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Dumpling Party

(SUN) December 14th, 2025

8:57 p.m. See? If I just buy box tickets, I can win. Then why didn't I buy them earlier?

The race was run mostly as I assumed. I said mostly, because Margot Love Me didn't take the lead. But I thought the pace could get tight with several front runners split in inner and outer posts. Alankar wouldn't stand a chance in a tough lap, so I crossed her off my list from the beginning.

His Masterpiece has lost weight, which was definitely not good so I replaced her with Star Anise, the only horse that might perform well in a tight-lapped race apart from Garavogue, added Taisei Vogue since she might make it to third place despite the outer post, then bought trio box tickets.

It didn't make much difference in the end as I was going to key Garavogue if I'd bought trio wheels, though the important thing was to win and regain my confidence. It's a win in a while. Will have a dumpling party tonight!

The End

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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.

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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.