赤坂がいざなう、Vamonos！ さっそうと自転車を乗り回す外国人を多く見かける、さすが都会。 紀尾井町のＣＡＦＥで大学時代からの友人に再開。 そこはテラスから桜並木を眺めることができるなかなか良いロケーション。 月曜に英国よりの友人と東京で会うのだ…

親子三人で群馬、四万温泉（しまおんせん）へ。 緑濃い山間を流れる渓流沿いに「もくもく」と湯気が立つ〜まさに「日本のホリディ」を満喫。日本はやっぱり山国で、緑濃い木々が茂っている。世界で砂漠化する地域が多い中で特筆に値する。あと、温泉よこをせ…

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Two days in Bangkok with a layoverWined and dined at streetside vendors and caught a Muay Thai match all on a budget of 30 Pounds!!

Paris!!mesmerized by the L`Opera bewildered by the crowds at Louis Vuiton

Just two days to go with my MPhil DisserationTwo Days... where did the time go.Spent the day at B Bar a posh(ish) looking cafe in the Cambridge city center. working on the bibliography and the citations.Saturday evening spent at the Darwin…

the cafes I frequent in Cambridgeboth of the same owner and both are filled with books on the wallat CB2 couldnt help but overhear a man and woman discussing the terms of divorce, a japanese and english couple actually...a depressing conve…

a week and a bit till we are supposed to hand in our MPhil dissertation a week to go till they kick us out of Hughes Hall a month a bit till I am supposed to be back in Tokyo a few days till I should start planning what to dothings I could…

A day, well half a day, at the CB2 cafe laptop ready, references in hand, was soon distracted by a book "the essential Oxford" really useful(less) bits about the Oxford Colleges Outside Hughes Hall Cambridge, the world seems bristling with…

Cloak Lane 12:30 The TOEFL taken, check Visited the London Tower, check checkWent over to Pat's place for dinner Met his son and her friends, checkFound out Nick Drake (see profile) was a Cambridge graduate (Fitzwilliam)Productive on many …

these are the nicknames for the London Arsenal FC. Arsenal FC vs Newcastle FC @ Highbury, LondonLast year at this old stadium I took my littel cousin to see the season opener. Getting off the Arsenal tube station, we are surrouned by men i…

A slow Saturday nightGray skies and drizzle I find an old issue of the FT at the kitchen tableArticles of places around the worldPlaces Ive never been Lagos, Tirana, Sani, Amberley and Zutphenintermitten adorn the pages of this graying pap…

As of an hour ago, the deadline I set for myself has passed. But the PC that has my document is turned off...with a conclusion still remaining to be written.Though I wouldnt change a minute of it, the weekend in London (Bobby McFerrin's Pr…

The debate on multiculturalism seems to be a very hot topic in the news these days.There are some very brash words flying aroundA Tory shadow defense minister Mr Howard say those who can not respect and follow British way of life can live …

My friend went to Kyoto recently and sent me a photographIt is in a temple with a pebbled stone garden..his response after visiting Kyoto twice,..I want to live here..Kyoto's nice

Loved the movie from the opening, inside the chocolate factory, under the drip, glop, noise of liquid chocolate flowing into bars, you can almost feel its texture.Kudos to the sound technicians on this one!

Been a long time since Ive excercised. Lately been spending much too much time staring out the window.. Humans are animals we need to move around. Saw people wall climbing. Hmm another thing Id like to try...Tried a hand at Scott Joplin's …

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