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It’s a hectic schedule this week. I’ll post a few photos tomorrow when I’m sitting inside the Shinkansen (bullet train) with Ben on our way to Kyoto. We’ll be staying in a capsule hotel in Kyoto, so looking forward to giving you a review of that.
Cheers!

I just got back from meeting Dr. Foronda, Ben, and family in the Philippines. It was my first trip to the PH and I loved it. The food is great (although the balut won’t be on my plate ever again) and the drinks are very cheap. The city of Manila is an interesting place with […]

I just spent a few days in the Philippines with my Ben Foronda.
I’ll be posting some photos tomorrow, while he and I are in transit to Sendai city, Japan, by bus

Left the house around 5AM this morning on my way to work - and was surprised to see snow and ice on the ground!

Even Tokyo was enjoying a little snow-dusted ice and slush.

Yesterday, January 20th, was my Japan Day - the day I came to Japan 3 years ago. On my last Japan Day I wrote a post while reflecting on all the things that had happened in the previous 2 years. That post was, and still is, rather important to me - because it helped me […]

I’ll be visiting the Philippines for a couple days in the next couple weeks. I’ve never been there before, but I hear the beaches are beautiful and the weather is warm - both a big change from Tokyo.
I’m interested in visiting most, if not all, of the countries that can be reached in 3-4 hours […]

Over the Christmas / New Years break I needed to make some emergency changes to a website or two but I didn’t have internet access nor a computer save my iPhone. Luckily I found several FTP apps in the app store that seemed to be just what I needed based on the descriptions. I ended […]

Over the last 2 months I’ve read a few books, occasionally I’ll reread books that I think teach some good life-lessons, and occasionally I’ll read a book just for fun. Recently, I’ve read Javascript the Good Parts - a useful read for any web-developer, The Lean Startup - has some pretty obvious advice but is […]

Baby and mother returned home this weekend.
Saturday was hectic for me - I spent the whole day cleaning the apartment, washing clothes / curtains / sheets / pillow casings, and shopping for groceries and things we needed for Mia.
On Sunday, Ayako and her parents came to Chiba by car bringing Mia and a […]

What did I do over the Christmas / New Years break?

I went to Gunma, where my wife’s parents live.

We ate and drank with family to celebrate the new year. This year, we returned to the fugu restaurant at the top of the tallest building in Maebashi.

A tail of fugu inside this warm Japanese sake.

Went well […]