Life in Japan (again!/...)

It has been sooooooooo long time since I update my weblog last time.... I would like to say sorry, in case there's anybody who visited this weblog and to read my writing..



First of all, I just try to explain why I have decided to change the title of weblog.
The former title "Wandering in somewhere, somehow..." was to express my feeling in Sweden.
I hope anybody, who have stayed abroad with a good memory, can imagine the same feeling to some extent. I was feeling that I was always wandering, being released from my homeland.

BUT, the situation is different now, because I am in my home country again!
Anyway, I have been in Japan again(?) since this March, because, at this moment, I work as a Postdoctoral Researcher at National Institute of Material Science (NIMS) in Tsukuba, Japan.


Today's song: "Kumonoue" by Ketsumeishi (Japanese hip-hop band)

Back from holidays in Japan!

I has been in Japan for a quite while. It was really nice time! There were two guests visiting me, and in other days there were full of meeting (and drinking) with friends, relatives etc. etc, even though I was exhausted and caught colds twice....

Photos from there will be uploaded soon!

How have you spent your holidays??

Photo: Japanese sweets wrapped with nice packages @ the house of granma & aunt (left: Daruma, right: Shishi-mai. Both are Japanese traditional characters)

A Happy New Year 2009

Akemashite Omedetou Gozaimasu! (= A Happy New Year, in English)

Even though it's a bit late, I upload a message here.

This year (2009) is a year of a cow according to Japanese tradition.
It appears that not every body knows about this custom in East Asia, so I will just a describe about a little bit. We have a 12 animals for year (mouse, cow, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster and dog), and it rotate every year.

As I was born in 1982, my 'eto' (year of animal) is dog!