time for festivals. yosakoi soran
Winter is saying adieu and am impatiently waiting for the spring to arrive at Hokkaido. Spring is already in Honshu, main island of Japan where Tokyo, Osaka and other cities are, and they are...
Author: Roxy Mathew Koll
Sarah. Then our assignments
Introducing Sarah Outline: The princess who came out of the colorful sketch future drew for me. Bio/Geography: Sarah the princess, from the bird sanctuary in Kerala, brought up in the twin cities and at...
lent and sex
gazele: so you keepin lentgazele: aaj ash wednessday hian narocksea: my lent is to abstain from bad deeds, bad thoughtsgazele: oh…..gazele: that is toughestrocksea: rocksea: christ had said no need to take lent when...
nature vs civilization. technology breeds happiness?
Last weekend we had the Sapporo International Night and along with it a lot of group discussions on world heritage sites, nature etc. Our group discussed on nature, culture and civilization and how they...
reverse culture shock
“So did you have culture shock?” this high school student asked me yesterday. Japanese people always makes the best out of their opportunities, whether it is to mingle with a foreigner, to know the outer world or to...
