Happy Birthday to You... CHA CHA CHA??

As I've been writing here, I really love toddlers. I often visit several toddlers' blog sites which are written by their parents.

The other day, I saw the video in one of my favorite toddler blogs which showed 5-year-old boy's birthday party.

All the kids were singing;

Happy Birthday to you. CHA-CHA-CHA
Happy Birthday to you. CHA-CHA-CHA
Happy Birthday Dear
Happy Birthday to you. CHA-CHA-CHA

I heard the birthday song with CHA-CHA-CHA for the first time. It's fun.
I wondered if this CHA-CHA-CHA sound is hot among American kids. So I checked on the Internet.

Hmm...

Many American people are asking in the Internet that where CHA-CHA-CHA came from, where, when it started by who.

I see. Happy Birthday song with CHA-CHA-CHA seems to be a big hit with American kids.

Anyway, it's cute!

Tandoori Chicken

A restaurant I frequent provides Tandoori Chicken, though it's not an Indian restaurant. It's one of my favorite dishes in the restaurant.

Today, I tried cooking Tandoori Chicken at home. I checked several recipes on the Internet. It was more fuss-free than I thought.

But! It's not as tasty as one in the restaurant. What is the difference? Curry powder? Other seasonings? Should I have marinated chicken in sauce?

Hmm... I need deeper research. Also I have to go to the restaurant to eat the Tandoori Chicken again.

Anniversaries

11th March
The second anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake with big Tsunami

Although it's been already 2 years since then, over 300,000 people are still in evacuation life.
The nuclear power plants are still in dangerous situation.

20th March
The 18th anniversary of the Subway Sarin Incident

Surprisingly, it's been already 18 years. It is fading from people's memories, but it's a fact that there are still many people who suffer from something due to the Sarin incident, not only physically but also mentally.

Looking at the world,
20th March (Japan time)
The 10th anniversary of the start of the Iraq war
It was definitely a wrong war, there is no war which is not wrong though.



I wonder if there isn't an anniversary of good things.

Make peace with my past?

I put "7 Rules of Life" in the previous article, because I thought it said good things and I would try to follow those.

However, I'm not sure what it means to make peace with my past. I wonder if it means that you forgive your past mistakes, or that forgive someone who did something bad to you, or...

I don't know who wrote this "7 Rules of Life" so I have no idea where I should refer to.
So I've decided to interpret it as meaning that I should be positive about my past!

7 Rules of Life