Cynthia

９０年代のヒット曲を聴く。あの頃の自分の見ていた風景がこんなに鮮やかに見えるのに、もう３０年も経ってる現実を突きつけられて愕然とする。世の中こんなにも変わった中で、私は何をやってるんだろう。

Listening to the 90's hit chart immediately shows me every scenes of my youth so vividly, and then lets me realize the fact that It's been 30 more years. Things have changed so much and how have I been in the big stream? Totally incredible.

お漬物の最後の一切れまで、お店の方の美意識に包まれたひとときでした。

母と姉たちと会食。
新鮮な食材と丁寧なお料理、とても素敵なお店でした。

Their sense of beauty bewitches us to the very final bite of pickles.

Had a great time at a lovely restaurant with my mom and sis.
All impressive with fresh ingredients and fine preparations.

今シーズンの最終戦が終わりました。言いたいことは山程あるけど、何より今年のていたらくの責任をすべて背負うかたちで監督の辞任が決まってしまったのが一番のショック。吉井さん、あなたは本当によくやってくれたよ…。

The very last match this season.
I have a lot I could complain about my fav team, but most of all it's so shocking that our director has decided to leave due to this terrible season. I just can't find a word, Yoshii san...

休日ドライブは静かな海辺へ。水場で過ごす時間には不思議と癒やされます。

Spent a day off driving to a town along some tranquil seashore. Waters always gimme cozy vibes.

Seems my little photo trick to cover up mess worked well😉 We're still on the way to clean up our old place (I'm miserablly in lack of this sort of ability at all but we do have to🤣) but those moments to fix up our new life, like putting lovely pieces of little new furniture, cheers me up so much.

One week has passed since we've started to spend nights in our new place. It's beautifully comfortable here, though we still have a lot of leftovers to do with our old place.

The answer was... the wrong key they handed us.
OMG.

Contracted a new room to live in, and tried to bring our stuffs holding the shiny new key...which WON'T open the door. At all. How come!? Tried to ask real estate agency but they're at day off, so we had to give up everything we were to get completed there. We'll rush into their office tomorrow.

若い頃に着てた、流行遅れになってたりサイズが合わなくなったりしてるのを分かってても捨てられなかった大量の服を、心を無にして処分中。そんなに高いものは持ってないはずなのだけど、素材も型もとても上質だったということに気づかざるを得ない。これは不景気のせいなのか、それとも時代がファストファッションに移行しただけということなのか。

While dealing with my old clothes, out of date (and far from my current sizing) yet couldn't throw away until now, I realize how well they were made. In materials and in styles I mean, even if they're affordable enough. Is it a matter of domestic depressions, or just the era of those fast fashions?

KonMari! She'd long been a lady from the other world order for me LOL I never thought I would understand what she says. Now my room's still in a mess but I assure it's far better than how it used to be. Please wish me a good luck to empty all the stuffs! ;)

引っ越し準備は続いています。毎日積み重なるゴミ袋の山を眺めていると、今までの生活の無駄が可視化されたのだなあと思わず遠い目。お金のこともだけど、スペースや快適さをどれだけ台無しにしていていたのかと痛感です。

Carrying on the preparations for moving. Dumping large bags of garbage day after day, realizing how wasteful my place has been. Not just a matter of financial affairs, but those big loss of space and comfort.

大家さん都合で急に引っ越すことになり、紆余曲折を経て新居は内定。家具の配置や新生活を考えるのはめちゃめちゃ楽しいけど、問題は現在の部屋を片付けること…十年単位で増やしてしまったあれやこれや、さて、どうにかせねば…。

Now we're fully ready for a contract of our new room to rent, and our next goal is to tidy up our current room... yes it's a must do...a mess piled up in decades of life...

またやっちまいました私ときたら。冷蔵庫に使い残しのキノコが入りっぱなしだったのを突然思い出して、傷む前に慌ててアヒージョ作りましたよ…夕食をとうに終えた結構な時間に。
いい香りが立ったのを冷めるまで嗅いでました。深夜にこっそり一杯、なんて、ついやらかしてしまいたくなるようなワインとか持ってなくてよかった。保存食にするのですよ。あくまでも。

Hey me, you did it again. Suddenly remembered mushrooms in the fridge, leftover that had to be cooked ASAP. So fixed up ajillo... hours after dinner.
Thank goodness I didn't have bottles of fine wine good for some guilty dine midnight. Was just smelling it while the preservation get cooler.

あのころの未来の残り香
つくば万博記念公園

A monument with a scent of lost-future;
Expo'85 commemorative park

I feel glad you liked them❤️

No problem at all! Thanks for sharing :)

藤のお花見をしてきました。とてもいい香り、とてもリフレッシュ。

Spent some fragrant time under wisteria. Quite refreshing.

Sending fan letters to English-speaking people brings me lots of joy and good opportunities to review my writing. I feel like I'm back to my juvenile when I just started studying a new language. Thanks future superstar I also have learned a lot from your replies.