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10 Oct 08
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Engrish T-Shirt, Flying Chicky Look! I can fly so highly, follow me, I will guide youWTF? |
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09 Oct 08
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Back to the Future, October 2007 Has it really been a year since Nova collapsed? Of course the new company G.Communications has taken over their operations since and re-opened many schools, but the bunny will no longer dominate the Ekaiwa landscape like it used to.My computer is now one... |
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08 Oct 08
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Marijuana Lunch Bag I found these at the store next door to my local This Is The Burger shop."The dried leaves, stems and flowering ??? of the hemp plant, used to make a hallucinogenic Drug, especially in the form of cigarettes.Would YOU send your child off to school with... |
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07 Oct 08
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Congratulations Arnold Lenzini I'd like to send a Giant congratulations out to one of my friends Arnold Lenzini for his recent inclusion in Abaculus 2.He is a dedicated short story author who has been sharing his stories with us in the teachers room for years. We would pass around... |
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06 Oct 08
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The Coffee is Half Full I am a reasonably positive guy. I always say that the cup is half full rather than half empty. Here we have an example of half full.Whenever I buy coffee at Dotour I am usually disappointed with the size of the serve. Here we have a good 2cm between the... |
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03 Oct 08
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Engrish T-Shirt, Mail Ecrue Mail EcrueFeelings that want to begin to dance are not suppressedIf flaps the wing to the utmostThe dream and hope are put onWTF! |
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02 Oct 08
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This Is The Burger, Champion! I am a champion! I filled my This Is The Burger point card and earned a free burger. My card was first stamped January 28th 2007 and the final was stamped September 28th 2008.Here we have my local This Is The Burger store. It is just a small hole in the... |
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30 Sep 08
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Flowers in Koma On Thursday we took the Seibu line to Koma. Nearby there is a really neat flower festival.So we have a sea of red flowers. And a sea of old people looking at the flowers.And a sea of photographers taking pictures of the flowers.And people taking pictures... |
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29 Sep 08
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Drunks Last week I went out for a drinking party with some of my students and fellow teachers.It was a really enjoyable evening. But the next day turned out to be rather unpleasant.It turns out that some of the teachers left after I did and continued drinking!... |
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26 Sep 08
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Engrish T-Shirt, Daintiness DaintinessSnowpinkFlashy imageIt seems that it is soft, be lovely87WTF! |
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24 Sep 08
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Vending Machines Here is another photo from my August 2005 trip to Japan, again from Kawagoe in Saitama.This was a little shop that had been converted into storage and under the awnings they had installed some drink vending machines. I wonder what the story was behind... |
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23 Sep 08
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Old and New in Japan This is a picture I took back in August 2005 in Kawagoe, Saitama. This trip was the first time I had been to Japan by myself and it was the self testing period to see if I could really survive in this country. You might guess, I survived.But looking back... |
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22 Sep 08
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Alas, CostCo has forsaken me Alas I suffer, I languish, I endure. The local CostCo has decided to stop stocking English magazines.From where shall I obtain my National Geographic and Men's Health now? Sigh....Still a big 450g bag of Ruffles does sooth my pain.How about you? Was there... |
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21 Sep 08
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Thanks! Tonight I had a nice little drinking session with a large group of students and other teachers. It was informal and lots of fun.Everyone seemed to relax and enjoy themselves, I know I had a good time.Though I didn't appreciate coming back to the table to... |
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19 Sep 08
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Engrish T-Shirt, Cookie House Cookie HouseI have many friendssince sometimes I don'tremember exactlyWTF! |
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18 Sep 08
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Back to the Future, September 2007 Last year I mused if the end of Akihabara was in sight. I can't say that things have gone badly but I can't say things have gone well for Akihabara either. Especially with the stabbings.I was connected with the world. Spending time without internet access... |
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17 Sep 08
