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Running late? Prove it.
Today was a cold, cold day. The coldest day in Tokyo in a period of 48 years, the news read. If you have to work in the morning, you feel the cold piercing through your skin even colder. And then you realize that the trains are late as hell, because a train wagon stopped in…
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FLU season
Japan is the land of precaution. Anything that can possible disrupt the order of things, should be addressed beforehand. One such this is -wait for it- the flu. As soon as the flu season started, everyone began stockpiling masks, medicine, vitamins, anything and everything that can protect your body. Even the big-time performers at the…
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Greeks in Ueno – Καββαδίας στο Ουένο
[Greek text] Πας και χαζεύεις τις ευχές στο ναό στο Ουένο [τοπ τουριστική γειτονιά] και ωπ, σκάει το ποζέρικο καλλιτεχνικό ποίημα του Κυριάκου. Kudos στο ζεύγος που ταξίδεψε μέχρι ‘δω πέρα, αλλά τι ζητάνε, δε θα καταλάβω ποτέ. *εθνική υπερηφάνεια* (άμα είσαι στην άπω ανατολή, ε δε θα σκεφτείς ότι μπαρκάρεις σαν τον καββαδία?) [English…
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Killer moves
I was studying Japanese kanji today, and I learnt some interesting words. 即戦力 (そくせんりょく) Noun 1. ready fire-power; battle-ready forces; immediate asset (to a team or firm); someone who can be an immediately effective player or worker *Business term, Sports term* 必殺技 (ひっさつわざ) Noun 1. killer technique; surefire assassination method 2. special or lethal move,…
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Day-trip from Tokyo: Odawara castle
[[Featured image: The Tora (tiger) sign of the Odawara castle.] [[Image Gallery follows] It’s been a week now that a university friend is visiting me in Tokyo. He couldn’t have picked a worse time possible. The start of the year comes bearing fruits #NOT: progress reports, presentations, assignments, and so on. Nevertheless, I have to…
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THURSDAYS
Tue 21:00 in Tamachi (major business area in Tokyo): First working day after New Year’s, the train reeks of alcohol and salary men are either sleep-standing or staggering. Sometimes Thursdays are worse than Mondays.
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