Serene journey to happiness

Sunday, 2 June 2013

"I met you in that past life A"

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008ZPVTCK

Tuesday, 21 May 2013

If someone's talking too fast...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMKTdt6N1AM

Saturday, 4 May 2013

A Japanese dish

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zn1K_NoGOwU

Kwaidan

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6llchiYGPA

Plus, here's the link to read (for free, online):
"Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things"
by Lafcadio Hearn

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1210

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A business call

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFTapmaMRYg

A word exercise

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5B_qtrwh4E

Watch this -- it could change your life :-)

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VTSRVtHdQo

Some interesting videos

For anyone interested in learning English, take a moment to look at the YouTube videos here:

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqn2sFYrCiSYcG3KMUSQsQg

Lafcadio Hearn youtube video playlist

Watch videos regarding the fascinating author Lafcadio Hearn on this youtube playlist -- click on the link below:

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhduxU0kqLdVLz-orDORBMmRqz6PPioik

Sunday, 3 March 2013

Wa + Tasche = Watasche -- carry your watasche everywhere with you

"Wa" in Japanese, especially in cultural terms, means "harmony; serenity; balance".

(By the way, "watashi" in the same language, Japanese, has the meaning of "I". ( "I" as in, e.g. "I like...").

However, moving on to another language, "Tasche" is a German word which translates to "pocket".

From the two words above -- wa and tasche -- we can make the word "watasche".

"Watasche" -- meaning "harmony pocket" -- i.e. a pocket filled with harmony, calm, tranquillity.

In this particular situation, I'd like to think of "Tasche" as an internal pocket -- the heart -- because we carry our heart with us, wherever we go, and wherever we are... But it's up to each of us to decide exactly what we are going to put in it.

May you and I and everyone in this world always fill our watasche -- our "harmony pocket" -- with perspective, contentment, and calm every moment, everywhere we go, and everywhere we are...

NB. Some notes regarding pronunciation:

wa: rhymes with fa in father

tasche: ta rhymes with fa in father;
sche -- like shu in the English word shutter

Further, if you'd like to hear the above words, I hope the following pronunciation links will be helpful:

http://www.forvo.com/word/watashi_wa/

http://www.forvo.com/search/tasche/

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Tasche