Archive for July, 2009
Exploring Umeda: Late Story about HEP FIVE and Yodobashi
Posted on18. Jul, 2009 by James.
Finally i can post this story after waiting for one week. I went to Umeda on Saturday last week together with my wife and daughter. We didn’t spend long time there but we managed to visit some famous places and enjoyed the trip. Anyway, i think even one full day is not enough to explore the whole Umeda and places around it. So if you have a chance to come to Osaka, you better allocate more time if you want to explore it.
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Things to Prepare When Traveling Overseas – Complementary
Posted on08. Jul, 2009 by James.
On my previous post i’ve talked about mandatory things to prepare when traveling overseas. So how do you like it? But remember, when you traveling overseas especially for a long period of time like me you need to prepare more things to accompany you more than just the mandatory things. Most likely in similar case like me people tends to be bored after few weeks or months.
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Saizeriya: Japanese Chain of Italian Family-Style Restaurants
Posted on06. Jul, 2009 by James.
People said Japan is one of the most expensive living cost country. But it doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy our life though we don’t have much money cause there’s always a way to find that kind of places. As a family who lives from scholarship we have to be wise to spend the money so we went to a restaurant called Saizeriya, a Japanese chain of Italian family-style restaurant with a reasonable price. In my place it’s located at Minoh area close to Carrefour Minoh.
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Things to Prepare When Travelling Overseas – Mandatory
Posted on04. Jul, 2009 by James.
Do you have plan travelling overseas in the next few weeks or months? If so you probably want to read about my experience during the time i prepared for my self few weeks ago. In my case i was preparing for travelling for a long period or i would say moving to another place. But this could be also happened when you travelling for a short time period or just going to another place in the same country.
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Monbukagakusho Scholarship and the Spiritual Voice
Posted on03. Jul, 2009 by James.
So what do you think i’m doing in Japan? I left my career, families, communities and so many things that supposed to make me choose to stay. But something happened and somehow suddenly changed my mind. It all started when my wife decided to apply for Monbukagakusho Scholarship from Japan Government. And thanks God my wife passed all the selection process and now here we are.
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From Jakarta to Osaka via Denpasar
Posted on02. Jul, 2009 by James.
I came to Japan on May 22nd with my little daughter which was less than 2 years old. Can you imagine that? A man with a little girl flying in an airplane. Luckily i was not that bad. My parents in law accompanied me to take care of this little girl so at least i was not alone. My parents in law then stayed in Japan for about one month.










