• happy fun time

    So we made it to Kyoto, in a fashion. I woke up early and was all gung-ho about getting there at eight and hitting up all the shrines in the morning; my vacation sense comes from my dad, and consists of “waking up early and trying to go everywhere that it is physically possible to go.”…
  • so there was this one time this person did this thing. but it was AWESOME.

    It’s been a while. It’s a lot busier here than I thought it would be which can be unfortunate at times.Last Friday we had our opening ceremony, which was very ceremonious and therefore incredibly boring. I was, apparently, underdressed. But a lot more comfortable than everyone else.…
  • Japan Trip 2010

    The past 2 months had been filled with lots of trips and adventure. It was definitely a good break and escapade from work, and of course to rejuvenate and recharge the depleting energy and passion of what's left. Haha!! And now... Before I start to accumulate more and more backlog, here's the much a…
  • Poetry

    I decided to follow the current Xanga trend as I prepare my blog entry on my time in Kyoto. Included some pictures from my trip. Lots of good poems Thought I'd try my hand at it Haiku's all I got ______________________ Kyoto is too cramped Hiroshima is just right Hikone is small ______________…
  • Japan trip

    One of these days, I'm gonna finally get around to doing this, but I'm planning on writing a series of posts about my trip to Japan and my impressions of the cities and culture (and soft drinks). In order to prepare you for the craziness that'll come (when I stop being lazy), here's a list of so…
  • On Going Home, Part III

    On Going Home, Part III Living in Japan has been hard. Leaving Japan will be harder.For twelve years, Japan has been my home away from home. It has been a place that I have lived in for the better part of my adult life, and has been one adventure after another. I have literally fallen in love,…
  • Happy New Year!

    Hi everyone! Happy New Year! As mentioned in a previous post, the New Year holiday is Japan's big celebration this season, and I thought that being in Kyoto for the holiday, I would be able to see what the Japanese do for the New Year. Of course, as it turns out (with no surprise), the…
  • Ghost of Summer's Past

    Good thing I never threw away my burnt CD of pictures from when I went to Japan and Vietnam. After I burnt the CD years ago, I thought the CD was corrupt or something because the pictures weren't loading up when I inserted the CD and it was too late to burn another disk because I had already erased…
  • Day One, Global Summit for Ecology

    Al Gore kicks off the Summit with passion. He introduced some of the initiatives that the new administration under Barrack Obama will begin as priority one! Here is the press release from Waseda University's P,resident "An Honorary Doctorate was presented to Mr. Al Gore - the 45th vice-president…