A Week in Tokyo 23

Hmmm. First post? or not? xD
I just started collecting figures this year so I can't gauge it for now, but I dream that I could get a figure every week to spice up my life. xD

You sure have a busy but entertaining life. I see your figures like to eat with you all the time. lol.

I have only one figure that i bought last year. But just this moth i ordered 2 new figures to my collection.

Guess i'm spending much time here XD

I get new figure prob in a month, If I see something good I buy them, sometimes it takes a month for a good figure to appear D:

The roadblocks here in Vancouver BC take forever =.= making traffic slow as hell..

Mm Raw and Half boiled eggs, I do like them!
Yeah Roadworks in the US are horrible....shits can last forever. And we dont get people with mini lightsabers to entertain us when we are pissed off with the road.

Name that station .... looks like Ebisu but really not so sure.

Oooh. Wonder what the TV deal is about.

Ahhh I see my face! *shy away* haha! :)

Ahh That's the Kano figure I was waiting for! Seen it's pix on the oneline some time back in April. I love the pose. Especially da view from da top. :D

can't wait to see you on tv.... again. ^^

man the last time i collected figures was years ago. ill probly start once i get my own place or move 2 japan, where it should be easier.

The rice burger looks pretty good! How easy is it to hold though?

I'm a poor guy that doesn't have any money for figures....I need a job. But If I don't graduate there is no job. Mehh...Study instead I must. The only figures I actually have that could count as them is a huge gundam wing toy and some figures I won from a contest from a game called Manga Fighter. My life long dream is to have a Kosmos V4 figure. I may never realize that dream. But that is the figure that has left me in awe since the first time I saw it on the internet.

it WAS every few years but now I am spoiling myself rotten with a PG gundam every year at Christmas time =). FANTASTIC to see you are doing great- this inspires me.

It's a shame, I can eat almost ANYTHING, I love food, especially Japanese food, but raw egg is one thing that I have never been able to staand the taste of, Suppose that when I finally make it over there, I'm going to need to either learn to like raw egg, or just skip raw egg meals all together, looks like Danny does a good deal of raw egg eating.

WAIT WAIT WAIT!!!!
You're gonna be on Lily Allen and Friends? OMG, it's gonna be a battle between the cockney dialects XD
Think you could do me a favour and get me Lily's signature?*puppy eyes*

Wow. Busy life indeed. Oh and I'm sorry. I need my eggs done.

As for figures, I think I mentioned this already, but I get 3 or 4 figurines a year. So, I get a figure every few months. I have to start being careful though. I don't have a lot of room left to work with.

easy on the fast food... that stuff is horrible for ya.. you'll be sick again before ya know it! Take more care of yourself.. and give yourself some time off every now and again.. go enjoy life.. and the wife!

I went to HK awhile back and over did it with the figure buying. Seeing the prices there compared to the prices you see here in Canada gave me a case of the crazies. I am now exercizing a lot of self-discipline...

And road repairs here in Toronto can last for over half a year to a year. Traffic suffers. It could be because everyone here is laid back and have no pressure to work harder than they need to.

Once every year, because I only buy them at events.
Though this year I bought figures 3 times already, at 3 different events...

Waiting to see Danny musings on video! :D

now i reaaaaally want some eggs. and kanu. :P

i sometimes have problems buying shoes as well. not because stores don't have my size, it's because US9,10 are common sizes and they are sold out fast.

road works here can goes for a few days to weeks. but they get the job done well.

i'm buying lesser figures now as most of my money now goes to the armour/accessories and photographic equipments.

"Roadworks go on forever in your region or come and go swiftly?"
Nah, they take forever to complete. And the quality of the work sucks. It seems that the planning stage is the weak spot.

Still waiting for my kanu unchou figma. Most often than not, I get a bunch of figs every 3 or 4 weeks. most of them are pre-orders.

Looking forward to your video. Looks like you had a busy week, Danny. :)

Hmm macdees? is that for Macdonalds or for the melon pun and etc puns?

Haven't bought any figurines since my last trip to japan... tempted now to get some figmas...

Interesting week, I wonder what type of film it is...

There's alot of eggs in today's post, you're making me hungry now...

No problems for me when getting shoes, since I'm pretty small build and the road works here are pretty quick I think...

