Ramen / ラーメン Mar. 09

Bad luck.

I knew it was raining a bit when we were about to leave home for the morning walk, but it didn't had to become harder while we were outside.  

Then just a couple minutes before we were about to reach home, it stopped raining.

Why does it happen all the time?  or not... it just me who feels that it happens all the time when it actually doesn't happen all the time...

Anyways, raining, blowing, not a fun walk for mommy.  Kids, on the other hand, were having fun as usual.

ツイテナイ。

あさんぽ出る前に外をチェックしたら少し雨が降ってるのは気づいたけど　散歩中にひどくなったよぉ(T ^ T)

んでもって家にもうすぐ着くってとこで雨が止むっていう・・・。

雨の日はいっつもこんな感じ・・・。って私が思ってるだけ？ でも結構こうなる確率多いような気がするけど・・・気のせい？？？

まぁ　雨に風に　大変な朝の散歩だったけど　KaiyaとMatoは普通にいつもと変わらず(^ ^)

That's Kaiya's Mato hunt face. lol

KaiyaのMatoを狙ってる時の顔（笑）

This is the target, Mato.

狙われてるMatoは余裕。

This evening I went out with a friend to eat ramen :))))
There's a quite well-know ramen place called AI-ramen in Södermalm.  But I'd never heard anything extremely good about this place so I'd never tried it before.

夜は友達とラーメン食べに行ってきたよ。

ソーデルマルム(Södermalm)にある名の知れた"アイラーメン"ってとこがあるんだけど　すんごい美味いって噂も聞かないから実は１度も試したことはなかったんだ。

Their menu is simple.  Four different kinds of ramen and a donburi.  Some side dishes like edamame and kimuchi.  Unfortunately, no gyoza :(

メニューはメインが４種類のラーメンと１種類の丼ものでとてもシンプル。おつまみに枝豆とかキムチもあったけど　餃子がなかった（泣）

ラーメンに餃子がないのは痛い(￣^￣)

I chose Red Hot.

私はこってり系の豚骨かミソ派だけど　なかったからチキンベースのこのレッドホット。

My friend chose Stockholm Shoyu.

友達が選んだのは　ストックホルム醤油。

The soup was ok.  The egg and the pork were great.  But the noodles were awful...hard like not boiled enough.  I mean Hakata ramen can have hard noodles called barikata but this wasn't Tonkotsu ramen. Not the same thing.  Moreover, the amount of noodles was so little.  They could put more since we are paying 145kr for this.  Oh,  mine was called Red Hot but it wasn't that spicy in case you were wondering.
So the good ramen place is really hard to find outside Japan.  The one I went to in Düsseldorf was marvelous.  I was lucky that I was able to go there.
Anyways, apart from the ramen, I had a real fun time with my friend talking about a lot of stuff :))))

スープはまぁまぁ。煮卵とチャーシューはうまかった。だけど麺がめちゃめちゃ残念・・・。

固すぎ。もっと茹でた方がいいのか　元々の麺がダメなのか。もちもち感はなくてパサパサで下手すると元の粉を食べる感が・・・。

博多ラーメンの麺はバリカタとかあるけど　これは全然別のお話だよね。

しかも　麺少なっ！！ラーメンなんだから。１４５クローナも払ってるんだから。麺もっっと入れて！！！

ついでに言うと　レッドホットって言う名前で辛そうだった私のラーメンはやっぱりそんなに辛くなくて　これまたがっかり。

とまぁ　ラーメンのことになると辛口コメントですが　ラーメン大好きだからやっぱり美味しいものを求めてしまうよね！

海外で美味しいラーメンを見つけるのは本当に難しい。

ドイツのドュッセルドルふで食べたラーメンはうまかった。マジあそこに行けてよかった〜。

まぁ　ラーメンはさておき　今夜は友達と色々だべって楽しいひと時が過ごせたよぉん(о´∀`о)

Winter again / また冬だ Mar. 06

This morning when I checked my phone, it said -8°C outside!!

The winter is really back.

I've already put away the thicker winter jackets but I had to get one of them out again.

Seriously, the winter never ends in Sweden.

今朝はスマホで外の気温見たらマイナス８度！！！

冬や〜ん！

半分しまいかけてた冬のジャケットを出してきましたよ。

本当に終わらないスウェーデンの冬。

It seems like the lake is covered with ice again.

