Back in the 80s, kids used to collect trading cards. For some reason, at the age of 4, I got an unfinished album from one of my cousins. And, for some reason, I needed to finish it up (along with …
What do you do when you enter into your own blog and it feels more like whip and strawberries and less like what a blog should be? You put the whip and the strawberries apart. dePepi.com was more like a …
Two days ago, in a local bookstore, I found these two books: “Modernet de Merda” (“Hipster” in “negative slang”) and “Yo fui a EGB” (“I went to the old schooling system”). So, why did I buy these books? I bought …
Humans have “super powers”. Believe it or not, we have “super powers”. Some of these “super powers” are to understand other people’s faces, and being empathic. But what happens if you are living with your personal kryptonite? You just become …
Back in the 80s I was a funny child who read manga (and colored it). I loved Japan and wanted to discover more and more about the country. In the 90s not only I was studying Japanese by myself, I …
Happy Valentine’s Day! (I know! It is like… two days earlier.) Valentine’s Day it’s a great time for love. Couples like to be together, have a romantic time together, and if in Japan, eat lots of chocolates! (I kinda love …
Around two months ago I found, through Amazon, a cool book digital shop: Better World Books. They are bringing literacy around the world. The cool thing is, every time you buy a book, they donate a book to someone else. …
One of the things that I like the most about my Vulcan is that he always offers me another point of view about life, things that surround us, or ideas. His brain is wired in a different way, thus, he …
When I first read the book of Ruth Benedict, the Chrysanthemum and the Sword, I was in a deeply falling in love with it. I already had a crush on Japan… But, when did all started for me? To tell …
Hi there! I decided to create this special section in my blog: “me and my Vulcan”. I first created a mixed media art painting to represent us, though I might use cartoonish style next time. I am the earthling here, …
In 2010 I wrote a post for the TV3 blog (the blog for the Catalans abroad, of the Catalan National TV station). This post was a confirmation about ‘me’ crossing the “no-return point”, a point that if you cross it, …