ACCIDENTAL TOURISTS

I was supposed to write this ages (years) ago but for some reason was not able to. Still, I loved this experience with my friends so much  and I really want to write something about it. I guess recounting it makes me feel I’m back home…
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It wasn’t in the plan. Salve, Sherma and I were supposed [...]

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A MOMENT IN TIME…

Gone were the milling people around me. It was as if I was alone… free to luxuriate and immerse myself in this special world. There was both a feeling of wonder and calmness. I felt I could stand there for eternity and never feel the passing of time.
And I thought…
So this is what it feels [...]

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GOOD FOOD, AMBIANCE, MUSIC AND AN EYE CANDY…

What more can one ask?
Yet again, I’m playing paparazzi (evil grin ) Took the picture in one of my lunch breaks fall of last year. It was at the amphitheater in front of Meidai’s main library. Sigh, the fall leaves were wonderful! then lo and behold, I heard the pleasant strains of a guitar [...]

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NATURE VS. MAN

I wonder who wins… Nature is the ultimate artist. The way it shapes the land and colors everything. I just wish I have a smidgen of talent to give it justice. Some people do have it though…
In the photo: An Ojiisan at Kamikochi, Nagano. Trying his hand at immortalizing one of nature’s masterpiece.
So, who [...]

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