Whitesmoke in Korean

While surfing “The Korea Times”, I have noticed a whitesmoke ad in Korea. WhiteSmoke is a Israeli startup aiming to help individuals writing English essays/e-mails and more.

Korean screen captur:

Dafna Boots

Dafna rubber boots are manufactured in Israel (in Kibbutz Dafna). Their website is not that good. But part of their Catalog is online.
Dafna boots are sold in Japan, both online (Rakuten) and in selected shops. Last year, I saw them being sold at Sony Plaza (I think it is now called just Plaza).

It is interesting to see a product with almost no sales/presence in Israel, but global reach (Finland, UK, Japan and many more). Can’t really say they compete with Hunter, but rather a cheaper alternative.
Rakuten Dafna boots page – link.
Screen Capture:

Children Violence by Country

The Economist is quoting a research done by WHO – HBSC - Health behavior in School-aged children.

The research covers only the following countries (Japan is not included):
HBSC 2001/02, 36 countries: Finland, Norway, Austria, Belgium (French), Hungary, Israel, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Wales, Denmark, Canada, Latvia, Poland, Belgium (Flemish), Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Greenland, Lithuania, Russia, Slovak Republic, England, Greece, Portugal, Rep. of Ireland, USA, Macedonia, Netherlands, Italy, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia, Ukraine.
HBSC 2005/06, 41 countries: The same countries adding Bulgaria, Iceland, Luxembourg, Romania and Turkey.
Belgium (French) is most violent while Israel is 24th, with 26% of 11 year old boys claim they were involved in at least 3 physical fights in the previous year.

Technion – University Ranking

The Times just published their World’s top 200 universities list. link

The Technion, “My” university is ranked 109. At first I was disappointed, but then, I browsed through the list and found out that it is not that bad.

Waseda University is at 180.
Indian institute of Technology is at 154.

BUT, not even close to Tokyo university at 19, Kyoto University at 25.

Enoki mushrooms

Finally, I could find Enoki mushrooms in Israel. The downside is it is imported from China.

Tekoa farms import it; not sure if regularly, and the taste… not bad, but less tasty than Japan.

Samsung

Engadget Japan wrote a nice piece and produced a magnificent logo following the offer made by Samsung to acquire Sandisk.

Sandisk is partially a Israeli company, following the acquisition of M-systems. (Plus, Sandisk founder is a former Israeli).
The original Japanese article – link 

And the Logo:

Guitar Heronoid

A robot playing Guitar Hero. A project conceived and executed by GarageGeeks.

Link to blog , photos and videos – Guitar Heronoid.

Keter (K&D Design) In Japan

While visiting Japan, we purchased a child Toilet seat. Turned out it is a Israeli product by K&D Design (Keter).

Photos below of the product and of course, placed in the Toilet.  

Home made Natto

Natto is not available in Israel.
We could find one guy who prepares them at home on demand, and charges a hefty price.

So, Mika decided she can ferment Natto by herself, which she did.
Photo: Delicious Organic home made Natto.

The return of the Paella

Finally, we could find decent Sea-Food to cook the Friday Paella.

Writing this post from Malaga, Andalusia.  Hoping to eat as many paellas as possible this week.