Walk Coco in Tokorozawa

After staying home and relaxing a whole day we went to Tokorozawa. Monday is a national holiday here in Japan so we still had 2 days in Tokorozawa. Most of the time we did not much more than we did at home… Relaxing.

Occasionally we also walked Coco. He kind of not like it when you start walk with him, but once he start sniffing around he seems to enjoy it. Except when Chie is with us then Coco’s whole attention is towards Chie.


Sun flower Coco

No sniffing. No nothing. But Chie.

Also, when we are out walking many people just say out loud「かわいい」or “kawaii”, which means cute. So I try to look surprised point my index finger at my nose and say 「私?ありがとう!」which would something like “Me? Oh, thank you!”. Pointing the index finger at your nose is what a Japanese do when they are pointing at themselves, by the way.

Breakfast at Tiffan… Chie’s

Supposed to go to the beach today but Chie did not feel well. So we stayed at home all day long doing nothing but relaxing, which was great. Except I had to cook breakfast 🙁 But I made it quite OK, miso-shiro, onegiri, mozuku and pickled vegetables 😛


Breakfast

Flowers Going, Gone, Gone

The flowers I bought for little more than a week ago is now going on its last verse [Swedish expression]. In a few days they’ll all be gone.


Purple flowers

Chocolate Cake

On my birthday I got the “Rosendals TrädgÃ¥rdscafé” cook book from my mother. Now we finally had bought all the ingredients necessary to bake a French sticky chocolate cake with blue poppy seeds.

So while Chie took a foot bath I frenetically baked the cake.


Foot bath and DS for Chie Baking for Johan

It took less than 1 hour, including the 30 minutes in the oven, until the cake was ready… But too hot to eat 🙁 I had to wait for another hour or so before I could get my first bite.


Before oven After oven

It was yummy! Though I found out I had accidentally put in almost the double amount of poppy seeds. Obviously 3/4 dl is not the same as 3/4 cup. I just read 3/4 on the measure and was happy with that. Better watch out next time.

Yasaka with Andreas

When I was almost home I got a phone call from a friend working Sony Ericsson, Andreas. Surprise, surprise… He was waiting in the lobby of Chie’s and my building (well, at least it feels like our building).

He joined my to our apartment. Tried my home made ginger ale. And then we went to Yasaka for dinner.

Sometimes peculiar things happen. Like tonight. Tanaka-san was working. He’s from Osaka. Andreas show up and he is from Malmö (at least living in Malmo now… Hmm, not now since he is living in Tokyo now… Ahh, forget it!).

My point is that Malmö is the Swedish version of Osaka. People are a little bit 馬鹿 (baka – stupid/crazy). If you read this blog regularly you may remember I wrote about Osaka people some time ago and how you can “kill” them by shooting with your hand. And also that we soon afterwards found out that Tanaka-san is from Osaka.

Please keep on reading, I’m soon at my point 😉 Andreas and Tanaka-san found each other. Now, that is my point.


Andreas at Yasaka Tanaka-san

They were laughing and killing each other the whole night long. Though how they communicated I have no idea. Body language?


Andreas, kushiyaki and Go-kun We are the Happy Happy People!

Andreas seemed to enjoy Yasaka. Chie and I have always enjoyed Yasaka, and this night was no exception.