Superb Summer

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Mei-Shun loves 冬瓜=winter melon with snow-white flesh, refreshing scent and lovely shape. According to Shin, it is harvested in hot months, can be stored until cold ones. Also is an autumnal 季語=season word for haiku, only spring seems excluded. Is it your childhood, darling? Now may she cut, peel and cook you into soup? Oh, here is other strength of you; low in calories.

医食同源

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… is a Chinese saying Mei-Shun quite likes. It sounds to mean “medicine and food shares the same sources”. Shin also utters that there is no food harmful toward your body. And it is he who kindly ordered above 黄桃=yellow-flesh peaches for her. 1st delivery was accepted a week before, when the wife had a slight cold. Now she recovered, tried this 2nd gifts with apples’ texture.

Joy of Hawaii?

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Mei-Shun tends to choose light meals here, preparing for big dessert plates. Poke, quite like our sushi bowl, is among the best 3 on her list; with guava juice, a nice match. M-chan seemed pretty starved, finished faster the same dish. They soon moved toward sweets, enjoyed chocolate/fruits pancakes respectively. Oops, what is that black interloper on your peaches?

Joy of Hawaii: 1

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It means a restaurant mom and M-chan dined at tonight. The former aunty has not felt very well for a week, might have a slight cold. However, such blue condition was all forgotten when she picked up her only niece, purr. Medication, good sleep and meals are obviously important to cure our disease. Communication also works, as they say 病は気から=your mind controls your body.

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Peach Plate

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I and mom met dad, purr, at a hospital in Tokyo yesterday. He seems quite fine; expecting return to us on Thursday, purrr. With 海の日=Marine Day today, we adults had 3 serial holidays from weekend while school children summer vacation. That might be why a sweets shop recommended by him was a bit crowded. “Almost nobody eats there, so convenient for business”, he said.

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Supine Sweet

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Mei-Shun met M-chan at a baked eel restaurant, located nearby University of Tsukuba. Reaching the last year as an undergraduate student here, the latter niece safely received a job offer. That means the former aunt would miss big meals; might be better for her body, yet the worst for mind. Well, it is the exact opposite of elder sister Y. Happy, family communication is highly appreciated.

Favorite Fruit

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Welcome back home, dad. I and mom finally saw him quite late last night, on a day of month for my breed, purr. He brought nice souvenirs as usual, yet with a bag of caramel-cheese flavored popcorn exploded within his suitcase. That forced her into severe cleaning labor, while gave a reason why above photo features cute cherries from her elder sister Y.

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Big Breakfast

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Mei-Shun visited the same hospital, reservation time as last week. Since the sushi restaurant is closed on Tuesdays, she ate much in the morning. However, more patients were waiting for their turn – there were many elder people. When her screening finished, it already passed 15:15. She was so starved that jumped into Ms. Scarlet, headed a supermarket where tasty dishes are available.

Hungarian Honey

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Here are Shin’s souvenirs from Europe. He returned on the last day of solar May, stayed at a hotel only on 2nd during the 1st week this month. Mei-Shun heard from him that Hungary is famous for foie gras and paprika. Either is suitable to bring home; the former is a bit too high-calorie, while the latter fresh. It is used for gulyás, their symbolic stew the wife is quite interested in.

Sweets Shopping

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Mei-Shun finally visited a hair salon nearby Tokyo Station. Before walking toward there, she dropped in a 菊廼舎 shop. Her elder sister Y will soon reach birthday, while Shin does tomorrow. However, he is on a bit hard weight control; asking the wife to bake even a chiffon cake after his annual checkup. She therefore chose smaller cans and a tiny bag shaped like Mikan-chan’s breed.