Dear friends, colleagues and co-residents, Pardon for the cross-posting but I felt it necessary to extend this minute effort of reaching to your compassion and benevolence for the victims of Typhoon “Ondoy“, code name Ketsana, which struck the capital of the Philippines, Metro Manila and its immediate tributary areas. On September 26, the calamity [...]

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dimaks on August 20th, 2007

Sharing some photos I took during our summer seminar in Yamanakako, Yamanashi, Japan on August 7-10, 2007.
Flower shots: (click to enlarge)

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dimaks on July 12th, 2007

All the way gloomy days during the 4th till the 6th of July were all worth it by threading the way to and around Tohoku, Japan. Tōhoku (東北), which literally means “East-North” is the northeastern region of Japan’s Honshu (mainland) island. Tohoku is a host to many museums and temples and it has over a [...]

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