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Caterpillar's Murmur

Frustrated

(WED) October 15th, 2025

8:28 p.m. I don't like to be interrupted. No, I really hate interruptions because they get me distracted and confused. Right now I'm summoning up my tolerance to desperately concentrate on what I have to do while stupid Cow keeps bothering me with questions and mumbles. Frustrated. Very. Much.

Getting back to Shuka-sho. Considering the course layout, the track condition and that it's going to be a big-field race, drawing inner posts usually is a benefit in Shuka-sho, especially when the pace runs at either average or slow. But because there isn't much distance before entering the first corner, there are cases when the front position battle become fierce, often resulting in a tight pace.

If the pace gets tight, chances will expand for trailers starting from outer posts. The problem here is that we're never sure what the pace is going to be like.

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 October

  • October 13th (MON)
  • Sports 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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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.