Bisdak Babbles

I thought I’d never see more Sakura this year. I planned on going to Kyoto but I canceled it because of the rain. I still don’t have a new job but I had other things that kept busy so I’ve been away from blogging world for a few days, and I didn’t have much time [...]

The weather was great last Saturday so I went to Osaka Castle Park to take pictures. The Japanese love to do “hanami” or Sakura viewing, so the park was crowded. I couldn’t get decent photos of Sakura because some of the food stalls were placed near the trees. I think they spoil the beauty of [...]

This wouldn’t be wordless anymore but I was just happy with the output of my phone camera’s macro mode. I’ve finally tried using this feature to take close-up shots of peach blossoms at Osaka Castle Park. Check out the Wordless Wednesday HQ Please check out my other Wordless Wednesday entry. And here for a related [...]

I’ve always thought that mannequins are made of either wood or plastic. But there’s this high-end shop center here in Osaka that has mannequins that appear to be made of metal. I haven’t touched it but it sure does appear metallic to me… Please click here to view my other Photohunt entry. Thanks!

I can now see some pink colors from the ladies’ toilet at the office. I don’t want to miss the peach blossoms so I went out during lunch break to take a walk at the Osaka Castle Park. Well, I was actually running because I only had about 25 minutes! I wish I could go [...]

I was really surprised, but was of course, delighted when I heard Mayen was coming to Osaka. She arrived last month but I’m really busy nowadays that I only got to meet her yesterday! We went to Osaka’s electronic gadgets haven in Den Den Town. As always, I almost drooled over those really cool gadgets [...]

Miraculously, there was a heavy snow fall here in Osaka this morning until late in the afternoon. Look at the wide grin I’m wearing. Like almost every person who grew up in a tropical country, I’ve wished of seeing snow and it came true today! I actually recorded two short videos but I still have [...]

Akane-san, some Filipino friends, and I were supposed to meet at Tully’s Cafe in *Umeda but almost everyone had to work overtime, leaving Akane-san and me to splurge in one of my favorite Japanese food: okonomiyaki! Okonomiyaki is considered as the Japanese-style pancake or pizza. But it is far from being a junk food as [...]

I was thinking of a title for this post when I remembered Rolando’s post about limbo. Merriam Webster’s definition of limbo:a: a place or state of restraint or confinementb: a place or state of neglect or oblivion c: an intermediate or transitional place or state d: a state of uncertainty Below is a “limbo” for [...]

Last week’s Wordless Wednesday, I featured a photo of the princess display at the Shin-Osaka train station:I’m sorry Pete I could not provide more details as I couldn’t read those writings behind the figure. Now, look at these photos of a lady (a live one!) we saw during our Sakura Hunting last Spring in Kyoto. [...]

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Winters spent in Japan: 3Heavy Snowfall experienced/seen: noneWet flurries experienced: 2-3 times (but for only about an hour. Not enough to pile up!) Biting cold, numb fingers and toes… these seem pointless without experiencing snowball fights or slippery roads even for at least once a year! For two days, I’ve been “snow-catching”. The weather forecast [...]