7th July is a special day indeed

There's an established tradition across Asian countries to have a festival on 7th July. It's 七夕 (Called 'tanabata' in Japanese, 'Qi Xi' in Mandarine), based on the lengendary meeting of Orihime (Vega) and Hikoboshi (Altair). The Milky Way, a river made from stars that crosses the sky, separated these two lovers, and they were allowed to meet only once a year. Find more in wiki.

Many people - and so did I - write down their wishes and then hang it from a bamboo. I haven't done this this year though. But there we go. I've drawn up a few things I wish to do over the summer.

1) I want to enjoy joining the Kid's Camp at the end of this month. This would be another exploration into English soceity, albeit quite a lay-back one.

2) I've recently bought bongoes as in the photo below. So I wanna practice a bit, and enjoy music as much as I have done. Indeed, music is spelled　音楽 in Japanese, which quite literally reads 'sound' and 'to enjoy'.

3) A little more challenging one. I want to start learning French so that I can attend an intermediate level French course from October. So ask me "Monsieur, vous parlez français?" in late September!!

Well, but I know what I really want to wish. I wish to be able to sing "Time after Time" as my own song: "if you're lost you can look - and you will find me time after time". Oh, I'm miles away.

So what's your wish for the summer?