How exciting! I want to know what's going on with the filming and plans. >.<
The McDonalds closest to my home is usually rowdy and noisy. Come to think of it, I haven't eaten inside there for a long time.

looking forward to your next media appearance, could you at least tell us what language it will be in?
about the question, I use to get gundams and/or figures every weekend. these few weeks however has been really slow. probably every two to three weeks.
btw might I ask whose cheerleader body is Nendroid Mikuru using?

Around here they keep lines of cones and signs in place for months after the roadworks are actually finished.
The only problem here is finding decent shoes because I don't like trainers... loads of cheap ugly rubbish but good shoes are as hard to find as good women.
I was told there is a risk of salmonella from raw eggs.
I buy figures whenever I can, which is not often - I do know a good dealer but he relies on US import!
The stuffed dog looks like Menchi from Excel Saga (anyone remember that??)

Danny, do you ever have healthy meals? It seems like you're eating a lot of eggs, which is good for protein but high in cholesterol (you would probably know this already).

hmmm road works here? I'll let this picture do the talkin :P
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3104/2530642040_ce865719d5.jpg

I like eggs but can't have them raw ;_; will have to run to the toilet :P
and was told by hubs' sis who's a nurse not to take too much eggs as we get older ^^;

Ah what a wonderful life. You seem up to your neck in work but you are clearly enjoying every bit of it.

and iPhone for less than 3,000yen a month? Is that with unlimited data too? Damn that is a deal. That's even cheaper than a 5 year old family plan that I have and isn't being offered anymore for $55/month -_-

Danny, when I was in Japan, I noticed that a lot of kids actually did their studying in a McDonald's. I saw a couple of people leisurely sipping a soda and reading a book. Is that usual for Japan? Is McD the new think place?

I try to buy a few figures a month, a mix of maybe one "statue" and some trading figures or action figures.
I totally agree with this, the roadworks over here in the UK take the piss, but thats mainly due to the fact that construction workers over here, especially in London, are so damn lazy. I remember by my house they were doing "roadworks". Took two months and when it was over we realized all they were doing was refurbishing some of the pavement.

half boiled egg everywhere... melon pans... Japan sure loves what is very round, soft and smooth ^^;

congrats on your ascension to the tubes! it is a cable tv channel i hope?
i have been itching to ask, why are you always either in black or trooper wear?
i mean, you gotta have some other clothes in your wardrobe don't you?

Yo Danny, think how much trouble I'd have in Japan (reference to shoe size). I'm a size 13!
Also, many grats on the tv spots, and the sheer number of figures!

Wow, quite some happenings this week, eh Danny? Can't wait to hear what it was all about.
Roadworks over here are terrible too: they last forever, you never see anything going on, and when you think they've finished after closing up the street again, they start breaking it up again the week after...

Damn! I shouldn't have read this so close to bed time. Now I'm hungry... >.<

Wow very exciting stuff coming up, can't wait to hear it.
I don't buy figures but I might if I saw some I recognized.

Also, I'm not a big egg fan and I eat them well cooked when I do.

That's quite a full plate you got there Danny...taking over the world one day at a time...as for figures I usually look around until there's a figure that I feel I absolutely must have and fits my budget before purchasing...so that's usually waiting til local stores have it or the Anime Expo once a year...

Hmm, new figures come for me as figmas are released that i did pre-order, which is pretty much of the next releases except this panda mascot blue something. ~.~

Eggs are okay... i used to have a pizza delivery service which had a "vulcano" pizza in their menu, looks just like yours but the egg was opened, half cooked only tho, was yummy, ordered lots of times.
Though i prefer eggs well done in a salad. :)

Shoes mhh... shoess.... shoooeeessssss.... i need to go shopping. :D

Half-boiled egg on each of your food menu this week ^^;
As usual & always, can't wait to see you on media again ;-)
All the best ^_^

Those food images sure gives a boost when it comes close to meal times

Usually 1-2 f year is my limit. For Japan 50$ for a figure may be fine, but here, in Russia, 50$ is worth 2 weeks of food. My salary is 300$ (It's ok here, don't laugh), so i can't really help it. I Reallt would like at least 1 a month. Not gonna happen in a visible future, though XD.

