by isaokato | Jul 7, 2013 | Post
I have been skeptical of positive thinking. As a recovering addict to the habit of negative daydreaming, just trying to replace positive affirmation with negative habit seemed too easy and new-agey. And in my case, positive thinking didn’t seem to work that much. This...
by isaokato | Jul 4, 2013 | Post
So I took the Prof or Hobo? test and scored 7/10. I thought I was completely answering randomly, but our brain might be able to pick subtle clues outside our verbalized thoughts. The test does suggest an interesting fact: if we carry the same mental attitude, we gain...
by isaokato | Jul 3, 2013 | Post
I was walking down the aisle of the largest Japanese bookstore in Taipei, to brush up my native tongue and to catch up with what is going on in my passport country. It had been several months since my last visit. What might had changed? This is what I found: “The...
by isaokato | Jul 1, 2013 | Post
Watching a whole movie on YouTube is my guilty pleasure. I started off searching for the latest blockbusters and ended up cursing myself for seeing so many low-light, hand-shaken, Russian-spoken version of the newest sequels/prequels/spinoffs. Then I found the real...
by isaokato | Jun 30, 2013 | Post
On the opposite side of the street facing Taiwan National Palace Museum, smaller yet modern buildings line up incorporating museums for special topics, research firms, office spaces. One of the building says SoKa Gakkai, Japan’s largest new religion. Their appearance...
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