Saturday, January 6, 2007
Fun with your remote controlled eep!
http://bento.com/tokyofood.html
So check this out will ya? If you see something special, comment and I'll check it out!
So check this out will ya? If you see something special, comment and I'll check it out!
I love Japanglish.
Today's fun English misuse:
1. From a curry packet- "For those of you who have always wanted to eat a curry master."
2. A brand of shredded cheese- "Characteristics of Cheese."
NOTE: I hope this is a bungling of English, and not an implied warning about the authenticity of the product.
1. From a curry packet- "For those of you who have always wanted to eat a curry master."
2. A brand of shredded cheese- "Characteristics of Cheese."
NOTE: I hope this is a bungling of English, and not an implied warning about the authenticity of the product.
monoculture nightmare
So I went to MacDonald's tonight. I had their Double Cheeseburger, known to them as a Double Cheese. And yes, I had it with a "Set," or what we'd call fries and a soft drink. Let's compare burgers shall we? Last night, I went to Mon for a burger. The meat tasted different. The cheese was sorta alien. And they used a bread like substance for a bun, rather than a bun like substance. So what about Nihon no MacDonald's v. US MacDonald's? You guessed it. Exactly the same. No difference. At all. Same fake cheese. Same fake meat. Same as I had in Germany. It both raises and answers a lot of questions at the same time.
Technical difficulties....
Ok. This is irksome. Blogspot, for one reason or another, has all of its options in Japanese and won't go back to english. So I apologize if there are certain delays.
I'm settled into my house now. I like it here. So far there are 3 other people living here. Fabian, a German dude. Hana and Hyum, two Korean girls who don't speak English, but are fantastic at Japanese.
So what have I been doing for the last 24 hours? Well, as I mentioned, I've got a slight cold, so I'm taking it easy. Yesterday, after I finally dragged my stuff in, showered up, and got changed, I went out and explored the main street (I think!) in my area. That's the thing I've noticed about Tokyo...it's very mazelike. Lots of roads, placed where you couldn't imagine. And the system used for numbering them/naming them isn't the same as ours. I think I'm kinda getting the hang of it, however, I can see why people always draw maps/write in relation to landmarks.
Today, I slept in late. I needed it. I slacked off for a couple hours online, talking to Kat online ( :) YAY!). Finally, I used the little map Fabian drew for me and headed out to to Lawson, a 100Yen Store! So before I entered, I was thinking it would be like the $1 stores here in the US. You know, good for buying crappy household items. Well, Lawson seemed a little different. In addition to the crappy household items, they had food, including some name brand things that I've seen elsewhere for more money ::sips his vitamin water to demonstrate::. I spent about 19 yen and got a whole load of interesting things. Yes, some more pretz (I love the pretz), some food stuffs, some tissues, some vitamin water which I am horribly addicted too...some butter... Oh yes. And bread. I small half loaf sized bread thing, filled with HUGE and THICK fluffy slices. It reminds me of the thick toast I used to get at I's Cafe (I miss). Fabian says they are 24 hours too. Yatta!
Speaking of food, I'm going to break my normal policy, and go to follow Pei's advice and check out a Mcdonald's. Hey hey! Don't shoot. You know I normally don't like McDonald's...however, this is one of those wacky chances to see the differences/their interpretation of our foods. Also on my list, I want to find a German place. I made a promise those many years ago that I'd be having bratwurst in Japan. Zod dammit, I will!
I'm settled into my house now. I like it here. So far there are 3 other people living here. Fabian, a German dude. Hana and Hyum, two Korean girls who don't speak English, but are fantastic at Japanese.
So what have I been doing for the last 24 hours? Well, as I mentioned, I've got a slight cold, so I'm taking it easy. Yesterday, after I finally dragged my stuff in, showered up, and got changed, I went out and explored the main street (I think!) in my area. That's the thing I've noticed about Tokyo...it's very mazelike. Lots of roads, placed where you couldn't imagine. And the system used for numbering them/naming them isn't the same as ours. I think I'm kinda getting the hang of it, however, I can see why people always draw maps/write in relation to landmarks.
Today, I slept in late. I needed it. I slacked off for a couple hours online, talking to Kat online ( :) YAY!). Finally, I used the little map Fabian drew for me and headed out to to Lawson, a 100Yen Store! So before I entered, I was thinking it would be like the $1 stores here in the US. You know, good for buying crappy household items. Well, Lawson seemed a little different. In addition to the crappy household items, they had food, including some name brand things that I've seen elsewhere for more money ::sips his vitamin water to demonstrate::. I spent about 19 yen and got a whole load of interesting things. Yes, some more pretz (I love the pretz), some food stuffs, some tissues, some vitamin water which I am horribly addicted too...some butter... Oh yes. And bread. I small half loaf sized bread thing, filled with HUGE and THICK fluffy slices. It reminds me of the thick toast I used to get at I's Cafe (I miss). Fabian says they are 24 hours too. Yatta!
Speaking of food, I'm going to break my normal policy, and go to follow Pei's advice and check out a Mcdonald's. Hey hey! Don't shoot. You know I normally don't like McDonald's...however, this is one of those wacky chances to see the differences/their interpretation of our foods. Also on my list, I want to find a German place. I made a promise those many years ago that I'd be having bratwurst in Japan. Zod dammit, I will!
Thursday, January 4, 2007
Fun with hostels.
ahh...hostels. nothing like waking up and seeing some old, fat, and above all...naked, european dude in the bed on the other side of the room. get the eyebleach.
I slept rather well though. The bed was larger than my bed at home. Combined with my exhaustion, it made for a good night's rest. I don't have to check out for another 3 hours, so I'm going to go explore asakusa a bit with my camera.
Tokyo night 1
So, I made it here safe and sound. Long ass 12 hour flight. Not too bad. Saw Little Miss Sunshine and The Davinci Code. The second was a sleeper. The first was pretty good. As a sad side note, my eepmachine is on the fritz. So no photos for a while.
It doesn't seem like a real country yet. It seems more like a Japan themed amusement park, with everyone in on playing their respective role to the innocent lost gaijin. Then again, maybe they just want to simply minimize sources of disharmony.
Ugh...my nose is runny. I'm exhausted. I'm going to run to the AM/PM convenience store and I'm going to pick up some tissues.
It doesn't seem like a real country yet. It seems more like a Japan themed amusement park, with everyone in on playing their respective role to the innocent lost gaijin. Then again, maybe they just want to simply minimize sources of disharmony.
Ugh...my nose is runny. I'm exhausted. I'm going to run to the AM/PM convenience store and I'm going to pick up some tissues.
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