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Luke and I spent the long weekend in Miyazaki, the prefecture just south of Oita Prefecture. Miyazaki is famous for its beaches and for Chicken Nanban (”Southern Barbarian Chicken”), which is a rather barbaric concoction of fried chicken slathered in tartar sauce. We spent 3 relaxing days enjoying the beach and we even [...]

Inheritance 相続
Don’t get too excited. I didn’t inherit anything. “Souzoku” (inheritance) is just the Japanese word-of-the-day. Read on to find out why:
I had a rather atypical afternoon at work today. I spent it translating Portuguese legal documents into some sort of attempt at coherent Japanese. WHAT?!
Usually, I spend my [...]

I came across this quote today. It pretty much sums up my own life philosophy.
“Own what you can always carry with you; know languages, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your bag.”
-Alexandr Solzhenitsyn

I just joined and updated my flickr and frappr accounts.
Flickr is a way of sharing photos with friends.
Frappr is site that allows people to map their friends and acquaintances.
Check them out!
I love technology, so many ways to keep in touch with everybody, especially with this international life of adventure I live.

According to the Taipei Times, laboratory tests have shown that two Taiwanese breeds of rice could boost cancer-fighting cells.
The study was the first to compare and contrast the effect of domestic rice and imported rice on cell immunity against cancer.
The research tested the abstracts of nine rice breeds — seven local strains, one Australian and [...]