幸福の秘訣

Koufuku no hiketsu
こうふくの ひけつ
The secret/recipe to happiness

Picture this:

It's 4 degree C outside. You came out of a hot shower. You walk to your warm, cozy bedroom with centralized heating. Your MP3 player is hooked up to the amplifer that is connected to the in-ceiling speakers playing the songs according to your customized order. The light is dimmed just right and it's plugged into the X-10. You are now in bed under your soft, puffy king size down comforter fitted into a Queen size duvet cover (for the extra puffiness). You are having your favorite Haagen-Dazs ice-cream in one hand and surfing through your "daily read" bookmarks with the other. You are laughing and enjoying your evening completely with no one to bother you. You forgot what time it is. You have totallly forgotten you have work tomorrow. What a sweet life! You can add your favorite person or ペット to the picture if you like. :-)

This will be just one of the many 幸福の秘訣 I will be posting. It will be nothing fancy but just simple joy in life.

*Recently saw the whole dorama Home & Away with Miho Nakayama in it. It's really hilarious and quite touching at times. I love most of the good old traditional family value dorama, so it does it for me. Lot of people will call it unrealistic and predictable...but I like it!