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stefan and i spent three nights in kyoto, the venice of japan. i was told (mostly by daisy) that kyoto is magnificent, and is well worth the trip from tokyo. after a three or so hour train ride (which was half the point...
February 10 @ 7:41am . 56 views . 0 comments
i suppose i should be clear: this photo is taken in kyoto, a city of a mere 1.4mil, not tokyo. but the idea is the same.
one thing i particularly loved about japan was the overall feeling i got with regards to its size....
February 8 @ 6:42am . 69 views . 2 comments
i admit we never had suntory times whiskey, as bill murray had so effectively advertised, but we did have our fair share of booze. while this topic essentially could cover some 90% of our japan tour, i will rather focus...
February 6 @ 4:52am . 70 views . 0 comments
so i've been back now from japan for a little over 24 hours. i've had a fair (though insufficient) amount of time to dwell on the voyage, try to digest it, and look over some of the pictures i took. it would be silly to...
February 4 @ 4:44pm . 47 views . 1 comments
so this is the new year!the year of the cow. that's my year. and a lot of yours too. i hope you all have red underwear...i've just had a great two days with daisy and her family. i'm not sure if my chinese has improved...
January 25 @ 7:49am . 79 views . 1 comments
i'm going to japan tomorrow! and i'm meeting stefan max there! i haven't seen him in a year and a half! crazy!i can't wait. i got my tickets for $42 and a bunch of miles. and we're staying at the lost in translation ho...
January 25 @ 7:45am . 56 views . 0 comments
I just overheard an old guy in a starbucks talking about plans for the Chinese new year. he said his daughter has never seen the sea (he's from Australia). interesting, I thought, that she's seen china and not the sea. ...
January 17 @ 7:21pm . 72 views . 1 comments
so last night, daisy and i went to get some sushi. it's been a long time, so we were both very much looking forward to it. it had gotten a bit late (we had to call to change our reservation, and didn't want to miss tha...
January 14 @ 4:27pm . 83 views . 2 comments
i wrote this while in transit on my way home the other day. i know it's from a while ago, but i still thought it was worth posting.
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in chinese, the verb you use when going home is "to return", not "to go". this isn'...
January 10 @ 10:03pm . 72 views . 0 comments
no, it's got nothing to do with shenanigans in the airplane bathroom.as most of you know, i fly a lot these days. even in college, i flew to florida too many times. all of my credit cards are united credit cards. so, at...
December 30 @ 5:24pm . 100 views . 2 comments