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Caterpillar's Murmur

Shoulda Bought

(SAT) August 9th, 2025

9:02 p.m. Sleepy as hell. Putting up a tough fight although I'm not sure if I could hold out any longer.

The forecast has once again deceived me and now they're saying that rain will start falling in Chukyo from tonight. If the turf softens with rain tomorrow, the front runners will have the advantage even if the pace got tight.

Seven horses remaining on my list now, though I'm hoping I could carve them down to five by tomorrow. The names are Mild Claymore, June Blair, Pod Vader, A Shin Wand, Justin Sky, Culture Day, and Invincible Papa. Still undecided about Yamanin al Rihla.

My Perriere has won Elm Stakes today by the way. Shoulda bought this one.

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 August

  • August 11th (MON)
  • Mountain 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.