Birdie -ear pick-

 I love ear-cleaning with ear pick, which is really popular in Japan. Doing it is really feeling so relaxed. So, wherever I go, I always prepare for doing it. At outside I use a cotton-swab, and at home I use a traditional bamboo-ear pick that is really good to use and moreover it's practical.
"Birdie" is self-standing ear pick designed by Japanese designer "Noriko Hashido". Yes, it is standing by its own and looks like a bird, that's the reason why it's called "Birdie". It's so cool and cute. More than that, important thing is its usability. Honestly, It works well!! The grip is suitable to a hand and the texture is not soft but not hard for doing ear pick. I totally love it all of a sudden and completely happy with it.
If you are interested in this well designed tool, please check followings.



Noriko Hashida Official WEB-Site : http://hashidadesign.com/
Birdie Official WEB-site : http://www.plus-d.com/birdie_earpick/

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 At 14:46, seemingly everyone observed one minute of silence in honor of tolls of the last year's devastating disaster wherever you go. We thought one year's ago that we'd reconstructed well, but... reality is we are struggling with plenty of problems, then it's like no proceeding.. In the huge city like Tokyo, life got normal and the inhabitants are looked forgetting about the north. However, there's no short-cut and we need keeping up, instead of all grief .

Mourning for all the people who lost their lives.

The New Routemaster

 Changes always happen all of a sudden whether you believe in immortality or not.
On 27th February, 2012, finally the new bus has been launched on the London streets with its one week delay. It's designed by Thomas Heatherwick who is architect and designer.  In spite of a hybrid engine that the bus has, the design is quite controversial. Actually I got my first glance on a picture of it, I thought it's a Japanese action hero like. lol. However, after checking more pictures, I little bit changed my aspect on it. Now, I think it's quite cool as the design. It's still a double-decker, has wide range doors, signs are legible and also still red!!
London, now seemingly has been proceeding to set up the Olympics. The Olympics symbol is on the River Thames, the town re-installs its infrastructures, of-course the bus too. I really don't care the Olympics and am not interested in it, but I want to go London for just getting on the bus.
 Here in Tokyo, Japan, there is not a bus like London's. Most of it is dull, grayish coloured, single deck bus. Actually, as the engines and technologies are high quality, and for ecology these are well designed. However the outward is not usually playful,  humorous and enjoyable. That's sad especially for tourists, because there is no fun when you get on a bus for strolling around whether you like Tokyo or not.
 I'm just wondering that I went to London and Japan had enjoyable bus.

Transport for London site : http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/projectsandschemes/15493.aspx