Lately I’ve been really busy with the 6-week intensive photography workshop that I signed up for at school. Practically every day we have class or I should say “class” since the workshop consists of mostly fieldtrips and guest lectures. Then we have the weekly critiques which have been kinda crazy since it’s hard to find time between all the class activities and normal life to go out and take photos. Of course I’m luckier than my classmates who are mostly all from the States and have no time for being a tourist with all this class stuff going on. Anyway, that’s my quick rant forRead More →

Looks like even the geeky part of town isn’t very safe…. Here’s the news story from Google. So apparently some man drove his car into the crowds at Akihabara yesterday afternoon and soon afterwards got out and started stabbing at random pedestrians. According to the news, 17 were stabbed of which 7 died. Scary news…especially given how carefree and seemingly harmless the place can be on Sunday afternoons.Read More →

So yea, classes started again and it’s been kinda hellish….especially the part where I’ve had class every single day (weekends included). I just got back last night from a class trip to Kyoto, which was pretty interesting and fun in an interesting way. Our last day in Kyoto was a free day. We essentially got open tickets back to Tokyo and everyone split up to do their own things for the rest of the weekend. I chose to go to Osaka on my own and visit the Hamster event that was going on at the Osaka Kiddyland. I also bought a few Hamster things thatRead More →

My little brother’s all grown up now. Soon he’ll be moving to Colorado for his new job. Congratulations on the new job and happy birthday!Read More →

Jason was playing rough yesterday….and he broke our bed…..orz Our bed is now being held up by several of those thick recyclable monthly manga magazines. Poor bed…. P.S. I did not participate in the rough play btw.Read More →