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Day Trip From Osaka to Hiroshima and Miyajima - How I Spent A Rainy Day in Hiroshima During the Golden Week Period in May

Have only one more day to spare in Japan and wondering if you can squeeze in a day at Hiroshima? I feel you. Japan has too many beautiful places!  But if one day is all you have to spare for Hiroshima, then  follow this one-day itinerary to Hiroshima and Miyajima to plan your trip.  Unfortunately, it rained rather heavily the entire day I spent there with my partner, which might have slowed us down a little. You probably could cover a bit more than we did if the weather is kinder to you. Here is a brief summary of what we did. Do read the rest of the post for more details and pictures! Half Day at Miyajima Island   - Stroll along the Omotesando Shopping Arcade - Try some boiled or fried oysters and Momiji manju - Visit the Itsukushima Shrine - Click a picture with the giant, floating O-torii Gate Half Day in Hiroshima City - Have a bowl of eel rice at Anagomeshi Ueno - Visit Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park including  Genbaku Dome-mae (Atomic Bomb Dome) Cenotaph fo...
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Let's Take a Trip down Stranger Things' Memory Lane for the Top 15 Most Iconic Moments

 Now that the finale episode of Stranger Things Season 5 has aired, I thought it's as good a time as any to recap the entire series and list out some of the best Stranger Things moments. Because hey, hate the finale or the entire season 5, there is absolutely no way you can say some are these moments are not cool and at the forefront of your mind when you think Stranger Things! I had initially wanted to do a top 10 iconic moments but given Stranger Things had 5 seasons, 42 episodes and a total runtime of about 45 hours, it felt like a short-change to limit the list to just 10! So, I have settled for 15. Plenty of spoilers ahead for all seasons. Read on at your own risk! 15. Murray asking about Jonathan's "pull out" Season 2, Chapter 6: The Spy Murray being cheeky Alright, I just had to put this one in because I always end up watching this scene multiple times in one viewing. It was such a tongue-in-cheek moment. But what made it special was when Murray accidentally dr...

Planning to Watch A Romantic Comedy? Check Out These 15 Great Ones You Should Definitely NOT Miss!

Whether it's for Valentine's Day or a simple night's in where you need a light-weight movie for entertainment, romantic comedies are great choices. And like I always think to myself, they don't make them like they used to anymore. Some of the best rom-coms are movies made years ago or in black-and-white.  It has been a challenging list for me to put together because there are so many great choices out there but I finally did it! Here is the list of my top 15 romantic comedies. And because I cannot just ignore other good ones, I have them under the special mentions list. Do share your favourites too as I would love to get acquainted with more. As they say, you can never watch enough rom-coms. 15. As Good As It Gets (1997) This one surprised me that I had included it in the list. I mean it was not easy imagining Jack Nicholson's character as a romantic lead at all. He is not romantic. In fact, he is not normal at all. But by the end, you are left feeling that just may...

Thinking of Taking a Sabbatical from Work? These Are Some Things You Absolutely MUST Consider!

Burnt out and need a break? Hoping to process and repurpose your life? Or just plain sick of grinding for corporations and ungrateful bosses? These are just some of the reasons why you may be considering taking a sabbatical. And while I am the first to say, "Go For It!", having done the same myself, there are things that you absolutely MUST consider to make sure the time you take goes as well as you hoped it would.  Trust me, as someone who jumped headlong into 'taking a break from work life' with some thought, I am still a little disappointed with how things turned out and wished I had just a little bit more advice before embarking on my little break.  So here, I am going to lay out some considerations for you - things that I wished I had taken note of for my own sabbatical. 1. Have a Concrete Plan! Make detailed plans down to the day (Image by  OpenClipart-Vectors  from  Pixabay) And I mean a detailed plan! Write or type them all out. What you are going to do ...