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Today is a day of 11’s! Being the geek that I am, I took a photo today at 11:11am (pm doesn’t count since it shows up as 23:11 here). This is what I was doing at 11:11am on 11.11.11 I was at work (and technically still am at the time of this post). But I’m the only one in the office at this time so I can geek out as much as I want. I took a quick photo of what’s outside of our office window before 11:11 finished. Yes, that’s a graveyard. And it’s raining. And also pretty cold. Ok, geekery is done andRead More →

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Just when I thought that there was nothing else E can do to surprise me anymore, she goes and proves me wrong. Tonight was one of those times. I was in the kitchen preparing dinner when E and Jason came home. E wanted to see what I was making so she joined me in the kitchen for a bit. Then she saw this and wanted it It’s a package with bunch of smaller furikake packets. Furikake is a type of dry Japanese condiment that we usually add to rice to give it a little flavor. I figure there was no harm letting her play withRead More →

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For this round of Alphabe-Thursday, I’ll be exploring various places in this urban jungle I call home (aka. Tokyo) This week, we’re going to visit Tokyo Dome City, this large entertainment complex located near Suidobashi station, which is in the north eastern parts of Tokyo. A large part of this complex is the Tokyo Dome Baseball Stadium. Amazingly enough, it’s the first time I’ve been here despite all the concerts, events and baseball games that are held here. Baseball is probably considered the most popular western sport in Japan. People here really love baseball. In fact, many young boys start playing baseball early with theRead More →

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Pepsi Japan has done it again! They put out another interesting flavored Pepsi for the holiday season! I’ve written about a few flavors in the past before. There was the Carribean Gold: White Sapote Flavor from earlier this year. Then there was Pepsi Baobab last year. There was also a Pepsi Shiso and Pepsi Azuki Bean in 2009. There are actually a lot more flavors that have been out but I don’t always buy them out of fear of what it’ll taste like. This time they made everything pink. They even called it “Pink” just in case it’s not obvious to you what color it’s supposeRead More →

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Do you see this little guy here? Because of him I ended up being jumpy and paranoid at work today. You might be wonder what’s the big deal, right? I mean it’s a tiny spider. It’s not going to eat me or anything. Just leave it alone and it will leave you alone, right? It would be that simple if I wasn’t scared of spiders, especially ones that suddenly fall onto my desk from who knows how high of a place…and while I’m working too. To make matters worse, he wasn’t the only one running around our small office. He had a sibling running aroundRead More →

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I come across a lot of random things when I’m out and about in Tokyo. It’s one of the advantages of having to walk to a lot of places since you tend to notice more things around you. This was one such encounter. It’s the broken heel of a shoe. I saw this in the middle of the sidewalk on the way to the train station yesterday. Almost everyone who walked by it probably didn’t even notice it was there or didn’t even care much for it. I know Jason didn’t see it but then again he was trying to keep E from getting intoRead More →

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I’ve been debating on what to write for today. I wanted to write something lighthearted and happy since its the weekend but there is something that’s been bothering me in the back of my mind for some time now that I just need to get it out. Someone I know from high school was recently given the death penalty for the murder of her husband and two sons 4 years ago. Usually, when you hear stories of murdered spouses and kids, it’s always someone you don’t know. A complete strange whose life you learn about through media coverage. So when it’s someone you know whoRead More →

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Do you notice anything odd about this picture? No? How about this one? Still don’t see what’s happening? It’s okay because I didn’t notice anything at that moment either. But you’ll soon notice that a certain someone’s finger is slowly sneaking towards a bag of gummi bears sitting on her daddy’s desk. Yes, she’s quite sneaky about it too 🙂 I thought it was a little weird that E climbed up Jason’s chair as soon as he left the room and kept turning to check if he was coming back in. I got a little suspicious when she became really quiet and so I lookedRead More →