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Toru Aug 06, 2021Jan 02, 2024 amateurs, expert, Japanese proverb, mochi, mochiya, plumbing, quality, repair, rice cake, tradition

Mochi wa Mochiya (餅は餅屋 – The Expert Know Best)

Mochi wa Mochiya 餅は餅屋 No matter what the work is, the expert will always do a much better quality job Read More
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Toru Feb 06, 2016Jan 07, 2024 colleagues, computer components, computers, cords, Mini-ITX standard, motherboard, repair, wiring

Build a New Computer

A few days ago, computers of my colleagues came to act up. 新しいPCの組み立て Since the cause seemed to be the Read More
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Toru Jul 08, 2015Jan 08, 2024 apartment, car, clean, conversation, dinner, hot spring, laptop, mother, repair, room

My mother came to visit me.

This morning, my mother departed for my apartment in order to get repair her laptop. It was so suddenly event. Read More

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