Doh, I could of went to that readers' meeting... I guess next time, I'll be sure to contact Danny instead of hoping for chance meeting at Akihabara or something >_<

I'll be sure to check out TV program when it comes out!

SUPER GRATZ on the milestones. I love milestones, especially when you reach it and you know it's from your hard work.

this is totally an eggy week; my mum told me not to eat more than 2 eggs a day and I still find having a half boiled egg in the center of a pizza funny ^^; even before thinking I already say Shana when I saw that melon pan~

I think I get my figures on a monthly basis but there are times when they all suddenly came flying together. I already held back gettin a few now, I need to save $$ for a DSLR!! ;_;

I had scrambled eggs for breakfast this morning, egg on a pizza is still on my list of things to eat :D

Titans Gather My Friends, Shall we Assail Olympus?

I am looking forward to your TV thing Danny! Sounds like a real blast.

instead collecting figure/gunpla...i hope got master of sculpting that can teach me to sculpt my own character. >.<

Raw egg you say? Quite interesting to me. I've always tried to stick to all my food, except the times I get sushi, to be cooked in hopes of not getting food poisoning again. I'll never forget the time I was food poisoned because I did not cook my omlet all the way through and had to miss track practice for nearly two weeks. It was very bad to say the least and I got behind in my training.

I rarely buy figures ^^; so i voted "few months", since its mostly that i buy something when i got money for it (and there is a lot of figures i want ^^; ) too bad that almost all PVC figures are way out of my price range ;_; so its mostly figma/trading figures i can buy....Uguu
and the TV thingy will be funny to see :3

i only collect mostly Final Fantasy line and Gundam. Others still considering if i had enough money to hoot them.

I try to restrict myself to getting not more than 1 or 2 figures per month. Money is not a big problem for me, but imposing reasonable limits looks like a good thing to me ^.^

Lol, even there are good looking food menus between the photos, you eat so much junk food, Danny ... definitly more than i do. O_O
But i like the pictures from you, every where Mikuru is positioned, she looks so great next to the menus ^_^
Mh ... Battery change after 3 years ?! How come ? Are you driving so much and short ways, that the battery had already malfunctions ? I had a battery, which have run about 14 years, before i had to change it.

About the question, i don't get figures every week, but when i get some, it's a huge package with 5 to 8 figures in it (or more, when there are petit nendoroids in it). That's because i let them put aside and save them, until there are more then 3 to 4 figures saved. But from the amount of pre-ordered figures, i could say i get every week figures ^_^

He,he! Good luck on your filming Danny!
I too have major difficulties in getting the right shoe size here in the Philippines! Some of the sales ladies I talk to tease me that I should really go for custom made shoes!

I only get a figure every so many months. Don't really have room or budget for more so I get those I like the most only. (Plus such moderation makes me enjoy the ones I do have, don't want them to be lost in a swarm so to speak.)

My shoe size is 7 to 7,1/2 so I have to be lucky to still find the small sizes for shoes... >_<

Road construction sites are better flagged these days over here. They heightened the visibility and alerting boards/lights since we had quite a few lethal accidents when trucks or cars would drive full speed into cars standing still due to road construction. Though alas it still does happen...

A busy week is busy XDDD

I hope one of these days we can get to meet each other Danny =3

Is there an English Subbed Version of your TV Appearnce planned?Or will only the Japanese Understanding members get some Danny Goodness?

I dont have any problems regarding shoes since i have pretty small feet for a guy: US 8.5

Hmmm.....Eggs...I dont really like them.If i eat eggs then very well done and only the eggwhite.Im not lookig forward to Easter^^

MY Figures come in batches...there are months where i dont get one figure and there are months where a whole armada arrives.Ive got alot figures on PreOrder this fall.Cant wait that they arrive

Sounds interesting~! Waiting to see the broadcast soon :D i think i just saw Mikuru Uncho somewhere... xD

I wonder whats that filming about too.
A documentary on people working in Japan or something?

Yup, I did think of Shana when I saw that pic.
Wow. McBakery..we don't have that here..I think.

I'm more of a gunpla guy.
Recently I seem to be getting gunpla monthly.
Somehow theres the temptation...

Wow, looks like I'll have to get people to send me shoes from abroad ^_^' Depending on what type shoes are around I've had sizes 11-12, and 13's a couple of times if I remember correctly...

