by isaokato | Jul 28, 2013 | Post
Recently, I paid for the next term of my physical/emotional therapy (sort of). The fee was much higher than I had thought, but before I realized I already signed up and paid full price. It was one of those compulsive payment moments where I got carried away by the...
by isaokato | Jul 27, 2013 | Post
At a dinner, an architect friend of mine shared with us that the worst type of project is something that comes with a preconceived plan where he has to cram everything—including his creativity perhaps—into a fixed space. In my technical writer/translator field that...
by isaokato | Jul 25, 2013 | Post
Juno, a comedy about a pregnant high school student who needs to grow herself up as much as the new life inside her, is full of memorable quotes* including this timeless piece of advice about finding our true love: Look, in my opinion, the best thing you can do is...
by isaokato | Jul 24, 2013 | Post
Here is a speech by Dr. Helen Caldicott on Fukushima nuclear disaster and its implication for Taiwan, originally shared by a dear friend of mine who attended the event. It is a fascinating and equally horrifying tale of how the Japanese government’s attempt to...
by isaokato | Jul 23, 2013 | Post
I was listening to a friend of mine who talked about how things were about to end with his girlfriend. It was clear that he and she lived in separate worlds from the beginning of their relationship, yet they loved each other dearly and tried to fix things up. It was...
by isaokato | Jul 22, 2013 | Post
Yesterday was a historical turning point for Japan, my passport country. A parliamentary election led to the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (自由民主党 in Japanese) and its coalition take the majority in both the upper and the lower house. For at least the next three...
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