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looks like you guys and gals had lots of fun.
Mango lassi. mmmm... it has been a while since I had one of those. ^^
btw first time I've heard about red cliff. ^^;

Audio Technica should be available in Japan and they make great headphones, I use them myself
but I would stay away from wireless unless you absolutely must walk around with them on often
if you work in loud environments be sure to look into closed headphones with noise canceling

It's been 2 months since red cliff premiered in my shores. Not trying to be bias.... If you're a hardcore Three Kingdom fan, you would not enjoy this movie.(at least for me)

The gathering seems to be very interesting. From 1500 to 3000 that is quite some 'renovation' XD At least you drank 5 glasses of lassi, that will cover up the extra 1500 i guess ^_^

I would prefer SAFS then SACS. One good camera is all I need. But figures? Who could resist that~

Seems like it was a fun and sucessful gathering ^^ (It still amazes me just how many bloggers there are in Japan). I've been using Firefox for about 2 years now and it's been my defualt browser ever since. I use Sennheiser headphones, so that's not a bad brand, IMHO...

Hiya Danny, where do they sell the firefox :P looks cute ^^

Japan is slow in getting foreign film isn't it? Red cliff isn't bad, its more toward history based story than the Romance of three kingdom novel

Those are a powerful bunch of people you just met O_o

Danny, where did you get the Foxkeh plushie? I've been looking everywhere for one

Ahh, RedCliff. i watched that movie, its really good. recommend. there will be a second part to that movie first quarter 2009.
Talking abt wasting time in lessons, i was told to attend a bio science field trip - even though i dont take bio... sucks.

you have another blogger dinner lined up for tomorrow? ^^

seminars... i've got seminars in school which aren't really productive. but it's in school. gives people a chance to practice their presentation skills.

i hate meetings. meetings always means that the higher ups are giving u more work to do. sometimes the higher ups are so free they organise meetings for all sort of things.

holding a meeting within the company with your own staffs is easy cos everyone is around. but if it involve outsiders, imagine the poor fellow has to travel all the way for a useless meeting.

i'd rather have SAFS turning up instead of SACS. after sometime the cameras would loose their charm and i would be trying to sell them. the figures - all of them are cute and i would keep them with me. mango lassi - first time i heard of mango flavoured lassi. will try putting some mango flavour or syrup in the lassi next time i drink it. also didn't hear of Red Cliff till you mentioned it.

I have to say, that's one really cute plushie you got there ^^

As usual, all the food really starting to make me hungry T_T

Envious. I wish I could have fullfilled the invitation, Danny. :x

Nonetheless - it's good that everyone had a great time! Looks well organized and great fun. Darn you guys and your SA*!!

aw! I want nendo loot an meetings too x'd

Actually I'm only tanking japanese lessons, ande my life resumes from work, japanese, home, bed, work...longgg etc. x'D

I used to spend (waste) time doing an NVQ Qualification for my current job as a Pre-Press Technician (Mac operator) where I had to write pages of useless information which didn't teach me anything about doing my job better and was HIGHLY irrelevant 50% of the time.
Finally after 3-4 years of different people tutoring me I managed to complete it then to be told I didn't have enough proof of my IT Skills... The fact that I worked on computers EVERY DAY for 3-4 years didn't seem to count!!

Yep most meetings are a waste of time - when a simple mass email will do.

I prefer SAC - more of a camera-person.

Sometimes, meetings are good, but mostly times they are a waste of time... (because they are boooorrrinnngggg....)

I LOVE FIREFOX.

It's my default browser. Had no problem with it ever since.

I really want to go to Tokyo one day...

Where can I get one of those Firefox plush?

I would say half the meetings i have to attend are total wastes of time and resources. That is due to being sidetracked by non important subjects. I wish i had an important job T_T

Red Cliff! It's amazing if you like Romance of the Three Kingdom or the more fun version - Koei's Dynasty Warriors :D

I watched it on the plane when I returned home frm Tokyo. Takeshi Kaneshiro's drool material! This has got to be the most handsome looking Zhu Ge Liang I've ever seen. LOL

I loved the battle tactics! A must watch!

