月曜日の朝バスを待って、気づいたら道路の真ん中に猫を見かけた。子猫ちゃんほど小さくなかったけど、結構小さい猫だった。よく見たら車にはねられた状態だった。尻尾が振りながら頑張って立ち上がろうとしてた。
全ては数秒以内だったけど、猫を見かけて、「助けなきゃ」と思ったら、白いスポーツカーっぽい車がもう路肩に停まって、三十代に見えた男が出てきて猫の方に向かった。「あぁ、猫を助けてくれるんだ。車もあるし、あたしよりもっと早く動物病院に連れていくことが出来る、よかった」と感謝していた時点で、男が猫の首を握って見えなかったナイフで首を切った。それから道路の真ん中から歩道の向こうにある草に猫をそのまま投げだした。そしたら車に入って、立ち去った。
一分もかからなかった出来事でしょう。
あんまりに悲しすぎてバスで泣いてた。
男が猫を楽にさせているだけという考えもあるけど、猫にそんな敬意を持っていたとしたら投げることなんてしなかった。そして首を切る前にもっと悩んでたはず。迷わずナイフで生きている動物をあっさりと切るのも、経験が必要。
事故にあって首が切られるなんて、人間だったら絶対許されなかったのに。
猫が次の世界へ無事に着くように、祈ります。
July 21, 2013
One pulse in time
I was waiting for the bus on Monday morning and not really looking at anything in particular, when I realized there was a cat in the middle of the road. It was down and its tail was flailing as it was trying to get back up, and I realized it must have been hit by a car. It was a small tabby cat, not quite a kitten but not an old friend of the road.
It all happened in the matter of a few seconds, but as it dawned on me that the cat was injured a sporty white car had pulled up to the curb, and a guy that looked to be in his early 30's got out of the car and started walking over to the cat. I felt a rush of gratitude as I thought, "He's going to help save it, and he even has a car, he'll get to the vet faster than I will."
As soon as that thought went through my mind, the man grabbed the cat by its neck, took a knife that I didn't see he had in his hand and slit the cat's throat without hesitation. He hurled it from the middle of the road to the grass on the other side of the sidewalk, got back in his car, and drove off.
I was so shocked I cried on the bus afterwards. There has been the suggestion that maybe he had good intentions to put the cat out of its misery ... but I think if he was truly doing it out of concern for the cat, he wouldn't have disrespected it by tossing it away. The lack of hesitation also told me he was very comfortable with using his knife to slice flesh.
If it had been a human whose neck was sliced after being hit by a car, society would never have forgiven that act so easily.
As one who can offer only my prayers, I wish the cat well on it's journey to the next world.
It all happened in the matter of a few seconds, but as it dawned on me that the cat was injured a sporty white car had pulled up to the curb, and a guy that looked to be in his early 30's got out of the car and started walking over to the cat. I felt a rush of gratitude as I thought, "He's going to help save it, and he even has a car, he'll get to the vet faster than I will."
As soon as that thought went through my mind, the man grabbed the cat by its neck, took a knife that I didn't see he had in his hand and slit the cat's throat without hesitation. He hurled it from the middle of the road to the grass on the other side of the sidewalk, got back in his car, and drove off.
I was so shocked I cried on the bus afterwards. There has been the suggestion that maybe he had good intentions to put the cat out of its misery ... but I think if he was truly doing it out of concern for the cat, he wouldn't have disrespected it by tossing it away. The lack of hesitation also told me he was very comfortable with using his knife to slice flesh.
If it had been a human whose neck was sliced after being hit by a car, society would never have forgiven that act so easily.
As one who can offer only my prayers, I wish the cat well on it's journey to the next world.
July 04, 2013
花よりサンド
サワーキャベツロールのディナーがゆで終わるまで、待ちながらの八時半アヴォカドプロシュートサンドです。そう、夜八時半。夕食は夜食になってもいいじゃん~ 食べ物は夜中でも気楽でないと!(それに仕事や生活の流れでつい時間が...)
見ての通り、どんな料理でもなかなか綺麗に作れない。でもまあ、花より団子だな。
っていうか、花よりサンドだねー!!!
(我ながらも新しい用語を二つも考え出すとは!)
