Got some updates, but my internet is acting wierd. Will try later today.
/J
söndag 7 februari 2010
tisdag 2 februari 2010
Monday, Tuesday... Not much to report, but some.
Monday
Monday did not have much to offer. Mondays are seemingly alike in Japan, Sweden and anywhere else. People go to work, but they would rather just stay home.
Also realised that a gay porn website has a similar adress to my blog's name. Hahahaha...!
Tuesday - Today!
Got some reinforcement today from our Singapore office, if even for a short while! Nice to meet people eye-to-eye, if you only have speaken to them over the phone earlier. Now the voice has a face. It was also her birthday today, so we had a small birthday celebration at the office.
After work we went to a sushi place and had some really good sushi. I will probably hesitate to eat sushi anywhere, but a really good sushi place from now. The chefs had a big aqarium behind themselves, where they picked up live prawns, ripped their heads of and made into a neat little sushi within a minute. Cool. Didn't have one of those though, I realised you could get one of the "pet" fishes in the aquarium, when I was already full. But I will go back for sure. Also I have learned a new use for the "creme brulée-burner" people have at home, Aburi sushi! First they make the sushi, then they season the sushi and burn it slightly with a propane burner. Also reaaaally good!
However the japanese get a minus for allowing smoking in their restaurants. They love to smoke in restaurants.
G'd night!
Monday did not have much to offer. Mondays are seemingly alike in Japan, Sweden and anywhere else. People go to work, but they would rather just stay home.
Also realised that a gay porn website has a similar adress to my blog's name. Hahahaha...!
Tuesday - Today!
Got some reinforcement today from our Singapore office, if even for a short while! Nice to meet people eye-to-eye, if you only have speaken to them over the phone earlier. Now the voice has a face. It was also her birthday today, so we had a small birthday celebration at the office.
After work we went to a sushi place and had some really good sushi. I will probably hesitate to eat sushi anywhere, but a really good sushi place from now. The chefs had a big aqarium behind themselves, where they picked up live prawns, ripped their heads of and made into a neat little sushi within a minute. Cool. Didn't have one of those though, I realised you could get one of the "pet" fishes in the aquarium, when I was already full. But I will go back for sure. Also I have learned a new use for the "creme brulée-burner" people have at home, Aburi sushi! First they make the sushi, then they season the sushi and burn it slightly with a propane burner. Also reaaaally good!
However the japanese get a minus for allowing smoking in their restaurants. They love to smoke in restaurants.
G'd night!
söndag 31 januari 2010
Weekends over, soon!
Allright!
Saturday
Here is a link to Google maps, to show where abouts I live, in the center of the map above the Ropponiitchome subway station, is where I live. See Map
No crazyness this weekend. Started this saturday with getting up late, ate my last bananas from my fridge. Went to Starbucks and had a americano and cheese and ham baguette. Then I sat there sketching 'til my coffe was cold, then I sketched for another hour. Not publishing any sketches at this point, maybe later.
Then I started walking, went to a cemetary, cemetaries are interesting places. Almost no people there, that where alive there is. Quite, except for the ravens, that always can be heard in the weekends. Tokyo is really quite in the weekends, if you keep away from Shibuya and Akihabara. Definetely going backto the cemetary later, when the cherrie blossom blooms its going to be really pretty.
Then I walked up to Gaienmae. To eat on a place called Eat, I had their Kobe Burger. Which was recommended on a website. Cosy little place, about 2,5 metres wide and 6 metres long. Dressing; good, medium done burger; good. Thought I ordered a Coke, however the waitress gave me a Corona. Ok... I'll have a beer.
Then I walked to Harajuku, this was quite a walk I might add.
Standing on the curb awaiting the green light to cross the road (with a couple of hundred japanese in my back), I got a feeling of standing on a battle field, think William Wallace. Watching the other side of the road where people where getting ready to charge our side when the signal turns green.
Then the signal turns green and the charge begins. See movieclip
Well, I only bumped into a few people.
After that I went to Akihabara, to look for a nwe pair of headphones. This proved however to be hard, hi-fi seems not to be of great interest there. Mainly it is about; Iphones, Ipods (most people do not buy good headphones for these devices, it is clear) mobile phones, cameras and laptops. Stereo equipment and quality headphones was harder to find. Infact I did find one pair of Bose headphones, but they where over my budget and butt ugly. So I gave up and went home.
Home to Roppongi, I acctually live between Roppongi and Akasaka. Roppongi is more of a sins nest and Akasaka is more of place for government offices. It is nice and quite where I live anyways.
Sunday
Today my goal was set, I am getting myself a new pair of headphones. I went to Shibuya to track down some headphones, in Shibuya there are alot of music stores so I thought I would have a good chance to find a pair. However, it seems I am hard to please. Looked through Shibuya without finding anything. Saw a lot of clothes, bags and stuff.
Went to H&M in Shibuya, the store looked really nice and people seemed eager to shop.
Took another sketch and coffee session at Starbucks.
Then the quest for the perfect set of headphones where on again; I picked up the guide book. I figured I could give Akihabara another chance, a place called Electronics Town should be able to fullfill my wishes. However, again I could only find stores with mobile phones and laptops.
