Crocodile hunting: Should we, or shouldn’t we? 🤔

Crocodile hunting: Should we, or shouldn’t we? 🤔 I was talking to my mom-in-law earlier. She told me she went to the market in Oya, Sarawak, intended to buy some fresh fish, but in vain. She saw a crowd of public gathering around the market place, she thought they were there for the fish. She…

Life is unexpected: I called the call center and found friendship! 😂

Intended to terminate my internet contract, I called the service provider. The call center operates until 9 pm, and it was 8.12 pm. I was connected to a Japanese-speaking operator (of course! This is Japan!).   In Japanese: “Hi, this is Takamoto. How may I help you?”   So I started to talk to him…

Stress Management: What can we learn from plants?

Stress Management: What can we learn from plants?   I am doing some read-ups today as the preparation for my research. I borrow a book <Plant Abiotic Stress, 2nd Edition> from the library 20 minutes ago, not really aiming at something, I just want to read.   I flipped the book through and got attracted…

A deadly accident – lesson learned

I was wakened up by an unusual long blaring car honk before 7 am this morning. The honk lasted for more than 15 minutes, mixed with the siren of ambulances and police cars that arrived below 5 minutes after it started. It turns out to be a severe accident at the junction right beside my…

Global cancer rates: How much do you know?

Global cancer rate: How much do you know? I came across a bs post about superfood in Fiji, and how Fiji people have 0% cancer rate blar blar blar earlier. In that post, it is stated that Fijians are the only people in the world who have not suffered from any forms of cancer due…

What is the meaning of “NON SOLUS” on the logo of Elsevier?

If you are a science student or a researcher, you probably read or heard about this famous publisher Elsevier which published a large portion of the journal articles you are reading for your literature review. Me too. I didn’t pay much attention to its logo until today, 15 minutes ago, when I was tired of…

How far are we from eating insects?

The United Nation Food and Agriculture Organization released a report in May 2013 to advocate the inclusion of insects in a daily diet as an alternative to resource-intensive staples like beef, poultry, and fish. The global population will hit 9 billion by 2050. To feed that many, we need to double food production. A better…

When is the best time to travel?

“When is the best time to travel?”   I received this message from my friend this morning. It made me laugh and reminds me of the old folks in the house that would snore in front of a television. If they would doze off in the middle of watching shows, they probably would sleep anywhere,…

Fight is for the better, really?! 😅

2019.04.08 is a day to remember, because today I had the first and very vigorous fight with my boss, Le Host (then Le Supervisor). I shocked myself. 🤭 The working Monday was initially fine when my boss was working on his manuscript revision and I working on my manuscript writing. He came into the office…

Hanami in an ancient castle with over 1000+ sakura trees!!! 🌸🌸🌸

It is spring in Japan, and the weather is finally getting warmer. I am not sure what other people usually do in a warm spring day, but for a sakura*-maniac like me, I always end up sticking around the sakura trees!!! (*sakura: cherry blossom 🌸) I went to this 400 years castle in Western Japan…