Nice use for that Bomberman GB 3 can!

Wish I could be a part of the Dinner... XD
Wish I could get the Foxkeh too (its cute...) and have been using firefox for almost 2 years

"You would rather receive SAFS or SACS?" - A little of both:)
"Are you wasting time in useless meetings or lessons?" - some lessons are pointless, but I usually am present anyway. Most of the meetings I go are very useful, because I can talk to the smarter folks

Looks like quite a week, as usual.

SAFS for me... though I really need a better camera...
I prefer to keep everything on one PC only. I'm not very organized, so I'd end up with dupped stuff.

Well, I spent 10 years with computers and now I'm dropping it for journalism. Wouldn't say it was "useless"... but it would be better if I didn't spent this much time in it.

Didn't hear about Red Cliff too. :P

Finally, those dinners looks interesting. I bet I could learn lots of things on those...

I've been using Firefox ever since it came out and before I got a Mac. IE sucks =_=
I use both Safari and Firefox now ^_^

I kinda switch between IE and Firefox. It's usually just whatever I click first, lol..

I remember a lot of useless meetings when I was still working but they were mandatory so there was no getting away from them. I usually just try to pay attention so I don't fall asleep..

Being as I'm back in university now, I attend all my classes even if somtimes they're not that productive. You just never know, you might miss something important! The only class I don't attend is Economics because it's a 3 hour once a week lecture and having attended a couple I found them a waste of time. I felt the time was better spent reading the textbook myself so that's what I've been doing.

Using FF since its release, very happy with it. ^^v
Those blogger meetings seem interesting, reminds me a bit of the weekly bowling i used to have where i did life before - was with lots of IT people tho.
Food looks yummy... good i am not hungry. :p
I think i even found your website due Joi Ito, used to read his blog till it went deadly silent for a few months. ^^; Guess he is back to it since a while though.

In my work we must take some meetings with the inspectors to show them the way we do our work, and attend courses every two years, to "refresh our memory", they say. Is a really pain, I can tell you!

Good article like usual, Danny

SAFS > SACS - cameras are more expensive and useful, but I really only need two. A point-and-shoot, a SLR, and I'm done. Figures you can't really get too many of. :P

I used to archive things on my machine, but now I do it on an external HD and keep it light. It's mainly because my primary machine is now a laptop instead of desktop to - space is much more limited for the former.

And all those networking meetings sound interesting! Always interested in your business side of things, since I reckon I'll need to do similar things eventually.

Another nice article. I prefer SAFS over SACS, same reason as litokid.
I'm using lolifox for a long time now, is it possible that I could get a lolifox figure magically one day? lol (lolifox mascot is: http://lolifox.com/)
Speaking of plushie, is there any chance that there will be a dccom Mirai plushie made by GSC? lol. ^^

I use SeaMonkey, so no free foxes for me. (I use Firefox on the laptop, but not that often.)

sometimes my lecturers talk about stuff that i already know very well, and i feel like its a total waste of time.
some of my friends skip the lectures entirely, but i think its an even more unproductive use of time if i skipped a lecture to go play around :/ so i just whip out a pencil and start drawing all over my lecture notes...

personally, i have never been in a real meeting before, all the meetings i have attended were those in college for school work, which i think pretty much speaks for itself. usually, we end up digressing from the agenda.

oh wait, unless you count all those countless meetings i had when i was in the army...

either way, i wouldn't mind relishing the chance to attend a real corporate meeting; it would be an eye opener for me really.

