TEACHER BANZAI! (sumimasen)

more japan pics!

2010-05-16T16:20:00.000-07:00

Old pics, but new pics

2010-05-16T15:48:00.001-07:00

.."sunsuit girls must be discreet..."

2009-04-04T19:30:00.000-07:00

"if i could escape, i would but first of all let me say..."

2009-03-06T05:39:00.000-08:00

Strange things are afoot in shinjuku...

lunch for about 10 australian dollars

the best cardigan you will ever buy... 100% BEEF!

also i saw snow for the first time ever this week so that was pretty amazing... james and i might be going snowboarding with koichi next month... woo hoo, wee hoo!

"Who do we think we are, running round all sweaty? Baby i would wait for you, if we could be together, forever..."

2009-02-13T05:41:00.001-08:00

"I'm not the kind that likes to tell you, just what you want me to...

2009-01-05T00:08:00.000-08:00

For Suzanne:

...you're not the kind who needs to tell me, about the birds and the bees...

2009-01-04T23:27:00.000-08:00

(fox-trot, fox-trot, fox-trot...)"

2009-01-04T23:09:00.000-08:00

NAGELBERRRRG! *fist shake*

1. "OVER AND OVER, LIKE A MONKEY WITH A MINIATURE CYMBAL...(the joy of repetition really is in you)"

2008-10-23T07:35:00.000-07:00

3 hours of sleep, then off to Yoyogi park and beyond for shenanigans!

2. "I NEVER FELT BETTER IN MY LIFE...(the classical!)"

2008-10-22T07:05:00.000-07:00

Japanese poster for "Be Kind Rewind" Release.

I caught the "Yurikamome" Monorail to the Nagisa Music Festival in Daiba...

3. ALL I WANNA DO IS...

2008-10-17T05:50:00.001-07:00

So after a rather unfortunate few days of;

- first losing awesome manager miyuki,

- then finding out we're due to lose awesome co-worker awate,

-then finding out i'm about to get a stack of new classes on my already busy tuesdays and saturdays,

- THEN doing more work in two days than i have in the last 2 weeks (so it's like a normal person's working day!)

-AND still not having bought a new Mp3 player since the old one crashed out (sigh),

I feel i deserve the M.I.A. QUAD O' GOODNESS!

It is as follows (click on ze links now, like good girls and boys!)

1) http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=jTLkHQz1OpY

2) http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=fbGP0uTJDdw

3) http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=7N30iwAt4i8

4) http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=JqlY0VOFtyA

She is one sexay sri lankan ladeee

Update...Part le Third!

2008-10-11T06:51:00.000-07:00

Yokohama Oktoberfest ne?

Update...Part le Second!

2008-10-11T06:28:00.000-07:00

The view from my window if you lean over to the left...

Circuit boards (for sale?) at Yodobashi Camera

My Halloween decorations for the lobby at work.

Current Music: Kanye West- Stronger/New Order- Blue Monday/Daft Punk- Face To Face/Katy Perry (DJ Cobra, Jesse Jackson remix)- I Kissed A Girl

Update... Part le First!

2008-10-11T06:23:00.000-07:00

Jack arriving in 7 weeks, Caro in 9.
lord it's exciting.
Looks like i'll be spending NYE in Ueno with liddle Caro woo woo fun times!
also hooray for not being alone on NYE/ new year holiday.

Going to a music fest in Daiba tomoz... right now i should be looking up how to get there but i'm feeling lazy after a full-on day at work followed by the gym. The upside is im steadily getting a rockin body*. ^-^

Still missing Suzanne, sigh. I also miss beers at the Lounge, REAL fishburgers, cheap quality fruit, and western food that isn't a japanese interpretation. I like a lot of Japanese food, but I'm sorry, i just don't want fatty bacon rashers in my spaghetti, or spaghetti in a hotdog bun. Or curry spaghetti in pita bread. :/ Or bleached white sandwiches with mayonnaise and pepper all over the insides! arrgh! CAN'T- ESCAPE-THE- MAYONNAISE!

*comparitively... i'm still about a hundred burger/fry combos away from "waif".

