If you need a reminder why not to live in Tokyo, just visit there. For me it's the number of people and the lack of greenery. The number of people makes it unreasonable to have a car, which means less convenience (unironically, I think too much convenience is cause for evil. Overconsumption, and mountains of …

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When we are in a new place, we tend to look for people like us, and we tend to stick to people like us. Thankfully, people see that people like us is simply people, but to be able to find people like us, we need to know both parts of the us equation. Us=you and …

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Since the Second World War, we have been blessed with abundance. Abundance of food, abundance of entertainment, abundance of news, abundance of information, abundance of everything. An abundance of food leads to an abundance of obesity. An abundance of entertainment leads to an abundance of inattention. An abundance of news leads to an abundance of …

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Japanese people in general are over planners. They tend to think of every possible thing that could go wrong, and they tried to alleviate the potential problems. This is excellent because it means things tend to run smoothly. The problem with this, though, is that it leaves little room for something to go wrong, or …

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I have an inkling there is a mountain of advice in the discrepancies between Japan and New Zealand. What do I mean by discrepancies? Areas where the status quo, or the standard train of thought on ideas differ. Some greatly, some not so much. An obvious example would be the TV. I never realised this …

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Apparently when humans first made fire, they were afraid of it going out. What this meant was, they let the fire burn and burn and burn, for thousands of years. We were saved by lightning, giving us the proof that we could always start a fire. There are some things we do that we are …

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Had a long day today, made longer by people who interpret over you when you're supposed to be the main interpreter. One of them is a control freak so can't help it, they try to control everything not just your interpretation... I'm a pretty patient guy. It takes a lot before I have to say …

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