July 2008 – Page 2 – Random Detox

Japanese Dragon

July 10, 2008 Japan by Flisha Leave a Comment

This is a dragon dance from a shrine on a Kyoto weekend. This was my first time to witness the Japanese version of the dance. There is a large Chinese community in the Philippines, so Chinese dragon dances are commonplace, especially around February during the Chinese New Year. The Chinese...

Random Detox Featured in SocialSpark

July 10, 2008 Blogging by Flisha 4 Comments

I’m the featured blog in SocialSpark today! Haha! I’m so psyched! Here’s a screen shot for posterity! Thank you SocialSpark! 🙂 Related Images:...

Japanese Plum Blossoms

July 9, 2008 Japan by Flisha 2 Comments

Plum blossoms bloom early. This is Kyoto midMarch. Plum blossoms differ only slightly from cherry blossoms (has something to do with the shape and number of petals I think) but I think they are just as beautiful. Related Images:...

Revisiting Capeside

July 8, 2008 Uncategorized by Flisha 2 Comments

I’ve only ever loved, and have never invested so much emotion in as, one TV show in my life. Dawson’s Creek. The timing of the show fitted in perfectly with the timing of my life. I was fourteen (a high school sophomore) and identified with everything (well, almost) Joey and...

Green Raindrop Wishes

July 6, 2008 Zamboanga by Flisha 2 Comments

I miss rainy days that smell like grass and leaves and flowers and trees. I miss getting water soaked underneath a cloudburst. I miss the chill of a clean breeze. I miss the soft dewy moss underneath my bare feet. I miss the titter tapper of the droplets on the...

Four Eyes Me

July 6, 2008 Personal by Flisha 2 Comments

I was always the tallest student in class. I was also near-sighted. With big pink plastic glasses of a grade which seemed never enough for me to read the little curly characters on the teacher’s board from the back (and I mean the ultimate, final, last row) of the room....

Make a Japanese Wish

July 5, 2008 Japan by Flisha Leave a Comment

We have wishing wells, wishing fountains. The Japanese have this. To make a wish, throw a coin. Bow your head two times, clap two times. Make your wish then bow one last time. I think it’s charming. 🙂 Related Images:...

My Lonely Food

July 3, 2008 Homecooking by Flisha Leave a Comment

This was yesterday’s lunch that I cooked myself. Corned beef with onions, sunny side up eggs (that I messed up) and rice. By the way, the rice that Asians eat with meals is mostly just plain white rice. Sometimes we fry it with egg or a sprinkling of chopped veggies...

Japanese Girls

July 2, 2008 Japan by Flisha 1 Comment

We were in Kyoto visiting one of the temples and ran across these girls in their beautiful kimonos. It was March and they had probably just come from their graduation ceremony. The kimono is the Japanese traditional wear, worn on formal or special occasions. They reminded me of sakuras...

Hairy Days

July 1, 2008 Personal by Flisha 2 Comments

When I was a child I would pull hair off my head. Not randomly. I had a sweet spot right in the top center of my scalp. I envisioned wicked silver hairs taking over my whole scalp, sprouting from that evil lair, and I, the vanquishing warrior princess, determined to...