… too bad Huis Ten Bosch isn’t a big city. Happy New Year everyone! I hope your new year has been fun. I’ve been travelling a lot, so I have a lot of things to share with you guys. Unfortunately, I’m really busy now, with lots of reports and meetings and such, so I may… Read More Bright Lights in Huis Ten Bosch (2014 Illuminations)
Ok, last post of the year, let’s see if I can finish my Aso by Train series. If you didn’t see the earlier posts, I talked about getting from Hakata to Aso Farmland, and from Aso Farmland to Mount Aso earlier. Today, I’m going to talk about getting from Aso Farmland to Shirakawa Spring, from… Read More Aso by Train Part 3: To Shirakawa Spring, Kumamoto Castle and Back to Hakata
Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these” (Matthew 19:14) My next story about my brother has to start with a confession from me. When it was first proposed that we spend the later part of Boxing Day cooking… Read More Boxing Day 2014
So, even though NaNoWriMo is over, I’ve been MIA. And as always, I’ve got really good reasons for that. One is that my mom and bro came over this week, and between lost luggage (which seems to occur to China Eastern passengers who transit at Shanghai) and general getting-used-to-the-cold, and eat-all-the-food stuff, I haven’t had… Read More Kimono Fashion Show 2014
Time for part 2 of my travel series! While I could quite happily spend all my time at Aso, I had to bring my relatives around the Aso area as well. Ok, I also wanted to go to Mount Aso (retracing my ROCS3 steps!). Day 2: Aso Farmland – Mount Aso (and back!) We had… Read More Aso by Train Part 2: Aso Farmland to Mount Aso
NaNoWriMo is over, I’ve won and I went on a really awesome trip with my aunt and uncle! We went back to Aso, Kumamoto, and since I can’t drive, we basically had to rely on the train. Since I was told that you basically need a car to get around Kumamoto, I figured that I’d… Read More Aso by Train Part 1: Aso Farmland
Hey everyone! Sorry for being even more MIA than usual. NaNoWriMo has me in its thrall, and I took a five day holiday last week sooooo rushing to catch up on word count now. On the bright side, I have a whole series of travel posts coming up. There’s this guest post by my oh-so-awesome… Read More Guest Post by Joanna: Beppu – Welcome to hell
So, this is one of the books that I’m reading for my Ghibli class (it’s so much cooler [and shorter!] to say ‘Ghibli class’ than Hayao Miyazaki’s World class). It’s not one of the assigned readings, but it was very helpful for the first paper: Spirituality in Miyazaki’s My Neighbour Totoro. Now, although this book… Read More Book Review: Religion in Contemporary Japan by Ian Reader
Week 2 of NaNoWriMo is over! How is everyone doing? I hope you’re meeting the wordcount goals! I’m really happy with how my NaNoWriMo is going so far. I’m a few days ahead now, which means that everything is going ahead as planned. I won’t be able to write from the 19th to the 24th… Read More NaNoWriMo Week 2 Update
I am officially a 2014 NaNoWriMo winner! That makes it three years in a row! And I think this is the year that I finished the fastest, and with the most number of “vacation” days. I only started on the 2nd, and I took 5 days off last week to go on holiday. I’m really… Read More NaNoWriMo 2014 Winner!
