What I do on New Year's day II

Thu, 3 January 2008

Lonely planet and Wikipedia English don't probably cover this so I thought I'd share :) I know it's not exciting but as always said, this is about non-exciting scribbles :) Happy new year! BTW, the custom we do for the slide #9 has been practiced widely since the 8th century according to Wikipedia. Isn't it super cool? Don't get me wrong. I am not being an ethnocentrist. I am just trying to show what we do in our country :) Thanks.

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Super preventive magic :-)

Mon, 21 May 2007

I am still on the medication for the preliminary stage of asthma so I've been straight (!) I mean haven't had alcohol for more than 1 week. I miss booze....
You have a pretty week!!!!

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Good Bye Winter. Hello Spring.

Wed, 21 March 2007

You have a wonderful day!!

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What I do on New Year's day.

Tue, 2 January 2007

I am sure this is boring but hey. I just got back from my parents' so this is the only thing I can kinda share. Now I am relaxing with my boyfriend, Jack. Jack Daniels of course. :-) Have a fantabulous Tuesday!!!!

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How to behave professionally.

Fri, 10 November 2006

It's still warm here in Tokyo... huh... I read the newspaper that due to the El Niño effect observed, the winter here in Japan will be ridiculously warm... that means no snow in Tokyo probably. Which is actually good though so it won't ruin my shoes. :-) Anyway, I will have to work tomorrow. Sad.
Please have a fantabulous weekend for me!!!

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Graceful sushi dinner. :-)

Tue, 12 September 2006

so I went to fish store to pick up some fish yesterday (Yes, I sometimes cook by myself even though I am not good at it), I was going to do some Tuna sushi salad. But I couldn't believe what I saw. The price of Tuna was ridiculously expensive. I asked the clerk why. She told me it's getting more expensive because Tuna Sushi is becoming more popular worldwide and tuna is getting scarce. Wow.... On a different note, I will change my blog patter from tomorrow so I will probably blog in the evening before going to bed. I wonder if there is any mood change for that. Anyway, you have a wonderful Tuesday!!

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Behave gracefully and sensually.

Mon, 28 August 2006

I am not working as an IT guy during weekdays. Since I am becoming less busier with IT stuff, I thought I'd take the vacation but my request got rejected and I am being an executive assistant to this new expat from the States. I hate her. But I pretend to be a pretty secretary in a pretty suit until the mid September. Being able to speak English sometimes gives me more tasks than I hope.... Since I happen to do this thing every once in a while on this blog, I deleted one category and created a new category named "E-learning". This is something I noticed by looking at her behavior the other day... To be honest, it's not that educational but a little entertaining, I hope...It's the last week of August! You have a fantabulous week!

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It's a clean place. Really.

Wed, 28 June 2006

It's another not so "wet" today while it is supposed to be raining so hard like it should every year. It's weird. My Seattle friend went to Mt. Fuji this morning by driving my car. Does he know he has to stay on the left side of the road here in Japan? I am very worried about my car him. I hope my car he will be back safely.... Anyway, it's interesting that I get to do more neo-Japanese thingies than I usually do because of my friend. So here it is. It's kinda dull but this is the only thing I came up with this morning. I have gramatical errors as usual but it's too late to fix them now... Well, yes, I did badly in English 101... :-( I hope you are not my English professor.... :-( You have a gorgeous day!

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Misery loves company

Wed, 21 June 2006

I am going to get boozed tonight for the first time in days!!!! I got off the medication finally and my doctor told me yesterday I am ready for adult beverages. At 5p.m. today, my stomach will start to hurt according to the plan and I will act sick. I know I have a lot of assignments to complete but I need this special early leave once in a while. I am going to meet homo friends and get boozed. I made an instructional presentation for how to make a more complicated chopstick rest spot. But I didn't save the file..... Huh.... where did it go? :-( Instead, I present you this neo-Japanese instructional thingy. I wish you a pleasant Wednesday! Ta-ta-.

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Not recommended :-(

Fri, 17 February 2006

I have been super busy lately... I missed another post yesterday.... damn. Anyway, when I was doing troubleshooting at work on behalf of a geek who is on vacation, I came up with this idea. Because I hate dealing with network stuff at work as it's not my job... I'd love to try this but I shouldn't.... It's been a while since I created a flash presenation last time. This is not a brilliant one but I hope you enjoy some computer "geekiness". Happy weekend! Don't work hard!

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Make the fancy paper re-fancy.

