彼女たちはすごい。いっつも笑ってて、前向きで、すごくパワーがあって。
My international friends got so excited when they knew my birthday was around. They planned a lunch party. I like them very much, they are always so cheerful, powerful, optimistic, and smiling/laughing. The lunch party was today.
昨日の夕方、「忘れちゃダメだよ、明日だよ、パーティー！」と連絡が来て、インターナショナルなランチ、と言うテーマだった（と言うより、それぞれの国のご飯を持ち寄り）のを思い出して、慌てて学校帰りの主人に白菜と豚肉を買ってきてもらって餃子（ええと。。。中国ですが。。）を作る予定でいました。
I remembered that each of us would bring their own country meal. I was going to make Gyoza, which is I think originally from China, which is not my home country,.. anyway, I know lots of people like my gyoza, that's why I asked Col to pick some ground pork and Chinese cabbage on the way from school yesterday.
料理はあんまり自信がないので、サポートとしてチョコレートマーブルチーズケーキを焼いておきました。すごくリッチでチョコもレシピよりも濃くして作るので、すっごくおいしいケーキです。
ケーキはとりあえず成功。端の部分を主人に食べてもらって味もOK。（ちょっとナイフの入れ方が下手でチーズの部分がきれいに切れなかったけれど）
But I wanted to bake something too, beause I know they like my bagels and sweets. So I baked marble chocolate cheese cake. It is one of my favourite dessert.
さて、餃子を作り始めるか！と、今朝キッチンに立ってひき肉を取り出したら、何だかすごく赤い。ん？と、よくラベルを見ると、それは牛肉。「うぅぅぅぅ～！何で牛肉買ってきちゃったんだ！」と、文句を言おうと自分の主人へ送った買い物リストを見たら、ポークと書いたつもりがビーフになっていて、間違えたのは自分かい。。。ガックリ。
This morning, when I was about to start making gyoza and I took out the meat from refrigerator, I thought the meat looked much redder. And I saw the label, which said "extra lean ground beef".... :(
Ahhhh.... What a mistake! I don't make gyoza with ground beef! I looked at the shopping list I gave to Col yesterday and saw "ground beef" on it, yes, I made mistake. I was so disappointed.
牛肉の餃子なんて作ったことないよ、困った。
でも時間もないし。。。ということで、肉じゃがに変更。そして、子供たち用におにぎりを握って持っていきました。（慌ててて写真なし。しかも肉じゃが、すごく好評で逆に成功。）
But I didn't have much time, no time to run to downtown. So I made a typical Japanese dish "Nikujaga". I also made some rice balls for children. (I was in hurry and didn't take any photos.)
「誕生日おめでとう！」と迎えてくれたカナダ・タイ・メキシコの友達。
テーブルにはみんなやみつきになるタイの春雨サラダ、メキシコの友達はビーフとポテトのシチューとチャーハンみたいなライスと、ハーブのパスタとトルティーヤ。カナダの友達は今日忙しくてお料理は作れなかったけれど、と、ケーキ（しかもハッピーバースデープレートつき）を買ってきてくれました。
At our friend's house, on the table, I saw beautiful Thai salad, and Mexican soup with some rice, pasta, and tortillas. Everything looked really delicious!
毎回思うけれど、この３人の口の中はもう私の口の中とはきっと何かが違う。「辛い」と感じるレベルが違いすぎる。タイのサラダは生唐辛子、ブラックペッパーがぼこぼこ入っていて、ガーリックもいっぱいだし、ライムも効いていて、もう口に入れると刺激で燃えそうになるのだけれど、「このくらいは辛いとは言わないよ、エリコは辛いの？」と。
私はひぃひぃ言いながら食べて、でも辛いけれどなぜかとてもあとをひく味で、口の痛みが引くとまたついつい食べちゃう。おいしいのです。
This Thai salad, I like it quite a lot. But SPICY to me! Not spicy to my friends at all!
Three of them eat it so normally, they say that they don't say that is spicy, their spicy is much more spicy. :) My mouth burns every time I eat this salad(this was my second time to eat it) but something attracts me and I don't stop eating. It is really good, and I like the colourfulness too.
「メキシコの人もパスタ食べるのねぇ。」なんて恥ずかしい質問をしたのは私。いい機会だ、これからメキシコのことを教えてもらおう。
These were brought by our Mexican friend, it was so good. Juliett liked the potato and beef soup too.
The friend showed us how to eat it, she put a tortilla on a plate, then put some rice on, then put some soup on the rice(not make it too soggy). Then she rolled it nicely and ate it. It was interesting to see the way. I gave a silly question to her, "do you eat pasta in Mexico?", then I realized that I don't know much about the country. It will be very interesting to know other countries from my ESL classmates and I am excited about it.
ケーキにろうそくまでつけて誕生日の歌を歌って運んできてくれた友人たち。
優しいな。私に？私の誕生日をこんなに祝ってくれるの？正直びっくりしました。すごく、嬉しかった。
３８にしてこういう出会いがあるとは思ってもいなかった。「何か特別な願いを込めてからろうそくを消すのよ」と。その時に浮かんだのはこんな優しい友達、みんなの幸せ。
来週はその中のタイの友達の引越しがあります。せっかく出会ったのにもうお別れ。それでも全力で出来る時間を使っていっぱい私たちを楽しませてくれた、そんな彼女家族のお手伝いが来週はいっぱい出来ますように。そして新しいところで幸せな生活が送れますように。
Our Canadian friend was so busy lately and didn't have a time to cook but she bought us this "Happy Birthday" cake! She even lit a candle and sang "happy birthday song" and brought it to me! What a surprise! I didn't expect it at all. The cake was orange flavour and it was good!
I was just so surprised by their kindness. I never expected that I would have many friends in this town, and they would celebrate my birthday. I was full of thankful for them and their kindness. They asked me to wish something before blowing the candle, what I thought about was only one thing, their happiness.
One of our friends is going to move next week. It was so soon to say good bye. I am going to help them as much as I can next week and I really hope they will have their happy life at their new place.
今年の初めから仲良くしているカナダの友達はプレゼントまで用意してくれていました。一緒に散歩する会話の中から私がレモン系のアロマオイルや多肉植物に興味があることを覚えていてくれて、こんな素敵なプレゼント。輪がぐんぐん広がったのも彼女のおかげ、すごく感謝しています。
My Canadian friend even gave me this present. Everything was what I was interested in, especially the succulent plant! I have been actually seeing them on Internet and curious to get some for my table. She has wonderful friends around (she is also a very lovely person) and she introduced them to me, that's why now I have more friends. I really appreciate her great friendship.
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