Showing posts with label New Year. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New Year. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

A New Beginning

Dear Readers,

It's been a while, hasn't it?  The past month has been more busy than ever due to my workload but also due to my constant fight against my failing health.  Working out and cooking everyday is not an easy task for me so I completed stayed away from the blogging world to focus on this new challenge.

I wanted to come back to my blog and give you good news about my health but last week I learned that my blood test came worse than before.  It was a crushing blow for me.  I thought I had finally stepped toward the right direction but it seems it was too little too late.

However, all hope is not lost.  I am continuing my diet with the help of meds prescribed by my doctor.  I have dreaded this but I can longer avoid this treatment as it would be too dangerous for me to go on without intervention.

I want to win this battle.  Like the new peach blossoms that have been sprouting around me, I want to believe that a new beginning is possible. 


It will be the Lunar New Year this Thursday!  Every year I send envelopes and lucky money to my friends.  However, this year I can't because there were two deaths in my family and I don't want to send anybody my bad luck. 

I can't visit anybody either because people would not like it if I show up at their doorstep on the first day of the year!   I can only visit my own relatives  (^_^)

The last few days of the year are always hectic so I won't be back on the blog until at least this weekend.   I would like to wish everyone a wonderful new year full of joy and hope!


Friday, January 2, 2015

Re-ment Osechi

Dear Readers,

I hope you are all enjoying your New Year celebrations!  I am already back to work today but I did have the time to set up a photo to show the new Osechi Set from Re-ment.  My Sylvanian Families Rabbits have eagerly accepted to model in their best attire ^_^


Osechi are the traditional New Year food in Japan. Osechi are presented in special boxes called jūbako (重箱), which resemble bento boxes.  They include food that have a special meaning for the New Year. 

The Osechi boxes shown above come from the newly released "March Comes in Like a Lion - Kawamoto Family Dinner".  You can read a very good and complete Review of the Full Set written by Buzz Wuzzington III Esq on the Re-ment Addict Pool on Flickr

As soon as I saw the promo photos for that collection, I decided to pre-order the full set.  There are a few webshops that allow pre-ordering but I usually get mine from AmiAmi.com.  It was much cheaper that way than to buy on Ebay (especially with the Yen been so low recently!).  I paid between $35 to $40 for almost all my full Re-ment sets thanks to pre-ordering instead of waiting for them to be sold on Ebay or Amazon.

But of course, pre-ordering means you take a risk because at that point, there are no real pictures of the miniature yet and you have to trust the promotion pictures!  So far, I have happy with all my purchases.

I will eventually take a picture of the complete set for you to see but it will have to wait for another day because today I have to be back in the office!

I wish everybody a wonderful weekend!


Wednesday, December 31, 2014