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Tag Archives: Japan
MailChimp: Now with correct Japanese
As of today, MailChimp’s reporting has correct Japanese. Yesterday the mouseover balloon on the opens by location for Japan said “domu haragato.” After a blog comment from me, they changed it to “Domo Arigato!” Thank you very much, MailChimp.
Slow blogging month
Just a short post to indicate that yes, both I and this blog are still alive and operational. I’m still settling into Melbourne, having been back from Japan almost a month now. I found myself a cheap city apartment, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Adsl Connection, Australia, Blog, City Apartment, Dial Up Access, Inducement, Internet Access, Japan, Melbourne, Office Temp, Transcription Work
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Get back to where you once belonged
Japan was a bust. The slap-the-country-in-the-face-post can wait until I return to Melbourne in 27 days. I’m looking forward to clean air, trees, beautiful buildings, great food, jobs that don’t take 14 hours out of every day, and women who … Continue reading
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Tagged Bust, Forward Air, Header Image, Japan, Jobs, Melbourne Docklands, Melbourne Skyline, Panorama, Slap, Trees, Wiki, Wikimedia Commons, Wikipedia, Yarras Edge
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Final Fantasy Potion Commercial
Here’s a great television commercial for a Final Fantasy-branded energy drink on sale in Japan at the moment. Two white collar workers fight for the last bottle left in a convenience store, Final Fantasy-style!
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Tagged Convenience Store, Energy Drink, Fantasy Style, Final Fantasy, Japan, Television Commercial, White Collar Workers
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How many comic books does it take to change a lightbulb?
The answer, in my case, is ten. In Japan, people are traditionally accustomed to sitting on the floor, so when one of my lightbulbs blew last night, I found my furnished apartment lacking a chair high-enough to stand on while … Continue reading
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Tagged Chairs, Comic Books, Compilations, Furnished Apartment, Garbage Area, Japan, Lateral Thinking, Led, Lightbulb, Lightbulbs, Stack
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A month in Japan (part the fifth)
After a whole weekend in Tôkyô, I was broke, and feeling like I couldn’t wait to get out of Ôta so I wouldn’t have to spend 4000¥ every time I wanted to do something interesting. Also, I’d finally settled in: … Continue reading
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Tagged 20 September, 24 September, Daikanyama, Exact Address, Hurry, Internet Access, Internet Phone, January 1, Japan, Jobs, Ku, Membership Secretary, Mensa Membership, Mobile Phone, Nova, Probation, Shi, Sms, Sunglasses, Woman
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A month in Japan (part the second)
So, I’ve been slack. What started out as a series of posts on two weeks in Japan still hasn’t been finished after a month here. It’s been long enough that I’ve started to forget what days I did things on, … Continue reading
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Tagged Appliances, Boring Bits, Direction, Discount Electronics, English Word, Famous Temple, Instincts, Japan, Japanese Person, Japanese Temples, Laptop, Little Bit, Lot, Plug Adaptor, Red Lantern, Saga, Slack, Striking Feature, Textbook, Train Ride
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