湖の水もまた氷に戻ってるっぽいね。

Mato

Kaiya

COLD / 寒い Mar. 05

Freeeeeeezing!! Really cold today.  Everybody started to talk saying "it's really cold today!!"

I usually check the temperature outside on my phone and it was only -2°C this morning.   I put the jacket I usually had which is not that thick and went out...it was blowing so much and the real feel wasn't -2°C at all!!! :((((

I couldn't take photos except this video because my hands were freezing even though I had gloves on.

今日はマジ寒かった。誰もが口を揃えて寒いって言ってたよ。

朝の散歩へ出る前に外の温度を見たらマイナス２度で　そんなに寒くないじゃ〜ん　って外出たら風が強くて体感温度は全然マイナス２度じゃないっ (T ^ T)

手袋してても手が冷たくてこのビデオはなんとか撮ったけど　これ以外全然写真撮れなかった。

It snowed again / また降った〜 Mar. 04

This morning I got a text message from Carina, Chilli's mom, saying they were on the way to the dog park. We got ourselves ready right a way and took off to the usual dog park!

We got there first so kids were doing their chasing game and finally Chilli came!!! :))

今朝はシリィのママ　カリーナからドッグランへ向かってるってメッセージがきたからそっこでいつものドッグランへ！！

私たちの方が先に着いて遊んでたらやっとシリィきた〜！！

After playing with Chilli, we were on the way to work!

It's gotten little later than usual so we walked half the way and took the sub.

シリィと遊んだ後は　みんなで出勤です！

時間が遅くなっちゃったから今日は途中から地下鉄乗ったよ。

Mato

By the way, this is the station called Huvudsta.
Two stations away from our nearest one.  Bit colorful, right?

ちなみにここはHuvudsta(フーヴスタ)って駅。

うちの最寄りの駅から２駅先にあるとこだよ。ちょっとカラフル。

After work, we walked all the way home.
Then it started to snow mixed with rain...it was cold... :((

帰りは電車に乗らずに歩いて帰ったさ〜。

したら雨交じりの雪が降ってきて　ちょいと寒かったわ〜。

Kaiya

Mato

Expected / やっぱり Mar. 03

Yep!  Sweden's winter doesn't end so easily.

It snowed today!

But it wasn't a surprise.  I knew this was gonna happen sometimes in March.

The temperature was around 0°C whole day.  I don't think the snow will stay too long though.

はいは〜い！スウェーデンの冬はなかなか終わらない！

今日は雪降ったよぉ〜！

予想通り。絶対あと一回は３月に入って降るとは思ってたんだ。

でも気温は０度くらいだったからすぐ溶けちゃうと思うけどね。そんなに積もらなかったし。

Snow-loving Kaiya was happy and excited.

When we reached this park, she sat down as if she was asking me to take off her leash.

There wasn't anyone walking in the park nor around the park.  

Why not!? So I took off both Kaiya and Mato's leash and they both ran and played a lot :)

Though it looked like Mato was almost forced to play with Kaiya...lol

雪が好きなKaiyaは大はしゃぎ。

この公園きて走り回りたくて　リードを外してくれと言わんばかりに座り込んだんだよ（笑）

まぁ　誰もいなかったからいっかって２人のリードを外して　走って遊んだKaiyaとMato。

どっちかっていうとMatoのがKaiyaに付き合わされてる感じだけどね（笑）

The usual weekend start / いつもの週末の始まり Mar. 02

I know I've written many times about this but I write it again.

This happens every week. 

Weekend means nothing to these two!

They wake mommy up the usual time.

Mommy tried to ignore them and sleep in but when I peeked my bed side, both of them were staring at me and ready to do it! LOL

毎週ですが・・・この２人に週末なんて関係ない！

いつもの時間に起こされるマミー。

抵抗したけど　少し目を開けて横を見るとガン見されてた〜wwwww

ゆっくり寝かしてくれない２人です（笑）

Kaiya (left)            Mato (right)

Such nice weather!
The sunlight coming in the living room and it felt good to sunbathe ;))))

天気がよくて　リビングにもいっぱい太陽の光が入ってきて気持ちい〜。

It seemed like Kaiya wanted to play.

Kaiyaさんは遊んで欲しいらしい。

Nothing can stop / へっちゃら Feb. 28

Windy and colder morning but nothing can stop them ;p

風がちょいとあって寒い朝。

だけど　そんなのはへっちゃらな２人。