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This is my choice. Leica M8, first released in 2006. I bought this camera in the middle of 2019 used from a random camera shop in Ireland. It is a nearly 20 years old camera. The sensor only has 10.3 megapixels, and any iso settings over 320 are considered unuseable. As a rangefinder camera, it […]

Taipei, a city that feels both familiar and unsettling to me at the same time. My decision to come here wasn’t entirely rational. I was searching for fresh air and a solution to the pressure weighing on me.Unfortunately, been in Taiwan didn’t help much. Although our relationship was on the brink of collapse, we still […]

To the glory and hopeful days that may never come again. *Most of the pictures in this article were shot on RICOH CX3 When I first came to Japan in 2016, smartphone had already dominated the whole market. It was a social norm to use LINE to keep in touch with each other. I still […]

After repeatedly making compromises myself in my last marriage, I gradually realized the middle ground might not exist. Although there were essentially no room for me to step back anymore, I still wanted to continue my relationship with my ex-wife. As the good memorries with my ex-wife was irreplaceable, and I had already sacrificed myself […]

Do you sometimes feel pain or loneliness? Are there moments you want to unload the hard parts to someone else? OK, I will suggest you to keep them inside your mind and stop expecting someone will actually listen to you. The truth is few people like to listen to someone else’s sad stories. Some of […]

When I was transferred to Osaka, I wrote a series called the Shin-Osaka Report (新大阪活動報告) in Japanese. This time, I am going to do basically the same, launching a new series to record my time in a brand new stage. My first week at the firm was generally positive. The office is one of the […]

Before getting vaccinated, I didn’t think about the side effects too much. Maybe I would feel pain in my arm for a while, which was all I had assumed. As a result, I was suffering from not only a sore arm and fatigue but headaches and a high fever. All these symptoms appeared just after […]

This is a sequel to the Japanese journal entry I wrote about how I reshape my workflow. Other than iPad I rarely mentioned anything related to hardware. This time, I will focus more on the gear. My basic philosophy is “less is more”. I gradually realized that I had too much stuff to be productive. […]

I had my first TOEIC test experience last week. In order to take the test, I went back to my “hometown” Shimane. For the current pandemic situation, ETS set a limitation on every test center. Considering the extremely high competitive rate of the test enters in the Tokyo area, I deliberately applied to Shimane’s test […]