母は2月で70歳、父は6月に77歳になるので、E&Oで古希と喜寿のお祝い。明日で日本に戻る両親は、今回は本当に充実した毎日を送った。
特に父は、週一でゴルフとバドミントン、それ以外は、毎朝スリヨーク横の卓球グループに参加。私は一緒にいてあげるほど暇ではないから、父を送って行き置いて来る。ここはローカルチャイニーズが中心のグループなのだが、英語がよくわからなくても、スポーツを通じてだと身振り手振りで意思疎通ができたようで、「セブンさん（七郎だから）」として仲間入り。ついでに、父は思い切って夏らしい髪型に変身。
母は眉毛タトゥーに挑戦。夏には3ヶ月滞在して、英語学校に通い、ダンスサークルを見つけて踊り、ヨガもやってみたいとのこと。
両親とも、携帯を一台＆鍵を一セットずつ持ち、日本語の話せるLimさんタクシーを自分で呼ぶことも覚えたので、自由気ままで手もかからず、ペナンのロングスティヤー生活を楽しんでいた。日本の冬はもちろん、夏もこちらの方が気温も低めで過ごし易いので、真夏と真冬、こちらに数ヶ月滞在するというのはかなり現実味のあるプランだ。
Aratakaraは祖父母と毎日楽しく遊んでおしゃべりして、たくさん構ってもらうのがとてもいい影響を与えているようで、この数週間いい生活リズムだった。もちろん、私は家事をたくさん手伝ってもらえるので大歓迎！
We celebrated my father's 77 years old birthday and my mother's 70's birthday. In Japan both 77 and 70 are one of the milestones and we usually have a big celebrations.
This time, my parents have really enjoyed their stay in Penang.
My father, particulary, has spent really busy 3 weeks. He played golf and badminton once a week, and the rest of the mornings, he went to play table tennis near Sri York. I only dropped him off and the members of the table tennis group is mainly the local Chinese. My father doesn't speak English, but interestingly they communicated very well. Oh, he also changed his hair style, it's for summer.
My mum has tried eye brow tattoo. She now wants to come back in summer for 3 months to study English. She also wants to find social dance circles to join and probably wants to try yoga too.
I've given each of them a mobile and a set of keys. They are now also familiar with calling a taxi, Taxi Lim who speaks Japanese, so they are free from my care, which is easier for me.
In summer in Japan, it's hotter and much hard than here, in winter, it's of course better to be here. So it's not too ambitious to come and stay in Penang for 3 months in summer and winter. Aratakara has got lots of attentions from their grandparents, which has been a good influence on them. Jason and I are also happy to have them here longer as they help the house work or cooking a lot!!
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