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Organize this!
There’s a task in my Outlook that’s been waiting in queue for some time now and calling for certain data to be stored in an organized manner. Well, as much as I hate it, I had no choice but to start tackling it. I like my things to be in order too much to just [...]
Friendly Rumor, Inc.
Every now and then (and the last time it happened was yesterday), friends or relatives of mine contact me online just to offer their heartfelt congratulations: they heard I had become a father. To which I usually thank them for letting me know
It amuses me the way this kind of benign rumors start [...]
Odihneste-te în Pace, Bunico! (Rest in Peace, Grandmother!)
Eram hotărât să o sun astăzi pe bunica mea din România doar pentru a afla, odată ajuns acasă, că am sosit cu câteva ore prea târziu. Azi dimineaţă în jurul orei 9, un preţuit membru al familiei, o femeie puternică şi minunată şi-a tras ultima suflare înainte de a se întoarce să devină din nou [...]
Living in Japan - A foreigner’s point of view (II)
As you might have guessed, that was only one side of the story, because I wanted to keep it short and easy to translate. So now I’ll offer you the balancing point of view; I’ll tell you what I like about living in Japan.
Actually, the number of positive experiences I can relate to makes the [...]
Living in Japan - A foreigner’s point of view (I)
As someone who has previously lived in other foreign countries too (Hungary, Germany, France) I can tell that doing this comes with its advantages and disatvantages, but none were so clearly traced as in the case of Japan.
It’s certainly not a case of adaptability to me: I am quite mentally flexible actually. It is rather [...]
