A Looooooong Cake

The other day, when I walked around a nearby shopping mall alone, I happened to find people making a very long strawberry cake together.

I asked them what’s going on?

A guy told me that they were making a 1000m-long strawberry cake to celebrate a five-year anniversary of Yataimura or a Japanese style pub mall.

After completion of making the 1Km-cake, I was presented two pieces of cake from them.

I brought them back home and enjoyed the yummy cake with my family.

One Day Weekend

Due to the big earthquake hit in Japan, my office was closed for a whole month from March 11th to April 10th. To compensate the one moth none-working period, the employees have to work even on Saturdays. So, my weekend is only today.

I played tennis in the morning, came back home, cleaned up my computer and took a rest for several hours at home. I should get up very early tomorrow as usual and head for my office. Sigh.
My body always complains me to get two days weekend.

Cactus Flowers

Three big cactus flowers bloomed at the same time in my house last week. The same cactus had only one flower in early May.

It gave us wonderful atmosphere same as last month.

Unfortunately, those flowers were in full bloom only for two days.

The name of the cactus is “Bijyomaru” in Japanese. The Japanese name literally means a beautiful lady.

I don’t know who named it but the cactus fits the name to a T.
Don’t you think so?

Track and Field Competition

I went to see a prefectural high school track and field competition a couple weeks ago.
My younger daughter 16-year-old Rina took part in 1,500m race of the competition. She could barely join the sixteen-member-finalists of the race. Then she ran through the goal line as 16th.

She has been a member of track and field club since she was a junior high student.
Yes, she keeps practicing long distance running over five years.
But, she couldn’t beat her own record that she got when she was 13 years old.

Like many women athletes, she seems to be struggling against becoming rich female body.