もちろんこのチンチラはサンドのことを探らなければならないのです。アヴォカドが彼の賛意を得たかどうかは不明です。
The Avocado Prosciutto Sandwich
My 8:30 p.m. avocado prosciutto sandwich, while waiting for my sour-cabbage-roll dinner to finish cooking. (What?) That's right, 8:30 p.m is before dinner.
I did t to make the avocado slices look pretty...but hey, substance over form!
And of course Toto (Tidbit) the chinchilla has to check out at what I'm eating. I'm not sure that the avocado gained his approval.
July 01, 2013
忘れない
「dream」 夢見ろ、2011年。インクマーカー。 |
あんまり話さないことは、逆に心の中で常に意識しています。
(*´ `*)
皆さんは存じているかもしれませんが、
私は歌が大好きです。
フルタイムでできれば幸せです。
歌も、ダンスも、描き等も、今まで出会えた、私を応援してくれた方のこと、ほぼ毎日思っています。
「コラボしてみない?」を言ってくれたアーティストの友達、
競争の心を持たずに温かく歓迎してくれたアーティスト・ダンサー、
「貴女のこれからの活動を楽しみに見てるよ」と言ってくれた人、
みんなのことを感謝しています。
もっと有名なセレブは出会える人に手を伸ばすことが出来ないかもしれませんが、
もっと有名になりたいあたしは、出来たらいいなって思います。
そして観客や友達や一度しか触れなかった人から:
「貴女がこの歌を歌ったから、歌を好きになった」
「貴女のダンスを見るだけで励ましになってる」
「貴女の踊りを見てると心が穏やかになる」
「貴女の声で歌ったこの曲が好き」
「貴女を見て私も頑張ろうと思えるようになった」
「貴女の成功を待ってる」
特に年を取ってる方から:
「私が老いていき続けてるけどこの世に長く居られないから、私がまだ居る間に有名になってCDを出してね」
と、こんな言葉をもらえて、感激です。
言葉を頂いた分、大きくなりたい。人との関係ももっと刻めるように、大きくなりたい。
夢のキャリアを持つには無理とか遅いとか思ってる人もいるけど、
だからこそ何時でも何処でも、「私が居た」という人の心に触れた証拠を遺したい。
頂いた言葉が私の励ましと決心になっています。
誰かのことを心から応援出来ることは、深い優しさと自信が必要です。
不安を抱えているのはみんなですから、「自信は持っていないよ」と思う方も多いかもしれません。
でも本当の自信を持っていない人は他人のことを素直に褒めることができない。
表にすぐ気付かれるような自信じゃないだろうけど、自分のことを認めて受け入れる自信のことです。こういう自信を持つ人こそ強くなれると思うし、他の人に強さを上げることが出来る。
私はそんな人を何人も出会えて、光栄です。
(*^-^*)
ファンが多くて別に何も思ってない人も いるかもしれないし、
応援の言葉を軽く言う人もいるかもしれないけど、
私は応援の言葉を軽く言わないし、
本気で応援してくれる方のことも、
今までの気持ちも、
絶対忘れない。
日本のちょっとした演奏の思い出が遺るよう、 見に来てくれた飛燕太鼓の方が撮ってくれた写真 ...を、私がまた撮っで載せた写真です。(#^.^#) ...っていうか、日本に居た頃太かったなあ!(≧▽≦) |
It's a Wrap!
Calgary's flood took the spotlight in our lives recently, but I thought I'd get started on the many blog posts that I have owed to readers for a long time. As they say, some semblance of "normality" is good after something big happens. Calgary's infrastructure will need working on for some time to come, but at least the damage has stopped for the time being (as in, the waters making it worse have receded).
The week before the flood was the wrap up of the Invisible show. It ended safely without any further injuries, thank the skies - and all the more so, as in one of the pieces a wobbly chair was brought out that shouldn't have been used and it ended up going to me, so I really had to compromise the movement and be careful during the dance!
I went to physio during the week after and apparently my knee is still not at the point of strength that I thought it was getting to. There is still a long (possibly lifelong) road of strengthening and conditioning for my leg, but it may be a good opportunity to push myself to be the strong and healthy person I want to be.
This was one of the hallways in backstage Theatre Junction GRAND. I didn't know this hall was signed by performers until I saw a fellow dancing friend's picture of their team signing the hall after the show was over. Thus unfortunately for the GRAND (yes, for the GRAND ^^ ), my name never made it onto this hall.
