その全ての人を好きになる必要もない。
Also you don't need to love everyone around you.
The bright sunlight from the window woke me up this morning, it was around 7:50am. So I went to the living room and looked out of the window. Yes! The sun was showing his face finally :)) I was Just happy, the sun just made me happy in the early morning. It was just simple thing but it was really meaningful for me.
So, I was thinking for a while.... what I could do today..... except for filling out my workbook. Maybe....... I can take a walk to the beach...
I & Ania were planning to go for a cup of coffee this afternoon (that's what we usually do on weekends), so I just waited for her coming back from her work and we went for a walk to the beach with a nice cup of coffee and nice chat with her.
There is a small island at the Balmoral Beach, it's called Rocky Point Island, it's very nice spot where you can see the North Head in front of you. We sat on the rock and chatted and chatted and..... chatted.
It was not special event but...... it was still special for me.
After coming back home, Ania went to swimming pool (she is very tough!!) and I just read the book on the sofa at home (I was just very lazy...).
And... we had guests tonight, Ania's brother and his wife, Peter & Julia. They just came over our place for dinner. It was surprise visit but Ania cooked Polish food very quickly and luckily....I didn't need to do anything 'cause...... I backed cheese cake yesterday for..... no special reason.... but it could be nice desert for them today. I was lucky :)
It was nice & eventful day, actually.
That's kinda.... The early bird catches the worm :)) Maybe!
There are two ways to live your life.
After 2 weeks school holidays, I started school from this Monday. And I've got 2 assignments for 2 weeks subject which is about...... Support Children's rights and Safety within duty of care. Actually this subject is a little bit heavy........ 'cause it's about child abuse...
One assignment is written assignment, the other one is....... group presentation again. But I got great partners, Klaudia & Tomomi.
Today, Barbara gave us time to prepare for the presentation due on next Thursday so that I and Klaudia (Tomomi was absent!!) started researching about our presentation 'domestic violence' on the Internet.
When we were searching web sites one after another, we came across one quote with my favourite picture which was written by Albert Einstein.
It's the above.
"Miracle"
I like the word, "Miracle".
And..... my favourite perfume is called "Miracle" :-)))
丁度１年前の今日、２００７年４月１６日、今通ってるカレッジが始まった日、そしてAniaと初めて出逢った日でもあります。
It is exactly 1 year ago, 16th April 2007, that I started my school and I met Ania for the first time at school.
あれから１年、まさに光陰矢の如し・・・・・
One year have passed since then, just like "Time flies........"
もともと１年で帰国予定だった私のシドニー生活ももうすぐ２年になろうとしてます。
I was supposed to go back to Japan after my stay here for 1 year but it's almost 2 years in May.
シドニーでの私の生活は日本の生活、もちろんトロントでの生活とも全然違ったものになっていて、２年目になろうとしている今、ようやく地に足をつけて一歩一歩、前に進んでる気がしています。かなりスローペースですが・・・・ いつもの事なので。。。。マイペース、マイペース。
My life here is totally different from that in Japan, also that in Toronto but I feel that now I can take a step forward after 2 years staying here...... Actually it's very very slow pace though.... anyway I'm always slow to realize what I..... have to do....... so that it is ok for me. Just keep my pace.
それから、私のここでの生活はもう少し長くなりそうです。
And..... My stay here is going to be a little bit longer.
It's too far. I've never felt that before.
I'm too far from them and everything.
There is nothing I can do as long as I'm here. 
Only I can do now is....
Just hope everything will be alright.
After Easter, we've got some chick eggs in my childcare centre. It is wonderful experience that children will learn how chicks form and hatch from eggs, also they will long remenber! I took children to the perschool room where the incubator and cage for new born chicks were placed, they were so excited, their eyes were glued to baby chiks!! So I took one chick from the cage and let children touch it. Baby chick was very FLUFFY!!!There were 3 eggs left in incubator today. One hatched last Friday, then 2 eggs stated hatching, breaking thier shells today!!
Actually I've never had a chance to see a chick hatch. It is good experience to me as well :)
もうすぐ３月も終わり。ここシドニーは日に日に朝晩は肌寒くなってきてはいるものの、今日は最後の夏を惜しむかのように青空が広がる良い天気でした。
It's almost April!! Although It's getting cold here day by day, the blue sky extended as far as the eye could see today. It was lovely day.
取り急ぎ、溜まり気味のアサイメントを少し終らせてから午後３時過ぎ、本と水を片手にテクテクとバルモラルビーチへ降りて行きました。バルモラルビーチへの散歩&読書は毎週末恒例の日課。天気が良ければだけど。。。。。
I just needed to speed up my assignment 'cause I am 5 or 6 behind with my assignment. Of course I couldn't finish all of them but could a little bit. So it's time to go down hills!! I grabbed a book & bottle of water, then took a walk to the Balmoral beach. It's a kind of my routine to take a walk & read books there on weekends if the weather is nice........
