Am three-quarters into The Book Thief, and am already dreading the end. Such a good read. I think I will be sleepless tonight. Today, I washed, vacuumed and threw out four big bags of garbage. I also ate the remaining contents of my fridge, which consist of (the list follows, for the sake of posterity) [...]
I plan for it to be, anyway. Today, just barely here, is the day before I leave Hokkaido for Tokyo where I shall spend the remaining week of my holiday. Yesterday, I bought myself a small suitcase so tomorrow will be a lot of fun. I shall heave a huge sigh of relief when I [...]
Just saw a raven trotting through snow. Damn adorable. On the bus to Asahikawa 旭川. 09:10, I can no longer make out the horizon between ground and sky. If anything, snow can be unifying. 09:17, Mayday’s 温柔. 09:20, it is so pretty out here. 09:25, it is probably true that the most beautiful scenes are [...]
Most friends can vouch for me that I am not a fan of vegetables. I don’t order them voluntarily, and if they appear in my meals, they were usually treated with polite disgust and they often ended up balanced perilously on the edge of my plate or in the company of other vegetables in an [...]
Saturday nights like tonight get me wondering, of what it would be like at home, or on a night’s out at the movies followed by supper(s), or how the Internet looks like, or whether I would take an earlier flight back if such a chance arises. Saturday nights, without a book and with the exhaustion [...]
A slightly bashful confession: I really liked today’s dinner. Stir fried pork with beansprouts, with a minor appearance by xiao bai cai.
What have I seen of Sapporo so far? Frankly, not that much in terms of sightseeing destinations. Instead, I know the layout of the supermarket fairly well. And chicken is ¥118 per 100 grams this week. But, I know that I like this city. I like that though it is cloudy most of the time, [...]
Today’s dinner was meant to be steamed chicken and veggies over rice, but it is kinda hard to steam stuff when you have a 16cm pot and no steamer dish. So you decide to put in cooked rice (there are rice cookers in the common kitchen, yay) first, then place the chicken on top, followed [...]
Living here in Sapporo brings back some memories of my uni days in Brisbane. I eventually chose a 1DK room over a standard room in DK House because the former has an attached toilet/bath annnnnnnnd a kitchenette. I’ve gotten a little weary of hunting for dinner places (Japan has a lot of eating places, but [...]