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Categorizing Your Wishes

Outside of most large temples in Japan, you can find numbers of wooden tags hanging from a rack. Wooden tags are sold for 2-4 EUR at the temple, and visitors can purchase and write their wishes and...

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Origami

Recently I have rediscovered Origami, ori meaning to fold and gami the paper, thanks to my daughter who goes to the daycare. My daughter is only three-years-old and obviously most children cannot fold...

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Two Wheeler as a Family Vehicle

Now I know that motorbikes are for the family rather than for an individual. In Bangalore, India.

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A Gas Cilinder and A Kitchen Unmatched

A setup we observed in Bangalore. You can see there is a gas cylinder that is distributed to every household with a gas consumer card and a gas cooker. “I don’t understand,” said my Indian friend,...

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Hero Honda Haiku Honda

Some names that seem totally unappealing to one market, could be accepted completely the opposite in another. Hero Honda was something I could imagine as a name of a motorbike. Hero Honda, that sounds...

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Anti Mosquito Incense

Just when you think that some objects cannot come in any other shape, you can be easily proved wrong simply by being elsewhere. As we had dinner in an Italian restaurant called 100 feet in Bangalore,...

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Keep Your Chopsticks Clean

In an exclusive restaurant in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China, where we were welcomed by two pairs of chopsticks: On the right are the public chopsticks, which you could use to reach out to dishes...

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How to advertise your repair business

While we visited Xiao Qu, a typical gated community in Shanghai, found out phone numbers of electricity repair on no other than the electricity meter. In fact, any meter was accommodated with relevant...

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How to Achieve Security in Gated Communities

Earlier I posted about the Japanese apartments, equipped with security cameras for the sake of security. But when I see how people take security measures in China, I feel that there are stronger...

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Nine Hours – Capsule Hotel Experience

I wonder if you have ever heard of a term Capsule Hotel – an inexpensive accommodation, which allows you to sleep on a mattress placed inside a pod. Capsule hotels were once extremely successful,...

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