Sun, 11 December 2005

How's your weekend been? I hope it's been great. Mine has been shitty as usual. I had some time to kill when I generated report with the geeky app I made. So I created this. I am sure some of you already know how to do this but I thought I'd bring this up for those who are not familiar with it. :-) It's DAMN easy :-) It's not fancy but I like making it from wrapping paper. I hope your new week goes well! Ta-ta-
Updated: On my way back home, it was SNOWING!!! This is the first time in Tokyo in this winter. I thought forecast people said it would be warmer this winter..... huh..

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No, there are not Samurais here.

Mon, 5 December 2005

I missed yesterday's post because I was at Disney Sea. :-) yay. Anyway..... The new CIO (Chief Information Officer) from the headquarters came to Japan today. He had never been to Asia before in his life. Nope, he didn't ask if there were any Samurais still.... Don't worry. But it was that interesting to see...I had to share it with you guys. I am not making fun of him for the record. I just report what happened today at lunch. I am speachless..... I am not going to lunch with him tomorrow. Anyway, Happy Japanese!

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Don't leave 'em on the table!

Thu, 1 September 2005

First of all, I have added a link to Freddie from the Netherlands. I like every detailed thing there like printed letters and combinations of colors they use for posters and signs. I remember going to Albert Heijn, the local supermarket, a lot just to see the guy I had a crush on. Good old times... Second of all, it's September already!! Wow, we got only 4 more months for the year 2005. Time flies by quickly... Third, a friend of mine from Seattle, U.S.A. is visiting for a week. I took him to lunch with my friends earlier today as I had an afternoon off. One of my friends was amazed and said to this Seattle friend "Oh, you can use chopsticks!" and he went "You are able to use a fork and a knife!" with no smile (geez, a jet lagged grumpy straight guy...) It's not really surprising for non-Asians to be able to use chopsticks. Really. This made me realize something. Since I was very bored after lunch, I took photos and created this presentation. When you go out, you might go to an Asian restaurant. You might use disposable chopsticks there. You could get them when you do Bento take-out even. Where do you put those chopsticks when you need to leave your table for the restroom? You don't hold your chopsticks in your hand forever, do ya? Here's something you could do to impress your friends. I always do this when I have disposable chopsticks even though they aren't really environmentally friendly... It's cool and fun! I apologize in advance that I am not good at explaining things in English. I got a C- in English 101 for your info. Click the photo! (You need to have Flash player installed. If you prefer to keep this movie as a file, please click this for Windows and this for Mac. Give yourself a try! Happy dinner! I am off to grocery shopping.

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Number 2

Thu, 18 August 2005

First of all, I added a link to Logan from Tennessee, U.S.A. He is a former valedictorian. He sounds like a very smart person. I didn't sound smart at all when I was his age. um... I don't sound smart right now either... He is multilingual and speaks Japanese even! I would never study Japanese if I were non-Japanese. My grammar in Japanese is sucky. :-)

When I commented yesterday, I promised I didn't make my post showy at all. But I guess I break that promise. (-_-;) Let me go ga-ga- about one thing at work. If I clap my hands twice or press the button, my office's glass will become frosted glass all of the sudden so I can have sex whenever. No, that's not what I wanted to talk about. When I was a college student in Kansas, I lived in a dorm. A crappy one. I am pretty sure none of my college friends from KS visits this site so I will say it. In the bathroom, there was no door for the toilet stall and the shower room was at the end of the bathroom. Which means I had to pass by somebody doing number 2. I averted my eyes as much as possible in case I ran into that situation because I didn't wanna see anyone doing it. It was totally a culture shock to me. I couldn't even "make" in the dorm's bathroom as I didn't want to let anybody see me doing it. I usually went to another building to do number 2 where there is a door to make it more secure. Therefore, I never did number 2 in my dorm in my life. I guess doing number 2 is something really private.
Japanese people respect privacy very very much. As a result (I have no idea if this is true), the bathroom's door for the stall is very very sealed. You never see somebody's legs like you could in an american bathroom. It doesn't stop there. You don't want anybody to hear you doing it. So you flush the toilet repeatedly to erase your "number 2" sounds that you cannot really control. Well, that's not really economical and environmental. TOTO, the major toilet company, came up with an idea about it. You might wanna click these if you like.

#1 #2 #3 #4

#1 is the device for it. It's called "Otohime". If I translate it directly, it would be The princess of the sounds. What it does is if you hold your hand over the device's sensor, it will play the sounds of water running loudly. That way, you can do number 2 as loudly as you want to.

#2 is a photo of the toilet but if you take a close look, you see some control panel on the left hand side. That's the control panel of "Washlet". If you press the button after you are done with your business, a tiny nozzle comes out under your ass, and warm water comes out to clean your buttock or you know... :-) It will make you cleaner before you wipe your butt.

