The Eye of Patrick

Hello everyone, I probably should have posted this before but i was in a rush to pack my bags to leave Japan for Europe. But I am in Europe at the moment on vacation and will be on vacation until Jan 16th. So if i don’t post it is not because i quit but because i am not here and i will start again after I get back.

So I was thinking, i know most people do it and that is what are your new years resolutions? Mine are to study Japanese more, pratice kendo and piano and to also be more organized with all the stuff in my apartment. What are yours? tell me, i might not blog but i will check my comments.

Again, take care, and happy new year

patrick

I was just on the engadget.com homepage and noticed an article about Hokkaido. It was talking about a new dual mode bus, which would be able to run on both rail and the road. The reason is that in Japan many of the small towns have decreasing populations and as a result it is hard to keep many of the train stations financially viable. So supposedly this dual mode bus would be able to continue to provide service in these smaller towns.

This sounds like an interesting concept, as my town is not dying but has had the train station closed a few years back. So the only way to get to a train station is to drive or to take a bus that does not run that regularly. So if this dual mode bus were to come to Hokkaido, it may help to reduce the population drain to the large cities, as people could commute easily to the larger metro areas from the smaller towns.

I love trains, hate bus and liking my car.

Patrick

I read over at Joseph Williamson’s Blog about a quiz you can take at BBC on your Sex I.D. It is a bunch of questions to see whether your personality is more male or female. I had the thought before I took the test that mine would be more feminine then masculine and i think my results prove that.

I know the answer and as a result I have eaten a lot of arrabiata in my life. I do not know where i discovered it, but since I did my life has changed for the better. I think it is one of the best pasta dishes out there.

So I would like to share with people who read the recipe to this great dish. If you did make it, please tell me how it goes, as I am in a small town in Japan and will probably have to go to the big city to get the ingredients needed for the recipe.

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