This blog post you’re reading now would’ve been in a completely different mood if I had posted it first thing in the morning as I had originally intended to. I’m coding* during Wednesdays so I was already at the office by 7am; and this is what I came up with: Hola, como estas? (she…
A bunch of people have observed that the Northern Lights in Iceland is the “new” Cherry Blossoms in Japan. That is, there is a boom in the number of Filipinos going there. For a time, our Facebook feed was all about the the elusive pink flowers, but I guess that has already become commonplace, and now…
♬ I want adventure in the great wide somewhere I want it more than I can tell And for once it might be grand To have someone understand I want so much more than they’ve got planned ♬ It’s 1pm on a Sunday, and here I am panicking that my “life” is ending. Technically, my…
Photo diary of our springtime trip to my favorite Japanese city – Kyoto.
Preference doesn’t define character.
Ethics does.
Know the difference and you do you.
Dubbed as the most boring city in Japan – Google’s findings, not mine! – one goes to Nagoya without any expectation. It’s not as modern as Tokyo, nor as traditional as Kyoto. We arrived late in the afternoon, with only about 3 hours to spare before the last train to Osaka. We saw the Nagoya TV Tower from a far, but other than that, we didn’t get to see much. We did, however, have a lovely dinner at one of the most charming cafes I’ve ever stumbled upon – Air Cafe.
Osaka was our base for the first part of our Japan 2016 trip. Sadly, it being a base meant we spent more time away than there. Nonetheless, it did make an impression and I would definitely be back to explore.
The streets of Tokyo were nearing empty. Or maybe just in this stretch from Haneda to Shinagawa. I watch the storefronts go by, mostly convenience stores I would find myself in over the next few days, over the next few cities. I think to myself, so this is Japan. And it was, and it wasn’t just.
On plans for the long weekend and 2017, secret lives of great composers, and SNOW
How today’s sunny afternoon transported me to brunch in Singapore
Because I couldn’t let February end without a playlist