Chris’s Blog

*UPDATE*
Turns out this is only the demo kiosk software. That sucks.

Caught this at the local Yodobashi. Its installing something to do with PlaystationTV.

先週の日曜日に僕と樹理は幕張本郷町内の運動会に行きました。10時ぐらいに着いて、子供がたくさんいました。　そこでいろんな競技がありました。一番好きだったのはビール飲み競争でした。僕は最初のレースで勝ちました。樹理はパン食い競争に出ました。樹理が面白かったです。パン食い競争で２０メートルぐらい走って、口でロープにぶら下がっているパンを加えて、そしてまた２０メートル走ると終了です。お昼の時に校長先生がお弁当をくれたのでうれしかったです。

Just applied myself, not too sure on the details but per usual it involves downloading a theme for the PS3. Looks like you can apply up until the 23rd, and the beta takes place from the 29th to the 12th.

Good Luck!

Possibly the first of many to come as I spend more and more time in Japan.

So here it is:

I think I’m turning Japanese because: I was riding my bike home after buying dinner at the convini (dinner = 2 onigiri and some sushi) and passed by a Yakinikuyasan. The smell was wonderful. All I could think about was why the hell I was eating convini food when I live so close to a decent meal.

Reasons this is Japanese.

Riding the bike home. Not a BMX or mountain bike, I ride the boring yet surprisingly useful chari. If I were to use this bike anywhere in New Zealand, I would probably be beaten to death with it.

Eating onigiri and sushi from the convini. I don’t know of any other countries (only been to 5 or so) where you can buy a full, microwaveable meal containing almost anything. Nikuman FTW.

The Yakinikuyasan. I don’t know if other countries have something similar. Possibly a steak house would come close, but nothing beats good old yakiniku. Yes, I know its kind of Korean - whatever.

Finally, the reason I was not eating at the Yakinikuyasan. It’s very common to go out to eat with workmates and friends in Japan. There have been weeks where I haven’t eaten a meal at home - as I was eating out every day. The all famous Izakaya is the best place to eat out, but as I was by myself, I felt uncomfortable eating out alone.

I recently signed up for a gym (Central sports - more about that later) and outside is a RC course. Afterwards, on my way home - I noticed that there were a few people using the course. It might be common / easy, but this is the first time I have seen anyone drift a remote controlled car.

Moved into the new school on Monday. Seems good so far. There are around 680 students, or 19 classes. Going to be a boring two weeks of self introductions. The trip here is a lot less painful than the previous school, its 2 minutes on the train to Chiba (from Honchiba) a 4 minute wait for another train to Inage (about 5 minutes). From Inage its around a 7 minute bus trip and a 2 minute walk. I can finally wake up at a semi reasonable hour (6.40).