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Yesterday ( July 17 ) was my 45 years birthday.  Usually, I’m not so a big fan of doing something special for my birthday, same as other holidays and national holidays. But suddenly I really felt wanting to eat sushi or chirashi sushi yesterday and Ray found a great Japanese restaurant for me and made a reservation for our dinner. Before we took action, we are already careful to choose things to avoid to get disappointed later, and we started checking reviews of all Tucson Japanese restaurants. And we went to one of the best reviewed restaurant “ Sushi on Oracle “ , because it’s the nearest place from our home. It’s a small Japanese restaurant, but the food was much more delicious than I expected.  Surely it was the most delicious Japanese restaurant I’ve ever been in the U.S.A. The staff there ( Sushi on Oracle ) were friendly and polite. We ordered egg roll , a gedashi Tofu , as appetizer, and for main dishes, Chirashi sushi for me, and Teriyaki beef for Ray. ...

It’s so interesting to see how people see things differently in the world. Right now, I’m very into watching figure skating and when watching one particular skater, people’s impressions are so different. I found that the more people try to convince their opinion, the more other people who disagree are coming. Maybe it’s better not to try to convince their opinion to others except in situations where it’s something that is a known fact and truth.  Other wise, people will get more thick head for their opinions. Actually, I think it’s good to have different opinion from others. Just maybe how we all tell our opinion may be more important when it comes to influencing other people’s feeling. When we have disagreement, many people start to talk aggressive ways , correcting which is right or wrong .  So argument starts. I also found that when someone compliment and who gush for their favorite skaters, and putting them up too much , always others come to bash the skaters....

I’m feeling that ice shows are so different depending on country, and my favorite ice show I’ve ever seen is still Olympic French Gala which was held in Bercy, France 2006. Because it was completely entertainment. I could not see the live show and I watched it only by DVD, but I’m still enjoying. In opening show, there were only professional skaters who can dance well ( balletic movement ) And the spot lights setting was very artistic and unique, using variety colors of spot lights. Johnny was also attending the show, and somehow I thought it fits him. Recently , Dream on ice show was held in Japan and it was included all the top Japanese eligible skaters and Johnny Weir, Stephane Lambiel and Sara Meier were the guest skaters. I haven’t seen the complete show, and just watched some skaters performances on YouTube, and could not find the opening and finale show. Many Japanese skaters were doing Latin theme of music ( tango & etc.. ) with black & red costumes. And I’ve read ...

Recently, so many new info about Johnny or something related to him is just coming constantly.  And I was shocked to hear that one of Johnny’s competitor Stephane Lambiel ( from Switzerland ) who was a two time world champion is going to work with Johnny’s coaches Galina and Victor Petrenko this season. He will move to ( or has already moved ) NJ, U.S.A from his hometown Switzerland. As a Johnny fan, this news didn’t make me happy. Lambiel has been struggling with his jumps especially for 3A and quad combo past years, and I heard some people started talking Lambiel is going to retire and will not be in next Olympics.  He must be hard and really wanted to fix his jump technique for Olympics. Johnny's beauty But … thinking from Johnny’s side, One of the reason Johnny decided to work with Galina team was they can always check and see his skating.  And after his successful last season, Galina/Petrenko received application from the top skater…  I was upset ...

Besides figure skating, I also love to watch ballet. However, I’ve never had special favorite ballet dancer in the past. I just love to watch beautiful elegant movements of Russian ladies ballet dancers and also was interested in the story. My favorite theme was always “ Giselle “ and “ Nut cracker”. Recently, I found an amazing men’s ballet dancer called “ Daniil Simkin “ who is from Austria. I found him in Johnny ( Weir )’s Myspace a several month ago but at that time my mind was full of about skating COP, so I didn’t pay attention for his performances. And after the skating COP season (2007-2008 ) was over , one day there was an American men’s ballet dancer documentary on TV, and by chance, my husband and I both saw it. We both were not so inspired with the performances the TV program showed, because it looked like sports, acrobat or Chinese Kung fu , instead of classic ballet. More technically performance than artistry. It’s too masculine for me... I wonder is it because of c...

Ray and I went shopping today.  In our place, there are not much choice for shopping as there is in Tokyo, Japan , and so we always use the biggest shopping mall around our place. It’s always fun to shop, buying some clothes. And after that we ate out and also drank frozen cappuccinos.  I bought a pair of black sandals and some clothes , and Ray bought a cool T-shirts. Last time , he bought a pair of black shoes that look like peter pan shoes, very unique. So this time, main shopping was for my clothes. While I was in the dressing room at a store, I did notice my extra luggage around my waist.  I gained… I used to have slim body, although my weight was always up and down. Seriously, I decided to lose some weight and get shape after facing the fact. My work is a desk work , and I don’t walk much since I came to the U.S.A. and started working at home. When I was in Japan, I was using so much energy and was always moving, and the transportation in Tokyo was train...

Skating Competition's off season is the time for me to improve whatever other knowledge I would like to learn.  Actually since I got into watching Figure skating ( Johnny Weir ), I didn’t spend much time for something knowledgeable for myself. Well, Johnny’s attraction power is like a magic, like a very powerful magnet. But at least I learned the judging rules of skating, researching skaters etc… I feel happy whenever I get new knowledge which is in a subject I love. Through my work, I have a lot of things I need to learn until everything will go smoothly. I have my personal goal in my life. And I’m still on the way to get there. I will need to 100% focus on it to quickly get there. However, Olympics will be coming this summer…. I love to watch Gymnastic especially women’s and also short and long distance running. In last Olympics, I enjoyed watching some Romanian gymnasts ( for women ) , also Carly Patterson in the U.S.A. But seems like they are not competing anymore.I’ve Ju...