#3 is the sensor to flush the toilet. so you don't have to touch anything to flush the toilet which some of you prefer that way as any knob in there may be way too far from germ free. I didn't take a photo but there is a box in there. That has tons of alcohol soaked wet paper to clean the toilet seat before you start your business.

And you wash your hands after coming out of the cozy toilet stall. The top photo is the basin of the bathroom. You don't have to touch anything. The left nozzle is for soap and the right one is for water. You just hold your hands under them. Soap and water comes out automatically.

#4 is the photo of the "Jet towel". You hold your hands between that device and the strong air comes out to dry your hands.

Many office buildings in Tokyo have those as default. I am pretty sure you would think we are very obsessed with being clean. Well, we may be. But I don't want anybody to hear my #2 sounds. really. I know this secured bathroom stall can be used for something else. For the record, I have never done naughty in there except for when I was a high school student. Anyway, happy number 2!. :-)

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To be a good husband.

Tue, 2 August 2005

First of all, I added a link to Bjørn from Norway. It's interesting to peep at the country I have never been to. And I so fell in love with Andreas for 5 mins. Nice post, Bjørn

This is the photo of one of the favorite shirts for this year. I created another category. I barely use a dryer to dry my laundry. I like them dried naturally. I was told by several people that I wouldn't be a great husband at all. I hope that's not true. One of the reasons why they said that is that I hate folding clothes. It's so irritating and I even hate ironing clothes!! That's the worst part of housekeeping for me. Well, the worst part could be cooking, actually. Since I hate folding/ironing clothes, it was such a relief when I watched this for the first time. They usually show you some tips on the TV show. As the tips on the show are so unique and uncommon, they call them "hidden techniques". I was very impressed at how quickly they could fold their clothes!! It takes some time to master this but you can fold t-shirts or shirts within seconds neatly like a Banana Republic guy. I brought this up previously but I thought I was going to describe how to fold it by translating their website. I created the file. Click the photo. I hope it's useful for you guys! I know the translation is crappy but please bear with me. Come to think of it after finishing creating the file, I don't see any problem with an ordinary way....I guess it's not worth trying after all. Well, it doesn't hurt anyone so here it is. My goal is to become a great husband. One down. Millions to go. If I can ride a bike, I can become a great husband. Damn it. Happy housekeeping!

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Cultural Differences?

Wed, 20 July 2005

First of all, Mush from Iowa commented today. I went to her site. Her blog gave me a hint for what I wanted to do. I was worried how long the monthly archive menu on this site would get if I kept blogging. I changed it to a dropdown menu. That definitely saves my space:-) Whew. Thanks for the hint, Mush!

I happen to be a nerd from time to time. You already know that. I am not ashamed of it but am not proud of it, either. I used to like Oragnic Chem Lab at college because those chem experiments excited me for an odd reason. After work, I was very bored so I had a "friend", whom I got to know through gay.com, come over to my place and did "nice things" together. I will save the details here. Anyway, I've heard this millions of times that Foreigners here tend to say "Japanese condoms are so small and tight". uh-huh what they mean is "I am so well endowed, and look at it!". This "friend" who is by the way European told me exactly the same thing and he didn't like my condoms. He actually brought his preferred protection made in USA. Before we started doing "it", I took my ruler out. I couldn't help but started measuring my "protection" and his. I knew this wasn't hot foreplay. But I needed to know!!! So I started my experiment. Here are the results.

Case # 1 Japanese and U.S. Condoms.

If you click the photo, you get to see another image taken during the experiment.

Subject for Experiment	Benneton Condom (Japan)	Durex Condom (U.S.)
Diameter	appx. 3.7 centi meters	appx. 3.9 centi meters
Length	appx. 17.5centi meters	appx. 19.0centi meters

Miscellaneous Impressions
1. U.S. Condom is jucier. (More lube)
2. Japanese Condom is thinner. (More sensitivity)
3. It is believed Japanese men's equipments are generally smaller than U.S.
4. I am pretty comfortable with my size and had no complaint.

In conclusion, yes, well endowed guys may say Japanese condoms are too tight. But it doesn't mean they are freaking tiny. oh my. I am glad I used light blue as background. This so looks like an experimental photo.

I and this friend took care of our business. It wasn't bad. I enjoyed it but he told me it was such a turn off that I had to measure them. Well, I didn't measure "him". He should be grateful for that I didn't. For your info, he wasn't that fruitful at all. A Japanese one would suit this overstating person juuuust fine, darn it. Oh, should I not have said that? I didn't disclose his name or what he looks like, it's okay, isn't it? But I hope he won't find out this blog. (-_-;) I am guessing this lame experiment wouldn't be evaluated at all if I turned it in as an independent report assignment at school. End of the experiment. Yes, I am a geek. Alrighty, have a good evening!!

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