Waterfall & Wings Version 1

Today is a public holiday in Japan!! It's called 春分の日(shunbun no hi). E-to... Vernal Equinox Day. Erm.. is it some day to celebrate the 1st official day of Spring?? I have no bloody idea. Ano, i'm from the tropics. Don't mind my insensitivity towards seasons. Hahah. I don't think the Japanese do anything special on public holidays too. Not like in Singapore, when it's Deepavali, the Hindus celebrate their New Year, when it's Vesak Day, the Buddhists visit the temple, when it's Christmas Day, people go out and feast etc etc. In Japan, other than New Year's Day, it seems like every other public holiday is just a day where you don't have to go to work. Although i'm positive some of my colleagues went back to office to work today. I'm sure i will see emails dated TODAY tomorrow... So yea, they do not go to beach on 海の日, nor go on hiking trips on 緑の日, and definitely do not hit the gym just cos it is 体育の日. They probably just go dating with their better half, or just sleep in, like me. XD. But i tink i sleep too much. Woke up way past noon and dillied dallied the day away. And then lament about wasting time when the sky turns dark but STILL can't wake up early come the next public holiday/weekend. That's me. でも、何もやることはないもん。それに、睡眠補足のため。そう、言い訳が多いです。

Ooh, I just checked up the word "Equinox". It says it is one of the 2 times in a year (around 20Mar and 22Sep) where the sun is above the equator and day and night are of equal length. Oh really? Does that apply only to the tropics or here as well? I gotta start timing. LOL.

It is still really cold here in Tokyo. It was like ZERO DEGREES a few nights ago... like what the?!? And oh!!! It finally SNOWED earlier this week too!! (Or was it last week??) That morning, i was preparing to go work when i heard the news on TV saying that snow was reported in some other parts of Tokyo (i forgot where) in the early morning but had since stopped. I was like oooh.. finally. They said that this is the latest snowfall ever reported in Tokyo for the last 200 years or so. It's all because of global warming. People, PLS START LOVING OUR EARTH!! So anyway, i left my house for work and when i got off the train station to begin my 15min walk to office, i thought there was something falling from the sky.. Rain?? But the ground wasn't wet with raindrops. And i don't feel any water on my face either. And then i realised. OH MY GOD!!! IT'S SNOWING!!!! Hahaha... i wonder why im so excited. Maybe it's the first time i experienced snow in Tokyo. Demo ne, it's like chou bimyou. Really really LIGHT SNOW. And it wasn't even zero degrees. So i conclude. You don't need zero degrees for snow.

And the sakuras are starting to bloom in Tokyo yo. I haven't seen any with my own eyes, but the news are reporting about it everyday. Like ooh, there's FIVE sakuras in so and so park now. LOL. Are they serious... Maybe i will catch some tsubomi (buds) on my way to work tomorrow. And it's really cool. Cos my name in Japanese *IS* Tsubomi (蕾). And so happened Kobukuro are releasing a song by the very same name today. It's like MY SONG. Actually i've heard the song many times earlier because it is opening song for Fuji TV's drama Tokyo Tower, starring the very shuai Hayami Mokomichi, whom i swear, resembles Zaizai A LOT. It's a drama about a son and his mother. Not a regular love story but still very touching. I didn't watch the series faithfully, only a few epis here and there, and the last epi which just ended on Monday. I was crying so much when Ma-kun (Hayami) was getting all panicky and devastated when his Okan (mother) passed away. Uwaaahh..... Hayami was really good in this one. And he had to speak some Kyushuu dialect for the entire show. Sugoi ne.. though i dunno if it was accurate. Anyway, the theme song kinda grew on me. Well, it's MY SONG, so let me do some free promo. =) Click on the link below to watch Kobukuro perform this song! Their harmonising is really good.

Awwww... it reminds me of the drama. *sniff*

なんかさ、あのドラマを見て、自分も怖くなってきた。
世の人々が避けられないことなのに。
人として、絶対経験することなのに。
でも・・・やっぱ・・・怖い。

「今」を大切にするしかないね。