I've been in some pretty useless classes in school. For one course I only attended two classes at the beginning of the year and ended up with a B+. Meetings at the places I've worked are pretty important though, a lot of ideas are presented and a plan is drawn up as to the direction in which the company is headed and how to get there.

heeey. tokyocooney is there in that gaijin meeting picture. haha. that guy is really cool... telling from his videos he is. his video blogs are him going around tokyo and showing us, who aren't able to live there, how great, crazy, and wonderful japan can be. plus he explains the ins and outs of living in japan. he's cool and hilarious. and its cool seeing him in those pictures. haha. i recommend tokyocooney to anyone interested in japanese culture and good comedy

What is wrong the Chinese actors, directors, and movies? They scare to use Chinese name to sell their product in Japan? I know Japanese can read a lot of Chinese characters. Does the Chinese words mean something else in Japan? Is Japanese accept western name better than foreign Asian name?

I like how our hobbys and say an online blog/site brings us together with people of the same interests :) I find that I'm more awkward if I am with a big group of people tho ^^; must... break away from that x_x

Some of the meetings I go to are quite useless, but some of the other ones I attend I actually look forward to since there's usually useful information.

Check me off as another one who hadn't heard of Red Cliff. The preview looked interesting though.

"Am I wasting time in useless meetings or lessons?"

I wish, but unfortunately I sit around all day surfing the next , answering phones and watching anime on my creative zen vision W.

even though i can easily pass my classes by just reading the textbooks, attendence is required so i will fail if i dont show, which is sad

The dinner at WK was a great night, thanks to Danny for putting it on and WK for hosting.

OMG I WANT A FOXKEH TOO!!! X(

wonder where i could get a foxkeh for myself? cute little thing it is:)

I skip my organization meetings in university mostly because they're mostly update reports, when I just update everyone on the spot via e-mail as soon as I make progress again. Otherwise I pay a small fine to skip them. Might as well do it instead of sit around for an hour and a half without any relevance going to me.

lawl is that Tokyo cooney on the right side of the photo?

If price is expensive but you have something with all-you-can-eat/drink, you must eat/drink as much as you can until you feel you had enough for the price ^^;

The meeting seems interesting. Wonder what kind of meeting it will be when we have the meeting for readers of dannychoo.com. I think it will be one heck of a meeting for sure >_<

John Woo's Red Cliff movie I think was really great aside for the greatness. I learned some cool stuff, but also found some very hard to believe formation. I do not want to ruin it but I will say this. There is a part 2 to this movie...

WOW I can't believe you paid 1000 yen for such a measly plate of spaghetti. I'm not saying that its not enough for a serving, since that looks about right (but I'd think an adult male might eat more than that) BUT just that for ~10$USD that's a really big rip-off.

As for pointless meetings, well, I'm taking a sociology class at University . . . haha. I understand the need and relevence for the field of sociology, but the class is a huge waste of everyones time. Id really like to spend my $ learning something I didn't already know.

I haven't had a meeting since clubs in my high school days...maybe when I find a office job or something...

Hey Danny, お元気ですか。
I imported this headphones (http://www.jp.sonystyle.com/Qnavi/Detail/MDR-DS7000.html) back when MGS 4 came out. Best purchase ever. The sound is amazing. And with other game like 零　on Wii, and Siren on PS3; they make those games even MORE scarier then they are.

By the way. I'll be in Japan from Dec. 20th through Jan 3rd for meetings and interviews with FedEx. Maybe I can actually meet the famous Dance Trooper, haha

気をつけて！

I am interested to attend the next bloggers meeting - would be a good place to exchange thoughts and ideas. Nice post.

uwaah, foxkeh is so cute! ^^ Meeting with people is great but I dont like places that are too crowded ^^;

Tsukemen WANT!!!
btw Red Cliff looks aweeesome!

Your life is just too good Danny!!!
I do love that Asakura figure you have!!!!!
Everytime I look at this post, I'm hungry...

try sony's mdrds-700. I've tried one and its great.

Wish we could see videos of your blogger meetings...i've always been interested what you guys talk about and discuss in those meetings. ^^

Wow, I'd love to suddenly acquire a camera, the EOS 50D would do nicely. Oh well I'll have to make do with my 300D for another year. At least now I have the EF-S 17-55 f2.8 lens to go with it though :-)

Man, that looks like a ton of fun...

