Summer Cooler

29 09 2009

I know it’s a little late to be posting about a special summer flavor, but I was lazy all summer (and on vacation in Canada),  so now’s the time. I drank this a few times this summer. It’s Canada Dry “Summer Cooler”.

CD summer cooler 1

Basically nice crisp ginger ale mixed with a bit of orange.

CD summer cooler 2

It was so refreshing while it was hot. Unfortunately it has completely disappeared. Hopefully it’ll return for next summer.





Back From Vacation

27 09 2009

narita

Well I came back from vacation just a few days ago. I really enjoyed my time in Canada, eating lots of food, and shopping like mad. Lots of games, Blu-rays, clothes, and food were purchased. I was surprised to see how large the Blu-ray section had grown since I left almost a year and a half ago. I was not however surprised at much cheaper they were in Canada. All in all a good trip.





Poems On Cars

21 09 2009

My co-worker recently bought a new used car.

car poem1

On the side it had a little poem in strange Japanese English.

car poem2

Click on the pic to enlarge. Enjoy!





I`m Ringo

16 09 2009

I`ve been back in Canada just a couple days, but I`ve wasted no time catching up on some new video games. The biggest one being “Beatles Rock Band”. In which you can play guitar, bass, drum or sing.

beatles rock band

Who knew it would be so fun to play drums! The presentation in the game is fantastic, and playing all of the Beatles songs is super fun.





Let’s Go!!

12 09 2009

air canada

Well, I’m off to Canada for almost two weeks tomorrow. It’s going to be nice to see friends and family, and also eat all the foods I’ve been missing. It’ll also be nice not to have people staring at me all the time, because I’m a foreigner. I’ll still try to do some posts while I’m away, so keep checking.





Modified

11 09 2009

Japan is a strange country. It’s filled with tons of “what the hell!?” moments. Almost every hobby has been taken to an extreme by some over passionate person. Modifying vehicles is one of them, as is proven by the evidence of this photo I snapped.

modified van

Yes, under all of those fins and flares, that used to be a van!





Birthday Goodies

7 09 2009

On Friday it was my birthday, so my lovely wife gave me these excellent gifts. A set of Dragon Quest slime stylus for DS.

slime stylus package

While they look like a normal stylus, when you look at the ends you see the difference.

slime stylus

Two cute slimes staring back at you. It’s especially cute when they are put into the side of the DS.

blue slime stylus

The tiny slime poking out of the side.

metal slime stylus

My wife also got me this really cool Lego thing for my iPod.

lego speaker

It’s actually a portable speaker. The sound quality is actually pretty good for something so small. You can hear it in operation in the video below.





Lee Everything

3 09 2009

Recently they had promotion for Lee curry (my favorite instant curry), mixing it with various other popular products. How does curry flavored Pretz sound? I’ll tell you they were pretty good.

lee pretz

How about some curry flavored sausages too? Well meat is always good!

lee sausage

They also had some other stuff like rice crackers and the sort. I only tried these two though.