memories

more photos from japan.
during my visiting in japan, my grandmother gave me some of her jewelries. those 2 rings in the photo are especially special one that she gave me. those 2 rings were made out of her mother's (my great-grandmother) japanese ornamental hairpin "Kanzasi". the pink one is a coral and the green one is jade. they are beautiful and cute!
i still remember how i spent time with great-grandmother. i am still attached to he even she passed away very long time ago. when i received those rings, i felt my great-grandmother came back to me. great gifts.

year 2009!

i and V were in japan for 2 weeks. oh, super great time i had with my friends and my family.
we were in tokyo, kyoto, nagano and nagoya. thanks for all my friends who made time to meet me. also, my friends from canada were traveling in tokyo while i was there. it was great to meet them again.

we saw Mt.Fuji. once from the airplane, and twice from the bullet trains. beautiful, indeed.
it was too short stay, i already miss everything from there.
see you all soon again!

hyvää joulua!

my friend's little girl made those cute piparikakku ( ginger cookies). i can not eat them. they are too cute to be eaten.

we are going on holiday. flying to the sunrise country.

have a nice holiday, everyone!

stars!

Xmas star ornaments i made for Onéa design shop. pretty!
soon Xmas comes. i am not that interested in "Xmas" but excited for Xmas holiday.




looking for Xmas gifts??
Onéa design shop
fredrikinkatu 28 Helsinki
http://www.onea.fi/index.html

painting exhibition

last night, we were at our friends' painting exhibition opening party.

their exhibition was hold at suomenlinna, a small island. we took a boat to go there; felt like going on a small night picnic.

there were some people who i wanted to meet for long time. oh, i had such a great time with super kind people!

recently, i try to speak finnish and this has opened up a whole new world for me. a big difference is that no need to find people who are willing to speak in english with me.

i feel great thanks for finns; they are so patient with my poor finnish.

studio opening party

my friend N.N had his studio opening party.

we have met each other such a long time ago. did we meet in 1997 or 78? that time, i visited finland with my professor in canada. we were both students then, now he is a hot fashion designer! i am a big fun of him.

after all his remarkable success, he is the same humble and sincere person.

for some reason, i was very touched and inspired by his studio party. it was a wonderful night.

ARIGATOU N.N.

Xmas shopping

i managed to go to Xmas event at Onéa design shop.
it was very cozy.
many thanks for E for organizing this!

Onéa design shop
http://www.onea.fi/index.html