Category archive: Lifestyle

Life as a series of endings and beginnings

Photo by ZHU GUOYONG on Unsplash.com

Photo by ZHU GUOYONG on Unsplash.com

The snow in Hirafu is melting. Green is peeping through the spongey, sodden earth. There are signs of bamboo shoots, dripping roofs and new birds in the trees. It is spring and these are the signs of another ski season ending. Not all endings are so obvious.

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Friday food treat: Shabu shabu

Source: https://hubjapan.io/articles/top-10-tokyo-shabu-shabu-shops-that-make-you-want-more

Source: https://hubjapan.io/articles/top-10-tokyo-shabu-shabu-shops-that-make-you-want-more

Shabu shabu is Japanese hotpot. “Shabu shabu” or “swish swish” is the sound you hear as the meat in this dish is cooked in a boiling pot of broth. 

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Friday food treat: Onigiri

Onigiri

Onigiri is a rice snack available in convenience and other food stores in Japan. It goes by other names as well – o-musubi, nigirimeshi and rice ball. It is a simple but surprisingly tasty thing to eat.

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Friday food treat: Matcha

Source: https://tropeaka.com.au/products/matcha-tea

Source: https://tropeaka.com.au/

Matcha is a form of green tea with a difference. It is a “green tea” flavour that finds its way into tea, ice-cream, cakes and confectionery.

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The first step …

Out of bounds

Out of the structure of organisational life and into the “bubble” of living and working in a ski resort … on the way to having a different and more flexible lifestyle. That was my first step in this endeavour.

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Living life in a style which becomes you …

Snow lifestyleWhen people talk lifestyles, the accompanying pictures often have deck chairs – but also palm trees, poolside waiters and drinks with cocktail umbrellas propped in the top.  This photo, taken outside a restaurant in Telluride CO, was not posed.  There were others occupied by skiers taking in some sunshine, but the waiters and exotic drinks were absent.  So, you will notice, were the crowds.  It was a gorgeous day and I think the closest run was called “see forever” which aptly fits this view.

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The yukikaki championship – an unusual sports event

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Festivals of ice, snow and lights are part of winter festivities in Hokkaido. In Otaru’s program of events was an unusual World Championship. I went along.

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Thoughts about community engagement …

Photo credit - Nicholas Green via unsplash.com

Photo credit – Nicholas Green via unsplash.com

We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community… Our ambitions must be broad enough to include the aspirations and needs of others, for their sakes and for our own.
~ Cesar Chavez

Can you take a compliment?

Photo by Roman Kraft on Unsplash.com

Photo by Roman Kraft on Unsplash.com

 

 

 

 

 

Can you accept a compliment? Are you comfortable with acknowledgement and praise? Not everyone is. Some people feel very uncomfortable when they are complimented – even though it is generally well-meant and positive. Why is this and what can you do about it?

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