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Japanese to English: DIARY: ASAGI (2006/10/07) General field: Art/Literary Detailed field: General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Source text - Japanese 無事レコーディングも終え、あとは完成を待つのみという段階になり、10月の頭に珍しく2～3日オフがありました。
なので、代官山にふらりと買い物へ行ってみたり、ワインをゆっくりと頂いてみたりしました。某コラムで不眠だと言っていたのですが、改善する方法を手紙で何パターンも教えて頂いたのでそれを試したりもしました。
お陰様で少～し改善されました！ありがとう。その中のひとつに「ホットミルクにブランデー」というのがありましたが、ブランデーの代わりにGODIVAのリキュールを頂いていたので数滴足らして飲んでみましたが中々良かったです。
最近お酒はほとんどと言っていいほど口にしていなかったのですが、たまにはいいなと再確認できました（笑）。
あとワインなのですが、赤、ロゼ、白の順で好きです。スパークリングワイン（シャンパン等）も割と好きですね。元々ワインは芳醇なる香りを楽しむものなので、量をたくさん飲むのではなく、グラスに半分を満たす程度。それに一切れ、二切れほどの美味しいチーズがあれば充分ですね。
Translation - English After a safe finish to recording, we are now just waiting for [the new album] to be perfected. Unusually, I had a few days off in the beginning of October.
That being the case, I decided on going shopping aimlessly in Daikanyama, and leisurely drank some wine over the course of my outing. I had mentioned my trouble sleeping in one of my columns recently, and I received some letters with your methods of curing it. So using those as a guide, I decided to do some experimenting.
Thanks to this, I have expanded my tastes a little! Thank you. In one amongst these there was "brandy in hot milk". But seeing as I only had Godiva liqueur instead of brandy, I tried it that way. It was rather good.
It goes without mention to what extent I've been drinking alcohol recently. It's been a good-spirited reaffirmation of a sort (laughs).
As for wine, I like red, rose, then white. I especially like sparkling wine (champagne and the like). I have always enjoyed wines with a mellowing fragrance, and not drinking it in large amounts. Half a glass is a satisfying, to me. One, maybe two small pieces of a delicious cheese is sufficient to go along with it.
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His voice had an endearing soft high tone, and he had a gentle character. That cat truly has a personality. If I were to try taking in another child, there wouldn't ever be one with that same face or personality.
Until now he hasn't been sick, but now he has become very ill with urethral calcus.
I worried that there might chance he could lose his life... but partly due to the fact that I got him to the hospital early enough, somehow he has safely returned home!
The Master, having three animals to care for, felt confident at that point in time!
But this story is not just about a cat, but also of fads and the growth process... about not thinking of the lifespan of a pet as that of a short-lived toy. The number of people who abuse or abandon animals is on the rise.
Do such people not understand that abandoning a pet may lead to its death? Or do they release them even while understanding this?
I feel that animals are our joy and sorrow. Chimi is still young, and Mie and Donna are both in good health, but I know someday I will have to part with them. Until the last day comes, until each of those precious small lives run out, I would like to be by their side.
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