Oceanshaft

Experiments started on Tuesday. While I wouldn't say that the experiment itself is difficult, the process of planning for it and trying to ensure it goes smoothly is... It's been a really busy week, and I've not cooked a proper meal at home in ages. Ah well, such is life.

The weather has been getting warmer recently, with wonderful weather these two days. Sunshine!

Euphoria erupts.

Just heard about this measure taken by the police from mrbrown.com, where the police will inform the parents of teens found loitering in public spaces after 11 pm. More details here.

Hm, seems like a strange measure. Well, if I were a teen hanging out after 11 pm and my parents knew about it, then this measure would not really affect me (other than the bother of giving particulars to a police officer, and the time wasted on both sides). If I were a hardened criminal, then I might not be listening to my parents anyway. In essence, it seems that this only serves to give parents an idea of where their kids are, or if their kids are lying to them about where they are. If the parents didn't care in the first place then probably it wouldn't change anything... Alright, I haven't actually thought very much about it.

The real reason why I'm writing about this is because reading it led me to wonder whether I was out after 11 pm when I was a teen. And of course it brought back some fond memories of midnight movies and so on...

Have been surfing the internet reading about various foods (again!) and I shall just list some sites about the wonderful king of fruits, the durian. Lot's of basic info here, someone's first taste, and an overwhelming site here.

I've actually seen durians on sale in one supermarket here in Japan, and also came across them in Chinatown in New York, but they didn't have any smell... just didn't have the same impact. Although I believe someone once told me that if you let them sit a while they'll be alright. Maybe they weren't ripe yet? Miss suddenly coming across that ripe fragrance when it's durian season back home.

I also read about other foods today too, by the way, making that about 2-3 hours of digital feasting online today. This is of course separate from the food blogs that I read regularly. Cheers!

Article here on new species found in Indonesian Papua. More pictures here too.

Just got round to finishing one of my reports. Actually I already solved the problem (it was a simple one) but the answer has just been sitting on my desk for about a week until I finally started putting it into report form ie. plotting the graph, writing the explanation etc. Now I just have to print it out...

Went for homeless feeding with my church today, handing out hot soup and rice at one of the parks near Hakata. Really cold weather today, doesn't help that it's a sudden chill after one or two days of 15-16 degrees daytime temperatures earlier this week. Brr, quite tough for the homeless ...