blogging in 2011

Whoa! i skipped blogging in 2010 completely.

I am seriously writing my thesis this year. I have said to myself many times that i will write it in 2010. But, I write one section and kept it off because of other responsibilities (experiments, conferences, or simply having fun). In hindsight, maybe i had too much of fun.

So, this year my strategy is to organize 3 hours of working and 1 hour of rest (sometimes just 30 mins). But, I need rest to keep myself motivated and also sane. It's been working well for the last 2 weeks. Most of the time I worked for 7-8 hours/day and occasionally I worked for up to 9 hours. But, in the back of my mind I want to add it up to 12 hours.

Late entries...

I recently installed AirMe on my iPhone which allows me to upload photos from my iPhone directly to the web. The web in my case is Picasa.

So I've been snapping some pictures with my iPhone. Enjoy.

It was the only sunny day this week. I took this B/W photo of the cafe in my campus.

From AirMe

another B/W photo in starbucks.

From AirMe

A Sepia tone view of my desk in my lab. Working with two computers: Mac and PC, made easier with synergy to share mouse and keyboard.

From AirMe

The hall to my lab... spooky. These two photos were taken late at night when most people have gone home.

From AirMe

The day after this photo was taken is the re-opening of the McDonalds outlet near my area. They re-made the interior.

From AirMe

Looking inside, new chairs and tables too.

From AirMe

Yokohama again

I was around Yokohama last Sunday. I went to Yodobashi Yokohama to look for a good quality headphone. While I was there I wondered around to see what I could find.

Barack Obama wobble head


A dilapidated housing building. I have the urge of going and taking pictures of dilapidated buildings. I can't explain why yet.


Sunset... and that's all.

battlestar galactica

Wed, Feb 11, 2.16AM Japan Standard time

Battlestar Galactica is on channel 4 dubbed in Japanese. Looks like season 1, episode 4? Chief Tyrol is investigating the blown up water tank in Galactica (Spoiler!!) caused by Boomer. I wonder how they dub the word "Frak".

Frak! I better go to sleep.

Sketches

Found these sketches that I made around two years ago.






The object is Yokohama Landmark Tower. The tallest building in Japan. Not too tall compared to other skyscrapers because, from what I heard, to ensure its structural integrity since Japan faces frequent earthquakes.

Movie!!

Here's a movie that I enjoyed watching recently. The title is "Good Dick"



This is an independent movie written, directed, starred by the leading lady: Marianna Palka. The story is about a relationship of two damaged people. It's not in wide release because it is not made to appeal to the masses. The online reviews that I have read is that people who like it love it and people who hate it loath it.

Perhaps, the reason to this is because not all of the story is told to the audience. But I like this method of story telling because it leaves the audience to make up their own opinion about the motives of the characters.

resolution update

Feb 1st, the first month of the new year has past. The first day of the new year I thought if I could keep my resolution for one month I can keep it as a habit. Unfortunately, I couldn't keep it for one month. I can wake up at 7AM but it's too cold right now. So, I hide under the blanket to keep myself warm which leads me to sleeping again.

Perhaps my subconscious thinks that one year has past since we had the Chinese New Year last week. Between two new years there is a year, right?