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Can You? One thing I find endearing about average Japanese people (not the exceptional ones who read this blog!) is their ability to ask the exact same questions.Can you use chopsticks?I find this one rather funny as I have been using chopsticks on a regular basis... |
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16 Sep 08
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Contaminated Rice Yay, it's happening again!Tainted rice being sold to consumersWas someone asleep? There has to be some serious incompetence or corruption involved to sell 1779 tons of inedible rice onto the market.We might forgive a bag or two going astray, but how can... |
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15 Sep 08
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What I miss about Australia As an Australian guy from the Sutherland Shire, I miss a few things about Australia.The beach. While I wasn't the surfer type, growing up a short walk from the ocean made it a part of me. Just going for a jog along the esplanade or eating some Red Rooster... |
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12 Sep 08
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Engrish T-Shirt, Cherry Black Cheery BlackLove makes the worldWe love sweet girlWTF |
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10 Sep 08
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Japanese Musical Chairs I have been in Japan 2 & a half years. In that time the Prime Ministership has gone from Junichi Koizumi to Shinzo Abe to Yasuo Fukuda to (insert name here).Japan seems to have a history of changing it's Prime Minister more often than I change the... |
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09 Sep 08
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Drinking in Japan Part One Life in Japan is sometimes very different from living in The West. Attitudes to drinking are something that I find very interesting.Like the attitude to a Liquid Lunch.Back in Australia my coworkers and I would look forward to heading to the pub on... |
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08 Sep 08
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Buying Shoes in Japan On Friday I picked up some new shoes.Just something smart & casual to comply with the weekend dress code at work.But it highlights the difficulty faced by people who aren't average size in Japan. In Japan shoe sizes are all based on the metric... |
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05 Sep 08
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Engrish T-Shirt, Member MemberOriginal StyleFan ClubWTF? But cool mirror imaging! |
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03 Sep 08
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Nectar & Ambrosia Ah, my saviour! RH thank you for supplying me with the necessities of life.I cannot survive without my Olay after I shave. PopTarts are just the perfect thing to have with Dr Pepper and with my type of dietary intake - Metamucil is a much needed... |
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02 Sep 08
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More Drunk Guys What is it with young Japanese men being passed out, drunk, in public places.On my way to work on Saturday morning I found these two champions at 07:53.As you can see they have been having fun with beer from the convenience store across the road. Maybe... |
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01 Sep 08
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Internet Costs Apart from fantastic trains, low taxation, low home loan interest rates, cheap restaurants and safety, there is another reason why I love living in JapanCheap Internet.I decided, just for a chuckle, to see what plans were available at my old ISP Netspace.... |
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29 Aug 08
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Engrish T-Shirt, Sounds & Visuals Rock the worldSounds & VisualsDo you consider them together?Like a whisperingWTF! |
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27 Aug 08
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MosBurger Spicy Chilli Hot Dog Here's another "Must Try" thing for when you visit Japan, the MosBurger Spicy Chilli Dog.Things have changed recently and instead of the slices of peppers I am used to, it is now a sprinkling of chopped peppers. In my books it's not spicy but it has a... |
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26 Aug 08
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Okinawa Souvenirs Here's what I brought back from OkinawaOkinawan Chinsuko. It's a type of cookie that comes in Brown Sugar, Coconut, Salt or Pineapple flavour. Yum.I went to Okinawa and all I got was this lousy T-Shirt.Actually it's a kind of traditional dragon, I thought... |
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25 Aug 08
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Tandoori Is BACK It's back, my favourite sandwich is back! The Lotteria Tandoori Sandwich.It's been the best part of a year since my last one and like a long lost friend, we reunited with a passion like a first love.Ha Ha, just kidding.It's just a damn good Tandoori... |
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24 Aug 08
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Happy Birthday Son Another year has passed! Happy Birthday Son!!Was it really two years ago that this little monster came along into our lives?Here he is, playing with his Thomas the Tank Engine Duplo set. (Set 5544 if you are interested)We both fell immediately in love... |
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22 Aug 08
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Engrish T-Shirt, Dignified Dignified 1865Duty of the missionFlying the EarthA fierce look our lifeline is naturalWTF! |
