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Deep In My Heart - Lyrics

  Deep In My Heart   (by Jose Mari Chan) Deep in my Heart I love you Deep in my heart I care You are my life My everything, my dream, my every prayer Deep in my heart I know That deep in your heart you know That we were meant for each other And we will love each other forever Deep in my heart I know That deep in your heart you know That we were meant for each other And deep within my heart And deep in your heart Yes we will love each other forever Deep in my heart forever

War only brings Grief and Sadness : In Commemoration of the End of the Pacific War

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  Reposted from my Family Blog on wednesday, august 15, 2007: War only brings Grief and Sadness [Video Clip from youtube: ] While watching the Digital NHK news today past 9:00 pm at my Hotel room, I found myself sobbing in tears, an situation a adult mad like me would be ashamed to admit. Why did a man like me cried ? Today is the 62nd anniversary of Japan's surrender to the United States after the war. In the news was featured an old woman 101 years of age who lost son in the war. She was crying while asked for a statement during the commemoration event. She said (in Japanese) - the war did not have any justifiable reason and purpose - wars are all useless and destroys families. She wondered how happy she would be if she is still with her son who died just a few months after graduating from Tokyo University while in combat. Another story that broke my heart is that of a Japanese father who wrote nice 43 letters for his newborn son. The artistic letters had matching pictures of bi...

Using International Drivers License in Japan

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International drivers license can be used up to 1 year  from the date of issue, even if it is valid for more than 1 year. Also it can only be used up to 1 year from the date of entry into Japan. Therefore whichever comes first in the above conditions is the last date of validity. Please see this PDF file from the Police for more details: https://www.keishicho.metro.tokyo.jp/multilingual/english/traffic_safety/drivers_licenses/index.files/kokusaimenkyo_english.pdf

Taking care of your family as a Christian

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  Fathers and breadwinners (such as single moms) let us do what it takes to ensure our families  have food on the table and we support them in all their needs.   In these times of uncertainty let us do our best in our work to ensure our job security.  This is a part of being a True Christian alongside our duties in the church as per the verse below:   "Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever."                                                                                                                      ...