Time for me

Was able to take some time to draw today.
I think I start to get good at a few things I have to push myself further. 

Was able to do some exercise. 
I hope I am not rushing these on my back ... 

I decided on a daily rythm ... now I have to make things fit in it. 
It really took me some times because of work hours changing a lot and when I have time for lunch, for breakfast for tea, for exercise ... I hope it will turn out right. 

The girl who works at the café knows me well now. 
She always smile at me ... and I smile back. I feel at ease there. 


Total ... those would  be my sun for the day.

Happy easter

 My neighbour invited me for lunch today. 
We each brought part of the necessary food so we could share ... 
It was nice to got out, walk under the sun, have lunch sitting on tatami for a bit. 

This was my sun of the day.

Volunteer

 It was a long time since I last was able to go to the temple events for volunteering. 
This saturday I was able to lend a hand. 
Even though ... it wasn't much really. 
But maybe it was a nice family time for the kids and parents who came that day. 

There was one little little girl, drawing and I really loved the way she was drawing. She was looking at the colors and whenever she thought a color was nice she was smashing some of it on the paper. 
It reminded me of my way to chose colors when I buy paint or when I draw but ... then I try to male it look like something. Maybe I should just smash the colors too. 
She might be knowing exactly the process better than me and I should follow the process up to the end ? :3

This is my sun of the day

Y***

Today, a neighbour came to my place just to bring me fruits and a card.
She heard that my back was hurting so she decided to stop by.
She always gives me super beautiful and cute hand made card !
It always feels nice.

And the rainy morning finally turned nice blue sunny sky.

That's my sun sun of the day

I have a sister

 It's a special day.

It's her birthday.

And my life wouldn't be the same without her.

That's my sun of the day (and more)

Kind Heart #1 @ the supermarket

 The art of queuing up ...

Certainement la spécialité du pays !

And in a regular supermarket, without any special sale going on or sanitary reason, the staff had customer queuing up outside to let them in bit by bit according to the number of people taking the exit.

I was startled and was standing puzzled in front  of the queue when a nice grand-mother "pssst-ed" me.
I turned my head :

- here here, come behind me ! 

Gosh, how something so simple can be so full of kindness. A way to tell you, I will help you, guide you, you can come by me ... the nice way to try to help someone she might have thought was confused about the process. 

I approached her and told her. 

"- thank you. But it is really too crowded. I don't think I will have the patience to wait." 

I smiled at her. 

"- It is indeed crowded today."
- I wish you good luck. Thank you."

It's a small thing but that's exactly that kind of thing that can make this world a better place.

This is my sun of the day.

The star of the post office

 I am an obvious foreigner in my not homeland country. 
Which has a few consequences :

- People can easily tell I was very very probably not born here
- I still speak with mistakes
- I send parcel to foreign countries because I have friends and family there. 

Those three consequences also have another consequence : 

- People at my nearby postoffice know me. All of them. 
They know I always ask for nice stamps, they know I don't fill out the online form because I was never able to do it, they know I try to find a safe but not too expensive way to send things. 

Last time I sent a parcel to a friend in Germany and apparently in Europe they decided on some more stupid rules about ...
- First it was listing  everything in the parcel
- Then listing the items with the price (which is great when you send presents)
- Last they decided on codes for each item and you have to find the codes and write that down also.

That's when I was pushed too far into wasting time.

So that one time I had to send a parcel in germany I told the guy of the post office that I don't wanted to do it. That I was  bored. That I was just sendin a gift for my friend who had a baby and they have scanners probably to check there is no bombs so as long as it's safe they have to stop bothering people.

The staff told me how it was the rule. 
"- It's okay ... I just want to send it simply without all the forms and files and codes
- But it might come back without being delivered.
- It's okay. I don't want to comply to stupid rules anymore. I have been doing the process so far but it's just too much now. I won't comply with abusive rules."

The staff tried to convince me but I told them I opposed stupid systems (and that we have to stand against stupidity) so they complied.

So today I went to the post office to send another parcel. All the staff turned around when I entered. I just smiled and waved at those faces I recognize well now. 
They smiled and asked me : 

- Did the parcel reach your friend ?

My smile got bigger : 

"- Yes ! It worked. (Common sense is not dead yet)
- So the easy way was possible !
- It's not about easiness it's about protesting." I joked

They all laughed, we joked a bit more, and then we prepared the next parcel together.

It was nice to share this with them somehow. It's like having some more profound history, since it's about society's problems, sharing the adventure and having them being supportive.

They might remember me a bit even later on.

That's my sun for the day.