Of books and books....

Think this year I've read quite a number of books. Some audio books and some printed copies. A friend of mine recommended Catch -22. Claimed to be twentieth century best literary work. The irony is, the book was published in the 60s and it only gets the heat recently. Still deciding whether to buy the copy or just download the audio book (while thinking I have a list of books yet to be finished though).

While people are rushing for the Harry Potter, why not try to read The Chronicles of Narnia. After all it's inspired from the bible (and I have yet to finish the compilation). One of the series in the chronicles, The Magician's Nephew, brings you to the creation of the world. Kind of analogous to Genesis 1.

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The wedding of ....

This wedding has some similarity with ours but, by comparison in every detail, each is still distinctly unique.

Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route

Just came back from Japan last week. Went to Tokyo for conference and added side trip to Tateyama Alpine Route and Kanazawa. I must say that Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route was great. You can do the trip either from Nagano side or Toyama side. For us, we did it from the Nagano side. Took the Shinkansen to Nagano early morning. Then boarded the express bus to Ogizawa. From there, we boarded the tunnel electric bus to get to Kurobe Dam. From the dam, it was all the way up to the peak (almost). Murodo is the highlight of the route. This is the place where you get to see snow covered peak and lake. In spring, there's snow wall nearby Murodo station. From Murodo, we descended to Bijodaira and Tateyama Station to catch the local train back to Toyama. The fare for the entire route is not cheap, but it's worth it. A hike from Bijodaira to Murodo should be interesting, which can be considered in future. View from the tunnel electric bus, onward to Kurobe Dam Arrived at Kurobe Dam View of t...

MyVi

Had got my new MyVi last Friday. Initial consumption was a litre for a 10-km drive. Well, it seems quite costly but this is still early to judge as the engine needs up to 5,000km drive to get optimize (that's what people tell me). Enjoy driving it.

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