SOFTWARE, JAPAN, SELF-ACTUALIZATION AND

I’ve seen a commercial on tv for sushi quite often in the past week or so. It’s making me very hungry - even after I’ve already eaten. Good chance I’ll be heading to the store today to pick up a pack of sushi (it’s so easy to find decent sushi in Japan).
I looked on youtube […]

This is what I do at work:

At least 1 day a week (sometimes 2 or 3) I spend time in the kitchen with coworkers learning how to cook new food (you have to be a user to understand a user, so we use our products regularly).
Occasionally it’s a success, like the Japanese style omelet […]

Japanese people love fried eggs, boiled eggs, raw eggs (on just about anything), scrambled eggs, sweetened eggs, and eggs in soup. I’m not opposed to eggs in most cases, and have even grown to like eggs on pizza, what can I say - they do taste good.
And who can forget omelets, a favorite of mine […]

This isn’t failafel.
We stopped by David’s Market in Shirokane Takanawa (on the Mita / Namboku train lines) and ate falafel + hummus. It’s quite good, and I’d say it’s quite authentic Israeli food - but there’d be a bit of conjecture in that statement, since I’ve never eaten authentic.

I’m not sure who came up with this idea, but mixing grape flavor with mountain dew just isn’t such a good idea in my opinion. Just 1 week ago, I started seeing these grape mountain dews all over tokyo in vending machines (so far, I haven’t noticed them stocked in any of the convenience stores […]

Monday in Japan was a holiday, known as “Umi no hi” or ocean’s day. This long weekend in the mid of summer is a popular time for “matsuri” / festivals in Japan. In fact, I received several “wish you were here” type emails from friends and family.
The first, from my friend Take-san had these […]

Yesterday, on the train ride home, I offered my seat to an old lady, not unusual for me - but unfortunately a rare event in the trains here in general. She thanked me profusely, then sat down and relaxed for through at least 6 stops.
I was still standing up when she got up to exit […]

I intended to buy groceries, but somehow these other things ended up in my grocery bag.
ふつうに食料品を買出しに行くつもりのに以下の飲み会みたいな物を買いました。

This is the first time I’ve personally seen Mello Yellow in Japan.
先週末日本の自動販売機で初めて見た時です。１９８３年にメローイエローはCoca-Colaによって作られました。

The cola is for Captain Morgan, should I ever feel the urge.
そのコーラでCaptain Morganとミックスをするつもりです。

And a cherry version.
サクラの味もありますね。

And, finally, these Frito-Lay chips caught my attention with their Caesar-salad flavor.
そのチップスはFrito-Layによって作られました。Frito-Layは米国の会社なのに、米国でその味見られなかった。

This weekend while my friends back in the US of A are holding the annual LAN party (11 years and going), I’ll try to relax a little compared to the last couple weekends of intense study. Last Saturday I studied Japanese for about 8 hours, and the weekend before that I studied 8 hours each […]

July the 7th is Tanabata in Japan. Tanabata is a summer festival and quite popular all across Japan. You can read more about Tanabata here. One custom for Tanabata is to write your wishes (usually for personal development) on a strip of paper and hang it up for all to see.
I remember that my first […]