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Still here. Kinda. When I first began this blog thingy I felt fat and the name of this blog was both cute and apropos. And hey, who doesn’t love alliteration? I didn’t have a thing to wear then that fit properly and the blog name Bye Bye Buddha Belly fit me perfectly. Now it’s near reversed. Most of my clothes fit. I don’t think of myself as fat but as a thinner, healthier person in the making. What really doesn’t fit me anymore is the name Bye Bye Buddha Belly. So I haven’t blogged much of late.

I also think part of my avoidance in typing any entries of late was not knowing where to begin. I have stuff I want to get out but the rough drafts kept turning into trashed drafts. I thought being somewhat anonymous would free me up to let it free. Nope. Am I just not ready or total chicken? Not so sure which.

Hanami is in  full swing here in Tokyo. Each year when the cherry blossoms bloom, everyone gathers at the park to drink and picnic. When you’re surrounded by a forest of whitish pink blooms snowing down petals, it’s hard not to feel at peace. To think that after the gloom of winter gray is beauty and new life. Hope. Rebirth. Change. The angelic snowy effect is empheral, for soon the delicate flowers are gone in about one week’s time. I’m so busy with work and projects now that it appears I may miss Hanami altogether this year. *grumble* Hope that’s not the case.

So that’s it. Not really feeling this blog thing anymore. Or maybe just not this one. And I hope to get in some cherry blossom viewing time this week.

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