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Caterpillar's Murmur

Think Some More

(SAT) March 7th, 2026

8:23 p.m. Just because I've done something I usually don't, look what happened. A disaster.

The turf wasn't as dry s I'd hoped it to be, so I added Erika Express in a hurry thinking that the front runners would be advantaged. But then, it didn't hit me that inner post drawers would also be much advantaged when the track condition is soft. I'm not good at adapting to changing circumstances.

Checked out Yayoi-sho in frustration, though I don't think I could avoid Admire Quads and Reichsadler, the first and second favored in win odds. It's a small-field race. I guess it's not worth betting on unless I could pinpoint the third place winner on a trifecta.

Well, I'll think about it some more.

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 March

  • March 20nd (FRI)
  • Vernal Equinox Day

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.