The pizza and rice burger look really nice I can imagine the rice burger being joyfully messy. Also I always eat my eggs half done, they taste the best that way.

Oh and don't get me started on roadworks. I see you remembered very well the quality of roadworks here in england Danny <_<

Seems like you got quite a busy weekend Danny. Looking forward to the videos. Regarding the questions you asked: I like eggs but only fully boiled. I dont like the squishy type of egg white and yolk in the half boiled eggs. Me got small feet, so no problem of shoe sizes. ANd figures come on monthly basis or sometimes every two weeks. That reminds me of the decreasing space to keep them O^O.

in italy they write when roadworks will be finished. The problem is that when that day come the road works are not finished...so they change the date on the toad sign...

Nice figures and sightseeing places and some film documentary..What are filming of anyway?

I don't have any figures....yet. Once I have the extra cash I will definitely buy one though and start collecting. ^_^

Nice pics and nice week Danny ^^

I thought Shana... and I haven't even watched it.....lol
And so many half-boiled eggs, I dunno why, but they look a little yucky... hardboiled or fried or scrambled etc are fine... but... is it not slimey??

And normally I get figures every few months.... its just since I got my debit card i've been going crazy... it will stop...

We have a joke in this town that there are only two seasons. Winter and road construction, so it goes without saying that road works happen almost through out the year. I usually get a new figure at least every few months, sometimes more a less in between depending on the release date of them, or if an older one comes available somewhere.

I always figured if I ever lived in Japan I would have to come back to the States once a year for clothes shopping. 'Cause at 6'4" and a size 16 US shoe I doubt there is any place in Japan were I could find clothes or shoes that would fit. Heck I have trouble finding clothes and shoes where I live and either end up ordering thou a catalog or travel to a major city to shop.

I need a burger mold/press and then I am planning on making a rice burger myself (although I miss Mos burger either way T_T)

I average around one shipment every 2 weeks since May (which is around the time I started collecting figures). Each shipment include 2-3 figures or one gundam kit.

Congrats on your recent achievement and the latest media coverage Danny!
I feel so hungry watching your food pic cause I also love half-boiled and raw eggs, and Mos burger is my favorite burger besides BK.
I'd be happy to have new figures arrive every week, sadly I can only afford one in few months or so T_T

Sticking coke in the coke perhaps? ^^; Well they do rape the rainforests for their beef farms, perhaps they found some indigenous plant as an additive that makes you lucid. But most likely just something cooked up in a lab like the additive that they throw in there to make their food addictive.

Getting famous there Danny. Go and spread the power of the otaku!!!!

なんとなくおっぱいを食べたい感じが入れた。＾＾；

lol if you had a hard time finding shoes then i would be screwed... im shoe size 11-12.5 UK.

Eggs!! they're everywhere.. =[]="""

I'm almost ashamed to say this, but also excited...

I saw my first proper figure close up in the flesh today and boy did it start a fire in my little heart, I need some figures ASAP!!!! >_<

Also, I'm always worried about my eggs having things wrong with them so Im not sure I would try it raw but I live scrambled, poached, fried and boiled. I'd love to have a chicken.....

Roadworks in my country? Well the roads here are always under construction and those that aren't are so broken down and have so many potholes they might as well not be roads

Heh, I probably got into figures from visiting this site so often. I tend to buy them when my financial radar goes in that direction. Roadworks here aren't so bad. There is never a set time when they are going to finish though. *sigh* Man, I need to get a camera so I can jump on the Danny Choo bandwagon! ^^

I can only afford a new figure every once in a while. Though I do have 3 new ones coming next month some time.

wow. If you're meeting Kaho I hope you'll say hi for me. lol. I am one of her biggest fan! And to think I first saw her here. heheheh. I'll be really envious if you get to meet her. :)

For now I can only dream of the day I get to meet her. XD

I remember my first real figure (as in not cold-cast, not gashapon or shokugan) was a bust-type of Saya and Haji from Blood+. It was like $50 or so and I thought that was sorta outrageous but I loved the series a lot. Now I know that $50 is like base price for that kinda stuff. I know PVC figures were around before like 2005 or 2006 when I acquired her, but I look back at like pre-2004 figures and a lot of them look really hideous by today's standards. They must've implemented crazy new production methods or at the very least better sculptors since then. But the latter probably isn't true, because I used to see garage kits in magazines in like the 90's that were pure awesome.

