Twilight City ... Sachan's treat!

Thanks to my daughter Sachan for the awesome treat to Sekai no Owari's Twilight City Concert held in Yokohama Nissan Stadium last July 19th.

It was a blast ... very nice concert and theme of peace.

About 140,000 people from kids to oldies ... 

Japanese and foreigners ... watched this concert 

Impressive concert... 感動、ありがとう！

Summet 2015 in Sunshine City

Back to Tokyo!  

Summer is hereee and it's really hot in Japan! 

It's summer but there are many rainy days too... we really can't predict the weather even there are many observations through satellites and radars . 

Oh well, this week was spent again with my precious daughter. 

This Saturday ... we went a visit to Sunshine City in Ikebukuro ... 

It's nostalgic ... i used to visit this place when i was working in Tokyo long decades ago lol ... 

I had a great time with Sachan xx

View from the 59th floor sky restaurant 

Nanja Town

Summer event ... Hawaiian Dance Presentation

Sunshine Aquarium

Sunshine City was opened in 1978, Sunshine City is Tokyo's first city within the city. The focal point of the complex is the 240 meter tall Sunshine 60 skyscraper. The complex contains shops and restaurants, an aquarium, planetarium, museum, indoor theme parks, as well as the Sunshine Prince Hotel and offices. 

Another journey of my life has just begun

Now i am sure i am ready for this ... 

It's exciting to anticipate what is waiting for me in this new journey of my life ...

After a year of silence ...  
Thank you dear Lord for showing me the right direction... 
I'm positive this time... and i am not pressured ...
 i claimed it to you dear God  xx

  

All about friendship :)

It was Sunday morning ... when this photo surprised me ... 

then i smiled... it was a beautiful Sunday morning :)

Thanks for the effort my dear friend ... 

Nice work of art ... :P 

The sweet simple things of pure friendship :)

Can't get enough...

One of my timeless fav songs  ...  

There is a danger in loving somebody too much... 
it's sad when you know it's your heart you can't trust.

the father and daughter version ... awesome :)

"Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough" 

I don't want to lose you

But I don't want to use you

just to have somebody by my side.

And I don't want to hate you,

I don't want to take you

but I don't want to be the one to cry.

And that don't really matter to anyone anymore.

But like a fool I keep losing my place

And I keep seeing you walk through that door.

(Chorus)

But there's a danger in loving somebody too much,

And it's sad when you know it's your heart you can't trust.

There's a reason why people don't stay where they are.

Baby, sometimes, love just aint enough.

Now, I could never change you

I don't want to blame you.

Baby, you don't have to take the fall.

Yes, I may have hurt you, but I did not desert you.

Maybe I just want to have it all.

It makes a sound like thunder

it makes me feel like rain.

And like a fool who will never see the truth,

I keep thinking something's gonna change.

(Chorus)

And there's no way home

When it's late at night and you're all alone.

Are there things that you wanted to say?

And do you feel me beside you in your bed,

there beside you, where I used to lay?

And there's a danger in loving somebody too much,

And it's sad when you know it's your heart they can't touch.

There's a reason why people don't stay who they are.

Baby, sometimes, love just ain't enough.

Baby, sometimes, love... it just ain't enough.

Oh, Oh, Oh, No

The original version by Patty Smyth 

The rate of divorce is one proof that love is not enough...

Other factors are needed to keep a relationship going such as maturity and respect.  

Congratulations Pastor Ren and Sis Reina

Today is the important and meaningful day of my inaanak ... Pastor Renbert and Sis Reina ...
 coz it's their wedding day.
It was a wonderful Christian wedding -- a Philippine Style held in Rose Theater -- Cultural Center in Fuji.

To Pastor Ren and Sis Reina ... let God be the center of your marriage. 

The reception 

 After the wedding ceremony

I was one of their principal sponsors ... Wooow nadagdagan na naman ang mga inaanak ko :P

With the whole entourage

My daughter was able to come with me  

 My daughter and my Godchildren :)
 Enjoy the sweet journey

 Wedding invitation and my love gift :)

My prayers and best wishes. 

Flashlight

Hey Leng and Kricel ... let's challenge this one!  

Ready???

Just for fun! :P

Life is a journey ... not a destination

Sometimes what i am looking for comes when i am not looking at all ...

Don't miss the boat Mel!!! 

However,  it is the journey that matters in the end xx

Unique Starbucks Shop in Kitano

Happy Sunday! Great it's bright day today ... 

Sachan left me at the hotel in the morning to meet her friends in Kyoto to watch concert event today ... i was left in Kobe and continue my adventure alone around the city. 

Sachan told me to visit Starbucks in Kitano-- an old foreigner district... coz it's kinda unique shop ... since i am a Starbucks fan ... i included it in my itinerary. 

I am lucky to find the place that easy ... coz it's popular around the area. 

The moment i saw it ... wow it's really cool ... an elegant old American wooden house. 

It's a 19th century style house and said to be one of Japan's cultural properties. 

Starbucks in hilly place of Kitanozaka

According to the history, this building was originally called Kitano Monogatari Kan or Kitano Story Museum. 　　

The two-storey house was build in 1907 and owned by an American who was residing in Kobe that time. Later it was passed on to a German. It became a property of Kobe City after it was damaged by 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake. From it's original location in Kitano 1 chome, it was relocated and reconstructed to the current location in Kitanocho. Starbucks opened here on 2009. 

You can order your drinks and food at the counter in the back room... 

Then you can dine wherever u want ... there are many rooms from 1st floor to second floor.

The shop inside is also designed as an old American home.
There are different kind of rooms from dining to living room.  There are study rooms... guess rooms and terraces too.

Dining room in the first floor　↑

It has a lovely exterior ...

The library room on the second floor

I was lucky to have a comfortable seat beside the window ...

feel at home... enjoying my drinks and the street view

The menu is the same as in usual Starbucks shop 

I was sitted beside this typewriter area

It's not like a shop but a home

The hall on the second floor

watch out your step ... this stairway is too steep

Outside terrace↑

'ambiance sake ... i will definitely come back to this place if i have a chance to visit Kobe again.