The Japanese rainy season or tsuyu is still ongoing but almost ending in Japan. But instead of cloudy or grey-filled skies, we could see blue, purple, and other colored hues blossoming everywhere. These are ajisai in Japanese which are called hydrangeas in the West. I have never seen these flowers in the Philippines or in other countries I visited...

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こんにちは！I have always believed that this year will be full of the unexpected. I just didn't expect that I would find the entire world in a whirlwind of events. Numerous catastrophes have happened before but in my lifetime they were not as big as this pandemic. Now, fear and anxiety are shared by not only one person, city,...

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Last year (October 12, 2017), I embarked on a journey toward the Land of the Rising Sun. This trip was not planned at all. But it was a demonstration of God's amazing grace. A week after my thesis defense, my parents told me that I would be joining them. They helped me book my flight in Jetstar through...

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My journey to the Studio Ghibli Museum took longer than I expected. It was prolonged due to lack of research and preparation last October 2013. However, tickets ran out. I tried to check for available tickets at Lawson. Then I found out that people buy in advance, usually a month or more. I was devastated. But then, I...

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