Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Running wear

Today's jog started at Ocean Beach and went through Golden Gate park. Still trying to run once a week....but traveling for work all the time has really put a hamper on it >.<. Eating nothing but room service and business lunches isn't helping my waistline either -_-;;.

さあ、今日もジョギングしてみました。オーシャンビーチをはじめ、ゴールデンゲートパークなどをジョギングしました。最近、仕事のトラベルが多いので、あんまり走れてないが、ちょっとウェーストや腰の辺が。。。>。<。しかも、ホテルのルームサービスやクライアントとの食事も多いので。。。困ります!
Overcast in the outer Richmond

Joggers' Russian Hill ^_^;;

Running wear -- here's a mother of three's tummy! I love how a tight sports bra pulls up everything in just the right way -- instant sportiness!
三児の母です!スポーツブラのおかげで、スポーティ度アップ↑↑↑!

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Wednesday, August 19, 2015

And as soon as I'm back, I'm gone!

また仕事でテキサスに行ってきまあす!

At the airport on my way to Texas again for work
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Monday, August 17, 2015

ただいま~ (Back in the SF Office)

Well after a busy week of traveling to NY and then to Dallas, it's a bit nice to be back in the SF office. All the summers are gone -- grabbed my fav junior for a quick coffee at the new Blue Bottle Coffee (here) by my office. She got a waffle←I totally recommend these waffles btw, they are delicious...unfortunately, it was eaten before I got my coffee (some people just cannot wait! Lol!!).


ここおいしいよ!
やっとサンフランシスコに戻りました!一週間に、4回の飛行機って疲れますよね。ちょっと落ち着くため後輩と職場の隣に新しくできたブルーボトルに行ってみました。日本にもあるらしい(ここよ)が、アメリカと同じ味でしたら、大変お勧めしますよ。後輩はワッフル頼んだけんど、コーヒーを待ってるうち食べてしまいました←これもおいしいと思う!

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Saturday, August 15, 2015

New York for OCI

What a whirlwind of a week. It started off by taking a redeye to NY. Unfortunately, although it was the first time being back in NY in over 5 years, I was stuck in the NY office all day on Monday. Tuesday I was busy doing OCI (well, EIP since it was for Columbia students -- law school students will know what this is, but it's interviews for summer associates. It stands for "on-campus interview"; EIP stands for "early interview program") all day.

うぁ!先週は忙しかった!!!日曜の夜ニューヨークに出発。月曜は一日中仕事。火曜日は一日中面接(この時期は、ロースクール生は、みんな就職活動中。うちはサンフランシスコオフィスの代表^_^;;)>として面接を行いました。)水曜日はテキサスに飛んで、金曜日までダラスで仕事をし、家に着いたのは金曜の夜9時ごろでした。つかれたあああ!

View from my guest office ・ ゲストオフィスからの眺め

I stayed at the London

Friday, August 7, 2015

Coffee with a fellow blogger

Had the honor of having coffee with this girl (fellow blogger with a legal day job) → http://www.pacificavenueblog.com/ ←ブロガー先輩と会うことができました ☆キュン☆

She loves La Capra too. Cheers! 彼女もラ・カプラが好きだそうです。乾杯!=^_^=

 


Heading off to NYC next week for OCI interviews. Perhaps I'll see you there. Be sure you dress to impress! 来週はニューヨークよ!チャオ!

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Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Toe stockings -- ストッキングのレビュー

My mother-in-law recently came for a visit from Japan and brought me these ↓ toe stockings (like toe-socks, but, well stockings. And yes, a 5'7 size 3-4 person in the US will be a size double L in Japan >.<).
義理の母に買ってもらったストッキング。日本だとよく買うメーカーさんですが、指になってるストッキングって。。。
 So, I tried these on before work this morning....the toe parts are made for someone who has super short toes....or maybe I have unusually long toes. LOL! ^_^;;

Sunday, August 2, 2015

たこシチュー -- Spanish octopus stew

昨日はそうでしたが、たまに子供にスペイン料理をあげたくて、たこのシチューを作ります。うちの作れるスペイン料理はこれとチューロスぐらいですかね(苦笑)。I feel like making Spanish food every now and then...and octopus stew and churros are about the only things I can make. Hoho!

たこシチューは以外にかんたんです。材料は:

①ねぎ、たこ、オーリブオイル、べイリーフ(2枚)、粉パプリカ、サーフロン(少々)、塩、コショウ、ニンニク
②白ワイン、貝殻スープ、トマト(4つ)
③ニンジン、キャベツ、ソーセージ、きのこ(何でもいいケンド、うちはだいたいシメジを入れてます。スペインにあるかどうかは分からんが。)
④パセリー、レモン汁

まずは、①をおなべに入れ、弱火でねぎがやや透明になるぐらい火を通します。次は②を加えて3~4時間煮込みます。③を入れ、40分煮込みます。最後にパセリーを入れ、混ぜます(うちは子供のシチューをパセリー抜きにしてますが、大人のほうには入れてます)。レモン汁は食べる直前にかけます。大人のほうだけにはチリフレーク(ほんの少し)も入れてます。

主人はいつも驚くが、子供はゴク普通たべます(アメリカに来てからはじめて作ったので、別に海外の料理に慣れてるとゆうのは全くありませんでした)。ご自分で作っては、いかがでしょうか?

