Tau-Huey!

So exciting... this is the packaging.... wonder what it looks like when I open it!

What's this???? Oh.... the tau huey and the syrup. Black sugar syrup.

Here's it when mixed!

Never really had Tau-Huey with black sugar before... it's more gooey than usual - it tastes like hmm sago gula melaka!!!!!

今日はこのように幸せだった。

仕事が終わって、定時退社して、最近何もうまくいってないなあ、と思いながら泳ぎに行った。

プールについて、着替えて、水に入って、頑張って泳ぎに泳いだ。
青く見える水は、誰もが受け入れられるんだね。
いつも青いと思うけど、本当は透明だね。
そして今日の水は、すごく透明で、きれいだった。

泳いだ後自転車で帰宅。ウォークマンを耳に嵌めて過ぎてゆく景色を見ながら、ペダルを漕いだ。夜の道路、コンビに、自販機。明るくて、音楽を聴きながら自転車から見ると、なんか劇的。まるで映画を見ているように人生を見ていた。そう、人生を休んで、見るだけで居るように感じた。その中の空気に、自由のにおいが漂っていて、なんておいしかった！

悩みは結局残るけど、今日はこれぐらいで、まあまあ幸せだった。

partial solar eclipse

同僚が撮った写真です。
太陽と三日月が同時に空に現れたように見える写真ですが、
雲の具合で、ちゃんと撮れなかっただけです。
天体がたまたま直線になっただけで、人生の中でなぜか何かの意味があるのも不思議ですね。
そもそも「直線」とかも人間だけに意味がある概念でしょうか？
こういうありのままのものを、意味深いものするのが、縁でしょうか？

It's another sony....

Like every other!

shopping!

ｍｅｒｏｎ

Empty Chairs at Empty Tables

This must have had been my first contact with the world of music, all the way back in Primary school. It's amazing how much things that happen in one's youth can really shape your whole life. Amazing too how music can occupy such a big part of one's life. And amazing how fast life goes by, and how the songs that people leave behind stay in our hearts, along with a precious joy and a deep pain.

This day has been a day of loss. I'm continually surprised how much and how little people can share with those around them. Michael Jackson's passing seems to have slowed down my day so much, like I needed time to grieve the loss, but the world around me doesn't seem to be impacted by it. Not that I was a big fan, but his songs did occupy a part of my personal history. I do not know how I should weep, when those who have been a big part of my life are gone, but the loss of Michael, seemed to feel to me like the loss of a certain part of my own life - one that I can no longer return to. I'm usually seeking out new music, new sounds, but today had been one of reminiscence and grief.

GONE TOO SOON