I don't give a damn about the latest gadgets here being released in Japan because they appear and fade out from fashion too quickly to really enjoy them. One of these gadgets is the mobile phones.  In Japan, mobile phones are a a statement of one's taste as well as, a need , among others.

And this Winter season, the three networks released their ( Read more... )

Writing a fanfic is not an easy task.

One must consider the plot and the characterization - primary elements of making a story and if English isn't one's native tongue then that too should be considered. Did I get the grammar rules, right? Was the transistion between paragraphs smooth? Did I use the words right? Did I get the spelling right?

And ( Read more... )

Was there a point in your life when a friend of your family member was introduced to you before said friend stayed the night, then, the next day, you thought you won't be seeing him anymore until he returned next week and stayed at your place for two nights?

That happened to me. He stayed here last week after a birthday party he was supposed to ( Read more... )

Suspect: Male, 14 years old
Crime: Plagiarism
Victim: Me

I had written this multi-chaptered fanfiction and posted it on a fanfiction site months ago. I received one flame but that was okay. Everyone was entitled to their own opinion. I thought nothing worse than that, but I was wrong. Today, I read an email from someone who informed me that somebody ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I was reading "The five people you meet in Heaven" by Mitch Albom and it together with the summer heat that embraced Japan so tightly, made me think that if I were to die right then, who are these five people that will meet me. I have no idea but if I am asked to choose, I will choose:

5) That tricycle driver back in my hometown who ( Read more... )

A friend of mine and I were chatting in the middle of work and he shared with me what he labelled as a crappy material.

With his permission and after discussing and exchanging ideas about the concept of his 'crappy material', I added few lines here and there. This is the result:

Cranked up and divided by the reasons of the seasons ( Read more... )

( Second impact: Stranded again! )

Heard from Otousan and from the news that Keiyo train line is being stopped due to traffic signal trouble. And since I am using that line, I had to find an alternative. So instead of going to Soga, I went to Nishi-funabashi to use the Musashino Line. When I get there, I found out that Musashino line is also being stopped due to the traffic signal ( Read more... )

September 9, 2005. The day I left home to start a new life here in Japan. I risked leaving my comfort zone to start something that was full of uncertainties. It’s been a year now and there are still a lot of uncertainties but I’d like to think I have come a long way ( Read more... )

Jane came home this morning and the first thing she said was that there is a Tennis no Oujisama live TV. We searched about it in the net and found thisShirota You is the only in the cast who looks almost exactly like Tezuka. I'm wondering if he's the Ping Pong actor because that same guy reminds me a lot of Tezuka too. Hmm... I can't wait to see it ( Read more... )