Learnu Igurisu You Wanto?

1 1/2 years in Japan. If I still don't get it that the Japs are making fun of us from the English speaking world, then I'm really dumb! I do get this feeling that they do know to write it properly, but they just decided to play with some 'Igirisu' humor. Some are pretty straight foward, some are hidden, some just mind boggling. Don't get me again? Have fun!

I know your restaurant serves good food and have some decent waitress. But if you sincerely want me to call you back for a chat, at least leave a phone number on the receipt. Even better, give us your staffs hp no la. For those who can't read Japanese, a 1st look at this piece of receipt might feel like I've called a 'befriender' type of call-site for some 'oral treatment' and got charged 700yen for it!

I took picture just outside the ferry terminal connecting Hiroshima College to mainland Japan. Make sense why my English language is deteriorating so rapidly. I'm now facing the same problem I'm facing in kindergarden, spelling! With another language, German up in my cerebrum, every letter and word formations are all jumbled up like a bowl of alphabetical soup. Even official signboards aren't helping! Know what the Jap government should do? Fine them 100.000yen for every mistake, like what our M'sia goberman is enforcing instead of catching daytime robbers or part-time rempits!

Ok, here is a quiz:
Are there monkeys in the forest or not?

Yes! Time to unleash my wrath at my English teacher who I have argued for the past few weeks for giving me low marks for scoring high marks. He did it on purpose! He dared to ask me to participate more during English lessons while I've been keeping my mouth shut all this while to protect his own ego!(and his grammar mistakes)

Look at question 25. Lets say I've only watched the trailer a few times but not the actual movie. What answer should best fit that question? Of course its the WTC right! No, according to him, its ANYTHING but the WTC. Why? Because it no longer exists.

J.C: But sir(a PFS lingo for addressing male teachers), isn't it stated that this question is suppose to refer to the movie? In the movie preview you showed us last week, its all about the WTC.

Kanazawa: No, I'm not talking about the preview, its about the movie. Since the movie isn't out(in Japan) & none has watched it yet, I'll assume that anything goes. Except for the WTC cos its no longer there.

J.C: HAR?? WTF!! Like this also can arr? I should have told him I've downloaded the movie illegally and Nicholas Cage is the what New York is famous for! WTF!

In the end, I decided not to argue anymore cos 99% of the class got it right for writting something other than the WTC. Except for me & the Kenyan guy, for reading the instructions thoroughly and 'misintepreted' his question. Anyway, I still scored the highest for that paper, WTF!

Takoyakis & Clubs

Paa-thay! See the balls? That what we call Takoyaki! Tako=Octupus & Yaki=grill, so takoyaki means grilled balls filled with octopus inside. See how BoOlaT it is? Well, its no suprise that its my favourite food here in Jap. I don't know much about the origin of this dish, but Osaka is extremely popular with it and Osaka is sooo near my place so...(You get my point)
This time, a few Japs decided to have a takoyaki party to celebrate our school sports day(Nice excuse to have a party :p) One of them have some experience in making them so he sponsored this unique frying pan while we just need to pay for the ingredients.
Making your own takoyaki is actually very easy though, just mix in some flour, some eggs, stirr it well & then pour it in the frying pan. Then add in the sliced octopus and wait. Roll it a few times with a toothpick to make it round and Whola!




Like any parties in Japan, its never complete without a few cans of beers and liqours. There was a Henessy V.S.O.P but its not in the pic. Didn't drink too much though, cos I still have my volleyball competition & my blood donation drive the next day. Don't wan't any sick person to be infused with my alcoholic blood. After he get hypertention then susah!

Namba, Osaka
If beer wasn't enough, we(the aliens in Japan) decided to hit a club to celebrate the end of sports day(Ok, I made that up) After 1 1/2 years here, this is my only 2nd time going to a club lol! I couldn't blame anyone though. All of my classmates are 18 or 19 which in accordance to Japanese law, is still forbidden to drink any alcoholic drinks what more patron a club. So its usually more of a spontanous event. Can't plan ahead cos we aliens are suprisingly bz with all sorts of works. We went to the club at 12 midnight and see how deserted it is.....bad signs ahead?

Being all tuned up to club, its suprising that some even ordered COKE!? Lol! I'm suprised on how they are able to dance with their heads straight. No 'high' feeling = stiff robotic dance. I took a totally unknown drink called Bombay Saphire and guess how it tasted? So bitter that I bought a can of Heineken to wash down the bitterness. The liqour might sound cool, but I ain't ordering it anymore! I'll keep in mind to ask for something smoother to the troat & tongue the next time!

