Spider(man) on my car!!!

Just last night, I had a surprise visitor on my car- Spiderman. Spiders are so common in this season that it is rare not to spot one on a day. Interestingly, the spiders over here are so vigorous that they build large webs (>10-fold larger than the above) in no time interconnecting the trees lining the sidewalks. It is not uncommon to strike its web while passing on sidewalks especially at nights while cycling back home. Even a overnight rested bicycle can be seen entangled in the web on next morning! A day's parking of my car near to my center had a Spiderman conquering the antenna. I decided to give the Spiderman a ride with its web intact. On reaching my home (a ride of 2-3 min), I had a look at the guest on my car top.

I was surprised to find it still hanging strong on the antenna but had lost its web. Wish I could capture the movie of its fight (flight) against air!

Birthday party

Multinational Cuisine and My contribution (Chicken Biriyani)

Our multinational group and party begins
Last Sunday was a birthday of one of my dorm friend (N.ya-san) and we all dormmates celebrated the event with a delightful dinner. As japanese guests, I had invited T.shima-sans (two distinct families with same family name-T.shima). After the party, the usual post-dinner chats began. The majority of discussions centered around cultural habits of individual countries. Such a topic involving diverse countries can never seem to end and we had to call off reluctantly when somebody pointed at the time reaching 11pm.

Matsuoka Kuzuryu festival

Kuzuryu festival and Traditional dance

Yaki tori and Fireworks
Last sunday there was a festival on the banks of Kuzuryu river very close to university campus. This festival is an annual event held on early June and is a one day event. It is celebrated by most people of Matsuoka and probably is the only time when one can see such a big assemblage over here. It includes performances on the boat, parade, dancing, singing and finally finishing off with brilliant fireworks. Some of the food available in the outlets were mouth-watering and I couldn't resist buying twice!

Off-trail hiking

Map of Ryugahana dam and Dam-apex

Dam-base and Jungle trail
I had been to a picnic in a group of four on last saturday to a mountainside near to my place. A little more than half-an hour ride by car led us to Ryugahana dam. We found the place had a 5km walking stretch (on road) around the river. We began to hike in the afternoon sun stopping in a small sidepath for having lunch. The scinitillating sceneries all around the walk-way was some good enjoying stuff in the wild. The midway of the stretch had a beautiful park (Jonkoro horiba) which added to our pleasure of off-trail hiking.