After three weeks of work/travelling/visiting friends/sometimes vacation, I’m finally back to Japan, with a huge backlog of stuff to do. In the plane, I saw “space brothers”, a japanese movie about a brother following the footsteps of the other to become an astronaut. It was a ok movie, but it got me thinking two things: […]
Yesterday I was at a wonderful medieval themed wedding party. Most of the guests came with some sort of medieval costume, song and location were appropriate, and everything was overall awesome. I even got, as a gift, a very cool looking dagger. And herein lies the problem. Bringing white weapons to Japan (even of the […]
When I picked up my current apartment, the original plan was for me to take the TX (train) to Tsukuba Station, and then bike from there to work. Of course, life and procrastination got in the way of my plan, and I was taking the bus for the last 2 months. But last week, in […]
In the first floor of the building that I work, in the University of Tsukuba, there is a TV screen that shows the current energy usage, comparing it with the average from the previous year. So far, the energy usage has always been around 80% to 90% from the previous year — but since my […]
One thing I like about Japan is how seriously many Japanese take their playing. One day I got a mail from a friend here: “Hey look at this you tube video I found, isn’t it cool?”. The video was about a guy who prepared a set of pendulums so that they swung in very pretty […]