Remember and Forget: A work in process

A WORK IN PROCESS....

REMEMBER:

Conversations:

Haru:  It is a peacock

J:  It is a turkey

Yutaro: Seven coconuts, seven coconuts, seven coconuts inour world

J: continents

Kindergarteners:  Where do you live

J: higashi OOOOOOOOsaka.

Mayu: pumpkins are green

J: orange

Mayu: the sun is orange

J: yellow

Mayua: traffic lights are blue

J: green

...

J: Watshi wa nihongo ga wakarimasen

Hina: If you just work at it a little at a time you will get it.

Sounds:

thunk, thunk, thunk of an aluminum bat hitting a baseball in the evening

beeboo, beeboo of the ambulance

the nasal sound of the train conductor

the ding, ding, ding of the crossing signal at Ito Yokado

Kenzo Jo's voice - it is a design element

the excited OHIO GOZI ISMASU of Wakana's mother when I enter Lawson's convenience store

Smells:

sandalwood incense burning at the graveyard behind my apartment

Sights:

the fog rolling down the mountains

the cleanliness of the trains

Giant Buddha of Nara

Trick of Treating with Hummingbirds (they gave the candy to the stores to be distrubuted)

Tastes:

the curry and pumpkin at Lucky Garden (Sir Lanka)

Persimmon

White radishes in balsamic vinegar

Touch:

The feel of yarn passing through my hand while winding a bobbin or winding a warp

FORGET:

Taste:

Taste of nato (like fermented glue) - fermented tofu

Coke Zero

Sounds:

Emergency becon ringing from the toilet (trying to figure out how to flush it)

Sights:

Garbage in the drainage ditch by Lawsons

Losing my house key at the train station

Accidentally shop lifting at Ito Yokado (I did go back to the right department and pay for it)

Smell:

the musty carpet in the English room

Touch:

the snail I touched in the compost bucket