Archive for November, 2007
A Very Red Leaf and The Battle of the Fortune-Tellers
9 Comments Published by hasan November 19th, 2007 in Japan, daily life.A Very Red Leaf
“What is it with me and train stations?!” I said to myself.
I had been meaning to blog more frequently, the only issue was that I didn’t find that “inspiring moment” (not that blogs are to be taken as works of inspired literature). Just when I was approaching the platform with my […]
From Christmas Lights in Tokyo (already?!) to Writers’ Rooms
7 Comments Published by hasan November 12th, 2007 in Japan, dorm, daily life, observations.I’ve been in Tokyo for nearly three years, and I still don’t think I understand half of what’s going on over here. This concern of being lost in translation was confirmed earlier this evening during a walk I took around Shinjuku Station.
Shinjuku Station is a monster of a station. It’s got hundreds of mouths and […]
From ‘In a Station of the Metro’ to Radiohead Paying ME to Listen to Their Music
6 Comments Published by hasan November 3rd, 2007 in dorm, daily life, Failed Attempt At Cooking, Movies, Silly Ideas, observations.Ezra Pound put it beautifully:
In a Station of the Metro
THE apparition of these faces in the crowd;
Petals on a wet, black bough.
I find train stations to be both symbolic and microcosmic at once. I get a rush every time I walk into a train station, no matter how many times I’ve passed through it before. […]