Winning!

I’ve got the victory at 6km race in Coburg on 17 Jan.

Jon ran with me as a pace runner and pushed me to the first.

I received the trophy which is very interesting figure.

Busy day!

It was a busy day.
Until 1pm I had school as usual and then we had lunch with Merriwyn. She gave me a beautiful silk scarf and an interesting card for my birthday present. I liked them very much. Thank you, Merriwyn. After lunch we went to the Home Show in the city. We have a plan to renovate our kitchen, laundry and work room one day. Therefore we collected information today.

SAKURA

We have cherry tree in back yard. It is in full bloom now.
Japanese often compare the cherry to human life
such as its peek period is very short
and the way its petal fall is gracious.
Last April we also enjoyed the full bloom of cherry tree
in Tokyo with my sister.
I remember the crowded Palace where we had a picnic lunch watching cherry tree.

Merriwyn

Last night we were invited to dinner at Merriwyn's home,
who is Jon's cousin and an interior designer living in Windsor.
At her place there is lots of stuff from Asia
and she beautifully co ordinates them with deco furniture.
First we had chat with Merriwyn and her boyfriend, Peter in the living room
having Champagne and dip,
then we shifted to dining room where was lit by candles.
I noticed a Japanese belt (obi) which was used for the table centre.
She served three course meals with formal dishes and cutlery.
Her cooking was marvellous,
each dishes had very delicate flavor.
We really enjoyed meals and chat with them until over midnight.

Dali

The other day we went to Salvador Dali Exhibition at National Gallery. It is holding more than 200 collections in painting, sculpture, jewellery, cinema and photography. I have not seen his works before and did not know he worked film making with Hitchcock.
I enjoyed it very much.

Soccer

On 17 June we went to MCG to watch a soccer game, Australia vs. Japan. There were about 70,000 audience, which are mostly supporter of Australia. Australia won by 2 to 1. Both countries
have already got the ticket to 2010 World Cup in South Africa. If possible I would like to go there and watch the games.

Long weekend

We went to Anglesea on the long weekend.
It takes nearly two hours driving from our place.
We usually change over at half way.
Even though the weather was chilly
there were lots of people.
We browsed around in the farmer's market
and bought honey and went to the art show at community centre.
They were selling the local's works which are paintings, pictures and crafts.
We also enjoyed jogging on steep hills as usual.