movie,「バンクーバーの朝日」

This is the end of the year 2014
and everybody is busy.

I've done everythig I expected to do.

Yesterday afternoon, I went to Tachikawa Cinema
to see a Japanese movie 「バンクーバーの朝日」.

I thougt there would be very few people going
to see movies at this time of year.

Oh, I was wrong!

The theater was full of people of different generations.

The movie 「バンクーバーの朝日」was a very
impressive movie.

I deeply thought about the hard days
of the Japanese settlers of Canada.

I can guess how much the baseball team‘Vancouver Asahi’
encouraged those sttlers of Canada.

Christmas lunch with my friends

Yesterday, my friends and I had Christmas lunch
at 酢重ダイニング 新丸の内ビル店.

One of my friends took us there.
It was my first time to have lunch there.

What a fine view!





After lunch we walked to Ginza 8 cho-me.

We went to Gallery 美庵 to enjoy まゆちゃん's painting.

Please read the following site about まゆちゃん.

http://moon.ap.teacup.com/applet/monjolie678/20141219/archive

まゆちゃん's Mt. Fuji is so magnificent!

We, four ladies, were all deeply impressed by it.

Thank you so much, まゆちゃん！

Christmas family concert at church

Today I enjoyed Christmas family concert at church
with my friends.

It was held at the chapel of Kokubunji Community Church.

It was a charity concert.

The church collected donations for The Great East Japan
Earthquake and restoration of the chapel.

It was a hand bell concert by 明治学院中学校ハンドベルクワイア.

Their performance was wonderful.

What a good time we had!

work as a volunteer waitress

I have written about
one-coin café in the community before.
It is run by volunteers in the community.

http://wave.ap.teacup.com/applet/karin02/20140530/archive

I heard that the volunteers are decreasing gradually.

So I decided to work every Thursday afternoon
as a volunteer waitress at the café.

Last Thursday afternoon I first worked as a volunteer waitress.

Today it was my second time to work as a volunteer waitress.

When customers come into the café, I say ‘hello’ in a loud voice.
Then I go to them smiling and ask them what their order is.

(We serve coffee, English tea and green tea--- with a cookie.)

I hurriedly carry what they order to them.

I make coffee, English tea and green tea.
I wash up cups, saucers, glasses or teapots.

I have no time to sit in a chair.
I get quite tired.
But I enjoy this volunteer very much.

pay nursing home for the aged

It was snowy all day in Niigata, my hometown.

But what a beautiful Saturday here in Tokyo!

It was such a beautiful day that I walked to Kokubunji.





On the way I was called to stop by staff members
of a house type pay nursing home, 住宅型有料老人ホーム.

They invited me to their open house.

I was not busy, so I followed them and visited
the nursing home.

Wow!

The 住宅型有料老人ホーム is carefully designed
for the aged.

It looked like a very good nursing home.

It was built in Feb. 2014.













I liked the 住宅型有料老人ホーム very much.

I wish I could live there when I become 75 years old.

But it is impossible for me to live there.
To live there needs a big money.

I can't afford the money for the 住宅型有料老人ホーム.

Yes, I think I'll live here (or in Niigata?) alone
as long as possible.