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From Washington, DC to Tokyo and back again, an Asian-American college student's take on life, the Japanese language, and East Asian international relations.
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New Beginning
You may or may not have noticed that, due to factors beyond my control, this site has been down for the better part of a month. Additionally, it is quite possible that I have lost as much as a third o...
季節はずれの天気
ここ数日来、春ぽいな陽気が続いて、気温はカ氏７０度にまで上昇した。みんなはポカポカ暖かさの中であまりにも早く冬服をしまって、週半をの...
あけましておめでとう！
Happy 2008 everyone! Amazingly another year has past again, and we’re now entering the second part of winter and edging slowly but surely toward spring. Characteristically, a cold front has de...
All Saints
I remember having a conversation with someone the other day about Halloween and All Saints Day and the origins of the two… In short, the latter is a feast celebrated November 1 or the first Sund...
Local Flavor
Reading back through my last few months of entries, I realized that I’ve lost touch with what’s happening locally. Maybe that’s why the Washington Post keeps sending me advertisemen...
Overlook the Obvious
After a year of trying to figure out how to tie down the hood of my car, I just realized today that the manufacturer included a special manual and cable in my glove compartment. Ah, the stupidity. I...
In the Grass
Obviously, as far as this blog goes, I’ve been letting the grass grow under my feet. In all other aspects of life, I think, I’ve been sprinting at full speed. Work has been busy–bu...
Summer and Autumn
DC weather has definitely taken a turn toward Autumn, and several of the past evenings have been downright chilly. But it’s nice. I cooked brown rice and asparagus this afternoon… for so...
9月の空
もう9月なの？本当に信じられない… 9月中旬なのに、ワシントンDCは夏っぽい暑さの中で我慢している。昨日の晩、大雨が来て、今の空は暗雲に包ま...
Can It Really Be…
…the 20th of August? Found a few bills mixed in with the junk mail when I retrieved the whole batch from my mailbox over the weekend, and I suddenly realized that the end of the month is loomin...
Makeover
I’ve been meaning to change my layout for quite some times, but everything’s been really busy lately, and I just haven’t gotten around to it. Anyhow, the new look is finally here. T...
Intention
There are so many things that I say I want to do… so many things that I think about while in the midst of mundane daily activities — driving to work, doing laundry, taking a shower, etc. ...
Dog Days
This year's ASU summer camp hosted by Aikido Shobukan Dojo begins tomorrow morning, and capitalweather.com is predicting a decrease in the humidity (which is certainly good news since the athletic cen...
Winter in DC
After a record-breaking warm start, winter has finally settled in and graced DC with it's yearly quota of snow. Today's flakes caught my by surprise. Afterall, we'd had our snow last week, right? B...
Chinese New Year
This Sunday is Washington DC's Chinese New Year celebration…. not that it's anything like the events in cities with large Chinese populations, but it's at least some fun, right? To be exact, th...