SOFTWARE, JAPAN, SELF-ACTUALIZATION AND

So, about 2 months ago, Ayako and I decided we wanted to travel somewhere completely new to both of us. Our basic wishes were:

cheap
Friday - Sunday
new to both of us
a place where we don’t speak the language

We decided on South Korea, and went to a travel agency to get price quotes. It just so happened […]

Breaking news. Both my basketball teams entered the same tournament this past Sunday. I played for the HoshiiGirl team, but luckily the teams were in different brackets
My team did a great job, and came in 3rd place. Our practices have focused on good passing and getting offensive position (for post plays). Next, we […]

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with success unexpected in common hours. -Henry David Thoreau
Another big change is headed my way! Unfortunately, I’m so busy preparing that I can’t give much detail, but let me give you a […]

腹が決まった。
I have decided my stomach.
( deciding one’s stomach )

If you were ever interested in playing an array of sports + games for a day-vacation, then I suggest Round 1 in Japan.
For 1700 yen you can play just about any sport (basketball, volleyball, batting, badminton, golf, tennis, billiards, ping-pong, etc) and enjoy a whole host of arcade games (at no additional charge) for 3 […]

If I could introduce any breakfast food to Japan it would be this:

Chicken-egg-and-cheese biscuit from Chick-fil-a. I ate 3 of these while in the states last time. So delicious.

For those of you that think putting chicken and egg together is strange, think again. Even in Japan they mix chicken and egg regularly in many […]

Tonight after work I ate what looks like baby crab. I’m not entirely sure if it is baby crab, but I was told it was “kani” which means crab. Perhaps you can judge for yourself (yes I did eat those legs, and -for those with bad vision- that is a lemon… not a banana):

These morsels […]

Last night, I had to replace the batteries in my wireless mouse. It uses AAA size, so I rummaged through the battery drawer here and found a few - but I had to compare them first.
Batteries in Japan often do not have the AA or AAA marks. These AAA batteries that I found were not […]

So, today was a yasumi (holiday). We chose to do a little shopping today at the not too distant mall. The mall was pretty much packed with kids and their parents. In one part of the mall there was a big line for kids to take photos with a few storm troopers, Darth Vader, and […]

So I visited Washington D.C. for the first time ever this past August. It’s a shame that it took me so long, and I think it’s definitely worth revisiting.

Here I am, wearing my Domo-kun t-shirt in front Lincoln. I actually found this Domo-kun t-shirt for 10$ at Wal-Mart in Chicago. There were a group of […]