Category: Motivational

  • Cool Japanese Music Vol2, Hoshino Gen

    Kohaku Uta Gassen is a national show that airs on 12/31 every year in which selected singers gather together and sing in male and female groups. The viewer rating is usually around 50% in Japan. I’m going to be into two singers for the 2015 Red and White Year-end show. One of them was Gen…

  • Cool Japanese Music Vol 1 : Sekai No Owari (End of the world)

    I haven’t listened to many Japanese songs since I came to the U.S., but I do watch the annual Kohaku Uta Gassen at the end of the year. I thought, “This is it!” Sekainoowari appeared for the first time in 2014. The song “Dragon Night” was so good that I listened to all the other…

  • Dream Machine – good dreams, good sleep

    The music I’ve been listing to lately is, K-pop, which my daughter listens to, and Shiina Ringo, which I’ve been into for about four or five years. I remembered and listened to it again (and watched) Dream Machine by Mark Farina, which I loved more than 10 years ago. Nostalgic but fresh. Dreams are usually…

  • You can’t always get what you want – Yes I know

    The Rolling Stones’ You can’t always get what you want is a classic song. It is really true. You can’t always get what you want. It’s all about timing and circumstances. When we were young, we had momentum, time, and freedom, but as we get older and our circumstances change, we have more things to…

  • Year of the Tiger Holiday Card – Make your own!

    Less than two months left for 2021. How was the year 2021? Did you achieve your goals? Do you remember them in the first place? Next year is the Year of the Tiger. New Year’s greetings, how about a holiday card? I hope you had a better chance to go out than in 2020 and take pictures.…