Onions and bay leaves -- just some apples on my counter (there are no apples in this recipe)
 
This is the octopus I get imported from Spain via La Tienda: Pulpo en Aceite de Oliva by Conservas de Cambados 
 
スペインから輸入した蛸
Cook these with the onions, bay leaves, garlic, paprika and saffron until the onions start sweating. Then add wine, seafood broth, and four cut tomatoes and simmer, simmer, simmer
simmering for 4 hours
Then add carrots, cabbage, sausage and mushrooms and simmer for 40 more minutes.
 
All done -- this is a kid's portion over white rice
(For adults, I also add parsley and chili flakes) squirt some lemon juice on top and enjoy! ^_~


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Friday, July 31, 2015

ジョギング "Jogging" is "jogging" in Japanese ^_~

先日ジョギングを始めました。10年ぶりかな。いきなり5.1キロでしたが、大変すぎるう!全身筋肉痛>.<!!

I started jogging the other day...(I'm inspired by a really fit female attorney in this office!)...I haven't been jogging in about 10 years. I started with a 3 mile run (because this is how you start training for x-country in high school), which I figured is a distance that non-runners should probably be able to do.

...I hurt all over.

 Bay bridge is near my office

 Back to work!
 
 
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Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Feels like home to me…oh but not to you?

Well continuing on my experience in Dilley, TX, the other week...

The work we did in Dilley, I feel was important. It’s hard to make a dent in just a week though. I don’t know if any of the people I talked to will eventually get out of that detention center. I may in fact never know. Additionally, even if they are eventually released, the road to asylum is long ahead. I won’t share their stories here. They are too horrible – too terrible to share with the world on such an easygoing blog. But I do hope that the judges they eventually face look upon them with compassion.

So, I won’t talk about that anymore. This blog isn’t supposed to be that deep, and my initial plan for this blog was never to discuss anything resembling the law. Today, I would like to talk about the city of Dilley, Texas, a town of about 3,500 people.  

I hearted everything about Dilley. To me, it brought up memories of the town where I grew up (although I’m from west Texas where there is no humidity, so that was a bit different). My town has seen significant growth in the many years since I left, but when I was growing up, it was quite small, and (largely because my mom couldn’t drive) I never really went beyond the part of my town within 2 – 3 hours walking distance from my house. This portion of my town comprises all my memories of my town and is very easy to romanticize.  

Monday, July 27, 2015

Texas for International Justice Day 国際ジャスティス・ディー(難民申告者を解放すべき)

Well, in case you were wondering where I went, I was away in Dilley, Texas last week. 先週は南テキサス州ディリー市(市とゆうても南テキサスのちいさな村なとこです。)でボランティア活動をしてました。

There is a "family" detention center at Dilley for asylum seekers that houses only women and children. These are immigrants mostly from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala who are trying to escape gangs that are in control of their hometowns and have targeted them and their children for various reasons. When they reach the U.S., they are being rounded up and detained (here is a LA Times article about the center: "Immigrant families in detention: A look inside one holding center". Recently it's gotten a bit of media and political attention. Here is an article about the group I went with, although I reject the bit that the transactional lawyers didn't know asylum jargon(!): Immigrant lawyers handling a border surge: 'This is really an emergency room situation'). So, I volunteered there last week, mostly hearing people's stories to see if they will be able to pass a credible fear hearing -- this is different from an asylum hearing, but is basically the first step in a long road to asylum or withholding of removal.

ディリーには、母子のための拘置所があります。ほとんどの人はホンジュラス、エルサルバドル、グアテマラ出身で、国を完全コントロールする暴力団にターゲットされ、子供と一緒に、母国を離れ、アメリカに逃げてしまうのです。アメリカにやっと着いたっと思いきや、逮捕せれて犯人扱いされてしまいます。(拘置所の状況に関する記事が上のリンクからアクセスできます(英語ですけど)が、ひどいです。)。とゆうわけで、一週間かけてディリーで務めさせていただきました。ほとんどの私がやった活動は、移民局の方と自国の話しをするときの話し方などの練習やアドバイスでした。単純のことのようですが、とても大事なことです。信憑性のある話かどうかを評価されるため移民局のかたと面談をし、嘘や難民申請をしても、認められない話であろうと判断されたら、国に帰させられてしまいます。初めて自分の話を人に言うとゆう怖さや言葉の壁や心の傷など、いろんな理由で、女性がうまく自分の話を伝えられないのですが、国に戻るとレープされたり、殺されることもあるので、何とか助けたいことです。拘置所から出ても、難民申請がまだ始まったばかりです。認められるまでは長い長い道のりです。

Now, I am honestly not the most lenient in my views on immigration. However, I do not believe it is correct to lock up women and children asylum seekers. These women and children have been through so much in their own hometowns, as well as even more hardships, including rape and exploitation, on the way here. Additionally, I have found that most asylum seekers feel emotional attachment to the places they are from, and I honestly believe that if conditions weren't horrible in their respect countries of origin they would be happiest in those countries.

Well, I started writing this when I arrived in Dilley two weeks ago. My last day there was International Justice Day. I didn't actually know about International Justice Day, but it seemed so perfect to learn about it while in Dilley. Happy Belated International Justice Day, y'all.

サンフランシスコに戻る日は国際ジャスティス・ディーでした。国際ジャスティス・ディーは何なのか全く知らなかったけれど、ディリーで初めて知ったってとても運命的だと思います。

#JusticeMatters


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