A Furry Guest and a Reluctance to Abstinence.
As of Thursday last week I've been looking after a black and white cat. At first, and not surprisingly, he was frightened of me and the new environment, but he has finally warmed up to me by happily sitting on my lap and purring when I stroke him. The only problem I still can't resolve is the fact that he pees everywhere. Not quite everywhere, but a fair amount, on my zabutons and sofa... His owner says that he apparently does it when he's feeling lonely, but he even did it when I was there. My guess is he's trying to own the place by placing his scent everywhere. Hoping he will calm down a bit as the days go on, or at least before I have to give him back to his owner when she comes back from her trip.
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| The spot he claimed as his own on his 2nd day here. |
Resolute to a Revolution.
Successfully surviving the apocalypse, the millennium, our computing systems turning back on us (or is that still to come?), I think our world has done pretty well to get to 2013 and managing to get through the first month. Aside from all the continuing tragic news over the world...not that it changes much every year.
As I mentioned in my last post, I spent New Year at my Obaachan's house in Tokyo.We spent a quiet day indoors, eating too much of good food, but not going all out - in Japan, if a relative has passed away in the previous year, it is seen as a sign of respect to have a toned down New Year celebration as if in mourning...something that baffles me a little about Japanese culture as I'm the type that always likes to look ahead and be positive. Don't get me wrong, grieving is important, but I think there's only so much you can do. Grief won't bring them back, after all.
Anyway, here are a few snaps of the food we had.
As I mentioned in my last post, I spent New Year at my Obaachan's house in Tokyo.We spent a quiet day indoors, eating too much of good food, but not going all out - in Japan, if a relative has passed away in the previous year, it is seen as a sign of respect to have a toned down New Year celebration as if in mourning...something that baffles me a little about Japanese culture as I'm the type that always likes to look ahead and be positive. Don't get me wrong, grieving is important, but I think there's only so much you can do. Grief won't bring them back, after all.
Anyway, here are a few snaps of the food we had.
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Jul, 22nd 2015 - Closed/Moved
I have decided to close my personal blog, Fish'n'Chips with soysauce, after inconsistent posts over 6 years. However, I am continuing to write, including personal rants, at my new blog, My Pegasus Sky. I will also be moving some of my older posts that I feel to be worthy. If you are interested, please jump on over to: http://www.mypegasussky.com