January 24, 2008
Today was my third day at my new day job.
I had a “vacation” of sorts for a month. Not working, or more importantly, not having any routines or structures to my days, was actually not enjoyable. Moving is very hard work, taking care of little kids consistently so, and when they’re sick it’s [...]
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January 8, 2008
So, you have this piece of machinery. You know how it works, you know all the parts. But you also know something else:
It can be better.
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December 18, 2007
Today is my last day on my current job. I worked at this place for 2 years and 2 months.
I am very grateful for this job. It was the first job that I enjoyed coming to. They showed great support and leniency when I was dealing with my family health issues.
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December 17, 2007
I am from Japan, but most of my friends are Caucasians.
It may have something to do with the fact that the first place where I experienced US was Iowa.
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December 10, 2007
My wife and kids are leaving for Minnesota in 2 days. I’ll follow them 9 days later.
So we’re cramming on authentic Tex-Mex. And my wife and I had a little time to reminisce about our favorite memories of Texas.
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December 4, 2007
Even before Radiohead did their thing, I thought about doing a donation-based digital distribution of my music.
I still may do it.
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December 3, 2007
To me, rock music is not an entertainment.
Sure, it engages and entertains me, but it’s much more than that.
It’s more like a cry for life.
It’s born out of more essential energy. By “essential” I mean, it’s closer to the core of life, the fundamental of our being. It is a cry coming [...]
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November 26, 2007
I know they mean well.
And they’re often right, too. A lot of us fail. Not because of them — no, we can’t blame anyone else. Because most of us just can’t win the battle against ourselves, inside.
But we can’t let their helpful advices become self-fulfilling prophecies. Like I said, I [...]
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November 23, 2007
Well, all my family’s been sick (including yours truly) and we cancelled all our plans.
But guess what? I’m not a least bit unhappy. If a common cold is the extent of health problems in this family, I’d gladly endure it. I won’t go out of my way to get it, but still, this is [...]
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November 19, 2007
I’m a man of many mistakes.
Which is fine, except my day job is a web professional. In anything computer-related, little mistakes can have grave consequences. One misspelling can make the whole thing crash. Nothing is acceptable than 100% accuracy. And when you achieve that, do we get recognized for excellence? No. That’s what’s expected of [...]
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