Thursday, October 22, 2009

dining-out in Asahikawa

Asahikawa is situated in the middle of Hokkaido.
The town is famous for Asahikawa Ra-men (soup noodle). This place is one of the most famous one, called "San Toh Ka". I've seen a branch at Clarke Quay in Singapore as well.
These are their speciality.
I fell in love with this white soup noodle. It was just sooooooooooooo good!!

Monday, October 19, 2009

Trip to Hokkaido - Haneda Airport

Hi there. We visited Hokkaido (Japan's North Island) for the weekends. Right after school, we headed to Haneda Airport. A lot of people prefer Haneda to Narita as it's much closer to Tokyo Central area. It doesn't take much time to go to Haneda if you live in Yokohama/Shonan area. But you don't wannta take trains during the heavy rush-hour, though.

This is my favorite bakery, Paul. Not only in Paris, they also have shops at Tokyo station, Shinagawa station and at Haneda airport!!


There're a lot of shop at Haneda, mostly gourmet shops. You don't need to shop around before departing from Tokyo. Simply go to Haneda to buy famouse Tokyo sweets!!

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

missing teeth!

Yesterday, my daughter pulled out her wobbly upper teeth. Hehehe, now she looks sooooo funny!

Friday, October 09, 2009

WIP: cross-stitch Day 8

Yesterday, we were hit by a big typhoon here in Japan. Kis stayed at home and I closed my zakka botique, too. In Shonan region, we had very strong wind in the morning, but not really badly. Sky got cleared out by noon. In other region, they had more serious damage. Oh, no....

My work is almost done as you can see. I'm getting kinda bored. Aha!

Wednesday, October 07, 2009

WIP: cross-stitch Day 7

I keep posting the same project. Getting bored, eh?
Stick with me until I finish this! It won't be long, I promise!!

Tuesday, October 06, 2009

Thursday, October 01, 2009

WIP: cross-stitch Day 5

A bit more has been added. Way to go, ah?

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

WIP: cross-stitch Day 4

Now you can guess what I'm working on!

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Saturday, September 26, 2009

my one-week-project















It took me a week to finish this project. The front has crossstitched floral border, and the back has my initial "K". So happy that I'd completed! Hooray!

Friday, September 25, 2009

autumn is here

How're you doing? Here in Japan, autumn season has started. Hope you're doing great out there! Pls give me your hello after reading this blog! Thanks!

Friday, September 18, 2009

my daughter's craft project

While my daughter was attending summer camp, she enjoyed various craft works. This hemp accessory was one of them. She made three bracelets and this pretty pink with Jade stone was for me!! A perfect gift from my little one!

Thursday, September 17, 2009

hooray!

From this coming Saturday, we'll have five-day-holiday here in Japan! Hooray! No school and no work!

We're visiting my mom's house. My daughter will challenge fishing for the first time. Will be back next Thursday! Ciao ciao.
:D

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

just finished!

I just finished my new crochet project. I really like this kind of design. I'll place it in my favorite glass shelves!

Friday, September 11, 2009

new stamp set

We'd uploaded some stamp supplies at our webshop, Atelier JADE. Some lovely stmaps and cute ink pads! Pls enjoy your shopping with us!

Atelier JADE

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Geneve

I've been to Switzerland several times during I was working in Romania and France. But that was only Zurich where I had busienss to do. I didn't know any Swtizerland outside of Zurich.
This summer I traveled together with my mom, my sis and my daughter for two weeks.

Hehehe, don't ask about my hubby!! If you're working for a Japanese company, you cannot take a holidays
longer than ten days!! If you do that, your desk will be gone! My hubby told me that when we got married. Ha! I'm so lucky that I've never worked for any Japanese firms before! Enough for that, eh?
The scenery around Lake Geneve is so beautiful and peaceful. We stayed at Montreux for 3 days. We wer so lucky to enjoy sunny days while in this region. After Lake Geneve, we moved to the Swiss Alpes region.

Friday, August 28, 2009

projects done this week

A birthday gift for my sister. I made a crochet motief and sew on a linen cloth.
Lovely but simple, eh?

A half dozen coasters of Swedish weaving for my own zakka boutique.

A hawaiian white bag for my customer.

A tablecloth with cotton-linen textile for my customer.

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Back from holidays

Hello!
We're back from our two-week-holiday in Switerland! It was such a great time. Now back to work...

Wednesday, July 08, 2009

new project (crochet)

It's another wetty cloudy day here in Japan.

I'd started a new crochet project from last week. Here it is. Can you guess what's gonna be???? The answer will be shown next week (or maybe in 2 wks! Hehehe!!)

Tuesday, July 07, 2009

Tanabata Day!

It's July 7th and it's called Tanabata Day today. Hope we can see the clear sky this evening to enjoy the milky way up in the sky!