I gave up and headed for Ginza, the fcentre of Tokyo, where all the big offices are. Went to the Sony building and showroom. To look at the new Sony line-ups. And there they were, at a mere 3900 Yen, a good looking, good enough sounding and fabulously comfortable pair of headpones. So I bought them. Sony MDR-570LP:
The outside of the casing is of aluminum, nice , and the pading is very cumfy, super nice. Be jealous, they are only sold around here for now (I think).
Saturday
Here is a link to Google maps, to show where abouts I live, in the center of the map above the Ropponiitchome subway station, is where I live. See Map
No crazyness this weekend. Started this saturday with getting up late, ate my last bananas from my fridge. Went to Starbucks and had a americano and cheese and ham baguette. Then I sat there sketching 'til my coffe was cold, then I sketched for another hour. Not publishing any sketches at this point, maybe later.
Then I started walking, went to a cemetary, cemetaries are interesting places. Almost no people there, that where alive there is. Quite, except for the ravens, that always can be heard in the weekends. Tokyo is really quite in the weekends, if you keep away from Shibuya and Akihabara. Definetely going backto the cemetary later, when the cherrie blossom blooms its going to be really pretty.
Then I walked up to Gaienmae. To eat on a place called Eat, I had their Kobe Burger. Which was recommended on a website. Cosy little place, about 2,5 metres wide and 6 metres long. Dressing; good, medium done burger; good. Thought I ordered a Coke, however the waitress gave me a Corona. Ok... I'll have a beer.
Then I walked to Harajuku, this was quite a walk I might add.
Standing on the curb awaiting the green light to cross the road (with a couple of hundred japanese in my back), I got a feeling of standing on a battle field, think William Wallace. Watching the other side of the road where people where getting ready to charge our side when the signal turns green.
Then the signal turns green and the charge begins. See movieclip
Well, I only bumped into a few people.
After that I went to Akihabara, to look for a nwe pair of headphones. This proved however to be hard, hi-fi seems not to be of great interest there. Mainly it is about; Iphones, Ipods (most people do not buy good headphones for these devices, it is clear) mobile phones, cameras and laptops. Stereo equipment and quality headphones was harder to find. Infact I did find one pair of Bose headphones, but they where over my budget and butt ugly. So I gave up and went home.
Home to Roppongi, I acctually live between Roppongi and Akasaka. Roppongi is more of a sins nest and Akasaka is more of place for government offices. It is nice and quite where I live anyways.
Sunday
Today my goal was set, I am getting myself a new pair of headphones. I went to Shibuya to track down some headphones, in Shibuya there are alot of music stores so I thought I would have a good chance to find a pair. However, it seems I am hard to please. Looked through Shibuya without finding anything. Saw a lot of clothes, bags and stuff.
Went to H&M in Shibuya, the store looked really nice and people seemed eager to shop.
Took another sketch and coffee session at Starbucks.
Then the quest for the perfect set of headphones where on again; I picked up the guide book. I figured I could give Akihabara another chance, a place called Electronics Town should be able to fullfill my wishes. However, again I could only find stores with mobile phones and laptops.
I gave up and headed for Ginza, the fcentre of Tokyo, where all the big offices are. Went to the Sony building and showroom. To look at the new Sony line-ups. And there they were, at a mere 3900 Yen, a good looking, good enough sounding and fabulously comfortable pair of headpones. So I bought them. Sony MDR-570LP:
The outside of the casing is of aluminum, nice , and the pading is very cumfy, super nice. Be jealous, they are only sold around here for now (I think).Now I should be going to bed,
/Johan
Pictures; camera, 2010-01-31
Listening to Judas Priest – Eat Me Alive while uploading this, funny song.
Local temple, close to my place.
Local temple, close to my place.
This is where I go when walking to work, nice eh?
Rocker kids look the same everywhere it seems, could be Stockholm, Umeå or London.
Cemetary, Roppongi
Cemetary, Roppongi
Art gallery, Harajuku
Art gallery, Harajuku
Art gallery, grafitti, Harajuku
Tokyo is vending machine Mecca, Akihabara Pictures; phone, 2010-01-31
Pendant lamp Muji, to bad I haven't seen this in Sweden
In Japan Muji also sells "food"; bags of sauce
Freshness Burger. When I want "freshness" I don't go for burger. Would be more appatizing with "Fatness Burger", then I would have considered going here for lunch.
Yodobashi AkibaGrown men playing computer games outside Yodobashi Akiba, best electrics store I been to sofar. The others are just confusing.
Crazy Earphones, Yodobashi Akiba Didn't buy these earphones.
Sofmap, AkihabaraAccording to my guidebook this store had everything; asociated with electronics. It didn't. It sucked, 6 storeys with laptops and 2 storeys with Erotic dvds.
Vertu, GinzaI dropped in at Vertu, to look on some phones... God they are fugly! Anyone who buys a ugly mobile phone for ~1 600 000 Yen (~136 000 Sek) is retarded. The one who buys an even uglier for 11 800 000 just deserves to burn in hell. http://www.vertu.com/
fredag 29 januari 2010
Saturday adventures
Heading out soon, lazy saturday morning. Hello to my happy friends in Stockholm!
Cheers!
Cheers!
Pictures 2010-01-30
Only in Japan could a fire hydrant hatch be so cute, or?
On todays shopping list are batteries for my shaver
Prenumerera på:
Inlägg (Atom)