Friday, March 23, 2007

Beer and hot springs

Add to this panoramic view and kind people, what makes me happy among rural charms is....... hot springs! There's one nice hot spring near my new country-side house. It's quite local one, and after 5pm, we can use this sulfur-rich public bath at lower costs!! It takes only 5 mins by car, so I can enjoy beer just after hot-hot spring! How rich my life is!







So...... as usual.... I unwind and enjoy the good things in life in this warm and cozy room with a glass of wine. How happy !

Thursday, March 22, 2007

Oyo's back!


After loooong absence here in this English blog, I managed to put myself back on.

During this lost one month, I got my working holiday visa to Canada and moved out to rural area, Nagano-prefecture. To my surprise, weak public air wave disables our TV, radio and even mobile phone in this renewed old house, so I can access new information only through Internet now. (Such a great relief to force telecoms company to get through!) ..... In fact, this type of life reminds me the one in NZ. Just after coming here, I was a little bit sad because I felt so isolated from bright side of Japan.


Well.... as the proverb says, "Time heals all wounds". How true! I've worried about a plenty of vague things, but they seemed to work themselves out in time. By changing my negative view to positive one, I am relishing this slow life in Nagano ---- beautiful scenery, fresh vegetable and warm people..... I realised it's a much better idea to enjoy what I have, rather than to sigh over what I lost.

Now that I've almost got our moving done, let's move on.... preparation to Canada!!