Archive for the ‘Relationships’ Category

Posted on January 2nd, 2012 by by Yukari

2011 Year in review

I see many friends uploading their “Year in Review” posts and I’m finally sitting down to write it myself. Looking back, 2011 was a busy year for me. I am not sure if it’s neccesarily a bad thing though. I’m just re-reading my posts from this year and reflecting. Here are some of the big moments [...]

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Posted on May 15th, 2011 by by Yukari

Show Up for Your Friend

Currently I’m on an Air Canada flight to Tokyo. I tried to go to sleep but it is not working. Recently I have read Gretchen Rubin’s “The Happiness Project” – every month for one year she works on various topics on becoming happier. For example, January, she worked on getting more organized, and February was [...]

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Posted on March 3rd, 2011 by by Yukari

Uncanny Timing

Last couple of days have been tough for me. More than two friends have told me (separately) about their hardships in life, which made my heart sink. I had my own disappointments-very minor compared to my friends’, but still-that made me think about my relationships with people around me. And yesterday. Yesterday I was in [...]

Posted on January 4th, 2011 by by Yukari

It’s your life, not mine.

I had a lunch with a friend the other day. She was having problems with her husband. I only know her side of story, but he was just being plain mean to her- like he demands she lose weight, or telling her he doesn’t have a lot of respect for her anymore. If any of [...]

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Posted on August 27th, 2010 by by Yukari

Going Bare for Cancer

I’ve written in my last post how this fall is going to be a busy one. This post is about one of my projects this fall. Yesterday I did a nude photo shoot for Babes Go Bare for Cancer 2011 Calendar. Last year, Trish, this amazing young and courageous woman organized Babes Go Bare and [...]

Posted on June 7th, 2010 by by Yukari

SATC, Guilts and Girlfriends

I somehow ended up watching Sex and the City the movie 2 twice. First time was the night it opened, and I went with bunch of girlfriends. These girls are my good old friends, We all dressed up and went out for cocktails in downtown afterwords. It was so nice to catch up, since we [...]

Posted on May 24th, 2010 by by Yukari

This might be TMI but..

This is going to be somewhat personal post. It might be a bit too much information and I apologize for that in advance. Recently I found out my friend B is going through a tough time in her relationship with her partner. She disclosed that she was single again on Facebook, and my heart sank. [...]