Winter

Winter ... I catch viruses very quickly. Today, doctors prescribe antibiotics in all cases. 

It's very frustrating. They don't want to take responsibility. 

On the one hand I understand them, but on the other hand, I think that they should revive poisoning with antibiotics and chemicals.

 Our organism needs six months to rebuild its intestinal flora. Meanwhile, sometimes rest and proper diet is enough and everything returns to normal.

 Our body has an amazing self-healing power. We have to appreciate that...

 Instead of catching the disease we should prevent it. 

 I like tea with lots of fresh ginger. Sandwiches with garlic also tend to be helpful. And of course remember the vitamin c in spinach, peppers or kiwi. There is a lot! 

Homemade ways to fight with virus are effective.  Maybe your grandmother sent you some reliable tricks? :) 

Teeth

 Making Japan more exotic that it is, is so visible in pop culture. Hollywood blockbusters such as Memoirs of a Geisha are far from what geishas were really. Practically, nobody knows that geishas blackened their teeth... Anyway, teeth topic in Japan is quite interesting issue. A long time ago in Japan, crooked teeth were highly desirable. In addition - they blacked them. Americans arrived and this habit gone into oblivion. However, in the '90, crooked teeth began again appreciated. Women emancipated. They came back to old traditions. In Japan, we called crooked teeth = yaeba. It was especially canine that were overlaped with dye. To this day clinics offer treatments like buckling teeth.  I don't think it's something very different than practices in Europe. European women have also their own manias, injecting exorbitant amounts of acids in your cheeks, lips or breasts ... Are we so different?

Jiro

Jiro dreams about sushi is my one of mustsees. It's a documentary about Mr. Jiro Ono,85-year-old sushi master. He has got a restaurant in Tokyo's subway which won 3 Michelin stars. This is the highest award in the world of gastronomy. You wait for a table one month minimum and you will pay upward of 300 euro. However, this doesn't deter anyone. Reservation must be planned much earlier. Jiro’s sushi restaurant has only 10 seats.

It's a beautiful movie about the pursuit of perfection, discipline and harmony. If samurai survive, Jiro Ono is one of them. Sushi is his life. He perfects all the time. He personifies all the old Japanese values already fading.

But attention, don’t watch this on an empty stomach. :)