://sommer-sommer.com/braintest/

I got 53/47 :P and says
"Congratulations

You use your brain equally."

hahah ... good it's working! ekkk! 

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Congratulations

You use your brain equally.

According to how your brain works, the dancer will either turn clockwise or counter clockwise. If she turns clockwise, then you use predominantly the right side of your brain and you are more than likely right-handed.

Day Visit Spa in Hakone

Hola ... Last Saturday, Sachan had a surprised visit to us in Shizuoka from Niigata... just on time to spend 3 days weekend holidays with us!  

We went to spa resort in Hakone on Sunday.  Our first time visit to YU NO SATO spa resort.  This place is also popular as higairi onsen or one day spa.    

It is located in the foot of Yuksaka mountain of Hakone.   We enjoyed the open-air bath with mountain view and clear blue skies... perfect for relaxation.  

They said that the view is more gorgeous on autumn leaves season and sakura viewing on spring and at night  ... moon viewing is awesome.  

 

it's on the hill

the onsen lobby hall, 3F 

 pamphlet

We had zaro soba for lunch and it was great too ...満足でした☆

Inside the sauna with Sachan... i spotted an interesting posted phrase and memorized it ... it says,

”ちょっと長めが気持ちいい

ゆっくり汗をかいて

心も、体も、リフレッシュ” 

Last day of holidays today... wonder what to do next aside from finishing my next never ending homeworks ;-)

First for the Tropical Philippines!

Post by Megan Lynne Young.

One of the amazing performance video of 16 years old Michael Christian Martinez, the first Filipino figure skater to qualify in 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia.   

Impressive performance! He is so flexible and have a great balance.  I love his potential ;-)

Even we don't have winter in the Philippines... proud of him to represent the Philippines in the winter games.  Good luck... keep up the good work and Mabuhay!!! 

My new boyfriend!

I can't afford to buy a Hummer car but i was able to have Hummer folding bike!!! 

The front tire of my bike that i was using always was totally flat and i need to change the whole tire already... it will only cost me if i will ask to fix it ... besides it's really old and hopeless ... so i thought it's wise to buy a new one and alaaas... was able to get my new BF today... heheh.  I choose folding bike this time so i can put it inside the house or take it in the car on times of travelling. 

  

Thanks to my bff papie for sponsoring my new bike ;-)

一目ぼれ

compact

It's a mountain bike type 

I feel blessed always ... thank u Lord ;-)

Happy 12th birthday Philippine NAKAMA!

Throwback!!! 

Over-all performances in one video of Philippine NAKAMA on it's 12th year anniversary presentation of Philippine Cultural Variety Show held September 1st, Sunday at Aicel 21 Hall, Aoi District, Shizuoka City.

Thanks to our PRO, Mona Harada for the video 

My deep gratitude to all my co-advisers, officers, members,volunteers and friends for all your time and efforts for making Philippine NAKAMA' Cultural Variety Show successful.  Thanks a lot to all your help and wonderful performances... cheers to all your wonderful cooperation.
Huge thanks to everyone who came and supported this event.  Our group is grateful to all your positive comments and impressive feedback.  Again, thank you so much for making our event another success.

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Thanks be to God... last September 9 was Philippine NAKAMA's 12th year anniversary.  I do hope and wish that we can continue our objectives to work together on promoting our culture here in Shizuoka and create a spirit of friendship with our kababayan, with other international groups and Japanese in general.

Philippine NAKAMA in HATORI NO MORI autumn fest

Philippine NAKAMA was invited by Neshiro san, program coordinator of Hatori no Mori Roujin Homes in Aoi District to perform Philippine cultural dances and songs to their Autumn Festival.  We're 11 members who volunteered to perform this afternoon... and we're blessed ... everything went great ... thanks to everyone cooperation... we were able to promote the Philippine culture through songs and dances ... love u all my NAKAMA family! 

 performers

 Pasayawa ko day

 Tinikling

 Enka songs by Jenny

 Akoy' Pinoy

☆皆さんお疲れさまでした☆

"My Funny Brown Pinay"

Thanks to my dear friend Mona for sharing thru my FB this cool Pinoy Jazz.
This video is really excellent ... Bravooo kabayan!!!

CHARMAINE CLAMOR "My Funny Brown Pinay" NEW MUSIC VIDEO PREMIERE 

Info from You Tube: 

CHARMAINE CLAMOR, America's leading Filipino jazz and world vocalist and the creator of "jazzipino," performs her World Music radio hit, "My Funny Brown Pinay," a bold reinvention of the old Rodgers & Hart song, 

"My Funny Valentine." The song, performed in English and Tagalog, was featured on NPR's "Weekend Edition" and is the first track from her CD "Flippin' Out."

VISIT: http://www.charmaineclamor.com

Working me ;-)

Hello again ... just dropping by again to tell the world that i started another part time job ... well this time, it's in Multicultural Section of Shizuoka City Hall... it was an exciting day for me... desk work is not that hard... well, at least for now :P ...  and all staff were so nice especially my facilitator, Kudou san ... she gave me a love letter note after work saying thanks for today's hard work ... was so thoughtful of her <3 nbsp="" p="">

Thanks to my dear friend Amie for visiting me today at the office... she did treat me for lunch ... the nasu oroshi soba was really great!  'was really a lucky day for me ... i thought ... 

... but unfortunately ... not all lucky coz after work, when i got my bicycle from the bicycle parking ... i found out that my tire was flat! ... so i needed to walk from City Hall back to my home ... 

however, it turned out to be a good walking exercise then while viewing the autumn afternoon sky ... was so lovely <3 nbsp="">