Hiromi Usagi!

Last night I had Maguro (Tuna) and Zuke (marinated Salmon) nigiri sushi at wabi. They are so delicious. Oh I had Shima aji (Hawaiian Jack) as well. I love maki rolls too, but I like simple stuff like Sashimi (no rice) or Nigiri (a piece with rice underneath). Japanese food is very tasty and healthy. I love sushi.. There was a sushi place in Seattle called, “I Love Sushi.” I wonder if it is still there. I remember salmon was delicious there. I wonder raw fish could be included in a raw food diet. I love eating raw fish with rice and seaweed though. so simple yet so good…

On Sat I had a few? drinks and got drunk. I haven’t gotten drunk for a long time, so it was fun. I wasn’t trouble, I hope. Harper had to send me home, because I couldn’t stand still. My problem is that I love hard liquors. I wasn’t hang over next day at all, and I even got up at 9 and went to breakfast with my friend, David. He is from Singapore and in the similar situation with mine–he has to leave after summer because his visa will be expired. It is time for him to move too. He is thinking about going to Argentina where his friend is working as a community organizer. She asks for his help. He started learning Spanish from an Argentine woman whose husband is also a sushi chef at Wabi. It is nice to know there is someone who is having the same isuues. I am sure he will be okay, and I will be too.

It was a nice weekend and I slept a lot last night. I will be working a lot next week, but I think I will be okay. I almost finish the book, “the world according to Garp”. so many sad things are happening, but somehow, it doesn’t seem too tragic. I don’t know why.. I can’t wait to start Haruki Murakami’s book, Kafka on the Shore. I love Japanese paper backs. They are small enough to fit in a pocket, I think. But this one has two volumes and doesn’t look short. There is an English version too. Haruki Murakami to me is my high school days, although my life at the time was not as dramatic as his novels at all. I was 16 when I read Norwegian Wood. I have read many of his novels when I was in high school. It is very nice to re-read his stuff now when I am in my 30s. I even read Norwegian Wood a few years ago and felt totally different. I didn’t read his stuff in my early and mid 20s at all. At the time, I was reading more political based novels, like Wild Swan, Red Azalia, some North Korean stuff (non- fiction), and Amy Tan. I was very interested in China’s cultural revolution and the non-fictional stories of North Korean refugees, and I am still interested in these, but I was very into them at the time. I guess for me, reading Murakami is looking at myself inward and checking on myself. I don’t know if this makes sense, but that’s how I feel about his stuff. I feel like I have a phase of Murakami crave, which constantly comes and goes. I love sharing thoughts about Murakami books, whether you have read his stuff or not.

My blog tends to be long….I can’t make it short. I stop now.