Japan

January a-photo-a-day, day 7

January 7, 2012

Today’s prompt: Favourite For a non-coffee drinker like me, green tea (macha) capuccino is a favourite. What’s yours? ***** If you’re doing the #Janphotoaday challenge, please mention it in the comments so I can visit!

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January a-photo-a-day, day 6

January 6, 2012

Today’s prompt: Makes you smile In this world of emails, skype, chats and Facebook, a snail mail is like a lost art. I bet so very few people nowadays ever write letters by hand and send them. A hand written letter means you really care because you took the time and effort to sit down and [...]

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Japan and a parent’s nightmare

March 24, 2011

Photo credit My brother who works in Yokohama, Japan’s second largest city after the capital Tokyo is back in the Philippines temporarily with his wife and 5 month old baby. He and his small family are among the thousands of foreigners who left Japan after a radiation scare (and most recently, water scare) that gripped [...]

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How to Donate to Japan from the UAE

March 17, 2011

The Consulate General of Japan in Dubai has released an official statement as to how to donate to the 2011 Earthquake and Tsunami Relief. Here is the contest of the statement in case the link above is broken or does not work: Donations for 2011 Tohoku district off the Pacific Ocean Earthquake The Consulate-General of [...]

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Japan’s legged race and its message of unity

March 16, 2011

Legged races are popular in Japanese schools especially during Sports Day in the month of October. Here in Dubai, the Sports day at the Japanese School is held in January (because it’s too darn hot in October) so I had a chance to see these group of kids doing the legged race. In this event, [...]

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Tweets from Japan in the midst of catastrophic quake

March 14, 2011

I found this viral post in Facebook and I am reposting this in the wake of the earthquake catastrophe in Japan. Here are tweets from people in Japan, real life eyewitness accounts on how the country with people who are sometimes seen as ‘cold’ on the outside, emotionless, mechanical like robots acted in times of [...]

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Earthquake in Japan

March 13, 2011

As you might already heard by now or seen in television, a massive earthquake measuring at an intensity of 8.9 on the Richter scale hit the northeastern part of Japan (red circle on the map below) triggering a 10 meter high tsunami that literally swept the coastal towns. It was unbelievable to see the devastation [...]

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Valentines Day in Dubai, and in Japan

February 14, 2011

Photo credit There’s not much to say about Valentines Day in Dubai as it is the same as in other countries. Although it is worth mentioning that February 15 is an Islamic Holiday – Prophet Muhammad’s birthday so hotels are gearing up for a “dry night” starting from the night before. No music and alcohol [...]

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