wanichan's English blog

Just blogging in English from Osaka, Japan. Technology, Diary and Life Style.

Go with the flow

I have been anxious lately because my income is down 35% from what it usually is. However, even if I am in a panic about it, it won't make anything better. Look back at past experiences. When faced with the reality that my finances were in…

I'd probably be better off jogging alone.

I usually go to Nagai Park for jogging after I wake up in the morning, but lately I have been finding it hard to jog with my jogging friends. In a sense, I live each day with an "I am what I am" stance. Therefore, the people who happen to …

I got an annual passport to the Nagai Botanical Garden to see the nemophila

I have been feeling down lately, so I thought that flower therapy might be a good way to cheer myself up these days. However, it is a waste to throw away cut flowers when they are finished, and potted flowers are also difficult to take car…

Why do they want us to eat insects so badly?

In Japan, food products using insects are beginning to be marketed. Do you want some? Chirimen Maggot Exactly Chirimen Sansho (Small Dried Sardine with Sansho Pepper). Maggot from Gunma Prefecture, grown by Fly High with okara (soy pulp), …

I got a new Kindle with pink fabric case

I got my first Kindle in September 2015, and I got another Kindle Paperwhite 7th generation during Amazon Prime Day in 2017. I gave my dad my first Kindle when he was in a hospital to kill time, then he was so happy to read without glasses…

I love Starbucks sakura chiffon cake with sakura beverage!

I posted the following article 2 years ago, and last year Feb 21, 2022 And I was looking for the sakura chiffon cake yesterday. The Sakura Chiffon Cake is a popular limited-time-only item, and was sold out at the first Starbucks I visited,…

Ain't I a Beckoning Cat?

Earlier I mentioned that one of my jogging buddies opened a cafe and I also started computer classes there. The cafe is just on my way home from my morning jog, so I sometimes stop there before it opens. But strangely enough, after I enter…