Current Location: JAPAN!
Current Mood: relaxed
Current Music: Pixies- Broken Face/Hot Chip- Ready for the Floor/Rihanna - Pon De Replay

"the council cuts YOUR hair" (Update pt. 2)

2008-09-28T04:28:00.000-07:00

Got a haircut today... its not exactly what i wanted but it can't be helped what with the language barrier and all. The fringe is still a bit too heavy and it's a bit more bob-y than i wouldve liked, but i guess its kind of cute.

Also new Dr. Pepper bottle!

Loongu Weekend;Shibuya,(gaspanic and harlem) Ueno, Katase-Enoshima, Harajuku. (Last weekend)

2008-09-27T13:16:00.000-07:00

sigh, my mp3 player has finally given up the ghost. (after a few years and being dropped/rained on several times! and it still plays music thru my laptop! i <3 you iriver

famous MC (hard to take a photo when hes moving!
seth and miku

hallo random person in my photo

the morning after a big night out...getting home is the fun part :/

Welcome to Ueno!

Love Hotel in Ueno

here's the shoes i'm absolutely desperate for, but this is japan so the largest size available here is like a 7 or something. I tried a pair that JUST fit, but it was a bit close on the toe. I looked all over town but there are no larger sizes. :( Maybe on the internet? these are the best sneakers EVERZ.

ahh japanese beaches... :/ katase enoshima for an end-of-season adding-to-the-tan.

there was some kind of DJ event due to happen in about an hour the street (in harajuku) but it was getting late and i was knackered, so here's some pics i took before heading home.

Dr. Pepper

2008-09-17T08:01:00.001-07:00

So here's what the current Dr. Pepper bottle looks like:

Misc., Mexican Restaurants, Hooker wear for sale! Elephant Cafe, Karaoke

2008-09-15T18:32:00.000-07:00

i like how the girl in the ad actually looks kind of drunk.

you really CAN get everything in Machida!

Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger

2008-09-08T03:50:00.000-07:00

The best tracks for cycling uphill on a sweaty day:

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=dNTq9gKCE9g&feature=related

and

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=isfl7Lz2P8k

i rather like the Akira-inspired video, too. Nice. TETSUOOOO! KANEDAAAAA! ARRRGH!

I think right now is the fittest and the best i've looked in my whole life. Often i look pretty bad in the blog photos because its always so sweaty here, so no matter how good i look when i leave the house, it's destroyed within 5 minutes. HOWEVER i feel really confident about me in general, even if my hips and feet are too big for the womens clothes/shoes here. (Which sometimes makes me feel a bit like a freak.)
All i need now is some cooler, less rainy weather and a good haircut and i'll be full of awesome.

Harajuku, Karaoke, DONMAI!-DONMAI!, Xmas Homestay Campaign, Clubbing in Shibuya...ENJOY

2008-08-31T03:19:00.000-07:00

Festival in Harajuku

Karaoke!

Our Xmas homestay campaign...i did all the xmas trees and the sun and the star.

Quiet moments at home with sweet milk tea and the rain.

SHIBUYA!

Dont even ask me to explain this because im not sure i can :/

V.I.P. Room AWWW YEAH!

The McGriddle burger is the best and worst thing you will ever eat. Picture a sausage mc.muffin with 2 maple-syrup-soaked pancakes wedged into it. THAT is the McGriddle burger.

Good morning Japan, time to go home and sleeeeeep.

Harajuku and Azabu-Juban, it's London calling...

2008-08-16T21:06:00.000-07:00

Harajuku Station

BMX designer plates to celebrate BMX's inclusion as an olympic sport for the first time

Photos by Harmony Korine and the big orange wall of DOOM that was the size of the room

Ed Templeton e uno photographico molto famoso

Drug store. It's a name for girls loved by all. I had to go to some personal risk to get this genius photo. (by which i mean hiding behind a pillar and pretending to fiddle with the camera.)

dare i say that green apple-flavoured chu-hi is "the bomb"?

its so good it might even be DA bomb... :/

pssh who is that POSER?

Japuneez-style toilet...been promising this photo for a while.

LONDON CALLING! (brit dj night)

Thankyou Mr. VJ

Mike and Miss Hannah Holland from LDN

At the border...of azabu-juban and roppongi that is.

Best and weirdest ad ever? You decide.

