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new pictures in the gallery

As promised I just updated the gallery with the pictures from my two Kouyou trips this autumn. I hope you like them.

Kouyou in Yamanashi

Every autumn turn Japan into one of the most beautiful countrysides imaginable. I can only recommend you to spend some time here in early November.

This being said, the last two days, Masumi and I went by train to Kofu in the Yamanashi Prefecture and from there by car to Shizuoka. Masumi’s greatest wish for this [...]

my favorite citations

Having explained to Masumi Murphey’s law and reading a bit about its origins I just would like to summarize these new favorites of mine regarding citations:

Murphy’s Law: “Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong, at the worst possible moment, in the worst possible way.”

Flanagan’s precept: “Murphy was an optimist.”.

Addition: remembering the Wiki entry I read, [...]

hard day

After a bit of planing and advice from my colleague Harald about a good Momiji oportunity near Mt Fuji, I got up this morning at 3:45am. After a quick shower, some dreamy mumblings of Masumi and a cab ride to Shinjuku I was sitting in the first train to the 5 lakes area.

Amazingly, the train [...]