Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
Truth to tell, I was a little apprehensive about the walking tour scheduled for Day 02 from mid-morning onward — specifically because the first day’s weather was so humid that I wasn’t looking forward to another day perspiring buckets in
The city of Fukuoka is easily walkable, and I certainly did a good deal of that on the first day of the trip. By the time my legs had pretty much given up on any more walking at about 6:30PM
The other garden that also receives some praise online is Rakusuien Garden. The place is about a ten minute walk from Hakata Station. But as luck would have it, my place of stay — The Royal Park Fukuoka Hotel —
A third place of interest is the old Fukuoka Castle Ruins. The starting point of the park where the ruins are located — Maizuru Park — is about 6 minutes away from Ohori Park and an easy walk, but there’s
Ohori Park is decent, but the real gem is the Japanese Garden tucked in the south-eastern corner of the park. Most visitors to the park itself won’t visit this quiet spot, possibly also on account that there’s a small admission
The outbound flight from Singapore to Fukuoka Airport was uneventful and almost totally free from any kind of turbulence. Oddly though, the inflight breakfast was pretty awful and bland — or maybe I should have opted for the Japanese menu
Besides the 35mm primes, there’s another focal length that I really like for casual photography – and it’s 28mm. I didn’t own a 28mm prime during my Nikon DSLR days, but I had one such during over the 7 years
I haven’t been putting much attention on smartphone gimbals, despite having one in the drawer – a Zhiyun Smooth-Q 3 axis controller – for several years now. These three axis gimbals offer a degree of stabilisation that smartphones and the
A week to go before my 11-day trip to the southern half of Japan for the first of two Japan trips this year, and I’m finally about done tweaking my leisure itinerary that wraps around the work segment of the
We’ve been averaging around two staycations a year in the last few years now, and we’ll be doing four this year even. Invariably, they have been short stays for the two of us as a getaway from our kids. But
My further on first impressions of the new Mi Pad 4! The tablet has still yet to complete its boot unlock – Mi requires a waiting time of a week or so after you request a device unlock – so
It wasn’t so long ago that Steve Jobs – RIP – famously scoffed at large screen phones rival companies like Samsung and Motorola were putting out. He reportedly wondered why would anyone want to buy a phone with a screen
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