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Yesterday, I passed the certification for the Certified Scrum Master (CSM). You may now see me in the Scrum Alliance Directory. One of the reasons why I took the course (certification was secondary), was borne out of frustration from what I’m currently experiencing. But that was overshadowed by my eagerness to learn on what “Agile” …
Last March 20, it was a holiday in Japan, which means I had 3-day weekend. I must admit, that I really missed doing personal side-projects. Work has almost taken most of my time, and during weeknights I just want to spend time with myself or with my fiancee. During weekends, I just go out and …
The Rakuten Rouleurs cycling club decided to do the Suruga Bay Tour for Autumn. Suruga Bay is located southwest of Tokyo in between Izu Peninsula and Shizuoka Coastline. It is also the deepest bay in Japan. The starting point for this group ride was in Shimoda station. However, I kind of cowered because when I …
Replacing tubular tires in Japan can be very difficult especially for foreigners. I found one bike shop in Yoyogi via Google Maps that might be able to help you. This shop is very foreigner-friendly and they will try their best to communicate with you properly. Price list of services are also specified beforehand so you …
Lake Kasumigaura is the 2nd largest lake in Japan, next to Lake Biwa in the Kansai region. I researched about the lake and it seems to be famous amongst cyclists. I knew about this lake already because of the different flyers that I get, but unfortunately could not understand the contents. I was only reminded …
SEALs Airsoft is probably one of the foreigner friendly places that you can play and have fun with. I have been to several indoor fields and most of the staff aren’t as friendly and tolerant with foreigners. They give you warnings with simple, but avoidable mistakes like reminding you to lock your gun or mounting …
Today I watched the Rakuten Cup Barcelona FC vs Chelsea FC. As you may know already, Rakuten has been a sponsor of the Barcelona Football club. I was blessed enough to be able to watch the game live in the stadium. Although I’m not actually a big fan of football, I still took the opportunity …
Sakura Avenue Last weekend, I went to the Miurakaigan Cherry Blossoms Festival. I heard about it in our office cycling club and that some members are actually riding. But for me, I went there with my girlfriend in the morning. We left Kawasaki around 9am and probably arrived 10am-ish in Miurakaigan station. The trip itself …
I had no plans for the Obon holidays, but also felt compelled that I needed to go somewhere as spending 3 days at home or just at Kawasaki area seems an overkill. I have only been out Kawasaki twice since I started here. First was when we had dinner with friends, and the second one …
I booked my flight from Manila to Tokyo (Haneda) using a Promo Fare via Philippine AIrlines. This flight is going to be my first flight as an OFW so I wanted to make it as special as possible. I initially wanted to book Singapore Airlines since its services and facilities are superb. However, I also …