{"id":192,"date":"2008-08-05T13:00:33","date_gmt":"2008-08-05T11:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sade.sadevil.org\/blog\/?p=192"},"modified":"2008-08-06T17:31:46","modified_gmt":"2008-08-06T15:31:46","slug":"a-surprise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sade.sadevil.org\/blog\/2008\/08\/05\/a-surprise\/","title":{"rendered":"A Surprise"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last thursday, the 31st of July, I got a parcel in the mail in Spain, my mother told me. I asked from whom, since I wasn’t expecting anything at all, and it was from my friend Michael<\/a> who is on a year break in Japan. <\/p>\n

\"Parcel<\/a><\/div>\n

Want to see what was inside?<\/p>\n

Nicely wrapped, with a ribbon!<\/p>\n

\"Parcel<\/a><\/div>\n

Then we find the box:<\/p>\n

\"Parcel<\/a><\/div>\n

And when you open the box…<\/p>\n

\"Parcel<\/a><\/div>\n

A knife! It’s a Usuba, a Japanese style (they also make Western style) vegetable knife. Michael always remembers I’m a vegetarian, and he got me my own Japanese knife!<\/p>\n

\"Parcel<\/a><\/div>\n

It’s engraved with my name (I blacked out my surname, obviously). The Kanji I think it’s the name of the craftsman that forged my knife. Have a closer look:<\/p>\n

\"Parcel<\/a><\/div>\n

The story behind this knife? Well, a couple of months ago I asked Michael to check some Kanji for me, to make sure it meant what I thought it meant. It will become one day a small set of rubber stamps. He also asked if I wanted anything else, and I told him, jokingly, that a knife engraved with my name would be welcome. He was interested by this thing I had seen in a travel documentary about Japan, and asked me about it. So I did some research, and found the shop<\/a> that does this, and gave him a name and an address. He passed by, and bought his parents a knife as a present. And then he thought of me, how I had given him the idea, and bought me one!<\/p>\n

I’ve already thanked him personally, and his invited over to a veggie dinner cooked using my new knife. But I also want to thank him here, “in the open”. <\/p>\n

Thanks, Michael, for such a thoughtfull present.<\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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