NJM

I just came across the WordPress for Blackberry application and thought I’d install and give it a try! Here’s a picture of Doraemon sitting on my desk.

I came across this a few days back and thought it was incredibly neat.  There are already a number of articles around the web on this though, so I’ll keep it brief. The images below are what happens when rice farmers get creative.  By mixing various types of rice (depending on their color) and laying [...]

Just a few pictures of a pretty sunset view from outside my apartment.  My balcony faces east, so I get a lot of light in the morning.  Sunset happens from the side where the entrance to my place is, and since I’m 5 stories up, I sometimes get a nice view when I come home [...]

I don’t think I’ve posted these before, so here are a few shots of where I’m keeping my books now!  (plus a sofa that I got for surprisingly cheap online – though it turned out to be WAY smaller than I had thought it would be).  The bookshelves were fun to put together – they’re [...]

I know this is pretty old (the Matsuri actually happened in early June!) but thought the pics would be interesting to share.  I was woken up one morning by the sounds of voices shouting, whistles blowing, and drums a-banging – all of this happening right outside my balcony.  I grabbed my camera and stepped out [...]

I know the cat is not really playing, but he/she’s cute – and remarkably relaxed!  Mom pointed me to this, courtesy of Woot!

It’s already been a couple of weeks now, but I forgot to post pics of my bed!  For a month and a half after I moved, I was sleeping on the tatami floor – not even a futon! (which I really need to get so that friends can stay over comfortably).  But, I finally got [...]

A couple of posts back I wrote about the upcoming eclipse.  However, for most of us living in Tokyo, it was pretty much a no-show.  With the clouds and near-constant drizzle obscuring the sky, there sadly wasn’t much to see.  I even got out of the train a few stops before my usual station so [...]

I know my blogging has been sporadic lately, but it’s just been a combination of too much going on, or following the busy periods, plain old weariness with no enthusiasm for coming back home to sit in front of a computer again. Put another way, I haven’t been utterly sluggish – I just haven’t been [...]