01-25-2006, 04:55 PM | #41 |
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Go away.
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01-25-2006, 04:57 PM | #42 |
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Cheers for making me look like an asshat in public.
(not entirely sure what I've done wrong)
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No kidding.
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01-25-2006, 05:07 PM | #46 |
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I don't like the word asshat. It sounds so...Actually no, I love it! Who came up with it?
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01-25-2006, 05:08 PM | #47 |
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SJh did.
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01-25-2006, 05:11 PM | #48 |
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I applaud thee, Squarejawhore.
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01-25-2006, 05:12 PM | #49 |
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Why, spankyouverymuch Ferrari's.
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01-25-2006, 05:28 PM | #50 |
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Badhat, badass and now asshat.
Interesting combination of three different words into three new different words.
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I believe she would have struck me, except that her husband stepped in asked me if I meant kawaii, not kawai. I wasn't sure if I did or not, but it seemed like a good idea to tell him yes regardless. Fortunately that defused the situation, and the couple thanked me for the compliment and let me live. It wasn't until I got home and checked my dictionary for kawaisou that I realized what I'd said. Last edited by nikoniko; 01-25-2006 at 09:53 PM. |
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01-25-2006, 08:36 PM | #52 |
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Heheh, cheeky. Well, apart from the odd word I don't speak any Japanese, but seem to be getting around fine. In general they all want to help out and don't seem any more nervous than I do when I approach them. If anything this is the customer service capital of the world. After asking for directions to the DVD section of a local department store, an English speaking rep chased me down (I'd moved onto other things by then, namely headphones) to tell me in English! So I found myself with the International Edition of Ghost In The Shell: Innocence on my first day. I'm helpless (ask Mira).
So? My first impressions of Omiya before the jetlag kicked in and I went home - this place is like Los Angeles, only not. It's similarly flat, and has tons and tons of low-rise housing, a grid system for roads and cables ahoy, but the streets are narrower, everythings in Japanese and I can cross the road without fearing for my life. Seriously, it's like a really really neat LA. With crossings that chirrup different bird sounds - I shit you not. Although there's something really soothing about a cuckoo noise as you're halfway across a junction. I've got pics, but I'm too tired to be bothered to upload them. Right now a massive helicopter has gone by and has actually shook the apartment. Really shook it! Don't know what that was all about... which reminds me, I was also rather alarmed by my cousin asking if we had an earthquake last night because one of the doors didn't fit right this morning. Turned out something was blocking it, but as in LA they seem rather blase about major natural disasters. Now I'm going to take a nap.
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I suppose earthquakes are like tornados and hurricanes in that you get used to them after a while and know how to interpret the signs. If you're in a fairly modern building, you shouldn't have much to worry about.
Omiya sounds very nice (though the bird noises at the crosswalks might take a little getting used to). I can't wait to see the photos!
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What a beautiful picture you paint with words, Trep.
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Don't know what department store you went to in Omiya, whether the big Sogo store or something else, but I'm sure you know about Topos, right? It's a discount department store, sort of like America's K-Mart or Wal-Mart, and last time I was in Omiya I saw one there. It's a bit of a mess, or at least the one I've been in was, what with items being sold straight out of their shipping boxes and having to bring your own shopping bag because they don't provide one... but I guess that's how they keep their prices down. Sometimes you can find some pretty nifty stuff there, and even if you don't it's almost worth going at least once just to see the dumpier side of Japanese retail... |
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The poor girl did seem out of breath...
Topo's... is it made of various different stores? The place I went to had several floors with Sofmap at the bottom. They've got tons of games and second hand items... I picked up Rez for my cousin for 500Y and very nearly bought him Shadow Of The Collossus for around 3900Y but thought I'd better wait and see if I could get it cheaper in Tokyo! Even the second hand 360 games were really affordable, but of course they won't work on my UK box. (em)Enchant Arm is out now here, as is a new Final Fantasy on PS2, Biohazard (Resident Evil) DS and billions of unheard of RPG's... Sony definitely rules the roost in Japan though! The prices of the latest gadgets here is great compared to how much they cost in the UK. MP3 players especially, some of the new Creatives are around 150GBP which is nice. As for the resteraunt, it was based around Tanuki (racoons) and featured one of those wonderful big Tanuki statues at the entrance with the massive testicles. Snapped a pic of one in the street too. Coolio!
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