poor sony vaio Z design

It really annoys me how easy it is to turn my sony laptop on and off.  I've done it twice in the past 2 days.   The toshiba laptop design is much more effective.

errors in my blog

It didn't occur to me that Japanese text would be a problem in post titles. However, the titles are used directly to create links to individual posts, so Japanese breaks the links.

I also noticed that the archive links don't work. Have to fix that.  Not sure why they don't work, but have to check if the directories exist.

visit from relatives

2 weeks ago, my father came with his brother's family to visit for a few days. It was fun hanging out with all of them. I've never spent much time with my uncle's family, as I've only seen them at big family gatherings where I stick close to my parents or hang out with my cousin Sean.

My 2 young cousins are quite entertaining to talk to. They asked interesting questions about Japan. I like them a lot. The older one spent a lot of time on his gameboy. They really like Gundam models too.

They treated me to a day at Atami, a famous hot spring resort about an hour by bullet train from Tokyo. After going with my dad to get him lunch (while I munched on the classic beer snack, squid innards), we lounged around the hotel and went for occasional soaks in the baths. I really like the soapy scrub they have at onsens. Unfortunately, it's about $30 for a medium sized package of the scrub, which I find a little excessive. It's basically abrasive soap.

As is traditional, my dad pestered me to cut my hair really short (been there, done that), and I bothered him about his 20 year old clothing, and tried to buy him sporty shirts from Uniqlo. He refused though, as did I. Laf. Nothing changes. We also got into arguments trying to force each other to finish the food. Apparently my dad was starving for most of the trip. He eats a lot I suppose.

travellers, food

From Miss Manners:

All travelers will spend some time exclaiming over the prices, food and cleanliness of the place they are visiting. The difference is that the good traveler talks about something else every once in a while.

Regarding food, sometimes being solicitous is rude.

doushiyo

my friend says that a lot, which I find very funny.(cute)

chinese takeout

You know, it's been ages since I ate chinese food out of those paper cartons. I used to eat chicken lo mein like that all the time.

Laf.

Verbose

I talk too much sometimes.

Discretion is a valuable skill.

Speaking of "discreet", it amuses me when people use "discrete" instead. I always think of "Discrete Mathematics" when I see that.