Archive for the ‘Japan: exposed’ Category
It’s almost winter in Japan, so for the past few days I’ve been missing Japan a lot. It must now be cold enough to wear 2-3 layers of clothes. I do love winter, maybe because I’ve spent most of my life in the Philippines. I get cold easily but I can just add up another [...]
After years of stay in Japan, I’ve come to love and now, long for Japanese food. Singapore is flooded with Japanese restaurants, mostly sushi bars but so far, none came close to how “real” sushi should taste like. Well, I should not expect much from the budget that I usually dish out. Aside from sushi, [...]
When you order fruit salad in the Philippines, you’ll wonder where the fruits are because everything is covered with milk and cream. But in Japan and Singapore, they just put in sliced fruits. I don’t really like it much because like in the photo above, I just eat the orange and watermelon slices. Non-Pinoy style [...]
I miss the “real” Japan taste, so I was ecstatic when I received a flyer about the Hokkaido Fair at the Tampines Mall from July 3 to 12. I dropped by last weekend and the venue was crowded. The usual comment that I heard from the customers? “It’s not so cheap.” If you’re used to [...]
Some of you might have heard of the “ore ore sagi” here in Japan. Just an overview, I took this from the article written by Rev. Ai Hironaka: “In Japan, males refer to themselves as boku or ore, so ore ore sagi is fraud committed by males pretending to be sons or grandsons in need [...]
Lately, I have been obsessed with wanting to buy a new watch. I have always wanted to buy a Swatch or a Guess but again, budget issues comes in so I just have to make do with my cute, almost a year old, supposed-to-be-temporary, “so-so” watch. While surfing a favorite online shop, I came across [...]
In the Philippines, we start to prepare for and celebrate Christmas in September. When it’s “-ber” (September to December) already, then it’s Christmas! As early as September, you could already see Christmas decorations in the shopping malls, small stores, and houses. I’ve always thought early Christmas happens in the Philippines only. However, since October, I’ve [...]
Japan is relatively safe. But when you talk with the Japanese people, most of them would say that crime rate here in Osaka is the highest in all of Japan. Surely, I’ve read news report on cases of theft. Strangely, I have heard rumors on stolen undies. There were also cases of stalking and rapes. [...]
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Lots of something hanging at the subway train station in Shin-Osaka. This is a bit blurry because I didn’t stop long enough to take the picture.
Saikou – ????????? – the Japanese term for “highest, supreme, the most”. This is how I would describe Japan’s postal services. Here’s an illustration why I think so: I posted some documents last Wednesday at 4:49PM, it was dispatched on Thursday at 1:17AM, then arrived in Manila at 3:00PM! Ok, I sent it through EMS, [...]
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