Rainy night

Today, it was raining so lightly all over Tokyo the whole day. Days like this one, you just want to snuggle under the sheets and pretend your world is a four-cornered space.

Or, you can have coffee with a good friend, walk, smoke, talk and eat sushi!

My mouth and my stomach and I had fun today with revolving sushi plates (my first!). I will post the photos next time. Meanwhile, I enjoyed Tokyo in its comfortable darkness. I hope you do, too.

Random photos of the things I saw on the way to the sushi shop and on my way back home.



Wet pavements remind me of Dashboard Confessional's Hands Down.
Memories!, memories!, memories!
おやすみみんな

Cold day

Yesterday, I went to Shibaura Institute of Technology in Toyosu, and took some math test and got paid and I was happy! And did a little shopping at Shibuya.

This Sunday was very cold, by the way. Now I terribly, terribly miss summer.

I'd take this chance to thank pomme, Hello Sandwich, and Make it Easy for noticing my little stuffs. You guys, made me feel warm this cold day. ありがとうございました!

Expanse

Things I see from the 5th.

Have a nice one!

This is what I'm planning to do this weekend.


To read and smell real books.

The little project of ours

I have this small thing going on with my childhood friend, Des, who also happens to be an expat in a faraway kingdom. We are doing a photo blog together! We've been buying time for this little project of ours, and we never really had the confidence to materialize it. Somehow, the New Year got away with the pushing, and suddenly we became excited with the whole concept.

Anyway, on a weekly basis, we will post a random photo based on a theme we talk about: her take, my take. Yesterday, we posted something for our pilot week (week o1), and we hope to be regular as much as we can.

The Grader's Folio

we're dreaming of balmy days, poignant remembrances, and all feel good things this year. open, and be a part of a week that will be. we will remain in you, regularly.

Mike's

Des'

Random Holidays Photos

Endings and beginnings

2009 was a good year, one that I will not forget for a long time. I met some of the most awesome people and had the best times with them! I had my many 'firsts' and had many opportunities to see Tokyo in numerous lights: artsy, delicious, busy, blinding, and always sublime. I had many of those subtle, poignant episodes straight from Murakami's novels. There were times when I have muttered under my breath, "good Lord, this is a good time" and hid a genuine smile of joy. Not so bad for living one whole year away from home as an expat. Thank you, thank you everyone for putting up with me a year that's for the record!

Now, 2010 makes me feel excited. I have a strong hunch it will be a very interesting year for me and for the people who will be part of it. Some magic is about to happen, right? Keep your calm, and keep the good times rollin'!

I'll leave this year with things that constantly thrill me: buildings and skies! Happy New Year everyone. Regards from here.

...because there's nowehere to go but everywhere. Keep rolling under the stars, generally the Western stars

-Jack Kerouac, On the Road

Dec 09 Ear Candy: Ocean Eyes by Owl City

One of the best finds this year is Owl City. I'd like to thank my childhood friend Des for telling me about this band several months before. Now, I am addicted to their album, 'Ocean Eyes'.



My holidays were spent full because of this. When I listen to Owl City, I feel like I am holing inside a big big cotton candy. Sweet and fun and airy.

The music video is magical, to say the least. If happiness was a room, it would be like this:

Merry Christmas

I'm drinking beer right now, and lazying after a hearty dinner which I prepared awhile ago. I just finished talking with the family back home. I'm waiting for Christmas, and Owl City is soft on the ear. Everyone and everything feels just right.

These are the moments you thank the Lord for. Merry Christmas everyone.

Happy Birthday, Crazy!

Today is Wednesday and Crazy is celebrating her birthday. I promised her that I would take a photo of how my Wednesday would look like. So here it is, to Singapore!

Picture above is the train track passing through my university. This isn't exactly what captured my day, but I think today's weather is quite clear in this picture.

Today is a cloudy day. And very cold, too.

Me wants to snuggle back to my bed the whole day just like this,

but I got a TA job in the afternoon so I had to drag myself out.

So since this day was pretty lethargic, I decided to get lunch in a coffee shop.

^^

That's half of my day, Crazy, on your birthday. May you have a nice dinner with friends and Nemo later.

Autumn in university

It's officially autumn here, and the trees wear the shade of my favorite yellow. Too yellow in fact.

Less than 2 weeks and it's Christmas!