Happy Diwali

This evening we went to a Diwali party at our friends'.

Diwali is a festival of lights in Hinduism. I think it's called Deepavali in Singapore, where we lived for 18 months till this January. The mother of the family is from India and they have this party every year. 


It started with a family skit.

It's a part of a long traditional Indian play, which normally takes 14 days. They picked up three or four scenes and made it short.

The evil spirit was defeated and they celebrated with lights. 


Then we went back to the house and had awesome Indian food.

There's chicken curry, chickpea curry, samosas, two types of Indian bread, potato salad, grilled Indian cheese and vegetables etc. They all tasted so good I had three plates, followed by a big piece of American cake (nut, banana and pineapple cake with cream cheese icing, very yummy). I ate so much I almost wanted to say, "Oh, my belly hurts!" like my three-year-old daughter. 


I enjoyed every moment of the party. The idea of a family skit was great. The food was awesome. And everybody there was so nice and friendly. And I was especially impressed by the fact that the family values Indian (mother's) tradition as well as American (father's). Their kids were born in the USA and I'm sure they consider themselves as American. But they are also very familiar with the tradition of their mother's country. 


My husband and I met in Tokyo, we got married and had a daughter there. After 1.5 years in Singapore, now we live in the USA We have no plan to go back to Japan (I mean, to live), but we (not just I but my husband) want to be always connected with Japan and Asia.


This is also one of the reasons we started Ibuki Wellness. It's an international business and we're looking for customers and sales partners worldwide. We hope in the near future we'll have our partners in Japan and Singapore (and other countries around the world) and visit those countries a few times a year. That is our goal.


Junko