High School Girl KimchiI LOL when people treat Kimchi like you eat it only. It's a garnish. You eat it alongside rice and other heartier foods to balance out the taste. You see it as a side dish on everything from ramen to udon to just normal rice-in-a-bowl meal. It's funn...
Education in JapanI've been spanked on my butt, and worse, had hands hit with a ruler. Oldschool!
Even the odd pushups, holding bucket, etc.
Kids these days are just way too spoiled. Slapping in the face seems a bit direct, but sometimes kids needs a good talking to...
Anime ToysThese types of stories are inspirational for me because I'm at the bottom of the barrel. I never truly enjoyed my childhood and things never really went as they should have and the same could be said for my adulthood. I can't remember the last time I...
YukataI know this will sound rather crazy, but would wearing one be considered homosexual for a straight guy? Because I think it'll be fun to wear one for fun. Like in a fun cosplay event.
Tokyo StabbingsI would normally say where I live in the suburbs is safe, but I can't.
Just months ago, I had to fend off against a daytime house invader/robber with my kitchen knives. I'm feeling pretty lonely, scared and paranoid ever since. And thanks to that, I...
Macross VS Geass VS GundamI would say 00, but that show is only on its halfway point and every little revelation was amazing and fun to watch. Same goes for Geass too, though in a more spectacular political fashion.
Macross is the most straightforward of them all, but it sti...
HamburgWow. More than 50% have been there? Are you guys rich or what? I wish I can travel but it's prohibitively expensive. The budget-hit would literally kill me.
Smoking Ban in JapanI HATE smoking. Hate the smell, hate the taste from second hand smoking, hate the headaches I get, hate the nosebleed from my body reacting to it, hate the posers who smoke it to look cool or fooling themselves into thinking it actually can calm you...
Tokyo Train AccidentAs for any traumatic injuries/accidents, I came close to death by jellyfish attack when I was young and also by a major asthma attack. Had to be hospitalized for both like in some drama.
As for the whole 'why do they bother others?' thing, I think y...
Asobit CityDanny, Potemayo truly is awesome. Granted, it's not for everyone but its minimalistic and cutting comedy is just so unique.
I REALLY want to buy that Potemayo plushie. The best one of the lot IMO.
Japanese School GirlsI have to disagree a bit here Danny. I know a lot of girls (actually, almost all my childhood friends were girls) and I remember some of them wearing school uniforms with short skirt in the winter.
They compensate. They don't just sit back and just...
Japanese SouvenirsUnfortunately, my family is not big on gifts or souvenirs. I would not expect to return the favor too.
I might buy a few traditional items, but nobody would respect my buying choices when I do. So I typically buy them for myself. No need to worry ab...
Japan Online GamingI can definitely say that the 360 is the premium online platform for me, even a bit over my PC nowadays. Like some have said, that's what happens when your entire platform is based on going online.
Though the wireless router for the 360 was pretty e...
Japan Online GamingJapanese gamers are hopelessly backwards in terms on online gaming.
Everybody else in the world is going online, Japan is going back offline. Such a shame. To think that Japan is thinking BACKWARDS in terms of gaming.
A Week in AkihabaraI can get a dozen doujins for the price of one decent figure... So doujin for me.
And Kodomo no Jikan poster? Why does that thing sell so well? ugh
The Sarah Connor ChroniclesI liked T3 though it did veer off a bit from the first two movies.
I thought Terminator TV show was great fun too. Definitely good fill-in for Heroes.
Living with illnessI used to be bone skinny, then close to 300 pounds and now I'm back to a very fit 200 pounds. I used to have eating problems and lack of exercise problems, but not anymore.
I had asthma (and still do) but I can do intense exercise as long as I am in...
MacBook AirWhat an oversized piece of crap, pardon my expression.
I mean, it doesn't even have the requisite DVD slots or even the HD-DVD/Bluray of the most modern PC laptops, and 1.8GHZ is just laughable. I love their OS's, I hate everything else about it.
A...
Macross Frontier"@shippoyasha: I think the main gripe ppl had about zero was not that it didn't fit into the timeline well, but simply that it lacked alot of things which macross was known for. There was little character interaction and no Love triangle. It did the...
Macross FrontierI really loved Macross Zero. I can understand the qualm that it doesn't connect too directly with the original story, but neither was Macross Plus. I don't understand how far people take that gripe and say it is the low standard of the series. I'll n...
Whaling in JapanK.Kato, you can't possibly trust all government officials without question. They ALWAYS have things to hide.
Also, we're not talking about legal whaling here (unless Japanese government has a conspiracy to run it). It's the illegal poachers that are...
Whaling in Japan"These create MORE killing/negative impact than 'direct' poaching..."
Not true with whaling efforts due to how precise that effort is. Also, I don't think it's racist when I'm of Japanese descent all the same. I agree that other nationals who engage...
Whaling in Japan"My reason being that whales are more likely to be detrimental rather than beneficial due to the amount of fishes they eat everyday, which I don't know exactly how many but I believe they've gotta be eating a lot, tonnes of fishes."
That has to be o...
Whaling in Japan"Willful sabotage of sea vessels, even if the purpose is to stop whales from being hunted to extinction, isn't anymore different than releasing sarin gas in Tokyo subways."
Killing innocents and sabotaging boats can't be a good analogy... Also, inte...
Whaling in JapanBulat, the Japanese government, no less its fishing industry has shady practices. Let's not be Japanophiles about a real issue that everybody knows about.
Also, it's a fact that all the hunted, large class whales are endangered. It's typically the s...
Whaling in JapanWell, if anything, it's more infuriating for companies that actually run whaling operations to ignore all types of criticism or even attempt at open communication.
We really shouldn't be angry at protesters here, no matter how flamboyant. The big co...
