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Into the Wild and on to the city (part three)
After a surprisingly bad night on the internet café floor (too hot, narrow space and a flourescent light in my face) I was blessed with another beautiful day on the roads. Knowing that I only had around 80km left, I took my time, had a substantial-but-not-excessive breakfast and hit the road at 08.15. My legs […]
Into the Wild and on to the city (part two)
At four-something am, I was woken up by an old man. He must have been some kind of monk — who else in their right mind would be up and running about at four in the morning? Sleeping on the sacred grounds without any permission whatsoever, I was expecting a good, old fashioned scolding with […]
Into the Wild and on to the city (part one)
Ever since I bought the bike from Johan in Tokyo I’ve been thinking of doing a longer bike trip. I figured Sendai-Tokyo would be a fair distance; pretty long but still within reach. Suddenly one day whilst I was madly facebooking, I saw my friend and fellow exchange student Dhana uploading pictures of what seemed […]
On numbers and Grandmasters
So here’s a pretty nifty (and in many ways very Japanese) thing that I wanted to share. The Japanese people like numbers. And they also like exactness. So naturally, exact numbers is something they like to put tremendous value on. The applications are many; it can be something like a body weight scale using three […]
Spring break, continued.
Before we begin, here’s a a Daft Punk song that will be released on their new album, due later in May. Over the last few days, I’ve been passing this song around to the extent where I’m wondering whether I’m on the Columbia Records payroll or not. Anyway, it’s a great tune and we’re all excited about the […]
Fine weather — finer dust
So the spring is coming along nicely, at least in some parts of the country. Tokyo enjoyed a welcome heat wave for a good five days or so last week — supposedly the warmest March weather since way-back-when. Mid to late 1800s, I hear. Things I realized I’ve missed include, but are not limited to, […]
アケオメ！
Just got back from a great week spent with better friends in the good ole Tokyo. I’m not going to summarize this trip or go into details because that would bore you and wear me out. Instead I’m just going to upload a few pictures and write a little something, related or not, to the […]
End of the World-weekend
Nu har det gått nästan en vecka sen Rasmus tog sitt pick och pack för att flyga vidare till Toronto och man skulle kunna säga att mycket har hänt sen dess. Vädret var lite struligt där ett par dagar men är nu tillbaka på stadiga 30°c, så utan att överdriva har det ju blivit lite […]
Finbesök
Den som har följt med lite på sistone har säkert noterat att jag har min käre bror här på besök. Efter en tung och hård flight från Minneapolis, MN i lördags tyckte vi det kunde vara på sin plats med lite rekreation och förströelse. Således spenderades helgen i lägsta möjliga tempo, med fördel mellan trampolinen, […]
Sincerely Anton B Tyrberg. 