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June wallpaper for download

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320×480 , 1024×768 , 1280×800 , 1280×1024 , 1440×900 , 1920×1080 , 2560×1440 It's going to be rainy season in Japan! This is my first time making wallpapers for my fans, do let me know what you think or if you want other resolutions! Update: My wallpaper is also featured in the Smashing Magazine calendar wallpaper collection!

Hitachi Seaside Park and Ashikaga Flower Park

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Went to do some sightseeing to see spring flowers for my first and last time on 15th June at Hitachi Seaside Park in Ibaraki prefecture and Ashikaga Flower Park in Tochigi prefecture.

Applying for a job in Japan

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It's really challenging to apply for a job in Japan, especially to big corporations that only recruit once a year in big quantities and putting all candidates through written tests and countless interviews. Perhaps the reason is because companies in Japan cannot fire some one easily, so great caution must be exercised in order to get the best employees. The bad economy might also be another reason for having so many applicants applying for one job, so many elimination rounds had to be planted to narrow down the numbers. After stressing their potential employees, one can expect to stay there for life till retirement, that is unless...the company goes bankrupt... *I had witnessed someone who is not a good team player been offered many jobs, but someone who is capable and a team player were refused several times. This makes me highly doubtful whether or not filtering candidates through undifferentiated procedures result in positive aspects of the character not shown and thus hirin

Job hunting in Japan 日本的就職活動

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I guess I am used to the Singaporean way of finding a job only after graduation and not get stressed out like my friends for a year, fighting for test slots and waiting for phone calls. 中文版請點(更多)→

Mt Fuji Shibazakura Festival

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This is called sakura soft cream replacing cloudy Mt. Fuji. I finally got to go up as I waited for weeks recovering from a bad cold, waiting for friend's schedule, gambling the weather and fighting for the bus tickets. But everything didn't work out so I eventually travelled up by myself on Monday (13th).

Facebook of Japanese and Singaporean

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I think I don't have to draw so well after all! 中文版請點(更多)→

Sumo Opening Ceremony at Tokyo 2013

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My friend had a last minute extra ticket so that's how I landed up watching the Opening Day of Sumo season in Tokyo. The ticket includes entry from 8.30am to see trainees but it would be kind of boring so we arrived around 2pm to see the  Juryo Division Ring Entering Ceremony (professional sumo newbies).