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Aust. Day

M O N D A Y 

26th January 

2015 

A  U  S  T  R  A  L  I  A        D  A  Y  

Palm Beach to the left of the photo. 

Currumbin Creek and Currumbin Rock. 

Where I grew up.........

                                                                     feeling nostalgic. 

Chikako san and my shadows on Palm Beach looking towards Currumbin Rock. 

Wintertime,  mid-August, 2013. 

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Sunday

Sunday 

25 January, 2015 

We went for a walk. 

Monday

Monday

20 January, 2015 

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Chikako san had today off so we went out for lunch,

albeit a sleeting, drab 'n chilly day. 

 Chikako san choose this ....... 

 My choice. 

Deliciously strong Miso flavour. 

 Second Prize ! 

Congratulations and well-deserved, methinks. 

How many times have we driven to this shop ? 

Many and many more to come. 

CBA

Monday, 13th January, 1975

I joined the Commonwealth Bank as a junior clerk. 

What a nightmare that was.

Had I have stayed I would have been celebrating my 40th anniversary. 

It doesn't bear thinking about. 

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I started Lent 101 today. 

Amazingly, by chance I checked and my life has been a total of 
21012 days 
in length as of today. 
What is the universe saying ? 

Sunday

Sunday Evening, 

11 January, 2015

We caught the midday bus to Sendai

and had lunch, went shopping, etc. 

We went to Evening Prayers with Father Frank. 

Firstly, we sat in the main Church. 

Very serene and contemplative. 

Then we moved to  the small chapel 

within the Sendai Anglican Church. 

No photos. 

Kei San

Friday, 

09 January, 2015 

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Kei san brought a gift for 2015 ! 

Persimmons - so delicious. 

Thank you, Kei san . 

Ｊａｎｕａｒｙ

Ｊａｎｕａｒｙ　

Fish in a tank

3rd January

3rd January

The anniversary of my Volkmann's Ischemic Contracture. 

Long, long ago...... 

映画『100歳の華麗なる冒険』予告編

Day #1 of 2015 - We went to the early evening showing of this Swedish film. 
It is a comedy, mostly in Swedish with Japanese subtitles. 
Laughed and laughed and laughed. 

A great way to start 2015 ! 

Gone Girl Official Trailer #2 (2014) Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike HD

Day #2 of 2015 - We went to the evening show at the Forum Cinema here. 
This movie is truly a psycho-thriller; definitely worth seeing. 

January 2nd

One of my favourite authors, E.M. Forster was born on this day in London in 1879. 

Quote:

We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us. 

Happy 2015

Today 
is 
Thursday

the 
1st day of January 

in the 
Year of Our Lord

 2015.

11:11 

12:12 

Am I starting to be in sync with the Universe, 
Edgar Cayce ? 

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Sweden

Swedish Novel

Swedish University

Swedish Movie 

1,
            2, 
                     3. 

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We went to the Forum to see a Swedish movie. 
See Video Clip on January 2nd - my mistake in editing. 

In Review

             2 0 1 4 

               In  Review 

A wild hail storm pummels Brisbane City, Australia. 

Photo is taken at the Story Bridge. 

Justy looking at food on the kitchen table ! 

The second party at Christmas time in That City. 

Left to Right: Chikako, Momo Chan, Emi and Yukie. 

Early snow, looking over the Abukuma River. 

Dec started his first year at Lancaster University in Lancashire, U.K. 

Clearly he has been to Japan ! 

Our good friends in Brisbane, Geoff 'n Andrea bought yet another Mazda. 

My once-in-a-lifetime birthday. 

All the 5.7. s. 

We celebrated in Yokohama City with Sam and Dec who flew out for it. 

We went to visit Douglas the Golden Retriever's grave. 

Japanese noodles....... at my favourite noodle bar in This City. 

Taken from the top of the Yutaka Building. 

Our friend, Shoko san, on the bus back to Joetsu. 

It was wonderful meeting you in 2014 ! 

Thanks for writing to me. 

July, Sam and Chikako in That City. 

Dec blowing bubble gum in July. 

Noriko and Steven on vacation after Christmas, 21014. 

Chikako carrying a lot of stuff back to our apartment. 

Chikako thoughtfully bought some flowers for my late Father's birthday anniversary. 

December 17th. 

Sam and Dec just flew in from London and we went to Ueno. 

Sam was trying to work off some jetlag. 

July, 2014. 

We all had a bit of a party ! 

It was a hoot. 

Chikako driving, Dec up front, in Sendai - July. 

We met up with Bryan and his family. 

Such a fun time together. 

Chikako and Dec. 

Japanese food...... how great is it ? 

July, 2014. 

We had a late night bbq beside the Abukuma River. 

Are we allowed to do that ........ ? 

Anyway, we did and we enjoyed. 

Sam on the left, Dec on the right of the blurry photo. 

Our good friend, Chizuko san came back from Vietnam for a short break. 

We went to Handa Numa ...... our first experience in April. 
What a magical place, although it has a dark history. 

2014 went so quickly. 
I am looking forward to 2015. 

December 31st Poem.

Tonight's December thirty-first,

Something is about to burst

The clock is crouching dark and small, 

Like a time bomb in the hall. 

Hark, it's midnight, children dear.

Duck ! Here comes another year ! 

                               - OGDEN NASH 

Food Events.

Some random food events

at the end of December. 

Snack 

@ 

Mos Burger 

West Side, This City. 

Coffee and sweets

@ 

Tokyo Interior. 

This City. 

We had a late lunch 

@ 

Sullivan. 

This City.