Happy New Year!

　
　
Happy New Year!
　
　

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FUNNY CATS SING NEW YEAR



Happy New Year

from Vietnam & France



Happy New Year Fireworks




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Kato, have you taken part in the Polar Bear Swim this year?



Me...? 　Oh, no!

Why not? 　June is joining the crowd, isn't she?

Yes, she is.


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She was born in the Arctic and brought up in the North. 　So she doesn't mind the cold weather at all, but I can't take a dip in the cold water.



Why not?

... 'Cause I'll die of heart attack.





No kidding! 　You're exaggerating, aren't you? 　There're many beautiful women on the English beach.


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I know ... I know ... but I don't wanna die of heart attack. 　I'm quite serious. 　I've got a very weak heart. 　　 How about you, Diane? 　Did you go to the English Bay?



No, not really. 　As you know, I've been quite busy shopping and eating and drinking and getting as FAT as can be!

I know... I know.

Besides, I've been hopping around lunch, brunch, supper and parties with lotsa fun.

I know ... I know.

I just couldn't join the swimming crowd on the English bay.


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So ... when you woke up on the New Year's day, your eyes were seeing the party scenes as in the above picture, weren't you?



Yes, Kato, you're telling me.

Tsk, tsk, tsk, ... Well ... Diane, you missed the very important part.

What is it?

Here is what you missed on the New Year's day. 　Take a good look at the following clip:

HAPPY NEW YEAR,

ABBA (with lyrics)





By the way, Kato, did you enjoy the Japanese New Year's Day?



Yes, of course, I did. 　See the following clip:


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Happy New Year

Yokohama, Japan





I wish I were over there in Yokohama.



Well ... I guess you're kinda homesick.

You're telling me, Kato.

Don't worry, Diane. 　I've got a nice present for you.

What is it?

Here goes a singing clip:

Myfanwy - Neath Choir

(Welsh-English Lyrics)





Oh, Kato, have you found it for me?



Yes, of course, I have. 　By the way, what is Myfanwy?

It is a woman's name derived from annwyl, meaning "beloved." 　It is a popular Welsh song, composed by Joseph Parry and first published in 1875.

Is that right?

Yes, Parry wrote the music to lyrics written by Richard Davies ('Mynyddog'; 1833-77). Some sources say it was written with Parry's childhood sweetheart, Myfanwy Llywellyn, in mind, although the lyrics were probably inspired by the fourteenth-century love-story of Myfanwy Fychan of Dinas Brân, Llangollen and the poet Hywel ab Einion. That story was also the subject of the popular poem, 'Myfanwy Fychan' (1858), by John Ceiriog Hughes (1832-87).

Inspired by the fourteenth-century love-story, eh?

Yes, they were. 　The song, although now considered by some rather old-fashioned, is still a favourite with Welsh folks.

Is that right?

Anyway, Kato, I'm glad you remind me of this lovely old song.

My pleasure. 　I hope you have a Happy New Year.

You, too, Kato.



■"You Love Japan, eh?"

■"Eight Bridges"

■"First Love"

■"Fright on Flight"

■"Boy's Movie"


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■"From Summer to Eternity"

■"Sōseki & Glenn Gould"

■"Dream Dream Dream"

■"In Search of Your Footprint"


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■"Little Night Music"

■"Merry X'mas"




Happy New Year!

I'm Himiko.

We're now in the year of snake.


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The Snake (蛇) is one of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac and related to the Chinese calendar, as well as in related East Asian zodiacal or calendrical systems.

The Year of the Snake is associated with the earthly branch symbol 巳.

Persons born within these date ranges can be said to have been born in the "year of the Snake," while also bearing the following elemental sign:

•4 February 1905 – 24 January 1906: Wood Snake

•23 January 1917 – 10 February 1918: Fire Snake

•10 February 1929 – 29 January 1930: Earth Snake

•27 January 1941 – 14 February 1942: Metal Snake

•14 February 1953 – 2 February 1954: Water Snake

•2 February 1965 – 20 January 1966: Wood Snake

•18 February 1977 – 6 February 1978: Fire Snake

•6 February 1989 – 26 January 1990: Earth Snake

•23 January 2001 – 11 February 2002: Metal Snake

•10 February 2013 – 30 January 2014: Water Snake

•29 January 2025 – 16 February 2026: Wood Snake

•15 February 2037 – 3 February 2038: Fire Snake
　
　
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