Archive for August, 2007

Google Earth == Nostalgia

I’ve always been awed by what Google Earth can do. Playing with it nowadays, brings about emotional stress… it’s making me terribly homesick! Especially if I look at the image below:

Friday, August 31st, 2007

Yukatas and Paper Lanterns

Near Seishin Chuo train station:Women and children donning their yukatas is the sight I love most here in Japan. Plus, seeing them dancing beneath the paper lanterns … what a refreshing sight! These are some of the “positive” indicators that I am really here in the Land of the Rising Sun. […]

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

There’s curry… and more curry!

What did I have for dinner? Pork curry! I also had curry for breakfast and lunch… then curry for the next 6 meals!
You see, I really don’t like cooking and curry is a bit easier to prepare, especially with the abundance of curry mix here. I usually prepare large quantities so that I wouldn’t […]

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007

Lunar Eclipse? Where?

Taken from Wikipedia:
We were supposed to witness this rare event but the clouds covered the skies and did not go away until around 10:00PM!
Indeed we saw the moon so round and so huge… but the lunar eclipse was already over. So, I have no choice but to wait for pictures and videos from […]

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007

Men vs. Women

I saw this interesting article from Kerygma Magazine (May 2006 Issue):
A Closer Look at the Differences between Men and Women:

Grapefruit scent will make middle aged women appear six years younger than men. The perception is not reciprocal and the grapefruit scent on men has no effect on women’s perception.

Women blink twice as many times as […]

Monday, August 27th, 2007

Better than Starbucks?

There are lots of cafes and restaurants near our apartment. There’s Starbucks and Yebisu Cafe which I usually pass by on my way home. Yebisu? Actually, it’s the only Yebisu Cafe I’ve ever seen but as I’ve expected, it’s a very good place to hang out… probably better than Starbucks. ^-^The Yebisu cafe…inside, […]

Sunday, August 26th, 2007

Done with the real HP7!

Yatta! I’ve just finished reading the real HP7 book early this evening! And I give it 5/5 stars! The best HP series book ever and I hope they would make the best HP movie from this!
I know I couldn’t make a good spoiler on this so I recommend Grace’s and I’ll just continue […]

Saturday, August 25th, 2007