NJM

Cute… I think?

Thought this was fairly cool.

Sorry for the lack of updates recently. It’s been somewhat stressful at work (not the work itself which is busy but nothing I can’t handle – rather… the “environment”) and in between that and still going to look for furnishings during my spare time has meant that I’m pretty wiped out when I get home.  [...]

Some time back I mentioned S and I had gone to Tokyu Hands to see what I might need for the moving process.  Another thing we also experienced while there that I hadn’t had time to write about was – we also suddenly ended up making small tatami boards for ourselves!  I had taken pictures [...]

My first “cooked” (which basically just consisted of boiling) meal at my new place was okayu, but since then I’ve also attempted fried eggs (YUM – it’s been a while since I’ve had those!), grilled cheese sammiches and instant ramen.  All very simple, “single guy living alone” type of meals.  However, it does seem like [...]

A good musician is always impressive (though I know people’s definition of “good” varies), and even if you don’t necessarily like a particular genre, you can still admire the player’s skill. Noboyuki Tsujii is blind – yet still manages to play the piano so well that he won a major competition against other international performers. [...]

This was the very first meal I’ve “cooked” at my new place.  A work of art, a effort of olympian proportions, ambrosia for the tastebuds….well…mayhaps I exaggerate a little. It was simply 2 packets of instant “heat-n-eat” “ume” okayu mixed with some ginger soup spices. Pretty tasty though!  At some point I’ll try to make [...]

After loading all I own in this world onto the mover’s truck, he drove off while I took a train (there just wasn’t enough space left in the truck for me to go along).  As a result I got there a little earlier than he did, and I took the time to snap a few [...]

According to the blurb on YouTube, the reason for these horrible subtitles are because it was translated to Chinese and then back again into English.  I have no idea why… but the results are hilarious! Kind of reminds me of the pirated VCD’s we used to get in Indonesia – those often had numerous typos [...]