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Caterpillar's Murmur

My New Year

(MON) January 19th, 2026

8:42 p.m. Have just downloaded, linked up this year's JRA racing calendar with my own and now pepping up myself. Haven't won a race yet since the year has started. It's about time I got started.

Let's take a look at AJCC held this weekend. Okay, so Echt, Chuck Nate, North Bridge, Matenro Leo, the usual members. The 4-year-old enterees are Shohei, Giovanni, and Faust Rasen! Sounds interesting. Whereas Christophe is riding Douradores, with lady King riding Chuck Nate. I see, Isee.

It doesn't look like rain, so I wouldn't have to wory about soft track. I shall assess carefully this time or my new year would never come.

The End

Caterpillar

Pick Up

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 January

  • January 1st (MON)
  • New Year's Day
  • January 12th (MON)
  • Coming of Age Day

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.