Archive for the 'travel' Category

Sapporo Snow Festival

« 23 February 2004 | 21:55 | Japan, diary, travel | No Comments »

Made it to Sapporo for this year’s Snow Festival. Although cold, it wasn’t excruciating; in fact, some were crazy enough to be wearing high-heels! Saw lots of sculptures, as expected; from ice buildings, snow buildings, Snoopy and even an amazingly detailed triceratops. Some really strange creations too. The buildings were most [...]

The Pursuit of Happiness

« 13 January 2004 | 15:44 | America, conferences, education, scitech, travel | No Comments »

If ever there was a conference to attend this year, TED would probably be it. Check out this amazing lineup of speakers. From Alpana Singh, one of the youngest Master Sommeliers, to famed architect Shigeru Ban, this is quite a gathering. Unfortunately, it’s invite only :(
Monterey Bay at the cusp of spring, [...]

Annoying your own citizens

« 7 January 2004 | 15:45 | Japan, diary, politics, salaryman, travel, worklife | 3 Comments »

Thoughts on an observation of sorts during a slow afternoon.

Happy New Years

« 7 January 2004 | 13:12 | Japan, biznomics, travel, worklife | 1 Comment »

M@Blog has been fairly quiet, but at least a New Year’s greeting is in order. Had a wonderful time visiting family and friends in NYC, as well as attending a friend’s wedding in France. Unfortunately didn’t get to spend as much relaxing time as I’d hoped, but that’s what retirement is for, right?
In [...]

Random drop-ins

« 24 September 2003 | 0:12 | alma mater, diary, tokyo life, travel | No Comments »

So on extremely short notice, my buddy Rodrigo from Stanford’s CCRMA decided to let me know he was swinging through town the other weekend. Things didn’t work out ideally as timed, but we did manage to enjoy a bit of DJ Ko Kimura’s spinning over at Air in Shibuya. Now I’ve got two [...]

Wedding Bells

« 12 August 2003 | 22:37 | America, alma mater, diary, events, travel | 1 Comment »

Just returned to Tokyo after a wonderful week with the family in New York (so great a city, they had to name it twice), and attending the marriage of my friend Ben to Becky. Ben and I spent a good number of years attending the same academic institutions — 3 years in highschool and [...]

New York, New York

« 2 August 2003 | 22:45 | America, diary, travel | 6 Comments »

Forgot to mention I am off to NYC to visit the family for about 10 days. They had moved a few months back, so this is my first time seeing the new apartment. The view is simply incredible. I wish the weather were a little better, but even on an overcast day [...]