Before April Comes
Mar 31st
I’ve been sinking a lot of time in to my most recent project. More for the challenge of putting together a site rather than the contents itself, to my surprise it seems like there are at least a handful of people who have been able to make some use of it. If you’re in Japan (only Shikoku at the moment) and are looking for a good place to eat, you might be able to find something nice.
If you’re interested, take a look: Wan~Wan!
New Experiment
Feb 27th
I’ve been messing around with a few tweaks to my website and messageboard. I know that I spend a disproportionate amount of time messing around with this stuff when you look at the number of people who actually follow this site, but it’s become a bit of a hobby. Over the past few weeks I’ve:
1. skinned my message messageboard (succeeded)
2. tried to integrate Facebook Connect into my WordPress blog (failed)
3. tried to integrate Facebook Connect into the message board (failed)
4. returned my message board to the default skin because I didn’t like the layout (succeeded)
5. added Dropbox integration to my WordPress blog (succeeded)
6. added location data to my wordpress blog (succeeded…sort of, it’s just a map)
With a lot more to come I’m sure.
In addition to that, I’m still doing well here in Imabari. The weather seems to have finally turned and the past few days have been quite warm and beautiful. I’ve been making trips back and forth between here and Tokushima once every two weeks. While they’ve been quite enjoyable so far, I’m sure that once the routine sets in, they’ll become more of a chore. It’s definitely worth the trouble though. I’ve something quite nice waiting for me on the other end of every three hour bus ride out of Ehime.
Also, I’ve started a new project on my message board. Take a look at the introduction if you’re intersted.
Visiting Tokushima
Feb 10th
I took my second trip back to Tokushima since the new year. As I used to frequent the onsen attached to the hotel, I decided to stay at the Sunroute Hotel these past two times. It’s a great place to stay and it’s around the same price as other comparable business hotels. Even though I do make it back to Tokushima on a fairly regular basis, it’s always nice to go back. As much as I do enjoy living in Ehime, I have to admit that I do miss the good old Awa Prefecture.
I’ve put up some photos from last weekend. Take a look in the ‘Photo Gallery’ or on my Flickr feed.
Email from a Friend
Jan 15th
I’ve been studying for the past two hours and I’m feeling a bit burnt out. It really does beat the feeling of a brain atrophied from months of intellectual stagnation though. This past half year has been one where I don’t feel like I’ve made much forward progress and have been a bit lazy. But it’s all behind me now and after my trip back to New York this past December, I’m feeling invigorated!
I’ve been pretty good about keeping active (both physically and mentally) and have become quite engaged in planning what I’m going to do next. I’m hoping that once again, things will change for me. For the best I hope.
Also, I just received an email from a good friend of mine. One who I was fortunate enough to meet up with not once, not twice but THREE times! I was feeling a bit nostalgic so I decided to look through some old photos. I found this great one and thought you would get a kick out of it. I hope you enjoy it!
New Stuff
Jan 8th
I’ve been making entries recently about topics other than my life in Japan. I was hoping to make my blog a bit more interesting and a little less self-indulgent by doing so. I’ve been pretty good about keeping things organized using the ‘categories’ system. If you want to see only the stuff about my life, just click on the green folder icon at the top-right of the page and select the category ‘journal’. By clicking on the other categories, you’ll get similar results filtered for the various categories. I hope that’s not too confusing. If it is, let me know and I’ll try to fix it!
