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Happy New Year , 2013 !   I wish 2013 will be filled with love, good health and happiness   for everyone in the world. The area I live in the USA   gets super dry especially winter season.  I had been trying many kinds of skin care for dry skin since I started living here. Actually, even when I was in Japan, I was always looking for something good for curing my dry skin problem. And a few days ago, I happened to find a Japanese discussion thread which talks about skin care cream. Guess what ? It’s Nivea .  Yes, original version of Nivea cream ! I suppose everyone knows that product. I was using Nivea cream when I was a little girl until I became 18.    Little girls are often curious what their mother is doing. In my case, it was my step-mother who was in her 20S at that time.  She was always doing her skin care with Shiseido-cosmetics with her make-up box with mirror after took a bath...

Today, I would like to talk about life.  This post is going to be personal.  Until when I was around late 30S, I thought death mostly happened when people became senior ages.  Or people who are much older than me.  My dad died at the age of 46 when I was 14.  My mother died at the age of 60. Since I left Japan, and started living in the USA, several my relatives passed way, who are my grandmother ( 89 ) and three uncles (82, and 70S )  And this year, the most recently, my older brother who is only 2 years older than me passed away.  He was 51years old.  It was very shocking and made me sad.  In my childhood, I grew up with him in the same room.                                        My brother (10) and me ...

I love cooking which is easy and simple.    And today, I made wanton vegetable soup & fried rice for lunch. Eating out is sometimes great   but usually I feel the most comfortable to eat meals I cook by myself.   Because I can control the taste based on my favorite taste. Wanton vegetable soup  Ingredients ·         * Dumplings   (6 – 7)   ·        *   Sprouts   ·         *   Cabbages    ·         * Daikon ( Japanese reddish )   ·         *   Green onion       Soup ·        * Chicken soup stock    - 1 to   1 ½    ·        *   Salt - a little   ·        *  ...