[Eng] Start My New Blog in English / Bahasa Indonesia

Today (27 May 2020), I want to start my new blog "Glocal Diary for Local-to-Local" as a brother or sister blog of my Japanese private blog "Glocal Nikki (Glocal Diary in English)".

This new blog will be written in English or Bahasa Indonesia.

I will write about my daily life, my thoughts, my ideas, my comments, favorite foods, and anything else what I want to write. In short, my monologue.

Sometimes maybe just translation from my Japanese blog.

I try to update every 2-3 days. Please keep this blog and enjoy my monologue. Of course, very welcome your questions and comments.

Now I stay and work at my home in Tokyo. Enjoy to walk around my home to feel spring season this year, as seeing "rose garden" in front of our railway station.

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