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My spring break is over. I went to Boston as usual and then stopped by in New York for two days. It was really a nice change of scenery.
Recently a seemingly-radical-relativist (or nihilist) right-wing Japanese guy attacked my response to his comment at Frog in a Well (history blog), and he wrote the same [...]
Again, this is about my favorite computer game Tropico. In this game, you become El Presidente, build houses, infrustracture and industries, hold elections, issue regulations, and manage diplomatic relations etc. I *usually* prefer to have fair elections so I frequently look at the degree of warmth/coolness of relations with various factions. Tropico lists 6 factions, [...]
ひょんなことから英語タウンさんのウェブサイトで３ヶ月ブログをつけることになりました。アメリカ生活を主に語ってます。日本語だし、写真もどんどん載せる予定ですので、ブックマークして日々チェックしてみてください。永久学生の頭の中
Hi all. I’ve started to write another blog on a website of a company called “eigo-town.” It’s mainly in Japanese but I’ll upload pictures pretty often, so please bookmark it and check it out every once in a while. Sayaka’s Japanese blog
My mid-term is over, and my students’ mid-term is also over. I finally have a chance to post something here.
In today’s Sociology class, we discussed a hegemonic discourse that imposes a specific standard of beauty, femininity and normalcy in the society. Think of Barbie dolls, fashion magazines, TV shows and commercials: we constantly receive [...]
My friend Nami forwarded this newspaper article to me the other day:
>Japanese housewives amassing secret fortunes
And Michi sent me a link for this article a couple of days later:
>Japan retired divorce rate soars
Ok. There’s an obvious connection between the two stories. Japanese wives save a lot of money and they get [...]