Archive for July, 2008

Korea War Memorial – Seoul

Having been exposed to the horrors of destructive conflict not just against other countries during World War II but also against brothers from the oth

Korea

16 Comments

Somewhere in Seoul

Am now in Seoul, So. Korea. For work, of course. Quite busy, but I'll try finding time to post. See ya all later!

Korea

13 Comments

Nagoya Castle and Atsuta Shrine

I checked out the Wikipedia entry on Nagoya and found out that it cites two sites as the City’s most famous tourist destinations: the Nagoya Castle

Photography

16 Comments

Nagoya on a Sizzling Summer Day

I spent my weekend in Japan’s third largest metropolitan region, the center of which is the City of Nagoya. It is 262 kilometers out of Tokyo and

Photography

20 Comments

Hakone Forest Reserve Camp Grounds

Let me show you some of the pics I took during our recent trip to the Hakone Forest Reserve. I’m nowhere near comparable to our favorite photo-bl

Photography

24 Comments

Plus 7 Years? Why Not!

Eat one egg and increase your life expectancy by seven years! How’s that for a great marketing tag, eh? He he. Phony I know, but people are buying

Japan

31 Comments

3G iPhone Launched in Japan Today

A long queue of mixed Japanese and foreigners greeted me as got out of my train station early this morning. As I checked, it turned out to be directed

Gadget

16 Comments

Proudly Pinoy?

First, let me lay this on the table: I now understand why the so-called Japayukis lament the word’s negative connotation. I have so far learned that

Japan

15 Comments

How Should I Meet You, Fuji San?

I know it will be a shame if I will not have, even at least a glimpse, of Mount Fuji while I’m stationed here. But since I’m here for wo

Japan

17 Comments