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July 2013 Desktop Wallpaper for Download

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320×480 , 1024×768 , 1280×800 , 1280×1024 , 1440×900 , 1920×1080 , 2560×1440 Special request: 1366x768 This month's desktop wallpaper features the Japanese Tanabata festival that is usually celebrated on 7th July! Edit: My wallpaper is selected again at Smashing Magazine !

Smoking indoors in Japan VS haze in Singapore

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In Japan, smoking seats are placed either right next to non-smoking seats or placed at another floor, which is still quite bad for non-smokers like me because the air gets ventilated (like duh?). 有些日本的吸煙區就在禁煙區的隔壁,真的覺得沒什麼分別=_=;;

Hydrangea Ajisai Festival at Toshima Park

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Went to Toshima Park within Tokyo on 17th June (Monday) because of the rare clear weather from the rainy season!

Sounds of the Night 夜裡的聲音

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Is it just me that the nights in Japan are too quiet? No music, no quarrels, no...love making...? 中文版請點(更多)→

Media Freedom

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I really appreciate the media freedom in other countries, at least they will not arrest a comic creator, nor insist licenses be obtained if you are a news website. We rank very low in the Press Freedom Index as well. For further reading: Wallstreet Journal:  Singapore Probes Cartoonist for Alleged Racial Insensitivity  *Actually he uses a software to make his comics, so I prefer to say that he is a comic maker/creator instead of a cartoonist or cartoon artist. BBC:  New regulations hit Singapore's online press 中文版請點(更多)→

Shopping in Japan

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Japan has an amazing number of products that just look great to spur those impulsive purchases! 中文版請點(更多)→

June wallpaper for download

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320×480 , 1024×768 , 1280×800 , 1280×1024 , 1440×900 , 1920×1080 , 2560×1440 It's going to be rainy season in Japan! This is my first time making wallpapers for my fans, do let me know what you think or if you want other resolutions! Update: My wallpaper is also featured in the Smashing Magazine calendar wallpaper collection!

Hitachi Seaside Park and Ashikaga Flower Park

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Went to do some sightseeing to see spring flowers for my first and last time on 15th June at Hitachi Seaside Park in Ibaraki prefecture and Ashikaga Flower Park in Tochigi prefecture.

Applying for a job in Japan

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It's really challenging to apply for a job in Japan, especially to big corporations that only recruit once a year in big quantities and putting all candidates through written tests and countless interviews. Perhaps the reason is because companies in Japan cannot fire some one easily, so great caution must be exercised in order to get the best employees. The bad economy might also be another reason for having so many applicants applying for one job, so many elimination rounds had to be planted to narrow down the numbers. After stressing their potential employees, one can expect to stay there for life till retirement, that is unless...the company goes bankrupt... *I had witnessed someone who is not a good team player been offered many jobs, but someone who is capable and a team player were refused several times. This makes me highly doubtful whether or not filtering candidates through undifferentiated procedures result in positive aspects of the character not shown and thus hirin

Job hunting in Japan 日本的就職活動

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I guess I am used to the Singaporean way of finding a job only after graduation and not get stressed out like my friends for a year, fighting for test slots and waiting for phone calls. 中文版請點(更多)→