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Category Archives: Blog
So Raven
Hey everybody! It’s been a while. I decided to start a new blog at SoRaven.com. I will be writing on issues pertaining to technology. (How vague can I get?) It’s been a busy year. So much has happened. Summer break … Continue reading
Past; Beliefs
My freshman dorm room The concept of rebirth is common to many religions. From the ashes of his past, the man is given a chance to live again and redeem himself. In some ways, I feel reborn as I write … Continue reading
Flying Off
The day has finally come. I can hardly believe it. In a few short hours, I will be on a flight to…Incheon, South Korea, followed by a long transit before finally arriving at SFO. I will spend the next four … Continue reading
Trip Report: Scandinavia
Scandinavia is not the most exciting place in the world but it has some beautiful sights. I spent ten nights last month in Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland with my trusty Canon 400D and these are the results.
Posted in Blog
Tagged bergen, copenhagen, denmark, finland, helsinki, norway, oslo, scandinavia, stockholm, sweden, trip
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Maaya Sakamoto got married!
She was 19… In yet another breaking development that casts a blinding spotlight on the unrelenting passage of time and my lost teens, Maaya Sakamoto, my favourite singer in all dimensions of space and time, got married at the ripe … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Music, Otaku
Tagged gundam seed destiny, kenichi suzumura, maaya sakamoto, marriage, nostalgia, seiyuu
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Moving House
So I am moving soon and I have been spending the past week stacking things (mostly books) into boxes. Sifting through all the stuff I have accumulated in the past ten years really takes me back.
Trip Report: Kagoshima
This is the post about my visit to Kagoshima in southern Japan. I am really pushing out these articles at the breakneck speed of a limping three-legged turtle, considering that I was in Japan in early April and so far … Continue reading
What I think the future will be
I was bored yesterday and wrote a little summary of my thoughts for the future. This was partially inspired by the upcoming Singapore General Election taking place tomorrow and a certain online conservation I had with someone. After I finished … Continue reading
Japan’s Southernmost Train Station
So not too long ago, I was in Kagoshima, the southernmost prefecture on Japan’s four main islands. It is a rather backwater place despite the abnormally large role it played in Japan’s contemporary history, but it is very beautiful. Kagoshima … Continue reading
Trip Report: Nagasaki
So I am finally back in Singapore. Experiencing post-trip lethargy as usual. I figure I should get started on blogging now before it becomes impossible for me to return to my usual weekly schedule and I fall into the eternal … Continue reading
Gunkanjima
Gunkanjima, officially “Hashima”, is a tiny island just outside Nagasaki Bay. Consisting mostly of man-made concrete-covered landfills, the island was a coal-mining operation run by Mitsubishi Heavy Industry and once boasted the highest population density in the world. Today, the … Continue reading
Japan Trip 2011
Miyajima, Hiroshima (sauce) It seems like I’ve been going to Japan every year for the past few years due to various reasons, so I guess this should not come as a huge surprise. Yes, I am flying to Japan again. … Continue reading
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Tagged japan, japan rail pass, kansai, kyushu, shinkansen, tokyo, travel, trip
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