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Apr 27

Book Review: Japanese Literature Roundup 1

Breaking my hiatus, hopefully, with overviews of several novels I have read since the end of 2020 until now. A little bit of a prelude to put this petite pilgrimage into perspective. During university I specialized in International Business with a focus on Japan, and had the opportunity to go…

Literature

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Book Review: Japanese Literature Roundup 1
Book Review: Japanese Literature Roundup 1

Mar 1, 2021

Rojina’s Recipes: Part Four—Coconut Milk Pancakes

Welcome to my honest kitchen. Craving a taste of the tropics in cake format? Look no further. For the sake of my time and sanity, please refer to the recipe below. I will add relevant storyline or commentary per international cooking blog guidelines later. Ingredients: 1 cup of coconut milk…

Vegetarian

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Rojina’s Recipes: Part Four—Coconut Milk Pancakes
Rojina’s Recipes: Part Four—Coconut Milk Pancakes

Feb 15, 2021

Pandemic self-care for remote tech workers

Back from my hiatus due to popular demand *crickets* this article will outline some tips I have come across this past year that I have incorporated into my wfh regimen. Many of our cities have opened up partially, but many corporate offices have remained closed. You may remember FAAMG stating…

Self Care

4 min read


Dec 23, 2020

The gap between business and IT has never been wider and some things that can be done about it

Why can’t we be friends? Why can’t we be friends? Why can’t we be friends? As the title suggests, and case studies point to, business and IT have not been functioning well together in many organizations. Tech projects tend to be over budget, overdue, and completely missing the necessary scope…

It

4 min read


Dec 11, 2020

Tips for Living in Japan

Since I didn’t get around to doing a travel blog, as I was trying to enjoy my time living in one of the most popular travel destinations, in this piece I will reflect on some learnings that is suitable to those that will live in Japan for an extended period…

Japan

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Tips for Living in Japan
Tips for Living in Japan

Nov 29, 2020

Rojina’s Recipes: Part Three—Omelette Au Natto

Welcome to my honest kitchen. 納豆。Pronounced nattō, a product hailing from Japan, is a handful of fermented soy beans — meant beans grown and raised as soy. The farmer takes great effort to cultivate the farm. Sorry about that last part, my sister hijacked my computer... …

Japanese Food

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Rojina’s Recipes: Part Three— Omelette Au Natto
Rojina’s Recipes: Part Three— Omelette Au Natto

Nov 13, 2020

Canada’s Goldmine of History and Cultural Diversity

Who and where will Canadians be in the next century? A bit of background I spent much of my childhood with my nose in textbooks. In high school I read much about the travels of the Europeans to the new world that is the Americas and the environmental destruction, genocides…

Canada

5 min read


Oct 27, 2020

Reflections on Agile Leadership

Working in an Agile environment? Think again. This past year I had the opportunity to work as a Certified (my certification here) ScrumMaster (Is “Master” still appropiate? View the most recent discussion here) with a software development team maintaining an e-commerce platform for one of my company’s customer base. There…

Agile

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Reflections on Agile Leadership
Reflections on Agile Leadership

Oct 16, 2020

She no longer sells seashells by the sea shore

Per request of my sister, I’m here to inform you of local environmental news. Upon closer inspection of an international search engine, news about this was reported earlier in August by the Vancouver Sun. The article titled, “Fishery officers worried about rise in shellfish poaching on busy beaches” rather than…

Vancouver

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Shellfish Area Closed
Shellfish Area Closed

Oct 4, 2020

Rojina’s Recipes: Part Two — Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies

Welcome to my honest kitchen. Many of us have picked up passion projects during the pandemic. For the period of the past six months, I decided to dedicate my time to perfecting the classic chocolate chip cookie recipe. It all started with going down the rabbit-hole of cooking videos on…

Recipe

6 min read

Rojina’s Recipes: Part Two — Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies
Rojina’s Recipes: Part Two — Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies
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