SOFTWARE, JAPAN, SELF-ACTUALIZATION AND

It’s finally in Japan! A couple weekends ago, Ayako and I went to Akihabara to check out the Roomba’s at the Yodabashi camera. Unfortunately, they only had the old models and they were priced as much as the new models listed online. Patience being a virtue, I opted to order one from the US and […]

Went to bed super early last night and forgot to post here. I woke up at 4:30ish this morning and quickly got ready then dashed out of the house to catch the first 5AM train into the city. Why?
Basketball, of course. I met a coworker and went to a nice gym / sports complex in […]

Even with all the recent disasters, Japan is still far ahead of the technological curve. We are truly living in the future here, and not just because of the timezones, but because of amazing inventions you never new you couldn’t live without… until now:

Yesterday, a typhoon ran through Tokyo on its way North. It brought some pretty strong winds and heavy rain here. The wind was strong enough to destroy my umbrella, and Ayako’s as well, so looks like we’ll be buying 2 new ones this weekend.
I didn’t know for sure, but a typhoon is absolutely no different […]

A three day weekend flew by with more things to do than I expected.
On Friday, Ayako and I rented 2 movies for our movie night and I’d recommend both of them. “Black Swan” was a very suspenseful movie that actually made ballet interesting to me. The second movie was the newest (i think) Studio Ghibli […]

Friday! And, it’s a 3 day weekend here in Japan, so lots of things to do. On the list: basketball practice, a tournament, and an anniversary dinner
For breakfast this morning, I ate this “saketeishoku サケ定食” at Sukiya

This is pretty close to a standard Japanese breakfast. Soup, rice, fish, and vegetables. Certainly much healthier […]

This was a huge burger. I ate it at Hungry Heaven, a burger / bbq place in Meguro. Althought it was tasty, thanks to the pineapple and sauce, I won’t eat it again, it’s way too much (I didn’t eat anything else for the rest of the day)!

めっちゃでかいバーガー。目黒のHungry Heavenで食べた。バーガーのパイナップル隠し味は美味しかった。俺にとって美味しくて面白くて、おすすめでも、俺はもう一回食べるのが欲しくない。大きいすぎからです。

This isn’t a very popular song (that I know of), but the artist was on a pretty popular talk show tonight.
All I can say is that sometimes Japanese music is strange, but then again, it’s kind of got a catchy rhythm.

Tomorrow we’re going to attend a friend’s wedding in Tochigi. In Japan, Tochigi is famous for strawberries and for a ski & onsen resort in the city Nasu where apparently the imperial family has a private getaway.
Weddings are always fun events, full of laughter, smiles, and food
About a month ago, we attended the […]

I slept nearly 12 hours last night… the longest I’ve slept in quite some time. I went home early, took care of some chores around the house, cooked dinner and ate with Ayako - then promptly fell asleep.
I suppose I had a large deficit in the sleep reserves.
I had intended to talk about Japanese idioms […]