I didn't realise Daniel appeared in the animated Japanese star wars!

"Do the dance...the way you move is a mystery"

2008-08-12T05:55:00.000-07:00

E-ticket!

At Dazz and Dean's Australian Bar, where 2 Japanese girls kept staring openly at my boobs and exclaiming "DYNAMITE!" Haha.

This pic of chris appears in the Miyazaki magazine LOL

At the front of the pharmacy... what colour is YOUR poop?

Notorious B.I.G. figurines...weird.

This was kindly left for me in my bike basket by a passer-by this evening. Of course i'm going to take it to the police station tomorrow, but it was a nice after-work surprise. Also makes a change from the wrappers and rubbish people usually leave in there.

O! Bon!

2008-08-11T08:34:00.000-07:00

There was a massive earthquake on saturday arvo, one of the biggest i've felt so far. It was a little scary, specially since i was sitting in the seat against the wall and it kind of hit me in the back as the wall swayed. Still exciting though.

Weekend was great, went to Miyazaki to visit chris/"seth". <3 miyazaki was pretty hot, but bits and pieces (certain corners, the palm trees) reminded me of melbs a little. The Bon Belta department store reminded me of some of the more ehh suburbia parts too, which wasnt necessarily good. It WAS nice to be able to hang out with seth, have convos about japan, fave tv shows and movies and things like that, and be taken out for dinner and drinks. ^-^ Pics will come soon, can't be bothered to load them up right now.

Hopefully work this week will be quiet, most people have gone back to their hometowns for obon (not sure if thats right but thats what it sounds like/how it was written in the english language newspaper) holiday plus no kids classes this week. I look forward to maybe finally being able to check out the local library, find some english language books. Also find a chiro! Ahh me poor back.

"This is planet earth...calling planet earth..."

2008-08-07T09:18:00.000-07:00

ZOMG stop plz. You're ruining it for the rest of us!

Go LARP in a forest or something.

If you've seen this guy front-on like i have you'd know he's the japanese William Shatner.

my sketch of Ton. Pity i couldn't get the KFC bucket in there, sorry man.

Cheese is a kind of meat

2008-08-07T08:51:00.001-07:00

Comments are now enabled kids!

sorry it took me so long to figure it out.

feel free to type things. <3

ps. i have a phone now thanks to Eri weeeeeee!

"Fit in so good the hope is that you cannot see me later..."

2008-07-31T07:21:00.000-07:00

the hot new look

Elephant Cafe/Shibuya with Miyuki!

HARAJUKU WITH CARO + TEH BOYZ!

"I FEEL THE EARTH, MOVE, UNDER MAH FEET!"

2008-07-19T07:10:00.000-07:00

I had my first earthquake today! :D

it was quite minor, more like tremors really. But i was in class and we were talking then all of a sudden yoshiaki went "ohhh!" and his face changed and when i looked properly i realised the walls were moving from side to side. It gave me a brief feeling of seasickness for a few minutes but then it was over.

The guys didnt seem too worried- i guess theyre pretty used to it. Which sort of made me not worry (we kept talking and laughing as the building was swaying) but at the back of my mind i was kind of wondering what i should do if it got worse, and oddly, would i have time to grab my bag over in the corner there? seeing as how my wallet has all the important things in it.
Anyway, an interesting experience to have. Plus it gave me a chance to use that mytika (was that her name?) song in the subject line.

aLSO here's the poster i made for the friendship campaign at work:

there's a girl in the teacup peering over the edge.

"OHHH, i see what you did there"

2008-07-15T17:37:00.000-07:00

NOW i think i understand everyone's obsession for louis vuitton... here's the commercial that ran for it in japan:

http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=4C84FLwm3DA&NR=1

(sorry i couldn't embed, it wouldnt let me...damn multinationals)

also theres some ad atm where everybody is wearing these t-shirts with "I <3 CM" on them and singing... i knew japanese people would take to me! ahaha. Unless it's in anticipation of CM2's arrival on thursday. It will be a mccurdy juggernaut, speeding toward tokyo...

"Take me on a trip i'd like to go someday, take me to NY i'd like to see L.A..."

2008-07-14T00:08:00.000-07:00

annoying doodz gettin in mah pics!

Katase-Enoshima