The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
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3/31/2017
Review: 小僧の神様 他十篇
小僧の神様 他十篇 by Naoya Shiga
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
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Review: Nayamu Chikara
Nayamu Chikara by Sang-jung Kang
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
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3/30/2017
Review: スウェーデンはなぜ強いのか 国家と企業の戦略を探る (PHP新書)
スウェーデンはなぜ強いのか 国家と企業の戦略を探る (PHP新書) by 北岡孝義
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
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Review: 出口 汪の論理的に考える技術 (SB文庫)
出口 汪の論理的に考える技術 (SB文庫) by 出口 汪
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
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3/29/2017
Overdue Reading Assignment! 📚😆👍
My Aussie brothers & sisters🇦🇺 look what I'm reading. Am I making you guys proud or what.
I saw his name on the internet on the other day by luck. I remember I used to dodge Patrick White no matter how hard my high school English teacher pushed. Each time he recommended the book, an angel 😇 and a devil 😈 popped up back of my head, and while the angel said to read the thick book which looked like the size of a phone book for 16-years-old non-English-speaking Ippei, the devil said to take the easy way out to 10-pager flash fictions, and the devil always won. Now 27 years had passed and I'm reading his book for the first time. I cannot stop reading it. Sorry, Mr. Lawlar, you were right. I'll read Voss at some point this year.
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Labels: Australia, English, Nobel Literature Prize
3/28/2017
Review: 経済学者たちの闘い(増補版)_脱デフレをめぐる論争の歴史
経済学者たちの闘い(増補版)_脱デフレをめぐる論争の歴史 by 若田 部昌澄
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
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Review: 日本はスウェーデンになるべきか (PHP新書)
日本はスウェーデンになるべきか (PHP新書) by 高岡望
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
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Review: The Darling
The Darling by Anton Chekhov
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
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Review: Hokusai Manga zen: zennsiri-zukannzennsyuurokubann
Hokusai Manga zen: zennsiri-zukannzennsyuurokubann by edorekisi
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
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3/27/2017
Review: 世界一幸福な国デンマークの暮らし方
世界一幸福な国デンマークの暮らし方 by 千葉 忠夫
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
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Review: 格差と貧困のないデンマーク 世界一幸福な国の人づくり
格差と貧困のないデンマーク 世界一幸福な国の人づくり by 千葉 忠夫
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
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3/26/2017
Review: 「TPP参加」を即刻やめて「エネルギー安全保障」を強化せよ! 安倍総理「瑞穂の国の資本主義」への直言
「TPP参加」を即刻やめて「エネルギー安全保障」を強化せよ! 安倍総理「瑞穂の国の資本主義」への直言 by 三橋貴明
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
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Review: ビジネススキル大全
ビジネススキル大全 by 藤井 孝一
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
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Review: 面白いほどよくわかる! 哲学の本
面白いほどよくわかる! 哲学の本 by 秦野勝
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
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Review: Momo
Momo by Michael Ende
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
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3/25/2017
Review: Mozart in the Jungle: Sex, Drugs, and Classical Music
Mozart in the Jungle: Sex, Drugs, and Classical Music by Blair Tindall
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
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Review: Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There
Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
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3/24/2017
Review: Fear: Essential Wisdom for Getting Through the Storm
Fear: Essential Wisdom for Getting Through the Storm by Thich Nhat Hanh
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
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Review: Jamilia
Jamilia by Chingiz Aitmatov
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
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Review: Kowai E: 3
Kowai E: 3 by Kyōko Nakano
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
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YAKINIKU!!!
Last night, I was hanging with my old college buddy, Ken, who flew in from Japan for business, and we went to all-you-can-eat yakiniku! (Yakiniku is Korean-style BBQ from Japan). I set my diet aside, I sat right in front of the BBQ grill quietly, prayed to Buddha, then I released the hungry beast in me which has a knife on the right hand and a fork on the left hand.
OOOOOOHH MYYYY GOOOOOOD!! It’s SOOOOOOO GOOD!!!!
It was 90 minutes of chaos. Ken and I ate yakiniku like there’s no tomorrow. I felt so really good.
We all need to release the beast from time to time.
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Labels: Burbank, California, Hollywood, Japanese Dish, Jazz Musician, Korean BBQ, Korean Dish, Musician, Yakiniku
Review: As a Man Thinketh
As a Man Thinketh by James Allen
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
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3/23/2017
Review: Konfōto Zōn No Tsukurikata: Zukai Tīpīaiī Puroguramu Mokuhyō Tassei Shigoto Ningen Kankei Benkyō Okane Ren'ai Ni Kiku
Konfōto Zōn No Tsukurikata: Zukai Tīpīaiī Puroguramu Mokuhyō Tassei Shigoto Ningen Kankei Benkyō Okane Ren'ai Ni Kiku by Hideto Tomabechi
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
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Review: Odd Man Out: A Memoir of the Hollywood Ten
Odd Man Out: A Memoir of the Hollywood Ten by Edward Dmytryk
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
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3/22/2017
It's spring! 🤣👍
Spring is here! 😆
How are you, friends? The spring equinox had passed a couple of days ago and the Northern hemisphere is officially in spring now! Well, I am really surprised that it was actually winter all this time. For the first time in my life, I almost got heat stroke in the middle of winter.🤣
I just made the first noise in spring at the Musicians Union in Hollywood! Ah yes, I felt so good to play loud in a big band! I was just too happy playing and dancing and doing both at the same time!
Aaaaa, I so wanna play more….. I need more of the good stuff…. I’m like suffering from withdrawal…..
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Labels: Acoustic Bass Guitar, bass, Bassist, Big Band, Bossa Nova, Brazilian Music, Hollywood, Jazz, Jazz Musician, Music, Musician, Musicians Union, Rock, Samba, Studio, Studio Musician, Touring Musician
Review: The Blue Bird
The Blue Bird by Maurice Maeterlinck
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
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3/21/2017
Review: Animal Farm
Animal Farm by George Orwell
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
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Review: Amistad
Amistad by Saneatsu Mushanokoji
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
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Review: Leaves of Grass
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
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3/20/2017
Review: War and Peace
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
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Review: トロッコ [Torokko]
トロッコ [Torokko] by Akutagawa Ryūnosuke
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
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Review: 地獄変 [Jigoku hen]
地獄変 [Jigoku hen] by Akutagawa Ryūnosuke
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
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3/19/2017
Review: 蜘蛛の糸・杜子春 [Kumo no Ito, Toshishun]
蜘蛛の糸・杜子春 [Kumo no Ito, Toshishun] by Akutagawa Ryūnosuke
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
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