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Caterpillar's Murmur

First Win

(SUN) March 1st, 2026

8:33 p.m. Oh, no. Oh no, no, no, no, no! I won this race. I won Nakayama Kinen! Because the turf seemed to have dried more than yesterday, I decided that won't be good for Magic Sands to replace him with Ecoro Walz. So I finally won the first race this season. Then why, why is my trio payout smaller than the quinella payout? Why?

Ugh! I'm in the red! I shouldn't have chickened out on buying trifectas if this was the case. I could at least, have bought exactas since I knew it would be Lebensstil to win this race. Or I could even have put everything on win. These betting tickets would have brought back more! But I somehow chose betting tickets that has the worst cost for money.

It's almost miraculous how I always make the worst decisions. But well, I finally picked up my first win, though not satisfactory.

The End

Caterpillar

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Pocketchange
Pocketchange - How to charge your left-over Yen to digital money

If you are ready to leave Japan but have your pocket heavy with leftover Japanese Yen, why not empty your pockets and feel light with Pocketchange?

Holidays

Holidays of February

  • February 11th (WED)
  • National Foundation Day
  • February 23rd (MON)
  • Emperor's Birthday

Food Catalog

Cream Anmitsu
Cream Anmitsu

Fed up with the heat? Here's a nice cold Japanse-style sweets to cheer you up! Cream Anmitsu is a delux version of Anmitsu, Kanten(Japanese gelatine) jelly and fruits with ice cream topping and Kuromitsu caramel sauce poured over it. And what's great, it's low calorie!

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airframe seen from side
Manned flight by oxyride dry-cell batteries project

The Tokyo Institute of Technology in cooperation with Panasonic, has led the project 'Manned Flight by Oxyride Dry-cell Battery' into the world's first success. On July 16th this year (2006), they made success in a trial of manned flight using commercially available oxyride batteries, in a project that they had been bringing forward together.