Kimura’s blog

November has come

2009-11-08T09:39:09Z

It's that time of the year. It won't be of much concern for the unfortunate souls who are not gamers, but most of the game publishers from the West, particularly America, have this strange fixation that every big-name title HAS to come out in so...

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Grandma sick

2009-11-02T10:04:12Z

This weekend is not that great as my grandmother apparently spit blood and there were some family-related activities. She's stable now. And the last two weeks I took care of some household appliance replacement frenzy (long and tedious story, don'...

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Quick update

2009-10-24T09:54:16Z

* On the train I'm reading: "The Appeal" by John Grisham * At home I'm reading: "Descent into Chaos: The U.S. and the disaster in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia" by Ahmed Rashid * I'm watching: Cold Case season 3, NCIS season 4, Boston Le...

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Quote of the week

2009-10-19T09:57:25Z

"Guerrilla warfare is Afghan's national sports." Some expert dude on CNN program GPS, hosted by Fareed Zakaria

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Laughing Man Business Card Case

2009-10-16T14:06:26Z

Should you encounter someone who otherwise seems to be normal produce this business card case, You should (a): Call Tokyo Metropolitan PD, saying you've got a tip for Major Motoko Kusanagi at Section-9. (b): Check every electronic device on y...

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Quote of the week

2009-10-14T12:31:54Z

"Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without asking a specific question." Albert Camus

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Searching for a new keitai

2009-10-12T09:45:22Z

I need to change my keitai / cell-phone. I am not happy with my current one. Actually, I have been unhappy with it for quite a while, since I found out it's got the most ridiculous system to type English text mails, but I have put up with it, thin...

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Oil exporters considering to stop using USD

2009-10-10T09:54:38Z

If you happen to frequent business-oriented news sites like Reuters or The Wall Street Journal, you may have come across this article; some middle eastern countries (I suspect they wanted to say OPEC) are considering to stop using American dollars...

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Quote of the week

2009-10-09T13:12:37Z

"You are your own worst enemy." "Restless Heart Syndrome" from the album 21st Century Breakdown by Green Day

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Chanel, brunette and my nerd cred in peril

2009-10-04T10:00:27Z

Okay, I have been meaning to blog one thing that's 'fit to print' here during the 5-day weekend in September but I haven't- mainly because I have many other stuff going down IRL yo (yeah, although I have time to write complete nonsense in Japanese...

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