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Today, Dec. 23rd is our Emperor's 78th birthday. If you are interested in this, please check this Press Conference on the occasion of His Majesty's Birthday (2011) Although Christmas isn't a national holiday,  Emperor's birthday is a national holiday. Luckily, Christmas is on weekend. Office workers can get 3-days off. At the end of the year, we watch many special programs on TV. Most programs this year are related to the Great East Japan Earthquake on 11th March. I sometimes forget it happened this year. But it is not the past yet for people living in that area. At the same time, I really thank the fact I can see the old year out and the new year in with my family at safe home. Today, I was watching a TV program, `10000 People sing Beethoven Symphony No 9 together.' I can't find its YouTube yet. When I find it, I like to introduce it here. This below video is from last year, 2010. The conductor is always Yutaka Sado. I like him. The singer was Ayaka Hirahara. S...

Today, Dec. 22nd is the winter solstice. The length of daytime is the shortest and it's getting longer day by day from tomorrow. The shortest daytime means the longest nighttime, which is the length of darkness is the longest. Some of you might have to face your ugly and immature parts you hate. And you are trapped in bad delusion and think the world around you negatively. It is said that people who are spiritually awakening are affected by natural cycle like moon cycle and planet retrograde. Therefore, if you feel negative, it might be due to the winter solstice. Then now it's over and you can feel better. In addition to that, the last new moon this year is on Dec. 25th. Soon after the date is changed, it is the full moon at 3:06am, The darkness is over at the winter solstice and the new beginning starts at the new moon. Enjoy the new start!

I sometimes think that if I ever open a restaurant, I will have a beef dish called "Angus Dei" (the Angus of God).  Angus cattle , of course, produce tasty beef.  I wondered if anyone had thought of that, and so I Googled the phrase, and came up with only one relevant photo: If I don't open up a restaurant, I may open a clothing store.  If so, the name of it will be:  Everybody Loves Raiment.