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Caterpillar's Murmur

Terrible Year-end

(MON) December 29th, 2025

9:00 p.m. Ugh, it's been a terible year-end so far. It never hit me that Cosmo Kuranda would go up front. Besides, he didn't even catch my eye since he drew post number 10 and I was thinking that trailers starting from outer posts won't do well. But then, when I checked his racing career after the race, he's been going up front in the recent four races... I should have checked that.

My head ached from morning perhaps because of regret and I had to lie down. I missed buying betting tickets for Tokyo Dai-shoten since it had been over while I was down. Can't be helped. I didn't win it even if I bought the tickets, so it doesn't matter, though. Rather, I should take it as good omens as I saved money and focus on Kinpai.

The year-end cleaning has been untouched, received messages un-replied, signed-out books piled untouched, and there's only two more days to go before the new year. Maybe it will be a good chance to learn how to prioritize tasks and cut off the unnecessary ones.

The End

Caterpillar

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Pocketchange
Pocketchange - How to charge your left-over Yen to digital money

If you are ready to leave Japan but have your pocket heavy with leftover Japanese Yen, why not empty your pockets and feel light with Pocketchange?

Holidays

Holidays of December

  • Unfortunately, there are no holidays in December. Too bad.

Food Catalog

Cream Anmitsu
Cream Anmitsu

Fed up with the heat? Here's a nice cold Japanse-style sweets to cheer you up! Cream Anmitsu is a delux version of Anmitsu, Kanten(Japanese gelatine) jelly and fruits with ice cream topping and Kuromitsu caramel sauce poured over it. And what's great, it's low calorie!

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airframe seen from side
Manned flight by oxyride dry-cell batteries project

The Tokyo Institute of Technology in cooperation with Panasonic, has led the project 'Manned Flight by Oxyride Dry-cell Battery' into the world's first success. On July 16th this year (2006), they made success in a trial of manned flight using commercially available oxyride batteries, in a project that they had been bringing forward together.