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nike+

Sat, 21 Jul 2007 15:56:12 GMT

anyone else using nike+ with their ipod nano?

book your meals now

Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:46:54 GMT

well folks, it's that time again... yep, a visit home for me. and yet again, it's going to be a short one. book your meals with me now if you're interested: appointment slots limited!

5/25: NRT / ORD
5/28: ORD / SFO
6/4: SFO / NRT

Monday, April 02, 2007

Mon, 02 Apr 2007 12:13:17 GMT

random updates

been sick with tonsilitis over the past three weeks or so giving my symptoms of like three separate isolated colds.
gotten my first four x-rays ever over the past month (two for my foot and two for my chest). why? i guess the doctors here are just over precautious
having allergies bites when you're sick
bought three sunfruits for 500 yen. that's considered cheap when valencia or florida sunkist oranges cost more.

yet, i'm glad to be healthier than i've ever been.

to diet or not to diet?

Fri, 02 Feb 2007 14:58:04 GMT

well, i was bored so i decided to chart my weight information for the past two years. the data's not exact, but i'm sure of the high's, low's and current info which is the most important of course.

20070122 :: ˆïéŒ§…ŒËŽs

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:11:55 GMT

水戸へ行こう…上野から

pick up your pet's poo

銀座に戻った

Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 13:35:30 GMT

never thought i'd get through my day's activities and still have an hour left before my planned bedtime. i guess i'm finally getting tired of writing in this thing, not sure if there's anything worth writing about or digressing into easily that readers can relate to without reprocessing thoughts into a different cultural context: (e.g. visiting a maid cafe, taking time off to hang out with friends that were visiting, travelling to mito, starting a new position at work, working 8-12 hours a day straight--including lunch and dinner at the desk, making new friends--at work, church, online. ) well, suppose if you were interested: come chat with me about it.

jin shin what?

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 17:06:04 GMT

well, time and time again i like to revisit this subject only so i don't end up being another ignorant person. on friday, our newest team member comes to work and says there were delays on the train because of an earthquake. he said there was some annoucement about jishin something, but then i told him "no, it's jinshinjiko... more or less someone committed suicide."
my other coworker then says that doesn't mean some committed suicide. it could've meant that someone fell off the tracks.
but i interrupted with "yeah, i know, it means 'accident resulting in injury in death,' but it's pretty much a less harsh way to say that someone jumped."

this afternoon on the way to church i noticed the chuo-sen was delayed because of the 'reason' jinshinjiko or in english: "accident." this stuff happens so often that it hardly ever makes it into the news, much unlike the states where the chances of someone paying attention or reporting on these type of things are much higher. anyways, i go to check the train schedule site on my phone for an alternative route to church and i guess they've updated the site to include real-time line delays if it's for a line's schedule that you're happening to look up. it was the first time i've ever read accident details and it turns out a woman in her 20's jumped in front of an express train. the short article even mentioned that it was a jisatsu (a suicide) and that 17,000 passengers were affected by the delays.

taxi, please!

Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:04:58 GMT

where's a taxi when you need one after work? i guess december is known for end-of-year parties, meaning everyone goes out and drinks after work until the trains have stopped running. i usually work until about 1:30 or 2:00am when i'm on the evening shift so there's no other way to get home except to catch a cab. who would ever think that there could be a shortage of taxis in this city at that time of night (especially when cab fares here are already among the highest in the world)? anyways, lately there's been a line of about 20-30 at the taxi stand on the bottom floor of r-hills, which could easily amount to a 20-40 minute wait. i get tired of standing around sometimes i do some grocery shopping first down the street and then catch a cab there (there's always cabs there for some reason). the last two nights, it took me 20-30 minutes to find a cab that wasn't en route or out of service... i think it's a bit ridiculous to work a 10-14 hour work day only having to wait another 30 minutes to catch a cab home. but oh well, that's city life.

香港の写真、いろいろ

cheung kong centre... the building where our hk office is

ifc #2 (left), hsbc & standard charter (right)

view from the room i stayed in at jerry's parents' place near tsing yi... think the bridge on the right is tsing ma (connects tsing yi and ma wan)

pictures of tai-o on lantau island. never knew places like this existed in hong kong...houses are all built on stilts!

the next two pics are just somewhat random

dogs playing on park island - quite an upscale community on its own island that's very very clean

tsim sha tsuiで散歩した時。

shabu shabu

Sun, 17 Dec 2006 16:26:23 GMT

i seem to be in quite of a food mood lately... here's some of shabu shabu at shiodome, well lit up for the holidays.

kushiyaki and yakiniku

Thu, 14 Dec 2006 15:42:18 GMT

(11/30) some place near the station in mita with jason and jen...

(12/2) gyuukaku in matsudo. the large i ordered was more like a small pot of rice. maybe cause it's in chiba.