My friends asked me if I wanted to join them for the Wesak Day Walk and I thought, why not? That was before I heard that the walk was about 12km long. However I had good company so in the end, it didn't really seem that far. It rained in the late afternoon, just before the walk. Apparently it rains nearly every Wesak Day but by some miracle (or divine faith?) it stops just before the walk is about to start. This year was no different. Some believed...

I had an old blog which had served me faithfully for almost 4 years during my years in Japan. Since I have moved on, I decided to create a new blog. I needed a more structured look so I chose this theme. Simple and straightforward. That is the key. I checked out WordPress and was very impressed with their templates for anyone wanting to showcase their art or photography. Unfortunately, in order to use custom WP templates, one has to pay for a web...