so mysteriously another month went by

I think the time is tricking us these days and also I find more black holes in my surroundings. There got to be black holes. Why could things disappear otherwise? It's more serious than my theory of "Law of a Rubber-band" - a phenomenon that a common object such as a rubber band you always see around the house somehow cannot be found when you actually need it. And this doesn't explain anything about what's going on really, does it? Also this picture of Taiyo. I just wanted to show you how time flies and how he looks so grown-up in this picture. Though he still wants to carry his 'kitty' his best friend the stuffed animal everywhere and of course he has to sleep with her every night.

Feels like I kept saying "two more months" for a while but now it really seems like just another month of SOY on Suffolk Street. Every day there's someone going "NOOOOOOOOOO!!" finding out that we're leaving. Mostly happy for Taiyo and myself, but this move is of course bitter-sweet with so many good-byes. And more bitter-sweet in defferent depth and combinations, like I'm already missing the old neighborhood anyway; it's already gone before me. I'm not going to miss all these high-rises curving more chunks out of our sky around Delancey Street. I'm not going to miss any of these new hipster joints that's mushrooming around the neighborhood. But I'm going to miss very much of this tiny restaurant that I spent all of my last 15 years. It was so personal. And that's why it was so special.