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 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!)
