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In between the rain showers
The rain season or 梅雨(tsuyu) has officially started in Japan. Which means, that: you can’t do laundry without owning a drying machine (or visiting a coin laundry) you will leave the house dry with raincoat, umbrella and all available equipment, but will still arrive to school or office soaked wet the day that you decide…
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HOW STUFF WORKS: buying a mattress.
[Random featured image: A ramen shop that offers larmen? ? I’m confused.] Mattresses are usually humongous and inconvenient to move, right? Fear not, because air sucking can now make transportation of a mattress easy as hell. I got my mattress from Nitori (the japanese equivalent of IKEA) and even though I knew what to expect,…
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Melon chuuhai
Limited edition alcoholic drink with melon 🍈 from Hokkaido. I don’t know for how long it was available, I just found it randomly in the drink stash at the lab. I could drink only half of it as it is too sweet for my taste. That, and the fact that you don’t feel any alcohol.…
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Souvenir from Hong Kong: Unboxing HKUST memorabilia
[Random images from HKUST follow.] When I was in Hong Kong, I spent a lot of time in Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), either chilling at the library terrace or attending random aeronautical engineering-related courses. At the entrance of the campus, there was a cute little shop with items and gifts related…
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HowStuffWorks: Update train advertisments
So, last night I slept over at a friend, which meant that today I had to ride the train from the starting station. Today is Sunday, therefore traffic is relatively low in this part of the city. As soon as I reached the platform, I noticed a guy siting on a wooden stool with a…
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