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新年明けましておめでとうございます。
本年も宜しくお願い致します。

Happy New Year's to all my friends, family, and fans!

皆さんは年末年始どう過ごされましたか？

Hope you are all enjoying the Holiday Season.

僕はクリスマスが終わってからは、家の大掃除で大変でした。窓ふきやらブラインドのそうじやらで、１週間かけてなんとか大晦日の日にフィニッシュ。インディ５００に参戦する指輪も奇麗にして、ちゃっかり６個目のスペースも空けておきました。（笑）なので今年は絶対に５００に参戦するぞっ！！

I've been so busy after Christmas to clean my house. It's a full time job just to get the windows, windows blind dusted off, and cleaned. I've also cleaned all my Indy 500 rings and made some rooms for the 6th in my cabinet. Therefore, I definitely have to give it another go this year at it!

で大晦日の晩は友人の家で、皆でカウントダウンしました。本業は美容師さんなんですが、毎年NewYear'sパーティーではダウンタウンの市場から新鮮な魚を買って捌き、刺身＆寿司パーティーをやっています。手が器用なだけに、魚を切るのも板前並みです。

For the New Year's Eve, I was invited to my friends place for the Count Down Party. He is a hair stylist but has excellent skills on not only cutting hairs, but also some fish to make Sashimi and Sushi. The fish was all fresh as he purchased them from Fish Market directly where all the sushi restaurant goes to get their stuff.

０８年の年越しは体調がわるくて、年が明ける前に寝てしまいましたが、今年はしっかりカウントダウンもできて順調な滑り出しです。

During the 08 countdown, I wasn't feeling so well and went to sleep before the new year but this year, I was able to enjoy the night and count down with friends which is already a good start to 2010!

元旦の日は、お昼前にリトル東京にあるお寺で初詣。ここ数年は２日か３日に初詣に行っていたので、今年は元旦にいけてしっかり心も引き締まっている感じです！

On New Year's Day, I went to the temple with my family to pray for good health, and of course some luck in racing. I usually go to the temple on 2nd or 3rd day after the New Year so I am ahead of the game already in 2010!

で、おみくじもしっかり引いてきました。が、その時に息子にちょっとした事を改めて教えてもらいました。おみくじを引く時に、自分は躊躇しながら選び抜いた物をピックアップ。息子は一番上にあるくじを迷わず手に取りました。

At the temple, we decided to do the [Omikuji] to see our fortune for this season. When picking up the fortune paper from the draw box, I ended up learning something from my son. All the adults including my self will dip their hands deep into the box trying to find the best fortune, while my son without any hesitation went and picked up the top fortune roll.

その瞬間、“あっ、もしかした良いくじが欲しいと思う、大人の悪い欲がこういう所にでるのかも・・・”って思って、案の定お寺の外に行ってくじを開くと、僕は“吉”で息子は“大吉”！

We went out side and unrolled the paper to see our fortune, and with out any surprise, I've got "blessing" and my son's pick was "Great Blessing" for this year's fortune. It just showed that the fortune will come to you, if you don't become greedy and also not to hesitate,

と言う事で新年早々、初心に戻ると言うライフレッスンを３歳の息子から受けた感じでした。（笑）

A lesson from a 3yr old, but sometimes you have to go back to the beginner's mind in order to succeed!