2 Magic Moments

I think one of the most fun things about being here are all the little things that no one else would notice and gawk over (especially if you live here) but me.  This morning started out really junk, as I woke up with a sore back again from the firm mattress and then I realized I couldn't find my glasses.  Nothing could be done until the I had my coffee so I quickly made it and started searching for my glasses, then I remembered I had a donut and an orange from work left over! Score, breakfast.  Magical moment number 1.

Then I rode my bike back to work because I realized I was never going to find my glasses at home.  It is a little bit of a ride, but I didn't have anything better to do.  I actually made it out to be somewhat of a carriage ride in my head.  I was riding really slow and everyone was passing me, and I was just taking everything in.  I started to hear weird bells that I'd never heard before and then they were drowned out by that nasty sound the train makes before it crosses your path.

Once it passed however, the bells came up and I don't know why they were ringing but I saw them on a building to my left.  They didn't actually move but the sound actually came from them.  I kind of stopped my bike for a little bit, and then realized I was holding up a lot of bike traffic so continued on but the bells were loud so I could still hear them...and then I realized I knew the melody:

It was Aloha 'Oe.

I don't know if another song was composed in Japan to the same melody, but I don't care...my bad situation had led me (probably not for the last time) to bells chiming songs from home.  Magical moment number 2.

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