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They say your life is worthless if you haven’t seen Nikko…

March 21, 2009

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I moved from Tokyo city to Oyama this week. Two hours away from Tokyo,  Oyama is a little and a peaceful town.  Our interpreter yesterday suggested that Nikko is a place I should visit for a weekend day trip, as it is not far from the place where I stay in Oyama. I had to [...]

Innovative Straw

March 15, 2009

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There is pipe-within-a-pipe, so that you can elongate and reach to the bottom. I haven’t seen such a thing in India. Stealable idea.

Japanese Tea

March 11, 2009

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This free sample tea bottle was handed over to me at the traffic signal yesterday morning. See what it reads. energy 0 Kcal ,  protein 0 g , Fat 0 g, Carbohydrate 0 g, Sodium 0 mg, non sugar, non flavor, non coloring. Hehe. Then why should I choose it over plain water ?

Acceptance Speech

March 8, 2009

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I stumbled upon this youtube video.  Touchy.

Day trip to Hakone

March 7, 2009

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This is where Tokyo comes to relax.  This is one chain of tourst spots not be missed if you are visiting Tokyo. Hakone is an hour and half journey from Tokyo. There are bunch of places to see. I covered Odawara Castle, Open Air Museum, Boiling Pot valley besides the experience of ropeway, cable cars [...]

Lost in Translation

March 5, 2009

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Working at Japanese offices for an outsider is not easy. An outsider is always assisted by an interpreter. ( a mediator, who is conversant in both Japanese and English).   There was no interpreter helping me yesterday evening. This Japanese guy was trying to ask me this question. ” Can you tell me the current temperature [...]

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