Sunday, November 26, 2006
Okaeri. Tadaima.
Thanksgiving, minus the turkey, plus sushi, multiplied by 4 family members = the perfect holiday for me.
If I remember correctly, this is the first time in 3 years that I spent Thanksgiving together with all members of my nuclear family. And that's what Thanksgiving is about (well, that and continuously shoveling food down your esophagus beyond normal human digestive capacity).
Despite our best efforts to have a "traditional" Thanksgiving meal in Cape Cod, we still ended up having a sushi feast on Thanksgiving evening. Ah... you can take the Takasu's out of Japan, but you can't take Japan out of the Takasus.
After all these years, mom & dad are back in the East Coast again. Rin is finishing up his final year at Cal and searching for jobs. My whereabouts is highly unpredictable and changes every 6 months. Who knows, maybe none of us will ever settle down in a final location. The most important thing though, is that home is where the people you love are.
I love the phrase "Okaeri" and "Tadaima" in Japanese. "Okaeri" is something along the lines of "Welcome back. Good to have you have you home." And "Tadaima" is the response which means "I'm back now." I can't wait till I get to say those words again.
// posted by sakit @ 8:18 PM 