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20 Aug 08
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Drunk Guy On The Train Here's an example of why Open Bar is a bad idea.I found this champion on my way to work one Saturday morning. It was an 08:00 train and I could be sure he was in this state from the night before. When I was sure he was out like a light, I snapped these.He... |
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19 Aug 08
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Orion Beer Here's some more pictures from Okinawa.Okinawa's local beer, Orion!It was good, it was clean, it was refreshing and it was forgettable. I enjoyed drinking it but it didn't make me go "wow, I wish this was available in Tokyo".If you have tried it also in... |
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18 Aug 08
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Working Too Much Am I becoming a Japanese Salary Man?Am I working too much?As I work Sat-Wed, my work week is a little odd. Couple that with the fact that I work from 10:00-21:00 on Mondays, it's a pretty strange middle of the "week" for me.Don't get me wrong, I enjoy my... |
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16 Aug 08
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In Japan, the toilets This is an internet classic about Japanese toilets. If you are interested, why not read my thoughts about Traditional Japanese Toilets and Electronic Toilets in Japan. |
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15 Aug 08
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Engrish Notebook What do you use this sensible notebook?This one belongs to one of my students. Thanks M.M for letting me photograph this, and thanks again for the cereal! |
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13 Aug 08
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Hello Kitty Postage Stamps Here's another one to impress a fellow blogger, Azumarisan.We have a collectors set of ￥50 & ￥80 stamps featuring the sickeningly cute Hello Kitty / Kitty Chan.I would have to question a guys sexuality if he used these. |
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12 Aug 08
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Ultraman Goggles When looking at swimming goggles recently I found these and immediately thought of Lina.For only ￥1300 you can be the coolest kid in school with your very own pair of Ultraman Swimming Goggles! |
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11 Aug 08
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Back to the Future, August 2007 Was it a year ago that I started using iTunes? I can't believe it!I was very pleased with the price I got for a 4gig memory card. Now the thing is worth ￥500, maybe?I discovered a place selling NewZealand steak. It's not ￥750 any more... Sigh.... |
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08 Aug 08
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Engrish T-Shirt, The First Time The First timeSong is for youIt's she groovesC-SeventeenWTF! |
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07 Aug 08
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White Cola Finally, a new Cola product that doesn't suck as hard as Pepsi Blue Hawaii did.It's difficult to say how it tasted. It was good, kind of creamy. Give it a try if you come across it. |
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06 Aug 08
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Muji, the No Brand - Brand Have you ever walked around a Muji store? It's so peaceful and the time spent inspecting their merchandise, you could feel as though you are simply checking out your own belongings.At Muji the products are simple but not boring. Distinctive yet not... |
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05 Aug 08
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Japan Vs China Recently I was contacted by BBC radio about an interview to discuss my views about how the Chinese economy was about to surpass the Japanese economy to be No.2 in the world. While I didn't actually get interviewed, I gave it some thought and figured I'd... |
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04 Aug 08
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Double Zeppin Burger Do you remember the Zeppin Burger at Lotteria?It's still around, but now it has brought it's big brother to the battle of the burgers in Japan.Now we have the Double Zeppin Burger and it's so bad that it's good.Here we have the burger under it's... |
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02 Aug 08
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Eight Gigs? Recently I withdrew some of the money I made from selling EntreCard credits into my bank account. I had outgrown my 256M flash drive and decided to splurge on something new.At ￥2990 for Eight Gigs from Dos Para, I was astounded at how cheap they h... |
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01 Aug 08
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Engrish T-Shirt, Big Boast Very Great Existence, Big BoastKing of the Natural WorldStrong WillpowerFIGHTING TRIMWTF? |
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31 Jul 08
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Interview with FujiMama Today I'd like to introduce you to a fellow Japan blogger, Fuji Mama of lafujimama.blogspot.com1. Tell jDonuts readers a little bit about yourself.I'm an American that just moved back from living in Japan for the second time with my husband and little... |
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30 Jul 08
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Evening Okinawa Skyline Here is the evening skyline from the resort in Okinawa.It was so peaceful and quiet. Sigh... |
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