When you don’t trust someone who’s very close to you… what are you going to do to satisfy your doubt?
Option 1: Pretend that you’re someone else and reveal your true identity until you find what you’re looking for?
Option 2: Keep on asking the person directly?
Option 1 is more effective but whether that […]

When I arrived here last year, the Yen was around 0.44 against Philippine Peso. After 6 months, it went down to 0.38, and in the last few weeks, it even went down to as low as 0.3530!
Does this mean that the Philippine economy is doing well? Mmmm… I couldn’t help but be sad about […]

Summer is really the festival season here in Japan, and this candle lighting at Minoh City is one of them. I think it’s the Festival of the Fire and Drum? Since this festival mainly includes candle lighting, it starts at 7PM and ends exactly at 9PM, starting today. I’m sorry I don’t know until when.
The […]

This blue bicycle facing the camera is my bike and it turned a year old today! I bought it 3 days after my arrival here in Osaka.
I had to buy one because the train station is about 20-minute walk from our apartment and the supermarkets are a bit far from here. Unlike in […]

Usually, big enterprises rely on the TV to promote their products, while the smaller ones rely on the newspapers. But here in Japan, both huge and small companies give away stuffs to advertise their products and services. Commonly, these are small packs of facial tissues. But on summer, they give away small […]

I might have grown up in a tropical country but summer here in Japan is I think, hotter than that of the Philippines. Back there, I could still wear long sleeves to work (even in Manila) without worrying about an ugly sight when I raise my arms! At least in there you could […]

Bad things happen to stupid people…
My stupidity had once again cost me half a day. I think I had mentioned before that everyday, I have to travel for about 1.5-2hours (one way) to work, including 2 train transfers and waiting time, and that I have to carry two different train […]