Recently, on a casual visit to a bookstore in Hibiya, a book drew my attention immediately. It was a personal diary written by a female psychiatrist named Mieko Kamiya, who passed away half a century ago. The diary started from 1939 when Mieko was living with her family on the east coast in the US. […]
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In the past few weeks, I was working on a project which can make my workflow more efficient. Specifically, the Excel files our financial software creates have a problem. We have to wait several minutes, even over ten minutes in order to open a single file. I addressed the problem and decided to find a […]
It has been roughly 3 months since I joined my company. I have received a lot of special treatment such as being enrolled in the financial department straight away, which was extremely unusual and saved me at least 6 years. What I didn’t expect was that my supervisor even allowed me to use business hours […]
Cooking has officially become one of my major hobbies. It became a weekend routine for the last several months. I am adding cooking tools literally every month. An oven, cheese grater, blender, etc. I am also looking forward to buying a new refrigerator to replace my current small one. Recently, I am watching a Youtube […]
I have kept having personal Japanese Language lessons since I moved to Tokyo 3 years ago. During these 3 years, I experienced at least 5 different tutors, and all of them were personal contracts. Some of them were awesome and others were not so. Among all of the five people, I was influenced most by […]
It has been months since the self-restraint movement began, although it is not a legit quarantine, most people are treating it as if it is. Under such an atmosphere, the variety of recreation is quite limited. Here are some things I tried to enjoy myself. Animal CrossingI am one of the lucky individuals who happened […]
I believe everyone who is living in Tokyo lost their daily routines to some extent due to the recent pandemic. In the last 30 days, no one was able to pretend COVID-19 wasn’t happening anymore because the wheels of society were gradually stopping. Most shops in downtown Tokyo closed completely, international airlines declined to a […]