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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...
618110Jan 2013Jan 2013May 4

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...
1,16970Dec 2012Dec 2012May 8

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...
1,251110Dec 2012Dec 2012Apr 30

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...
1,22550Dec 2012Dec 2012May 5

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...
1,498120Nov 2012Nov 2012May 1

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...
1,293130Nov 2012Nov 2012May 1

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...
1,28560Oct 2012Oct 2012May 1

Neil ...

Been listening to Neil Sedaka's music. Are there anyone who likes his music too?...
1,564120Sep 2012Sep 2012May 9

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...
1,26650Sep 2012Sep 2012May 6

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...
1,519100May 2012May 2012May 9

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 201222 hrs ago

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...
1,47440May 2012May 2012May 5

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...
1,708210May 2012May 2012May 7

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...
1,684150Apr 2012Apr 201222 hrs ago

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...
1,47980Mar 2012Mar 2012May 9

Aww....

So sorry the song video got lost. Still trying to learn how to....
1,506160Feb 2012Feb 2012May 8

Love this song..

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1,26110Feb 2012Feb 2012May 5

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...
1,32760Dec 2011Dec 2011May 6

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...
1,49980Nov 2011Nov 20115 hrs ago

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...
1,30420Oct 2011Oct 2011May 4

Thanks

Warm hugs and kisses to whoever adjusted my pic. Now I don't have to rotate my monitor....
1,43450Aug 2011Aug 2011May 6

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...
1,38440Jul 2011Jul 20118 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...
1,40670Jun 2011Jun 2011Apr 27

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...
1,52340Jun 2011Jun 2011May 5

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...
1,60320Dec 2010Dec 2010May 9

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...
96920Nov 2010Nov 2010Apr 29

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...
1,595100Jun 2010Jun 2010Apr 30

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