この数ヶ月、ビーチへ行く度に、いつも決まった場所で１人絵を描いている男性が居て、見た目は６５歳くらいかな？いつもは通りすがりにどんな絵を描いてるんだろう・・・？と思いながらも近寄って見ることはしなかったけど、今日に限ってはおじいちゃんの方から二コリと笑いかけられたので思わず近寄って話しかけてみました。
Every time I went to the beach, there was an old man, looks like over 65yo, drawing picture at the same place. I always went past him even I was very curious to have a look his pictures. I'm too shy to see close at hand:) But today was different. The old man smiled me when I was passing through so that I came to him and start chatting.
おじいちゃんの名前はTony, 普段はアートスクールで絵を教えているらしく、彼も毎週末天気が良ければここへ来て絵を描いてると言っていて、今日も既に5枚の絵を描き終えていました。私には絵を描くというセンスが全く持ってないから、絵を描く人は私にとっては別世界の人の様に映ってしまう。
His name is Tony, he told me that he teaches at an Art school for kids and adults, also comes to the beach to draw every weekends if the weather is nice. He already drew 5 pictures on the spot today. I have no sense of drawing so that I think Artists are person who live in another world!!
かれこれ２０分ほど色んなことを話した後、彼が書いた絵の中で何か見覚えのある景色の絵があって、それは私のアパートのリビングルームから見える景色と同じ絵。
After our chatting for about 20 minutes, I noticed one his picture was very familiar to me because it was exactly the same picture which I could see from the window of my living room.
思わず、『これって売ってもらえますか？』と、とっさに聞いてしまったほど親近感のある絵で、おじいちゃんは『もちろん！気に入ってくれて嬉しいよ！』とニッコリ笑って答えてました。
I've found something congenial in that picture so that I asked him if I could buy it instantly. He said "Of course! I'm glad you like it!" with his smile.
私はその絵を買って、最後に『もしおじいちゃんのギャラリーがあるなら行きたいんだけど・・・・』って聞いたら、『僕のギャラリーはここ、青空の下だよ！』とニッコリ笑って言ってました。
So I bought the picture and I asked him if he had his own gallery near by. Because I would like to go. He said "Here is my gallery as you know! Under the blue sky!" with his cute smile.
きっと素敵なおじいちゃんなんだろうな。
He is such a lovely grandpa :)
今日はフラットメイトのAniaのお兄ちゃん夫婦の家でポーランドの伝統的なイースター・ブレックファーストに招待されて行ってきました。Ania曰く、ポーランドではクリスマスよりもイースターのお祝いの方が重要でイースターの日曜日の朝は家族揃って伝統料理を食べて、その日は一日食べて飲んで・・・イースターをお祝いするそうです。
Ania invited me to go to her brother's house for Polish Traditional Easter Breakfast today. Ania told me that Easter is more important than Christmas and it's very traditional thing that all family members get together on Easter Sunday morning to have a big Easter Breakfast. On this day, people just keep eating & drinking all day in Poland!
沢山のポーランドの伝統的な料理とケーキが用意されてて、
朝１０時から始まった朝食が終ったのは午後２時。
私のお腹ははちきれそうなほど満腹になって、帰ってきました。
There were lots of Polish food and cakes. The breakfast started at 10:00am, then finished at 2:00pm. I had had more than enough!! I'm still full now!!
日本ではもちろんイースターを祝う習慣がないから、
今日は何か新鮮で特別な一日でした。
We don't have the custom of celebrating Easter in Japan, of course, so that it was something special & new for me today.
家族が側に居るAniaがちょっと羨ましくも思った一日でした。
And I felt a little bit envy Ania being close to her family here.....
and miss my family. 
Such a big capsicum!It took me long time to cut it into tiny pieces for vege soup.
He was my best friend :)
つまづいたり、迷ったり、
そんな時には、是非この絵本。
思わずクスッと笑ってしまう、そんな絵本。
マイペースのHipoが教えてくれる事・・・・
Dear my family & friends
先週土曜日、シドニーで最大規模のクリスマスチャリティーイベントCarols in the Domainを見に行ってきました。人ごみが嫌いな私ですが、結構楽しみました。。。。。
みんなシート広げて昼間から陣取り、飲んでワイワイやってた様で、私達は夕方６時頃到着、用意の良い友達がシャンパンと私の誕生日も兼ねてケーキを持参。私達も飲んで食べて、ワイワイしてきました。
Have a Merry Christmas ☆
夏だというのに、まるで梅雨のように毎日雨が降るシドニー。
数ヶ月前、今年は猛暑になるとニュースで言っていたのに、おかしいですねぇ、、、、
昨日もドカ雨が降りました。
雨が止んだ後、さっきの雨は何だったん？
と、言わんばかりのキレイな夕焼け空がお目見えしました。
そこで、思わず一枚。
