Kenia no saikin wa~

Since I haven't had time to upload these before, I'm uploading a miscellaneous group of pictures that I had on my camera. 'Kenia no saikin wa~' ['Kenia has recently been up to~']

Snow Snow Snow♪

It snowed in Tokyo last Friday and Monday night! Although I had experienced snow in Kyoto this winter season already, this was the first time experiencing Tokyo snow. Apparently, it's a pretty rare thing for snow not to mention for it to pile up. So, I was lucky to experience this! By now, it's pretty much gone, but even yesterday, I saw traces of snow still on the roofs of houses and some ice on the streets.

On Friday, it was so shocking to see people acting as normal even though it was snowing. It started snowing in the morning but Japanese people didn't care. They just put up an umbrella and went right through it walking and even biking as usual. Japanese people are fearless...Apparently, Tokyo trains are weak against snow, so they were extra careful. The trains were running late as a result, but I always ride the train early, so I didn't have any problems getting to school. But really, this day especially, I thought how much I love Tokyo trains. Gah. They're so amazing I would marry them if I could. One of these days, I'll write an entry dedicated to trains so everyone can see how amazing they really are. Oh, and vending machines. I love vending machines, too. (But I digress...)

On Monday night, I saw a group of people from the dorm playing out in the snow. It was so cute.

I thought that this was a funny picture and a rare sight--snow on palm trees.

Happy New Year!

I think Monday? was the beginning of the Chinese New Year. In Chinatown, they had a dragon parade, but because of exams, I wasn't able to go see it.

I've had this up on my room door since the beginning of the year, but I thought now was an appropriate time to show everyone. I like to change the picture on my room door constantly according to the season. So far, I've had a Halloween and Christmas picture up before. As I'm walking into the dorm, I can see the picture from the outside. It makes me smile to think 'That's my room!' hehe

I didn't make it for the regular New Year, but for Chinese New Year, I had traditional New Year Japanese sweets. I like the mochi filled with red bean paste, but apparently, you're supposed to eat the leaf with it. The leaf was really bitter, though. I suppose it balances the sweetness of the mochi, but I didn't really like it so I ended up taking it off...

Cooking Corner

I made a ginger carrot soup for myself♪ It's really nice for the cold weather. I just felt so proud of my cooking that I had to take a picture! (The funnest part was choof-choofing it!)