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ナナとカオル

2009-12-15T22:22:56Z

Nana to Kaoru is a seinen manga, which is about the relationship between high schoolers Nana, who is an outstanding student, and her long-time neighbor Kaoru, who has a (unhealthy?) interest in bondage and other forms of SM play. The message c...

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Hong Kong: New Territories (East)

2009-12-12T03:23:21Z

I was originally planning on two days in the New Territories, one for the east and one for the west. The east part is probably the most straightforward and easy place to ride. There's extensive bike trails along the water, and plenty of bicyclist...

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Days of Dim Sum

2009-11-26T05:20:15Z

A lot of bicycling requires a lot of calories, and eating is really the highlight of a trip to Hong Kong. Although I've been to dozens of dim sum restaurants in the 'States I had heard it was "of course" better in Hong Kong itself. My Lonely Plan...

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Hong Kong; Lantau Island

2009-11-20T02:42:59Z

Sunday was a "rest day" in theory, but I went to Stanley for swimming. Stanley was the only major area on Hong Kong Island that I hadn't cycled the day before and I wanted to see it. There are two beaches and I managed to go to the one I didn't ...

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Hong Kong; First Ride

2009-11-02T12:55:59Z

It's probably best I catch up to present time... I left Shenzhen by subway, arrived at the border, got through about four clearances. I had an easy time getting to Hong Kong Island itself, though it was about four transfers in all. A little pract...

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China: Go!

2009-10-31T10:43:16Z

As I blogged a few blogs ago, it was supposed to be going to China, but those plans had been changing up until about two weeks ago. Eventually it was decided I'd be going. Hitomi came back that same week (Sunday) and I had less inclination to be ...

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Hitomi's Out

2009-10-14T04:28:02Z

Hitomi (who's in Japan) called me out of the blue. It was good to talk to her. I hadn't talked to her since Friday. I was in the middle of work, unfortunately and had to keep the conversation short. Something threw me off about her phone call. Fo...

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Extraordiary September Weather

2009-09-28T05:50:29Z

Things have gotten extremely busy (comparatively) these past few weeks thanks to a new project/demo we're putting together for a Chinese company. This is all good but I've been less motivated to spend my day in an office due to the incredibly fine...

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Dying Washing Machine

2009-09-16T02:41:31Z

I inherited a Maytag Neptune front loader washing machine with my house. It's been mostly fine until recently. But now the front door no longer unlocks and the washer does not stop when the washing cycle ends. I got a Maytag Repairman (sort of) ...

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Since Vegas

2009-09-15T21:13:09Z

Back to work on Tuesday. Heard some more about my project at work. I'm going to China! But when? Spent some time working on patches for Verizon. Nothing big but the change required fixing about 4-5 build scripts and migrating source repositories....

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