Project 365, 2007
Monday, December 31st, 2007
It is done.
Phew. At last. My life doesn’t seem exciting enough to sustain a picture a day. I’ve cheated on quite a few occassions, actually. Heh. Don’t think I’m about to start a p365 for 2008. Sticking to Facebook for random events might be easier after all =P
I guess this replaces my annual New Year reflection post, then. A picture speaks a thousand words, after all… here’s my 365,000-word essay, then!
Filed in Annual review, Photos, in Japan | One response so far
日本の形 (The Japanese Tradition)
Saturday, December 22nd, 2007
So it all started with Yiwen sending me the link to this video on how to use hashi (chopsticks). I thought it was really funny so I searched for more in the series (apparently there’re quite a number, although I’ve only found a few that are subbed).
Since I’m in Japan and all it seems only fitting that I watch (and blog) about this, though watching them all has effectively killed about an hour of my life. Haha.
They all start relatively seriously (I actually thought it was a real documentary at first), but get progressively ridiculous and funny. Watch them if you have time - they’re really quite a hoot!
This is a list of episodes and links to the few subbed versions I’ve found online, hopefully I’ll be able to see them all one day ([J] links to the unsubbed versions I’ve found, you can try watching if you’re bored or if you actually understand Japanese).
The Japanese Tradition 「日本の形」
Hashi 「箸」
Origami 「折り紙」
[J] Obon-Yasumi 「お盆休み」
[J] Natsu Yasumi 「夏休み」
[J] Onigiri 「おにぎり」
[J] Ocha 「お茶」
Shazai 「謝罪」
Utage 「宴」
[J] Tejime 「手締め」
[J] Dogeza 「土下座」
Sushi「鮨」
[1][2][3][4] Kosai「交際」
Filed in Funny, in Japan | No responses yet
Old holiday pics
Tuesday, December 11th, 2007
In the true spirit of procrastination I’ve added some captions to my more recent holiday albums, so. Err. Yeah. Check them out if you like, I suppose?
 |
| Japan |
 |
| Netherland |
Filed in Holiday, Photos, in the UK | No responses yet
14%
Sunday, December 9th, 2007
ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
-stressed-
Filed in Psychology, in the UK | No responses yet
lost in york, bizarro edition
Thursday, December 6th, 2007
So I was checking out Google Translate (as part of my procrastination bid, of course) and tried seeing what my blog looks like in Chinese.
It’s quite funny. It’s a bit mind-staggering seeing my whole site (more or less) in Chinese, and I must say that the translation quality is pretty good, with a few hilarious mistakes though.
And York is translated as New York. How delightful to see the city you live in is not on Google’s radar. I wonder if they have the translation for Singapore?
Filed in Funny, Geek, in the UK | No responses yet
Battle Stations!
Monday, December 3rd, 2007
I’ve been playing Mobile Weapon: Battle Stations (Facebook game) the past 2 weeks. In this game you get a ship, gain money/experience, deck it with better equipment, and get to combat other players’ ships (or not, depending on your playing style). Essentially a mini-MMORPG, except it doesn’t suck up all my free time like WoW did, since they limit the number of action points gained per hour.
It’s got a bit of a learning curve (like maybe ten minutes reading the beginner’s guide), but two weeks later with a new ship and having recently discovered the joys of the battering ram, I must say it’s been quite a fun diversion. Plus, the company which made it (TYLER Projects) is Singaporean! Seems to comprise at least partially of university students. Such enterprising/productive people. As opposed to bums like me who play with their products instead of studying.
Hmm.
Filed in Geek, in the UK | No responses yet
Kiwi!
Saturday, December 1st, 2007
Wow I really like this video. Apparently I’m slow and a lot of people have seen it before, but it’s new to me. Really poignant and impactful.
Filed in Geek, in the UK | No responses yet
