DepaChika = Depa (Department Store) Chika (Basement) The basement of all major department stores are dedicated to food items. I went out to eat last night around 6:30pm but ended up being at DepaChika. They had after 6:00pm sale which most items are marked down. I bought all those thing at DepaChina at 390yen each. ...

I saw this watch yesterday at Costco. It remind me if an incident few years ago. Mayumi went to China and met the graphics design company owned by an American. All the designers were Chinese and they seem to do a very good job. We asked them to design a clock for http://www.clocklink.com as a sample. They came...

I went to Costco Amagasaki in Japan today. They are one of the success business stories by the US companies in Japan. Although the business concept is the same between the US and Japan, Costco did amazing amount of localization to fit Japanese market. The total opposite is the US Auto Manufacturers in Japan. They are s...

You can buy variety of pre made lunch box at Japanese super market. Prices are great and they look great.

I filled up this morning at Chevron Gas Station near the office for $3.959. Finally it is under $4.00. I did some research, in November 2008, the gas price was $1.719. That means when Obama too the office, the price was less than half of what we pay now.

City of bellevue does not have public WiFi like City of Kirkland. But I picked up Bellevue City Hall WiFi even though I am few miles away. The signal was too weak to connect.

PSPINC held the Open House today for Seattle Executives Association.

I bought an Obama T-Shirt to find out if it was made in USA and it was. Now I checked Mitt Romney items ... they are also made in the USA. Where do you get those things made in the USA? It says they were America made on the site. I think he should not have mention it. I would have bought it to find out if they are made ...

I registered to next year's CES in Las Vegas. I have not been to Vegas for few years now. I wonder if I can go there next January.

Before you fix any problem or change a product, you need to understand the nature of problem and requirement for a change. Any fix and change for the sake of change is unnecessary and wasteful.