Balloon Shapes by cops!

In response to:Ashiya Festival and some Wine Tasting

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 05:58:18 +0200

hi , my name is mickey and i'llbe in japan june 9 - 21 ; am coming to ashiya to celebrat my 50th b-day ( i was born there - military brat )

do you know of any tattoo parlors inashiya ? and any ryokhan ?

e-mail me please with any info that you can pass alogn about a visit to ashiya

seeker seen zero seven nine ( use the numbers ) at a oh el dot com

seeker7079@aol.com

In response to:USJ and ET

Thu, 14 May 2009 01:43:09 +0200

I first noticed it when I saw the photo from the yakiniku restaurant. Bit shocked. Aki has been observing it recede for a while now apparently.

In response to:USJ and ET

Wed, 13 May 2009 20:52:32 +0200

Nice frog!

And when did your hair start retreating like that!! Is that what married life is doing to you?

In response to:Kayaking and a bit of raw meat

Fri, 01 May 2009 11:42:03 +0200

I don't remember you complaining at the time... oh, no hang on,... yes... yes you did... a bit. Still, we can laugh about it now, eh?

In response to:Swine flu precautions

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:54:17 +0200

I'm with Nguyen Huu Luong. I've just left the last half of my pig blood pudding!

In response to:Kayaking and a bit of raw meat

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 03:27:49 +0200

ah, that was canoeing (apparently there's a difference)!. Nearly died? That's as maybe but I see you don't mention getting me there under false pretences of a nice couple of hours down the river, which turned out to be 8 hours of hell in extreme heat, without water or a baguette ending with a white water rapid paddle through a bevy of naked Frenchmen! The memory burns into the mind.

In response to:Kayaking and a bit of raw meat

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:34:46 +0200

How could you forget our 22 mile kayaking in France! I nearly died getting you some drinking water.

In response to:Sake tour of Kobe

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 04:58:51 +0100

Doh! Thanks Andy, I had the link in but didn't put any text with it, so it was invisible.
Good stuff that sake

In response to:Sake tour of Kobe

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:45:34 +0100

jim you obviously wrote this the moment you got back, where's the link?
you can find it via the previous entry on the ebisu matsuri until jim sobers up ;p

In response to:Another post....Ame I and JLPT

Sat, 07 Mar 2009 12:33:32 +0100

Well done Jim. Ramping up nicely for a pass next time!

I wonder if there's a directory somewhere of Japanese shortened English words. I still remember how long it took me to realise 'Pleste' was short for Playstation.

In response to:And the Winner is...

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 04:36:02 +0100

Exactly!

In response to:Ebisu festival, Nishinomiya and the big tuna...

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:54:53 +0100

(That Jim S is a knowall!) The festival sounds like fun though the food wrapped in fried eggs is definitely dodgy .... And I don't care how small you cut that octopi up - I'm not eating it!

In response to:And the Winner is...

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:51:37 +0100

Wow - great prize! And why would you want to win an animal calender? I would have thought you had enough calenders throughout your apartment!!

In response to:Ebisu festival, Nishinomiya and the big tuna...

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:57:51 +0100

Octopi. x

In response to:New Sony Walkman (NW-S738F)

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:55:55 +0100

The problems with Sonic Stage are just one reason why you should avoid Sony kit.

In response to:No! Not my ear again...

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:07:39 +0100

Everything I hear about Japanese doctors sounds strange and scary, but clearly they get results! Is this all the highest tech form of medicine? Glad to hear (!) you're better though Jim.

And good luck with the JLPT on Sunday. We'll raise a glass to you at our annual post-JLPT drinks that evening.

In response to:Hiking??? On a Monday?

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 04:28:06 +0100

Wow, I must really have made it to the big blogging time as someone started leaving spam links on my comments...branded handbags anyone?

In response to:Hiking??? On a Monday?

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 09:29:42 +0100

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In response to:Radiohead Osaka Gymnasium Oct2nd 2008

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:01:21 +0200

and you say this like it's a bad thing? The man climbed steeples for gods sake!

In response to:Radiohead Osaka Gymnasium Oct2nd 2008

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:42:59 +0200

"A 2 hour set, mainly based on their later albums and the weird dance/electonica beats, but interspersed with some good rock tunes"- you sound like fred dibner

In response to:Ulfuls and a month of music

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:27:03 +0200

A friend gave me an Ulfuls album a few months back, which I love. However, I still have no idea which album it is or what the songs are as she helpfully had no idea herself. Glad I'm not the only one to wonder how to (romanise) spell 'Ulfuls'. This will help me no end in my quest to label the bloody mp3s!

In response to:Ulfuls and a month of music

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 06:29:09 +0200

what the %£^$^ happenend there?
いい女
ええねん
サムライソウル
やぶれかぶれ　is what i meant

In response to:Ulfuls and a month of music

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 06:20:05 +0200

ulfuls comes from the word soulful which was all that remained of on a sticker from an album that keisuke ulful the guitarist owned. it was he that we were the guests of, although he had no idea of that fact.
i'd completely forgot about that kindness. i suggest "ii onna"(いい女), "ee nen"(ええねん), "samuari soul"(サムライソウル) and "yabure kaburet" (やぶれかぶれ).

In response to:Is that a meercat??

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:09:04 +0200

ah... the Barium meal!! hahaha... did you have problems flushing the contents of your toilet for the next few days??

In response to:My Birthday

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:43:52 +0200

Belated Birthday wishes....I have not been on blogland myself for sometime :-)

In response to:My New Phone

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:01:29 +0200

A friend of mine snapped up the 3G iPhone when it came out in the UK -- he's a Mac nut and was waiting ages for the price to come down. It's not bad, and the touch keypad interface isn't so bad once you get used to it. Still, could be thinner (and without the £45 a month contract!)

In response to:My New Phone

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:52:16 +0200

No it's not larger, in fact it's thinner than my old one! It's smaller than an iphone. Speaking of which, was playing with one of those in the shop and very nice...but you had to pay 8000Yen a month (my phone is only 4000Yen), so didn't get it - also there's no keypad so think typing emails might be a nightmare.
About two weeks later, due to slowing of sales, they slashed the price to about 2500Yen!!! DOH!!

In response to:Meeting Friends in Kyoto and an embarassing restaurant experience

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:49:16 +0200

no, had to go back into the toilets at the end and come out with my shorts and sandals on, quickly scurrying to the lift so no one would see!

Think the restaurants name was Salvatore

In response to:My New Phone

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:53:09 +0200

That looks awesome Jim, but does it feel much larger? Always curious about the addition of gadgets vs the backwards increase in size of new mobiles! They'll have to invent trousers with specific pockets for these things before long.

In response to:Meeting Friends in Kyoto and an embarassing restaurant experience

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:37:21 +0200

did you keep the trousers???