By 2.00am, this place is sorta packed with aliens just like myself! The most impressive moment was when a bunch of Saraphova looking Russian gals walking in from the front entrance. Every guy in the club had their necks turned towards them like a bunch of hungy tigers staring at a deer. Must admit though, they are really HOT! 100%! Wow! Anyone has Boon Chye's no in Moscow? Gimme gimme! Too bad I was dancing and they left a few hours later before I got the chance to take their photos....At around 4am, everyone was either gone and those left are all *couple-couple* with newfound romance.

Except the 3 of us...haih...sad! Anyway, I did have a nice time even if I'm gonna crash on my bed once I get back to my hostel. Fook Hee wasn't really satisfied cos there aren't too many gals throughout the entire night. We left at 5am and took the earliest train back. There were 6 of us when we went to the club, but that Kenyan guy was the most successful in his hunt so we left without him. Shi Han is those 'kuai kia' type of guy so as usual he didn't go clubbing with the rest.

I'll be having a school trip to Nagoya in 2 weeks time. If god permits, I'll be going to another club(the best in Japan) in Nagoya with a few of my Jap friends. Hope they can get through the security as they are still underaged. Fingers crossed! Have fun!

I see blur...

A little peek at my messy room during report assignment weeks. See the poster on the wall? I like it so much that I bought it without looking at the price...ended up burning a hole in my wallet.

This particular day however, was the best!I feel like I'm in Genting except that I'm here doing my report instead of riding an exciting corkscrew roller-coaster.

Look at the time....hardworking huh? Not really, slept too early the night b4.

Nice weather ahead too! Welcome cold, bye bye hot!

Simplicity Is The Name

Time: A week ago (1am~4am)
Place: London


Scene 1:
I was out overnighting with a few friends in a old shady house somewhere. There were around 4 shadowy person, 1 Superman and me. We decided to do something challenging this holiday so we rented a haunted house and try out our 'luck' locating any ghosts.

I was brushing my teeth together with Superman in a small bathroom with a huge vase filled with water in the middle. Its very early in the morning if I'm not wrong. Then, we got lucky! A face appeared on 1 of the walls! Its a ghost all right! An angry 1 too!

Scene 2:
We were all running(Superman can't seem to fly) away from a bunch of 'Resident Evil' zombies chasing behind. Rushed inside the Big Ben and the zombies stopped chasing. According to the news, everyone was infected and the streets are now filled with swarms of mindless zombies looking for us! Lost, cold, hungry, we hid inside one of the rooms in the Big Ben.

Time: 4.15am~5.30am
Place: In a lecture hall

Scene 1:
I got a card and signed it. Before me, there are another 6 more signatures on it. I passed it to a girl beside me but she refused to sign. I remembered asking her "Why Not?" but she just shook her head seriously. I then told her this : "You are beautiful, why won't you sign it?". She took a pen....





Time: 5.30am~7.30am
Place: In an unknown desert

Scene 1:
A man with a walking stick was carrying this huge stone on his back and planted it in the soft sands. He was murmuring something when all of a sudden I yelled "Jesus! Look out!"

Scene 2:
The stone that Jesus planted was stolen! I was to retrieve it back in an unknown destination with the help of 3 dinasours. I said goodbye to my dad and rode on top of the baby dinasour. (The other 2 are adult T-Rex) Halfway during the recovery mission, we were attacked by a pack of shadows from the front. We defeated them kinda easily but since we were slowed down, we decided to move it asap.

Time: 7.30am
Place: My Bed
Scene 1:
My alarm clock rang!

3 dreams in 1 night. I woke up shivering after the 1st dream, all hot after the 3rd dream. Suprisingly, I don't feel tired at all even after waking up so many times for the entire night. Instead, I took the opportunity to write down my dream on a piece of paper before I completely forget about it.

Dream 1 is kinda normal to me already. I've been having zombie/ghost dreams quite often but its always in a different place and timeset. It could be the past, present or years into the future. However, Superman is a new cast in my dreams though. Too bad he is useless and can't fly like what he is supposed to. Just that uniform he is wearing indicates that he is Superman(I'm gonna question him if I meet him again.)

Dream 2 is kinda wierd. I rarely have girls in my dreams not to mention saying the word "You are beautiful" to her so openly lol! I know this girl in my reality but won't be mentioning her name here of course!

Dream 3 is also different from my other 'mission dreams' as it involved Jesus! Wow! Jesus in my dreams? Gonna ask him about Buddha the next time. Are they good friends? Are they playing this silly game called 'losers kena thiak kuku chao'?

Stay tuned for the answer! :p