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Drifting in Tokyo!

“Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that’s how we’ve got to live”.

After travelling to most of the Metro cities in the World.London.Paris.NewYork.Sanfrancisco.HongKong and Now Tokyo.

“Japan is the most intoxicating place for me. The Japanese culture fascinates me: the food, the dress, the manners and the traditions.It’s the travel experience that has moved me the most.”– Roman Coppola

Cities of Japan like Tokyo,Kyoto,Nara,Kōbe and Osaka all have different characteristics Tokyo is too big you can feel lost here! With population of 30 Million only in this city! It is the most Populated city in the world. 

Kyoto- Gives you a sense of living in a small town, being Very homely.

Nara – Just like we did it,a day trip to get away from the fast paced life and enjoy a day at our pace with Deer’s  and Nature  all around.

Kobe -Is the place you would like to spend around the Harborland having Coffee at Nishimura coffee shop (Kobe’s popular coffee shop chain) and authentic Kōbe beef for your meal. Kobe just like Osaka is a loop, A circle. You can explore the city in 24-48 Hours. 

Japan is America Mad.They love America so much they have named a street in Osaka on it.Amerikamura -That showcases American Fashion brands.

Kyoto & Osaka are very good for authentic Japanese cuisine They offer Cuisine from around the world also . And the food is simply Umami.

They understandings of English language is “skosh”,But that doesn’t stop them from helping you.

Japanese are the most Helpful & Friendliest people You would come across.If you are Lost or don’t know your way  to your destination,they will drop  you to the point first and walk back and continue their journey.

And if they themselves don’t know the way! They feel pity and helpless for you and wouldn’t mind asking people who know the Way.

Technically they are very sound,They have started using projectors for Directory for Directions.

The Wifi is still very spare,But with Rugby World Cup  coming up in 2019 & Olympic coming in 2020 they are making improvements in wireless internet connectivity.

There love for Packaging and simplifying things is so creative & Practical.That you would wonder how did they even think about it.

Just one Scare of a terror attack -And they Haven’t had Dustin’s on streets and yet are one the cleanest city in the world.

They have been the best in so many things and they know it.But,They don’t have the slightest of Ego. Daikan,Panasonic,Hitachi,Toshiba,Honda,Kawasaki,Lexus,Casio,Seikko,Yamaha music instruments,Gaming devices from Nintendo and Mario And all your camera’s Canon ,Fujifilm to name a few . And How could you forget the Whiskey that have become rare in the world.Hibki and Yamazaki have become so limited Even in Japan you couldn’t find. And when you do find it’s 50 ML and Limited to one per person.

Japanese,I guess are suffering from Karosh (A Japanese term that describes death by overwork)As they have to be competitive with the world and you find them taking Naps on the subways.And May be because they believe in kaizen or the Toyota  Way principle they are still one of the top countries.

Airport Diaries!!

No! I am not talking about the airport asthetic looks or about people the way they dress up for travelling.

But,About  the Airport itself.

Airports are  such a contrasting,Reality check place to be in. They  teach you a lot about life and in that one place.Where you could meet people from all walks of life.

You would,See the most number of disabled beings travelling in an airport,For a vacation or for getting themselves treated.But,That hope and joy is what lets them keep living their life.

They have in a way,accepted their limitations and are trying to enjoy their life.

Unlike many,Who keep making excuses when they have opportunity to travel.

The first time travellers are so curious,They have that curiosity around them and that sparkle of being in that magical space.

It’s because some of us find the airport a place to while away time. That we fail to notice so many things happening in That one place.

Then,There are the refugees around the airport,Who are displaced and looking for a place and are starving of hunger.Pleading all the passer by to give them a meal.

In the midst of all this you have the luxury Brands around you,Waiting for customers like you to splurge.And Giving you  aspirations for Greed,That you otherwise don’t need.

But,Only if you look around yourself you would see all this and not when you are getting bored and wondering when you will Board.

Past & Future of Humans !!

Sapiens & Homo Deus – By Yuval Noah Harari.

These Two Books,Had been  on my mind since the beginning of 2017 .And Just when the 1st Quarter of 2018 comes to an End. I did finish my Journey of a The Brief History of HumanKind and A Brief History of tomorrow.It was A wonderful tedious read. Yuval Harari Tells us some  things  that we might already be aware about and  tell us  things which we might be completely unaware of, Since our Media personalities must have never spoken about these issues.

Facts such as the Chinese exchanging rice production with weapons that resulted in one of the most deadliest famine in the history in 1958.

