last week i had LOTS of PEOPLE celebrating my birthday!
先週は、多くの人が私の誕生日をお祝いしてくれました!



i just want to say thank you so much for all the treats, for all the parties, for all the mails, for all the comments and wall posts, for all the presents, and for being there for me! i might haven't said this to you directly, but i just want to say, i'm grateful for each one of you!
本当におごったり、パーティーをやったり、メールしたり、コメントなどしたり、プレゼントしたり、そしてそばにいてくれて、本当に本当に本当にありがとう!!!口頭で直接みんなに言う機会がまだないかもしれないが、ずっと言いたいのは、みんな一人一人のことを感謝しているよ!

thank you so much for all that you have done for me!
and i do mean it: THANK YOU SO MUCH !!!


 
some of my presents - they're just so cool! thanks heaps!

thank you so much for being my friends. it's because of you guys i can call japan as my second home. YOU MAKE MY LIFE WORTH LIVING. i really thank God every time i think of you. as the saying goes,
今まで友達でいてくれて本当にありがとう。みんながいてこそ、日本を私の第二の家と呼べたんだ。生まれてきたよかったって思えたのは、みんなのおかげだ。(←何か和訳するとあまりカッコよくないねw)本当にみんなを思うたびに神様に感謝してるよ!まぁ、次のことわざのように、

 

 

"It takes hands to build a house,
     but only hearts can build a home."



... and speaking of housing,
EVERYONE, I'M MOVING OUT AND IN!

thanks for praying about my new apartment ^^
部屋探しのために祈ってくれて本当にありがとう^^



some of you reading this haven't known yet, but i'll be starting my job in a financial company in tokyo from april 1st. my old apartment is a bit far and the traffic is lacking, so i'm moving somewhere near my company. i mean, really near - LOL.
ブログを読み始めてる人は知らないかもしれないけど、4月1日から金融業界において東京で社会人デビューをしま~す。いま住んでるとこは遠くて交通が不便なので、会社の近くに引っ越します。てか、近過ぎるかもw

btw i love my new neighbourhood (^-^)v

so to be honest, my room is such a mess right now, and i don't even know where to start. it's never been easy to leave a place full of memories. but you know, there are so much more memories to make in the future. that's why ... i have to start packing - LOL.
正直、いま私の部屋はめちゃくちゃで、どこから片付け始めたらいいのか分からない。(誰かさん、笑わないで^^;)思い出の詰まった部屋と別れるのは、いつも簡単なことではない。でも、新しい部屋で新しい思い出をこれからもまだまだたくさん作れるはず。だから、引越の準備を始めなきゃ(笑)

so much things to do, yet so little time.
やることいっぱいあるけど、時間はいつも足りないぐらいだね。



let me close with a poem from Henry Van Dyke:

"Every house where love abides
     And friendship is a guest,
Is surely home, and home sweet home
     For there the heart can rest."


PS. パーティーの企画者、そして写真をとったみんな、特別に感謝してまーす^^
i can't express how thankful i am for your presence in my life.