- Yeah… Japan is pretty much awesome. Human tetris ftw! (1)
- Miss Americans make me sad. (1)
- Thursday, August 30, 2007
- Strolling Through The Park
Yesterday I decided to walk around in Shinjuku exploring the various stores that they have there. However most things weren’t open yet so I decided to check out Shinjuku Gyoen - the Shinjuku National Park. It cost me 200 yen to enter but definitely worth it.
- Linux Brain Dump goes describes their survival from the “digg effect” which is also referred to as the “slashdot effect.” They recommend WP-Cache 2.0 for Wordpress users as it helps relieve the strain on your server. (0)
- I used to find memorization extremely difficult and I still do to a lesser extent. However being in Teen Bible Quiz required precise memorization so I worked my way through it. Johnplaceonline gives instructions on how to memorize. Using his method he was able to memorize 7 complete chapters of psychology text. This method is very similar to how I would memorize except I divided the material into chapters and memorized in blocks of 5 verses at a time. Though time consuming it’s proved to be extremely useful. (1)
- Monday, August 27, 2007
- Leave Us And Never Come Back!
As we were leaving Matthew’s university yesterday, we were stopped by an unusual site: a parade of nationalist vehicles. Now usually one or two will come by spewing their anger but this time there were at least 50 of these vehicles. Like true ignorant gaijin’s we waved back to them probably infuriating them ever the more. Probably didn’t help that we were taking touristy pictures as well.
The nationalist party screams out over their loudspeakers to “kill the foreigners” so that “we can rebuild Japan back where it belongs!” Apparently they are pretty powerful. One of the japanese students of the university described them as a type of yakusa, japanese mafia.
- Here’s a repository of the images I have taken through my trip here in Japan. (0)
- Saturday, August 25, 2007
- Partying The Night Away
My friend’s family is having a Japanese exchange student over in a couple weeks. Since we are already here in Japan and she lives nearby, we decided to meet up. We met up for lunch and talked for a bit. Actually probably more then a fair bit as we left slightly hungry.
Later in the evening John Joe ran in telling us to come out quickly. Apparently as he was shopping for dinner he stumbled upon a local festival. Not wanting to waste this opportunity, we went.
- Friday, August 24, 2007
- May I See Your License And Registration?
Yesterday Matthew, John Jo - a british tenant staying with us, and I went down to the anime and electronics district.
On our way down we passed two police officers on bikes who rode passed us. They did a double-take and talked to each other. “What do you think? Should we? Yeah, we have the time. Don’t have to meet the others for donuts for another 15minutes.”
They followed us across the street and had us all show our bicycle registrations. Which proved to be somewhat of a problem as I didn’t own my bike but was borrowing from our landlady. And seeing as she technically didn’t own it either as the tenant who owned it prior didn’t transfer the license when he moved out, it kinda was an annoying situation. After consulting with the dictionary to look up “landlord” and “borrow” we were able to pass the test and move on.
Apparently it’s more difficult to get your bike licensed here then it is to get our cars licensed back in the states. And not having your bicycle registered is a big deal. I believe it’s punishable by jail time. As a foreigner I’d just be deported and would no longer be welcomed in Japan again. Oh well.
“Hey Justin, why are you back so early?”
“Yeah… I got deported because I didn’t have my bicycle registered.”
“Doh!”
- Thursday, August 23, 2007
- Eating At Shabu Shabu
Today our landlady treated us to an all you can eat buffet at Shabu Shabu for lunch. It was very delicious. すごく おいし です よ～