6 Million people in France suffer from nutritional security.that means these   people  do not have asses to the  nutrional food, in order to be able to live a healthy and active life.

Sapiens is a Book that gets you thinking about so much,Even after you are done reading there are so many questions you still want to know about, even though you know a lot more about Humankind after reading the  book then  you would have known.

Phara phrasing some quotes from “Sapiens”

“Our language evolved as a way of gossiping.”

― Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

“This is the essence of the Agricultural Revolution: the ability to keep more people alive under worse conditions.” 

― Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

“Evolution has made Homo sapiens, like other social mammals, a xenophobic creature. Sapiens instinctively divide humanity into two parts, ‘we’ and ‘they’.” 

― Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

I also truly believe,Every season has a trend of similar books now being published. Ever since these two books have become a global phenomenon.You are now getting more books on similar lines being published.Making it difficult to choose which books to read next.

The Third book  coming from Yuval ’21 lessons from 21st Century’ this August 2018. A book on Issues that need to be tackled

Fake News,Terrorism and  from resilience and humility to meditation.

Yuval Noah Harari is a author worth reading.

Second Nature -Cold Extraction

A newly launched variety of cold extracted juices and Cold extracted Milk under the name of second nature is now available through a subscription model.The Cold extraction Is part of a new technology that only a select companies use.

Have been having them for a while now! During the trial period when sample were sent with a prototype code.

To understand which flavours we had to taste each code  and  note down which taste was most prominent and which were least. This went on till we got the second lot of samples with the flavours and we could all  have the sigh of relief when we saw the labels on the bottles with the flavours!

With a lot of Ah! Moments! I was wondering too it must have been that…

the 3rd and final lot arrived with the packaging and final bottles quantity for sale.

I am endorsing the product

Because of the freshness it offers and cold juices variety that it has to offer

The two combination that you must try:

Mango+ Almond = A combination that balances the sweetness and maintains the texture.And almonds are always healthy start .

Almond +Dates+Cocoa= A yummy Sunday treat without feeling guilty and not to sweet too -A combination you must risk trying out! To know exactly what you would be missing out on.

The other flavours available are: 

1.Guava+agave+Chilli 

2.Black Grape+ Pomegranate +Orange 

3.Pinapple+Mint 

4.Apple+ Amla 

5.Spinach+Celery +Orange +Ginger 

6.Betroot+carrot+Ginger+ Apple 

7.Betroot+Pomegranate +Apple 

8.pomegranate 

9.Hazelnut+Coffee+Dates 

Second Nature,Is part of Freshtrop fruits limited – A company that has been exporting grapes and pomegranate for years to the European market. And now have ventured into cold pressed juices.

To know more about how you could subscribe and get the juices from the farm to your homes.

Check out the link :https://getsecondnature.com

and to know more about freshtrop fruit limited check out : http://freshtrop.com

A decade in Social Media

Social Media,It’s been a decade since I have been  on the online space ,officially part of various social media platform.The oldest being the social networking site  and The most recent being Snapchat.And in between  part of various other platforms which did not survive too long to be part of the decade evolution.

In this  past decade the platforms that I have been part of ,are Facebook and  twitter.Twitter took over my Interest ,because  of interactions between the people who you thought you wouldn’t be accessible to Facebook for having  different friend circle as part of a platform.while enjoying the best of both the worlds .I Jumped into WordPress as a blogger,blogging my experiences of life and experiences worth sharing . It then summed up my life   as WTF !! WordPress,Twitter and Facebook . 

But, Wait ! Then Instagram took over as soon as Mobile cameras became the most handy camera’s of our time.Messaging became more convenient through WhatsApp and the online world evolved .Each applications becoming a mirror application of one another. Trying to be the one stop app.But,yet we like our apps for their own reasons.

I have been surviving on so many platforms. and the reason, I believe is the personality each of the apps portrays . My  Facebook friends won’t be interested in blogging articles or my Instagramers won’t like “the” Photography element missing from my photos of the picture perfect landscapes around the world.

The platforms that  I am part of enhances my personality perceive me Unconsciously in the following ways below:

Twitter-An intellectual/Influencer

Facebook-Anti Social

WordPress -A Critic

WhatsApp-Can’t talk WhatsApp only too busy to make and take  calls.

Instagram -A Photographer

LinkedIn-The  networker.

But,Each of these platforms tells me one thing.

That my friends circle too should  also be split into  different groups! Imagine having only a group of intellectuals or being part of an anti-Social group only How boring and monotonous it  would be.