Foxkeh sure is cute!~ So good to be acquiring SAFS and plushies too LOL

I've never heard of Red Clif before, I need to get out of my cave sometimes... And yea, delivery bikes in Japan sure are cool... I like how the thing protects the driver from rain and stuff...

:Random Q start:
Do you slurp you noodles really loud like the Japanese do, or muffle the sound with all your might like a polite englishman?
:Random Q end:

I saw Chibi (Chinese pronounciation of Red Cliff) the day it came out in Hong Kong - was a pretty good show. You get all your favorite Sanguo (Sangoku for you Japanese people) heroes and heroines. The movie has nice special effects too. If some of you still have no idea what I'm talking about, Red Cliff is the movie that describes basically the most famous battle in early Medieval history. For reference, see Dynasty Warriors (rofl) or animes like Ikkitousen.

The script was pretty well written in its original Chinese format. Not quite sure how the script is dubbed in Japanese (or is it subs? the Chinese release had both English and Mandarin Chinese subtitles).

I'm quite jealous, Danny. I would love to work in Japan in something related to the animation and game industry - I'm hoping to learn directing for film and move into animation someday. Blogging sounds really cool too. :)

Man Danny... this meeting with all the bloggers look like fun

hah...i have to attend a totally useless WIP (work-in-progress) meeting every early monday morning. argh!! how bad is that?

do u like lassi too? didn't know u can get it there in japan.

During my previous company, meeting with my colleagues is just like a gathering as we work at different places. We will end up joking and talking things not related to the meeting.

When attending meeting with clients, I will just sit at the corner of the table acting as if I'm taking down notes...

5 glasses of lassi!!! mango at that. that must have been really really sweeet. i tend not to drink lassi when my mum makes it. only cos she makes it too sweet that i end up feeling sick afterwards. havent tried mango yet.
most fo the lectures i went to this week or uni were a waste of time. it was just the same thing over again. go here to check email. go here for online learning, even though all the link are on the uni homepage.

Awww, I'd love me a Foxkeh <3
I've been using Firefox for years now and I've never looked back. Constantly raiding the add-on site for new add-ons. My FF installation is a beast now ^^

Those blogger meets seem pretty cool. A gathering of serious geeks is always fun.
What kind of food were you eating at swblog? Looks yummy ^^ Was the food too spicy for you since you had to drink 5 glasses of lassi? Is very spicy food common in Japan at all?

Danny,

Any chance we can get pics of the Dark Saint? I've been on the fence about her since I first saw the preliminary sculpt pictures. She looks to be the best out of the trio, so far.

Good wireless headphones would be bluetooth ones. Digital signals are either there or not so in other words there are no interferences if it's there. Specifically I've always wanted Motarola S805 Bluetooth "DJ" headphones. They're nice over the head wireless headphones and should have no interference as long as you're within range (about 15 feet).

danny, you sneaky sneaky firefox "I'm sorry...*cool anime pose* i must go save Amazon...i'm no hero, just a man on a mission...goodbye"*wind and leaves whip and danny disappears* Gasp!

I think I waste more time trying to find things to do when the inbox in already overflowing. XD

Japanese delivery bike look cool!

Red Cliff might be be most awesome thing to come out of China since the Ming Dynasty.

I was in China in the summer of '08, when I saw DVDs of Red Cliff on sale in a Tesco in Shanghai, while it was still in theaters (huh). Well, although it was in a plastic sleeve, it looked pretty legit and cost only 8 yuan (far cheaper than a movie ticket), so I bought it.

Simply put, I was blown away (despite the DVD being non-anamorphic widescreen).

I love the Foxkeh plush, where can I get one of those? :3

I've been using firefox for as long as I can remember. It's one of my favorite browsers to use.

All these pictures of food is making me hungry! :9