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Wearing a kimono

Yesterday, Sunday, there was an international festival in the adjoining town. One of the highlights was wearing the national costume of different coun...
619110Jan 2013Jan 2013May 18

Snowing

It's snowing until now. And it's 21:05 of Sunday. Tomorrow got to work again. Halfway on my way to work, I'd get to pass by that man again. He going t...
1,17170Dec 2012Dec 2012May 18

A prank

This blog is written not to question or to answer an unanswerable question. Simply RIP to Jacintha Saldanha a victim of prank gone too far.:sad_flower...
1,253110Dec 2012Dec 2012May 17

Just curious

Are straight men raise one eyebrow when annoyed? Just wondering because I saw a couple of men who are straight-looking yet one raised his eyebrows twi...
1,22650Dec 2012Dec 2012May 21

No bounds

It seems some beliefs are beyond bounds regardless of culture. I saw a woman sprinkling some white granules around her coffee shop as early as 7:30 am...
1,06680Nov 2012Nov 2012May 5

Amazing

I'm on my second month on this small metal factory. When I applied here, I never realized I'd be in an all male environ. Two of my colleagues are in t...
1,501120Nov 2012Nov 2012May 13

An odd of a life

There was a time when we were really dirt poor(We're still poor up to now but less the dirt.)and our pet dogs lived to a ripe old age of 16 human year...
1,297130Nov 2012Nov 201223 hrs ago

A Political Dilemma

I liken the DPJ, Japan's major political party to a father who promised his child a toy come salary time. But alas, the father was dismissed from his...
1,28660Oct 2012Oct 2012May 18

Neil ...

Been listening to Neil Sedaka's music. Are there anyone who likes his music too?...
1,565120Sep 2012Sep 2012May 14

Long ago...

Long ago in the 1800's, the parting words of an American professor to his student here in Japan was "Boys, be ambitious." A different version is used...
1,26850Sep 2012Sep 2012May 11

A weird day

Yesterday, Friday, was a very weird day at work. I was assigned to clean the dust bin machine twice my height. Inside were 20 cylindrical filters fill...
1,521100May 2012May 2012May 13

American Idol

Parallel to the blog about blondes. Out of several aspirants only 2 were left. One is an all American boy next door type, middle class, with not so m...
1,548140May 2012May 2012May 10

At a loss

My now 21-yr old son was enjoined to an NPO-like group. One of their activities is a somewhat para military exercise for which he left early today. I...
1,61980May 2012May 2012May 8

Sorry and thanks

To the CS Admi, so sorry and thanks. Sorry because I didn't know the regs in posting pics. And thanks because you corrected it. I just want to share t...
1,47640May 2012May 2012May 19

55 years ago...

55 yrs ago, I was born to a Filipino mother and a Chinese father. My father being Chinese was obviously disappointed. He was expecting a he. The first...
1,709210May 2012May 2012May 18

Pink snow

I happened to walk in a park with all the petals of the cherry blossoms lay on the ground. It's like a pink snow. Pretended I'm walking along the aisl...
1,686150Apr 2012Apr 2012May 22

disrespect to the flag?

Just this afternoon, we passed by the city hall of a promising city in Aichi. It was raining since this morn and I was surprised to see the Jflag stil...
1,48080Mar 2012Mar 2012May 17

Aww....

So sorry the song video got lost. Still trying to learn how to....
1,509160Feb 2012Feb 2012May 20

Love this song..

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1,26210Feb 2012Feb 2012May 17

Marathon Practice

Each morning as I stepped out of the train on my way to work, Iam amused. Imagine seeing what seemingly a bland horde of J men and women all dressed u...
1,31210Feb 2012Feb 2012May 9

Just disappointed

Yesterday I lost my commuter pass. Until now it doesn't show up. Iasked the lost and found section of the train line and nobody ever handed such. Just...
1,32860Dec 2011Dec 2011May 22

A persimmon orchard

On my way to the train station, I have to pass by a small persimmon orchard. In previous yrs at this time of the month, the fruits had been picked and...
1,50180Nov 2011Nov 2011May 17

Hospital visit

Visited somebody at the hospital during mealtime. One of the patients was being spoonfed by a tough looking man taller than an ordinary Japanese. He w...
1,30620Oct 2011Oct 2011May 18

Thanks

Warm hugs and kisses to whoever adjusted my pic. Now I don't have to rotate my monitor....
1,43550Aug 2011Aug 2011May 13

Naive or not

Just spent 2 days in Nikko City just a bit south of Fukushima. At first I'm undecided whether to go or not. I was really worried about the radiation...
1,38740Jul 2011Jul 20114 hrs ago

Do birds have memory?

I'm frequenting Heiwado, a medium sized department store which has a supermarket in it's first floor basically for it's discounted goods at around 7pm...
1,40770Jun 2011Jun 2011May 12

Disgusted

Have been 3 months working in this glass factory. This morning I had my x-ray as part of company sponsored medical checkup. Inside the mobile van was...
1,52440Jun 2011Jun 2011May 12

Christmas and New year always come together

Christmas and new year are two inseparable events. You can't think of one without remembering the other. Mine evolved from receiving to giving to bei...
1,41240Dec 2010Jan 2011Apr 26

What a sad week!

Just this week a 63 year old man stood still on the railroad track and committed suicide. As there are numerous suicides by young and old alike, is t...
1,60520Dec 2010Dec 2010May 18

Just got a bit pensive...

This morning as I left the train station, I saw the lady staff from the nearby convenience store trying to shoo away a homeless man sitting on the ben...
97120Nov 2010Nov 2010May 13

What do you think?

Suppose you have an ex, not just anybody but an ex husband who's talking about reconciliation and renewal of vows, what will you do? I just want to he...
1,597100Jun 2010Jun 2010May 22

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