I could have gone to that meeting on Tuesday with Adun...
Sadly my plane left on Monday...
I hope you enjoyed my gift I got you Danny!!!!!!! I think Adun gave it to you...

I really dislike the raw/half raw egg. I really wish they'd cook it ;_; sometimes its not bad if i can really mix it up in the dish and not notice it.

I've tried to drink raw egg like twice... It was one of the worse feeling and taste ever, but I forced it down anyway.
I do enjoy half cooked eggs(soft-boiled) where the yolk still leaks out.
There are plenty of figures which I want, but I am able to control myself and choose only the few which I REALLY want. So I get a figure like once every 2-3 months. May get a few more under special circumstances.
I've never heard or seen a rice burger before. Looks like it will all fall apart as soon as you bite in to it.
I would love to be able to meet up with you Danny when I visit Tokyo at the end of the year.

katsudon with the egg still raw is the best. Tsukimi soba/udon is pretty good too :D. But man, your room looks kinda hot with all those lights and filming XD. I can't wait to see your feature

wow lots of eggs... yes, the first thing i thot of when i saw the melon-pan was shana, i bought one from a local japanese store but i have a feeling that it wasnt a good one bc it was sorta mushy and sticky and stuff, didnt shana say its like a cookie-ish outside with a soft inside...?

gratz on the big news coverage thingy? not really sure how to say it but i know its something big and important so.. gratz

and in my town, they have been working on the same street for almost what...? like 3 months now? reduced two way traffic to one and made the street a maze of traffic cones that zig zag back and forth between the two lanes and a connected parking lot...

^^ very excited about these new developments with filming and such. わくわく！　Can't wait :D

Roadworks are awful here. They bring traffic to a near standstill for days on end, since the people that do them aren't payed well/don't know what the hell they're doing. Very annoying =/

Danny Choo, media celeb? If you weren't kidding about your folks not knowing about your figure collecting or your site, it looks like you will be outted sooner or later.
Good to see you still meet up with readers now and then. Don't forget the little people...

Oh Danny, you and your black clothes. What's up with the half-boiled eggs on everything you ate? Well, last time I went to Japan, I had a fair amount of raw/half-cooked eggs. I don't really mind the taste or texture, quite frankly, I think they're pretty good.
Man, every single "A Week in Tokyo" entry leaves my mouth watering. Everything in Japan just looks so delicious!!! I can't wait til I go back next time. :D

"Its the half boiled egg on Pizza time again." Where are you getting it Danny? It sounds pretty darn tasty.

Another interesting week in Tokyo! I love your articles, Danny, feels like we live in Japan ^-^
I look forward to seeing the interview once it's out.
Definitely thought of Shana in that pic, as any Melon bread would allow me to think, really.
I'm surprised to read that you buy 'sneakers' overseas, aren't they more expensive? Also nice to read that you make time to relax and meet a few members.
I quite like soft-boiled eggs, they're not too bad.

Wow, if it's difficult for you to find shoes at size 10 then I'm in trouble. Do they even do size 12s in that shop? ^^

Unfortunately, financially, I can only really afford a fig, if I'm lucky, once every great while. And even then, I gotta be picky since I'm also limited in space :( I think the first one I got was Max Factory's Meg from Burst Angel (The one with her large hand cannon)

Wow danny youre growing more and more famous !!
And thanks alot for all of youre Live Japan posts, it's damn interesting to see how it is in Japan !!

Is it too much if i would ask Danny an autograph ? (*v*)

Er, constantly purchasing at least one figure/toy a week. Impulse buying at it's worst.

If there would be a Holy Empire of Otaku, Danny would be the emperor.
"Yes, your highness!" =)

Road constructions go really slow in Canada since people here are somewhat laid back so it can take months. It's not just road construction, any kind of constructions or maintenance basically.

I get new figures every month depending on my budget ^^ and I can eat any type of eggs (raw, boiled, scrambled, half-done, etc).

Are those desktop icons that I saw on your macs ? there are so many of them and they fill up your entire screen ^^;;

I see the Japanese love their eggs. :D I prefer them cooked, but I'll eat just about anything that looks tasty as long as you don't tell me beforehand what it is.