Our venti-sized Starbucks to get us through the night. Mine is the Iced Caramel Macchiato on the right.
An unrelated Venti Caramel Frappuccino photo I took on a different day, for international viewers to get an idea of Starbucks size in Canada. I don't carry a ruler around with me so had to make do with the hand and utensils. I fell in love with the caramel frappuccino while living in Japan. Japan's version of the Java Chip Frappuccino, my previous favorite, tastes different than how it is made in Canada. I didn't like the Japanese version as much, so I started trying other drinks and hit upon the caramel frappuccino. The price of a venti is expensive in both Canada and Japan, but in Japan your Venti size is about equal to Canada's Grande size. Despite the smaller venti, people's eyes still followed me everywhere every time I ordered such a large venti. (≧▽≦)
One of my teams backstage in the waiting room prepping costume and makeup.
Some of the other dancers backstage.
The eye makeup I came up with for one of the pieces. The photo is actually due to the not-so-great lighting quality of the iPhone 4S camera.
Had fun with the makeup, as usual. No false eyelashes though for lack of time between pieces!
A rehearsal shot that fellow dancer Angie took of one of our pieces.I freestyled this move and was honored to have our choreographer Nicole use it in the piece.
Danced two piece with this team. This black one represents breakthrough in the inner mind, the ego's firm refusal of abuse and degradation.
After breakthrough comes a Brand New Me. Photo missing one dancer.
Foolin' around. (#^.^#)
Group photo of those involved in Invisible. It was hard to get everyone in one place with the scheduling so the photo is still missing some people.
Lastly, a picture with Invisible guest Dianna David from Vancouver.
...And it's a wrap! Looking forward to more great things from our artists in the future.
The week before the flood was the wrap up of the Invisible show. It ended safely without any further injuries, thank the skies - and all the more so, as in one of the pieces a wobbly chair was brought out that shouldn't have been used and it ended up going to me, so I really had to compromise the movement and be careful during the dance!
I went to physio during the week after and apparently my knee is still not at the point of strength that I thought it was getting to. There is still a long (possibly lifelong) road of strengthening and conditioning for my leg, but it may be a good opportunity to push myself to be the strong and healthy person I want to be.
This was one of the hallways in backstage Theatre Junction GRAND. I didn't know this hall was signed by performers until I saw a fellow dancing friend's picture of their team signing the hall after the show was over. Thus unfortunately for the GRAND (yes, for the GRAND ^^ ), my name never made it onto this hall.
Our venti-sized Starbucks to get us through the night. Mine is the Iced Caramel Macchiato on the right.
An unrelated Venti Caramel Frappuccino photo I took on a different day, for international viewers to get an idea of Starbucks size in Canada. I don't carry a ruler around with me so had to make do with the hand and utensils. I fell in love with the caramel frappuccino while living in Japan. Japan's version of the Java Chip Frappuccino, my previous favorite, tastes different than how it is made in Canada. I didn't like the Japanese version as much, so I started trying other drinks and hit upon the caramel frappuccino. The price of a venti is expensive in both Canada and Japan, but in Japan your Venti size is about equal to Canada's Grande size. Despite the smaller venti, people's eyes still followed me everywhere every time I ordered such a large venti. (≧▽≦)
One of my teams backstage in the waiting room prepping costume and makeup.
Some of the other dancers backstage.
The eye makeup I came up with for one of the pieces. The photo is actually due to the not-so-great lighting quality of the iPhone 4S camera.
Had fun with the makeup, as usual. No false eyelashes though for lack of time between pieces!
A rehearsal shot that fellow dancer Angie took of one of our pieces.I freestyled this move and was honored to have our choreographer Nicole use it in the piece.
Danced two piece with this team. This black one represents breakthrough in the inner mind, the ego's firm refusal of abuse and degradation.
After breakthrough comes a Brand New Me. Photo missing one dancer.
Foolin' around. (#^.^#)
Group photo of those involved in Invisible. It was hard to get everyone in one place with the scheduling so the photo is still missing some people.
Lastly, a picture with Invisible guest Dianna David from Vancouver.
...And it's a wrap! Looking forward to more great things from our artists in the future.
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