Top of Japan, Mt. Fuji

My biggest memory of this summer is Mt. Fuji.

2 days, total of 15 hours walking, I finally reached the top and came back down.

It was hell; hot in daytime, freezing at night and on the top, rocky path, full of people in lines, little oxygen that make you headache, and the worst was going down. Walking step by step with your knees and feet hurt incredibly on the path you cannot see the end...

I cannot do this again, but I wanted to do this once in my lifetime and I finally did it.

I appreciate to this person who went with me, with his support I probably couldn't finish to the end. I am glad to share this wonderful experience with him.

One Summer Night

We had such a wonderful night this day.

Firework festival is very famous in Japan during summer holidays and this time, we saw Tokyo Bay Fireworks from top of the hotel having "teppanyaki" for dinner.

Wow, the view was amazing, Champagne and steak was so good. I think I would like to come here again next year:)

Relaxing Holiday

It was a 3 days weekend in Japan and I went back to my family's place.

Playing piano, going to gym and swimming, going to cinema, seeing my grand parents... Things that I used to do in my spare time, things that I like to do but haven't done for a while because I didn't have time.

Busy.... that is just an excuse.

The past few months, I have been putting most of my time for work (work until late and sometimes even weekends). But I realised I need my own time. I need time to be alone, do things that I like to do, and to study. Before, I used to study or learn something for myself (ex. new language, read business books, cooking, belly dance) but I forgot about that now.

Time is limited so you need to make time, not wait until you will have time.

I will start doing things that I used to do.

*above photos: my neighborhood

Mt. Fuji

View from an airplane.
I am planning to go up there this year!! I'm a little worried if I have enough strength to reach the top (I'm terrible in sports...) but hope the weather will be good and it will be a wonderful experience.

6 month past...

Wow, it's already end of June.
I can't believe how fast time past this year.

I've been travelling a lot (all of them for business) national and international, 2-3 places every month. I never got tired of going overseas but this year, I am... I realized visiting other places for business or holiday is definately different.

Anyway, until now, I dedicated most of the time for work. So many thing happened but I was enjoying and had such a fruitful time. Not just working as sales but I also involved in product planning. I actually planned and designed a product, went to the factory to check the mass production proceedure and launched this product in April.
I am also involved in one big project that will finish in early winter. This will probably be one of my biggest acheivement ever (for my company too), I can't wait to finish!

Well, hope I can enjoy a lot, work hard and be happy rest of this year.
Everything depend on me, right?

Interesting photo

It's quite scary to see so many legs in jeans...

Happy 2010!!

Tokyo night lights. (view from Roppongi Mori Tower)

Icho Namiki

Autumn trees in Tokyo (@Gaien Jingu). It was so beautiful.

My recent appetite...

Seasonal Japanese dishes.
You can eat all of them, leaf shaped carrot, rice wheat shaped popcorn... it's art.

Wine I bought in Paris 5 years ago. It tasted fantastic.

French in Kyoto style.

Bouchon in Lyon

It was true that Lyon is one of the best city to eat.
You can eat inexpensive with high quality dishes.
One bouchon we went turned out to be one of the best, we met some local people who came to bring their friends from Paris, a restaurant owner in different area of Lyon and they said it is one of the best places to dine.

We had a dinner set with appetizer, main dish and dessert for 12 euro and it was the quality of Michelin star restaurant.
I would definately come back to the same restaurant! @Atelier d'Yvonne