I'd like to hear more about your every-day life - behind the scenes at the Culture Japan production, etc. We've seen you do photo-blogs about your trips around the country but how about something closer to home? When you get up in the morning, what d...
Canada has a local variation we call Canadian-Chinese. It evolved from the immigrant cooks preparing simple meals for rail workers, etc. Now you can find a "Canadian-Chinese" restaurant in the smallest of towns. Even my own family ran one of these fo...
Around these parts (Canada) the butcher section at Costco tends to keep nicer meat in stock than most of the local big-box grocers. How is the meat in Japanese Costco warehouses?
Guess what arrived in the mail today?! :) Hmm... softer than I expected. Hope it's durable. And... oh... er... what's with the non-Cospa-standard size? It's a full 10cm longer than my other cover (which was already barely the correct length to fit my...
It's a big country but at least in my neck of the woods (eastern portion of Canada) surgical masks in public never took off. I got some during the SARS incident because my fellow Asians convinced me I needed them but I wound up never wearing them. An...
I can easily imagine some of the anime licensed CCG's making a tidy profit in these parts. But the catch is they'd have a hard time toppling the legendary Magic:The Gathering. After many years, I even started a club in my office for Magic and we've h...
Danny, you are able to fit in an S size? And we're talking about Japanese-standard S? Wow, I must be a giant compared to you... I find Japanese L to be rather close-fitting.
Canada is a rather large country... in smaller cities it's not uncommon to see careless individuals leaving their bags unattended but in larger cities you're just asking for a bag of poo. A friend came back from touring France recently and tells me y...
Am I the only one wondering the obvious? If it's a UK court that has decided something is morally objectionable, why is it that the source, a Japanese company blocking the international audience? Wouldn't it make more sense for the UK to filter conte...
Yup, I was going to post the exact same (but there're so many comments I thought I should take a look first). I think coming out and saying what does and does not help humanity is rather short-sighted. And somebody in another comment also said: naive...
Thanks for clearing that up for me - I've always wondered because I've heard that in the US, you can't carry a CONCEALED weapon, so I always wondered if you could carry one openly. The funny thing is, the "right to bear arms" is a law that came about...
That's right, I've been witness to a BB-gun related accident and the guy had to go to the hospital to have the pellet removed. It went so deep into his arm that it almost broke the bone. And that was just one pump of a pump-action BB-gun, but it was...
I'm Canadian and the very few experiences I have had handling US currency... yes, I find it actually SMELLS bad! It seems like the life cycle of currency is VERY long resulting in a lot of grimy dirty bills. A tip for you younger DC members: get a cr...
Spider-Man is the odd man out: he's the only guy with super-human powers. The others are 1 really smart dude and all-around good fighter, 1 ninja, and one guy in a super-suit! :D
Wouldn't be the first time I would wear an outlandish bulky and overpriced time-piece... I wore an Oakley Detonator for several years (still have it but just got bored of it). This watch is just a tad too colourful... Perhaps if it were one of the pr...
A) I eat at the computer too often (because my current primary is a notebook; it's also positioned at a kitchen table so that I also have a view of the television in the next room). :) B) I'm not a big fan of hand-roll - I find the proportion of seaw...
Fear not - don't let the video mislead you. It's important to understand that despite the fact that information is indeed increasing, it simply means the information you study will not cover as much new information is being generated. That is: you wi...
My folks used to buy Nissin Cup Noodles by the case (because often my brother and I would arrive home at different hours and it was perfect for instant dinner). But I haven't had one in years. This machine is awesome - I hope there's also an indicato...
it's a lot of luck of the draw with the customs agent who takes your package into the country. I've had been relatively lucky and haven't been taxed nearly as often as I should. A lot of times it was a shipper from Hong Kong who'd mark "gift" and som...
never received any except those generic valentine's greetings that EVERYONE in your class received. Sent a few love letters (and been laughed at in return) later in life.