I LOLed at the 4th pic... somehow when I didn't look it good enough I first thought you had Mirai-marked groins of the man on the right, was wondering what the reason for that. After second look I noticed it was the camera that had been marked :)

Looking forward what you filmed there :)

okonomiyaki *o*~

wow egg in the diet every day...not my thing since I have a tendency to get fat *dietdietdietdietvegetablefreak* but they say the raw eggs help in longevity. I've heard stories of very old women who do it religiously :P

is excited to see tv coverage :)

ahhhh!!! The one in the pictures is you Danny?¿?¿
First time (at least for me) in seeing you.. (without the storm trooper mask too!!)

That was a melon pan right? I have to eat them!!
There is not second hand stuff around... You have to go 1 hour by car.
Hey, I had dinner at that restaurant! But i like boiled eggs.

seem like japan folk like half boiled/raw eggs a lot.
for me student, eating instant noodle with half boiled eggs (put noodle, raw egg in a bowl then pour water in, waiting for 1-2 min) is a daily menu (saving money for one day to buy a figure from japan)

I've been getting a new figures (about 4) every month now... but I have to slow down as I'm running out of space (I'm thinking of selling a few of them that i have bought on impulse).

I like the manga version of Ronald...lol

1) I don't eat eggs anymore, but when I did I usually enjoyed them well done.
2) Road work takes longer than forever here in Georgia.
3) Sadly I don't own any figures, but I want to start collecting soon.

Eggs travel a long distance around here, and I have some concerns about the cleanliness of facilities and shops I get them in, so I won't eat them in any other way than fully-cooked. If I were in a place where I could guarantee the quality, I might have a different position.

As for roadwork, we have a joke in Canada that we have two seasons, Winter and Roadwork. The temperature extremes lead to the roads heaving, and that means lots and lots of repairs needed. At the moment, my city is experiencing a building boom, so we get more roadwork as more roads and train tracks are needed to cope with the population increase.

As for the filming, I'm looking forward to those newsclips!

It was certainly a great honor to meet you Danny and I hope I can meet you again sometime this trip. Also I need a copy of that group photo so if you could send that to me that would be great.

I buy the majority of my shoes when I go to Japan (I have a small collection, mainly Nikes). I am a U.S. size 10 (28cm) and I find that ABC Mart http://www.abc-mart.com/index.html generally always stock up to my size or a 28.5cm (which I believe is a U.K. size 10 according to this conversion chart: http://www.i18nguy.com/l10n/shoes.html). Sports Depot http://www.sportsdepot.com/footwear.html usually have bigger sizes too. I find both of these places to be considerably cheaper than buying locally and they will often have the shoes I want months before they are available locally. Maybe you could try one of those places Danny? I also find that shoe stores I've visited in Tokyo tend to stock larger sizes (up to US size 11 or 12!) than in more regional places like Kanazawa, where I spend the majority of my time when in Japan. :)
Roadworks go on forever and ever and ever. The route I take to work every day is undergoing a major five year upgrade at cost of AUD $1.88 Billion. We are one year in and the traffic is even worse than before. http://gup.com.au/asp/index.asp My commute should take 40-50 minutes each way but regularly takes 1.5 - 2hrs :(
I was very sceptical about uncooked eggs to begin with but I love it now. My favourite is using it as a dipping sauce for things like Sukiyaki.
Mos Burger is great! I love their spicy burgers.
Eneos battery... my mother in law works for Eneos. I have a couple of their little cars in my display cabinet.

Hey Danny, as advanced as the Japanese people are technologically, I've heard that they are fairly behind when it comes to change because of their culture. Having worked in Japan, what are your views on this?

Acquiring figures is a dream that will most likely never come to fruition. :S

I have had pleasant experiences with roadworks. They seem to appear overnight. I could swear that a pedestrian island was built over night. Maybe the workers are nocturnal......

i like half boiled egg! :P
the meal set is from Sukiya right? OMG, ur post always bring back my memory at Japan, love those food and environment..
may go again next year January 80% i think.. :P

Danny, always loving these installments... keep em comin! Also, congrats on the TV gig. I'm excited to see how its gunna turn out.

Whoa, it must be weird to be on TV. Or rather, filming must be fine, but looking at yourself afterwards must be quite bizarre.

