Ramdom 5: Food

On October 22nd, Japanese food became designated as the Intangible Cultural Properties by UNESCO. ( http://www.asahi.com/articles/TKY201310220331.html)

I'm thinking too much about food these days...my essay topic being related to food, and also because I take food science :P

Food has so much impact on us. Without food, we cannot live. Then there are many influences that they have on our bodies - disease risk, physical well being, the usefulness of food chemicals, etc.

I also feel that providing food for someone, is an ultimate display of affection
Aside from the fact that it is life-sustaining, you need to take the time off to create something out of ingredients.

There's the expression "胃袋をつかむ" - literally "to take hold of one's stomach" - which is an idiom of love.
To "take hold of one's stomach" is to charm someone by the meals you make. It is mostly used as a disguise or those typical condescension   If your "stomach gets taken hold of" by someone else, it means that you've fallen in love with that person for his/her cooking skills (or so you say.)

Then came the brownies.

I was depressed on Friday because I had messed up with a client of mine from the ICU Festival Committee. In short, I missed an appointment to hand them the completed pamphlet and collect the advertisement fee.
I bicycled all the way to the place, soaking wet from head to toe, my right hand strained from holding onto the handle for dear life, my left hand strained from holding onto my swaying umbrella...
Then I had to walk my bike back for 40 minutes, in the rain, because I couldn't get its lights to turn on. I didn't know how to ventilate my frustration.

Then I remembered that I had Ken's brownie left uneaten (I had the appointment after 4th period.)

Thank you Ken for the brownies.
It really lifted my spirit up (*lightened up*), and I feel all better now.

The indescribable sweetness also really reminded me of the U.S. :) (in a fantastic way of course.)