To start off my vacation, I went to Roppongi Hills on Sep. 26th.
I got the company discount and I had to pay only JPY500 for the admission fee for "Tokyo City View(auditorium)" and "Sky Aquarium II(the temporary aquarium located on 52th floor)".
I wouldn't go there if there were no discount because it would cost JPY2,000.

There were some foreign people there. I heard someone talking in Chinese.

"Sky Deck" which was on the top of the building was closed unfortunately, so I walked around to see the night view of Tokyo.

I took some videos, but I couldn't upload them here although I tried it.
I may post them later if I can.

I'm just posting some pics here this time.( Cut for pics )
They may have the same event next summer. I enjoyed it very much.

I got a shot on 22nd and it hurt so much, but I haven't had any side effects so far, which is good.

Last weekend, I completed the last 2 days of "Powerstone Therapy Level 1 Workshop".
It was a lot of fun!
We were so relaxed that some participants fell asleep. I even heard someone snoring during the practice.
Easy, but powerful. This is my impression for "Crystal Acupuncture". It helps us to remove negative things accumulated in our body and spirit.
Dr. Margaret Rogers Van Coops, who also did my counseling, taught us very useful techniques. I tried to take notes in English as much as possible to improve my English.
She is the one who's done a lot of researches for a long period of time and who got over the Parkinson desease.
I'm supposed to get a diploma.
http://www.twocommas.com/

Due to the various reasons, I cancelled my trip to US and decided to visit museums and go to a short trip in Japan.

I've almost recovered from depression thanks to the couseling and the therapies introduced by Margaret.

I've started thinking about my job, my career and my life. I may need to change my job in the near future.
Anyway, I WILL ENJOY MY VACATION!!!

I visited "Sky Aquarium II" at Roppongi Hills last Friday. It was good.
I'm planning to post some pics later.

I came back from Kunlun Nei Gung Level 1 Workshop and I'm tired but feeling better.
I've been feeling kind of depression for the last few weeks because of a lot of stress at work and I didn't feel like posting in my lj at all.

I've just got the anime news. Here you go.

FMA will be animated again! Yay!
It has just been announced officially in Japan, although we don't know the details yet.

Now I don't feel like watching anime, drawing fanart, doing translation and doing origami work, which is terrible.

I'm going to meet Dr. Margaret Rogers Van Coops, who is a famous therapist/counselor currently staying in Tokyo and I'm going to learn "Power Stone Therapy" from her next month. Good thing I don't need a interpreter at all.

I'm glad I'm willing to learn something new to help myself at least.
Another good news - I finally found a good doctor in Tokyo and I've made an appointment with him. I do hope it turns out to be good.

Notes to myself:

August 27th: Metaphisiotherapy session by Dr. Margaret Rogers Van Coops

Sept. 6th & 7th: Power Stone Therapy Workshop day 1 and 2

Sept. 10th: Appointment with Dr. Shimizu

Sept. 20th & 21st: Power Stone Therapy Workshop day 3 and 4

Sept. 28th to Oct. 5th: My 2nd visit to Ku's family in US

Ku went through a surgery and has been so busy that I haven't talked to her recently.
If she and her family are OK with the schedule and Dr. Shimizu doesn't say anything bad, I'm going to fly to US again.(I'm not 100% sure yet.)

Chi must have been going through a labor right now and I'd love to talk to her again soon.

Going to bed and getting ready for work...

This Tuesday when I got home from work, I saw a strange creature on the wall.
OMG, it was a snake!!!
I have no idea how he/she got in my house...

It disappeared before my brother came home and he was kind of dissapointed to miss it.

I can't believe this!

A crazy guy hit people by a truck and also killed people with a knife in Akihabara in the afternoon today.
7 people died and 12 people got injured, I feel so sorry for them.
The guy has been arrested by the police and he said that he wanted to kill people because he felt hopeless living in this world.

http://dailynews.yahoo.co.jp/fc/local/akihabara_stabbing_case/
(Yahoo Japan news)

I went to Omotesando yesterday after work not for shopping but for medical checkup.( Omotesando Hills )

I was taking a walk after lunch on Thursday and found some cherry blossom trees almost in full-bloom.
( Cherry blossoms in Tokyo 2008 お花見をしたい方はどうぞ )

I'll be going to Kobe in few months and I'm also planning a short trip to Inubosaki Lighthouse in Choshi.

I've never been to Kobe, but it won't be something like sightseeing...I will get a closer medical checkup for MRI. I do hope it will turn out to be good, or I'll need to be hopitalized and go through the operation...

On the other hand, visiting Inubosaki Lighthouse is just for fun. Ever since I visited Windpoint Lighthouse in WI, US, I kept thinking of visiting. Choshi city is very famous for fresh fish, so I'll try some raw fish if I get a chance.

I'm going to call the clinic and check the details of checkup as I get the doctor's appointment. Luckily, I'm taking a day-off next Friday.

Off to do cleaning...good thing it's getting warmer here.

I was going to update my lj saying "I'm back online" but I don't know what to say right now.

Am I just being unlucky???

1. My computer that I bought in July 2007 died and it will be fixed early next month.

2. My new laptop computer that I bought for backup(which arrived a week ago) is dying. I think it's kind of initial failure or something... I need to send it back to manufacturer shortly. The pre-installed software which I don't need is causing the problem, I think.

3. The washing machine which I bought 10 years ago suddenly died. My brother is going to buy a new one soon, but I need to use coin washers until then.

4. I got sick and had to stay in bed last week.

Yeah, I have to mention something good, too.

1. For the engineer's visit and replacement of washing machine, I'm cleaning my house, finally.

2. suzaku18 joined lj and ZL community. She scanlated ZL special manga using my translation that I posted in community few months ago. She asked me for permission to use my translation. She sounded nice to me, so I said OK. I finally got to read the scanlation this weekend. I enjoyed reading it. Thank you, suzaku18!

3. My old computer which I bought in 2000 is still OK. It freezes often, but it doesn't die. I'm updating this entry through it. It almost died when I had to purchase a new one, but it survived. I don't know why new computers do not seem to be tough enough.

Lastly, I have to mention that I DO MISS TALKING TO spacemonkeyku. I haven't talked to her for a month. And I'm a little worried about pete61kiss. I hope he is fine.
I did leave a message for your voice mail when I called you yesterday.

I'm really looking forward to seeing them online soon.

I could boot my old computer fortunately, so I decided to update my lj.

The hard disk of my new computer crashed last weekend and it will be replaced at the end of this month.
I'll see if I can retrieve any data from it...

I'm not dissapointed, but was so shocked.

I need to clean up my room before the engineer's visit. The problem is, I like cleaning itself, but I'm not an organized person.

I'll be completely offline until I finish cleaning and my computer is fixed. It IS a good chance to clean my house.
I will just read lj through my mobile until then.

Hopefully I will be able to see you sometime at the end of this month or the beginning of the next month.