I prefer my eggs less cooked because then they're all moist and slimy. I hate dry eggs.

Cool shoes. I just saw a pair of Nike that look cool too. I'm thinking more about getting them now.

I wish we had reliable road work over here~
The main road I took to my Uni was closed off and on for 2 whole months!
It was put a pipe in... I wouldn't have minded so much if it was construction on a road with millions of pot holes (like most of the roads around here)~ But it wasn't even something that would benifit most people...
The road I had to take to replace it was not only 2X as busy... but a much longer ride... Making my 45min trip about 1hour 15 minutes.... And It was during the time when gas prices were highest of course. I did learn though if got past there before 7AM or After 8PM the road was opened though. So I started going out of my way to wake up early and leave late on certain days.

6 Months later the road is opened... but they just put a bunch of gravel on it and never actually paved itO.o They even put up signs saying "Travel at your own risk"~ because its not very safe feeling...

I wish I have more time to check out your posts... orz

But nevertheless hahaha I have to agree with you Danny that the British roadworks take forever. The lads over there like to take their time while having all these "Health and Safety precautions" in their minds. Even Jeremy Clarkson from Top Gear proves it and tried to show them that an ordinary road could be done within 24 hours (in a very sloppy way) rather than several months of inefficiency..

Hong Kong has a lot of road maintenance here and there. Luckily people do get their job done in time due to the usual Asian culture. It's worth noting that a lot of the workers are actually from other countries such as Pakistan.

danny are u filming you elections ads for president of the world? DANNY CHOO FOR PRESIDENT. hehehe very nice I'm looking forward to the results. I just hope this time there will be at lest english subtitles for those who do not speak Japanese. I don't own any figures but i really want to. I moved to a new apartment in a new town (only 15 minute away from the old place on highway) and I plan on purchase a few Gundam ones. Any recommendations on what is a good start for a novis?

Out of curiosity, how many eggs do you consume in a day, Danny?
I used to eat about 6-8 per week several years ago (I worked out a lot). Now I try to limit it down since I'm getting old. I like half-boiled eggs. It's pretty common to find this in Asia.

Nope. No figures. college is evil like that with its high class prices, anyways...whats it like behind the camera? is it fun? Also, congrats on the gig.

I really enjoy your "week in Japan" posts. I'm unable to travel anywhere by my own right now, so it's very fun and informative to know about the culture (and not only anime and manga). I also liked how you place petit nendoroids inside the car, next to the food... I'm taking your example and am gonna put some inside my car ^^

I know what you mean about the shoes. Being a UK size 13 doesn't really help when there are sales on and there are some nice shoes.

Hehe, you are using the same Mac Pro....LoVe mAc hehehe... : )

I get new gundam every few months. If it goes about figures, well I don't have any but I planning to get one in nearest future.But don't know which one since there is a lot of nice figures ^^.

Well I used to get one every 2 weeks to at most a month for new figurines. It's just that the summer was really bad since the supplier hasn't given our local figurine/gundam shop his goods. And that's bad.

It's like 2 months overdue and still hasn't gotten the first order. Sad thing is, his supplier 'moved' and 'misplaced' his order and is in a mess. (Not surprised if the supplier's clients are also pissed off) All due to mishandling and a 'sudden' vacation they decided to take without notifying our local store -.-''

THANKS.... But still around a month or longer now, since he'll be looking for a new one

Hey, no ground wires for laptops? Or just in Japan in general?

Roadworks here take days and sometimes even weeks. End of Spring, whole of Summer and Fall is when these constructions are conducted. You know its nearly Summer (or already Summer) when roads are being repaired. Haha! ^_^

Here in Canada, avian flu was a concern. And some restaurants no longer server raw/not fully done eggs.

omg gyus u do not want to read this if u have a big amagination or just hate wierd stuff. one time i put eggs on the wierdest crap known to man. in Laos (near thiland and beitnam if people dont know) i seen people well actully i done this put eggs on a ..... i shouldnt say its kinda taboo in america and i dont want to alarm american viewers.. i put an egg into a taco yummy i put egg in burrito yukky and last i putt egg on a cooky (yes these were all raw not cooked)

ok i m off in Tokyo in two weeks and i have to try this half boiled egg thing . lol

Whao eggs!