Spent a few days on Yakushima Island where we went hiking in the mountains. It’s a beautiful place but very hot hot in the summertime. Here is a photograph taken at the island’s port where you can...
Yakushima Ferry Port
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Yakushima Ferry Port
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On Stoicism
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“A podium and a prison is each a place, one high and the other low, but in either place, your freedom of choice can be maintained if you so wish.”—EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 2.6.25
Measure True Biological Age Using Eye Retina
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This is exciting news from the latest study on measuring someone’s actual biological age using their eye retina. This could have a revolutionary impact on overall healthcare in the future...
Osaka
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Nothing says Osaka like this photograph. Spent a lot of time in there and I love it. It’s so different from Tokyo.
On Stoicism
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“Pass through this brief patch of time in harmony with nature, and come to your final resting place gracefully, just as a ripened olive might drop, praising the earth that nourished it and grateful...
Book: “How High We Go in the Dark” by Sequoia Nagamatsu
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Listening to: “How High We Go in the Dark” by Sequoia Nagamatsu on Audible. From Good Reads here is a summary of the book: For fans of Cloud Atlas and Station Eleven, a spellbinding and...
Sapporo Brewery
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Sapporo is the oldest beer brand in Japan founded in 1876 and top selling Asian beer in the US. So when I was in the city, I had to stop by and visit it inside. There are tours and sampling for...
On Stoicism
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“I am your teacher and you are learning in my school. My aim is to bring you to completion, unhindered, free from compulsive behaviour, unrestrained, without shame, free, flourishing, and happy...
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
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I have been following news on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) for a while now, there is a lot of coverage of this revolutionary piece of scientific equipment which is now successfully deployed...
Tokyo Tower at Night
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The Tokyo Tower is a communications and observation tower in the Shiba-koen district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan, built in 1958. At 332.9 meters, it is the second-tallest structure in Japan. One day, we...
