Taking the less well-trodden path

I recently chanced upon this blog which personifies the journey of one young gentlemen who was born Malaysian, raised in the UK, worked in the U.S. and who finally chose to live and work in Japan.

What I like about this blog besides the eye-catching bright orange colours and the lovely figurines with huge *eyes* is the honesty and candour coming forth from the author, Danny Choo. Danny spares no effort and humour detailing his sojourn from one continent to another. Besides describing his miserable childhood and growing up years, he captivates the readers with snippets of his life where fate took him around the globe.

After working at tech giants like Amazon and Microsoft for several years and making heaps of money from affiliate/adsense (read: blog) earnings, he later took the step of faith of moving to Japan and setting up his own company which embraces and actually generates income from all things Otaku. In his blog, he also jested about how he found his calling in the Anime and Otaku subculture and spent several years learning Japanese in preparation of his eventual move to Japan. While he is born Malaysian Chinese, he does not speak Mandarin very well and actually picked up Mandarin through Japanese as the written characters and tones are very similar.

His blog is divided into 2 main sections; Japan itself where he shares with readers his emotions and pictures of his numerous road trips to the different hidden corners of Japan and the Otaku/Anime/Manga subculture that is pervasive and deeply entrenched in the Japanese society. He has also been invited to speak at a variety of social media events across Asia. Whenever he has time, he loves donning a Darth Vader or Storm Trooper suit and traverse the crowded streets of central Tokyo.

Before I forget, click Danny Choo and his blog should appear in another window.  Another snippet of himself; his dad is a famous and (presumably wealthy) maker of woman’s shoes from Malaysia who is now based in UK.