Healthy Mind+Body+LIfe

It has been a wonderful weekend, and I feel just simply great.

I woke up around noon on Saturday morning and made a big fat breakfast (as always).

It was beautiful outside, so I decided to go to the mall close by my place. Downtown on a weekend is way too busy and crowded, so I'd rather stay in Queens.

I bought a nice stress relief massage oil and a scrub from Bath and Bodyworks. I like Aveda products as well, but I'm in love with those stress relief series from Bath and Bodyworks. They have body lotions, hand soap, pillow mist....and other series as well.

After I came back home, I cleaned the bathroom and took a nice long bath.

Since I left Japan, one of the things that I really miss is this part: take a bath everyday.

I literally took a bath everyday back home. It's quite usual for us, and we have a deeper bath tub, so I could completely soak my body into a nice hot water.

My body and mind was all refreshed, and here was a big surprise....one of my roommates gave me a foot massage!! What a nice hospitality!! I was in heaven for a while and drooled a little bit. lol

Obviously I didn't wanna do anything after this relaxation, I turned on the TV thinking nothing would interest me...but I saw Sinatra on the TV! ...what? I doubted my eyes and paid attention this time....they were showing a good OLD film "High Society"!

So I thought this would be a great night for me...I haven't had time just to sit and watch a good movie. Well I should probably say I didn't even wanna do it since I don't have a company to do it here. (How much I miss Ms. Kitty and all my friends who snuggled with me and watched movies together!!)

The movie was very classy and jazzy, and watching Luis Armstrong automatically made me smile.

They showed another film right after. It was an indie film directed by UK director, Shane Meadows; "Somers Town". All black and while, artistic, foreign, and simple yet smart.

I immediately drew into this film due to the beautiful opening sound track. I didn't know the song, but it was freaking good, so I decided to watch it.

After watching those films, I was thinking about all the fancy CG, 3D movies that Americans are freaking out. Is that really necessary? How about the story itself?

I'd prefer to be an old school.

This calls "Natto"(Fermented soybeans!ha!).
Ridiculously healthy and makes you smart. (don't ask me why)
I eat it with "Genmai"(Japanese brown rice), and it's so good.
I am trying to start Macrobiotic diet as much as I can. I still love meats (CHICKEN!) and can't live without them, but I am limiting the intake of meats!