Poems

We are sharing "kizuna311" on Facebook with my friends.
And I heard many poems were read by some actors and actress in Japan.
Most of them were the poems that we learned in school when we were in elementary school or Jr. high school. So I already knew those poems but at that time, we tried to understand what the poems are saying and we discussed many hours. But now I found that I didn't understand those meanings.
Maybe only me in the class didn't understand or I understand as a teenager as much as possible but now I really understand how those poems are great.
And how they speak to my heart.
I'm sure that everyone has different impression and we don't feel the same because our experiences in lives are all different. That is one of interesting things of poems and I feel this way because I became 28 years old and finally I could have enough experiences to feel those poems...
I'm glad that I could meet them again in this timing. If not I wouldn't notice about power of poems and I wouldn't have chance to try to read them again.

Thank you "kizuna311".
"Amenimomakezu"(=Strong in the rain) I think this is the one of most famous Japanese poems.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-EdVR53lVk&feature=related

"Ikiru"(=live)  I remember a lot when I learned this poem in the classroom.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7QU3AL6TDQ&feature=related

"Matteru" (=Waiting) This was new poem for me.... but I couldn't stop crying.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVF19ajCJnY&feature=newsweather

Sky...

Spring has come? But still cold.....

But love this sky!!!!!!!!!!!

Japanese wives in Carroll Garden

Today I found Japanese wives were collecting donation with their handmade products in my neighborhood in Carroll Garden. Actually I didn't know that many Japanese wives live in my neighborhood.
So I got one scone from them even I baked many scones at work before that... lol
It will be my breakfast for tomorrow morning!! :)
And after eating that I will bake more scones at work!!! lol
Which is my favorite things to do though...

@ bank

Today I went to bank and the banker told me he donated $100 for Japan because he came from Armenia and Japan helped them when they had a war. And he said "we don't forget good things". 
When I hear many warm words for Japan from many people, my heart becomes so warm and I can believe Japan will be alright!!! :)

smile:)

Thank you for everyone for calling and sending me message for asking about my family in Japan.

All of my family was fine.

After the earthquake happened I couldn't keep balance of myself. 

I was worried about my family, friends, everyone in Japan and Japan itself but I'm far from my country so it made me confused and I didn't know what to do. So when I checked news always I was afraid of what they would say. Because I can only know about Japan from the news.

But  everyone around me cared about Japan together and that made my feel better. 

And my Japanese friends in NY who have same situation encouraged me a lot and they taught me that feeling down make anything better so we should find what we can do and live own life here strongly. 

Also friends in Japan also taught me that they are really strong even they are worried about this situation.

Before that I felt guilty because I thought only I was in safe.

But now I changed my mind. Fortunately here in NY is safe so I have to live my life not to make my family and friends worried about me. They have been worried about me so much because I'm far from them living here without family. But now they have too many things to worry. So I want to say them "Don't worry about me, I'm fine here!!" And find what I can do because I live here.

One of them is donation. But also I think I should continue to show how I'm working hard to live here and to work in the kitchen.

I stopped writing this blog for a while because I wasn't sure what I should write. 

But now as everyone encouraged me, I have to be strong enough to encourage someone:)

Still I don't have any confidence but if there is someone who could smile with this blog, that is the reason I write this blog. :)

Last week some kids came to One Girl Cookies and one of mom wrote about it.

http://www.momtrendsnyc.com/2011/03/one-girl-cookie.html

Sometimes it's difficult to concentrate when I think about what happened in Japan but still I'm working hard in the kitchen everyday!! :)

And praying for Japan everyday.

Japanese day!!! (Restaurant & Foodservice Show of NY)

Today we went to Foodservice Show at Jacob Javits Center.
There are so many booths but the biggest one was Japan Pavilion.
I've never seen such a many Japanese people in NY!!! lol
There were so many things to try and they were all small portion but we tried so many so those made me so full... lol

Before the entrance they already served some pastries!!

A friend of Claire was working there as a chef!!

There were U.S. pastry competition too.

And it was last day so they were cleaning the booths...

It was hard to see that the piece was thrown away into the trash even that one was the first prize...:(

coffee competition?

These are cupcake layers!!

micro greens!!

So American!! lol

These are crusts for pizza. So thin!! And they were gooood!!! :)

Now it's so popular!! dumplings!! 

Many American pastries...

Even tables and chairs were there...

And now we are at Japan Pavilion!!!

The first one was OTOKOMAE TOFU!!! lol

(handsome tofu!!)

Japanese knives are there too...lol

And many kinds of tea...

Plum sakeeeee♥

Japanese traditional soda:) love it!!

And Japanese cartoon character ... Kitaro and father of Kitaro which is eyeball was there on Sake glass...lol

And can't skip this!! Okonomiyaki. (cabbage pancake)

colorful sushis

My favorite tea company was there!!!!!!

This iichiko (shochu) was only in USA!!

Wanna try Japanese people?? lol

Sushi rolling machine!! Now we don't need sushi chef anymore!!! lol

And of course Le Cordon Bleu was there!! but only brochure... lol

And before this event I met American guy who speaks Japanese so well and a big fun of Chocokuro from Saint Marc cafe and Quil Fait Bon which is French pastry shop in Tokyo.

Also after the show I talked with two Japanese business men too.

All of them I don't know even name but today started with Japanese and end up with Japanese... lol

Which was nice!! :)